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And we shall flag. Mr. Secretary, will you please take the Okay. Hereby it known that Township Board of Education has complied the notification requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act for the announcement of

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discussion of the personal agenda litigation HIV reports and other matters pursuant to law NJSA 10-12. All those in favor? >> Any opposed? We're in a

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Okay. Public session. Be it resolved that the board reconvene for public session. Motion to reconvene. Second. >> All right. And all in favor? Any post?

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So, we are back in question. So, this month we do not have any um student presentations. Um we do not have uh we do have our students here FOR REPORTS. YAY. Two students. I've been missing our junior students. We have Derek Lopez, uh

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Chernos, and Tyler West. So, I don't know which one of you gentlemen are going first, but go for it. their finals for our year. Final Tuesday will be 1867 auditions and they will be on June 1627.

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The vice president will be Rachel and I'll be serving as the president next year. The class of 2027 also graduation now. >> Thank you. a lot of the clubs meetings and they gave out a lot of

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senior awards and I was in part of one with 50 strong so they gave out some awards and certificates to the seniors just for participating and going through it till they were done with high school. Um also for seniors they had a yearbook signing so the students just got together for the first two periods of school and um there was they had some

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food out for us and we just went around talking to classmates and just signing each other's yearbooks and then after that it's just a lot of senior awards and things like that. So, there was the actual senior awards where students got plaques for different things that they accomplished over their four years and been a part of. There was also the

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senior scholarship nights that a lot of you guys were at. So, I saw a lot of you there. Um, all the seniors are collecting their cap and gowns from the schools. I believe that ends this week. Tomorrow, I believe is the last day to get them. And then just for a little recap on prom and the senior trip, they went very well for um the senior class

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and a lot of students I know they had fun with that. And then just To wrap it all up for next week, we have graduation practice before actual graduation starts and some iPad drop offs to get rid of these old things. Yeah, that's pretty much my whole report.

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>> Thank you. Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure having the two of you here with us as our student representation. Always bringing the energy from that young high school and also letting us know all the amazing things that our um

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students are up to. First, I want to just give a little gift to our junior rep, Derek. Thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. You do such great work. [applause] Thank you. And Mr. West, what could we say? This room

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would not be the same without you. We've enjoyed watching you grow into the man that you now are. Came in as a young man, now you're growing up to be a bigger man. So, we want you to just take all the lessons that you've learned here in Piscatoane and bring them out into

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the world and show them all what Mr. West is all about. >> Thank you so much. [applause] >> Not only is he an athlete, he's a scholar. He's all the things. Mr. West. Woohoo. Oh, we're supposed to take a picture voice. >> Oh, okay.

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All right. We know that you guys, it's a busy time of year. So, you've got your gifts. You've given us your reports. You've given us the time of your presence. Thank you so much. And we have to be on your way. That's fine. Stay. >> Tyler, if you want to take your name

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plate, Derek, we'll keep yours for next year. >> Slide it out and away you go. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. [applause] >> Hold on. So Derrick's going to get to experience

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this next year when he slides over sit as a senior. But I think it's essential for us to truly understand that this is volunteer work also for our students. >> That's right. >> And balancing, as we say, school life and all the extracurricular activities that Tyler has been involved in. We're

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definitely proud of him. We know he's going to go to the Ohio State University and represent quite well, but I think it's also essential that we recognize his family who's here to support him this evening. So, can his family members please come up, take a picture, and also she said, "We're not ready for that. We

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wouldn't picture." She's always picture ready. [cheering and applause] >> SHE WAS BORN THAT WAY. TYLER IS definitely a gem in our district along with all of our students, but we have to recognize that it's also the family that has got him to this point.

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>> That's right. Make sure that >> Yes. Yes, definitely. >> [applause] >> Thank you for all that you guys poured into him. Thank you so much. Oh, no. >> I'll see you guys all the graduation. >> All right. See you next week.

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>> Graduation practice. All right, >> lots of lots of great celebrations and actually it's time for the president's report for more celebratory things. Hello, I'm Nancy Salgado Cowan and my pronouns are she, her and I would like

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to say happy Pride. Um, this is a season of celebrating. Uh most of my board members here have been to at least one, two, three or four different uh celebrations um going all the way back into May when we did the Memorial Day

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parade and we walked through the uh streets of Piscataway giving out pencils because we know that our families are already sweet. We love to make them smart. And um with that, we move into um just saying congratulations to all of

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our Piscatoaway High School seniors. Um we're honored uh I was so honored to be there along with um some of my board members. Um Mr. Glover for our senior awards, our scholarship ceremonies, and I'm going to let um Mr. Glover gave the

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big announcement a little bit later about how our students um were able to get awarded a lot of money um big bucks. So the students worked extremely hard this year and throughout their four

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years um and not just alone they they no student is able to stand on their own. They have their families, their parents, their aunts, their uncles, the grandparents, the brothers, the sisters. We all have a community and whether

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you're here you know for um one year or you were here for the full 12 years of the Piscataway experience you are always Pway. So from science to math to English to ROC world languages languages and the

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arts students collected a total of over Is this right? >> No that's not right. >> No don't worry about that one. >> Yeah I'm like they collected a lot of money. That's not right. um through our our scholarship ceremony, but beyond that, they also um showed how they are

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of service, right? We had our volunteers over here. Um they come and and they're part of this. Every single one of our seniors does service in our community. It's part of the Pway. So, um beyond

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that, they are they include a lot of um scholarship monies. They're going to great institutions. They're going to technical institutions. They're going to work in the workforce. They're going to be engineers and carpenters and HVAC

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persons and nurses and doctors and scientists and teachers. Please come back to Pway. That's the way we do it here. We grow you up so you can come back to us. And um with that being said, I'm just so so so proud of these shining

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stars and all of their families. Um the list will be on our district um website so that you can see all the students that um won scholarships and like I said it was not just for academics purely. We had athletic scholarships. We had um

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scholarships from our community. The partners that we have in this um town are just so generous. They gave to students who are going into a variety of futures. So, that was really great to see and it really warms my heart. Um, at

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this being our last meeting of the year, I want to congratulate all of our students um for your dedication, hard work throughout the last 10 months. Um, we have one more week to go and I'm continually impressed by the academic achievements, creativity in the arts,

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athletics, and the selflessness to service. Like I've mentioned before, congratulations to the class of 2026. And um as you go on, this is the beginning of your journey beyond Piscatoaway High School. And to all of our students who are moving up onto new

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sets of challenges and celebrations throughout the 2026 2027 school year, enjoy your summer. All right, now the superintendence report. If you think that was great, watch this.

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>> Peace and blessings. Good evening to everyone. I hope everyone is having a great warm June day. Finally, the temperatures have turned in the favor that we that I like to see compared to the cold weather that we were experiencing. >> It's okay. We're going to be all right.

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>> I got it on 62. Good. >> Listen, this is a beautiful time of the year. This time of year, we celebrate our students from pre kindergarten all the way to 12th grade. We also get to celebrate students and the work that they're doing in the district and externally. Our board president just

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mentioned about our service and our students commitment to community service and showcasing the scout way the right way. And what I would like to do now is bring forth a group of students who recently showcasing their talents and I say set the room on fire where they were at. I don't want to spoil it because

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they're going to give us a little little tease of what they did. But if we could have Miss Teresa, our director of student support services, come forth. Teresa Edmonson is going to just give a little introduction, introduce the teacher, and introduce these great scholars who are going to demonstrate some of their great work. And we're very

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proud. Teresa is smiling wide already. So that they're here tonight. Um, I'm Theresa Evson, director of people services, and I'd like to bring Mr. Matuni who is our vocations teacher and special education teacher at Seattle High School to talk about these lovely

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students who are here with us who presented the keynote address at the dare to dream. >> Yes, the dare to dream conference is a conference put on by the New Jersey Department of Education across the entire state. Uh Piscataway was actually invited to attend and speak uh the

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conference is about building self- advocacy in our students right so some of the schools that attended were boy uh as well as Scoutaway, Franklin, Somerville, right, all across the our region, right? And it was their time to

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inspire and be inspired. Some of the moments that they've heard were students giving personal examples of living with dyslexia and how they self- advocate for themselves at the next level and advancing to the next level, right? And so, uh, some of our students, five of our students were able to speak at that

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conference. Three of them are here with us today. Darius McKenzie, Jenkins, and Zachariah Green. Each of them were able to share uh inspire others in self advocacy as they move on to the next level. Unfortunately, Mustafa and

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Jasmine, two of our other students, could not be here tonight, but uh being able to to sit there and watch uh our five students speak at this conference uh at the next level is incredible, especially at uh a a scene like Ruckers,

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right? Savannah was talking about how that's her dream school and that's where she wants to go. And having an opportunity to speak there is incredible. Darius ending with a good word of of saying speak up for yourself as you as you go through life. Zachariah over there always saying to be helpful

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and be kind as you move forward with things. It is a it was an incredible opportunity to watch them inspire others. >> It was wonderful. [applause] So

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part of being a part of being a great educator is preparing our students to be ready for any and all environments. And when Miss Edmonson came to me and said, "We have to let our students

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showcase their work. We have to give them a spot like on the spot. He's got to take but in doing this your voice matters. That's why school and education is so important. What you learn can't be taken

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away from you. So first and foremost I want to acknowledge teaching who prepared them to go out and do the work. Let's give a round of applause. [applause] [applause] And if any of the students wants to come forth and say a word,

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>> maybe you can come together. >> The floor the floor is yours. We clear the space for you in case anyone wants to just come and give a highlight. That's what I'm talking. >> All right. [applause] >> You lean on each other. That's okay. Don't fall too back. Don't go too far back. >> This

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>> just just hold it. It's good. >> Okay. Um, I just wanted to say that uh you don't have to do what you do, but you do it because you care for us and you want us to grow and be a part of these other activities. But, um, I just

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wanted to say that I love you and I'm glad to be a student in your class and I hope the other students that come, they can see you the way how I see you now. Um, [applause] Um, it it was a really nice time being

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in his class and without him I wouldn't know how to advocate for myself and not knowing what what self- advocacy means and I'm really grateful to have him as a teacher. [applause] I've known you for three years and I'm

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really grateful that you are my teacher and I'm very proud of myself for, you know, self- advocating for myself and I want to thank you a lot. [applause] >> So, we have >> So, we're going to have the students

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we'll have you come read the students names. We like to just shake hands and pass the certificates out. >> Zachariah. >> All right. [applause] No, no, you stay up here, sweetie. Right back in your spotlight. >> We have SAVANNAH

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[applause] >> and we have Darius. [snorts] [applause] Very good job. Excellent. Excellent. You guys are so good. >> All right. Moms and dads, you take a picture. Go

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for it. Smile. [applause] [applause] >> You want just the kids alone? You could get them just alone. Whoever wants that. >> This mom has taken the pictures. can send it

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>> to [applause] you do great things. Continue to do great things. >> Dr. Lotman, it's all right. >> Get ready. >> Principal Baldano is next. >> So,

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one of our other students that from our high school, I don't know how many folks in the room are familiar with the United Nations. How many folks have heard of that organization? >> Yeah, United Nations is definitely

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space where our students can learn a lot not just about the international scene but about themselves and how to get along. But when you get the opportunity to participate in any type of United Nations event, any type of internship of learning, community

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service, that's a tribute and also reflects the values that have been poured into the student by the family as well as the high school. So I want to bring forth principal Baldano to talk about one of our scholars, Mr. Sachariah Robinson. I'm actually going to let the United Nations do the talking for me

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because one day maybe three weeks ago or so I received a letter and a certificate in the mail and I had no idea why but it was addressed to me. So I opened it and the letter says, "Dear Principal Chris Paul, we have fabulous news to share. The Scatteraway [snorts] High School student Zachary Robinson, class of 2028,

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is being recognized for community service both as national award earner and as an inspiration for other students to get involved in their community. Our 8th Annual National Community Service Awards connects student service activity to progress towards global goals. The

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global goals outines outline 17 goals for a better world by 2030. We have additional recognition for students working towards a world of zero hunger and zero waste leadership programs and state specific honors. Then it goes on to tell me all the wonderful things that they included in this packet which I'm

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going to have you come up Zachary. [applause] So, you did this all on your own, >> correct? >> So, you didn't tell us we were doing this. You didn't do this for recognition. In fact, we kind of snuck this on you a little bit. So, not sorry about that at all. Um, but you are,

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according to not me, not Mr. Glover or Miss Cowan, the United Nations making the world a better place and you're doing it right here in your community. So, for that we salute you and we are very PROUD OF YOU. [applause] I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. I just read a

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letter [applause] >> also. family members, parents please stand also because I think you ought to be I believe in recognizing the parents because without parents HERE [applause] >> picture with the parents and student

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These are moments for the archives. >> Y [snorts] >> [applause] >> So before I continue my report, Dr. Lman is >> hungry to No, we're going to No, no, we're going to let you do your report. >> Oh, you're before. >> Yes. >> Oh, okay. Sorry.

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>> We're We're going to close the show with the surprise for the board. >> But we let Dr. a lotment come forth. As part of our requirement with the New Jersey Department of Education statute statutes code policy, we have to present our HIV

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report as well as SSD report for this quarter. >> Thank you, Superintendent Glover. Good evening. Uh again, Superintendent Glover, board president, Miss Saga Cowan, board vice president, Miss Cherry, and the rest of the board of education members here for the Piscet

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Township School District. As Superintendent Glover said, uh, twice a year we are required by the state to report out on our SSDs report, which, uh, stands for, for those of you who might have forgotten, stands for the student safety data system. I did put

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the copy of the reports on your desk before, um, the meeting started. Um, when we do this, usually Mr. Rubin, I'll do the SSDS. Mr. Rubin usually does the HIV, but in his um, absence, I will be doing both. [snorts] So, I'd like to start off with the SSDS report. That's

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uh it should be the first document in the uh of the two that I gave you. So the report contains data from the time frame of July to December 2025. That's what we're going to report out today, but it also includes the same uh time

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frame July and December for 2024. So as I said, the HIV I'll go over in a couple minutes. If you take the HIV, the eight confirmed from the July December 2025 time frame, take those eight away, those 55 incidents go down to 47. So we have

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47 incidents that I'm going to report about. Um, and the four different categories they fall under. We have violence, we have 12 acts in violence, five in vandalism, 27 in substance abuse, and four in weapons. And I normally do during this report, I like

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to drill down on each of those four categories and explain, you know, briefly, you know, what's been going on. So the violence down violence incidents from 12 uh from 14, I'm sorry, to 12, it's uh down two, which represents 16.7% decrease. Of those 12 incidents, there

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was 11 fights and one threat. Uh 33% of these incidents involve students who are receiving additional modifications for behavior regulation. And a quarter of these incidents actually occurred uh while school wasn't in session during you know extracurricular activities and

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things like that where supervision isn't as prevalent as it is you know during the regular school day. Our next category of vandalism we had five incidents and again if you remember us from you know the the twice a year we do this vandalism has a very wide lens. A lot of different incidents fall under

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the vandalism uh category. We had two reports of theft, one damage to personal property, and two incidents of trespassing. But the two incidents of trespassing, you know, again, they they say incidents, they count this as two, but it was really one incident involving

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uh two people. So really, you know, if we're counting incidents, that 50 47 really goes down to 46. Next is weapons. Four incidents, um, which sounds is a lot. I'm happy to report that all four incidents were

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possession only of uh small knives um with no intent to use while it was on the possession of the person while they were in school. Of these four events, they were found not because you know someone took it out to use it um you know falling out of pockets, you know,

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for a safety inspection, they found it that way. So it was never a threat of using a weapon. So I'm happy to report with that substance abuse. We had 27 reports up from 13. That's obviously our biggest increase. We had 27, like I

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said, occurrences. 18 were confirmed use and nine were possession. The only three substances that reported in these 27 occurrences were THC, um, nicotine as well as alcohol. So, those were the three um, categories we found in there.

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you know, of the incidents, you know, you see almost it more than doubled from the time uh frame before. And, you know, that does, you know, probably send up a flag, you know, but in my opinion, you know, I feel like that's a positive in that we're substance abuse is the only

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ones in the categories where the only person that can get hurt is the person who's using it. So, you know, with violence, with vandalism, with weapons, there's always signs that administrators can look for to to nip things in the bud, you know, before that. With

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substance abuse, it's not really easy to do that because again, it's just it's not looking to harm anyone else. It's just really something that they're doing to themselves. So, when we find more students or, you know, with uh substance abuse occurrences, incidents, that gives us the opportunity to help them. So when

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we have things like this, it's, you know, it's not just disciplining somebody and say, "Don't do that anymore. How dare you do that to in our schools." We do, you know, if someone is involved in an incident like this, they meet with their school counselor. They meet with the student assistance counselor and there is a lot of assistance provided for the uh students

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as well as the families. I did some research, you know, again because looking at almost doubling, did some research and I found the most uh recent uh New Jersey youth survey regarding this was completed in 2022. So, it's not that recent. It's been four years

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already where Ruckers University did a survey. They surveyed every single public high school student in the state of New Jersey again in 2022 and the results found that 25% of high school students back in 2022 self-reported that

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they utilize vapes on a regular basis. So one/4 20 25% not a betting person but if we were to do this right now across the state I'm willing to bet that 25% and it was truthful data. I believe that 25% would be, you know, a little higher.

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So, you know, just by looking at 25% the amount of students we have in our high school, you know, it's a lot of a potential of a lot of students who might be doing this. >> Well, Dr. L, is it concerning that 25 of the 27 are from the high school and it's that specific age group where

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>> Absolutely. is that >> absolutely and you know a lot of it it's I'd love to say that lower schools might not be doing it but you know it's just it's something that we have to become you know we have to be aware of it's 2026 you know we know a lot of these

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students are doing it and we have to do more to to assist them and that's the goal in this so >> I'm sorry Dr. just one question you had 18 confirmed and then how many possessions >> nine nine >> nine possessions that just make 27

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So, you know, when you look at the 47 incident incidents throughout the time frame of six months in a school district that has over 7,000 students like us, 47 might sound like a lot, but it's other districts that are even smaller than us during the same time frame have a lot

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more incidents than we have. So, I believe our district, our administrators, our students, our staff are doing a great job in keeping our schools safe. But, you know, it's always room for improvement. So, some of the programs that I like to highlight every time I do this report that all of our

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schools participate in do the week of respect do school violence awareness week. Um, every single one of our schools has a safety and climate committee that meet regularly. We have HIV trainings. We have DEI monthly celebrations, character education

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programs. We have several assemblies on mental health awareness, social emotional learning, as well as violence prevention. And we're also, I know we spoke about this before, in constant communication with the municipal alliance who, you know, through that partnership with that organization free of charge. Last year and this year, we

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were successful in having um presentations in each one of our schools ranging from safety, you know, traffic safety, cyber bullying, social media awareness, as well as drug awareness and prevention. So, we are doing a lot to make sure that our students and staff remain safe. Like I said, our numbers

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are relatively low for a district of our size, but I guess there's always room to improve. >> What specific program though are we doing to address the vaping? Are we doing a specific program or there's >> our our health classes are are focusing a lot on um you know what vaping will do

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for do to you. Um we're focusing on you know people think and parents think this too. Marijuana I did that when I was my kid's age. marijuana that the THC that's available now is a lot more potent and a lot more dangerous than when parents were growing up. So, we're doing a lot

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of education through that lens. You know, health is the best way to do it because everyone has that and also the real programming that we've been doing. Any other questions about SSGS? And I can transition over to Mr. Rubin's report of the June 2026 HIV

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reports. So the second document um with David Mr. Rubin's um letterhead on there uh there's a lot I know we go over the monthly report the HIV reports every single month but to highlight from that same time frame of uh July 1st to

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December 31st 2025. The district reports we have we received 20 reports uh from either combination of parents or schools. Uh so of the 20 reports that the district uh completed were fully investigated and presented to our superintendent, eight of them were

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substantiated based on um several different factors. Uh and in Mr. Rubin's report, there is an itemized description of the substantiated incident of HIV identifying the protected category involved, the name of the investigator, the nature of any discipline imposed,

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and any other measures, trainings, or programming implemented as a result of the incident. So all eight that were found during that time frame are highlighted on page three of Mr. Rubin's report. And again, they should all seem somewhat familiar because, you know, we've all

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gone through those um during our meetings, you know, monthly. >> Yes, ma'am. >> So um it would seem that the the highest incidents are actually in the middle school and one intermediate school,

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>> right? So like the high school has the same number of HIV as [snorts] you know some of the elementary schools which is interesting to me. And then um the the two next highest are

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intermediate school arbor and our uh Kakamak Middle School with Quibble rounding out uh the party there. So, um, you know, I know that we do the week of respect and we do all of these things and, um, some might say, okay, that's

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great, but I think that we also need to be pretty creative in our, you know, we have the summer to think about maybe some new ways that we could possibly um, influence our students to uh, you know, just be kinder to each

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other or, be um, more human to each other and um, so on like that. So >> yeah, it's interesting you say that Mr. Sagal, president Sagawan, I'm sorry, but yeah, if you look nationwide, HIV reports between the grades of four to eight are usually >> that's where >> that's that's where it's very, you know,

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kids are finding themselves, you know, and some don't know how to deal with that. And you know, the old saying hurt people hurt people. So >> yeah, we got to make sure we we care we care and love on those kids a little more. >> Absolutely. Absolutely. We're always looking for ways to make everything better for our students and staff. >> All right. Thank you.

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>> Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you for your time. Dr. Lotman, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> So, actually, as I continue my report, there's a few other areas that I want to bring highlight to. Board members,

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the superintendent's report for the community, those who are watching online, as those in the audience, I always urge you to take a look at it. And this is a special month that I want to bring to your attention. on the first page of the superintendent's report,

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three national awards for community outreach. And I rarely read, but I'm going to read this because I think it's worthy of being read. The Scottway Township Schools has earned three national awards and an honorable mention from the National School Public Public Relations Association for its

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communication and community outreach efforts. The honors are part of the NSP annual publication and digital media awards and came in the categories of district calendar, newsletter, and video

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series with an honorable mention in photography. Awards of excellence for the 202526 school guide and calendar and superintendence report newsletter award of merit building the future building

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for the future video series. Honorable mention photography of Piscatoaway High School girls wrestling team celebrating their first team win. This is all byproduct of none other than our own Mr. Gary Miller. [applause] Gary does a lot to make sure that the

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district looks good and he we're trying to build his team now so he's not running all over. In fact, getting us some interns and he's collaborating with the high school and some other partnerships within the township. But I want to personally on behalf of the board of education and all of the staff of this district, thank you for the work

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that you do. It's good to see you highlighted nationally. If you ever been in Gary's office, his wall is a trophy case of all his uh national and regional awards. And this c if we celebrate you, salute you, and we thank you for once again helping us remain visible, remain

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relevant, and you know, spoiling us a little bit because you take care of us. This is a great tool of resource, good, good information of resource. Thank you very much, Gary, for the work that you're doing. [applause] Over the last few weeks, we've we've been in several been at several events.

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Our students have been recognized. Listen, when it comes to the arts in Piscatoaway, hands down, this is this has to be one of the best districts in the state of New Jersey for how we represent the arts. Many of our students were recently

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recognized. We had 11 nominations for one group of awards. We we just we're constantly getting nominated, showcasing our students. students are going to Trenton to be recognized with the third circuit of of judges. It's it's just a great time to see our students perform and this year is even better. Yesterday

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I had the privilege of going to see the third grade students during their moving up ceremony and their little performance. Third graders, the choreography, the showmanship, by the time they get to middle and high school, hands down, they're going to we have more scholar and entertainers on our

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hands. So our arts department here under Rebecca is great. our supervisor Rebecca. It's great. But please, if you have not seen the videos of our students, if you have not been to an event, you're missing a lot because our students are truly truly truly exceptional in what they do.

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>> I see you over there chomping a bit. You want to say something about the art? >> No, I just love it. I just love it. Keep going. >> Okay, good. When I first arrived in November, we had our we had our superintendence form and one of our young scholars, Mr. Brandon Brandon Boof, he stood up and he

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said that he wanted to have a basketball hoop at Grand View Elementary School before he left the school. He's a third grader and Brandon's dream came to reality over the last two weeks with the help of a donation

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by former board member Mr. Ralph Johnson, our business administrator, David Ala, members of the facility and maintenance department, and your your superintendent. We were able to put two

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brand new basketball hoops up at Grand View for our students to use. The ribbon cutting ceremony took place last week. The students are enjoying it. There are pictures that will be up if they're not up already. It's fiberglass. Looks real nice. Safe.

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Again, student request. We heard the student. We did our best to make sure that it happened before he left. And I'm proud to say thank you very much for making sure that happened and took place. And countless awards for student athletes, gold medals, and the 100 hurdle 110

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hurdles at the sectionals. Freshman sets a record for shot put. baseball team wins GMC Invitational. Again, all this is in here. The one that I'm very proud of. It's a nice flyer that was created and generated. When I arrived, I said, "We

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need to make sure the public knows just how great our students are and the awards that they received throughout the course of the year." under the guidance of principal Baldasano and his team and Kelly Chilakis who's our director of guidance

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over there. I said, I need to know how much money our students are receiving so people in the town know how much we're actually I don't want to say saving but saving parents. Not saving the district, but saving parents. >> Tyler, for example, is going on a full four-year ride to the Ohio State

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University. That's just one example. But I'm proud to say, board members and to the community, this year's graduating class of 2026 is the recipients collectively of 14,519,465. [applause]

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And I always say because I love numbers, I say it twice. nearly 14.5 million dollars for our students here in Piscato. That's because of educators, parents, and the board making sure that the resources are

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reaching our students so they can be successful in accomplishing their goals. And they're going to some great institutions. One may have gone to the University of South Carolina, but we're going to make sure we increase that over the next few years. No Yukons this year. [laughter]

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>> Actually, I think there's one. >> Don't Come on now. >> Oh, sorry. >> Don't spoil my shine. No one knows. >> Sorry. >> But honestly speaking, every year we're going to keep track. I would love to put out on 287. This is the scholarship money. So, if we could do a digital

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gourd, David, [laughter] >> we got one in front of the high school. >> Well, and that's that's close enough as they're getting there. But we want to make sure that we showcase and let everyone know if you come to school in Piscatoaway, the chances of you getting a scholarship are very high. >> Yep. >> Right. And and you're going to

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contribute to the fabric of our district. >> Speaking of showcasing our district, board members, if you would join us in the audience and take a seat for a second, we have something we would like to debut and highlight that represents our district. Before I Before you press start, before

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we turn the lights out, I'm a big believer in showcasing showcase showcasing not just the work that we do our students but showcase our history when I arrived I said marketing was my minor in college and I love showcasing I

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love bragging my goal is to be number one I love awards I'm a Yankee fan not a fan I might regret that statement that's okay that's okay I have no have no problem saying I'm a fan so I be that bold to say that I'm a six. I clearly

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not tight, [laughter] but it's also folks in the community know what we're doing all the time. If you're in the district, you know, what about the community at large? So, we've had some conversations with several of our community partners, local news

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broadcast. We want to get the word out. We want people to see what's happening in our debut in about scatter schools. >> I'm Rich Aar Glover, proud superintendent of one of the most

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caring, competitive, and highly ranked districts in the state of New Jersey, Skyway Township Schools. And with Piscatoaway, please school is our foundational grade. It's the grades that prepare you to become a Pway grad. Let's take a walk and explore while our

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students, our families, and our staff are PUA inspired. >> The Scatoway Township Schools is a diverse community offering countless opportunities for our students to find success from preschool through high school and beyond. Each of our 11 schools is a tight-knit learning community where students are nurtured

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and encouraged to reach new heights. Getaway earned a spot on the list of the best school districts in New Jersey for 2026. Getting an overall grade of A with an A+ in college prep and diversity. Excellence in academics is at the core

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of our mission. This includes accelerated and advanced placement classes from elementary to high school. [music] Our five high schoolmies offer a school within a school for specialized learning in business, health sciences, engineering, and the arts.

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We embrace the use of technology in the classroom and it enhances student learning. It can help students reach for the stars as it does quite literally at our high school planetarium and [music] in grades K through 8 with our traveling star lab. But we recognize that technology does not replace the care and

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connection of great teachers who are the backbone of our academic aspirations. Alongside our teachers and administrators, each school's counseling department works with students and families to make sure their mental health and life needs are met, allowing students to flourish.

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Our special education program offers individual learning plans, self-contained classes, and transition programs to prepare students with functional life skills. Our district hosts one of the state's largest free preschool programs with

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caring staff to help children take their first steps in becoming lifelong learners. We also offer free breakfast to students at all grade levels so that every child can start the day off with a nutritious meal and ready to learn.

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Our visual and performing arts department encourages students to let themselves shine. Scatterawa has been included among the best communities for music education in the nation for the past decade. Our theater department's musicals and plays are consistently

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nominated and awarded for statewide recognition and numerous student works of art have been selected for competitive art anthologies and exhibits. Students are encouraged to get involved with more than 100 extracurricular activities from

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elementary clubs to high school service organizations. Piscataway High School's Air Force Junior ROC achieved the highest possible rating at its annual inspection. The unit emphasizes citizenship, leadership,

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and scholarship, and students incur no military obligation. The Scataway Chiefs Athletics offers championship caliber sports at the high school and middle schools. [music] Our 24 boys and girls programs are dedicated to the spirit of competition, teaching

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students the value of teamwork, fair play, and school spirit. Piscataway High School was recently recognized with the annual sportsmanship award from the Greater Middle Sex Conference. Our community education office offers before and after care, summer camp, SAT boot

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camps, and a wide range of enrichment programs on Saturdays and after school throughout the school year. We hope a look inside of our schools gives you an understanding as to why I am so proud to be the superintendent of Pascato Township Schools and what has

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inspired our young people here at Piscataway High School to take those Piscataway values into adulthood. Once a chief, always achieved. Let's get it. Let's go. Pay >> you. [applause]

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>> I want to thank So this was that popped into I want to thank Gary. I want to thank our high school teams at the high school challenge and charge the photography, the television and radio folks at the

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high school together. Megan Megan, Chris and Gary along with Chris. This will go out into the community hopefully in the next few weeks and we're going to do a couple variations on TV and some of our national

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YouTube channel. Thank you once again. This will be out soon within the next. Thank you very much. The last thing I want to do, board members, before I retire my my report is

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to bring forth Dr. William Bask, please. officially. This is his official last meeting as the assistant superintendent of schools here. No, he

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did not get relieved of his student chose to tell me that it's time for him to stop coming up and down 95 so much he retired. We celebrated him in a few spaces. However, I want Dr. know that we are very proud to have had

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his service in our district. Dr. BILL [applause] [applause] always stand. >> Sure. >> You Oh my goodness. He sent that picture. >> I know.

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>> THANK YOU. [applause] NO, NO, it's still going. [laughter] >> Funny how it works. Madame President. >> Yes. >> You have something >> one last part. >> Oh, you're good. >> I'm good. >> Oh, okay.

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>> Okay. Good. All right. >> I took up enough time. >> Yeah. Okay. Good. >> Okay. That's the student. Madam, >> Madame President, that concludes my report for this meeting. Thank you very much, board members. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Um, so I

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see. Okay. So, um, the next part is personnel and labor relations, but um, Chantel has um, left for a moment. So, I just need to know the letters >> A through H. >> A through H. Thank you. So be it resolved that the following motions

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identified as items A through H be approved as presented. >> So moved. >> Okay. Um will you take the vote? >> Oh, did someone second or is that so moved? >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Dr. Connor.

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>> Uh yes. >> Mrs. Hawk. >> Yes. >> Mr. King. >> Yes. >> Dr. Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Patel. >> Yes. Mr. Salado. >> Yes, Mr. >> Paris.

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>> All right. Thank you. Um yes. Now that um personnel and labor relations is done, we will have our human relations um who is it uh director. Thank you. I knew there was something that goes with that. Um Colleen come up and introduce our new

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staff members. We started a tradition recently that we have our new staff members come in and be welcomed in our board meetings. >> All right. So, I am going to start with our teachers and supervisors and then directors. Okay. So, I'd like to invite

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up Miss Marissa Maggie. [applause] continues. >> Yes, exactly. [applause] ANOTHER HOMEGROWN. >> YES. >> Ryan Worland, FORMER TEACHER

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[applause] FOLLOW. We'd like to give a warm welcome to Dr. ANGELA [applause] to be our assistant superintendent. >> [applause] >> Dr. Solomon used to say a word [laughter]

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on the spot. So >> um so first and foremost um I just want to say thank you. Thank you for this opportunity. Um, one of the things that I I noticed um when I first got the call for the recommendation,

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uh, I felt like I was going to be part of a family [snorts] and, um, I remember hearing welcome to the family and I said, okay, I'm part of a family. What does a family do? Family takes care of each other. And so, just as a community, just know that I'm here to take care of

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your children. I'm here to take care of the scholars here for Scatteraway. I am charged to do this work and I'm excited and I'm ready um and I'm grateful for the opportunity. So, thank you so much to each and every one of you for voting on my uh employment. Thank you.

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[applause] >> Stand in front of it. >> Yeah, you know I'm showing off the camera. Okay. >> Sure. [laughter] [applause] >> Welcome. Welcome. Welcome in. >> All right. All right, next up.

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>> All right, as we move along, we move we lose a few more people. Thank you. >> It happens. >> Every once in a while, you know, somebody wants >> get this into the repair shop. >> Yeah, I think it does. I think it's seen >> itch.

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>> Next up, committee reports. Um, Miss Chantel Cherry for curriculum. >> The curriculum committee met on Monday, June the 1st, 2026 to discuss Piscatoaway Reed's literacy program progress, subject area updates, and more. Piscataway reads will relaunch.

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Dr. Baskerville, the administration has been in conversations about bringing back the Piscataway Reads program. For years, Biscataway Reads was an annual event that brought the community and school district together for a evening dedicated to literacy with books, activities, and keynote speakers.

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Benders participated in scheduled events for the entire family. Mr. Glover says we will do preliminary work over the summer. Reflections on open court and study sync was discussed by Janine Albanese. Miss Albanese said, "Strengths

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of the implement implementation of new literacy programs is that the fundamentals skills in grades three through five are highly effective. In grades four through five, among the new skills are the whole word dictation engagement with complex text. Knowledge

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building and background building are consistent and integral integral integral part of the program. prefix for reading and writing. Weekly assessments reinforce test taking skills without test exposure being separate for

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curricul from curriculum. Observed instructional shifts include word lines, decoding complex text as well whole class reading sections, selections, discussion starters. Focus areas for year two, including digitalizing all

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program assessments in order for the data to be available immediately. The program will also implement NWA, MAP in grades 2 through eight, and MPA reading fluency in grades K through three times per year. The plan also

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calls for improving instructional instructional fluency with focus on grade level [snorts] teachers and stren strengthening vertical alignment of skills across grade levels. Formal K through8 curriculum will be written this

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summer with a finalized set of goals. After a year, the district will continue to ver vertical articulate to target transitions and streamlining media technology and social studies was discussed by Chris Arbando. Media

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technology. The PHS TV radio program will undergo curricular rewrites this summer with goals of strengthening these for dual enrollment. TV1 is being offered as a dual enrollment course and more may be offered in f in the fall.

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Students are participating in video challenges and the district is looking for more opportunities like this. The program is exploring partnerships with the district with Piscatoaway Public Library and the Piscataway Community TV. Elementary Tech nights where students

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share interactive technology activities with families and community members have been successful this year. Markabots are being used in grades K through three. Mediate techch K through eight standards are being elevated evaluated at the

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state level. MediaTek is using Kamingo and all AI resources. Social studies. The district participated in the sixth grade third circuit court essay competition and had first and second place winners from Piscataway. Students

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went to the courthouse and were honored. Grades five students [snorts] took a virtual trip to historic Jamesburg June 9th and 10th. All fourth grade students took a trip to Cornelius Low Low House in October and November.

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Professional development will include new standards and additional mandates on the labor movement and latex history. NJSLS science updates was discuss discussed by Dr. Jeffrey Cibre. The NJ DOE is in the process of updating the

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NJSLS science standards. Unofficial changes have been released for the September 26 implementation. Revision of K through8 science curriculum documents are expected to be approved this summer. The hydrooral phonics towers was discussed

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by Dr. Jeff Celibbrates. Flowers, herbs, leafy greens, and some vegetables are being grown in our chers across the district. The diversity of the plants, growing condition, and harvesting techniques across the district is inspiring, and teachers have really taken ownership. Maintaining these

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systems take care and attention throughout the school year and provide an opportunity for students to develop patience and pride over months of learning and engagement. And we had a very interesting meeting. We learned a lot about teachers actually take the

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plants home with them in order to continue to maintain them so that they're not lost. They're still utilized for the purpose of watching them grow, but also being able to come back and discuss with the students that their work was not uh done in vain. The

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students are able to have green leafy lunches, salads, and so forth because they're able to pick their vegetables directly from their towers. But the most important part about it, they're able to see the fruits of their labor and what they can do if they're shown how to do

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it, which is what we stand for, which is what we do here in Pway. And I'm super proud of them and everyone here in the district. And it was also Dr. Baskville's last night as my curriculum advisor who I've been under since he took over uh assistant superintendent.

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So, it was a very touching night and all the members who have been on that committee for some more than 20 years, we will all miss you dearly, but the show will go on and we're going to do you proud. Trust me when I tell you. And that concludes my report.

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>> Thank you. Thank you so much. Um, fiscal plannings and operations, Dr. Tom Connors. Fiscal Plannings and Operations Committee met on Monday, June 8th, 2026. Discuss the budget, facility, capital projects, and more. Uh, budget update,

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health benefits. Current year expenditures continue to require transfers from unexpended accounts. Transition to Horizon. Uh, and med impact is progressing. New ID cards will be mailed on or around July 1st. Stop

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loss insurance policy approved at the last board meeting came in under budget. Fund balance and reserve deposits. Included in tonight's um you know uh agenda are the resolutions authorizing up to $3 million in fund balance deposits to the capital reserve and

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maintenance reserve. Facility capital projects high school interior alterations. The district met with the new cafeteria glass door company to review some concerns about the installation. The manufacturer corrected the issues and extended the warranty by two years. Scatoway High School intercom

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uh public announcement clock system, the security alert system testing was successful with issues immediately uh rectified. The intercom system is already in use. One of the things we had to do is comply with a um thing called Alyssa's law which is a uh for the sake

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of security. Um uh the bell schedule will run up to the new system as of June 9th. Quivaltown solar panel decommissioning solar panel removal was completed on Wednesday, June 3rd with no disruptions to the school. Qualtown roof, the work will begin June 19th.

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Scatter High School in Qualtown solar panel installation. Contracts expected to be awarded to the uh Scato High School roof repairs at the June 11th tonight's meeting. Uh the district and contractors have been discussing alternatives for the new solar panel racking system. Fellowships farms this

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building alterations. The HVAC duck work and plumbing work continues. The district's finalizing intercom PA system quotes. The project remains on schedule for September 2026. Uh opening administrative building staff were informed of the construction plans for

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the summer and its impact on workspaces. ConnectMac roof and solar decommissioning. A successful bidder is the same contract uh contractor that completed the cool town decommissioning. Work is expected to begin when school year is finished. Painting services, Prometheium board installation. Teachers

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have been provided boxes to prepare the rooms for their uh the work this summer. Painting and Prometheian board installations are expected to begin June 22nd and completed by August 14th. Ethel Road Department of Environment Protection remediation. The district

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filed its annual remediation funding source letter with the Department of Environmental Protection notifying them that due to budget constraints, further work will be put on hold. The deadline is December 31st, 2028. Transportation update. The county approved the 2026

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2027 contract with Leila Transportation, which saved the district hundreds of thousands of dollars due to route consolidations. The transportation department continues to work to determine preschool transportation needs for next year. Renewal of some privately contracted preschool routes will occur

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at the June or July board meetings. Food service update. Food service renewals. The renewal contract with Mashio's food service was finalized with a reduced guarantee to the district of $250,000 down from $31,000. The contract will be on tonight's uh

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meeting agenda. Uh negative balance discussion. Mr. Rivera informed the committee that the active student negative balance is 236,000 and the inactive student negative account balance is 36,000. The committee discussed strategies taken to encourage

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completion of the applications and ideas for collections of school meal debts. New Jersey school business legislative updates. Uh myself discuss legislation being considered by um the legislator subcommittee. The legislature is in SE

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is in session and they're holding a lot of um Senate and Education uh committee meetings. Um a lot of what's being discussed right now is the topic that's on everybody's mind is modernization of the 2008 school funding reform act.

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And um we'll keep you posted on that. Mr. Oliver noted the attendance of Commissioner of Education Lily Dr. Lily Locks um and Deputy Commissioner Joe How um and a representative from the governor's office in a panel discussion

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at a conference that he attended in Atlantic City, the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials annual conference. And the person that came here said that we are family. I just want to point out that Joe How about 14 years ago was actually an

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assistant BA here and he's worked his way through and now he is the right-hand person of our new commissioner of education. So, uh that that's really a good thing because then we can have conversations about some of these issues and he's he can pass them right on to

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the commissioner of education. Uh business office update investment account. The committee reviewed the current balance on the May 2026 um NJRM which is the asset rebate management um system. It's a our statement and agreed that all the funds should remain in the

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joint account. This is an account we started about four and a half years ago that allows our business administrator through a policy we passed to take a certain percentage of our money in certain accounts and actually invest it. And over those four and a half years, you know, we I always ask you, but it's

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somewhere close to a million dollars that we have been able to to put against capital projects that we won't have to budget for, etc. Um the uh um the business office um interns

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has been selected and will be on tonight's agenda. Um, maintenance is conducting interviews and expects to have candidates for tonight's meeting, which they do. This is great because we get students that are involved in our school system as interns and in our in our um in such things as like the

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maintenance department. Uh, NJ Asbo, that's that New Jersey Association School Business Official Artwork award. Randolph student uh Aurelia X artwork was selected as the elementary school winner at the NJ uh Asbow's conference we were just mentioning down in Atlantic

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City. There was I don't s saw the picture somewhere but it's this cute picture of like three cupcakes and what happened David told me is that down in Atlantic City it was on display and it were like there were like there were a lot of them on display but the people at the conference voted and we one of our

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elementary students won that award. >> It's the one it's the cupcake picture in the back. It's part of our installation here as our permanent collection. It's that cupcake picture there >> and she's going to get a $100 gift certificate uh from them. The Scatterway High School water damage insurance

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claim. The district has finalized most of the insurance claim with um NJ uh school insurance group and has received the majority of its reimbursements. Now the last one is the uh is SRE sales. Srex are solar renewable energy credits and we own C certain solar panels around

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the district and we wait until there's a certain point where we want to sell them. And so the district just sold 1,954 uh endear 200 2022 solar renewal energy certificates for $371,787.58. Mr. and noted that the price of S rates

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have declined and so what we do is we follow that so and we can so we can find the cash mint and uh the price decline and the district's inventory is also declining due to the product productivity issues and removal of some panels um madame president that is my report

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>> thank you Dr. Connor okay policy and legislative we're going to have Dr. Nelson read for us she's on the legislative committee and since our chair Loretta reverse is not here today Dr. Gail Nelson. >> Okay. [clears throat] The policy and legislative committee met on Thursday,

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May 7th to discuss the civility resolution, several proposed policies, and more. Dr. Connors discussed the proposed civility resolution promoted by New Jersey School Board's Association, committing to civil discourse in the

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conduct of board business. The committee approved the resolution for placement on the board of education agenda for adoption. The committee approved the following policies for placement on the board agenda for first reading with input from superintendent Glover on the selection of various options offered by

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Strauss Esmeat. Policy 22000 curriculum replaces regulation 22000 which will be abolished. Policy 2411 career education and academic counseling. Policy 5460,

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high school graduation. Policy 5461, high school diplomas. Policy 0162.01, legal notices. Policy 1643, family leave. Policy 5561, use of physical restraint and seclusion.

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Mr. Mr. Rubin alerted the committee to a bill awaiting action by the governor requiring public schools to post website links to the subsidized school mills application in anformational video produced by the New Jersey office of the food security advocate. And Miss Rivers,

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who is our chair, provided an update on resolutions adopted at the recent New Jersey School Board Association delegate assembly. >> Thank you. And I just want to add for the um policy 5561 use of physical restraint

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and seclusion. Um Dr. Glover will Mr. Glover will be um making sure all staff is trained and handled with care. So we will be able to help our students who are in need. So I just wanted to put that out there.

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>> Thank you Dr. Nelson. I just want to update um there was an error in the date that meeting actually occurred on um June the 3 um is when we had that that meeting. Okay. So, we're moving on to culture. >> Madam, if I can make one comment about

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back in the in in the report on fiscal planning and food service update because it was noted that we um had the renewal uh for food services, but we still will be having the free uh breakfast. >> Yes. Um and that's it's been quite a

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success. >> Thank you. All right, we're moving on to culture, climate, and community relations. Um that's my committee and that I get the honor of chairing. So the culture, climate, and community relations committee met on Thursday, no, I'm sorry, Tuesday, u May the 19th, 2026

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to discuss positive messaging, community partnerships, and more. Um we actually met in person which is something that we do on that committee the beginning of the year and at the end of the year we had a beautiful potluck that all of our members brought variety of different cultural different foods. Um we talked

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about positive messaging where Gary Miller shares with us the slideshow um presentation of the monthly themes quotes the marquee images the social media posts for April and May. April themes were Jewish um heritage month and autism awareness and acceptance month.

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The marquee images um were happy Passover, happy Easter and Earth Day. The May themes were Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. For the first time ever, the marquee images um

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were were also dawned with the teacher appreciation and Memorial Day. um community partnerships. Dr. Gray um shared information [clears throat] about community partnerships under the district's partnerships with Junior

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Achievement. PHS students visited Chanel in Piscatoaway. Um Manich Reinsurance in Princeton and L'Oreal in Piscataway. Arbor and MLK F um physical literacy clubs visited the Junior Achievements

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headquarters in Edison to participate in something called Biztown. Excuse me. The um the participants uh some of the members had their children um attend this and they said it was a really huge um success that the students

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really enjoy it. They um participate in basically becoming you know hair stylists and you know the mayor and so on in the little town and they get you know to do their grocery shopping etc. It's very nice day for the students.

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They actually um work with civil uh you know doing civics where they actually elect their mayor. So that's really fun as well. So as part of the partnership, the Rucker students from each middle school visited Ruckers to engage in health related activities. The students

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interacted with several Rucker students who have majors connected to the health fields, including a former Priscatoaway student wellness services. Multiple committee members attended the Haven family night on May 7th where information was shared on screen

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addiction and internet safety. also noted was the community garden. One of our members who's also a teacher here in our district at Arbor, Miss Khan, was awarded a scholarship uh for her community garden through the um

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foundation, the education foundation. And so she's ordered the items for the community garden and the kindness club will collaborate with her to recruit parents and students to help take care of the garden over the summer. And that is my report.

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All right, moving right along. We're going to um approval of the minutes. Hubby Bahawk be resolved that that the following minutes be approved as submitted business meeting March 14th.

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>> May 14th, executive session May 14th. >> Um motion >> second. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> Any oppose? Okay. Public comments from the floor. The board of education recognizes the value

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of public comments on educational issues in school matters of community interest. In support of this position, the law establishes a period of public comment at every board meeting. Individuals wishing to speak must state their name and municipality. Comments are limited

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to three minutes duration, but an individual may speak a second time after all others who wish to speak on the topic have been heard. The board may require that individuals register to speak prior to the beginning of the meeting. Participants may submit written materials in support of their position.

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All statements and or questions shall be directed to the presiding officer and no participant may address or question board members individually. All speakers are requested to express themselves in a civil manner with due respect for the digny and privacy rights of others whose

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legal rights may be affected. Please note, while it's not the board's intention to stifle comments on matters of legitimate concern to the school's community, the public should be aware that if their statements violate the rights of others under the law governing

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defamation or invasion of privacy, they may face personal liability to the injured party. If speakers are uncertain of their legal ramifications of their comments, the board urges them to seek guidance beforehand from their own legal adviser.

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Do I have any uh members from the community wanting to speak? >> Yes. >> Hi, good evening. Celeste Fiori, Piscataway. I use they them pronouns. Thank you again always for uh you know making

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Piscataway and keeping Piscataway great and lovely and wonderful. And I think that one of the things that and I apologize for coming in a little bit later so I didn't get the the full appreciation of the report on HIV. Um I did hear a number that was only 20 that

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there were only 20 reported HIV cases brought. >> I thought it was eight. >> There were 20 that were brought and eight were founded. >> Yes. >> That to me as a district of this size statistically doesn't make sense. I actually think that that's a low number. Again, where I'm getting that from, I'm

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just looking at student population and the fact that, you know, we've got elementary school all the way up to high school. So, while we don't want to actually have instances of bullying, I do want to make sure that we as a district are making sure that we're complying with all of our obligations

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other the New Jersey um anti-bullying bill of rights which includes things, you know, like making sure that our uh even if it's our self-grade as posted on the website and making sure that all of our data is actually public so that way uh we can uh be looking at it with

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outside eyes. Um while you know the board has its role uh community partners and the community also has a role in seeing and understanding just exactly uh that while while we don't want to have

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founded reports under reporting of HIV also just glosses over what might be uh what might be brewing as issues within the district. So, we we definitely it's always great to hear about all of the things that we're excelling at and all of the students that are achieving a lot

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of success and then there are also those students that we want to make sure don't fall behind and are not just you know being kind of pushed to the wayside. So, I bring that up to say um you know it's the end of the year um and I just hope that you know next next year we we we make sure that we are 100% transparent

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in everything that we need to be sharing with the public. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Um, is there anyone else from the public? Okay. >> Uh, good evening, Lisa Burke, Piscataway Township. Uh, really briefly in a

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similar vein about, uh, the community of Piscataway. I uh I I took note of the negative balance discussion in the fiscal report as to um I guess it's basically lunch debts and then also in

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the policy report as to the requirement to make sure that the subsidized meal application is online as well as the video by uh the office of food security advocate and I just wanted to share that as one of my kind of like areas of interest in community care it's been increasing around really learning about

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this whole notion of food security or experiences of food insecurity and just really how widespread food insecurity is. I think we often think of it uh in terms of experiences of long-term poverty, but it often is situational and very common amongst what we might call

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middle inome families. So, I'm really encouraged and I appreciate that in the video we focused uh you know, one of the points on that we have free breakfasts like across the board. And so I actually had an idea as to solutions for the debt

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because collections might be one piece, but maybe this is an opportunity for where the community can contribute to taking down that debt for other people. And I don't know if this is too too outside the box or maybe this already exists, but I wondered if there was a

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way through the township education foundation by which members of the community at large, for example, somebody like me could make a contribution towards reducing that debt so that if families are experiencing like uh I'm going to say more extended

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food insecurity that they don't feel like they need to resolve this. So, I just wanted to share that as an idea. And again, thank you for making sure that we're taking care of our community from before school starts until after school and understanding the importance

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of that startup day especially. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> I see a few more faces. Anybody else? >> Okay. Um so, uh with that I have a motion to close. Second.

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>> Um, is that a motion, Dr. um Nelson? >> I'll motion. >> Motion and second. Okay. All right. So, um, all those in favors of closing public comments from the floor. >> I any naysay?

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Okay. So, we're back on to um fiscal plannings and operations. Dr. Tom Connors. It's a pretty lengthy um bit in here, so I'm sure you guys are going to peruse it on your own time, people in the community. It's also online for

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those watching. Okay, go ahead. Dr. Connor, >> we resolve that the following motions identified as items A through Y be approved as presented. >> Second. I'll just note uh item Y was in addition

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to the agenda. It'll be uh posted and uh will certainly be in the minutes. It's uh approval of a settlement. >> And I just wanted to make a note that item D and E is what I had mentioned before about the authorization for the

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um deposit to our uh capital reserve and our maintenance reserve. >> It would um and I believe um Dr. Connor from our fiscal um plannings and operations meeting that it would go to um maintenance reserve first. >> Yes. >> Correct.

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>> That that will be my recommendation uh depending on how much we have. Yes. >> Right. >> Okay. Thank you. Um so can we have a vote? >> Any other discussion on fiscal? Okay. Moving on.

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>> Mrs. Yes. >> Mr. King. >> Yes. Dr. Nelson, >> yes. >> Mr. Patel, >> yes. >> Dr. Connors, >> yes. >> Miss Cherry, >> yes. >> Mr. Sado, >> yes. >> The motion is carried. >> Okay. Um policy um in the absence of

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Miss Loretta Rivers, we have Courtney King. >> Be resolved that the following motions identified as items A through C be approved as presented. >> Okay. Can we take the role? >> Mr. King, >> yes. >> Dr. Nelson, >> yes.

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>> Mr. Mattel, >> yes. >> Dr. Connor, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hawk, >> yes. >> Mr. Cherry, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sagato Cowan, >> yes. >> Motion's carried. >> Thank you. On um curriculum, Pashant Patel.

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>> Be it result that the motion be it result that the following motion identified as item A be approved as presented. >> Second. Um we need a roll for that. Okay, let me take the role.

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>> Dr. Nelson, >> yes. >> Mr. Chel, >> yes. >> Dr. Connor, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hawk, >> yes. >> Mr. King, >> yes. >> Miss Cherry, >> yes. >> Mrs. Sado, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Okay. And pupil services. Gail Nelson.

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>> Be it resolved that the following motion identified as items A through E be approved as presented. Can we take the role? >> Mr. Patel, >> yes. >> Dr. Connor, >> yes.

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>> Mrs. Hawk, >> yes. >> Mr. King, >> yes. >> Dr. Nelson, >> yes. >> Mr. Cherry, >> yes. >> Mrs. Salado Cowan, >> yes. >> Motions carry. >> Okay. Administrative and auxiliary. Um, in absence of Anika Staff, we have

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Chantel Cherry. Be it resolved that the following motions identified as items A through I be approved as presented. >> I'll also just note we have Oh, thank you, Mr. King. Um, I'll also just note we have a uh additional resolution not on the agenda, a late addition uh item

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I, authorization to execute an easement. And much like the other one, it'll be on the updated agenda that uh will be posted and the minutes. >> Is there a second? >> Yeah, that was u Mr. King for the second. >> Madame President, if I can make a comment then. >> Yes, sir.

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>> On item G. Item G is what we had mentioned. Um we're putting on a a resolution uh pledging to practice and promote civility in the board of education of Skyway Township School District. [cough] And [clears throat] um the New Jersey School Board

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Association um has a civility project in which they are, you know, calling it civility starts with us. And so what we're doing is basically reinforcing our New Jersey school board's members code of ethics through a resolution um because current research indicates that

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public discourse has become noticeably more polarized and less civil in recent years. While most visible examples tend to play out on the national stage, the ripple effects have tripled down to [snorts] local communities including school boards. So in our in this effort

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we have we want to adopt that resolution uh for the Piscatoway Board of Education. >> Okay. Um so we had a second. Yes. Mr. King. And can we take the role? >> Dr. Connor. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Hawk. >> Yes. >> King. >> Yes.

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>> Dr. Nelson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Patel. >> Yes. >> M. Cherry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sagato Cower. >> Yes. >> Motions carry. >> Okay. Um, we're gonna do old business. Any old business?

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>> Hello. All right. Um, so over the past three months, we've been doing a color every month and it's to bring awareness to different health issues. So, in August, uh, the board >> Don't tell us about what the colors we've already done.

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>> Yes. So, in August, the board wore blue and this was for autism awareness month. Oh, April. >> April, I'm sorry. Um, in g in May we wore green and this was for mental health awareness month and today most of

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us are wearing purple and this is for Alzheimer's and brain awareness month. So, every month we'll be doing a theme relating to health. Um, next month we will be doing July for uh saroma cancer.

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Um, and the reason I chose this was because even though it's rare, it actually equals 10 to 15% of childhood cancer. And the color is yellow. And this is an initiative that Miss Haka came up on her own telling us that we should come, you

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know, in a in a color each month as a theme. We didn't even realize it was health related. And I'm a pediatric nurse practitioner. So, thank you for Mrs. Hawk bringing us colors every month. Thank you. >> So, next month everyone wear yellow. I just wanted to add I don't own anything purple

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>> or yellow. I'm sure >> yellow I'll be fine. >> Okay. Thank you. >> He should forgive, right? That is our color. Yellow. >> Yellow. Yellow. He has to have. Yes. Okay. You better have yellow next month. Okay. So, um uh any other old business?

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I have. Um yes, >> madame president, if I may. >> Yes. >> Um I would like to give an update on what transpired at delegate assembly. >> Excellent. Yes. >> So before I start, I'll just say for the

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member of the audience uh what it is. The New Jersey School Boards Association Delegate Assembly is a statewide forum where local boards shape NJSBA's official advocacy position.

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When a resolution is approved, it becomes part of NJSBS policy platform and guide guides the NJSBS legislative and regulatory work on behalf of all New Jersey school districts

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at the May 16, 2026 NJSBA delegate assembly held at Mercer County Biscardway Township School was represent by Miss Loretta Rivers. participated as Piscarve's voting

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delegate. Dr. Tom Connors uh participate participated as presiding officer of the resolutions process and also is alternate voting delegate and madame president Nelie Sgard Kan uh

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and I attended as a non- voting members observing all reports debates and actions taken by the assembly as discussed at our last board meeting. There were six resolutions on the agenda. One resolution failed and five

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were approved. Uh the resolution one was rank choice vote that failed. Resolution two was safe havens and immigration for enforcement limits. That was approved.

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Resolution number three, pilot revenue and educational cost offset. that was approved. Resolution four, state aid and structural revenue limitation. Um, that was approved. Resolution five,

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instructional material price pricing and transparency. That was approved. Uh, resolution six, county vocational governance and tuition transparency. That was approved.

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>> Thank you so much. >> That's it. And when is the next delegate assembly? I um I believe it's in >> it's in November. >> November. It's held twice a year and uh I was I was just honored and privileged as serving as the interim vice president for legislation and resolutions of the New Jersey school boards to preside over

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that meeting and um we first discussed those resolutions here and then we brought that to I think there were about 115 school districts who represented it at that meeting and the first one was tough because the the explanation of of rank choice voting and how does rank

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choice voting even affect you know when we're not doing it right now. So that vote was very close that it was uh and it needed a majority but it failed 58 to 50 something. It was only by three or four votes. Um, and so, you know, it

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gives an opportunity for another school district in the future to possibly put in another resolutions because the resolutions come from the local school districts about issues that they want our legislators to be um paying attention to and and and advocate for.

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And so, uh, thank you, uh, Mr. Patel for giving a nice summary on that. And, um, you know, it's kind of like our it's kind of like our United Nations really in in in a sense it's the school boards United Nations down you know twice a year and that's it.

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>> All right. >> Since you mentioned November meeting, Dr. Connor, do you know if the format is going to change or as you know? >> Not yet. I sit on a delegate assembly task force which has yet to make its

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recommendations and one of the considerations is moving to once a year but it has lots of implications because that's where you also elect your executive officers so there's a so to wait uh to be determined >> to be okay

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>> thank you >> new business any new business >> go back to old business real quick >> oh yes old business I'm sorry >> I just wanted to ask was there any decision on the student who wanted to present their poem at the graduation. >> Yes, there has been a decision and I had

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a conversation today with principal Baldisano. The resolution to that and a conversation was held with the student as well, the senior from the high school. For those in the public who may not remember at the last meeting, one of our students came and read a poem and

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has had a conversation with the principal of the high school requesting that the poem be read during the graduation ceremony. going back and looking at some of the historical data points from how students participated in graduation ceremonies here in the township. I did some

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thinking, had some conversations and wanted to find a healthy alternative as there are some areas, some gray areas that still have not been completely flushed out. But with time quickly coming upon us about graduation taking place next

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week, conversation I had with principal Bob Dano was as follows. We are going to still showcase the students poem in a variety of formats. One being the yearbook, another one being read among peers during their practice, but I've also said that we're going to record the

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student doing the performance live. have that recording then broadcast out amongst not just their classmates, but we're going to send it out. It's going to live on our website. So, we're going to share it with the larger public. It will not be at the graduation ceremony

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as Flare is being read by the student, but it will also be we're working with Ruckers to have it also shown as either before or after the students doing a processional or the recessional of the students. But it will also be recorded with the student in their cap and gown

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in their gown and read. So, and then put on the website as well as disseminated out on Parent Square. >> It's good. Good resolution. Thank you. Um, new business and new business. >> The only thing I have a new business to

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remind. I'm not going to be around this weekend, but the um Piscatoaway Street Fair >> and that uh you know we uh we started we did one more time >> this year. We do we do not have a a booth. We do not have a table this year. We will get one next year.

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>> I was just Well, it was an opportunity for us. We're a um >> board of committees and so we can it's a good time to get public members to see what we're doing and sign up for committees >> next year. Okay. So, um, any other new

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business? >> So, um, the infomercial, the commercial that you put out, um, looks really good to me. And I wanted to know if because of things like HIV and substance abuse

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that's going on. I remember a long time ago that they used a lot of commercials like this is your brain and things like that. So I wonder if since we have such a great drama club, we have such a great media department here, we have Gary

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Miller here, if the school could start using our drama students, our band students, and anybody else to start putting out um >> PSAs, >> yeah, media, everybody inside of the district talking about these things. Um,

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and also just inviting kids who don't know about certain clubs, certain activities inside of the district because this is one thing that I said a couple of years ago where a lot of our students don't know about was going inside the district. So only thing they do is they get in the school bus, they go home, they sit inside a dark room,

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they do their homework, and they speak to themselves. So I think there's a lot of opportunity now for to get these people out of the dark to get these people who voices may sound muffled to come more into the light more into the forefront to participate more and not feel so alone.

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>> Madam President, if I can add >> Yes. >> glad you bring that up. We have we have been talking with the film and studio television and radio educators to already talk about little mini PSAs. We're also going to be rebranding our

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our television studio as well as our radio. We do, for those who don't know, we actually already have a frequency that goes through Ruckers University and we're going to start utilizing that more often. So, yes, to talk about that, what you just said is exactly what we want the students to be putting out, their

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own little mini PSAs. We have our own YouTube channel. We will be rebranding that and relaunching that as a way for people to tune in. And because we know most of our students use Instagram, Mhm. >> That would be the format that we use to send out those little snips, those

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little quick snapshots for students to say, "Oh, that's their students acting something out or doing a PSA around some of these topics." >> Um, while earlier this today, I wrote a note to um uh Mr. Glover that I want a PSA about such items. Same idea. Um so

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we're we're we're seeing eye to eye over here. I think uh Dr. Nelson. >> Um, to Courtney's point when he says something about the clubs at the high school. So, do you have a club rush? >> Yes, we do. >> You do? >> Yeah. Say that again. >> A club rush. >> Not a rush, but it's uh information

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sessions that run I think two two times in the fall and then two times in the spring. >> No, I mean where the actual club people make their little uh presentation for their club and people sign up then like students come in sign up. >> They have that. >> They have that >> but it's just not called a rush.

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One thing we don't have is that our clubs don't go to the um intermediate schools towards the end of the year to start inspiring the graduates of the intermediate school before they come to the high school. I think that that's something that we can utilize and it'll

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um bring a little bit more excitement to once they get to the high school. Also in the summertime there's like a freshman experience where um the students um come for like a day and they're also introduced to all the clubs on that day as well. So there's a couple

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of opportunities for students to learn about these things. Um I know that specifically because I'm a drama mama that the um the theater kids go down and do exactly what Courtney said. they'll make a presentation at the middle

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schools to garner some interest um for those eighth graders coming in for the following year. >> Only thing with that um not all of the freshmen actually come to freshman orientation. >> That's right. >> So my thinking is this. If we have a

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small segment of what these clubs actually do, is there somehow we could make it available where the kids could view it or see it on schooly because this would give them a better idea of what the club entails, what it's going

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to do because like we say, we have a 100 clubs. I realistically am not going to get through to a 100 tables at freshman orientation because one, I'm a freshman and I'm excited. I'm coming to the high school. My parents aren't here. It's just all of us students. So, we need to

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have it where in their downtime when they're more low-key, they may be bored, whatever the case may be, they could actually take a look at it and then they may actually find something they're interested in. As well as the advisors who are in charge of these clubs, they

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could push some of these clubs in their classrooms because they see these students every other day and they get to know these students and know some things that may be of interest to the students. So I think if we all collaboratively work together between schooly, the

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teachers themselves in the events that we have at the school, I think we could get it more out to the students to get them more engaged because >> I don't I won't even say a third of our students utilize all these clubs. >> That's that's true. >> Yet there's everything from anime to

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drama to band and all the other things. >> But again, if I don't know, I'll never try it. But if it's introduced to me or I have an idea that it's there, then I'm more likely to go and be a part of it because it's something I enjoy and something I want to do. So, we've got to

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reach them where they're at, not where we think they are. >> Right. Um, I would say even maybe like a one minute video for each one and they could live on the websites. >> Correct. >> You know, like for each individual club, that would be awesome. Yes, Mr. Patel. some of this information um like early

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on can be put on uh schooly >> right >> and >> go ahead >> superintendent Glover is trying to shift us away from schooly >> and widen our platform because part of it is that schooly lives within the in our interd district network and we're

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trying to that's why I said we're going to be promoting that YouTube channel and and utilize Instagram because that has a wider net and it could be sent out a lot more >> and and if I can We're think about communication and just stepping back to a higher level is that think about it this summer we have an

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opportunity in September to send a unified message through back to school nights. What we do every September is we get some themes as to what we all want to be saying out in the schools and our liaison schools and and we pick topics

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so that way we keep it short but the but that that population is mainly parents in the school community and it's a way to to emphasize some of the any other new initiatives that we may have. >> Excellent.

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>> And I I have one final thing, Madame President, because you got it in your packet. I wanted everybody to see once a year um I asked the business administrator to um uh put together on one sheet laminated that's that's from before that's the pledge for disability

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but this is something different this is once a year we we have our mission statement we have our strategic goals five-year goals and then our district annual goals for the year and then our board goals all in one laminated piece so that next year when you go go to find

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like what are we really aiming for? Uh you have it all in one spot. So that's was in your packet. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> And um yeah, on there you'll see that our um district goals were updated um

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for 20 year 2526 um as well as our board goals. >> So now everybody's on the same page. >> Thank you. And this this was just the pledge from New Jersey school boards. >> You have it. >> Yeah, we all have.

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>> They have. >> All right. Thank you. >> And um anything else? Um new business, Mr. King? >> Don't ask me if I had that. I said yes. >> Okay. Excellent. So, yes. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Motion.

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>> Second. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> I thought we were reading. >> All in favor of closing the meeting say yes. We're not reading this allow, >> but it's totally up to us. So, or we could just close the meeting there. >> We We've already closed the meeting. We can we can just read it

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>> to ourselves. Thank you.