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All copy thereof delivered all PIN schools to be posted and posted on the district's website. Further notice was posted and filed as required by law, saying the board would meet in close session at 6:30 p.m. and then amended to reflect a 6 p.m. start time at the Pitman High School Media Center. The president shall entertain any objections

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with supporting reasons to the con of this meeting on the grounds that it violates the open public meeting act. Seeing none, please join me in a moment of silence. >> Thank you. Please join me in a salute to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay, >> Mr. Datus, please call roll. >> Mrs. Bolton, >> here. >> Mrs. Frell,

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>> here. >> Mr. Gman, >> here. >> Mrs. Higgbyono >> here. >> Mrs. Mrs. Miller >> here, >> Mrs. Papalardo >> here, >> Mrs. Pope >> here, >> and we have four. >> Thank you. Okay, that's going to bring us to our first public comment. The Pitman Public School District recognizes

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the value of public comment on educational issues and in the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters. This is the first of two public comments we will have this evening. The first public hearing is on agenda items only. This is a public comment and not a dialogue between the board and the public. You have three minutes to speak.

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In accordance with board policy number 0167, we ask that you state your name, municipality of residence, and group affiliation if applicable. To be recognized to speak on agenda items only, please stand to the podium located to my right and speak clearly into the microphone.

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Okay, seeing none, that's going to take us to a correspondence. Mr. Stratus, any correspondence? >> We do. Uh, we have a thank you note from Christy Leaken uh for recognition at the at the recognition ceremony. So, I'll pass that around. >> Thank you. >> And we also received an email. There you

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go. Um, received an email from Cara Oldhouser about traffic study in this neighborhood. So, >> okay. Very good. I think we were all in receipt of that. That's right. >> All right. So, that's going to take us to the approval of our meeting minutes. I will now move to accept a motion for the minutes of the public the Pitman

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Board of Education as held on the dates listed below are approved as printing and reading dispensed with. May I have a second? >> Second, Gorman. >> Okay. All in favor? >> Any objections? Any abstensions?

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>> Okay. Seeing none, it's going to turn us over to the president's report this evening. Um the board was uh really honored to be invited to all the graduation and moving up ceremonies. We thought they were really lovely and um it was wonderful to

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see all of the students at the at the sixth grade moving up ceremony and the eighth grade and to hear from the students speeches and the high school graduation was wonderful if not the hottest to date and the most NAT fil. >> The board particularly like being seated in the hot sun.

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>> We would request to move along the fence line. This is going to be our third year, maybe our best year in hopes of that. We keep making the move every year when we get out and we see the sun, we're like, "Oh, he's in the shade." >> But, um, it was really nice and we appreciate always being welcome at those events. Um, I want to pass along to

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board of education members. I will share this out, but our former board president, Mrs. Walker, has shared with me um a study that's being conducted at Rowan University regarding board of education members voices. Many of you may have seen it on social media as well. Shelley Zin, who we worked with in

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the past uh in the peer um it's like the acronym for uh these type of topics. She we partnered with her in the past as a district. She's conducting the study. There's a number of other individuals, but I will share out that communication if any members of the board are interested in participating in that. And

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then we have some general run-of-the-mill NJSBA updates, but I'm going to go ahead and save those for our August meeting because they're not relevant for the next month or so. Um, so I will turn it over to Dr. Preston. >> Sure. I'd like to, um, we had our board

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of, uh, education recognition night on June 3rd, correct? I think two weeks ago, it sounds like. Um, and there was a very, we made this very serious omission. U, we omitted uh, somebody who had won all state choir three years in a

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row. And so, uh, that's where we're at now is that, um, I know you don't have your certificate, but I know you wanted an opportunity to, um, we wanted an opportunity to be able to, you know, take a pause, get a picture with the board president, potentially the whole board, actually. >> Yeah. >> Um, and honor you, uh, Fiona James for,

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uh, her third straight selection to all. So, we don't we don't have her certificates, but, uh, Mrs. James has been very accomplished in our music program across all disciplines and our performing arts program. So, apologies from on my behalf as the board president and Dr. Preston, but we'd like to take

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an opportunity of brief recess so we can take a picture with Mrs. James and uh post it appropriately since we left you out of ceremony for that one. Thank you. >> All right. So, just a brief recess real quick so we can take a picture. Miss Wild, if you want to come

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Uh there was uh one reported one confirmed. Hib um uh >> security drills were included. >> Security drills were were completed. Um those are items that are typically on there. Our semi semiannual report which

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I presented last time on on HIV is just on here to be accepted. Um those are with all the ratings. You could find them on our website as well. Mr. Capiano, thank you for coating those. Principles, thank you for rating those. Guidance counselors, thank you for your work on on that process as well. Um just

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a just a quick um update on the referendum progress. That's kind of our big summer project. This is kind of the bulk of the referendum work this year and I obviously it's your taxpayer dollars at work. Um all of the all of staff including our administrative staff, secretarial staff is out of pees

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now. Um there's there's all kinds of uh flurry of activity over there. We have the HVAC work happening uh to the whole school. Um we have um uh steel work is being done over there. We have the bathrooms are being completed as well.

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So I believe it's seven bathrooms uh with work being done on that as well. So significant amounts of work being done on that. We we vacated that premise very quickly and uh everything is actually on on on time so far. Um yeah, knock on wood. I don't know if this is real. Um

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the uh last um lastly just the track and field. I I have gotten some questions about the stencil. We have a nice u it's actually the uh panther head uh inverted. It's really neat. U but we had uh the uh track and and field coaches out there and um the stencil that the

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company brought was the incorrect stencil. It was a stencil for grass. It actually again it to turn lemonade into lemon lemons into lemonade. Uh we were going to get a new stencil. We're able to keep that old stencil which will actually be nice. It's a 20 by 25 foot

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stencil to use as an alternate for the football field um potentially at the at the at the 50 yard line. So it's going to be really nice. But they're going to be delivering in the next couple weeks a new stencil that will have very very clear rigid outlines. if I'm saying that correctly. I'm looking at Miss B and Keiny back there who was out there that

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day when we saw the stencil. So, um I appreciate that. Um so, those are some of the the things that are percolating as far as related to the referendum. I'll I'll I'll certainly include that in in a brief and and uh update the community as as those things happen. >> Very good. >> My report.

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>> So, that's going to bring us to our track meeting. So, do we have a >> Let me just open that up for a hearing. >> I'm sorry. the public the public hearing for the Bob E track naming. >> Sure. >> Yeah. You just make a motion to open. >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. So, if I'm sorry,

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>> if I could have a motion to open for the public hearing regarding naming the track after Bob Act. >> So, move. >> May I have a second? >> Second. So, um, the board was very pleased to

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receive a proposal to name the new track after Mr. E, Mr. Bobak, um, a very longtime teacher and track coach here at Pinman High School. As part of our policy, we

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have to have a public hearing on the proposal. So, that's what we're doing tonight. And I believe we have a member of the community present who would like to speak. So I would >> I'm sorry. Matt Nukem 33 Adams.

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I would uh normally say I drew the short straw having to talk to the board, but uh there there's no short straw here. U if you know Bobc is a legend in the piping community, he is a legend out jersey track. He's a legend in state track. Um I was

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fortunate enough to not only be coached by him, but coach with him and be taught by him and teach with him as well. Um a lot of times when we come to naming an institution or a building or a structure, we have a danger of lionizing somebody or you know Perhaps their accomplishments have been exaggerated.

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His are not. Everything he did was for the kids. Everything he did was at the sacrifice of his own time with his own family. Uh just to give you a interesting stat. He was a head coach for 88 seasons. That's a lot of time. Um I will not catch him. Um he uh uh just

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just I I can't say enough about him. And again, I just I see a couple of nods and some people in the room who know about him. He he started the girls track program. He was, you know, he was boys track coach for a while and when the girls track finally got the the wins if it sails to to develop its own program, he was there at the at the beginning of

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it. He's uh just been such an instrumental person in so many lives in Pitman. It would just be a true honor to to for our district to even have something associated with his name. So I can't encourage you all enough board members to approve this and do it right

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quick. So >> thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Pardon? ask if anybody else any other comment. >> Thanks. >> Are there any other comments for our public hearing on the naming of the track? >> Smooth, Dave. Yeah. >> Yeah, I'm doing great. >> Okay. All right. Seeing none, we're

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going to go ahead and close the public hearing and then it will go into a committee. Is that accurate? I know it's stakeholder committee. >> The committee's been formed. >> Yeah, the committee already. >> Okay. >> So, then it would be a motion in August if that's the recommendation. >> I think we'll Yeah, we'll have a resolution in

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>> I'll have a resolution. Yeah, we'll lock. Okay. >> And I believe Mr. X's family or some of his family will be present in August. >> Okay. All right. Very good. Okay. All right. So, I will may I have a

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motion to close the public hearing? >> So, move. >> May I have a second? >> Second move. >> All in favor? >> I I >> All right. That's going to take us to finance and facilities. I'm going to turn it over to our committee chairwoman, Mrs. B. All right, here we go. The finance and

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facility uh committee met on June 10th at 3:30 p.m. In attendance were Dr. Preston, Mr. Draatis, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Po, and myself. Um this our discussion started with items 1 through six, which are the regular paying of bills and closing out some books. Nine and 10 will

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move portions of e um excess surplus if any into capital reserve and capital maintenance um pending the annual audit report. Number 16 is the approval of our professionals and our esteemed

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solicitor. This this guy number >> esteemed I stole it from Dave. Right. Um, number 20 is the substitute nurse rate. Number 21 is the price of student lunches for next year, which is the same

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as this year. Uh, we talked about our referendum projects, which are moving, you know, as said earlier, their uh scheduled pace so far on budget. Um, as most of you know, Wall School is being leased out to Washington Township

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this year. So there will be some work starting over there with some painting and different things on the building to fit their needs uh as they move into there. So we just want to make neighbors pe community aware that there will be some traffic and excitement back in that

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neighborhood. Uh and then over at Memorial, we will be removing a piece of equipment over there um just to keep our youngest students uh in in a safer playground environment.

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And that's it. So with that, I'll make a motion to approve items one through >> 21. >> 21. >> Uh as right. >> Okay. May I have a second? Any further discussion?

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>> Okay, seeing none, Mr. Datus, please call the vote. >> Mrs. Bolton, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ferrell, >> yes. >> Mr. Gman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Hayona, >> yes. >> Mrs. Papardo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Pope, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. All right. Curriculum and

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instruction. I will turn it over to our committee. Chairwoman, Mrs. Higono. Uh the curriculum and instruction committee met on June 10th at 4:30 p.m. and attendance were Mrs. Miller, Dr. Preston, Mr. Cultiano, and myself.

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Uh first, every six years, each district goes through a special education review, and this was our year. Uh we were issued a few very minor corrections. There's a motion on the agenda to approve to approve our acceptance of the office of

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special education's tier one monitoring closeout letter which will conclude the process for us for another six years I guess. Uh otherwise the committee largely discussed the continuing process of

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interviewing and hiring for the remaining open positions. We have several exciting new hires on the agenda for approval tonight. Lauren Richie will be a art teacher at PES. Carrie McConnell will be our new technology

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STEM teacher, >> I believe, also at PES. >> Is that correct? Yes. Nicole Ley will be joining Memorial School as a preschool teacher and Riley Dawson will be a part-time gross motor teacher also for the preschool program. Finally,

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something we've been discussing at these meetings for several months, Danette Thomas will be our new full-time in district board certified behavior analyst, which will allow the district to better meet the needs of more

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students in district. Um, believe that's it. So, with that, I move to adopt items one through 60 as written. >> Okay. May I have a second? >> Second.

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>> Any further discussion? >> I just want to identify number uh item number six is grant funded the preschool fiscal specialist role. >> Oh yes, it's grant special grant >> through the education week. Okay. >> Y >> is there any further discussion?

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>> Okay. Seeing none, Mr. Stratus, please call the vote. >> Mrs. Bolton, >> yes. >> Mrs. Frell. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Higgion, >> yes. >> Mrs. Papalardo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Pope, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Motion carries.

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>> Okay, that is going to take us to communication and policy. >> Communication and policy committee met on June 10th at 5:30 p.m. In attendance were Mrs. Papalardo, Mrs. Higgby Yayono, Dr. Preston, Mr. Katabiano, and myself. There is nothing on the agenda this

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month. Um, there will most likely be recommendations and suggestions for next month. A few things discussed were refreshing the student handbook to align with current policies, the new BCBA position, and the student achievement of solving math facts using reflex math in

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grades two through five. >> Very good. Any discussion? All right, that is going to take us to our second public hearing. Our second public hearing. Okay. So, uh this

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public hearing is open to any discussion items. You need to state your name, municipality or residence and group affiliation if applicable and you must limit your comments to three minutes to be recognized. Speak. Please stand at the podium located to my right. >> Apologies. This is my first round.

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Good evening everyone. I am Cara Oldhouser. I live at 140 North Fernwood and I wanted to raise a couple of safety issues that affect our high school students and their approach to school each morning before the bell starts. Um,

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Secretary Dantis hopefully distributed an area map. Excellent. Um, during the first week of June, I conducted traffic studies at four different intersections that surround the perimeter of the high school. And between 7:40 and 7:58 a.m.

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when the majority of our students are making their way through different intersections to get to the student parking lot and the drop off zone, there were 241 cars that moved through the intersection of Waverly and Lynon. And as I counted the cars, there was an

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average of 60 cars every three minutes that made their way through that intersection in the busiest stretch. While that was happening, 65 students arrived on bicycles, scooters, and walking where there are no sidewalks, and there were no crossing guards to

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assist them in this high congestion area. So, um, at that intersection, I'm sure you are all very familiar with it because it is right there, there's one stop sign and then the Waverly traffic feeds and funnels the majority of the traffic through. So, there are a couple

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of other things that I observed that I wanted to raise as safety concerns or things for the district or if you're open to collaboration. um students on bicycles, the majority of them were not wearing helmets and the majority of

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students that do arrive on scooters are wearing helmets, which there is a New Jersey DOT law um for anyone under 17 that's riding a bicycle is required to wear a helmet. But there's also county programs through the safe routes to school. there's a county coordinator and

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they have resources, educational programs as well as helmet fittings for students that can come along with um free helmets for the students if they need them as a resource. So, I would add that this was all collected on really

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optimal weather days. It was 65 and sunny, like really beautiful early summer mornings. Um, but that is different in what we see as neighbors in the neighborhood when the weather isn't so terrific. And so on cold, rainy days,

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the traffic increases because as car congestion starts to build up on Lynen, drivers look for alternate routes on North Fernwood and North Brentwood to avoid the congestion and the backup. And as it gets closer to the 7:55 a.m. bell,

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the speeds increase from drivers so that they can get there on time. So in the research that I've conducted between educational programs, traffic calming infrastructure, DOT laws on helmets, um I am happy to collaborate with the

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district and share my resources and research in whatever way would be helpful. My request to the board is three things. Um, one that you would consider a That's my three minutes. >> It is, but you can wrap up. >> Okay. These are my three things. Sure. >> Um, to advocate for a crossing guard at

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the intersection of Waverly and Lyndon to push for additional stop signs, traffic calming measures, and sidewalk infrastructure. And three, to reinforce helmet safety within the student curriculum. So, thank you so much. I really appreciate your time.

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>> Thank you. >> I'm We >> No, I apologize. board members have any related follow-ups? Okay. >> Can I ask a question? >> Perhaps. >> What do you got? Did was that brought to the burrow's attention as well?

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>> I have a meeting with Councilman Blackmore. >> That's great. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Mo, I I would just I would just add most of the items that you identified will probably fall under the burrow's um >> purview because they are responsible for

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the hiring of the crossing guards. >> So, >> but we're certainly willing to be part of the conversation and we appreciate your comments and they'll be noted and we'll move forward with them. So, thank you. >> Yes. Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. >> We have other members who would like to

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participate in public comment. Okay, seeing none, are is there any new business? Any old business? Okay. Um, so our board is going to return into executive session for the purpose of discussing a

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personnel matter. We do not intend to take action when we return. So we will not go back into public session for any actionable items. We'll just conclude the meeting when we return to public session. So, if that saves anybody an opportunity to be home and in their jams a little earlier, um, we just want to

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let those folks know. But for all the other folks that are kind of sticking around, um, I'm going to go ahead and may I have a motion to go into executive session, please? >> So, move. >> I have a second. >> Gman. >> All in favor? >> And we conduct executive session in

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another room. So, we're going to go there.