Oh, that's I'm going to move it. They have school. They have decisions to make. All right, great. Thank you. Uh, good evening. Welcome to this public meeting of the Princeton Board of Education. The board is an elected, unpaid group of 10 citizens who set policy and make
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pertaining to personnel actions refer to high school central administrative and districtwide staff only. votes otherwise are considered abstensions. In the event this statute is amended, the bylaw shall take precedence over this uh sorry, the statute shall take by o uh presidents over this bylaw. Thank you. Mr. Balden,
would you please call the role? Sure. Daffany Kendall here. Beth Baron here. Debbie Bronfeld here. Mara Franchesky here. Elanor Hubard here. Susan Caner here. Ari Meiselle here. Chris Sanarpio here. Katherine Lara here. We have a quorum. Thank you Mr. Balden. Um just so
we're going to adopt two minutes. Just remember if you were here for those meetings. Um the first one adoption of the minutes for March 18th, 2025. Mara second Beth Daffany Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron. Yes. Debbie Brownfeld. Can I abstain?
Martin Franchesci. Yes. Elanor Huard. Yes. Susan Caner. Yes. Ari Meiselle. Yes. Chris Antarpio. Yes. Katherine Lara. Yes, I know that all of you weren't here all the time. That's why I said it. I'll correct it afterwards if I But you take
care. Don't worry about it. This next one, I don't think so. Right. That was a special meeting uh two weeks ago. No. Oh, three weeks ago. Sorry. You weren't here. Okay. Uh can I get a a motion for the adoption of the minutes for April 9th? Debbie second.
Eleanor Daffin Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron, yes. Debbie Brownfeld, yes. Mara Franchesci, yes. Elanor Hubard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Mazelle, abstain. Chris Santhio, yes. And Katherine Lara,
abstain. Thank you. Motion passes. All right. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Um, welcome to this meeting. Um we have a lot to go through tonight including uh some appointments and the budget hearing. So but first uh we always like to remind everyone why we're here and we are here
um for the kids. So we have a presentation uh led by Johnson Park teacher Jenna Palooa and she's going to come up and talk to us about future problem solvers. And if you could just let us know the kids that are here and just their first names that'd be great. Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you. Okay.
So I let me first ask do I have I'm sorry. I'm sorry. They told me you were from Johnson Park, but you're district one. I am district. The kids are from Johnson Park. You're district one. Yes. Yes. Um, do I have to use the microphone? I kind of like to move around a little bit. Okay. Fantastic.
Um, so thank you everybody for having me here tonight. So, um, we have Caitlyn Fan here tonight who is from Johnson Park. Uh, she is fifth grade. And then we have Lodge Shahal. She's actually from, um, Littlebrook and she is in fourth grade. So, they have a little piece that they would like to share with you. And I would like to honor
everybody's time tonight. So, I apologize if I speak quickly. Um, but I am here as your Quest coordinator. Um, which if you're not aware is our kindergarten through fifth grade gifted programming here at Princeton Public Schools. Um, so what I would like to
highlight tonight are some of the amazing accomplishments that our students have um, you know, kind of been through this year and just celebrate them a little bit. Um, so I'm sorry, please. Next slide. Thank you.
Um thank you. Uh okay so the one part of the program that I am really going to highlight this evening is future problem solving which is future problem solving program international is a global academic program um that teaches students to really think critically and
creatively about real world issues. And basically what they do is they offer a six-step problem solving process. It's very rigorous, very in-depth and they offer they offer about four different tracks for students to utilize this problem solving process. Two of which we
have used in Princeton public schools this year. We have global issues which is as the name suggests more of a global view issues that are you know you know relevant right now that are affecting the entire world. Um and they look at that and they come up with creative
solutions through a futuristic lens. So things like food insecurity, rising sea levels, um agricultural industry, things that are really relevant and you know going to be part of their future. And then community projects which again same problem solving process but they are
looking on a more local scale. So problems and issues that are happening right in their own backyards in their local communities um and then developing an action plan and really getting hands-on with implementing that action plan. Next slide, please.
So at the fourth grade level, we have the community projects track um that's happening um at all four schools, all four elementary schools. And so just a kind of brief overview, Johnson Park, their group is called Root for Change where they were uh they are actually
continuing to work towards the problem of invasive species and they are doing that by bringing awareness to the problem and actually working towards restoring the JP trails that are behind the school. uh community park with the Bureau of Bye-Bye Bad Behavior, which they lovingly dubbed the
BBB. Uh they are working towards a student-ledd committee where they are um coming up with creative and fun solutions to reduce unkind and unwanted behavior on the playground during recess. at Riverside. The Riverside kicks are um coming together to you do
another studentled program that has uh that helps new students come to Riverside Riverside uh you know seamlessly and more comfortably and kind of make that transition more smooth for those students. And then we have Ma if you wouldn't mind giving us a little overview of what you were doing at
Littlebrook. So darling, where should I put this? You want them to see it? I'm gonna put this here. Let's see if we can make that happen. All right, M. Go
ahead. Um, hi everyone. I'm here to talk about our team's goal to decrease the use of single-use plastics in Littlebrook Elementary. Our first step to reach that goal was to research about single-use plastics and gather as much
information as we can to help us um reach our goal in our project. The second step we took was um we made a survey for all the kids in Littlebrook to take. We learned that Littlebrook students didn't know much about single
use plastic, so we needed to inform them of this huge problem. Um, when we got to the state bowl, we um felt nervous, but we did a few um we did
a great job and we got complimented even though we were the youngest one of the youngest teams there. Even though we didn't win and go to international, we still um had a great time and it's all thanks to our teacher, Mrs.
[Applause] Yeah, they did a fantastic job. Fantastic job. Yeah, created a website. So, the website is here. So, excellent job. Thank you so much for sharing that. All right. Excellent. Thank you. you go
to next slide please. Okay. So then at the fifth grade level we had the global issues competition uh that was um again across the different schools and uh what you'll see here in these pictures is um because there's one of me and so many of
them spread across the district. We actually uh the district was so accommodating to allow us to all travel to CP on the same day. Um and all four teams competed at the same time and actually all four teams made it to the state level which is
fantastic. Um the topic that we uh that we studied for that particular round was nanotechnology. Uh yeah. Yeah. So I heard that and I was like oh boy. But they they did it which was fantastic. Their future scene was centered on nano particle enhanced swimsuits. So yeah.
Yeah. Very much. Next slide please. So there we all are, all eight teams, 26 students at the um FPSNJ state bowl back in March. Um we had a great time. They were so enthusiastic, had so much fun, just so proud to be there representing
PPS. And my favorite part of that whole day was when one of the affiliates for New Jersey, I have been coaching this um for several years prior to coming here. And when I came to Princeton, I was like, we have to bring FPS to Princeton. So they know me from prior and they were
like, "Oh, look at you like putting Princeton on the map." I was like, "You know, you don't even know." And then next slide, please. The icing on the cake was when we took first place. Yes. So, our team at Johnson Park um they they took first place for the
junior division um for that that um booklet on nanotechnology and they have been invited to Bloomington, Indiana in June to compete at the world finals. So, where where our topic is the future of history. So, we will be um we will be
researching we're actually currently um researching, you know, the preservation of history as we know it, you know, from this standpoint. Shirts for in June or do they have to wear those again? Well, they're going to bring those to represent New Jersey. Okay. For sure. And actually, um our very own Penelopey is going to be the flag bearer for New
Jersey. She is the youngest competitor for New Jersey that's going to the competition. Um fifth grade. Yeah. Yes. Yes. So the competition starts um I think fourth grade is the youngest that you can beat, but fifth grade were the youngest winners. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely. Very, very
great. Um so this is really amazing. I mean, as you can see, you know, all the smiles on their faces. So many different skills embedded just in this program. Um communication, collaboration, research. I just have nothing but good things to say about it. And now on top of that, you know, they have the pride of being
able to represent their district and their hometown um on a global scale. So really, really fantastic. Um, one more slide, please. Okay, so I I wanted you to hear from some of the stars themselves. We heard from Maj. A couple of these other students were not able to be here tonight, though they really
tried. Um, but we do have Caitlyn. So Caitlyn, if you would mind coming up and telling us a little bit about your experience. Thank you. So there you go. Uh my name is Caitlyn and um basically
uh I think what I learned the most from Quest is like how to like communicate cuz there's like a 2hour like um time frame and uh we're like it's like I learned how to like communicate with my like peers so I didn't do the same
things as them and uh what they were working on. And then also I think the biggest challenge that I personally faced was time management. Like before the competition went to research and during the competition we actually made like a time management plan like
organizing our time uh so we could put like maximum effort into everything. And then lastly, I think like uh what I enjoyed the most about it was um winning because because it was just Yeah.
because it was nice to see all our efforts pay off. Okay. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right. Thank you. Last slide. Thank you so much. Um here to to learn more uh about the competition, I have some links here on the slideshow. And if you want to just
advance one more slide, there is a QR code for this slideshow so that you have access to those links. But thank you so much for your time tonight. Again, I am Jenna Paluso. If you have any questions about Quest or future problem solving, please don't hesitate to reach out. Thank you. And let us let us know how it
goes in June. Miss Pussa, let us know how it goes in June. I will. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Uh so we're going to move things around a little bit. We're going to go to the student board members reports because they need to go to school tomorrow. Yeah. All right.
Hello. Um there's so many good things to talk about. I feel like I wish I had more uh substance for you, but really there's just a lot of good news from PHS. Uh one of the things that we kind of wanted to focus on this year that we've seen a big change in is the growth
of student engagement with student council. And so, uh, we had PHS Got Talent, which was a wonderful success. We gave away like $200 in prize money, which we also raised money by doing it. So, it was a net positive. And Mr. Lahan
was nice enough to judge for us, as was my brother, which was not a conflict of interest um, in any way. Did you win at all? I I played banjo while they were counting the votes. That way, there was no issue. And then yeah, I did give
myself all the money at the end, of course. Um, that's a joke. That's a joke. Uh, but we had a great time and we had like so many people come out, uh, parents and and classmates. We think it'll grow next year. One of the most notable acts, this was actually the act
that won. It was kazoo capella and it was our like pretty much half the choir came and did these beautiful arrangements we've been working on all year but each one of them had a kazoo and it it was like an angel crying in my ears. It was incredible. Um so that was
great. We've had more kids coming to student council meetings who aren't in student council and that's great because it means that they're really they know that it's happening and they know that we can actually do things through student council. One thing we are working on is restructuring um the actual division of roles because right
now we run as president, vice president, secretary and treasurer and then you get there and we're all doing the same thing and so we're fixing that. I've suggested an authoritarian student council in which I can remain uh emperor for life but I don't think nle wants that. So
we're back to democracy. Um well for now. For now. For now. Yeah. Um, speaking of student council, so as you know, our prom is very soon. It's just like just over a month. Um, so prom
committee has been working very very hard. If you didn't know, our theme this year is masquerade. So the theme colors will be white, gold, and black. We were very thrilled about that one. Um, and Miss Ligas, of course, um, we just want to give her a special shout out because she's been working so so hard for prom
and trying to make everything work. she's been contacting vendors and everything. So, we're very excited about the final results. Um, also, our tower doors finally have opened. A round of applause. Um, so I think
everyone's very excited about not having to funnel through one door. We have multiple now or I think it's two now. I think it's I think it's two bigger doors. So, um, I think that's very nice. And also, um, yeah, we have increased security. So like the IDs um are now
necessary and not just Power School. I did have a question about the IDs which was outside all the bathrooms we have a little thing where theoretically you should be able to scan the ID that's not being used. Are we planning on putting those in or they're just there? No one's told us that they're going to
scan kids going to the bathroom. They got they got installed they got installed a few months ago I believe. Unless they've always been there. I thought they got I don't think they have. I feel like they got sold a few months ago, but I don't know if they're planning on using the most important I think is the access to the doors, you know, in and out. Yeah. Yeah. Um but let
us know if they start scanning you into we're not aware a new experience. Yeah. And we don't want that. We want we want to know where we want to know where I mean the reason we're doing it is not to be authoritative. We want to know where the kids are. Right. Exactly. But we don't need to
know exactly Yeah. where you are or how long you've been there. And we have heard from teachers or maybe we do um concerns about students being out in the hallways more and we like I it's been very good actually to see teachers be a little more strict with this. I think they got some advising of how to deal
with this, how to get students to actually stay in class. Um which we always stay in class because we love class and that's of course but there's always kids you know especially with the 90-minute block periods people take little breaks but that won't be a problem next year. Um, yeah, I think all
the things that we love about school will be the same next year and all the things that we don't love will be entirely different next year. So, we're set. And then one last thing I wanted to say is that as per Quest, um, my little brother Hugo is in it and he loves it and he talks about it every day. So, I'm so happy that exists.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And like honestly like my only concern about like having the ID scan is that like it's usually like it's in the back of my phone case. I think it's the back of most kids phone cases. So, you'll be taking your phone to the bathroom, which I don't know if the teachers want to encourage that. We'll see. Oh, that's a good point. But yeah, I'm just putting
it out there. I know like I don't think anyone just carries around their ID. Like I have it on my phone. I don't know if you do that. Also, I always bring my ID to school. Um, and the final thing, speaking of which, that we wanted to bring up was
just about finishing strong. You know, we have a month and a half left. We have APs in a week. Um, everyone's very stressed, but I think we all just want to take a moment to step back and recognize how far we've come and just like wrapping up the end of the year as we know as seniors. True. But
yeah, definitely staying in school. Definitely finish definitely finishing strong every day. But yeah, that's everything we have for today. Okay. Well, thank you and enjoy it. Appreciate it. We will. Um, so now we're we have one more item and then we're going to
take a little break. Um, can I get a motion for the appointment of business administrator and board secretary? Mara. Second, Debbie. Okay. Um, so tonight on the agenda, um, we have, um, because Matt's
leaving us, um, we have a vacancy, the appointment, uh, uh, that we're going to vote on in a minute of Andrew Harris as board um, secretary and business administrator. Uh, he joins us. He maybe will join us from South Hunan
Regional School District where he spent the last four years as school district BA and board secretary uh where he was responsible for uh managing the budget large scale construction pro uh projects and very important here in Princeton HVAC replacement. You do not know how
important HBAC is till you come to Princeton but hopefully someone told you that. Um uh we're excited. What I'm most excited about is your uh Andrew Mr. Harris's experience um as a teacher before um he became a business ad
administrator and we're very excited that this perspective will ensure your decisions are always student centered um balancing fiscal responsibility with a commitment to supporting teaching and learning which is why we're all here. Uh so with that can we get a vote please?
Daphna Kendall yes. Beth Baron, yes. Debbie Brownfeld, yes. Mara Franchesci, yes. Elanor Huard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Meiselle, yes. Chris Antarpio, yes. Katherine Lara, yes. It's unanimous. Okay. Welcome to Princeton, Mr. Harris.
I don't know if you want to say a few words. You don't have to, but everyone's going to want to see who you are anyway. So, I I just wanted to say thank you first. Um I'm very very excited for this opportunity. Um and I'm looking forward to working with all of you. I'm really excited. This is a great u great place
to be and I'm looking forward to the future. So, thank you. Thank you. And and what I didn't what I didn't mention and what I I really appreciate is that um when we all met you, you have a great sense of humor, which is again another thing that's very important here. I
quite disagree with um you know, it's probably like a school district business administrator sense of humor, but we but that's our sense of humor, too. So, you know, we appreciate it. Um, but we you saying like dad jokes or something?
That in my life. We think Matt's very funny. So, you'll be great sometimes. Funny looking maybe. No. Um, but anyway, right now, um, we're going to take a mo we're going to take a few minutes. We're going to get a motion to adjurnn. Mara, second Susan. Uh, all in favor? And we're going to take like, uh, what time
is it? It is 7:59. We'll be back at 8:15. Thank you. back. Okay. Came back. Yeah. Are we good? Do we need to do any motion to go back? Great. And so now, uh, we're moving on to super superintendent comments with Dr. Foster. Okay. Uh, good
evening everyone. We're going to uh keep the uh celebration going uh because we have some really great news. Uh last month uh I shared um uh some data uh for the uh strategic uh priorities for the
20 uh 25 26 uh 20 24 25 school year. Um and now we're going to highlight some other uh data focused on our student academics. And so let me just move this a little bit. Okay. All right, I'm happy to present a review of where we are with
our priorities for the 20 uh 2425 school year. I want to begin by saying that these promising results have only happened uh because of the amazing efforts of the full Princeton public schools community. When we shine a light
on what's important, our students learning experience, it becomes an important call to action. So I always start with gratitude. I want to extend my deep appreciation uh to Dr. Tu uh who has uh led this uh vision and led the
critical and urgent work on behalf of our students. Um I also want to um shout out to um the supervisors and the building administrators um who have worked collaboratively together uh to really take the time uh
to review the data. Uh, thank you to our curriculum experts, Supervisor of Elementary Education Sarah Moore and MTSS Supervisor Lawrence Samra who have really been instrumental uh in many of these year this year's initiatives. Of
course, also we can't um neglect the instructional coaches uh Dan Hardiker and Mary Ellen Waller who've worked with classroom teachers to assist in implementing new curriculum and instructional strategies with fidelity. And kudos goes to the classroom teachers
and instructional aids who really have opened their classrooms and their hearts uh for new ways of learning and and teaching. Uh this year too we're really excited because uh the general education teachers collaborated with the special education teachers and they had shared
goals so that they had the same high expectations for um all of the students uh in our care. Uh so I just um am really uh just really excited about that. Um so I want to just talk about kindness of course again um because that
is something that has um been an initiative every single year. Um and we know that kindness uh extends beyond simple acts of generosity and politeness. Although those are always appreciated as a school district. Much of the way we show kindness is to do
everything we can to create a safe, positive, supportive, and inclusive learning environment for our students. Uh for the adults, we engage in direct and honest communication, set clear and consistent expectation expectations, identify areas
of need. Um and with all of that said, therefore we create that culture of kindness. So that's really important. And then I always like to highlight um our mission and our promise uh to prepare all students to lead lives of joy and purpose as knowledgeable,
creative and compassionate citizens of a global society. I'm going to just quickly highlight the four uh priorities for the year and we're going to um talk a little bit about each one. Uh the first year uh strategic goal focuses on
early years ages three to um to grade three. Uh and then strategic goal two we highlighted last month. So um uh we're going to skip that one today and then move on to um strategic goal three, opportunity and achievement for all and
strategic goal four preparation for a meaningful life beyond uh Princeton public schools. So that's uh where we're focused today. So we're going to talk about uh collective priority one first, ages three to grades three. Uh and there
were two uh specific target goals this year. One for preschool and one for the elementary schools. Uh so the preschool we had as new IEPs were created and reviewed. the special education team worked collaboratively to craft those
goals um utilizing the preschool assessment um gold in efforts uh to better align for our preschool day and our integration and then the elementary schools uh had a math goal. Uh so let's look at the preschool data first. So if
you can see that hopefully I'm not moving too fast. Sorry Matt, am I the next page? If you can go to the next one. Got it. So um uh all areas. So you can see that uh the top shows the fall uh the social
emotional physical language cognitive literacy and math. And you can see the below meets and exceeds expectations and then you can see uh the winter um and uh so Dr. Nasco's been partnering with special education to review the IEPs to
include developmental goals from teaching strategies gold. Um, if you notice on this slide, you'll see some of the goals for social emotional learning, growth, physical development, language, literacy, and math. Uh, she has another
meeting planned with all elementary child study team members in two weeks to review data and set future goals. But you can see that there is an increase from the fall onto the winter. Can I ask a question? Sure, please. On the winter, uh, just Well, just stop. That's fine.
Yeah. Um the top the top graph so the fall the fall sorry so where you know meet expectations I mean nobody's exceeding and and I guess is that a lot of pressure or something. So
uh well it's so these are developmental I put my mic on. So these are widely held expectations that are developmentally appropriate goals. So in the fall of prek, there really shouldn't be a ton of students meeting or or exceeding expectations, let's just say. Um, so and it's across several domains.
So it's not just academic, but especially social emotional. That's what we see what our biggest needs in prek are, whether in special ed or in general education, are those social skills and the ability to communicate needs. So if you go down a little bit, uh, Matt, you will see that in the winter we have more
green, right? And then the goal would be to have even more green come the spring round of assessments. Yep. [Music] Okay. And we'll go to the next slide. Elementary math data. So here are math data points um for link. Um that's the
top chart. Uh and I ready which is the bottom chart. Um bubble means students are expected to meet expectations. So right on the cusp in second, third and fifth. We've already met our 75% goal. Uh fourth is not quite there yet. Um but
we will be administering the spring benchmark uh next month for the final data review. Um if you look down at the I Ready math for I Ready, the two columns uh per color show the change from fall to winter. So you can see like
20% to 40%. Um overall we're seeing very positive trends in increasing meeting and exceeding expectations. and early on grade level and decreasing uh two three uh grade levels be below
expectations. Okay. Uh we'll go to the next slide. Um here's our elementary ELA data. Uh DRRA is a reading assessment. Uh and you will see how students have grown on or above reading level from
fall to winter. Uh we expect growth to continue for the spring. We've had one round of link assessment and we'll compare winter with our spring. Uh that happens in May. Uh for I ready as in with math. We are seeing positive growth in meeting and exceeding expectations
and the reduction in students in the two three grade levels below expectations. Okay, we'll go to the next one. So here are the next steps um in the process. uh math growth and data are all trending in a very positive
direction. So um what I want to say is there has been a lot of emphasis on professional development and that includes um our instructional coaches going in and co-eing uh and modeling uh and also some peer observations as well.
So, uh teachers um that are confident in some of the instructional strategies open their classrooms for others to join in um around math workshops and best practices. And then um ELA again observed significant benefits from MC
remember that's the Orton Gillingham multiensory approach in the K to3 classrooms and that will be expanding um the program to K5 model in fall of 2025. So there are a lot of new initiatives for our elementary classroom teachers.
Um next fall our um ELA program was under review uh with pilot implementations and um the ELA uh uh all of that has been completed. We're excited to recommend Arts and Letters and I think it's on the board agenda
tonight which is perfect timing uh for the 2526 school year. Arts and Letters is a knowledge building program that emphasizes deep comprehension and aligns with NJSLA and that's the uh state um student uh learning assessment. Um it
also may help address some of the deficits that may be um identified um in Lincoln. All right, so now we're going to focus on collective uh priority three. Uh and this is really um our um
math uh grades seven and grade eight. So we have some data. Uh there is more data to come. So I'm going to just go to the next slide. Um students who have been placed in math lab uh this is the goal will increase their NJSLA score from
spring 2024 to 2025 by an average of 10 points. We have not uh they have not we have not administered the NJSLA uh just yet. It's coming up. This is the month of the merry month of May, which is our our testing month uh for our
students. Um but in the meantime, they've been really working hard uh in that math lab to strengthen uh some of the skills they need. Um 20 students qualified to exit and that's always a good uh uh sign. Uh we want them to
provide the support that they need, but we also then want them uh to be independent. So, uh, three students in sixth grade, nine in seventh, and eight in eighth grade. Um, and then approximately a 10point increase. Uh,
so, um, uh, and 80% better, uh, in math class. So, stay tuned. And I know usually NJSLA is administered in May. Uh, the results don't come until probably right at a Yeah, end of July,
August. And, um, we know that we look forward to Dr. 's presentation. She always does long presentation in September. Okay. And then the secondary uh ELA data. This is all students at PMS enrolled in English lab will increase
their score by 10 points. Students at PMS take diagnostic assessment in link sixth grade and common lit. These assessments help us identify areas of strength um and for growth. uh help teach uh develop uh learning
opportunities to meet student needs. We also have English lab at the middle school this year to provide targeted small groupoup support for students with reading and writing needs. The data mentioned here is for students in the English lab. And if you you probably
don't remember last year, but one of um the ways in which we um kind of uh maximized uh our personnel is re uh repurposed some of our personnel uh last year to give some support for um this um
these students uh in this English lab. Uh sixth grade 31% of students moved to being beyond grade level in common lit. Um and the majority of students scale scored increase in every grade. Um so again uh we really want to uh look
forward to the NJSLA but we have some promising um uh results so far. Okay. Uh next steps uh math growth and data are all trending in the positive direction again. We're happy that uh 20 students are exited from our math lab and that
always creates space to invite more students mid year. Our most struggling students were invited before uh for before school tutoring. Um that's the tier three tutoring that um uh we uh are grateful for Princeton University to help fund. Uh NJSLA boot camp is
currently offered for students who exit math lab or might be close to that 750 cutoff. Um and then I do want to um give a shout out also to Tiffany Brennan and Dr. to who have really worked hard to realign the sixth through 8th grade
curriculum uh and the placement process which we are finding has been very successful in students uh ach math achievement uh and then uh ELA average scaled scores increased at every grade level. There is a boot camp also for ELA
uh and then the common lit will be administered in May. All right, secondary math data. So this um oops did I have? Yeah, this is okay. We have yet to participate in NJSLA but are trending with our I Ready
growth to support students in math lab tier 2 support program. So you can kind of see um how that works. I'm on the wrong Yeah, hold on one second. There we go. Collective how there collective priority for Okay. Um
this is uh twofold. So, we're going to highlight the first one and I know uh Dr. 2 will be talking about the second piece of it, which is that portrait of a graduate skill uh specifically later. Um but we're going to focus on our high school 9th and 10th uh graders uh to
make sure that they are on track to graduate with multiple indicators uh with attendance, emotional, and mental health um uh course grades and and GPA. Okay, so we're going to go here. Uh ninth and tth graders on track to graduate. Uh that's just sort of
highlighting it again. The goal uh here's a snapshot of the success. Um one of the things that has uh helped uh with attendance is the implementation of the new bell schedule. There's a consistent five-day rotation. Uh so that
allows uh students uh to attend class and be on time, preservation of tiger time still. Um they've really worked hard to improve attendance monitoring in a variety of ways. and um number of class cutting has decreased uh
12%. Okay. Uh the successful implementation of tier 2 student assistance program um if you remember uh this again was a commitment last year uh to um take over
um and and work on two-tier mental um health uh services for our students. So we had um uh two uh a social worker and a counselor who uh really worked to take um groups of students um to support
them. Um and this is amazing because um when we had a uh professional program outside contractor work with us, we did not get the amount of students um that we are allowed uh with pupil contact time here. So this is really exciting.
uh 1,200 plus student contact time logged by three two uh tier 2 um student assistant counselors. Uh we have um a a teacher who is very passionate and founded counseling uh for a group of girls that has been very successful and
then also some tier stu uh one students uh also have been benefited from um the experience as well. So um that will continue next year. Um I think uh on the reappoint you'll see um uh that support as well.
Okay. Also the uh success and expansion of Saturday Academy um at uh Saturday Academy uh was a way to u make up uh time in seat you know get credits for uh classes that are missed. Um but uh I
want to uh commend uh the um high school uh and counseling staff and uh lots of um uh wonderful teachers who now are um giving uh some really targeted support in the areas of math and English
language arts when they sit on Saturday. It used to be more of like what I would say is a homework time in a sense. Now they're actually doing some targeted assistance. Um, and I love the quote, I like learning now. So I, you know, sometimes that's a great small safe way,
um, to learn and develop some skills. Um, and an EL se ELA section has been added to the program this spring. So that's really good news. Uh, and then all um, English as second language students in the English plus program
successfully passed the ACUPPLACER test. This is exciting. this is a graduation requirement on their first attempt. Um this is one of the ways remember the graduation requirement you might you either would have to pass um the NJ uh
GPA um their uh SAT ACT but many of our um multilingual students don't always get a chance to take some of those courses. So the ACUPPLACER is another good test um to support that work. And then all students in math plus and
English plus classes have met the graduation requirements. So that is uh really fantastic news. Okay. And that is it for now. Yay. Any questions?
So what I will say is stay tuned. Uh you know we continue to track the data but again I just uh you know it does take a village. I so appreciate every single uh person's contribution in helping uh elevate our students uh in their uh
success and achievement. Thank you, Dr. Foster. We really appreciate the report and the update. Uh moving on now um to the budget presentation which hopefully is short.
How? Uh yes, I will make it short because uh a lot of it this is the third time we've talked over. Yes, exactly. Yes. So we're adopting it's a board member's husband's birthday and somehow someone thinks I have control over the length of the meeting.
We already had cake. Um so we won't read the mission statement since Dr. Foster just read it. Y um strategic planning goals. We just went over budget calendar. We have to talk about that. So we're at the bottom now passing the uh adopting the budget if you will. We have tenative adoption back in March. Uh six
weeks ago, the uh state um approved our budget. Uh we'll get into one of the big uh changes between the tenative adoption and now and it's not that big, but it had to do with the issuance of debt. Um we talked about our budget drivers last time. Um you know, inflation is still
out there. Healthc care costs um are definitely driving uh things higher right now. um that you know that may change even more so when the uh GLP class of drugs become uh pill form versus injectable. Yeah. And we
know that's a point of focus, but um I want you to know I just wanted not for you but the the spend for the district. I want you to know that someone asked a board member if those GPs were for kids. So um yeah. So, I just want uh for the
record, those are that's part of our um self-funded prescription plan, right? For our selfunded RX plan. Yes. Um I actually have I I don't want to even I don't know if they're I don't think they're prescribing them for for adolescence.
Not for not for students. Not unless they're doc Yeah. No. No. No. No. No. No. So, just to be clear, just to be clear, this is a a benefit for staff and their families.
Well, Matt's going to tell you that maybe kids could get it. So, we're not going to go there. You You're right. But it's not students. No, it's not. No, employees. All right. So, I just wanted to point
that out. Thank you. Um, this is the chart of our debt service. uh we passed uh a large referendum on January 28th, 2025. So we are well underway with planning uh heavily uh with our professionals. Um that uh service is
about 17% higher than the peak um back in 2021. Um this is our our tax impact uh overall because of the um bonds. And I just want to point out uh once again, we've been saying this a lot. You know, we do say it a lot, but it's important
to keep saying it that uh we, you know, we had a tax break there for a number of years. We were planning for a long period of time. So, there was a lot of um uh debt service that did roll off the books. Um and then we slowly planned and
um passed referendum and are getting state debt service aid. Um so, we are about 17% higher than we were. Um so, that's driving the tax impact for the year. Um, on average, the average, if you will, homeowner would pay uh four will pay 400 about $440 more a year. Um,
this is our general fund tax levy increase, which this year is 2.91% um because of the healthcare waiver uh which the district needs to take to keep pace with um healthcare inflation, which we just had a little discussion about. Um, one small part of that um our banked
uh tax cap analysis, we um uh have a little bit of un uh expended healthcare waiver about 13,000 that will be created this year. Um so not a lot. Our fund balance has increased significantly over
the last six years. Um we're about 14.5 million. Um we are putting more money back into capital reserve after spending some over the last uh few years going back. Um the budget trends you know
salary and benefits are um 75% of our budget. I mean if you add in charter it's 82% of our budget. So there's not a lot of discretionary expending uh left aside from that. Um you know with a lot of pressure across the board. Um that's eased a little bit. um inflationary
pressures uh have definitely uh been a challenge to school districts around the state. Our adopted uh budget um analysis uh is here where we can uh compare some of the categories where we're spending our dollars. Um the big picture really
we're looking at is that expenses and this is a four-year comparison. So expenses are outpacing uh revenues by over four years about $1.2 million. And I think that really tells, you know, uh a a tale of of the pressure, you know,
of um the inflation that we've been talking a little bit about. I've been talking a little bit about. So, um you know, it's uh it's going to be challenge. It always is um you know, with 2% tax levy growth um to be able to uh weather inflationary. Bless you.
Thank you. So, um super important to keep that in mind as we move forward. Um I uh yes, Debbie, just curriculum jumped. Um are there just maybe a couple little highlights? It's uh I'm sorry.
Hear this. Well, that that was uh that Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was 2122. That was a very low uh number. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, we also have a lot of funding at that time to offset that. Um
but you will so on the board agenda for approval program adoption night is a new K5 ELA program and that is in the budget. It is not an additional cost. It is built into the budget and we stayed flat. So we didn't add we we are really trying to utilize what we have. Yeah.
When I started here about five and a half years ago now um we didn't really have uh enough in the budget to adopt curricula um you know on a rotational basis. So we've we've uh kind of level funded that and done a great job in allocating our resources more
effectively. Um from my point of view uh this is what I was talking about the the change between the tenative adoptions about 6 weeks ago on March 18th was related to our debt service. Uh the the bond sale was done on uh March a week after on March 25th and then uh the
bonds closed on April 8th. So, that did increase um by about $114,000 our debt service tax levy. Um which means we just amended we will amend and adopt our budget. Um the bond sale was at
4.02%. You know, we had hoped to be around 3.75%. Uh so that's that. Our revenues, um we went over this a lot at the last budget meeting. Um nothing's changed on the general fund side from uh tenative
adoption till now. Um expenditure analysis and then um any questions relating to uh you know from the board first and then from the massive amount of public. There are some a few people here so we'll take the questions at the
up at the D first. Thank you Mr. Balden. Um great job. Um a couple things. Our state aid was reduced this year. Can you just tell us what that amount was? Yes, our state aid was reduced uh by about the same percentage thankfully that our
charter school tuition went down this year. So they when we get increases in our state aid um it's it's usually followed an increase in charter which is so they've kind of walked lock step of so a 3% decrease Mr. Balden state a so
uh 3% yes that that's right the state basically had a couple a few categories where we fell into the 3% decrease and there was uh some districts that were increased um and then a few were allowed to um not not a few but maybe like 15%
were allowed to increase their tax levy beyond the 2% based on u there loss of revenues from S2 but we weren't in that category and the charter school did the formula change or do we just have less children going not less children. It stayed flat. Um the tuition rate stabilized after two years of of
increases. So but so it's didn't go up. Is that what you're saying? Correct. Okay. So the the decrease in state aid uh or increase in charter school was um was moderated. So it helped. Okay. And then my last question is so the overall um
tax levy increase includes the operating the funding for the operating as well as the debt service. Correct. So the number you're showing is the whole number. Correct. Great. Thank you. Great job. Thanks. Any other questions? Um I did Would you be able to just speak
quickly? I mean we've done about four referenda in the last five or six years and I think you know this year we see this we did the work on capacity so it did make a big jump in the taxes but you know in general we've talked as a board that we don't anticipate you know we've now brought the buildings up to speed.
We've done the roofs, we've done all the H, you know, a lot of the HVAC. So, what projects we see in the future for the near future are really going to we'll take them out of reserves or whatever, but we don't intend to go back to taxpayers. Uh, that definitely is the plan. I think
with um absolutely um finalizing some projects related to the earlier referendums uh this summer. Okay. I just I just think it's important for the public to understand we've just done an enormous amount of work on the buildings and brought things up to speed and then finally we did the capacity referendum in January which really
allows us to expand to meet the growth of the community and welcome all those children and I think as a as a committee from the operations perspective you know we're grateful that the community has been supportive of all of that but we we don't we've done the roofs we've done the main main um systems of the
buildings and we hope that now we're going to be able to focus on implementing those uh with fidelity. Uh, and we're confident we have a great team to do that. All right. Um, so right now is public comment on the budget. Are we Is that
part of the consent? It's part of the consent, right? Correct. Okay. Uh, is there any public comment on the budget? Oh, please come up. Just state your name. Um, the street you live on. Thank you everyone for all your hard work on this budget. My name is Michael
Sheen. I live on Lovers Lane. I noticed looking at the um total expenditure schedule, that last uh chart that was up on the screen, the uh proposed budget for this coming school
year is a little over $111 million. And that's up about $2.8 million against this current year's school budget. But you all did a great job in this current year and saved over $3
million compared to what you planned. So the new budget is up almost $6.1 million over what you actually spent in this current school year or close to 5.9%.
And I'm curious of whether or not those kind of year-to-year increases are what we can expect going forward. Uh well, one of the uh we're forced to in New Jersey, we have very conservative uh state laws. So we're forced to this
year budget um since I've been here six years, six budget now, three almost $4 million of fund balance, which we don't anticipate in spending. So it it makes the uh past budget look like it's increasing at a faster growth rate um than it appears. Um the goal is to you
know at least break even. Um but we've been adding back some fund balance over the years. So it's one of the mechanisms um of the state budgeting laws in New Jersey. It's very conservative and we go through that when we um do our debt service uh reviews like when we just
issued this uh these bonds. we have to go uh in front of Moody's and they compare us to other school districts around the country. New Jersey is very conservative and they look for a lot more fund balance around the nation. So we take a little bit of a hit when it comes to Moody's, but we still have a
AAA rating, but it's one of the areas where we we do struggle with. So it's that you can see here at the bottom the fund balance of $3.9 million. So you have to add that into your revenues. Yes. And then to create your balanced budget, your expense side has to equal
the same bottom line. Exactly. And there's no um flexibility on that amount of money. It has to be figure that's up there. Yeah. I mean, there are there are some, you know, games you can play to lower that number. And it it just creates a little more of a ch, you
know, because if we couldn't spend that money, I mean, we could, but if it was recurring, if they were recurring expenses, we'd be in a lot of trouble the following year. So, it's it's kind of a uh just a little nuance of the New Jersey uh school district budgeting uh
model. So, is it is it a fair conclusion then to say that the budget is a little bit higher than we expect we're going to actually use because that's what the experience was for this school year. Correct. Okay. Thank you. You're
welcome. Thank you. All right. Now, are there any other comments about the budget? No. I know there's another comment from a very patient young man. If you would like to come up and talk to us, just tell us your first name and what school you go to, please. Well,
wait, wait, hold on. It's in an essay. It's like a speech essay. So, this [Music] Hello. Hello. Thanks, Chris. What's your name?
Well, I will say that. Okay. Good evening. I'm Teddy Sierra, a fourth grader at Riverside. Recently, the US Secretary of Health, RFK Jr., made false comments about autism, like people with autism are broken, that autism is caused
by vaccines, and that people with autism will never have jobs or families, but that's not true. I have autism and I'm not broken. And I hope that nobody in Princeton public schools believes RFK Junior's lies. Autism and all disabilities should be taught in the
Princeton public schools curriculum at all grade levels because it will raise awareness, increase acceptance, and improve the quality of life for kids with disabilities. But first, here's a quote from a changing perspectives article called disability inclusion inclusion in
education. A truly inclusive environment does not value one marginalized group over another. Instead, it recognizes the unique backgrounds of all members of the community, including but not limited to cultural heritage, religion, social
economic status, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or any other differences. Princeton public schools already recognizes Autism Awareness Month, but not much. There are posters in the cafeteria that say to be kind and
inclusive. students were blue on April 2nd, but we are never taught about the spectrum of autism. And I'm just going to skip this part because yeah, that all people and take your time. Kids need to be taught more about the different kinds of
autism, that autism is a natural variation in the genes that you are born with, not caused by vaccines, and about successful people with autism. The lesson should also be extended to other disabilities like ADHD, cerebral pausy,
um, blindness, deafness, dyslexia, axia, and more. This is important because it will teach kids how to accept people with disabilities. Accepting someone means really understanding someone for who they are and not minding their differences. I want everyone to know
that people with autism and other disabilities are not tragedies but just different like all people. If everyone understood more about autistic people and about other people with other disabilities, they would know more about how to treat them, what their lives are
like, and they that they don't need to be fixed or cured. This will help kids with disabilities have a better life. When people are aware of disabilities and are accepting them, they will have friends and less bullying. Also, the teachers
might be more aware because they learned about the disabilities. Also, kids and teachers should know more about disabilities so they do not believe RFK Jr. is right about autism and they choose to treat them in a nice way that is good for the kid. By knowing more
about it, kids and teachers will be nicer to the kids with disabilities. This is important to me in Princeton public schools because I have a disability and I noticed that disabilities were not being taught. Only a few people mentioning autism. When
teaching about culture, we teach many different cultures to accept them better because that's what disabilities are like. A culture a culture of differences. Princeton public schools must add this add this to the curriculum of all grades and students so that we don't have people like RFK Jr. in the
future. I want to end with the district mission statement. Our mission is to prepare all of our students to lead lives of joy and purpose as knowledgeable, creative, and compassionate citizens of a global society. Adding disabilities to kids education will make them knowledgeable
and compassionate and help kids with disabilities to lead lives of joy and purpose. There any questions that I have to stay up on the podium for? Thank you. Thank your name is Teddy, right? Yeah. Well, my real name is William, but my nickname is Teddy, so
please call me Teddy. Oh, well, call you Teddy. Um, we loved it. Is it possible for you to email us your speech? Is that okay? That would be great. So, we can share it. It was really nice. Very powerful.
Maybe we'll put on the website. Okay. If you're okay with that. Oh, I know. All right. Just let us know when you email it if that's okay. But that was really beautiful. Thank you.
All right. Thank you. Did you get cake? All right. Well, I mean, we made you wait, but All right. myself. All right. Uh, moving on now. Policies. Uh, we're going to get back to the
agenda. Good night. Thank you. J1 policies for a second reading. Moving on to uh K1 harassmentation bullying. Moving on to board committee reports highlights and we have long-term planning with Beth.
Uh thank you. Uh long-term planning met on April 24th and we uh were able to hear some of the planning work that's being done by our architects and we really appreciated going through some of the plans for the buildings and seeing where those are coming. and we offered a few suggestions and we know that those
are going to continue to develop. They're being done with in uh with consultation with our uh administrators and our teachers and our our staff and the people who are using the buildings and we are working on a schedule to talk about when those will be presented to the board and then the public so people
have a chance to give some input and our next meeting is on May 22nd. All right, next up is Thank you, Beth. Next up is operations with Susan Caner. Uh, hi. We met on April 9th at 8 a.m. on Zoom. Uh, we began, as we usually do,
going over our project reviews, which included projects still being completed from the 2022 referendum. You'll be very glad to know, Andrew, we still have a little more HVAC coming. So, you'll be able to uh work on that this summer at
the middle school among other uh places. We also have uh referendum projects that were mentioned earlier like the vestibule that we were really excited to get the doors in and we saw a picture and they look amazing. Uh so we were very happy that that finally was able to
come to conclusion. This summer we'll be working on the tension basins uh doing playground work. the track and field and the football field uh are am and the softball uh the softball scoreboard will be among the projects this summer and
then we're going to begin the first projects of the 2025 referendum which will be the bleachers um at the high school and as uh Beth mentioned we are starting to see the work from the architects in detail so that those plans
can uh move forward as we always do we discuss sustainability and In that presentation, we discussed uh plans for a uh electric charging station and how that might be implemented. Our next meeting will be May 14th at 8 a.m. and
it's open to the public. Thank you, Susan. Next up is personnel with Debbie. Yes. So, personnel met on April 10th. We had the honor of meeting um Andrew who will be approved tonight for He was approved. Huh? Oh, sorry. Yeah.
Okay, we had the pleasure of meeting Andrew and approving him already. John uh Mcichel spoke to the committee to share that guidance counselors will be available again over the summer at the high school and the middle school. This is I think the third year the board has supported summer
counseling for our families. And we know this has been really really helpful um for families during the summer to figure out what's going on. The committee discussed hiring a mental health counselor. This job description will be on the agenda tonight and we also discussed other personnel issues. Thank
you. Thank you, Debbie. Uh next up is policy with Beth. Thank you. U policy met on April uh 9th and we talked about the second read. We didn't really talk, we didn't have any new policies and we talked very briefly about what's going on second read and then we actually spent a bit of time talking with the
administrators about the progress that we're making in terms of our AI u policy and and plan and how that's evolving and the ways that we're trying to train train our staff and administrators and even potentially the board so that we are able to try to keep up with um the
development of u AI and the impact on teaching and learning. And our next meeting will be uh May tw on May 14th. Thank you. Uh next up is student achievement with Eleanor. Thank you. Um student achievement met on
April 11th at 10:30 on Zoom. Um first we had two field trips to approve. uh one um was presented by Jenna Pusso who was here earlier uh about the um children from Johnson Park who are state champions um and are have qualified to travel to the University of Indiana
Bloomington for the future problem solvers of merit uh team. So we are very proud of them and wish them well and there was also a field trip for the Euro challenge team which I think went to semi-finals in New York just yesterday. Uh then sack heard that humanities and
math supervisors present this summer's reading and math assignments. As usual, the math assignments are optional and the K5 reading assignments are recommendations, but our middle school and high school students do have required readings to complete over the summer. Then our supervisor of
counseling, John Mcichael, shared an update about tier 2 mental health supports at PHS, which we also heard about today in Dr. Foster's presentation. After that, we went into close session. Um, two items from our close session are on the agenda for approval tonight. The adoption of arts
and letters as the new E K5 ELA curriculum and the approval of a partnership with Catholic Charities uh which is being funded by NJ the NJ uh New Jersey statewide student support services. Um, these mental health
services are free for Mercer County students and will us allow us to increase the support that's available to students in our elementary schools. Uh, and it's important for people to realize that despite the name Catholic Charities, um, they are not religious in
nature and they are open uh, to students regardless of their background. Um, and our next meeting will be on May 16th at 10:30 on Zoom and members of the public are welcome to attend. Thank you, Eleanor. And I'll just say that um I just want to add that
we all met um the the Catholic Charities um the therapist leadership uh and they were very uh um personable and I believe in line with the values um that our district I got the impression they were very open and very culturally sensitive.
Yeah. Yep. All right. Thank you for that. And uh next up is uh are you do you have a comment on equity? When's the next meeting? June comment next month. June what? Sorry. June 9th. Yes. June 9th on Zoom. On Zoom at six
o'clock. Okay. Maybe change time. Okay. That might be subject to we'll update the board next month. Um moving on now to M1 um M personnel retire retirements. I just want to point out we have four uh teachers resigning
with if my math is right 117 years uh well three teachers and one um well two two aids one controller and one fifth grade uh teacher and um I know Jen Macaui uh we actually share a dog from the same breeder. She's been here a long
time. I wish her all the best in her retirement. She actually got a second dog and uh Sarah Schwimmer uh fifth grade teacher at Littlebrook uh taught both my children and she will have completed 36 years in the district and those are big shoes to fill. Um, next up, uh, we have M2
resignations, M3 appointments, M4 transfer reassignment, M5 personnel item, M6 leave of absence, M7 substitute student placement, M8 curriculum and instruction, M9, student services, M10 job description, and M11 sixth period
compensation revisions. Um, moving on, um, we have curriculum and instruction and one is MLOU from dual enrollment, uh, the second year at CCNJ. Um and and uh two is the ELA uh program that Dr. Tu
and Eleanor mentioned. K uh and three is the K5 ELA program and for professional services Catholic Charities and five is educational consultants Princeton family institute for summer and six is student overnight trips and N7 is student day
trips. Moving on now to O, student services, special education. O1, educational placement of pupils 2425. O2, Horizon healthcare staffing. 03 cure option for kids. And moving on, um the adoption of the final budget,
which we just did. Um I need to check something here on the Hold on one second. Finance reports is action item. Is an action item. Can I get a motion, please? Ari second. Mara, thank you.
Daffany Kendall, abstain. Beth Baron, yes. Debbie Brownfeld, yes. Mora Francesky, yes. Elanor Hubard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Meiselle, yes. Chris Santhio, yes. Katherine Lara, yes. Motion passes. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Uh, P3, fire and evacuation
drills. Uh, P4, lawn mower contract. P5 JAG one athletic uh trainer support services and P6 registration travel agenda. Moving on now to our second public comment. Is there anyone else who would like to speak? No. Well, thank you for coming. Hope you had some cake.
Good. All right. Uh moving on now. Approval of the consent uh agenda item. Can I get a motion? Ari second. Beth [Music] Daffany Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron. Yes. Debbie Brownfeld. Yes. Mara Francheski. Yes. Elanor Hubard. Yes. Susan Caner.
Yes. Ari Meiselle. Yes. Chris Santario. Yes. Katherine Lara. Yes. Consent agenda passes. All right. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Great job on the budget. Um, thank you. [Applause] And really great job on the brevity.
Um, after six years, you finally shorten it down. We're Are you saying I'm long- winded? your your passion, high maintenance and long-winded. Oh, you are. It's a joke. Sorry. And very witty. Yes. Um, but you know, we'll miss you,
but you know, we I think I think we have a a good person to fill your shoes. Yes, it seems as such. Yeah. Hopefully. Welcome aboard. Hopefully, he's not as cranky. All right. Um, I can be cranky on occasion. I'm very self-aware.
A like I just want to hug you. All right. Um, our next meeting is next Tuesday, May 6th at 6 o'clock at our tenure reappointment hearing. Um, and with that, with that, can I get a motion to adjurnn? Beth second. Chris, all in
favor? All right. Have a good night.