[Music] Good evening. Welcome everyone 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 decisions on educational, financial, and personnel matters for the Princeton public schools on behalf of all residents. We're always
pleased when members of the community attend our meetings. The board and the school district operate under applicable New Jersey laws and under regulations in the of the New Jersey State Board of Education. Each meeting includes an opportunity for those attending to comment on items of interest to them or
items on the published agenda. The board reserves the right to limit the time allotted to public participation. Law limits discussion of individual personnel and confidential matters. We hope our meetings provide useful opportunities for communication between the board and the community. Thank you for attending. As required under the
public open public meeting act NJSA 1046 at sequentia, adequate notice was given for calling this meeting. It was authorized by the board of education and forwarded to the municipal clerk, Princeton packet and the Trenton times on January 9th, 2025. It was also distributed to the schools and others on
the standard distribution list. The board reserves a right to enter into executive session during all meetings of the board of education. Board policy 168 recording devices requires that we inform those attending this meeting that the proceedings are being recorded. This meeting is being livereamed. The
representative of the sending district is authorized to vote on such matters that affect sending district students or affect the governance of Princeton public schools as more specifically designated in NJSA 18A 38.1. Sending district votes pertaining to personnel actions refer to high
school central administrative and districtwide staff only. Votes otherwise are considered abstensions. In event the statute is amended, the wall should take precedence over this bylaw. Thank you. Mr. Balden, would you please call the role? Sure. Daphne Kandel here. Beth Baron here. Adam Beerman here.
Debbie Bronfeld here. Mario Francesky here. Anor Hubard here. Susan Caner here. Ari Meiselle here. Chris Sanpio here. Katherine Lara here. We have a quorum. Thank you Mr. Balden. Can I get a motion for the adoption of the minutes for April 29th? Ari second.
Mara. And just remember I think everyone was here for that meeting. Was everyone here? Oh, if you weren't here, abstain. Okay. Don Kendall here. Beth Baron. Yes. Yes. Sorry. Yes. Adam Beerman. Abstain. Debbie Brownfeld. Yes.
Mara Franchesci. Yes. Elanor Huard. Yes. Susan Caner. Yes. Ari Meiselle. Yes. Chris Antarpio. Yes. Katherine Lara. Yes. Motion passes. Um, can I get a motion please for the adoption of the minutes for May 6, 2025? Beth second. Ari. Uh, sorry. Chris. Sorry, looking
right at you. Ari usually sits there. Daffhne Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron. Yes. Yes. Adam Beerman. Yes. Debbie Brownfeld. Yes. Mara Franchesky. Yes. Edenor Hubard. Yes. Susan Caner. Yes. Ariel. Yes. Chris
Antarpio. Yes. Katherine Mara. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Uh, welcome everyone to this uh meeting. Thank you so much for coming. Uh, I would first like to officially welcome Margarita Baldia to the district. She's our new she's not she's not a new board
member. I'm a little concerned that she wants to be a board member, but she is the new assistant superintendent for special education and she'll be attending all our meetings. Uh once someone gets her a plaque and a seat, she'll be around the table. But we're so glad you're here. So, welcome. All right. Um and like I said, we have a lot
on the agenda. So, the first thing up um you know, for those of you who don't come, we always like to start our meetings um highlighting something about kids because it's important for everyone to remember. That's why we're all here. So today we have uh the lovely principal from CP, Miss Guchez. Uh we have Miss
Jones. And then we have Nathaniel. Hi. Good job. Carlin. Um Cersei. Sora. I got it. Sa sorry Noah. Eevee
and Pippa. Hello Liv and Liv. And a Liv. Hi Liv. And I'm sorry for any names that I messed up. So you are here tonight to talk to us about your work. So please take it away. Thank you for Thank you for having us on behalf of the fifth
graders at Community Park School, our kindness ambassadors, kindness champions. I just wanted to say uh in addition to the students who are here tonight, as you said, we have our librarian media specialist Bevon Jones who works closely with our school counselor who couldn't be here tonight because she's attending an event with
her daughter uh who's going off to middle school and Megan Molrron who is our fifth grade teacher and champion. So, we're all here to support. We are a family and uh SEAL is important to us because no one cares what you know until they know that you care. So, they can
take it away. Random Acts of Kindness curriculum. For the last 5 years, CP has used the Random Acts of Kindness curriculum, which is Castle approved, researchbased, tier 1, K through 12 SEAL curriculum. Miss Cameron runs lessons for grades K
through 5 based on the RAK units, which are respect, caring, inclusiveness, integrity, responsibility, and courage. On top of the lessons, the Random Acts of Kindness curriculum offers schoolwide kindness activities, books, re book recommendations, games, songs, videos,
and other resources for parents available in English and Spanish. Start with Hello. Every September, we kick off the school year by celebrating Start with Hello Week, which is a week that was formed by the founders of Sandy Hook Promise. The mission of Sandy Hook Promise is to
ensure that all students feel welcome and included at school. Miss Cameron always tell the CP students, "My job is to make sure all of our students feel safe, happy, and included." This year, we planted sunflower seeds to jumpstart our positive mindset for the year.
Students shared what they wanted to grow this year. This includes peace, kindness, gratitude, happiness, and empathy. Kindness champions. Last year, CP started kindness champions. Fifth graders are leaders in the school as kindness role models. Each fifth grader
was asked to choose a kindness goal to work on throughout the school year. running final Friday assemblies, doing the morning announcements, assisting our pre-K and kindergarten students during transition, running the many fundraisers, and helping to lead the
schoolwide activities are all the ways that kindness champions support CP recess runners. In the fall and spring seasons, CP has recess runners on Fridays during recess periods. Research indicates that a brief 10-minute brisk
walk can enhance mental alertness, boost energy levels, and promote a positive mood. Students learn that when we move our bodies and take care of our physical health, our mental health benefits. Students run laps around our CP playground, getting a popsicle stick for each lap around. Once the student gets
five sticks, they earn a charm. The CP staff line the sidewalk and cheer on the students. The CP students love it, and everyone looks forward to the Friday recess time. Fifth grade buddies. The fifth graders read to prek, kindergarteners, and first graders throughout the school year. We
also work together on several craft projects, games, and lessons. Pledge and announcements. This year, fifth graders have started doing morning announcements, and our school climate committee created a new pledge. We switch each morning saying the pledge
in Spanish and English. Our CP pledge goes like this. We are kind. We are responsible. We are cooperative. We are in control. We are CP. Our teachers say it is a great way to
remind our students of how important our community is. Our students feel this pledge promotes pride in our school. Fifth grade student council. Every year a group of fifth graders are appointed to be student council members. Student council meets once a month and
helps with a variety of CP's activities. Some of the activities we did this year include all about you paper chains, kindness posters around the school, recess buddies, bleeding final Friday, and class gift work. Final Fridays. On the last Friday
of every month, student and staff gather together for a whole school morning meeting. We greet each other, share things about ourselves, do an activity, and talk about all the fun things going around the school going on around the school. It is a good time to review expectations and our goals for
the year. For example, students shared a video they made about ways to be kind and sang our adopted CP song called Kindness is a muscle. Authors and presenters Tracy Gates. Tracy wrote the book A Few Kind Words and showed us the importance of
kindness and how it can change someone's day, year, or life. Matali Roose Matali taught us about the benefits of journaling for mental health. Sheree Miller Sheree shared all about body boundaries and respecting people's
personal space. Schoolwide projects and celebrations at our school. We have many celebrations and projects including respect week, the great kindness challenge, world kindness day, world seal day, holiday displays, ofa culture
fair and school spirit days. We make sure to sh um we make sure to celebrate every holiday so that everyone is included and represented. Schoolwide spirit. Every year our whole school does something that represents our school kindness and spirit. One year we all gathered
together outside and formed the important message be kind. Schoolwide spirit CP is the place to be. September we spend time posting positive affirmations around our school hallways. Mrs. Cameron visits all the classes and reads the book All Are
Welcome to kick off each school year. This helps um this helps us make everyone feel welcome. Our school also has a board with every student's name on it. Seeing your name displayed with everyone else's can make you feel a part of the school community.
Cobing skills cafe. During the month of May, the same week as NJSLA state testing, the school psychologist partnered with the media specialist to launch the coping skills cafe. The coping skills cafe is a period of library class where we have different
stations, each with a different coping strategy. These strategies include using fidget toys, breathing strategies, outdoor grounding activities, reading and journaling, yoga and movement, art, and music. Students engage in a discussion about when to use them and
which one works best for them. WorldCal Day. Every year in March, CP celebrates WorldCl Day. We learn about our mental and physical health with a schoolwide celebration. This year, we invited CP parent and choreographer Monica Kapoor and Derek
Bra to run dance classes. Each grade level was taught a dance. We had a bunch of fun. They taught us that physical movement, such as dancing, can help both our mental and physical health. World Kindness Day. Each year, CP recognizes World Kindness Day, which
is held in November. Students were asked to write on Postit all the ways that we can be kind to one another to give and perform random acts of kindness. This is a reminder of the power and ripple effect that random acts of kindness causes. To further celebrate World Kindness Day,
we partnered with the Book Smiles Book Drive. This was a wonderful opportunity to spread the kindness by sharing the joy of reading with those in need. Thanks to our generous community, we collected 1,745 books. [Applause]
Community partnerships. Each year, CP partners with a community program and we donate for a cause. Giving back to our community is a happiness booster. Some of the organizations that we partnered with are Clean Ocean Action and
ReadAcross America, TASK and Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, Trenton Cats Rescue, Corner House, Princeton Mobile Food Pantry, Book Smiles, and Teen Advisory Group. Make kindness the norm.
[Applause] Thank you for listening. [Applause] Well, thank you so much for coming. Uh, we really appreciate it. Um, this was a
fantastic presentation and it must be really fun and nice to go to C school at CP. So, thank you for coming. Uh, next up on the agenda, we have um approval of uh the MOA with um our administrative support union uh pressa.
It's a three-year agreement. And um so I just wanted to say we're we're um in the business of educating kids, right? So we're a people business. Um and the kids are the most important people, but next up is our staff. And there's no one that works more closely
with our students than the members of the administrative support union. They are the backbone of our district. They are the secretaries, the custodians, um the instructional aids, uh the groundskeepers, and we couldn't do what
we do uh without them. Uh so to say that there this the district would not run without them is not an overstatement. Um so we're very pleased tonight to have on the agenda a three-year contract um that we feel um rewards uh their commitment
to the district. [Music] Um, this was a a very uh long but short process, but on the negotiations committee was myself, Debbie Brownfeld, Mara Franchesky, and Eleanor Huard. I don't know if you want to add anything.
I'll speak on behalf of um my other uh my other negotiating team members. Um we're excited that we came to this agreement and we um believe it reflects um how much we value our press staff and we look forward to continuing to work together for the benefit of our kids. So, we're very excited. Thank you.
Right. All right. Um, and with that, could I get a motion? Oh, I should have done the motion. Did I get a motion? No, I didn't get a motion. I'm gonna get it one of these days. Beth, second. Debbie. Dftton Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron, yes. Adam Beerman, yes. Debbie Bronfeld, yes.
Mara Francheski, yes. Elanor Hubard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Meiselle, yes. Chris Antarpio, yes. Katherine Mara, yes. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Um I don't know if Yes, they do. And I just wanted to
say we have three more item two more items on the agenda and then we're going to take a 10-minute break for cake. Um because we have a lot to celebrate tonight and and then we find it every everyone is much calmer after they have cake. So, and the kids are excited. Oh, and the kids also. All
right. Thank you. Thank you guys for giving us the opportunity to speak tonight. Um to Dr. Foster who has shown her dedication to not only Presa but to the entire Princeton public school system throughout your tenure here. Um we thank you. Dr. Angela Ciso Sten,
thank you for stepping into this new role with an open mind and a willingness to solve a longstanding problem over the years. To the esteemed members of the school board, I am here to extend our heartfelt thanks and sincere appreciation to each of you for your
dedication, leadership, and thoughtful collaboration and reaching a fair and favorable settlement on the recent contract agreement. Your commitment to supporting both the staff and the broader educational mission of our district has not gone unnoticed. The
outcome of the this negotiation reflects your respect for the work that we do every day and your belief in the value of investing in our schools, our staff, and ultimately our students. We understand that these processes requires time, effort, and compromise. Your
willingness to engage openly and constructively has set a positive tone and laid the groundwork for continued trust and partnership moving forward. Thank you once again for your service and for helping create a strong foundation for the future of our
schools. With much gratitude, the press and negotiation team, Ashanti Thompson, co-president, Annie Hopkins, co-president, Eric Kh, chief negotiator, Kim Ramsey, Dave Hunt, Jory Gment, Robin Vanheesen, Mor Maurice Stigot, James
Abbott III, and Dan North. Thanks again. Thank you again for everything. Thank you very much. All right. Next up, um can I get a motion for the appointment of the JP principal, Mara? Second, Eleanor. All right. Now, I'm going to say we have the privilege
tonight um to vote on the appointment of Dr. Stacy Young as the next principal of Johnson Park School. Um Dr. Young um was born and and raised in Princeton and is a product of the Princeton public schools. And I'm sure she told Miss
Grouch that she went to CP. That's why she's so nice. Yes. Yes. How, however, she did say her allegiances could change like that. We talked about that. We did. Okay. You'll work it out. Um, but I'm excited that she'll get to work with you because I
think she it'll be very nice. Um, but Dr. Young um started out as a um a teacher. She most recently was um she was a K12 ELA supervisor and most recently she's been working in Montgomery. Um, so, um, it's really my pleasure to welcome Stacy to the
district. Uh, we're so excited to have you. We think you're going to be a great addition to our administrative team. So, uh, thank you for applying. Let me talk about the let me talk about the process. We had 48 applicants. Um, we had eight, um,
individuals that, uh, were brought in for first round interviews, six uh, for second round interviews, and then we had two finalists. Uh it was it was a difficult choice, but I heard that Stacy uh her enthusiasm, her warmth, and her care for children just put her um at the
top. And so we're very excited tonight to vote on your appointment. Mr. Balden, Dav Kendall, yes. Beth Baron, yes. Adam Beerman, uh yes. Debbie Bronfeld, yes. Mara Francesky, yes. Elanor Hubard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Meiselle, yes.
Chris Sanarpio, yes. Catherine War, yes. Motion passes unanimously. [Applause] Good evening everyone. Dr. Foster, Dr. Lusa, Dr. Tu,
Dr. Cisa Stance, JP staff, students and families, and members of the board of education. I'm really, really excited. I'm beyond honored and incredibly grateful to be appointed as the next principal of JP. And that's in large part because of how proud I am to be a
product of Princeton public schools. I was born and raised here right up the road in the Witherspoon Jackson neighborhood. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, I grew up in a multilingual home, navigating life between two cultures, trying to honor my Haitian roots while also assimilating into my
American ones. My mom, who loves me more than anything, more than my siblings. as you can tell them I said that did her very best, but she was trying to support me through a system that she just really didn't understand. And we were scraping by. We just didn't have much. And though this community had
and still has incredible resources, it didn't necessarily always make me feel included or like I belonged any easier. And yet, I'm here. Education is hard. It's hard work. And you don't always get to see the fruits of your labor. Your students go
on to the next grade, to the next school, to the next part of their lives, and sometimes you just have to wonder if they made it. Well, I made it. To all of the educators here at PPS, past and present, who have had an impact on my life. Kathy Marta,
Francis Craig, Sher Barish, Doug Leendowski, Jack Basky, and Marty Hayden. I'm a reader because of you. I'm a writer because of you. I'm a teacher because of you. and now a principal. In moments you will likely never remember, you saw me when I needed
to be seen and you lifted me up when I was down. Thank you for that. To my favorite teacher of all, my husband Matt, thank you for everything that you are and for all that you do to support me past, present, and
future. And to my daughter, Raina, who I sincerely hope is sleeping right now. You can do anything, my girl. I love you bigger than the universe. To the staff, students, and families of JP, I can't wait to meet you. I can't wait to go on this journey
with you, to support you, to cheer you on, and help you find joy and purpose in every day. I simply can't wait. Together, we will continue to nurture a school climate where every student feels seen, supported, and inspired to reach their full potential.
So to the administrative team and to the board of education, thank you for the privilege of being a part of JP's next chapter. I am so so happy to be home. Thank [Applause] [Music]
you. I think we should just go home now. But alas, we have one more thing to go through before cake, and that is um the ratification of the shared services agreement with the town. Um and I would like to thank um the P the PTOC is here tonight. The leadership of the PTOC is
here tonight. Um and many of you uh were along for this journey and advocated uh and for for the understanding of what the resources the schools need. So, thank you um because you've been here through through the bad times. So, we are so happy to have you um in the good
times. Um so, on the agenda for approval, I need to make a motion. Can I get a motion, please? Beth second. Chris, this is my fourth year. And I just want the kids out there to know like you don't have to be perfect and you can make mistakes and
just move on. And that's what I do every night. So, um we at we were at the town council meeting. Most of us were at the town council meeting on May 6th. Um and in the first time in Princeton's history, the council approved a shared services agreement with the school district. And
the school district um will get um 100% of the remainder of um a pilot that they're receiving from Avalon than I know. Is that the name of it or not? Is it Avalon Thanet? No, it's not. It's okay. See that look of disgust? But
that's okay. That's okay. He's not going to tell me what it is either. Princeton Circle. Thank you. Princeton Circle. Um, but you know, and of all the municipalities in the state, and I believe there's like 612, there are only a handful that share pilot revenue with the school district. So, if we could
just give a round of applause to the town, the municipality council. [Applause] the the amount of the agreement uh for shared services will range from 300 to
500,000 or higher depending on the um performance of the apartment complex. Um but that money is is um is real money and we will use it wisely in the education of children. Um we we believe
that um this um agreement well first of all it couldn't have come at a better time. Um our state funding our state aid was reduced by 3% and we all know that we might lose a little more depending on um
certain initiatives that we offer uh which we will continue to offer. Um so this money could not have come at a better time. Um, so we deeply appreciate the innovation and collaboration that made this agreement possible. Um, it's a thoughtful and equitable step forward that affirms our community's strong
belief in the power of public education and its importance to the future of our community. And so, in addition to everyone around this table who is involved in the discussions, well, not Margarita, but but she can be. Um, I want to thank uh Gene Durban, a former board member, and Betsy Baglio. Um, and
I also would like to thank Brian McDonald, both as a former board member and as a council member and Mia Saxs. Um, we're very grateful. Princeton is a place of innovation and this is just another way where we're leading the way. So, um, with that, Mr. Balding, can we get a vote if we're going to accept the
money? Daphne Kendall, yes. That was a good setup. Thank you. Beth Baron, yes. Adam Beerman, uh, yes. Debbie Bonfeld, yes. Martin Franchesci, yes. Elanor Huard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ariel, yes. Chris Antario. Yes. Katherine Lara. Yes. Motion passes
unanimously. Could I please get a motion to adjourn? Mara second. Oh, everyone. Everyone good? Great. All right. We're going to adjourn for 10 minutes. I've got to ask him three times. All right. Thank you. Um, welcome back. Uh, we're moving on now to um, yeah, it's
on. Uh, the presentation on the current status of the 2025 referendum. And, um, tonight we have, uh, Dan Chatone, um, architect skatone. I'm so sorry. It's Gaton um the
architect from our architectural firm who's going to present. So, thank you for joining us tonight. Dan, good evening everyone. Good evening. All right. Again, I'm Dan Scaton from FD Architects and uh the hard act to follow with the kids, but I'll do my best to
give you the update on the referendum projects and where we stand as of today. So, what I want to cover on the uh first slide There you go. That's why I want to control. Thank you. So, we're going to cover the
referendum projects. As many of you know, uh we have uh many additions and renovations at Princeton Middle School, Community Park Elementary School, Littlebrook, and then we have a couple of projects at the high school. And then we'll finish up with a couple of timeline estimates, and we'll show you what that looks like long term for the
school district and what that affects. So, as you know, and this should look familiar to everybody, this is a long ongoing process, and it's intensive with collaboration. We've been meeting with the district and the administrators and each department head. We're actually getting into very detailed layouts of the spaces at this point. Uh, we're
working with locals and the local professionals, the township, uh, sustainable Princeton is a big part of that. And we're also preparing at the moment for our regulatory submissions, which will precede any of the bid documents you see. So, we're starting that process now already.
So, we're going to jump right into Princeton Middle School. And hopefully this looks familiar to most. And I'm just going to point out a few things. Uh Walnut is down here where you can see my my laser hopefully. The front of the school along Walnut is a two-story addition for classrooms. We're making a new connection from the sidewalk back
with a a covered canopy and then a main office expansion in the front. So, that'll be a new front entrance. You can see the rear addition to the school. This is a multi-purpose room and and cafet cafeteria expansion. If you want to go to the next slide and we'll show you. So now these are new. Um these are
images that you haven't seen before at this level. These we're starting to look at materials. We're starting to look at the way that the building connects to each other. We're very sensitive to the building that's there and what we're connecting to. So you can see this is a long walnut. This is the front. This is your cap pod where your new IT department will eventually go. And this
is an iteration of what we're looking at with the front entry carrying you into the building at the main entrance. Here are some additional views. So, at the top of the screen, you'll see additional front views. This is that same view you just saw kind of approaching from Walnut going down towards Goya Street. This is standing on
the corner here. Looking back, there's your canopy going in. This is a two-story classroom edition. And then going into the rear, you could see where our multi-purpose room and cafeteria expansion. We're looking at materials, how the building connects, and we're making sure that we have access for
after hours into those spaces. So, this is a view of the back of the school. Dark blue is where the addition is going. Light blue are renovated spaces within the building footprint right now. And you can see we're connecting with a new hallway back to an expanded cafeteria. Some kitchen
renovations will be in that. And you can see a multi-purpose room and some layouts. We are also expanding your music rooms to a larger setup and then a couple of other classroom renovations. Here's a detail you can see that we're getting into. So, at this point, we're working with each department and and the staff, and we're
going through different ways they're going to use one space, for instance, and working through each layout of each room in the same kind of way. You can see some example images of that space down here, and assembly versus a seminar versus another cafeteria expansion. This is the front of the
school. Again, at the bottom of the at the bottom here, you can see Walnut. Here's your entry canopy. This is your existing main office. We're pushing that out. A little bit of an expansion. And this is a two-story classroom edition. This is your existing C-wing, which will eventually become your IT department. And what you can see here in the red,
which I want to point out, this school is connecting back now into a loop that's currently lacking. And this kind of a theme throughout the whole referendum. You're going to see us trying to connect all these additions back into improved circulation. So, you can go from your E-wing across and then you can also go through a new courtyard
to connect to the front entrance. And then this is just the second floor. You can see we're making a connection. And this will be a little small group room and you can see the second floor edition for classrooms. These are your science labs. The theme in all these additions and a lot of the departments we're talking about is
flexibility. So we have a couple of flex classrooms in addition to regular classrooms as well. And then the next slide you can see some of our science lab development that we're working towards. Different layouts, different arrangements of tables, desks, and lab stations. And this is what each administrator is looking through at the
moment. So, jumping to the next school for additions is Community Park. You can see again dark blue is the additions. This is a multi-purpose room, gym edition, a little bit of a media center, a twostory edition of classrooms in the back. And you can see that we're creating a courtyard space and again we're
connecting with a covered walkway back to the building to give that same path to CP as well. You can see we're making sure that we're taking advantage of uh field renovations that we can do to make sure you guys have playfields and leaving your playgrounds on the side intact. And then we labeled a some
collaboration with the town as you can see um for a bicycle path. So again, these are new. These are images that you haven't seen before. These are renderings of community park from the back of the school. This is actually where your playgrounds and your mural are now. That will remain
untouched. The mural we are adding on and we are again making connections. We're looking at materials and we're very sensitive to the scale of these buildings and how we have to make sure that they're approachable and the right size. You can see the gym addition in the middle and this creates a courtyard um on this side and that side. And I'll
show you on the next slide. We're taking advantage of the outdoor spaces that we're creating. So here's an example of what we're looking at for some of your courtyards. So the main courtyard we're creating at CP, we're looking at an outdoor classroom space. This is the main courtyard from the original building on here. Here's your new gym
edition. So, we're creating these learning spaces outside. This is where your existing patio is. We'll redo that for you as well. So, this is the overall plan, the whole school of community park. Again, you can see there's a lot of work going on as far as additions. There's also a
fair amount of renovation work. And again, with that, we're connecting and taking this school and connecting it back onto itself. So, starting up here is the classroom addition on the first floor. Little bit of a classroom renovation. This is your existing media center. We'll be relocating that into this area and expanding it as well. So,
it'll be larger than your existing media center. And I'll show you some images of what we're thinking to do in that kind of space. Um, music room renovations again here and here. And then we're doing a cafeteria and kitchen renovation along with uh this is your second story above this space for
classrooms. So, these are hot off the press. These are some new um images for your media center. Again, looking to expand. This is your existing gym space. actually has some great higher windows and then going into another couple spaces behind that we're looking to make that a collaborative space places where
you can use it as flexible as a classroom reading private public everything so we're uh working with the administration on that as well and then this is the last edition project we have Littlebrook you can see at the parking lot level here on the site I want to point out that we are looking at a parking lot expansion much
needed at this school and then we're looking to improve the circulation on how you get through that parking lot back out on the Magnolia. You can see a six room classroom edition here. Again, we are connecting this long wing that had a corridor at the end of the hallway. We are connecting the hallway back into the classroom, give you easier
access to that gym that all these students will use during the day. A music room expansion. We're looking at expanding the hard surface play area and then again with the parking and then some playground modifications. So again, we're creating a courtyard here in Littlebrook. This is again to try and take advantage some of
these spaces and use them as outdoor learning. This is the back approach to where you're going for your music room. And you can see we're trying to match the sort of language and aesthetic that's already there at Littlebrook. It's in a neighborhood area, especially with the houses there. We're matching the materials and the size and the scale
of the building that's already there. So, this is the whole scope plan of Littlebrook. You can see we're working on layouts in the classrooms. We're also working on again uh cafeteria and some serving line improvements, much needed breakout spaces and offices, uh small group room in kindergarten, and
then a music room. And then if you go to the next slide, you'll see a zoomed in version of what this path will look like in the school. We're connecting this back around making a hallway by your gymnasium and connecting to another hallway here for your music space. So, this is the last project. And and I mean that in terms of timeline.
This will be the last project that'll be done on the timeline in the high school. All of the other work and I'll walk you through the next slide which we're going to wrap up is uh the timeline. We're looking to take the current IT space that's here in your high school and we're going to renovate into three classrooms, an SGI room, a small group instruction, and then we also have a
breakout gallery space here with flexible walls. This space will be done after all of the other work in the referendum is completed so we can create that swing space and move over. So, just wrapping up. I'll show you what the timeline looks like here. So, there's a lot that we threw at
you. Hopefully, this looks familiar and you're seeing the development of what's happening. The first round of projects is really going to be the additions. We're going to intend to start them or early spring next year and go into December of 2027. That will help create the space that we need. So, again, we're
trying to be as sensitive and uh we know that we don't want to disrupt your district operations. So, we're cognizant of that. This is a lot of scope. We do the additions first. Students will swing into those new spaces. It will leave open for the renovations. And we'll do those in two phases. It'll be from 27 to
August of 28, about an eight-month time frame. A little bit of overlap in between. And then we'll do a second round of renovations at both. And this is all at Princeton Middle School CP and LV as well. We're actually your district is jumping right off uh hitting the ground running with bleachers this
summer. So those are already on order. That'll be done this summer. And then the HVAC improvements at the high school, that's going to run in two phases as well. That's actually what you see there is two summers because of the amount of work in that. And then you can see, as I said, the last project timelinewise in the referendum is going
to be August. So once your IT moves out of that space in the high school into the Princeton Middle School space, we'll then renovate into those classrooms. And again, we're being very sensitive to your district, your operations, your students, your staff. Your safety is first and foremost. And hopefully at the
end of this everyone's going to be happy and have a brand new uh brand new outlook. So thank you. Uh thank you Dan. I appreciate it. Um great presentation. I have a couple questions. The first question is so you you know you don't see me at
operations meetings so I get to ask my questions now. Um so we got a referendum approved for around $90 million right and then tariffs were announced right? So the concern is I'm sure you discussed this in the operations committee is we might not have enough money to do everything that we had planned out to do
and as you know 90 million is all we get. Correct. Right. So what um what are you planning or do you have any plans to to address those concerns? Are you already seeing increased prices? So we we haven't seen any increased prices as of yet. Um there's a there's a bid part
of the public bid law in New Jersey is that you have to use domestic products. So that's the bulk of what we use is domestic products and that's what you know it's it's helping at the moment. But to your point, we always have to plan escalation. The numbers that we use in the referendum were pre-escalated already and then we added some on knowing that that would happen over the
time span of a referendum. Yeah. There's also other um safeguards that we have and other things that we can look at. We have to uh carry a 5% contingency by state law. We're carrying more than that right now. So we're looking at that. And then there's also other avenues where we can look at a series of alternate bids.
for instance, of putting things out there and working with things that still meet the intent of the referendum given a situation. If something comes in more expensive than we thought, we look at other ways to value engineer and still create a bid scenario to put out things and get pricing appropriately. And we
structure those alternates in a way that prioritizes them for the referendum. So, as these projects begin and in in the event prices go up, do we have um has the district laid out what the you know what what is absolutely
crucial and what we might you know might be able to do without if we had to. So, as we're going through now, we're having those conversations now. We haven't gotten through every part of that in the bid package, but we are going to have those conversations. That's definitely going to be part of how we structure any of the bids, especially in an alternate bid scenario. Okay. And then if we could
go back to the timeline for a second. So I was surprised to see so the the IT space at um the middle school that's not going to be ready till December 28. Is that right? So it dep it depends on which phase that that phase probably will be. Yeah, it's going to be later
and that the reason for that is at least working with the IT department now. There's a lot of infrastructure that they're going to move over and work on. So it gives us the first phase of the renovations and the additions of the middle school to set that up. the second phase they can move over and then that'll free up the uh the high school.
Okay. Because I I I I thought I would like to see if it's possible a more aggressive timeline for those additional classrooms at Princeton High School. I mean that seems like a while. Yeah, we're trying to be very conservative this time frame. Obviously hopefully it's palatable, but I understand. All
right. Thank you. Any other questions? Adam, what's your contingency right now? I know you have a lot of moving parts and everything, but yeah, on the referendum as a whole, we we go between 10 and 15%. I think you're somewhere between 10 10 and 12 10 and 12% is where you're at. I got you. You're not allowed
to hold more than 15 for and so it's easier to build. Renovations are more difficult usually than building a new building. Is that what you And also not you're doing that so you won't have disruption. I know a lot of parents are concerned about disruptions. Yeah. So, so to your point, the the two parts of that are a renovations. We're in
existing spaces. there's a lot of existing conditions that we don't know, hence why we carry a contingency. It's also in our case when you make those new additions first. Uh it we're going to work and again we've gone through this plan with administrators at their level and it's going to be re-reviewed again obviously before it goes out access
separate for construction and where students are. We have to be cognizant of drop offs and things like that that happen after school hours as well and before school. So, we're working to make sure that's as least disruptive as possible to those kind of with the understanding you're going to be working around those kind of areas. The addition goes up, it'll be easier to work the
addition, brand new space, we put everything we need in it and then we'll deal with the renovations or anything that you know those connections a little bit later. Connections will be made over the summer to minimize that as well. And my colleague brought up a general question. Is it can you buy things ahead of time if you know they might go up?
Materials is that any can you stockpile anything? So there are certain things in the referendum I'm going to say such as furniture for instance or things like that. We can look at other ways to purchase consortium or or state co-op and those kind of things. Um a lot of it will be part of the bid contract. So we can explore all those options to see
what we need to do. Construction materials are best usually in the contract by the contractor but other there are other ways to look at some purchasing if you're you want to go that route. Domestic and just accountability. Well I'm pretty well verssed on that. It seems like hopefully the same level of accountability will be going on since we
have a lot of moving parts and it's a lot of money and things have to get done. So I'm I'm sure. What's your name again? I'm Dan Scuton. That's right. And again, you guys work with a great construction manager as well, New Road who will be here. So that's that's great. Beth. Yeah. Thanks, Dan. It was great presentation. We really appreciate seeing how far you've come and we know
you're working closely with our people internally to to develop these plans. And I just wanted to say you're you're really on the buildings right now. These these kind of are all about the the physical structures, the outside bits, the landscaping isn't isn't there yet. And yeah, not not yet. We're going to be working closely with the township, the
planning, sustainable Princeton for those kind of things. And you know, again, we're sensitive to the things that we're touching and taking away and then putting back. So, right. And we've asked you to look at the play areas and we have the bike racks there just to make we haven't forgotten any of that. That's all still coming and it's in process. Absolutely. And I just wanted to say to Kathy, we're these this is
presentation will be available where uh so uh what we're going to do is it's going to be available two ways. We are going to send out a school messenger uh with this link in it. So, um, parents can follow along, families take a look. And, uh, in that letter as well, we'll
include, uh, we've kind of updated our website, uh, so that if anyone has any questions or comments, um, we, uh, have an email address that they can, uh, raise questions or comments right there. More concerns than comments, right? I'm sorry. Wait, more concerns than
comments, right? Yeah. Just Yeah, feedback of any, you know, feedback. um you know, we're we're moving along. We we've we've gathered information, but if they, you know, have something that um they want to um ask specifically a detail that maybe is not there yet, such
as playgrounds, outdoor landscape, we can we can answer that for them. Great. Okay. Thank you. Okay. No, go ahead. Again, you someone answered bog pits and watershed commission flooding Little Brook School. That's being looked into the playground. Fixing up the playground
basically. I know it's we're going to wait till later in the referendum to do like a a holistic review of that with the watershed commission and stuff like that or so you're you guys are currently I say you guys the board is currently working on uh playground modifications at all the schools right part of our our
actual and I said regulatory part of that is the uh DRCC del canal commission looking at wetlands delineation surveys the whole nine yards for when it comes to regulatory so that's definitely uh part of it at little work that we're looking to address and make sure that we fit it into our design and do it at the same time just to save money do
everything at the same time possibly with all Yeah. So the we're obviously going through and working with the administration how to structure the bid packages so you're looking at an economy of scale when you bid out more you're looking at to get the right contractors at the right time for the right people who can handle this amount of work as well. So that's all part of the
equation. Yeah. Yeah, on behalf of I know the long-term planning committee, we really do appreciate all the work and we look forward to hearing updates as you continue to evolve and and move along in the process and we're grateful for the timeline and and uh thank you. Yeah, it looks great. Thank you. Thank you.
Right, moving on now. Superintendent comments. Okay. Uh so, good evening everyone and happy Tuesday, May 27th. Um, so I have a Did you know did you know that there are only 17 days left uh
in the 2425 school year? Uh that includes three Mondays, four Tuesdays, four Wednesdays, three Thursdays, and three Fridays. But who's counting? Well, we are because we know
that each and every day counts uh as we show up for our students. So, there are three Mondays. We only have three Mondays to make sure that our kids are physically and emotionally safe. Four Tuesdays. We only have four Tuesdays to
make sure that our students are uh feel connected, valued, and seen. Four Wednesdays. We only have four Wednesdays to make sure that our our students are challenged both academically and physically. Three Thursdays. We only
have three Thursdays for our children to take risks, be curious, and uh make new friends. And finally, we have three Fridays to make sure that our students find joy and purpose in everything they do.
A thank you. Very nice. [Applause] Moving on now. Do you have anything else? Oh, no. That was me. I have a confession to make, which is that I thought today was our last board report. So, I had prepared a
very gratuitously sappy farewell address, which we'll postpone for next time. But I was actually I was I was very happy to realize that this wasn't our last one. Um because one thing that I was thinking about was how sad I was going to be to leave this. Um because genuinely it is so inspiring to see just
how much work really goes into making the schools that we take for granted every day. um we try not to but it's just like it's such a fact of our life and it's actually really inspiring to come see how much work is coming from so many individual people so we love that
and to add on to that actually I know we don't usually comment on the presentations but I graduated from Johnson Park um I don't even know how many I don't even know how many years ago now probably a while um but it's so
great to see that it's in a state of like constant innovation And um I think just being here every month just really shows us how much um we keep growing and like everything keeps moving. But yeah. Yeah. I've been scrambling for the past like 40 minutes
to figure out what I was going to say if not my farewells. Um but one thing that did come to mind was how smoothly, at least from my point of view, it felt the APs ran this year. Um because I would walk by the gym and we have 200 kids testing at a time and that's just a lot
of bureaucracy. Um so it's very it my my computer wasn't working right before it. I ran the tech office and they were very helpful. So honestly like I keep looking for things to tell y'all that you need to work on and of course there are things that we can improve on always but
like nothing is coming to mind as a as a big red flag. We got a great school. Y'all can pay me later for saying that. Um, on the end of student council, um, I know we talked last meeting about possibly revamping those roles. Um,
obviously we have four very distinct roles, but then once we get to the meetings, we kind of have more like discussion based meetings. So, um, I just want to say like we are working on that. Um, I think for next year, especially as like elections start coming out, um, I think they're going to
be defining roles and like expectations more clearly. Um, but yeah, that's like I hear we're thinking of having this position be open to juniors and seniors. Yeah. Which I actually wasn't aware that it wasn't. I thought because we have a junior as um, student body secretary
right now. Do we? Yeah. Victoria, this this shows you how little the roles matter and why we're why we're working on that. But yeah, so we'll have those defined hopefully by the end of next couple meetings. But yeah, thank you.
[Applause] All right. Now, now moving on to our first uh public comment and uh Jessica Vieira is the only one who signed up so she can come first. Just remember, tell us uh the street you live on, not the house number and uh try
to keep it to three minutes. I'll try. We're busy. Thank you. Jessica Vieira, Stockton Street. Thank you for the opportunity to address the board. Um, first, I'd be remiss not to express my gratitude to Matt Balden. Apologies for not having been present in all of the
board of ed meetings. have had a very busy year, but I'm here and I just wanted to say thanks to Matt for his um he's been an asset to the district and I know just for me personally, very patient with my questions as I tried to understand all about school finances in New Jersey and separately has been
incredibly supportive as I put on a separate hat of our PTO efforts. Um, by the way, nobody can read the role as well as Matt. So, it's, you know, good luck in your next role. It's good to hear he's patient. He's very Yeah, exactly. Secondly, of course, I want to comment on the shared services
agreement. I could not attend the council meeting because again, I've been personally pretty busy, but having been very vocal in the master planning, it's only fair that I express my appreciation to council. What makes our town stand out from all the others in central New
Jersey? We've heard it all throughout this meeting. Princeton is a town whose name is synonymous with history and education. They will forever be intertwined. the quality of our educational offerings and higher level at at both the higher
level and the public schools um are at the top of the list of why people flock to live in this quaint tiny colonial village. When pilots were introduced, they certainly were not meant for the use in towns as desirable as our
Princeton. Yet, as with all intent in incentives and tax favors, people find ways to take advantage. I stand here as a private citizen, one who may happen to take her civic responsibilities a little too seriously, but I stand here to thank the
town for taking the very responsible step in giving the Princeton public schools a portion of the money from the pilot. As we know from the review of the master plan, this isn't the first pilot, and it's not likely to be the last.
Let's hope that this is the first of many payments from the current and any future pilot agreements. The only way to keep our town special and desirable for for all, especially given the expected future development,
is to continue to fund and support all aspects of our educational institutions, not just in the classroom, but also for safety of its community, for its extracurriculars and the broader general
community involvement. Without that special commitment to our educational system as a whole, we're just another battle town in central New Jersey. Let's hope that this sets a nice precedent and a demonstrated
future commitment. Thanks. Thank you. [Applause] Right. Anyone else for public comment? No. All right. We just have an engaged audience tonight. It's nice to see. All
right. Um, where did that come from? Yeah. Now we just have to get your seat. Thank you, Leslie. You can thank Leslie for ordering that. Okay. Um, moving on now. Uh, J1. J1, is that an action item?
Uh no consent. No, it is consent J1 and two head J1 and two are okay. Yep. Then moving on to the board uh committee reports and we're going to start with long-term planning.
Uh long-term planning met on the 22nd and we actually reviewed the presentations. We've had two meetings I think to talk about the presentations for tonight and that's kind of been what we focused on and we will meet next on the 10th of July. Okay. Thank you Beth. Uh and you all are doing an excellent
job. That was a very impressive presentation. Um it's exciting to see what's going on and how it's going to mesh in with the existing landscape. All right, next up is operations. Susan, hi. I'm going to take some of the time from long range planning and policy and I'm
going to do a little more Brianlike report tonight because we had a lot going on in operations. So, we met on May 14th from 8 to 9:30. Um, we have two projects left from the 2022 referendum. One is an elementary HVAC problem that
due to price pressors, we're still working on finalizing the bid prices for. So right now that's um Matt is working with uh Dave Harding and they're relooking at how we complete that project. And then the the PSEG HVAC
boilers that's work is going to begin the first week of June. So we're excited about that. On the 2023 referendum we have three summer projects beginning the PHS track and field which has already started. Uh the tennis court and
retention basin work at the high school. and we have an elevator uh refurbishment happening at the high school as well. Um we're also going to be seeing work on not not through referendums but on the heating controls at PMS and bidding for
phase two of the playgrounds which a lot of the people from PTOC have been following. Um and we're looking at a bid possibly in June although we will be waiting for approvals from the state but we're hoping those come through. And then we're continuing our cooperation
with the town which um was mentioned in our 2025 referendum project. And we're working on a bike path behind CP that will be jointly uh administered by both the schools and the town. Um also our first project for the 2025 referendum
will be this summer where we're going to be doing the PHS bleachers. Um that is expected to be completed before school starts in September. On our agenda, we have a um large approval. It's we discussed uh in past meetings that we
have MacBooks and iPads that are up for a reby on for this evening. The lease is at 0% interest through Apple for the um for um the book the use in the high school and now Matt has moved that to a
4-year cycle and the tech department will refresh or refurbish whatever they can to uh get back some of our value and then we have Chromebooks also for a cost of $488,000. And I think Kathy or Kim, you are gonna just mention a little of the
process since it's a two and a half million dollar lease agreement. Yes. Um so I want to give kudos uh to Todd McDonald. He's our chief technology officer and working with his tech department and team. And this was a I would say almost a fullear effort of um
surveys of staff of students of focus groups with um instructional assistants, teachers and kids to look at what they currently have, what they don't have, what's meeting their needs. Um and so from that feedback we were able to determine that um MacBooks are the
preferred um device at the high school level um by kids and for and by staff um because of the amount of tools that they use, the resources that are on a MacBook, but Chromebooks work great um for our second uh to eighth grade students and iPads are still the
preferred uh device for K and one. Um, so through that, we also realized that our staff had a lot of inequities with their devices where some staff had two-year-old MacBooks and some staff had eight-year-old MacBooks. It sort of said if someone retired, they kind of, you know, the new staff member received an old MacBook. Um, so what we're doing by
um doing this purchasing plan, which uh Todd and his team really got a good deal on, um before all the tariff talk um we were locked in with a great um price um was making sure that we were also replacing the fleet for all staff. Um, our instructional assistants also
previously had Chromebooks which was uh difficult because they, you know, the students that they were working with had MacBooks ne, you know, and they didn't align and if they were covering a class, they couldn't link up to project their screen on an Apple TV, which is what we have um in most classrooms. Um, so our instructional assistants will be
receiving iPads um as well. Um and our elementary teachers are very excited because um they will also um be receiving an iPad with the pencil so that they can display put up math problems, put up text um and things along those lines. So um this was with a lot of thought, a lot of due diligence
and um a lot of haggling uh to make sure that uh Princeton was, you know, paying the right price. Um I know this is a big ask of the school district. Um but we think the four-year rotation now puts us on the right path and the 0% financing doesn't hurt either. Yeah. Um and to
continue on, also on our agenda this evening is our first reun uh renewal of our food service contract with Pmptonium. Um this has been our first year with them. We are required once every five years to do a full rebid, but
this year we will just do a one-year uh renewal and we thank them for the efforts that they have made uh this year and we look forward to working with them again next year. And finally, as we always do, we discuss sustainability. Uh the district will participate in a
sustainable Jersey pilot program which will provide a three to five-year plan for energy initiatives in our schools. And we are also going to be really excited to welcome our two electric buses in September. This summer, the EV charging stations will be installed. So,
we're really excited about that. And if all if you are really interested in this, we are having an operations meeting tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. So we welcome uh everyone to join. Great. Thank you, Susan. Next up is Debbie with personnel. Uh the personnel committee
met on Thursday, May 15th. We discussed three job descriptions that are on the agenda tonight. Director of facilities and grounds, assistant director of facility and grounds, and a mental health counselor for um the middle school. The facility and grounds
position are revamp of current jobs we have. The mental health counselor is new and very needed for the middle school. We had a contract with another organization and that model did not support our tier 2 interventions and so administration wanted much more depth in
supporting our middle school students and ended the contract and we have now created this fulltime position which we're very excited about. We discussed the hiring process for the JP principal position and tonight we've approved Stacy Young for that position. As Daphna
said, we received 48 applications showing that that you know there's a lot of candidates out there that want to come and work for Princeton which is really wonderful and we discussed many other personnel items. Thank you. Thanks Debbie. Um policy the best. We uh we have not met this month and we are
anticipating another policy summary to come from strame probably next month. So, our next meeting for policy would be uh July 2nd. Oh, well, that's wonderful. All right, you deserve a little break somewhere. Next up is student achievement. Yes. Uh
we met on Friday, May 16th. We heard a presentation from PHS about the new and improved block schedule for the 2526 school year. The new schedule addresses concerns about the length of block periods and supports more time for student clubs and extra help from
teachers. We heard a presentation on professional development for the 25 26 school year. Some highlights are making classroom instruction more engaging, supporting a new knowledge, building English curriculum for the elementary schools, continuing um Orton Gillingham
training for our teachers, and taking a look at our 6 to2 humanity program and our K5 science program. Pat Lanahan presented two overnight music trips, one to Puerto Rico and one to Europe, which are also on the agenda for approval. Uh then we went into close session. Our
next meeting is Friday, June 6th at 10:30. Thank you, Debbie. And I'm guessing you have equity as well. Just to say when the meeting is. Yes. Oh, the So, the meeting is Monday June, it's it's Monday, June se June 9th. June June
9th at 5:30 and it's on Zoom. So, Oh, it is. Oh, I thought it was in person. No, it's in Sorry, I'm sorry. I forgot about that one. Yes. Uh the 9th 5:30 Zoom. I don't know what the subject is yet. we'll discuss. Okay. But yes, please
join us. All right. Thank you all. Um all right, moving on now. Um just stop me if you have anything to say. So L1 resignations, L2 retirement. Um so on the agenda for our approval is the retirement of Martha Friend, a
friend of the board. Uh she is retiring July 1 of 2026. So she's a planner apparently. Um, so we just want to we'll have another year with Martha, but uh we just want to point that out. She's a fabulous uh steam and enrichment
specialist and uh we wish her all the best. Um then we have three appointments. Four transfer reappoint. Five personnel items. Six leave of absence. Seven substitute student placement. Eight curriculum and instruction. Nine student services. 10 reappointment revisions. 11 sixth period
compensation. uh 12 press aids uh certification type and 13 are the job descriptions that Debbie mentioned. M1 uh approval of the pre-k toilet room facilities waiver submission. And then we have M2 district professional development plan
2526. Um M3 we have purchase of uh pre uh preschool classroom materials. And then M4 are the student overnight trips. And is that an action item? Uh no, it's consent. Okay. Uh then moving on to N1 educational placement of
pupils. Uh N2, Invo Healthcare Associates physical therapy occupational therapy revised and three Wilson reading and [Music] language. Uh then we have and four speciala education
agreement and five is an action item. Can I get a motion please? Mara second jetty Dapton Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron. Yes. Adam Beerman. Yes. Debbie Bronfeld. Yes. Mara Franchesky. Yes. Elanor Hubard.
Yes. Susan Caner. Yes. Ari Meiselle. Abstain. Chris Antarpio. Yes. Katherine Lara. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Then we have N6, special education agreement. And then we're moving on to 01 financial reports. That's also an action item. Can I get a
motion? Someone Beth second. Mara [Music] Daffling Kendall abstain. Beth Baron. Yes. Adam Beerman. Yes. Debbie Bonfeld. Yes. Mara Franchesky. Yes. Emor Hubard. Yes. Susan Caner. Yes.
Ari Meiselle. Abstain. I'm sorry. Yes. Sorry. That's okay. Chris Anthropio. Yes. Katherine Mar. Yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you, Mr. Balden. Then we have uh N Oh, no. O2, fire evacuation drills. 03 food service management
company that Susan mentioned. 04 NJ SIG safety grant. 05 registration travel agenda. 06 uh the computers that Susan mentioned. 07 the Chromeville contract. 08 bus safety drills. 09 renewal of
athletic transportation. 010 Are we on? notes again. Oh, uh formal transportation bid transportation 01 shared services agreement 012 MCSSD transportation agreement. Uh then we have 013 change order authorization.
014 change order authorization the HBAC. Then we are making a grant under 05 for trees. Good luck with that. And then 016 is a settlement agreement. And moving on now to our second. Oh, which one?
15's an action item, I guess. So, okay. That looks like it was a mistake, but 16. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sorry. I mean, who who doesn't want with the Lorax? Sorry.
Do they? Oh, who who doesn't want the trees? Ah, my bad. The wants were that was good. Anyway, are we voting on this? Yeah. Yes. Oh, do I have to do a motion? Beth
second. Debbie Daffany Kendall Beth Baron. Yes. Adam Beerman. Yes. Debbie Ronfeld. Yes. Mara Franch. Yes. Elanor Hubard. Yes. Susan Caner. Yes. Ariel. Yes. Chris Santhio. Yes. Kather Mer. Yes. Thank you. Okay. 016. Can I get a motion? Mara. Second.
Ari. Daffany Kendall. Yes. Beth Baron. Yes. Adam Beerman. Yes. Debbie Bronfeld. Abstain. Mara Franceski, yes. Elanor Harvard, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Mazelle, yes. Chris Antarpio, yes. Katherine Mar, yes. Motion passes. All right. Now, moving on to our next public
comment. Anyone? Okay. Oh, come on up. Go, Brooke. Sorry. I didn't plan on speaking tonight, but I just wanted to say thank you for the thoughtfulness that you put into selecting our next principal. Um JP
is a really special community and um we are very eager to welcome Dr. Young in to um really dig in and get started with our kids. So thank you for that. I appreciate it. Thank you, Brooke. Although I am concerned about the civil war that may break out between CP and
JP, but we're going to leave that in your good hands. Hopefully calmer minds will prevail. Um, all right. Moving now to Q1 to approve the consent agenda. Beth, second, Eleanor.
Daffany Kendall, yes. Beth Baron, yes. Adam Beerman, uh, yes. Debbie Bronfeld, yes. Mara Francesky, yes. Elanor Hover, yes. Susan Caner, yes. Ari Mezo, yes. Chris Anthropio, yes. Katherine Lara, yes. Consent agenda passes. Great. Thank
you. Um, so our next meeting is uh June 11th, Wednesday, which is a little odd um because election day is the 10th and this room is used for voting. Uh we will have a special just so you know, Dr. Foster, we'll have a special guest in the student portion. So you don't need to worry about that, but we will have
you and I will still have to Oh, we'll have to do something. Yes. Yes. But you don't have to worry about bringing children. We'll take care of that. Um Oh, we'll talk about cake. Um it is Dr. Foster's last meeting. So please
please join us. Um and I think it's okay. I want a canoli. No cake. Yeah. Um so anyway, please please join us if you can for June 11th. Uh and with that,
can I get a motion to adjurnn? All in favor? Hi. Great. We're journ. Thank you.