actually you just continue just be Lou yeah for okay we we're now open to the public limited to action items on the agenda [Music]
very and I'm a resident and teacher I am so proud you have brought us through sometimes and it's been a pleasure growing with you learning from you and I'm so proud and I'm so happy to be here tonight and all of the awards
I'm just so proud to say I'm a part of this family and this team thank you all for everything you do and you so deserve it thank you thank you all right along correspondents we receive two emails one both of the
Cs moving on to approval of administrative reports can I get a motion to adopt 1.01 to 1.05 question yes m f yes Mr yes M mener yes Mr Beach yes M borski yes M Ryan Yes M
yes yes okay approval of the minutes and we get a motion to adopt 2.01 to 2.02 M theint yes m f yes Mr R yes M mener Mr Peach yes is borski yes is Ryan
yes yes yes aw moving on to finance and Facilities um can we get a motion to adopt 3.01 to 3.33 uh we do not have a two report Finance any have any questions I just have a comment I know
that the board was notified Dr Hart but agenda item 3.29 um motion to approve and accept the federal clean School Bus rebate Grant an name amount of $200,000 for one electric school bus and charger to be installed
at rton middle school I just want to thank Mr B team for assistance in writing the grants you're after year until we finally got one and hopefully we get more so I just think that's fantastic I just wanted to sure the public all knew that we are
getting an electric bus thank it's great news any else any questions can we get please M yes M yes
Mr yes M yes Mr Peach yes M bori yes ran um so [Music] 31 check number 0646 Yes W yeah
yes okay moving on to Tech can we get a motion to adopt 4.01 to 4.02 move that and we do yes um the edtech committee met on May 20th the first thing we
discussed was a literacy program overview Dr Brown gave an overview of the district's literacy program uh K through two will'll be using the new units of study for reading we currently use units of study for writing and phonics which all align with science of
reading research prior to choosing units of study Dr Brown research three or four different programs the program had to be within the 110 minutes allotted for English language arts some programs required far more time for literacy than what the district had available many
programs lacked a writing program the previous version of units of study did not include a phonics component however our district had been incorporating a fic program for many years a pilot was conducted the school year with teachers who volunteered to try it out surveys
were given to the pivate teachers progress was tracked and the overall respon was favorable teachers reported that there is more time for small group instruction with this new program and that the program has great tracking Assessments in terms of achievement data Dr Brown presented diagnostic data
comparing our current program results from kindergarten in June of last year in 2023 with the new units of study results from kindergarten in January which was mid year this year uh those with the pilot students and the students in the pilot group outperformed their
predecessors by a by significant percentage points for example in the kindergarten clonics measurement the national average in 2023 was 48% meeting exceeding goals the Readington kindergarten students in 2023 were well above National and state averages with
69% meeting and exceeding and the pilot group from this past January were already at 75% meeting their goals halfway through the year uh in overall State averages Readington is in the top 10% of Statewide scores for English langage Arts the next thing we discussed
was the special education literacy programs Miss we have a report on the district's resource rooms the self-contained special education programs and the tiered liter literacy program The District utilizes both fundations and Wilson just words for
students in tiers one and two as designated in a students IEP for students needing a highly intensive literacy program The District offers Wilson starting in grade four the district has three teachers our level one Wilson trade next year two level one teachers will complete training for
level two Wilson certification um next we discuss screening tools Dr Brown and Mrs beel discuss the screening tools used to identify which students get additional support I already Diagnostic and grades SK through three flag students who may
need further assessment for dyslexia or have needs for additional assessment or support further assessment is then done on those students uh special services are offered if the student is not improving with help from a classroom teacher intervention Andor special services are offered for students
depending on their need next we discuss the summer teacher Academy Dr Hart presented the course catalog teachers are invited from surrounding districts to attend if there are spots available after all R and teachers have had a chance to register um then we discussed
the sexual education health and sexual education and health um Miss couch presented a report on the number of students who were opted out of sex health education the op outs were evenly spread throughout the grade levels and did not change significantly from previous years this year the percentage
of opt outs was 4.6% or about 40 students instruction will be concluded by the end of May place um and then agenda items you see on the agenda student teachers field trips end school year um I mean extended school year
field trips and curriculum R I just want to go over really quick um the timeline of curriculum revisions curriculum writing begins over the summer English language arts and math will be prioritized for completion and likely be included on the August Board of that agenda this is done so instruction can
begin at the start of the school year the other subject areas which did not have changes in learning standards will be included in August if prepared in time or more likely at the September boardhead meeting and then lastly we scheduled our next meeting for August
14th thank you Mr have any questions comments just had a couple comments um first with the units of study I know we going to discuss that a little bit here and there so there are um there are a couple of
districts within H County that nor do use it um couple of them are W milber um so I'm just kind of curious if that's something that we do want to continue do we want to research something else in regards to that so
that's one question my question pertains to dyslexia which I did a little bit of research on and I noticed for Clemington ridan their 2324 action plan was to implement a dyslexia screener not just a standardized um testing so they use
something called Dynamic indicator to basic early literary skills as well as an RTI program so I don't know if that's something that maybe we can look into over the summer um is I already a state approved assessment tool
I believe so I have to I believe I can't imagine being it's very intervention have check okay because I do know um I also looked into the New Jersey disle handbook which states that we should be having State
approv standardized assessments as well as teachers assigned assessments so I'm not sure if that's something that but I would just ask that the committee go back and research that a little bit more okay thank you thank you for bringing that up um you know it's always good to
look at various programs I would imagine some research has been done and I already I know it's I don't know for sure I can't imagine it not being St appr but um it's good question so thank you okay anyone
[Music] else okay can we get a roll call please m p yes M Fury yes Mr Rose yes M ner yes Mr Peach yes M borski yes yes yes
yes okay moving on to Personnel can we get a motion to adopt 5.01 to 5.39 move Jennifer yes the committee met on May 21st and discussed Staffing updates for the 2024
2025 school year transfers enrollment projections preschool Staffing for 2024 to 2025 school year Personnel matters agenda items include new staff hires potential retirement reappointment of Subs transfers summer curriculum esy and
tech support authority to hire over the summer and the next meeting is scheduled for Monday July 1st at 8:45 a.m. thank you any questions coms can M yes M Fury yes Mr yes M men yes Mr
Peach yes M borski yes M Ryan Yes M yes yes moving on to communication can we get a motion to adopt 6.01 we do not have questions yes m f yes loes yes mson yes
M Peach yes M borski yes Ryan yes yeah yes unfinished business everybody received an email from Judy Wilson um the woman who will
be running a retrieve in July um with the board self- evaluation um I couldn't click the link I don't know if any of you you could when she sent the email so I followed up with the PDF document link for self evaluation I think she gave you some homework as well I think there were
some questions that reflection questions in preparation for July so I just wanted to remind everybody that our Retreat will be July and that there's um some preparation look over the board s about and think about her reflection questions
and we'll come and talk in Jo right she is it just prior to the training is that all just review prior to training some
questions it yeah I don't think we have to respond think she's expecting respond just about conversation when she gets here okay thank you moving on to new business on the board the first is a
community newsletter we wanted to add this one you want to add this to the agenda um because there's something I don't know what it's called but we want to make it public that any information from the board and
from the school should come through the school this is some Anonymous newsletter um and it's not something that we're connected to so we just wanted to say that in public we have any other questions or comments um but again anyone if you want to get any information about what's happening with
the board B with the school district to go to our website information and that's where inform anything else is just not something that comes from
us you should add I would just say for the board members if you want to take a look at it I put it in the um there's a link in the board so if you want to read the newsletter it's there um it's not offal publication of the district that doesn't come from my
office but definitely take a look at it and probably have a chance to take a look at it um and you know for any we need to make sure remind the public that the new sources that come from the district come from the district Super S the Genesis blasts um the newsletters
from the principles are are the accurate information that comes from the district that's published from the district um you know we'll do more Communications planning to launch our Communications plan for next year as well yeah actually GL mention the word accur because that's the one thing that I I
just came across uh and I saw it and there were inaccuracies in it so I think it's unacceptable to you know publish something that's inaccurate that was able so that we want accurate information people should don't this this directly all right anything else
anyone want to say about that I think I would just mention that the minutes are captured officially from every public board meeting and they're also posted on the district's website once they're approved at the next public board meeting so just sharing I just
think it's good to know what additional resources there may be for information I'm glad you mention that too this well there's the the board GPS get published within a day or two after um the board meeting and want to say usually at the bottom of the board grps
It also says like for more information about what happen if the board meeting check the meeting minutes that'll be published or posted at the next available Board of Education so the board briefs was one item I forgot to mention the board briefs is another place and then it points everybody to
the minutes for each Board of Education meeting uh which we capture and that's the official record of what happens at thank just mention we do have um the board committee think areally updated
just so if somebody is looking for information specific yeah I see like fin December thank you all right uh the election deadline July 29th at 4 pm yeah we usually just put this as a reminder on the agenda just for those of
you who um those of you who have terms that are expiring anybody in the public that might be interested those of you who are currently sitting on the board who have charge at expiring I'm sure Jason is BR you with deadlines that might be coming up um to let you know if you're interested in running these are
the things that you be doing I right got he's not pestering us we hav it might turn into pester um so I think it's important for everybody to know for board members to know that if you're interested if you're
interested in rerunning that's the deadline any members of the public it's good to have that information as well as um check it out on our board um [Music] website thank you and then the October
22nd Board of end meeting I know we talked about change in the date because there was a conflict with something else the workshop School Board Workshop is that exact same week that mon that uh so we we can just change the
data that that work for everybody is that okay yeah we can change the data put in my board view three options one option is moving board to October 15th which is the Tuesday before just note that that is also a day that we have a professional development day so staff
are here we are here I just don't know if families you know the students are in session that they might be away think that was top option and we've done that before by the way we have had a board meeting on a professional development day um which work out just on I want to
say another option was to move the board meeting a little bit later in October but that has a couple of problems within meeting the distance between the September board meeting October board meeting would be like six or seven weeks it would be too much um in addition we're running really really close to the
deadline that we are required by the state to provide all of you in the public with the njsla scores so I would not necessarily recommend the 2090 if you'd like to have more than one board meeting in oober we could do one board meeting October um 8 to do typical agenda items
regular business and then save again the 29 kind of getting close to the deadline before State scool we can save that date or another date to do the test SCS but the top option I think those are the options that I put on the top option
would be to move to October 15 it's available so V how do that yeah um just we can you email me does it work for every you have to go back and look
at calendars delay discuss so can we ask everyone to check the calendar back to by Friday we just have to R the weent off V by Friday okay thank you um we are now open
to the public for anything on or off the agenda evening my name is ell good fellow I am a a proud staff member at Readington middle school and I'm a very proud parent of children who went to Readington school district and I just I
just wanted to congratulate you Dr har um you lead was excellent um I proud of every board member that's sitting here and all that you do for the children and for the staff and I want to just commend you all
um and I always as we sit here I come as a resident to to board meetings but what words you always say Dr har is we do good work tonight is an example of the work that you Le and we do all good work
and I thank you very much for your leadership conat thank you very much we appreciate your your senent um anyone else all right um can I get a motion
to to adjourn to Executive session in accordance with the Sunshine Law to discuss legal matters to hibs and superintendent evaluation for approximately 60 Minutes at which time the board expects to return the public section where action may be taken the matters discussed will be made public if
and when the circumstances requiring confidentiality no longer exist however it is not presently known when such CC circumstances will exist m v yes M bu yes Mr yes M men yes
yesy yes Ryan yes yes yes you congratulations