you be yes I've been working on it I've been um for the superintendent report tonight I just wanted to provide the board with a an enrollment overview as we begin to approach the 2425 school year uh included in the presentation will be uh
some information about housing developments uh and what we and uh the impact of our redistricting plan as well and how that's helped to balance enrollment between uh White House and Three Bridges so first enrollment Trends and current enrollment uh so this is the
data taken from our March 2024 um budget presentation in terms of planning for enrollment so between 201617 and then 2021 uh you see a pretty steady decline in enrollment and as you can see based off of the data that we've started to
level out a little bit uh the reason why we're projecting the in the decrease you see for next year is because we have a very large our bubble class of eighth graders that graduated almost 200 students we have a a group of about what we project to be about 135 kindergarteners coming in so uh that's
really the the decline for for next year uh here's some data that we forecasted uh for from the March 24 budget presentation K8 enrollment being 1,359 with 134 kindergarteners I'll tell
you to date I believe we have close to 150 kindergarteners so we're actually seeing more than what we anticipated for kindergarten um and the numbers at White House Three Bridges you'll see in some later slides are really well balanced our anticipated preschool enrollment both in District and our
Private Preschool providers is 215 for a total of 1,574 our September our comparisons from September opening in 2022 was 1,416 and then 23 was 1,43 so you see there was a little bit of a decline uh
from 22 to 23 we're only back up in total enrollment really because of preschool uh our K8 enrollment has declined and we've dipped a little bit below 1,400 we anticipate uh our school configuration uh Three Bridges is grades preschool
through three uh there are three preschool classrooms at Three Bridges one General Ed and two special ed preschool there are two preschool classes at White House which is alsoe grades prek through three uh we have grades four and five at hollw school and then 678 they running
to Middle School upcoming next year in not included here in the slides are four private providers for preschool White House prep with four classrooms uh Global Pioneer Academy with two classrooms Berry Patch with three classrooms and then Stanton Learning
Center with two classrooms a total of 14 preschool classrooms uh for next year servicing I think we're up to 200 students in preschool for next year right based off of our May here's our May 2024 enrollment report so you can
see really the the the numbers at the bottom are what I want you to have take a look at total prek through 8 is 1,52 our projected was 1,574 K through 8 is 1384 our projected
was 13 59 so we actually came up a little bit in we were up a little bit in our uh May enrollment report and we're projecting a little bit lower this come September uh Housing Development impact so this this is the development that
opened this past school year uh the total completion was by the end of 2023 really beginning of 2024 our total prek-3 enrollment impact was an additional 40 to 41 students that held pretty steady throughout the spring of
the school year so with a total of 254 units uh we saw 40 students enrolled we're going to continue to monitor this enrollment as this year uh progresses because I we found historically that year one of new Housing Development being built is relatively lower
enrollment and year two is where we have a better Baseline so we'll monitor this for another year what's interesting is this is a different kind of development I think I've mentioned this before than the Willows of White House station um The Willows at White House station is a
72 unit more um condo townhouse looking development where this is 10 buildings more apartment style homes we saw almost the equal number of students come from The Willows at White House station as this uh ret Readington development
almost equal I think it's the impact really here is the type of development really impacts the number of families and children that can live in a development like the rget Readington versus The Willows at White House station that's important because there are two additional developments
anticipated Camelot up in the white house uh region looks very similar to the rigid Readington that just opened so while it's 192 units we may only get 40 children from that development but we still have to monitor how many students come from that development the Diaz
property down at Three Bridges is 80 units and mirrors almost exactly the type of development that was built at the Willows at White House station so that property the DS property will look very similar to The Willows at White House station and we'll probably see
again another 40 students come from that development even though it's only 80 units um Camelot uh has a developer they're they're working um to uh do some assessments and break ground in Diaz's
property I believe just last month um the township Comm voted on a developer to uh develop that property so I think that's moving forward um however uh there is some sewer capacity that needs to be rectified with the DS property
from what I understand um so redistricting uh we are in our fourth year of our Five-Year phasin Plan of redistricting remember the redistricting phas in plan was uh we didn't want to displace any students that were currently attending White
House school and have them be redistricted down to three bridges in one single school year rather as new students enrolled in kindergarten and as new students enrolled that moved into the district in grades one through three in the redistrict
uh area of the township they have been going down to three Bridges slowly over the course of the past four years so we're entering entering year four so right now all kindergarteners uh first graders and second graders at Three Bridges School uh in that redistricting
area redistricted area of three bridges are now at Three Bridges School La next year will be our final year of our phas in approach whereas all K through three students who lived in the redistricted area of the township will be at Three
Bridges so our our project should be complete at the end of next year here are the results so when I mentioned um kindergarten enrollment as of last week when I gathered the data we had 74 students enrolled at White House school and 73 enrolled at Three Bridges
school this is pretty spoton for what we anticipated in terms of uh how redistricting would balance the class sizes at White House and free bridges interesting about this these numbers are higher than they ever have been in the past at this stage of the game so maybe
it's the impact of having preschoolers pre-registered with us this past year but we don't see 74 73 students by mid July already registered for kindergarten that may fluctuate a little bit between now and the end of the summer uh the other thing is Three Bridges enrollment
for kindergarten is up um Higher Than Three Bridges class sizes have been in a number of years they usually hover in the the upper 60s like 68 66 students 73 students at Three Bridges School uh is a good number but the number of students that have been redistricted is 12 for
this current school year so there are 12 students that would have gone to White House that are going to Three Bridges so it's a minus 12 for White House plus 12 for Three Bridges had we not WR on redistricting you can see the difference in class size is 86 versus 61 86 in
kindergarten might mean an additional section of teacher teachers at White House School than 61 might be one less teacher or maybe maintaining a four teacher so you can see what we're trying to do is really balance the class size numbers for the efficiency of the district to make sure that we have equal
programs and equal class sizes at White House and Three Bridges uh total impact over three years uh we have uh redistricted 46 students total uh from White House to Three
Bridges with redistricting we're looking at an enrollment projections of 259 students at Three Bridges that's K through three and 320 at White House which is K through3 as well preschool not included without redistricting you could see that the difference in Total
Building enrollment would be a lot different 213 versus 366 uh so you know overall our redistricting efforts have really tried to maintain the buildings at comparable sizes for equal programming and equal services for
students uh the question has now that we're in year three right this is a of course I'm we're maintaining this project it's maintains to be a focus project but something that we've been talking about recently is making it easier and more accessible for parents and staff members to find out where their child attends
elementary school before they even come into the district while they're looking at homes talking to Realtors things like that um and we have worked with our tech department to come up with this draft of an interactive map uh this interactive map you can see highlights the White
House side of town in red and the Three Bridges side of town in blue it includes the redistricted area um but it also where the Green Arrow is it also has a search feature if you clicked on that search feature and typed in your address it would pin the address of the home
right in the blue or the red section and identify your home as either a Three Bridges attending school or a White House attending school and this can be used by anyone it could be a public site that we use we haven't launched it yet because we want to make sure that we've worked out any issues any concerns any
homes that you know are right on the line and we want to make sure that we have the address right uh before we we make it public but there would be a search feature so anybody could do the search um and this is being coded and developed by our tech department um as we speak uh so hopefully we can launch
this you know before the end of the school before the end of the summer maybe even early in the school year to be right there front and center on our district website and also be on the website for each of the schools so this was uh intended to be just a brief update but I'll I'll take any questions that the board might have
about any of the data or the slides okay that concludes my superintendent report thank you Dr Hart yeah of course okay moving on to a correspondence we received two an
email from JC information for the Boe and also an email from DF regarding District buses uh can we moving on to um approval of administrative reports can we get an a motion to adopt 1.01 to
1.04 move that second Michelle any questions okay may we get a roll call please M depento yes M fur yes m yes Mr
Peach yes M yes yes pass okay moving on to approval of minutes can we get a motion to adopt 2.01 to 2.02 to move B second Jennifer we got a roll call
please M dependo yes m f yes M Menor yes Mr Peach yes yes yes pass moving on to fin and Facilities um can we get a motion to adopt 3.01 to
3.08 so move Beth second Michelle and we have a committee report Mrs are you okay reading that okay thank you uh finance committee met on Thursday
July 18th um first thing that we discussed was the emergency virtual ore construction uh program plan this plan requires approval on an annual basis and will only be used in the case of a health related emergency closure minor changes have been made to the meal
services English language Learners and preschool students portions to bring this plan up to date for the 2024 2025 school year uh we then discussed summer 2024 capital projects uh overall the capital projects are going well the RMS
Jim hbac um had unexpected delays in the hbac work due to extra asbestos work their structural work to do in the next two weeks and the roof and the hbac will be worked on at the same time the hbac work should be done by the first week of August the RMS main office um right now
they're securing the secure fencing will be put up around the main office work area in the next two weeks and the doors to the building will be sealed the work Crews will be working inside the fencing area priority will be given to the nurse's Suite the loud work and demo will be done by the end of August and
the work will be mostly Cosmetic in nature and therefore less noisy when school starts the the furniture has been selected and the lead time is 12 weeks the sidewalk will be available for drop off and pickup and the work area will be mostly out of view um next we went over the RMS LED classroom lighting that
project is 90% complete and looks great the lights are bright now but will'll be appropriate levels in the next few weeks it can take LED lights two weeks to a month to dim the installation will save the district money uh long-term on utilities the it switch and access point project the upgrade to the equipment is
going well and the finishing and is finishing up on time the first responder radio enhancement this project is going very well and is ahead of schedule the conduit has been pulled through in all buildings prco and the radio provider are currently working together on the responder on the grout um and the
Private Preschool providers new classroom five of the seven are complete Global Pioneer will need all of August to get set up but their classrooms will be ready for September however some updates will be ongoing throughout the year uh the third item we discussed was tuition reimbursement RTA contract side
far the finance committee and and the negotiations committee discussed an agreement with the rtea that would provide a onetime additional payment to the rtea for the purchase of Tu reimbursement uh we also um discussed the potential referendum and the expiring debt the committee further
discussed a potential referendum for the 2025 ballot that will address the debt that will be expiring we discussed different options regarding the expiring debt as well as improvements that the referendum could provide for the district and agreed to continue to discuss and move forward with the process suggested timelines if perceived
would be now through December 2024 to compile construction projects for inclusion in referendum uh January through August 2025 architect and Consultants to prepare back in paperwork and public campaign and then September 25 2025 um or December January March
November the referendum on the ballot um electric School Bus Grant the committee discussed a grant for additional electric school buses the committee discussed safety concerns and taking necessary precautions to ensure protection of the diesel fleet as well as training and indirect costs involved in this project the committee also
discussed the need to add more electric buses during the pilot period And if we should only have um if we should only pilot one to see if it works before increasing our inventory the committee didn't get to finish their discussion and it is to be continued due to time constraints the solar expansion update
the prescription transition update um the discussion on pilot were all tabled due to time and the finance agenda items and Bill list um are the emergency virtual plan non-resident staff tuition agreements EC
ESC NJ transportation agreement rtaa sidebar electric School Bus Grant uh Esa Ida grants next meeting is planned for August 29th at 8:30 and an email has been circulated for the September thank you Mrs
dep any questions regarding anything on on those minutes can we get a roll sorry um item 3.07 is that in reference to what was discussed in the minutes where the discussion didn't get to be finished yet
and is there a a deadline where needs to be voted on tonight or should we consider a motion to table it until the committee has a chance to discuss further um so the board previously
approved one grant that was awarded to us um which uh the bus has been procured um for that a PO has been sent out as well as a charging station um what the discussion Finance
uh committee was about was a separate grant that is potentially for two more electric buses uh with chargers and whether or not we should proceed with that um that has not been on any agenda item yet this resolution relates to the
first Okay purchase and to be in compliance with federal law for an audit um so it's already actually on a purchase order that's already been sent okay thank you thank
you any other questions or excuse me can we get a roll call please M defo yes to everything except for um check number 0 64135 for item
3.01 M Fury yes M men yes Mr Peach yes M wolf yes yes all right moving on to uh Tech motion to adopt 4.01 to 4.03 move
Beth second Michelle okay any um we do not have a committee report so any right any any questions about anything on the on this at all no okay can we get a roll call please M defo yes m f yes M men yes M
yes M wolf yes yes passes moving on to Personnel uh can we get a motion to adopt 5.02 to 5.15 so move Jennifer second and we have a committee report
yes uh the committee met on July 1st and discuss Staffing updates for 2024 2025 including hires transfers and changes in hours the committee discussed enrollment and redistricting uh the district is in the third year of redistricting
kindergarten students from White House school to Three Bridges as of May 2024 White House school has approximately 348 ear woolies with 28 in preschool and Three Bridges school has approximately 289 with 30 in preschool Dr Hart will
provide an update to the full board as we heard um also discuss that CJ pride has rebranded itself as NJ stride a Consortium of school districts throughout New Jersey that strives to attain diverse candidates for teaching positions while offering insightful
professional development opportunities to its District members we discussed Personnel matters and agenda items are recommendation to hire adjustment of staff to full-time and adjustment of salary our next meeting is scheduled for August 13th at 8:45 a.m. thank you
Mr anyone have any questions um at all please anything on okay can we get a roll call please Mendo yes m p yes but abstain from 5.15 M men yes M Peach yes m w yes Dr
yes all right so moving on moving on to communication can we get a roll call uh to adopt 6.01 to
6.02 so move's not here been the delay like sorry second we have a committee report Mr Peach yes we do uh the committee met on
June 19th our meeting began with a presentation by L PLO the board's communications consultant about her progress with the district's Communications action plan Miss Polo shared a written draft of the plan which
included the results of the survey that had been distributed to parents employees and community members and the results of the focus groups Miss PLO conducted Miss Perlo mentioned that the focus groups were extremely informative and gave many suggestions for improvement in the district's
Communications she discussed the goals of the plan which are one to increase awareness of the district's activities and initiatives two utilizing communication methods to ensure clear consistent and accessible Communications across all channels and three continuing
to build and maintain a positive inclusive and supportive uh School culture the committee um next discussed the progress of the plan how it would be implemented Dr hard and Miss Perlo will be meeting this summer to discuss the creation of
deadlines and who's responsible for imp implementing each aspect prior to the plan's launch in September and as poo caution that it could take up to three years to fully fully implement the plan Dr Hart mentioned W to move forward
quickly with transitioning to the s'more platform for our newsletters board briefs and Community News uh there was also discussion about the time remaining on Miss perlo's contract which Dr Hart will review and possibly utilizing her for consulting
services for referend for the the referendum um next we discussed uh the response from our policy consultant R SMA to the committee chair's questions um and Strauss May sent us an email and
response one Committee Member brought up how NJ njsba provides model policies to participating districts and whether using njsba might be a possible alternative to St ese Dr Hart said he
would inquire of districts that use njsba and whether they were happy with their policies and report back to the committee and next we discussed um two policies that were on the agenda tonight versus policy
1530 equal employment opportunities um and the second policy is 2260 equity in school and classroom practices and these policies were discussed by the full board at last meeting Dr Hart made
further revisions to these policies based on what he felt was the consensus of the board and how to craft policies that were inclusive of all uh for policy 1530 Dr Hart customized it from the version given to us by stra Esme to eliminate language
which some which some committee members felt implied we had used incorrect hiring practices in the past for policy 2260 um this was revised further revised to eliminate the phrase quote all Sexes
unquote and instead provide that there would be no discrimination by our district quote based on sex unquote Dr har pointed out that our comprehensive Equity plan would would have to match any revisions to to this policy three of the four committee
members indicated that they supported these changes from what Strauss Esme had proposed um one member however expressed a strong opinion that our district should not deviate from Strauss esme's recommendations as Strauss ese is our paid consultant for these matters and because our policiy a policy should
exactly match the code for purposes of the qac process Dr Hart stay that changes to our policies did become an issue during the qac process he would have to bring the matter back before the committee um and next we noted that because
policy uh policies 1523 and 2260 address all the requirements outlined in policy 5755 policy 5755 um can be abolished and that's on the agenda tonight uh next we discussed
uh potential Township Public publication Dr har mentioned that he had learned from a Community member that the township has approved a magazine type publication to promote Township news Dr har has reached out to the township administrator for more details as this
would be an opportunity for us to place School Communications in the publication um next we discuss advocacy um in the the pension reform Bill Dr Hart formed a committee that uh
Pion Reform Bill has been moving forward um and this would reform reform the pension system for educators in order to promote teacher retention and recruitment so on the agenda tonight policy 1530 policy
2260 and to apolish to abolish policy 5755 and we schedule our next meeting for July 29 thank you thank you Mr Peach um any questions about anything on that report
okay can we get a roll call please M yes m f yes M men yes Mr Peach yes Mr W yes Dr s yes okay moving on to unfinished business um can we um sorry look there's
a comment I don't know if we checked before I I think I be a to check it looks like there's a comment on that yeah can I read it yeah please do um for Michelle Crum thank you to the board and
Dr Hart for considering and passing 5.15 this means a lot to many teachers and we truly appreciate it thank you that's all okay thank you for catching that all right
um first under unfinished business uh the board member petitions just is just reminder that they are due July 29th coming up week from Monday uh by 4:00 and then also we had talked about this prior that the October board
meeting is going to be rescheduled to October the 15th so if you could mark your calendar for that do we need any further discussion about either of those things I any questions about anything on that pretty clear same start time on the I believe so the uh October board
meeting starts at 6 pm. yeah 6 p.m. only because we uh do our uh New Jersey student learning assessment and other assessment presentation which is pretty long so we start early 6 o' thank you yeah you're welcome any other questions about of
those things we're good okay all right moving on to new business from the board do we have any new business I can't think of anything no I guess we're good am I supposed to come with
something no don't know I don't I don't think we had anything I think we're good I think we're good all right okay summer mode we're in summer yeah summer mode uh we're now open to the public for anything on or off the agenda I just want to say a quick thank
you to the board way Michelle's comments for passing 5.15 it definitely means a lot to the teachers and staff so thank you so much thanks thank you Mr F anyone else okay all right
um can I get a motion to move to Executive session do I have to read the entire thing first I would read it because there's some specific wording in there got it okay uh this is a motion to adopt the following resolution resolved to
adjourn to Executive session in accordance with the Sunshine Law chapter 3 2 1pl 1975 to discuss three hibs and to interview attorneys for approximately 60 Minutes at which time the board expects to return to public session 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 s such circumstances will exist so move be second second Jennifer um roll call
please M yes M yes M yes Mr PE yes M yes yes