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an open session of the Rosel Park Board of Education being held in accordance with the open public meetings act of the state of New Jersey. Notice of this meeting was sent to the Star Ledger, local source, the home news tribune, the burough clerk, school offices, and the
district website. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, here. Lucy Figero, here. Zfonte here. President Dr. Brittney Kirkland here. Cindy Meo
here. Jennifer Macar. Chris Monroe. Constance Quintella here. Vice President Michael Anne Regan here. Please stay open. Does something pop up now? Now we're good. Okay.
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one. There is no one. What is when the reason for the executive session no longer exists? Can I have a motion to go into make that motion? Great. Is there a second? All in favor? I. We are now in
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favor? I. Great. Public participation agenda items only. Each member of the public may speak a maximum of three minutes. Please state your name for the record. Okay, seeing no one, I will close that
section of our agenda. And now we will move to our principal report given by Miss Q. Good evening, esteemed board members, superintendent, families, and friends who are here to recognize our middle school students for
our end of year recognition. We do have quite a few students and different groups. Uh we had a great year at the middle school where we continued our focus on Panther Pride and our Panther Pride values of perseverance, respect, integrity, determination, and
excellence. The students being recognized tonight stood out this year for exemplifying our core values and were selected by teacher teams, guidance counselors, CST, nurses, secretaries, administrators, all put together. So we
will start with our first group for perseverance. These students demonstrated Panther pride by exemplifying perseverance. They have worked diligently throughout the year and have shown their work ethic through persistence. They are students who never give up and are willing to go the extra
mile. The first student is Danny Chox. Nellis Canar for my students when you call when I call your name you can come up. Okay.
Morgan O'Keefe and Sanvi Patel in demonstration of respect. These students have demonstrated Panther pride by exemplifying respect throughout each and every day. These following students demonstrated respect for staff, students, and the overall school
community. They show kindness and empathy in their actions on a daily basis. Rose Genova, Emmanuel Guerrero, Kelly Vargas, and Alex Achevaria. for integrity. The following students demonstrated Panther pride by
exemplifying integrity. They are responsible and reliable, demonstrating honesty in their day-to-day activities, and they are students who can be counted on in our school community. Victoria Serrano, Arm Adil, Jaden Ramos
and Diana Negron for determination. These students demonstrated Panther pride by exemplifying determination this year. Through their hard work and diligence, they have continued to strive to grow and learn in all of their classes. They are students who do not give up, giving
it their all in order to succeed. Roman Rea, Zina Hashmi, Cameron Sinclair, and Nicole Torres. and excellence. The following students demonstrated Panther Pride through exemplifying excellence. They
demonstrated true dedication in their day-to-day activities and interactions with others, including staff and their peers. They are students who are tireless in their efforts to excel within our school community. Eileen Diaz, Indira Jadav,
Isaac Sora and Alyssa Raina. I'd like to pause to take a picture before we move to the next group. Big smiles. I love digital film. I can take photos. The following students also demonstrated
excellence. We commend and recognize this particular group of students for demonstrating their overall efforts to strengthen our school culture and provide promote kindness in different ways. These students demonstrated overall pride in our community by being inclusive of all students, persevering
to succeed throughout the year, whether in academics or extracurricular activities, and demonstrating determination to keep growing and learning even when faced with obstacles. Their kindness towards staff and students has not gone unnoticed, and it is something that makes them stand out as RPMS Panthers demonstrating Panther
pride. Sarah Mendoza Alfredo Gutierrez, Marwa Secel, Micah Spatz, Hala Gabber, Caitlyn Huxford, Adriel Roa, Atia Alvi, Alexander Torres,
Sophia Herrera, Ava Couturefellow, Marlo Ribero, Camilo, Isabella Santiago, Emma Argu and Logan Albano. The following three students were recognized through our leadership
classes this year. We commend and recognize the following students for demonstrating their commitment to increasing inclusivity in our school community. They have participated in our leadership and community class as eighth graders dedicated to the goal of promoting inclusion and development of
leadership skills. These students have gone above and beyond working with our students and excelling in the recognition of the diversity of our school community. Andrew Yukovic, Kelly Vargas, and Salom Faras Palis Palasios.
Can we pause to take another picture? Some of you like to slide to your right, my left. Our next group of students are our eighth graders who competed in the TSA competition this year and placed in different categories including career
preparation second place children's stories first place digital photography third place systems technology second place forensic technology third place and technology bowl first place. This recognition is for their outstanding commitment in the TSA program. Valentina
Balca Salazar, Valentina Almansar, Ava Couturefellow, Eluxiny Johnson, Cloud Mariano, Diana Ortiz Molina, Alyssa Raina, Sanvi Patel, Noah Gallagher,
Benjamin Damsky, Brandon Thomas, McKenzie Benovich, Isabella Elkins, Arsh Adil, Dempsey MC and John Carlos Permison. We'll pause for one more picture before
the next group. I push the button. I think we're good on this one. And last but not least, the final group for recognition is our young entrepreneurs club. This year, the middle school started a new young entrepreneurs club. This club, led by
Miss Batista, Miss Haroldopoulos, and Miss Lynch, teaches students entrepreneurial skills through building their own businesses. Throughout the school year, each student created their own business by starting with a business plan. They designed a budget, came up
with sales pitches, and found even found investors. Each member worked hard to create products or offer a service in within our school community. On May 9th, they held their first ever makers market where the school community was invited
to shop. Tonight, we recognize them for their entrepreneurial innovation. Olivia Blot, Elena Canella, Naria Corentang Barnes, Zina Hashmi, Alexandria Brian,
Angelene Sakuri, Rose Goenova, Victoria Serrano, Emmanuel Guerrero, Logan Weir, Tiffany Narvay, Ava Pinsky, Angelina Greb, Abigail Pascowich,
Adinsola Onia, Caitlyn Huxford, Molly Hileman, Celeste Tobar, and Olivia Turner. Before we take our picture, on behalf of myself, Miss Melo, the entire RPMS staff has been an honor and a privilege to
work with all of your children. Uh the recognition this year is welld deserved for all of them. They have made and enriched our school community even more so this year. So, thank you to everyone. I think it's not just And now I would like to call our athletic director, Mr. Kane. We have a
special recognition for our softball girls team. So I will let him come up to the podium. Good evening. Thank you. On behalf of the softball team, just want to thank the board. I want to thank
everyone for making the the few minutes for us. Really do truly appreciate it. Uh this year was an exciting season for our girls softball team. Uh finishing first in the mountain division. So we are the conference divisional champions in the mountain division. So very
excited and proud about that. The girls under head coach Fran Mio were able to secure the number one seed in the section. So, we uh we did get to host to make it to this the the finals. Uh didn't go the way we wanted, but it was an outstanding effort by them and and the team and the coaches. So, very proud. I just want to call the girls up
by name as the conference champions and if they earned any other honors through the season. So, uh girls, if you'll please come up as I call your name. Brooke Gallow, first team all mountain division. Congrats. Madison Okonnell, first team all
mountain division. Mariah Ortega, Angela Leonardis, Hannah Foy, Sophia Callas, Mountain Division. An honorable mention. Congrats. Mia Patello, first team all mountain division.
Maline Hemingway, Mountain Division. Honorable mention. Madison Harms, first team all- mountain division. Isabella Lar Isabella Reneeri, Samantha Diamo, Madison Wilks,
Lyanna Rodriguez and Donna Gonzalez, our statistician. Last, I want to thank our three coaches. Assistant coach Mike Powers, coach Samantha Roarback I don't believe
is here tonight. And I'm not sure what's going to happen next year and I don't like to think about it yet, but Fran Mio has been here for 29 years coaching softball. I know this team has had a very special place for him in his heart and in his career. Um, it has been a absolute pleasure and honor to get to work with him and I'm
hoping I get to next year. So, I'll keep thinking about that as uh we'll see what happens. But if I don't, it's been an absolute pleasure. So, Fran Mio, head coach. Sure. Yeah. Oh, I come up. Okay.
Big smiles. I'm sorry. You're not supposed to drop things. Good job, girls. I just had one final for athletics. I know he wasn't able to be here tonight, but I do appreciate the the recognition time. We have a single hockey player in a tryup with uh two other towns in
Springfield and in uh Clark and our Rosel Park student athlete is the top player on their team. Logan Pascowich was first team all McMullen division. So I wanted to make sure that was also honored. And thank you so much to the board for the time. I really
really appreciate it. Have a great night. Congratulations to all who received awards tonight. I know it's a school night, so if the kids would like to leave, I understand. Uh we do have a few presentations and some other awards to
hand out in a few but I am going to keep us moving to our superintendence report at this time. Good evening everyone. At this time I'd like to invite our district hip coordinator Miss Kaduga to do to the podium to present the required state self assessment for harassment,
intimidation, bullying. This report is part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring that every student in our schools feels safe, supported, and respected. Miss Kadugo will briefly share the highlights of this year's findings and how we continue to grow in our efforts to foster a positive school
climate. Good evening again, board president, Dr. Kirkland, Vice President Rean, board members, Mr. Fernandez, Miss Figerito, Mr. Infante, Miss Mag, Miss Mar, Mr. Monroe, Miss Cintella, Superintendent Goce, and Rosal Park community members.
As per the New Jersey Department of Education, schools are required to submit student safety data information twice each school year to the New Jersey Department of Education. Additionally, as the anti-bullying coordinator for the district, it is my responsibility to
specifically report harassment, intimidation, and bullying data to the board of education. This report is for the reporting period of September 1st through December 31st of 2024. Each school in the district has their
own anti-bullying specialist who along with each school principal address harassment, intimidation, and bullying concerns in their building and conduct investigations as required by law. The anti-bullying specialists for the reporting period were Andrea Kazoi at
the high school, Chelsea Murphy at the middle school, Dena Miwad at Robert Gordon, Caroline Gleason at Aldine, and Jamie Halprin at Sherman School. For this reporting period of September 1st through December 31st of 2024, there
were a total of 17 investigations initiated as possible cases of harassment, intimidation, and bullying. You can see up on the screen the breakdown by school with alleged and confirmed cases. After the completion of thorough investigations, it was
determined that 10 out of the 17 cases met the criteria as set by the New Jersey Anti-bullying Bill of Rights. In order to be confirmed, cases must meet all of the criteria. On the screen, you see the breakdown for each school. At the high school, we had three confirmed
cases, zero alleged cases. At the middle school, we had four confirmed cases and three alleged cases. Robert Gordon had two confirmed cases and one alleged case. Aldine had one confirmed case and three alleged cases. And Sherman had
zero cases during this reporting period. Additionally, preliminary determination was used in one case at the high school. No other school had a preliminary determination use. Consequences are applied on a case-byase basis.
Consequences for a student who commits one or more acts of bullying may range from positive behavioral interventions up to and including suspension or expulsion. Also, consequences for a student who commits an act of HIV are those that are varied and graded
according to the nature of the behavior, the nature of the students disability if any, and to the extent relevant, the developmental age of the student, and the students history of problem behaviors and performance. Remedial measures are also part of consequences
that can be applied. Our goal is to always use situations as learning experiences. So counseling for the offender and at times the victim is required. Additionally, consequences may include parent conferences, education on the district HIV policy, schedule
changes, detentions in or out of school detention or suspension, student monitoring by a staff member, andor police involvement as warranted. During this reporting period, we also had the following programs or training
sessions that were held at each school. At the high school, the following programs were held. The I inind social media campaign, RPTV week of respect segments, and schoolwide activities. the community tree, RPTV
suicide prevention segments, weekly therapy dog sessions, teen mental health first aid, suicide prevention and HIV educational information, 9th grade suicide anti-bullying lessons, the monthly stall ledger, human trafficking
training, the Jodi Blanco HIV assembly, prevention link suicide training, teen dating abuse training, and their safety team meeting. At the middle school, we held suicide prevention lessons, sixth grade meet your counselor activities, take what you need bulletin board
activities, the council of 10 kindness speeches, the caught being kind campaign, the week of respect advisory sessions, Jodi Blanco bullying presentation, upstander speeches, peace week, panther TV segments, school
violence awareness week, red ribbon week, small groupoup counseling, world kindness day, the NJCAP bullying prevention lessons, NJCAP parent meeting and trainings also in the following topics. Bullying discrimination law,
suicide prevention, human trafficking, domestic violence, adverse childhood experiences, the Colombia scale, inclusion, professional boundaries, bullying prevention, HIV policy, as well as attendance at the Union County SAC meetings and our school safety team
meetings. At Robert Gordon, they held the did you know series. Morning announcements, Character Pillar Awards, Start with Hello Week, Hispanic Heritage Month, Acceptance Lessons, Childhood Cancer Awareness, Cyber Bullying Lessons, The Lead Program, Walk to
School Day, Respect Week, Respect Lessons, Social Media Kindness Day, Safety Patrol presentations, HIV policy training and trainings in the following topics: youth suicide, role of the school climate, restorative justice,
social emotional care, Character development, elementary conflict resolution, positive behavior support strategies, children and teens exposed to domestic violence, parent and child relationships, understanding self-injurious behaviors, substance use,
self harm prevention, as well as the school safety team meetings. At Aldine, they held buddy class activities, schoolwide morning meetings, recognized Hispanic Heritage Month, held lunch bunches and small groupoup counseling, start with hello week, the lead program,
respect guidance lessons, safety patrol, week of respect, character counsel, social media kindness day, friendship guidance lessons, HIV policy training, as well as trainings for bullying prevention, cyber bullying, peer relationships, and social norms. terms.
They also held their school their school safety team meeting at Sherman. They recognized Hispanic Hispanic Heritage Month with lessons start with hello week, safety assemblies, social skills lessons, grades three to five lessons on bullying, safety patrol, respect
guidance lessons, respect week activities, lead lessons, world kindness day with a focus on social media, HIV policy training and trainings on the following topics including restorative justice, school refusal, inclusion,
parent child relationships, eating disorders, substance use, self harm interventions, say something program, as well as a school safety team meeting. At the pre-K building, classroom lessons were held on empathy, perspective taking, sharing,
taking turns, and using kind words. They held respect week activities, help my h help keep my held to myself lessons, getting along activities, and the Tucker the Turtle lesson series with trainings on HIV policy and prevention. At the district level, programs included
suicide prevention week, week of respect, school violence awareness week, and red ribbon week. Trainings included monthly anti-bullying specialist meetings, the Jodi Blanco presentation, and other various required required staff trainings. The goal of our anti-bullying specialists and school
safety teams and principles is to continue to create schools with positive and accepting environments where all members of the school community feel safe and supported. At this time, I will also prevent present on the self- assessment for determining grades under the
anti-bullying bill of rights act as required by the New Jersey Department of Education. Okay, there we go. These scores were presented to and approved by the board of education at the October 15, 2024 meeting. The NJ DOE recently approved
and released the official scores which have been posted to the district web page for review. This report is based on last year 2023 2024. It is a rubric that is completed by the school anti-bullying specialist in conjunction with the
school safety team and reviewed approved by the building principal. The rubric is used to help assess how well each school is meeting the responsibilities and requirements of the anti-bullying bill of rights. The schools use the results to focus their efforts and resources to
address bullying concerns and to continue to foster positive school climates in their buildings. The grades are out of 78 total points. The rubric is very specific with eight core elements with ratings from 1 to three for each indicator with a one
representing partially meeting requirements, two representing meeting requirements, and three representing exceeding the requirements. This is not a passing or failing score. Rather, it is a self-reflection to determine where there is room for improvement in our
programs at each of our schools and at the district level. At this time, I will review each school's individual scores, which are also projected on the screen. At Aldine, out of the total 78 points, the total the final score school grade was 73. You can see the breakdowns of
each different category. Again, the report is posted on the district website. Mr. Devidium, could you scroll? I'm sorry. Robert Gordon. The total score out of 78 points was 60 for the school grade. Again, you see the breakdown of
each individual category. It also delineates what is the maximum for each category. At Rosal Park High School, out of 78 points, the grade was 71. At the middle school, out of 78 points,
the grade was 69. And at the preschool, the grade was 51 out of 78. To underscore, this score is less than the others due to the school opening in April. Expectations were met during the time frame of April to June. However, more points were not added for exceeding
expectations due to the limited time open for the school. Sherman Elementary School ma max total points of 71 out of 78. I believe that's the last one. Yes. After reviewing the scores, the NJ Dwey
reviewed everything and the district grade overall was a 66 out of 78 points. The report will continue to be posted on the district website for the remainder of this school year and next school year until this current school year's report assessments
are completed. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Kaduga. In addition to that report, we also have one more required state report to update and share. Miss Bodc, our director of guidance and district testing coordinator, will now provide a brief update regarding the New Jersey
graduation proficiency assessment or better known as NJ GPA. The individual student reports or ICRs became available to districts today and we will be sending them home to families starting next week. Miss Bodc, thank you again for taking a moment to present this
information to us. Okay, thank you very much. Um, as Miss said, I'm going to be presenting on the NJGPA results. Um the NJGPA was um administered to all of our 11th grade students in March and that assessment
was taken um with the components of math and English language arts and that's to fulfill a state graduation requirement. So this spring we had 148 students take the test. That's down from the last couple of years just because
enrollment's down slightly. Um, and of those 148 students, 87.8% passed the English language arts assessment. Um, and that was above the state average. And the state average was 80.7%.
Um, and for math, 55.1% of our students um earned the state average. This is not the right uh slides, but that's okay. Um the slides are updated. I'll put them on the website tomorrow. That was three points
below um the state average. So, I just want to point out um for math, two years ago, I know I said we're below the state average, but two years ago we were at 47.9%, which was eight points below the state
average. and now we've closed that gap um to just three points. So that's that's something to um to remark on. Um this spring our students in um English language arts outperformed
um the state average um and we consistently outperformed the state average in English language arts by seven or more points. So, I'm just going to touch on a demographic analysis real quick. Um, and you can see here all the way on the left
side, um, it starts with Asian students, followed by black students, Hispanic students, and white students. The light blue color is from the results from 2024, and the dark blue is 2025. Um, and just to give you an idea because I know
the the font is small, um, our students um, range from 69% to 79% um, of students in each racial category passing. Um, so that's within 10 points.
And I just want to point out something that's really remarkable because as I was sitting here, I was thinking about all of the presentations I've given over the last few years. And I feel like when I looked at this bar graph earlier today, I was like, "Wow, that looks so
much more even than usual. There's usually like a huge disparity." Um, so I I just sat there and I looked at um the results from the NJSLA, the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment from last year um from the fall. Um so from last spring that I
reported on in the fall and the disparity in ninth grade for English language arts was much greater. So like in the fall our or from last year our ninth graders they're uh 51% earned um a
passing score and then they're with us for two years and that jumps to 79%. So I just want to say there's some remarkable things going on here in the English department at the high school. Um you can see similarly um for Hispanic
students last year our ninth graders passed um at 50% 50% of students passed and that jumped to 69% on the NJGPA. Um white students were passing uh NJSLA at
63% and that jumped to 76%. So, I really just wanted to point that out because um our our English teachers really do a great job with our students. Okay. And now I just wanted to talk briefly on the subgroups. Um you can see
all the way at the left is our ELLs, our English language learners. Um, and that is a remarkable shift from 29% being um, uh, graduation ready at the end of last year versus this year 62%
graduation ready. Um, and I know Mrs. Casa is happy to talk to anybody about how our school has been able to accomplish that over the last year. There's been a lot of changes to our ML program. um one of them being um the
arrival of our uh ML director. So, thank you board of education um and um Miss Mau and Miss Boyce for that. Um also we have um
like I said before about the the comparison for NJSLA last year we had um 48% were passing and then we jumped to 68% being graduation ready two years later at the end of junior year. Um our section 504 students
improved by 9 percentage points from last year to this year. Um and um overall we're we're doing pretty well. Um we do have some room for growth particularly in the area of special
education and we're excited to um be part of the New Jersey Coalition um for inclusive education their grant and we're looking forward to implementing their recommendations for next year for our special education students to hopefully close that gap. Um, and for
our ELLs, we're going to continue on our interventions. So, some people may be looking at this data and thinking, well, you didn't say 100% are graduation ready. What does that mean for our students who are finishing their junior year and would like to graduate? Um, so
we are two or three4s of the way through high school for our junior or our students that completed this assessment. So, they are going to have a number of other opportunities to meet graduation requirements. Um, and some of them actually already have met graduation requirements and that's through the
second pathway um determined by the New Jersey Board of Education and that's um through a cut score on the SAT, ACT or PSAT. So, I looked at those scores and in actuality our juniors 90% are
graduation ready. um that means only 15 students still need to meet the requirement and for math 69% are ready. So we have 45 students that we still need to work with to uh meet the requirement through another means. So those students are going to be
encouraged to take the SAT in August or already have been encouraged to sign up for that. They're going to be enrolled in a support class in the fall for English language arts or math or both depending on what their needs are. um and they're going to retest in the NJGPA
in the fall. Um and if they still haven't met graduation requirements through those pathways, they will um compile a portfolio of work that will be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Education for consideration for graduation next spring.
Um, and lastly, you'll hear from me again in the fall about access testing, New Jersey student learning assessment results, and the dynamic learning maps results. This presentation will be available on the board website as well
as um under guidance and testing um on the website there. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me, Mrs. Costa or Miss. Thank you so much, Miss Thank you, Miss Bodak. Now, I'd like to take a moment to really
recognize the real heroes behind all the great work that goes into Roselle Park. I would like to take a moment to recognize some truly outstanding individuals who go above and beyond each day in service for our students.
Tonight, we honor the Governor Teacher of the Year award recipients from each of our schools where I've had the privilege of attending a county breakfast and their honor. And today, we will give them their certificate from
the state of New Jersey acknowledging their recognition and all of the hard work. All of our teachers are great this year. Wish we could give them all a certificate. We will eventually get there, but tonight we just have a select few that we would love to call up and
share in this great award. I'll begin. Miss Carrie Carrie Lynch Middle School. These educators inspire, lead, and uplift our children in countless ways. and their impact is felt far beyond the classroom walls.
Dina Cashion Aldine School Morgan Etinger Sherman Cool. Lisa Guanasio, Robert Gordon. And last but not least from the our high school, Shannon Martinez.
Congratulations. Thank you for all that you do. In addition, it is a privilege to acknowledge our district educator of the year professional award who is being honored who are being
honored as well tonight. Please know that your dedication, your continued passion and commitment to excellence is what makes our district truly tr truly shine. On behalf of the entire Rosel Park community, we thank you.
Kimberly Cyprien, Patricia De Franchesco, Stefania Meraldi, Ulda Rosha Yeah. And last but not least, Leticia Williams. Congratulations. As we continue with our evening, I want
to apologize. I usually have my um my newsletter printed and I apologize for not having it today and to give it to everyone, but anyone that wants it personally, please let me know. I could um definitely print it for you and have it mailed. And as we continue on, I will
now be joined by our assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, m Dr. to present to co-present with me a year-end review of the highlights and accomplishments of all of our schools and districts and departments and
district. This has been a year of progress, change, collaboration, and growth. And as we reflect, we also look forward to the 2025 2026 school year with clear goals and renewed purpose. Together, we will continue to elevate
our district in the success of every student. All right, good evening everybody. Um, so, um, like Miss said, here's a quick recap of all of the buildings and goals for next year.
Starting with Robert Gordon, um, some of their highlights of this year is successfully implementing a standardsbased program um, for ELA and math. It was an afterchool program specifically targeting um gaps and focusing on uh standards in those
subject areas. Um they focused on writing skills. Uh they brought in some writing benchmarks, analyzed where those gaps were and were able to target focus on um writing areas to accelerate students writing. Um and another focus
was steam and STEM. uh with their steam grant they launched a farm-to-table afterchool program and a steam tank to promote their creative thinking and teamwork. Next year they're looking forward to as you'll see in most all of
the the elementary buildings implementing implementing a collaborative schedule um with allin what you'll see is allin and NJCIE. So NJCIE is what you'll see what it was and now you'll see allin
it's it's the same um company uh to promote inclusivity. They are expanding through the focus grants early literacy instruction into third grade. We're expanding Dibbles and UFly into third grade into that building and launching a
new social studies curriculum that focuses on writing and informational text skills. Aldine School has lots of fun highlights, created student of the month, expanded their PBSIS program. Um, they had their first annual writing
celebration. Students were able to share their writing portfolios, bring in parents and families and and share and celebrate different genres of writing. Second grade wax museum or they got to dress up as a historical figure and
share with families and friends. The fourth grade in invention convention was actually my first day in the district and was really a cool experience to see where they got to um research an invention and share and fifth grade again with writing portfolios to be able
to share and celebrate their writing. Next year they're excited to implement steam tank and a gardening program where they can share out with the community and increase their PBSIS. Going on to Sherman. Uh this year they
were uh through the grant the first to move in with NJCIA all-in inclusion project um standardsbased math improve math instruction using their linkage assessments specifically targeting fourth and fifth grade implementing
these targeted standardsbased instruction interventions and dibbles. Um, one of their key highlights was the results in this foundational literacy development in kindergarten was that 89% of their kindergarten students demonstrated
um, measurable improvements in foundational literac literacy skills, which is truly fantastic. Next year, they're going to improve upon the co-eing model and strengthen the collaborational collaborative teaching practices.
The middle school uh was in year two of all-in for inclusive education. Sixth grade was fully inclusive with no resource classes. They were in year one of their NJPBSIS grant. Their team at monthly um with a Ruckers coach and
they're unveiling a new school logo and new buildingwide initiatives to celebrate their Panther Pride values. um a new club, their entrepreneurs club that was started by three math teachers, um taught students how to develop business plans and successfully create
small businesses. Next year, they are going to continue to move into that least restrictive environment model for all of their self-contained classes and continue their PBSIS initiatives. high school. As you just saw with Miss
Bodak, um they're very, very proud of their NJGPA scores, specifically in multilingual learners. Access scores are still pending. They should be out within the week. So, we're excited to see what those show as well. They expanded their
teen mental health uh first aid to 140 juniors, trained them all how to properly respond to mental health crisis and work to establish a freshman advisory for next year to continue to improve inclusivity. Next year, their goals are to pursue
career and tech education programs in business and continue year two for the all-in inclusive project for the guidance department. Their first um accomplishment this year to be proud of is to expand their
post-graduate opportunities. Um there are a lot of bullets up here, but really some to highlight um are that more than 10% of the class have been committed have committed to selective colleges. Um some UVA, Michigan, Cornell, Westland,
Princeton. Um they've had 17 college representatives visit. They've had um career visits, branches of the military. So, they've had they've done a lot for college and post-graduate.
The next is to develop a traumatic loss protocol. Um this is just into in the event um it was created to serve as a guidepost for admin and other staff in in the event that they should need to formulate a response to traumatic events. um if you're interested it it my
favorite part on here is that it's a 60 63 page document so read carefully. Um, moving into next year, goal one, um, to grow the behavioral support available through the INRS team. Um, really to be
able to help support any behavioral situations that might arise in the classroom, to be able to help students stay in the classroom and increase their academic supports in the classroom, and to increase student school connectedness. research suggests that you know students that are connected to
peers and and and adults are less likely to in involve be involved in behaviors. So really to support behaviors within the classroom and how to support um students and teachers state funded programs. So we have preschool ML programs and title one. Um
the preschool expanded from seven to 12 classrooms across five locations and next year they're excited to introduce some STEM activities and boost those early literacy and um math skills throughout the ML programs introduced
the WTA model um proficiency assessment and they're looking for more immersive language experiences and within the title one program they targeted tutoring and mentoring programs and looking ahead into next year some afterchool
enrichment programs aiming to just boost engagement with students. Special services um as you've heard in most all of the buildings increasing LRE um increasing the percentage of students in general general education classrooms.
Uh the the second target that they focused on this year was um transition services and that's really just being able to identify more appropriate post-secary placements for students that are 18 to 21. And the third is a consult
model successfully imp implemented their first year of a 3 to one con consultation model which is within related services which is three weeks of services and one week of consultation which is whether it's classroom observations, family reaching out to
families um any of those other pieces that ultimately they may not have had as much time for. So, um, it really supported being able to engage with other staff members, observing students, and connecting with families. Their goals are to continue to increase LRE by
by expanding co-eing practices, deliver districtwide PD for UDL, and to expand community- based instruction opportunities. Um, athletics, as you saw, there's a ton to celebrate. um conference championships with uh girls volleyball,
which is super exciting, first in school history. That's something to super celebrate. Boy soccer, girls soccer, and softball. Um moved to 100% huddle. Uh converted everything over. So now you can really truly highlight student athletes, live stream, home events, all
of that. And reg uh streamline registration moving into next year. um create more exposure for student athletes. Tech department improving the tech department ordering and replacement in regards to turnaround
time and was able to get a full-time technician to replace outsourced technician and we will be working together to be able to organize digital textbooks. So that'll be a fun adventure. Facilities
um improvements of the schools uh by adding secure vestibules and continuing to upgrade the HVAC systems looking into next year. Overall efficiency of custodial cleaning and continued training um within the business department this
year. applicant tracking, uh, recruiting through frontline staff training, risk management, safety training, and developed an efficient budget to approve improve allocations and expenditures. Looking into next year electronic time
in attendance through frontline, implement student activity handbook and processing guidelines at Aldine School, paving the playgrounds, upgrading and paving the playground. Sherman school will have a bathroom update. Uh Robert
Gordon replacement of the HVAC equipment and floor refinishing and districtwide window and painting, window repair and painting. Um and with all of that, looking to kind of cohesively put everything together with curriculum
instruction, we do have a few key tasks going into play for next year. This will be focused districtwide. A lot of it does focus K5. Um the first one is forming formulating a gifted and talented handbook. We'll be meeting over the summer to put things um in more of a
of a handbook that will be more parentfriendly. You'll find it on the on the website once it once it gets to put together. Um, and as you've heard throughout the buildings, the instructional schedule provides consistency among all the elementary buildings. And within that, through
articulation, uh, their PLC's and PD, we will really truly be able to redefine and articulate the instructional blocks. um in high school and middle school and high school. We'll be looking to explore our math programs,
Atlas curriculum mapping, continuing the process of moving all the curriculum over and uh we've the principles have recently have done a lot of work in updating the standardsbased report cards to align to the new standards. So there's a lot of work and some training that will be done with that. So, all of
these go together with the instructional schedule that was put together to roll out for a PD plan. And there you go. That is the wrap-up of this year and what we're looking forward to for next year. Thank you, Dr. Gamus. At the heart of
everything we've shared tonight, every report, every recognition, and every celebration, there is one simple truth. It is all about our students. Their growth, their well-being, and their success are what
drive us each day. And behind that growth stands an incredible team of educators, support staff, parents, guardians, and leaders who give so much of themselves to create safe, nurturing, and inspiring
environments for our children to thrive. I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you for the dedication, compassion, and unwavering belief in what's possible for all our students.
Your work matters. Your support matters. It is seen. It is valued. And it is deeply appreciated. Only together can we not just educate but shape futures. And what is most
important is that that is the work that we do here. Thank you all and enjoy your summer. Thank you so much for the superintendence report and all those that contributed to it. And now I would like to move into committee reports. Um
so starting with my right and then working our way down. We're going to be meeting uh with technology over the summer to just check in on the new website. A quick um facilities report. Um if you if you guys been driving past aline, you
notice the the gate and the uh dirt that's being digged up. Promise you it's not apartments that's being built. It's actually the beginning piece uh steps for our uh HVAC system finally. You could clap for that. It's been going on for a while. Uh Sherman is also getting
a HVAC system uh this year also. Um lastly about the uh the vision 2035 committee. Um we received a lot of people who uh sent and applied and I want to thank everybody for applying. Uh when we did get the applications, I told
uh Miss Mau to send it to uh me, Dr. Kirkland, and uh my Glenn, but I told her to take off all the uh the names. So, we wanted to to just basically judge it off of what everyone actually said and not by, you know, who it is. And so,
uh, I just want to announce that representing the community, the community would be, um, and I promise I'm messing up her last name. So, I'm going to just say, uh, Wendy Gulig Gulig Gimmech,
uh, Frank Gag Gagliardo, uh, Jackie Garcia Roana. Um, we also have representative teachers uh, and administration. We have Jodie Foy, Lauren Beski,
uh, and Amber, uh, MacBonito. And then, uh, representing, uh, mayor and council will be Gregory Johnson and Kjan Patel. Uh, we'll be meeting over the the summer and I'm looking forward to, uh, having this committee and
getting a lot of things started. Thank you. The special education committee met on June 10th and our next meeting will be on August 14th. Okay, great. Thank you for all the committee reports. And now we are going
to move into the agenda personnel. So one appointments two Substitute salaries. Three, substitute appointment list. Four, staff list 2025 2026
as discussed in executive session. Five, employment contracts 2025 2026. Six, retirement compensation. Seven, staff appointments. Eight, board meeting recordings.
Nine, change of assignment. 10, staff resignation. 11, maternity leave of absence revisions. 12, additional staff extended school year program. 13. Step correction. 14.
Additional child study team personnel summer 2025. 15. ESY multilingual learners summer enrichment program 16. ESL parent advisory meeting in year end celebration
17. Chaperon school nurse 18. Technology department summer interns. 19. 2025 2026 custodial maintenance employees holiday schedule. 20. Compensation pay/professional development.
21 2025 summer rec summer credit recovery program staff and can I have a motion to approve the personnel section? Motion. Is there a second? Second. Okay. Any discussion?
I just have a question. So I'm looking number 18. The technology department interns the rate of pay is $16 an hour. If you go back to number two, they're actually making as an intern, they're making more than our substitute paras,
our substitute lunch aids, and our substitute custodians as an intern. See? Oh, number 18. See what I'm saying? I'm sorry. Can you just tell me what you were referring to from that one? So number 18, the Yes. technology interns,
they're making $16 an hour, whereas they're actually making more as an intern than our substitutes. If you go substitute Paris, substitute lunch aid, substitute custodians, It's a summer job. It's a summer job. Yeah, that's what I was going to say.
It's a summer job. That's my point. It's a summer job and they're making more than people that are here sometimes all year as substitutes, right? But in terms of in terms of the budget, it's right verse shortterm versus the whole year. I'm trying to say it's because they're
substitutes or they're paras. I'm just saying our compensation should be the same equitable or more. I just don't think this is the appropriate time to discuss. So after we approve it as the appropriate time, when's the time before we
can talk about it in public? You can say no. You can say you don't agree, but was just pointing it out. I can say no. Thank you. No, I understand you could say no, but you can say no. Okay. I just thought maybe someone else didn't notice that. I guess they don't care. Okay.
Any other discussion, please? Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez. Yes. Lucy Figerito. I'm still trying to figure out what number two is. Number two. I don't see number two. I'm sorry.
Under personnel, it's page six. I don't have a page six. Yes, except for number 18. No. Z Fonte. Yes. Cindy Mgo. Yes, except no to number two and 18.
Chris Monroe. Yes. Constance Quintella. Yes. I recuse myself from number four and no for two and 18. Vice President Reagan.
Yes. with the recusal from 12A. President Dr. Kirkland. Yes. Motion passed. Okay. Education section. 22. Roosevelt Park Student Handbooks. 23. Tuition Summer Transition Program.
24. 2025 2026 High School Marching Band Schedule. 25. McKini veto agreement 26. Kain University intern agreement 27. Board affiliation for paraprofessional toteer program gains grant funded. 28
UCVTS workbased learning experience. 29 culminating project 30. 2025 2026 district first aid procedures physician standing orders. Can I have a motion to approve the education section? I make
the motion. Is there a second? Second. Great. Any discussion? Okay. If not, roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, yes. Lucy Figero, yes. Zen Fonte, yes. Jennifer, oh, sorry. Cindy
Meo, yes. Chris Monroe, yes. Constance Quintella, yes. Vice President Reagan, yes. President Dr. Kirkland. Yes. Motion passed. Okay. For the business section, first I
would like to make a motion to amend number 33 to amend the language to say direct the business administrator to pay all normal monthly bills only through August 2025.
Also an amendment to number 44. Uh 44E would be to approve the proposal for Taylor Law Firm for labor relations attorney and negotiator services. And then 44F
to approve proposal for King Munach and Collins proposal for board council to August 31st, 2025. And then also another amendment to
number 52C which is residency appeal approve settlement as set forth in executive session. So can I have a motion for the amendments? I'll make that motion. Is there a second? Second.
Great. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez. Yes, Lucy figuredo. Sorry. And what did you say about approving what through August? I'm sorry, I didn't uh for bore council to
approve through uh August, the end of August for 2025. Yes. And just a reminder, this is just on on the amendment to put it onto the agenda and then there will be a subsequent vote to adopt everything. Is he infante? Yes.
Cindy Mego, yes. Chris Monroe, yes. Constance Quintella, yes. Vice President Rean, yes. President Dr. Kirkland, yes. Great. And now read the new business section with the amendments.
Number 31, monthly certification. Number 32, approval of bills. Number 33, bill pay authorization with the amendment. 34, lead testing. 35,
comprehensive equity plan affirmative action team. 36, approval of the adoption of the tax levy schedule. 37, uh, use of buildings and grounds. 38, New Jersey high school voter
registration law. 39. School security drill statement of assurance. 40. School bus emergency evacuation drill report. 41. Memorandum of agreement. 42. New Jersey school performance. 43. District
contract for 2025 and 2026. 44. Professional services contract 2025 2026. Uh number 45, health insurance renewal for 2025 2026.
46 approval of a certification of implementation. 47 safety grant application. 48 technology district contracts for 2025 2026. 49 Bloom's final payment. 50 disposal of
the following textbooks. 51 treasurer reports and 52 approval of settlements. Can I have a motion to approve the business section? Motion. Great. Second. Great. Any discussion?
Okay. I have a question for Miss Mau. Sorry. Uh for 44B, the uncommon thread to provide BCBA services. How many staff is that for average? If you How many staff do we
get? It really Yeah, for that amount. It really depends on our needs. Okay. Um I think last year we may have used one or two. It really depends on obviously it wasn't 24 under 40,000 last year. Um it won't exceed you. Not to exceed, but we have to be ready in the event we need.
Got it. It's just just to be prepared. Okay. Thank you. Any other points of discussion? Okay. If not, roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, yes. Lucy Figero, yes. Z
Fonte, yes. Cindy Meo, yes. Chris Monroe, yes. Constance Quintella, Vice President Rean, yes. President Dr. Kirkland, yes. Okay. Motion passes. Okay.
Um, moving to harassment, intimidation, and bullying incidences. So, agenda item number 53, harassment, imitation, and bullying incidences. Can I have a motion to approve the section? I make the motion. Second.
Great. Is uh roll call. Oh, any discussion? Roll call, please. Vice President Reagan, yes to all. Mark Fernandez, yes to all. Lucy Figero,
yes to all. Xan Fonte, yes to all. Cindy Mego, yes to all. Chris Monroe, yes to all. Constance Quintella, yes to all. President Dr. Kirkland, yes to all. Motion passed.
Okay. Is there any continuing business? Hey, Dr. Kirkland, I just want to um uh congratulate Miss G, Miss Roachcha on your awards tonight. Um bittersweet for me uh as a parent of Robert Gordon uh my
last year. Um it's been a wonderful time at Robert Gordon uh with great staff um and looking forward to the middle school, but Robert Gordon will always be in my heart.
Thank you. Any new business? Yes, Dr. Kirkland. Thank you, President Dr. Britney Kirkland, Vice President Michael Anne Reagan, as well as Superintendent Goce, our business administrator, Mrs. Mau for
your years of service and ongoing support for our students and staff during this busy month of graduations, clapins, awards ceremonies, and end of the year class parties. Thank you to our educators, administrators, par profofessionals, custodial staff, and all the teams across the district doing
everything you can to close out the year while simultaneously preparing for the next. I trust, value, and respect, and appreciate your contributions to our proud small town public school education. You prepare our students for the world ahead of them and stand beside our
parents to ensure that every child is met with dignity and grace. Some of you have worked with thousands of students over the decades of service and your impact is immeasurable. Thank you for your wisdom and commitment to lifelong learning.
Speaking of our school's successes, it fills me with a deep sense of Panther Pride. Of course, it is Pride Month, celebrating the ongoing liberation of the LGBTQIA and questioning community, but trust me, there will be time for that later. As we draw toward our high
school seniors graduation, I'm reminded of the great pride I felt during the endless soccer games played on our field while dancing on the stage behind us in musicals or at Mr. Rosa Park. Shout out to the class of 2009. And as I walk through the corridors across our burrow that gave me and my family so many memories, I want to take a moment to
acknowledge our graduating seniors directly. Class of 25, 25, you did it. You served realness, authenticity, and let's just say it's giving lore. Remember that as you move on from these moments shared with your peers that you will always have a home here. As you
reflect back on these formative years, remember that time is fleeting, a construct, unstoppable, and never promised. Now has always been the time to take advantage of the moments of confidence and pride you find here.
Try to believe that maybe, just maybe, you will find gratitude for all of the challenges you experienced here when you least expect it. Panther Pride gives us something to believe in, to strive for. It gives us the courage to embody in our words and
actions a deeper sense of acceptance, welcome, camaraderie, and empathy. You will fall over and over again, but keep getting back up. There will always be a place for you at Moso Park. Panther Pride to me means delivering a message
that unites us on a mission towards creating a world of access to knowledge, self-exression, and to an authentically compassionate sense of liberty and justice. Though we all look, dress, read, write,
and think differently, we're all Panthers. Pride Month for the LGBTQIA and questioning community began as a riot. A riot to face hatred and bigotry, not only for queer people, but for us all as a nation. Pride Month is more than just
a period of time. It's a commitment to our common liberation, radical acceptance, camaraderie, and glitter. So, I ask with my whole heart to every student, parent, and the entire community of Rosal Park, please share your Panther pride. share it with
others and join them in our mission. We all deserve a voice and every single one of our students deserve to be heard, seen, and celebrated. As my 2009 high school yearbook says, have a great summer. Talk to you soon.
Love you lots and happy Pride. Okay. Any other new business? I have new business. Um, on June, so I'm the Sherman liaison and on June 6, Sherman School hosted this amazing art exhibit fundraiser that
beautifully showcased the creativity of our students while raising funds to support our school community. Each student proudly selected one piece of their own artwork to be displayed, resulting in a colorful and inspiring collection. And it was really beautiful
because I went, I walked around, I was just blown away by this artwork. Um, families had the opportunity opportunity to purchase posters of their child's artwork, making the event both memorable and meaningful. And a special thank you
to Mrs. for generously volunteering her time and talents to make this event such a success. Like this was time away from her kids on a Friday night and there she was at Sherman and then I believe she did it again a couple days later at
another one of the elementary schools and I forget which one and I'm sorry, Robert Gordon. Um but the students artwork was truly extraordinary. The night was a celebration of their imagination and hard work and Mrs.
was just phenomenal. So, we have just so many amazing staff members in this community that go above and beyond. Like, this was not time she was paid for. This was volunteered time. So, just an extra thank you to her for that.
And CPAG, CPAG held their end of year celebration at Sensory Park on June 12th. There was an amazing turnout. It was so nice to see everyone there that showed up and everyone there had a wonderful time. Okay. Any other new business? Yeah. Hi.
So, I am the liaison for Robert Gordon and they the Robert Gordon PTA would like to thank all the parents this year for all their support. They want to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer and have a great time and they'll see you back in September. Their back to school
will be September 17th is their um next meeting. So they want you to enjoy it and have a great time. Thank you. Okay, not seeing any other new business, we are going to move on to public participation. So, I just want to give this helpful
reminder that the public comment portion period of this agenda is on issues that the members of the public feel may be of concern to the residents of the school district. In accordance with our board bylaws, the public commenters are asked
to be recognized and when called upon to proceed to the podium stating your name, municipality of residents, oh, and any other affiliations you would like to name. Comments are limited to three minutes in length and should be
directed to me as the presiding officer. The board does reserve the right to interrupt any public comments that are considered abusive, obscene, or maybe defamatory as it as to the request and also up to us requesting a person to
leave if not observing these reasonable areas of decorum. Thank you. Hello, uh Jodie for I have to put my glasses on. Um this is my last
comment to the board. As a parent, um, I just want to share how happy I am that both of my children, and I might start to cry. Uh, Jared and Hannah were able to benefit from the entire Roso Park system all the way back to Hannah attending the ECC building. Um, thank you to all their teachers and
administrators along the way. Um, just a big special thank you to the high school team. Um, just my husband and I, although he's part of the team, we have just such immense gratitude for the entire team at the high school. Mrs. Costa, the guidance counselors, teachers, support staff who've prepared
both Jared and Hannah for their lives after RPHs. I don't know if everybody knows it, but Jared did spend his freshman year at the Scotch Plains campus, um, the AIT building. We got caught up in apply to the magnet, apply to the magnet. Um, after one year, he
decided that was not the place for him. Rosal Park High School was the place for him and we were over overjoyed that he decided to come back where he was able to participate in sports, marching band, various clubs. He excelled here and he will be starting his senior year at Ruckers um in the school of engineering.
Hannah decided to attend Rosal Park High School right from the beginning, not even applying to the magnet school knowing that Rosal Park had all the opportunities that she needed. She participated in a myriads of clubs, uh marching band, sports. Um she was co-founder of the pickle ball club.
She's very proud of that. Um Hannah will be attending the University of Pittsburgh in the fall. Um Hannah's friends and the senior class, the colleges that they've been accepted to are mind-blowing. Princeton, University of Michigan. We have students going to Kane University on full free rides all
because of Rosal Park High School. Um, so again, thank you to the board for supporting Rosal Park teachers, administrators. Um, Rosal Park School has always been a family ever since I was here um, attending community nursery
school many, many, many years ago. Um, to parents out there, the opportunities are here in Rosal Park. Your child will will receive a wonderful education, preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school. The opportunities are here. We just need to encourage our
students and our families to take advantage of them. Thank you. Um, goodbye as a parent. Swan Thorn. Good evening board members. President Kirkland, Miss O. My name is Chris Miller. I live in 528
Grand Avenue in Rosel Park. And I'm here this evening like Mrs. Foy to praise and put some thanks on on you guys. And on the behalf of the Rosel Park Soccer Club. First and foremost, I want to express our sincere gratitude to the board for granting us permits to use the
high school and middle school fields for our spring season. Your support allows us to continue serving hundreds of young athletes in our community. I would also like to give a special thanks to Mr. Kaine who has been an outstanding administrator and a true partner in helping us navigate the
process efficiently and with great care. Now, for those who who may not be familiar with the organization, let me take a moment to introduce who we are. This fall, we we will proudly celebrate our 10th anniversary of serving the children and families of Rosel Park. We
offer a comprehensive soccer program for our boys and girls ranging from ages 4 to 18 years old. In a one square one square mile town, we are proud to have over 400 members playing on 24 teams. And that's a testament to the passion
this community has for the game and the trust families place in our program. We offer both recreational and travel soccer, ensuring there is a place for every child, whether they are trying for the first time or competing at a higher level. Our mission goes beyond teaching the sport. We aim to build character,
community, and opportunity. But tonight, now that you know who we are, I'd like to share how we've been giving back to the community over the past 10 years and the school district as well. We've taken out full page ads in high school
plays annually. We've donated about seven years ago, we donated about $3,000 worth of mushroom top soil to the middle school field, which we have been using and we wanted to take care of as well. And also we laid it out there and we had um Miss I don't know if you remember
Miss Goss the nurse at uh Sherman school her husband um he he used his um backhoe and helped us spread it. We all spread it manually and um I think uh Jamie Okonnell was there and and um a bunch of bunch of folks from Rosal Park were helping out. So that was a big community
effort many years ago and also we annually contribute to the Rosal Park's dad's club golf outing. we support them and um also fifth grade elementary schools um for year- end celebrations we support and also the high school band
through tricky trade fundraisers and also elementary schools. So liaison to the elementary schools I mean my wife and I we're getting older the club's getting older but um and our kids are out of the elementary schools of course but uh remind those PTO folks reach out to us because we're always there to support every individual school whether
it's elementary, middle or high school. So also every And then of course every Memorial Day parade we gather and we march in representing our soccer club at during the parade in town. And then we do two food drives um twice a year um at the to support the Casano Center food
pantry. And per perhaps most importantly we don't turn any child away regardless of financial hardship. If a child wants to play we let him or her play and that's that's it and that's our motto because uh that's what we're about the kids of Roso Park. So, and and I'll for
I'm sorry, your three minutes are up. Okay, real quick though. All right. Can I just have extended time because it's this is very important for tomorrow's graduation because I'm here to present what we're going to it's a special meeting for us because we are proud to announce the creation of the Jeffrey Luna scholarship named in honor of a
remarkable Thank you. this boy, remarkable young man who sadly lost his battle with cancer less than a year ago. And um he would have been graduating high school tomorrow. And um you know, our heart goes out to him and his family and his brothers. I mean, he
was well known for his kindness, resilience, and joyful spirit. And I just want to thank Principal Costa for working with our club to make this possible. Tomorrow graduation, one male and one female senior who played high school soccer and embodied qualities of character, dedication, integrity, and empathy will be awarded the scholarship.
So to all of you board members, superintendent goce, congratulations on another successful school year. We are proud to collaborate with with such a committed educational team and we feel it's important that you know more about the organizations that you allow to use your fields, especially organizations
from Rosel Park. And the Rosel Park Club is more than a sports program. We partner in a building the town's youth. And thank you again for your time and support and enjoy your summer. Thank you. Gent school of Rosel Park. It's all good tonight, guys. Don't worry. The only
thing I am going to say, Mrs. Mau, can we please get the exhibits A, B, and C attached when they're here so that parents and community members are able to read what you're talking about? It's very difficult to make comments or make
an informed decision not to come up here or be here without the proper information. That's it. But I want to just say thank you tonight. The teacher of the year. It's kind of interesting because we've been in this district now.
It's over 25 years. My husband and I. He grew up in the district. So, it's kind of fun. But my son's preschool teacher was one of the teachers of the year today, Miss Cashion and Karen Carrie Lynch is probably one of my favorite
unsung heroes in this district. If anybody had the chance, you either, and I'm going to be honest, you either love her or you hate her. I had kids that were not good English students at all. They weren't good students. They're great kids. They're just not good
students. My youngest is a social being. That's why he went to school. My oldest child who hated to read, he has disgraphia. He now sits and all he does is read. And I'm going to tell you, it's because of Miss Carrie Lynch. She did everything
she could to inspire her classes. And if we had just one teacher like that, we have a district of teachers like that. And we need to remember to support them both as parents and as our administrators.
whether they're paras because our paras are amazing. There is so much that we need to realize that to give back to them. But I just wanted to shout out to Miss Cashion who had Thomas when he was for God love you
and Miss Carrie Lynch because it's just it's a huge a huge thing. I've watched her come through this district. I talked to her probably still and that's a huge piece right there. 20 years we've known each other and she'll step pick up the phone to call and talk to me about the
boys. Her son's a word for me. It's just a great community and we need to realize that no matter what we are is it's a community. It takes a village to raise our children. And the one thing that we do have and I want to continue to see is
the village. We have to stop with all the other stuff that's going on, whether it's in the schools, wherever it is happening. It's time that we started to realize that we need to be a community again. But congratulations to our teachers and our
professionals of the year. Thank you. Okay, seeing no other members from the public, I'm going to close the public session. So, uh, so at this point now, we are going to move into our second executive
session. So as resolved, the Rosal Park Board of Education meeting hereby convenes to executive session for the discussion of superintendent evaluation. It is anticipated that the executive session will take approximately 30 minutes. The board may take action when
it reconvenes to public. Oh, okay. Um but we don't plan on taking action when we come out. and the minutes of the executive session shall be released to the public when the reason for the executive session no longer exists. So, if you would like to leave,
you are welcome to do that. Um, but can I have a motion to go into executive session? Motion. Is there a second? Great. All in favor? We are officially in executive. Okay. Can I have a motion to return to public? Make that motion. Second. Oh,
wait. Should we be writing this down? I'm sorry. Who made the motion? Who? No. Who made it? Lucy. Oh, you got it. Great. Um, all in favor?
Okay, so the time on that is 9:16. Okay, great. Now, can I have a motion for adjournment? Motion. Second. Great. All in favor? I. Great. The next scheduled regular board meeting
will be held on Tuesday, August 19th. Oh, on Zoom. This is wrong. Okay, sorry. The next scheduled board meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025 with executive starting at 6 PM. The board meeting will be held via Zoom.
And have a great night. Thank you.