Notice of meeting. This meeting is an open session of the Rosal 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. >> Christian Camillo >> here. >> Vice President Mark Fernandez >> here. >> Lucy Figero >> here. >> Zay Infante >> here.
>> Dr. Brittany Kirkland. >> Jennifer Mano >> here. >> Gregory Picowski >> here. Constance Quintella, >> President Michael Anne Reagan >> here. Uh we now move to the flag salute.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Executive session. Resolve that the
Roosevelt Park Board of Education meeting hereby convenes to executive session for the discussion of the following subjects. One, personnel. Two, attorney client privilege. Three, student matters. It is anticipated that the executive session will take approximately 60
minutes. The board may take action during public session. The board shall return to public session following executive session at approximately 7 p.m. The minutes of the executive session shall be released to the public when the reason for the executive session no longer exists. May I have a
motion to go into executive? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> We are now in executive. Ununice, please just ignore her. Just >> May I please have a motion to return to public session? >> Motion.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> We are now in public session. Public participation. Agenda items only. Each member of the public may speak a maximum of three minutes. Please state your name for the record.
>> Seeing none, we're going to move into the principal's report. >> Oh, sorry. Is the microphone on? >> Don't hear it. >> Tom, where are you? Tom. >> Here he comes.
It's good. All right. >> I don't want to have my >> All right. Okay. Good evening, board of education, parents, students, and administration. I just want to say that I'm very happy because two of my children
>> I'm really sorry. >> I'm sorry. My name is Alexandra Barnett. >> And also, which agenda item are you speaking on? >> Oh, I don't know. I don't I've never done this before. >> There's >> Yeah. >> Oh, I didn't even look at the agenda yet.
>> Can I do it after? >> Absolutely. Sorry about that. >> But that's perfect. >> We look forward to your comments. >> Moving into the principal's report. At this time, I would like to invite Miss Costa, high school principal, to provide
her report, who will then turn it over to Mr. Kane, our athletic director, who will recognize our spring athletic programs and student athletes. We are proud of the dedication, teamwork, commitment, and sportsmanship demonstrated by our athletes and coaches throughout the season. Their
accomplishments represent the very best of our school community. >> Hi, Miss Casta told me I was closer to the aisle, so I'll go first if that's all right. All right. So, thank you very much for for inviting me and allowing us to be
here with our student athletes. Um, Rosel Park Spring Sports had a great season that just wrapped up about a week ago and that's if we're playing longer into the season means we're going further. So, it was a it was a really rewarding season for our coaches, for our athletes, for our parents, and our
community. Uh so we're very fortunate to have people taking time out of their evenings to show up here as our student athletes and their families as many that could be here are here tonight. So thank you very much to the board for the support to do this. This is our third time this year doing this. We honored
our fall then our winter and our spring. So I really appreciate it. I know the parents appreciate and the kids appreciate it as well. So we'll start with baseball. Baseball. Our baseball team had a rough season last year moving into a different division. They had no wins, persevered through it all,
graduated one senior, everybody came back, picked up a few more guys, and then they went uh on to win the division this year. So now they are the Valley champions. And I'd like to read their names out. And as I do, if they could come up, and some of them will have individual awards as well. So we'll
start with our head coach of the Valley Conference Division Champions, uh Rob Salamaka. Rob's assisted by uh Matt Talbot and onto our roster. I saw a lot of you that are here. So, as I call your name out, please come up and join Coach Salamaka and receive your certificate in
the front, please. And stick around for a picture. Julian Candelleria. Michael Bierki, Anthony Damiano, Jose Candeleria, Kellen Crawford,
Colin King, Darien Downey, Jesse Garnick, Ryan Varela, Gerald Bonafz, Danny Lopez, Anthony Novvice,
Noah Silver, Sakagasima, and Julian Barahas. I'd also like to recognize and uh congratulate as well our five statistitians that were at every single game, no matter the weather, taking care of the book. Very important for the stats as we did have some milestones hit
and we'll talk about that in a second. But if you can come up if you're here. Jasine Castro, Naomi Conco, Jaden Cole, Belle Woodham, and Genesis Ortiz.
Right to the front first. While we have the baseball team up here, we have a few individual awards. First team, all valley division. We had four athletes selected to the
valley all first team and that would be Jose Candeleria. and step forward, Michael Bromeier. Julian Candeleria and Anthony Damiano. Congratulations, baseball. We'll take
one quick picture. Sure. You guys want to like squeeze together? Big smiles, guys and girls. Okay, I'm going to pause a second. Softball. We're good. All right.
Individual award. Um I'm not sure that I saw her, but maybe I missed her. Here we had first team all Waong division and the divisions are divided up amongst the Wong as the primarily the very large schools and the mountain in the middle and the valley being the smaller schools. We were bumped up to the Wong
uh which was a tricky start to the season, a little difficult, but team persevered and did fantastic making the playoffs and and it was it was great to see and I I'll talk about that in a second. But our first team all watching division player Mia Batello.
Nope. Mia. On to track and field. Fantastic season track and field. I have to thank the board again. I know going to the pen relays was something that hadn't been done in over 40 years and uh people weren't quite sure what we were doing, why we were going. I appreciate the
support. We went. It was fantastic. The coaches loved it. The kids loved it. uh they'll be back again next year. They had a lot of success here. And then individually, we had a fantastic year. And I'm going to talk about our all Union County Conference first. All Union County
Conference, Ava Forstonhausler in Javelin. Not sure if she's here. [snorts] And then we had all county conference in shotput. Emmy Gregori. Moving on to the sectionals here. Ava
Farenhausler is also the Union County champion. She's also the central group one sectional champion in the javelin. And she joins Luchia Reeri from the winter as a group one state champion in the javelin this spring.
Second team all Union County and all Union County is Skyler Boyd. So she was all conference and all county. Skyler is a freshman and that is in the 100 meter dash and she is also joining them and getting a ring as she is the group one
state champion in the 100 meter dash as a freshman. Not here. Not here. All right. Finally, boys tennis. We had second team all Union County Conference in doubles.
Demetrios Barnett and Logan Matthew. Come on up. Take a quick picture. got some work to do. All right, so that concludes for the athletes. I did have one more piece, two things really.
So just recently, I mentioned Luchia a second ago, but just recently, Luchia Reeri had been selected as an NHSCA academic all-American by the National High School Coaches Association. And per the site, this prestigious honor recognizes
student athletes who have demonstrated exceptional achievement both in the classroom and in athletic competition. So that was a national award that she was just awarded as well. We just found out it wasn't able to add it. So I wanted to just mention it. Congrats again to Luchia.
And I just want to take a moment to congratulate publicly. I've done it a few times. We're doing it again later this week, but Coach Fran Mio retiring after 30 years in coaching softball and teaching here. The impact he's had on this district and so many lives, thousands of lives over all the years.
uh from winning state championships to going 0 and5 to start the season and be resilient at the end of his career as well to continue persevering, motivating the kids, working with the kids, realizing he had a lot of new people there and then putting together a se winning eight of their last 10 games to
end on a high note, make the playoffs still just a testament to who he is and what he's done for this community and uh very grateful that I got to work with him. So, congrats to Coach Mazu on his retirement. And last, I know many people know this will be my last board meeting. Um, and I
just wanted to say thank you. I wanted to thank the board. I want to thank Miss Goyce, um, Miss Costa, Mr. Foy, uh, for the life-changing opportunity that I was given in Rosel Park. And I was I I knew I was coming to a great place that I was just so grateful that uh the community
and the board and the admin and the student athletes and parents just embraced me and um might have brought some different ideas or new ideas or whatever, but just really proud to to be a part of it and I'll be following Rosell Park athletics no matter where I end up and what I do. But I'm very grateful for the opportunity and I thank
you very much. Have a great night. Thank you, Mr. Kane. Next, I would like to invite Miss Darity to recognize our Steam Tank Challenge winners who have earned the opportunity to advance to the state finals this October. We commend these students for their creativity,
innovation, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial thinking. Their achievements are a reflection of the outstanding learning opportunities available throughout our district. Congratulations to all our steam tank finalists, and best wishes as we prepare for the state competition.
Good evening, President Rean, members of the board of education, superintendent, assistant superintendent Dr. Gomez, members of the Roso Park community, and our students and families. Thank you for the opportunity to recognize and celebrate an extraordinary accomplishment by a group of Robbo
Robert students whose hard work, creativity, and dedication have earned them statewide recognition. This year, the New Jersey Steam Tank Competition included 618 teams representing 108 schools across 78 school districts in
all 21 counties of New Jersey. Modeled after Shark Tank, the program challenges students to develop and pitch innovative solutions to real world problems. We are incredibly proud of the Fires Safe Teddy team whose creativity,
collaboration, and perseverance earned them a place among one of only three state championship finalist teams in New Jersey. Their innovative project demonstrates the power of teamwork, critical thinking, and determination.
This October, they will represent Roso Park at the New Jersey School Boards Association convention in Atlantic City. Will they will they present their in invention on the state stage? At this time, I'd like to call the members of the fires safe Teddy team forward to receive their certificates from the
board of education. First up, we have Daniela Martinez. [applause] Next, Valentina Monzone. Victoria Monzone and Harper Strain. Finally, I would like to recognize the
team's advisor, Mr. Lfonte, for his guidance, encouragement, and dedication throughout the process. Mr. Lfonte, please join the team and come forward to receive recognition as well. Please join me in congratulating these
outstanding students and Mr. Lfonte. We are extremely proud of their accomplishment and wish them the very best as they prepare to represent our district in Atlantic City. Good evening, President, Miss Reagan, Vice President, Mr. Fernandez, members of the board of education, district
administrators, staff, students, families, and community members. Thank you for joining us this evening as we celebrate the accomplishments of our students and staff, and reflect on another successful school year. As this is our final board of education meeting of the 2526 school year, I would like to
begin by recognizing some of the outstanding individuals who helped make our district such a special place to learn and grow. Tonight, we are honored to recognize the recipients of the 2526 Governor Educator of the Year Program.
These educators exemplify excellence, dedication, and a constant commitment to student success. Their contributions positively impact our students, colleagues, and school community every day. As I call your name, please come forward to receive your certificate and
remain at the front of the room for a group photograph. Andrea Cruz, Abigail Folchic, [applause] Barbara Murphy, Johanna Neves, Victoria Salamanca,
and Andrew Wilson. Please join me in congratulating the exceptional educators we have across all of our buildings from our preschool all the way to our high school. Thank you for all that you do and for the work that you continue to do every day. Thank
you. Big smiles. Next, we are pleased to recognize our 2526 26 educator of the year winners. These are our support staff. These
individuals have distinguished themselves through their leadership, innovation, and their continued commitment to excellence in education and partnership. Again, as I call your name, please come forward to receive your certificate and remain at the front
for a group photograph. Jasmine Barnes, Zanette Dotto Deola, Stephanie Klene, Naen Kolazinski, Mansour and Alicia Marino. No. Congratulations to each of you on this well-deserved recognition. And these are
our para professionals across our district that we could not do anything without you. Thank you. At this time, assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction Dr. and I will provide a brief presentation outlining our three-year district, board, and
superintendent goals, as well as any and all highlights of the progress we have made together, celebrating key accomplishments and sharing some priorities that will guide our work over the next three years in support of our student achievement and district
excellence. Um, we will not read every word, um, but we will do highlights. However, this will be posted on our website tomorrow for further review for anyone who wishes. So, as Mr. um the video is plugging it
in um the remote for us uh why we're here. So, we're just going to give you a little bit of our progress towards our board goals, superintendent goals, district goals, some highlights districtwide and school level impact, demonstrating alignment between our work and some of our outcomes and identifying
next steps. It this is a reflection of a collective work of the past three years and highlighting systems that we have built. So some of the PGP is the uh professional growth plan outlined to
board goals and district outcomes. So my professional growth plan is in alignment with the um board as well as with the district. Uh we looked and focused on communication and transparency um data-driven instruction, leadership
capacity and retention. Um you know the superintendent goals are fully embedded in the district systems demonstrating alignment between leadership actions, board priorities and measured results. Um we have district priorities such as our staff quality and retention which
our goal is to attract and retain high quality certified staff curriculum and instruction safety and facilities community um and communication to strengthen our family engagement and community systems. Then we have our district-wide progress
at a glance that what we've built over three years. You know, data systems, instructional systems, operational systems, communication systems, and we have um you know, outlined some of which um you could see here and you'll be able to take a look even further tomorrow. Uh
we also have started to do our own teacher in charge leadership model to build internal leadership and capacity um in the buildings in at the building level. Uh again you see the impact how these ensure consistency internal
leadership and how it aligns to um superintendent goal as well. Some of the key achievements uh strong staff retention over the past three years we have hired 87 new staff members. Um that has stayed pretty consistent. Uh we have
worked on building data instruction safe and maintain safety and maintain schools um through upgrades across our buildings. Um, we've established various ways to community to communicate with our community members and to feel that
they have an open door policy that they could come to us at any time. Then goes into one of our goals just a little bit more in detailed which is staff quality and retention which is always to attract and retain highly qualified professionals. and some of the
things that we did um some of the impact um and what we will can work on still for next school year through the business office. We have worked in financial stewardship and student investments um student centered
facilities and long-term planning and some of the impact is preserving our programs uh while managing rising costs resources directly support our students and the whole child in financial decisions aligned to district priorities. Um furthermore what we've
built is uh we've also added an HR manager payroll assistant to improve operations and we ensured alignment in to QAC instate requirements, operational efficiency, accountability and transparency. Um, and there you see also
a lot of the impact with um, you know, working on more efficient and reliable operations, increase accountability and transparency and sustainable systems supporting long-term success. All right, to just kind of give an overview, goal two was about curriculum and instruction. Um and some of the
highlights on this slide. Um one of the bullets talks about expanding access to honors AP and STEM opportunities. Over the last handful of years, AP courses have doubled from eight to over 18 AP classes. Outlines of the grant fundings
that we have received. You can see the impact that we've had. Um, and a fun little fact is 365,000 of that is actually on the agenda to be approved for tonight. So, a lot of grant money has been earned over the last handful of
years. Looking into student achievement, um, I want to this this is a strong highlight um, the on the newly released school performance report that can be found on our website. The district has met growth targets in both ELA and math.
Specifically, it's important to highlight that the high school achieved a summitive rating that places it competitively among neighbor neighboring Union County districts. Um, this overall score reflects student growth, academic achievement, graduation rates,
absenteeism, and other key indicators. It's a result of a collective effort not only of our high school but elementary and middle schools um in preparing our students for long-term success. >> Yeah.
Safety and facilities. Um as always our goal is to maintain safe well-managed learning environments. some of the things that we have done regular safety drills and audits. Um we have included um the state in a lot of these drills
and and audits as well. Improved maintenance and we are planning um long-term projects maintained one-to-one technology access and as you could see some of our major facility upgrades um and again the impact student and staff learn in safe um environments and
improved infrastructure directly uh supports teaching and learning. our community and communication um strengthen communication engagement. These are just some of the things that we did as you're aware with parent square. Um we worked on increasing
family engagement events and outreach. Um strengthen multilingual communication. Um built partnerships with our PTO and community and PTAs and community organizations. Expanded community events. Um increased outreach through counseling guidance and school
programs. and increase superintendent level communications to districtwide updates, outreach and engagement opportunities. Um, and now we will go into more of the fun stuff, which is our school highlights. So, taking a look at elementary school
highlights over the last couple years, um, the elementary master schedule was built to unify the three elementary buildings. Uh this provided consistency in instructional minutes, strengthening the foundational literacy and math instruction, implementation of streamlined data tools to guide
instruction, have increased family engagement like hello week, walk to school events and other cultural celebrations. Um and the overall impact in addition to strong academics, our goal is to build and foster strong social foundations as
well. the elementary student achievement data. Um, back in October, a full depth of the NJSLA data was shared by Mrs. Bodak. Uh, this slide presents a snapshot of the highlights of the ELA and math data
along with a with our focus and growth areas. Moving forward, we've established a strong foundation, outlined clear expectations for instructional minutes, updating our instructional resources to support learning and implementing instructional frameworks that pro promote opportunities for intervention
and enrichment for all students at the elementary level. Middle school highlights. At the middle school, we've built stronger, more consistent instructional systems across the through common planning, coaching, classroom observations, and the use of
data to drive instruction. Our our data shows encouraging progress particularly in ELA and algebra 1 with more students moving into that higher performance level. At the same time, the approaching expectations categories highlight
significant opportunity for growth that we're well prepared to address. And moving forward, our focus is on accelerating student achieve a achievement by expanding targeted interventions and small groupoup instruction.
Back to the high school highlights. The high school work focuses on ensuring that every student has access to rigorous academic opportunities while providing the supports needed for success, maintaining the strong honors and AP offerings, and strengthening college and career pathways that are
central to that commitment. The special services as outlined here continue to build a comprehensive continuum of services that promote inclusion, independence, and equitable access to learning opportunities for all students. Um, and a big highlight that
we're very proud of is successfully completed the five-year special education monitoring process. While many districts across our county necessitated a tier 2 monitoring, Rosel Park passed the tier one process uh with minimal findings.
Strengthening family collaborations in special education. A key initiative for the upcoming year is launching a collaborative initiative with the Kadre Center focused on building stronger family school partnerships and supporting the the prevention and early resolution of special education
concerns. preschool and multilingual programs. Um a a big celebration for our preschool program. They have expanded from 8 to 13 classrooms. And currently there's only one student on our waiting list.
That's fantastic. And strengthening instruction for our ML learners with aligned language development, core instruction, and targeted support. More in depth with our language, our ML language learners. Students are making steady progress through language
proficiency levels with strong growth in academic language development and opportunities to accelerate learning in the younger grades. Our focus, as mentioned on the previous slide, is on aligning language development with core instruction while providing targeted supports that move students to towards
higher levels on English language uh proficiency and academic success. Counseling, technology, and facilities. Um you can see kind of continuing where we're going, monitoring towards graduation, maintaining technology and
continuing the facilities upgrades. So next developing our next strategic plan the planning stages. So the May we already have started um some articulation sessions with our staff. We have also had some student voice
sessions across all elementaryaries, middle and high school also in May. And we will begin our community and parent engagement in July and August um with a variety of inperson and virtual throughout the summer and continuing on through um next school year as well. Um
these sessions will be facilitated by Dr. Tracy Severns through title 2 ESA funding that this is all paid not out of our budget. So focus will be on district strengths, areas of growth and future priorities. And again what we are
looking to is to develop a strategic plan that reflects the full school community and that it reflects ongoing commitment to stakeholder voice, transparency and continuous improvement aligned to superintendent and which are then our board goals as well.
Our next steps, we will be strengthening our curriculum alignment across schools, expand targeted professional development, improve literacy outcomes, which with a very strong ELA focus, enhance family engagement systems, and continue facility upgrades and long-term
planning. Um, we will work to develop a strategic plan uh that will be from effective from our school year 2026 all the way to the end of school year 2029 which will engage our students, our staff, the families, the community members and the board of education in a
collaborative strategic planning process that reflects a shared vision and collective voice of our Rosel Park community. Um some of the methods will be forums, listening sessions, student focus groups, staff, staff advisory um teams, parenting community surveys um
through strategic planning steering committee. And to be able to do all of that, we need your help. Um we need your voice. So what we are asking is for um everybody to please join us. We have a lot of dates. Um, we are going to have a
community engagement uh session on July 14th, which is in person at Roselle Park High School. We are also going to have another in-person session for all community members, not just parents, but anybody who lives in Roselle Park um to join us July 14th,
August 12th. If you cannot meet us in person, we have three virtual sessions scheduled August 10th, August 13th, August 18th. Um, there is also an anonymous community service uh survey that's linked right there. You can access it by the bit.ly uh link right
there. It's also going to be on the website. We're going to send all of this out and happily bombard the community with all of these wonderful dates. Um, and if you want to see just how lovely this will be, ask any teacher here. Um, and to show you, here are some pictures
of what we have done. So, we did meet with teachers, our students at all of the buildings um for some sessions. The students were asked to share um what makes their school what could make their school more of a loving and inviting environment,
what we could do to make it more welcoming to them and and to other friends that that come into the building, and what we could do to make it of a more of a engaging learning environment for them. Um, so we met with elementary, middle, and high school students. And then we brought all the
staff in on July June 2nd. Um, and the best way I could describe it is speed dating. So you see everybody there in the gym and um, we all got to talk and then we got into groups and we all got to share. So this is what the community
forums will look like. Um, it is very active. of it is very engaging and we would like the entire community to come out because we do need your voice to make our strategic plan the best that it could be to drive the vision of Rosel Park.
So in closing, progress across all board goals made uh systems are in place in producing results. Focus remains on our continued improvement across all the areas that we just spoke about. Um but over the three years improved academic
outcomes, expanded student supports, increased staff collaboration, enhanced learning opportunities, strengthened partnerships. So as we move forward, our focus still remains on continued improvement, meaningful engagement, and ensuring every student is prepared for
success. So the big is thank you. As we reflect on the past three years, we are proud of all that we have accomplished together. Through challenges, opportunities, and continued growth, our students, staff, families,
board of education, and community have demonstrated resilience, commitment, and an affirmed dedication to the success of every child in our community. Um, this year's review process reaffirmed what makes Rosel Park special, the strength of our relationships, our sense of
community, and our shared belief in our students, which is what brings us together every time. So, as we begin this work of our 2629 strategic plan, we do so with a clear understanding of both our strengths and our opportunities for growth. The work ahead is not about
changing who we are. It is about building upon what we do best as a community, as staff, as students, as everyone collectively together, strengthening our systems and ensuring that every voice has an opportunity to help shape our future. Thank you to our
students. Without them, we would be nothing. Our staff, families, and community members for your partnership, trust, and commitment to Rose Park Schools. We wish everyone a safe, restful, and enjoyable summer, and we look forward to continue this important work in the year ahead. Together, we
celebrate progress, honor our traditions, and embrace the future. Thank you. So, at this time, I would just like to provide a brief enrollment update for the board and community. Our district enrollment has remained strong and stable throughout the 2526 school year.
Our total enrollment increased from 1,921 students in September to 1,981 students in March. As of June 15th, our enrollment stands at 1,970 students, representing a decrease of
only 11 students since March and four students since our May enrollment report. These minor fluctuations are typical and reflect continued stability across the district. Our current enrollment by building is as follows. Aldine 278, Robert Gordon 318, Sherman
school 358, middle school 435, high school 548, and preschool 33. Overall, our enrollment remains consistent and healthy as we conclude the school year. This stability supports our planning efforts for staffing, programming, budgeting, and
facilities as we prepare for the next school year. I would like to also just briefly update regarding residency and registration. Between May 17th and June 16th, 30 residency verifications were completed with one case potentially requiring
further residency investigation. The preschool department was assisted with the registration of 28 new preK students. Two residency investigations were completed. Assistance was provided with an overdue student registration. As a result of prior residency investigations, three students will be
disenrolling from the district at the conclusion of the school year 2526. These he efforts help us ensure accuracy of our student enrollment records, maintain compliance with district residency requirements and support um our district resources. I would like to
thank our families for their continued confidence in our schools and for entrusting us with their children's educations. As we conclude this final board meeting of the school year, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all of our board of education members for their leadership
and support, our administrators and staff for their continued dedication, our families for their partnership, and our students for inspiring us each day. This year has been marked by growth, achievement, and resilience. Together, we have celebrated success, embraced
many challenges, and remained focused on providing the very best educational experience for our students. I wish everyone a safe, restful, and well-deserved summer. We look forward to welcoming our students and staff back in September as we continue building on the strong foundations we have created
together. Oh yeah. Bye guys. Have a good night. >> We love having you guys here. We really don't get that much love. >> Congratulations guys. Thank you. Congratulations. >> Mrs. Costa. I thought you wanted me to
go. I'm sorry. >> [snorts] >> Thank you, Miss Goyce and Dr. Gas for your presentation. Moving into the agenda. Um, second reading, naming naming of stadium
section. Item one, naming of stadium section. May I have a motion to approve? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Christian Camilo,
>> yes. >> Vice President Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Zay Fonte, >> yes. >> Dr. Brittney Kirkland, >> yes. >> Jennifer Mano, >> yes. >> Gregory Pocowski, >> yes. Quintella.
>> Yes. >> President Michael Anne Rean. >> Yes. >> Motion passed. >> Personnel agenda items 2 through 35. Two, staff appointments. Three, appointments. Four, approve the collective
negotiations agreement. Five, substitute home instruction salaries. Six, district substitutes pair of professionals. Seven, substitute appointment lists. Eight, staffless 2627.
Nine, employment contracts 2627. 10, retirement compensation. 11, salary freeze increment withholding. 12, Board meeting recordings. 13, staff resignation.
14, medical leave of absence. 15, medical leave of absence revision 2025206. 16, maternity leave of absence revisions. 17. Maternity leave of absences 2026 2027.
18. Summer 2026 child study team personnel. 19. Extended school year program. 20. Multilingual learner staff. 21. Home instruction for IEP instruction services.
22. Home instruction. 23. Middle school activity chaperons 24 steam tank 25 bus drivers 26 bus aids 27 technology department summer interns
28 summer 2026 curriculum writing opportunities 29 summer 2026 administrative work aline 30 summer 2026 administrative work 31 pilot teacher 2026
2027 32 summer camp staff 2026 33 summer camp enterprise secretary 34 2026 summer credit recovery program staff 35 athletic coaches 2026 2027
May I have a motion to approve the personnel section and a second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call, please. >> Christian Camilo, >> yes. >> Vice President Mark Fernandez,
>> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. Except for on 32, number 44, I recuse myself. Z Infante. >> Yes. >> Dr. Brittney Kirkland. >> Yes.
>> Jennifer Mano. >> Yes. Except for number 32. I recuse myself. >> Gregory Picowski. >> Yes. >> Constance Quintella. >> Yes. With a recusal from number four.
Recusal from 874 and a recusal from 3259. >> President Michael Rean. >> Yes. >> Motion pass. >> Education agenda items 36 through 45.
36. Grant applications. New Jersey Learning Acceleration Program High Impact Tutoring Grant Cohort 3. 37. Triop hockey agreement. 38. District emergency virtual or remote instructional plan. 39. Workbased
learning experiences. 40. Clinical experience. 41. 2026 2027 high school marching band schedule. 42. Mckin Vento agreement. 43. Conference attendance request. 44. Lift
grant events. 45. Scholarship for Roosevelt Park High School. May I please have a motion to approve this section? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call, please. >> Christian Camillo, >> yes.
>> Vice President Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Zfonte, >> yes. >> Dr. Brittney Kirkland, >> yes. >> Jennifer Mano, >> yes. >> Gregory Policowski, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella,
>> yes. President Michael Rean. >> Yes. >> Motion passed. >> Business agenda items 46 through 65. 46 monthly certification. 47 approval of bills June 2026.
48. Bill pay authorization. 49. Affirmative action team. 50. Approval of the adoption of the tax levy schedule. 51. Use of buildings and grounds. 52. Rosa Park board meeting. 53. New Jersey
high school voter registration law. 54. School security drill statement of assurance. 55. School bus emergency evacuation drill report. 56. New Jersey school performance. 57. Tuition and
transportation contracts 2026 2027. 58. Professional services contract 2026 2027. 59. Health insurance renewal for 2026 2027. 60. Urging relief from rising public
school employee healthcare costs. 61. Technology district contracts 2026 2027. 62. Business contracts for district 2026 2027. District 63. District bank. 64.
Settlement agreement. 65. Removal of piano. May I have a motion to approve this section? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call, please.
>> Christian Camillo, >> yes. >> Vice President Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Zean Fonte, >> yes. >> Dr. Britney Kirkland, >> yes. >> Jennifer Mano, >> yes.
>> Gregory Pocowski, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes. With a no to 62A. >> 62. >> President Michael Rean. >> Yes. >> Motion passed.
>> Harassment, intimidation, bullying incidents. Agenda item 65. 65 harassment, intimidation, bullying, and incidents. May I have a motion to approve? >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Roll call, please. >> Christian Camo, >> yes to all. >> Vice President Mark Fernandez, >> yes to all. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes to all. >> Zay Fonte, >> yes to all.
>> Dr. Brittany Kirkland, >> yes to all. Jennifer Mano, >> yes to all. >> Gregory Pocowski, >> yes to all. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes to all. >> President Michael Anne Regan, >> yes to all. >> Motion passed. >> We now move into continuing business. Is
there any continuing business? We move into the student report. Good evening. As we approach the last few days of the school year, the high school is heading into the final two days of exams tomorrow and Thursday. Students returning next year have submitted their course requests, and
many have already received their summer assignments for advanced placement in honors level courses. [snorts] Several of our students will soon be traveling to Washington DC to represent Roso Park High School at the Technology Student Association National Conference. We wish them the best of luck as they
compete in events including architectural design, 2D CAD architecture, digital video production, promotional design, fashion design, and virtual reality. Most of our seniors have completed the majority of their exams and we are eagerly looking forward
to commencement on June 23rd on 7 p.m. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to the RPHs PTO for organizing project graduation and providing our graduates with a safe and memorable celebration following the ceremony. As a student myself, the seniors have not
stopped talking about it. So, thank you so much and you're appreciated more than you know. Um before graduation, seniors will enjoy the senior banquet on Monday evening followed by senior sunset. Prom was held on June 4th at the Sapphire Grand in Woodbridge and was a tremendous success. Students enjoyed a beautiful
evening filled with laughter, dancing, and memories that will last a lifetime. Finally, if you haven't seen already, NJ.com recently released its rankings of New Jersey public high schools, and Rosa Park was ranked 140th out of 364 public high schools statewide. This ranking
place our PHS ahead of several neighboring districts including Cranford, Kennaworth, Union, Scotch Plains, and Springfield, reflecting the continued hard work and dedication of our students, staff, and community. And as this is my final report as student
board representative, I would just like to take this moment to say thank you. Rosa Park raised me in ways I'm only now starting to understand. I have called Roso Park home for the past 13 and a half years. I grew up in these schools, learned from incredible teachers, and
formed friendships and memories that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. Serving as your student board representative has been one of the greatest honors and one of the fun in one of the funnest moments of my high school experience. A special thank you to Miss Costa for trusting me with this position in this role and just
supporting me throughout this journey. You are loved among all students and me personally. Well, I am excited to begin the next chapter of my journey at the University of Michigan in August where I will be pursuing nursing. Um, Rosa Parker will always hold a special place in my heart. And a special thank you to
the board of education, Superintendent Goce, our administrators, teachers, staff, and fellow students for investing so much in us um these past years and each and every day. So, it has been a privilege to represent the student body this year and to Rosa Park High School. Thank you for allowing me to be your
voice. And this concludes my final student report. Thank you, Ununice. Um, I'd just like to add, um, Ununice has been part of the board, um, for this last school school year. Um, she's shown maturity, poise,
kind of being up here with a lot of very, uh, hard discussions. Um, her dedication to school and her community doesn't go unnoticed. Um she's also the recipient this year of the River Muscosio Foundation um for students not
only who exceed academically but provide service to their community. And I just want to congratulate her. Thank you so much for your service this year. You have been incredibly brave and patient
and have done a remarkable job. So, thank you and good luck in your future. You're going to do amazing things. Now, we're going to move on to continuing business. Is there anything continuing? Okay, moving into new business. We'll
start from that side. Um, so for the high school PTO, as Una said, graduation is on June 23rd on Tuesday at 7 o'clock. Hopefully no rain. Um, and they have PTO. I know Jen is
helping with that is project graduation. They've been working very hard and I know it's going to be successful. So, is it still too late to buy tickets if you haven't already done so? >> It's not too late. We will take them up until the very last moment. So far we have an outstanding 82 students that have signed up out of the graduating
class and I'm expecting much more. So thank you. >> Um also there is a half new board this year. So Wendy uh is going to stay president. Greg will be staying our vice president. So you can expect to see them
next year at all board meetings. Uh there is a new treasurer Brian Jude and a new secretary Jamie Necron. So, good luck to all of them for next year. Um, they wanted everyone to know that everyone needs to fill out their athletic forms for next year if you
haven't already done so. Um, they are now on Genesis, not family ID, so it's different online if you try to sign up. Also, do not forget if you need to to look in, they're doing summer food programs, so check out the high school website if you need to
look into that. Um, also Frank and Wendy are wishing everybody a happy, safe summer and they look forward to seeing everybody next year. >> I have one from Sherman. >> Okay. >> Sherman has their um kindergarten
celebration on the 16th. Wait, >> is it? >> Oh, never mind. It was today. Um on the 17th tomorrow they'll have their clap in. On the 18th they're doing an Italian ice and then they're having
their party and last day of school is the 23rd. So thank you. Have a nice summer everybody. >> I had the privilege to attend uh the middle school award ceremony on Friday. Um, I just want to thank Miss Q, Miss Melo, the teachers at the middle school
and all the support staff for all the hard work they've done this year. Um, the middle school um, awards for academic and for sports and just uh, you know, really um, great job by the
teachers and the coaches at the school. Um, I really want to thank them. Um, I also want to add Mr. Kane, thank you for your service. It's much appreciated. The teachers here in the high school, Miss Costa, um I think we've had an
incredible year. Um considering the snow, all the uh obstacles we had this year, but you know, again, thank you to all. It's it's really noticed um and we appreciate it. Thank you. Now we now move into the public
participation portion. Each member of the public may speak a maximum of three minutes. Please state your name for the record. Good evening again. My name is Alexandra Barnett and I just wanted to say um as a conclusion to the end of the year, I it
was so nice last month that I attended the TSA state championship in the College of New Jersey. And I have so much to say, but it was very enlightening and I was in awe to see our
students up against amongst high schools that were called technology high school, math and science high school and our students won second prize and now they're going to Washington DC. In addition to that,
the teamwork makes the dream work because that's how they got to second place. And I'm sorry, I'm nervous. And I just wanted to add that the why why I I got a chance to speak to some of the teachers there that are also from other
schools. And it was interesting to know that they don't have a period built into their day. They don't even have it as a zero period like we do. So that's why it's so effective. It could either be a zero period or a period during the day
for the children to get that instruction and that help from a teacher. The students in the other schools, according to their teachers, they were on their own. Some of them come in for a little guidance, but the majority of them do it on their own. It's not a
class built into the state into their day. So, as as the student rep said and your goals, I think this is a wonderful pro program to keep. Not only limit to first and second and
possibly third might be a stretch, but that would be nice. And it also goes well with students that are not athletes. Not everybody's an athlete. Students that may not excel in other areas, but they would excel. they might
excel in this. And I know that my daughter because of this class, she I'm sorry I'm getting sentimental because I'm talking about my daughter, but she is now interested in architecture and design and that's what she wants to pursue because of that class. So I just
want to say thank you and I hope that class keeps keeps going. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Hello. Uh Tom Devidio, 139 West Dudley Avenue. Uh there was a an addition to
this uh agenda item for our summer intern that was not on the last one. Uh Jeffrey Lynn, last year's high school valadictorian. Happy to have him back and I'm happy that our high school valadictorian from last year is willing to come back and happy to work and have a great night.
>> Thank you. Peter Kane again. I wanted to thank you for two approvals tonight. I wanted to thank you. We have uh naming of the stadium for coach John Wagner. Excuse [clears throat] me. You don't have to go to high school here. If you played a sport anywhere you grew up and
you had a mentor in your life and you had someone that just guided you in a certain way, that was not me with John Wagner, but I can relate to it because I have my own John Wagner and uh I really shouldn't put a plural on that because they are very far and few in between. So I do thank you for it. Uh the first step was approving the the board policy
change just to get us to this point. Uh so thank you for approving that moving forward. We have uh Mr. Phenio was was a big help and he's here tonight. We have uh some of the signarello family here in support for tonight and one of our Hall of Famers in coach Dennis McAffrey also
here tonight. They are very excited. The plan would be and I'm speak I'm working with them here and working with Miss Costa and uh the new vice principal of athletics, assistant principal to do this dedication at our first home game next year which will be against I
believe Belleville on September 4th and that'll be a Friday and we can do it at halftime uh or before the game. we can name the stadium, invite them here and do that whole thing. So, thank you very much. I also want to thank you uh for hockey. You know, it's [clears throat] we don't have many students that do it,
but the ones that do, it's their whole life and they care about it. They're fantastic students here. I was I was informed that this all started, you know, before many of us were in the positions that we are in currently and it was a way to retain some of our our athletes that could seek out different
schools just to get the opportunity to play the sport that they love just because we don't house it in-house here. Uh and with that comes some great students. Some of these players are some of the best in their class and and their scores and they're just great people and we get to keep them here in Roso Park so
they get the best of both worlds. They get to play the sport they love and we get them walking in our hallways here to add to our community. So, I really do mean it. Thank you very much for both of us. Have a great night. >> Thank [applause] you. >> Mr. Kane, I have your little blue card
that has your name on it. Does that mean I can't use it any longer? Good evening. My name is Dennis McCaffrey. I am a 1987 graduate Roseell Park High School. I grew up on Walnut Street. My family lived in Roseel Park for 53 years. I moved over to Cranford.
I worked in Cranford Board of Ed system for about 30 years. I retired as a principal. I want to say it was very nice to hear that Rosel beat Cranford in the scores and uh I live in Cranford but I'm always from Rosel Park. I'm a true proud Panther and want to congratulate
you on going to Michigan. It's awesome stuff and wish you the very best. Also like to thank the board of ed for recognizing and naming the stadium after coach Wagner. Uh Mrs. Sig, I call her Miss Sig, Miss Carl. She was my 10th grade English teacher. Uh Mrs. Sig and
Mr. Phenial decided to put it together. Uh, and anytime you put a cigarella and a finio into anything in Rosal Park and you're from Rosal Park and you're true Rosal Park Panther, you know, you always have a good shot of it happening. And finding out tonight that the Rosal Park board of ed has approved naming the
field after coach Sean Wagner, I just want to tell you as one of his former athletes and someone who's been uh truly molded by him, um, I I can't thank you guys enough for what you did. You did the right thing. It's for the right person. It's for the right uh right reason. Uh, he's a great has helped so
many of us uh student athletes and I was one of the fortunate ones that went on to be a educator and a coach uh and I'm still coaching to this day and he's the first coach who ever hired me uh on his staff. So I coached at Rosal Park and I was part of the staff that won two consecutive state championships and I
watched him uh build a program from the ground up to one of the best uh uh football programs in the state of New Jersey. And like Mr. Kane said uh it was a group effort, but Mr. Kane, I want to thank you for everything you did. you were text away. Anytime we reached out
to you, uh, you were ready to go. Uh, you know, Mr. Phenio, I want to thank you not for only what you did for Mr. Wagner, but for everything you've ever done, for every person in Rosel Park. There was a time when Mr. Phenio was everything and he still is to me and he
still went to a lot of us in Rosel Park. Uh, and we get together annually over at Franches once a year so that all the former Rosell Park people can see Mr. Phenio because you're looking at a living icon. uh we call Mount Rushmore Roosevelt Park. So also like to recognize like Mr. Kane did the
Sigerella family for everything they do. Uh but I I want to say lastly that thank you very much for your decision and what you did tonight because there's going to be a lot of Rosel Park people that are very appreciative and I'm certainly one of them. Thank you. >> Thank you.
Katie McDerm at Rosal Park. I'm speaking tonight as an individual and not as a CPAG res representative. As the school year comes to a close and summer work begins, I wanted to take this opportunity to ask the board again to move all special education classrooms out of basement. Um, being relegated to
a basement affects a child's sense of self. Many of our special education students can't tell us what it's like to be down there every day, years on end. Their silence isn't the same as indifference. If general education classrooms were assigned to some of the basement spaces our special education
children are in. Parents would be up in arms, but many of our special education parents are stay quiet out of fear that complaining will negatively affect their students. So, I'm asking the board again again to make this a priority. These st students deserve the same standard you'd
want for anybody else. Second, uh my oldest graduates from Union County Magnet High School Thursday night and I wanted to take a moment to thank the Roseell Park teachers who got them there in kindergarten. and Mrs. Engineito met a rambunctious kid who asked a million questions and wanted to do everything their own way. She saw them for who they
were and fed their curiosity. I found their kindergarten journal recently and there's an entry about how excited they were to have Mrs. Geneito back from maternity leave. And to this day, my kid will tell you she is their favorite teacher. In first grade, Mrs. Wilds gave them the structure they needed to keep going. In second grade, Mrs. Scholan
Carroll was the first teacher to point out how academically gifted they were. She looked past the severe ADHD and appreciated them for who they were and what they could do. Third grade, there was Mrs. Bergos. Fourth grade, Mrs. Garretts, Mrs. Stevens. Fifth grade, Miss Sheps, Miss Stevens. Middle school
gets a little blurry, but there was uh Mrs. Weart, who not only taught them to really love math, but also encouraged them to be on Council of 10. There was Mrs. Melo, Mr. Flea, more than I can remember. So, all of that to say, there are extraordinary teachers in this district like the ones I just listed and
the ones you recognize tonight. Whether a student stays in district through graduation or moves on to UCBTS or somewhere else, the foundation these teachers build carries them through. They shape a kid's whole trajectory. And while the strategic plan looks promising, we can't ignore the
significant turnover over the last few years. I'd ask the board to really really consider what it takes to keep teachers like these in the district and actually make the changes needed to asssure that they will stay here. Thank you. >> Thank you. Edward a good evening everyone. Um
it's been a long day for me. I don't feel all right. So please be patient with me. Uh I want to say first thank you very much uh for all the support and all as usual the uh
understanding. I want to say good job Robert Gardner school. They had a very great awarding assembly and yet they were not recognized well. I
see the art student got great awards. They didn't get to recognize well Mr. Selo deserve to bring her student winner student for good recognition here
at the board of education. I'm disappointed with Miss Dati just bringing the TD fire teddy team. The concert is great, great concert. I attended I was amazed. She should deserve also mention from the
superintendent in her newsletter and the super I mean the principal newsletter. I'm proud of Robert Gordon. I say they are the number one elementary school in Rosel Park. Now I'm proud of everything I did and I said
this school year and the perfect school year resulted in vastly improvement. I'm proud. I'm proud really of myself and my encouragement. uh this resulted also in this nice speech and and and and all superintendent said in her
representation and uh also uh vice president vice assistant principal I'm sorry I'm sorry assistant superintendent game I'm glad she teaming up with me her and Miss Dy and we're going to do great
school year next school year I'm looking for more cooperation everything up front all the resources clear communic ation books you know the just as I said give the students all the the trust and see
they will get good good good results. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Seeing no one else, we close the public portion. A motion move into we're going to move into
adjournment. Um, may I have a motion? >> May I have a second? >> All in favor? I >> I >> The next scheduled regular board meeting will be an open session held on Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 at 7 p.m.
The board meeting will be held in the Rosal Park High School auditorium. Meeting adjourned.