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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: B2pCeWrLCYY):
- 00:00:04: Meeting Called to Order; Pledge; Student Representative Report
- 00:01:10: High School Athletics, Academics, and Upcoming Events
- 00:03:19: Middle School Sixth Grade Experience; District Music Day
- 00:04:52: Washington School Updates; Parrofessional Appreciation Day
- 00:05:58: Elementary School Updates: Franklin School Highlights
- 00:06:46: Long School: Literacy, Marine Life, Music, Wax Museum
- 00:07:50: Smith School Updates: Wax Museum, Planet Exhibit, Music Day
- 00:08:55: Superintendent's Report: Cell Phones, Calendar, Preschool Tuition
- 00:13:18: Acknowledging Lorena Carmona Lopez: Unsung Hero Award
- 00:16:29: Neurodiversity Class Presentation: Acceptance, Brain Types
- 00:32:09: Business Administration Report; Budget Overview and Referendums
- 00:35:01: Open and Close Meeting for Public Comment
- 00:35:21: Board Action Items and VFW Donation Acknowledgment
- 00:40:48: Committee and Liaison Reports: Budget, Paris, and More
- 00:41:38: School-Specific Liaison Reports: Smith, Long, Washington
- 00:44:18: Old Business and Closing Public Comments, Meeting Adjourned


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Good evening. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Akamando, >> present. >> Miss Bali. >> Mr. Dello, >> present. >> Mr. Oello, >> present. >> Missello, >> present. >> Miss Roloff >> here. >> Miss Torvik,

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>> Miss Traverso >> here. >> Misselli >> here. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Adequate notice of this meeting has been sent to all members of the board of education and to the Bergen record in accordance with the provisions of the open public meeting act chapter 231

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1975. At this time, please be advised all cell phones and electronic devices are to be turned off. Um, student representative report. Girls, >> hello. I'm so excited to do this this month. There's so much going on. But we're going to start with high school.

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So, spring is in full swing and our school is thriving. The energy around school right now is absolutely unmatched. So, we're going to start with athletics because honestly, wow. Our lacrosse team is on a five-game win streak and they're just one game away from winning their league and the season just started. Our lacrosse girls have

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been putting in so much work, looking forward to more wins. Talk about setting the tone early. Softball is also crushing it, showing up strong and making this spring season one to remember. Baseball has been working hard with their next game being tomorrow at Waldwick. In very exciting news, today

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was our first home meet for track. Our athletes were so excited to finally represent Saddlebrook on their track. Additionally, our boys went to the Adidas Nationals, did great, had an amazing experience, had a great time. Our girls are putting in a lot of work as well, building up their team and

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friendships, making a lasting impact. Our seniors, Olivia Paplowski and Dylan Tui, received the NJC sportsmanship award, a player who exhibits sportsmanship and encouragement through their teams and throughout the school. Congratulations to our Falcons. On the academic side, students have been

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putting in the work. Mach AP exams went great and now everyone is gearing up for the real deal in May. Keep that momentum going. You've got this. Also, a quick reminder, marking period 4 ends this Friday, so make sure all assignments are in and grades are where you want them. We've got a packed schedule of events

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coming up. Blood drive Tuesday, April 21st, after a powerful presentation about the importance of donating blood. Let's show up and make a difference. Senior portraits for 11th grade, Wednesday, April 22nd. Bring your child to work day, Thursday, April 23rd.

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Courtyard cleanup, April 24th. Let's make our space beautiful. Decision day, May 1st, a celebration for everyone, whether you're heading to college, the workforce, or the military. Big futures ahead. State testing is also on the horizon. Grades 7 through nine are

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taking English and math. Grade 11, science. So stay focused and do your best. And of course, the moment many have been waiting for, prom season. Our juniors and seniors are counting down the days with so many exciting events still to come as they make their the most of their year. So get outside,

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enjoy the warm weather, and keep bringing that amazing energy every day. Middle school. On March 25th, we hosted the sixth grade experience. This event is a highlight of the year for both our middle school staff and our incoming students. When the students arrived, our staff was there to greet and escort them

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into the auditorium. These future middle schoolers had the opportunity to meet the faculty, learn about the curriculum, and understand the expectations of middle school life. Our faculty explained the wide variety of extracurricular activities and clubs available, encouraging every student to

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become an active member of their school community. High school students led tours of the building, offering an insiders look at the daily routine and what to expect between classes. Before returning to their elementary schools, we took group pictures to mark the beginning of their journey with us.

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We look forward to officially welcoming these students into our middle school family for the 2026 2027 school year. April 2nd was District Music Day at the middle school high school. A fantastic opportunity for our band and choir students to showcase their skill,

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talent, and enthusiasm. We had the privilege of hosting all three elementary school music teachers and their students who joined us to practice, try new instruments, and learn new coral pieces. The day accumulated in a collaborative performance with our older students, and the excitement was

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felt by everyone involved. We want to thank Mr. Cuden, Mr. Ortega, and all the elementary music teachers for planning such a wonderful and eventful day. Washington School. After what felt like a very long winter, we are so excited to finally welcome warmer weather and

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sunshine. With spring here, we'll be spending more time outdoors, enjoying fresh air and playtime. Please remember to dress your child accordingly, applying sunscreen before school, dressing in layers for cooler mornings and warmer afternoons, and wearing safe closed toe sneakers for the playground.

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We also took a moment to celebrate our incredible pair of professionals on April 1st for Parrofessional Appreciation Day. A huge thank you to them for their hard work, care, and dedication. We are so fortunate at Washington School to have such a supportive and passionate team. So much of what we do each day would not be

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possible without them. A few important reminders. If your child is currently attending Washington School, there is no need to reregister for kindergarten. If your child will be returning to preschool next year, please confirm with the main office so we can reserve their spot. You can do so by emailing Miss

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Chris Fontana. As always, please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns. We truly appreciate your continued support and partnership. Thank you, Zezy. Now, I will share the updates for our elementary schools, beginning with Franklin School. It has been an exciting and productive month at

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Franklin. Students enjoyed a special visit from the Saddlebrook Public Library in the media center where each grade level learned about the resources available to help them beyond school walls. Franklin School thanks Miss Fuerte, the library media specialist who has been working on initiatives to

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connect students with library resources. Also this month, students in the gifted and talented program showcased their creativity at the Cardboard Carnival. Sixth graders had the opportunity to visit the middle school high school for the sixth grade experience, giving them

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a firstirhand look at what's ahead. The March Madness reading competition had students voting on their favorite books. And as we look ahead, fifth graders will begin NJSLA science testing later this month with ELA math and writing testing for grades 3 through six to follow in

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May. Thank you to our staff, students, and families for a wonderful month at Franklin. Next, over at Long School, students continue to push their creativity and academic potential. Here is a snapshot of a few things that of the few many highlights from our classrooms. Our kindergarteners are

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making huge strides in literacy, beginning to write complete sentences and reading tricky words. In science, they have dived under the sea, exploring world, the world of coral reefs and marine life in their newest unit of study. Third graders are preparing for the upcoming recorder concert on

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Wednesday, April 22nd. This special event will feature students from all three elementary schools performing together in a wonderful display of musical talent. Also, preparation is underway for the highly anticipated annual wax museum. On May 8th, our fifth

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graders will transform into historical figures to present and share their research. And finally, sixth graders are diving into the world of statistics and the forces of plate tectonics. They also recently enjoyed a successful transition day at the middle school, gaining a

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sneak peek at the exciting adventures awaiting them next year. And finally, at Smith School, students were excited to return to school on Monday. It is hard to believe that we are heading into the last 50 days of the school year. Our building was busy with a lot of events prior to the April

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break. The fifth graders did an excellent job on their wax museum, becoming wax figures, and presenting the wax museum to families and other grade levels. Our third graders put together their knowledge from their Amplify material and some additional resources

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to create an exciting Planet exhibition for families. And right before break, our musical sixth graders had a great time joining the other buildings, middle school, and the high school students for music day. Their performances were phenomenal and everyone had a great

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time. That's everything. Thank you. >> Thank you, girls. You guys are both amazing when you give your reports. I really look forward to them. Thank you. Um, at this time we're going to do the superintendence report. Miss Vleti, >> thank you. Thank you, girls.

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Okay, so I'm going to give my updates and then we are going to acknowledge our unsung hero and have a presentation on our neurodeiversity class. So I will begin my updates. Um, we started enforcing this Monday, returning from

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spring recess, um, the no cell phone and smartwatch, AirPod rule in our schools. So, so far it's going pretty well. Um, our principles have really been on top of it and doing a fabulous job, our teachers as well with enforcing this rule. So, starting it now enables us to

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develop a solid policy that is required to be implemented before September of 2026. So, thank you everybody. I also have to admit that there was an error in next year's calendar. Thank you to the parents that pointed it out to me. Um,

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and it's I swear it's the hardest part of the job and I wish the state would just give a calendar out to every district. Um, we omitted the three built-in snow days. So now we need to attach three snow days to next year's calendar. So instead of our last day being Friday, June 18th, it'll be

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Wednesday, June 23rd with high school graduation June 22nd. and that will be on May's agenda for board of ed approval. So, we build those three snow days into our calendar. So, that way we hit the mandated 100 180 days of school and then if we do not close for those

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snow days, we get those three days back. So, I do apologize to everybody for that omission. I also wanted to let the board know that we are looking So, we did a survey across the county in regards to preschool tuition. So, we currently have half day tuition. We have full day

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tuition. Our current rates are, oh gosh, 3500 maybe for half day tuition and 7,400 for full day preschool tuition. I I should I should have written that down. Um, yes, that was a 74 and three.

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Um, so we are we did a survey. We're one of the lowest in the county, if not the lowest. So, we are looking to increase our half day preschool tuition to $4,000 and our full day preschool tuition to $8,000. That will also um we're planning to put that on May's agenda as well. I

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also wanted to notify the board. I posted on social media today that our high school started a podcast. Um one of our staff members attended a workshop and was very excited to come back and start a podcast for our high school. She has the students getting involved in it. So, I did share the link out on social

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media and I will share it out with my district updates at the end of this week as well. And I also wanted to share that today we hosted our last um day of instructional rounds. It's one of our district goals. So, in hospitals when they do medical rounds, a team of

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doctors visits patients together. They discuss what they observe and they collaborate on the best course of action. So, the focus is on learning, problem solving, and improving patient care, not judging the individual doctor. Instructional rounds work the work the same way in schools. So a team of educators, they visit the classrooms,

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they observe student learning and instructional practices. They discuss what they see and look for patterns. And then they use that information to improve teaching and learning across the system. The goal is continuous improvement. It's about professional learning from real day-to-day practice and working together to get better outcomes for our students. So I want to

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thank Mr. Robinson has really spearheaded this. he's taken the lead um leading our three instructional rounds that we had this year. And I also want to thank the team of teachers because they really embraced it. They've been um really being active in these sessions

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and excited about it. So they're excited to continue this initiative next school year. It's really a a neat way to have professional development learning in house in district and having our teachers collaborate, visit classrooms, and talk to one another. So it's really been going quite well. We received a lot

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of positive feedback about it and we are excited to continue with this next school year. So at this point I am going to ask our board to transition to the seats so that way we can have our two short presentations.

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Okay. So, we are going to start with acknowledging our unsung hero and awarding this student with a resolution that I will share a little bit about. But with me is Mr. M. And I'm going to allow him to share a little bit more about this student as he knows a little bit more than I do about Lena.

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>> I'm I'm going to go off the cuff a little bit which is always scary. So hopefully Matt could edit this if need be. Um so so Lena is our unsung hero and every year, you know, we pick somebody from the school who's a senior who, you

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know, might just kind of fly under the radar a little bit and every year they don't, you know, every year they're a great kid. Um Lorena was an easy choice this year. I call her the queen because she's the vice president of the chess club and when they announced it, they had they put like the the the queen, you

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know, chess piece. That's her. And she really is. She does everything. She's one of our student ambassadors. She came from Costa Rica at 15 or Cuba. My apologies. Say going off the cuff. Um, and you would never know from speaking

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with her. She's just like a posit like such a positive force in the school. The teachers love her. She's a teacher intern for Mr. Kushner. So, she teaches physics in the afternoon. Um, she keeps Mr. Kushner in line which is very important as well. Um she all around

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great kid. She helped with the custodial staff over the summer last year and and you could imagine they loved having her. So a great kid, not an unsung hero, but it's just been like a joy to have in the building. So congratulations Lena. >> Thank you Mr. M. Lena. Come on up. I'm

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going to just if you can stand up with us and turn around and smile. I'm going to read the resolution so that way everybody knows what it says. Whereas the Bergen County School Boards Association in collaboration with the New Jersey School Boards Association recognizes unsung heroes from each high school in Bergen County to celebrate

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those whose character and impact define the heart of our schools. And whereas the Unsung Hero Award honors students who make outstanding contributions to their schools and communities, but are often overlooked by traditional recognition programs. Students who have modeled good citizenship, a spirit of

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quiet strength, and a profile and purpose that inspires others. And whereas these unsung heroes may have organized community programs, selflessly supported their peers, or achieved significant academic success while overcoming difficult personal challenges, disabilities, or language

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barriers. And whereas Lorenna Carmona Lopez has overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to reach their full potential, serving both the school community and the community at large as a beacon of resilience and integrity. And whereas on Wednesday, March 4th,

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2026, Lorena Carmona Lopez was formally recognized for these achievements at the 2026 Bergen County Unsung Hero Awards ceremony held at Henry P. Beckton Regional High School. Now, therefore, be it resolved that this that the Saddlebrook Board of Education

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officially recognizes Lorena Corona Lopez as an unsung hero of Bergen County and the Saddle Brook School District. And be it further resolved that this resolution is presented to Lorena Corona Lopez as a sincere token of the Saddlebook Board of Education's congratulations and best wishes for

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continued success as you continue to lead by example. Congratulations. At this time we are going to have a presentation on our neurodyiversity course and I'm going to invite speech pathologist Mrs. Ironman up here. She is

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one of the leads with this course and I'm going to let her share. >> Yeah, of course you guys can come up here. I got my whole posi up here. Wow. You can. Zuzie can too. She's taken the

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class last year. Good evening. So, as uh Miss Betty said, my name is Miss Laura Ironman. I am the speech pathologist at the high school middle school. I've had the honor of creating and now teaching um this class with this hooligan over

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here uh for the past two years. Um it is a halfyear course and this year I thought let's keep the tradition alive and present for neurodeiversity month. So this month for those who do not know for April is neurodeiversity acceptance

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month. Something that's special about this for this year is we're really trying to focus on not just necessarily highlighting autism. While autism is a part of neurodeiversity, there's a lot of other brain types or neurotypes that

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we talk about as well. Um, and Mr. Mice saying he could come up here. It's because he actually was one of our guest speakers for ADHD. So, it's great that we do have representation throughout the building of different neurotypes and brain types and how we're able to uh share with our students. Um, so I do

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have two student represent representations here as well. Um, and part of the PowerPoint that we created today was um, I asked our students to group together and create just three facts about different neurotypes

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um, that they may not have realized before this class that is really important for others to know. Um, so uh, yeah, I do want the clicker. Okay, so oh and this is one of the things that we talk about first is our

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neurodiversity umbrella. So it is a umbrella term that actually does include neurotypical people as well. So we do talk about how neurodeiversity truly just means the differences in brains. Um so they see this vision visual a lot. Um and this is not an all-encompassing

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visual. I could make this a two-year class if I had the time. It's so many different brain types out there and research really shows that it continues to grow and grow and grow. So, this is something that's not going away and it's really important for our students to

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learn as much as possible because they're definitely they already have interacted with a neurodeiverse individual within their day-to-day life. No. Okay. So, these are some posters that

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these are some posters that I had our students make. They made a different for different neurotypes or brain types. Um, we have some of them out in the front hallway. I think some of them flew down. So, they're also in room 129 right now. Um, and here are some of those fun

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facts. Now, it's I think you got it. Okay. So, my group I was partnered with um Cassandra in our class and we had autism and as Miss Ironman said, autism

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is normally, you know, focused on a lot. So, I picked three facts that I felt like might get overlooked but are still so important and I think that can often be misunderstood. Um, and I know these are things that I had no idea about until I took her class. So, one thing about autism is that some autistic

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individuals um will have will use non-verbal communication. So, they might communicate through pictures and images or hand gestures, but that does not necessarily mean that they cannot understand other people who speak verbally. And I think like I know that was one

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that I myself had is that I assumed okay if somebody does not speak verbally with words then maybe I shouldn't either but that's not always the case and a second thing is masking so autistic individuals some of them will do something called masking which is like what the word

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sounds like where to fit in to society which does towards neurotypical people they might try to hide certain attributes about themselves that they know what other people would deem as autistic traits And that's exhausting though for the

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individual because they have to pretend and completely not be themselves constantly just to feel accepted. And then f uh finally the last thing I put is about infantilization because unfortunately um with a lot of neurodeiverse people but in autism

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especially they can often be infantilized. And the thing with autism and with other neuro um neurotypes is that just because somebody is autistic does not correlate to their intelligence to their understanding have that direct correlation and a lot of times I think

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you know people do it without realizing and the thing with that though is that that's why like the awareness of it is so important because even if it doesn't come from a bad place no one you know none of us want to be talked down to or like we're children when we know that we can understand what other people are

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saying and that we are intelligent and the same goes for someone um who is autistic or any other neurotype. So those are my three facts that I felt like were very important you did. We're going to skip some of these because we're going to share this at the

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end. Um but we'll go ahead for Kaden for TBI. But these are definitely some neurotypes. And what was cool is when we were sharing the posters out in the front um we had some people be like, "I didn't even realize that fell under neurodeiversity." Um so that was pretty interesting as well.

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>> And uh for those of you who don't know who I am, I'm Kaden Donahghue. I came here last time for public speaking and um now I'm here for intro to neurodiversity and traumatic brain injury TBI for short is actually one of

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them that I did not know even fell under the umbrella of neurodeiversity. Um so TBI or traumatic brain injury, I'm just going to say TBI for short every time. Um, it's basically

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the way you can get it is there's many different ways and one of the examples I have up there is football or sports where if you get hit too hard in the head then your brain is kind of just screwed up. But it can also happen from

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car accidents. It can happen from even falling down the stairs. Like it can happen from anything in your day-to-day life. So, I also have how to help, but I'll get to that. Uh, so one of the things was cultural significance. Now, for anyone who knows football in here,

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you may have at some point heard of Aaron Hernandez. He is a former New England Patriot tight end who had stage three CTE which is a part of uh TBIS and he was affected so badly that at some

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point he had killed someone because of how badly he was affected and unfortunately took his own life. He was a good man before everything had happened and then he became bad because

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of well the CTE. Um I learned that throughout um the brain scans that his brain at 20 I think 27 years old looked like a 60-year-old's.

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It was so severely damaged that he had almost d like doubled his age in just a matter of like months. And one of the struggles of going through uh traumatic brain injuries is

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like uh sudden mood changes, dizziness, nausea. Um, I mean, I got to say like out of all of them, this is probably the worst one to get because

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as much as it's like not really portrayed anywhere, um, it's like it's the one that falls under the radar the most and it's the worst one of them all because of how badly it affects

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people and even in the worst case scenario, it causes restlessness where you can't sleep at night and you're just always awake. Uh confusion and extreme brain uh brain chemistry changes which also happened with Aaron Hernandez as

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you may have seen at some point. Um now how to help because again like I said before this happens in every daytoday life. It could be from falling down the stairs, unfortunately, car accident, or anything else that happens, even

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something that falls on your head. Um, how to help people with TBI? Um, you just have to establish a routine, something that they can get used to and have the healing process like weigh less on them. And another thing you can do is

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encourage getting professional help because as much as you would love to help them, professionals can definitely help them a lot more and do doctors especially because they know how to treat that sort of stuff and also support them emotionally as much as

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possible. Like I know everyone goes through their own day-to-day lives as hard as they are or as easy as they are, but if if someone has TBI, try and help them as much as you can emotionally because they're going through a lot like brain

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chemistry wise and it's just difficult for them to have that burden on their own. So, they just need like someone to someone to help them here and there. Even if it's not all the time, just be there for them as much as possible and

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it'll it'll help them it'll help them heal easier. >> Thank you, Kayen. Um, I think there's like one more slide at the end with the all brains are good brains, which is just what I always love to end on. Um, so this has been a passion project of

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mine for three years now. I think I came to the board initially to introduce this three three or so years ago. Um, and since then it's been growing like crazy. This year we have 24 students. We actually maxed out and then one one did peace out. So we were so close to maxing

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out this year. Um, there's always next year. But um I do love to just share the sentiments that we are creating um even more empathy and compassion in our students and sending them out into various fields with all of this new

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information that's just really important to know about how different interactions happen with people and how people's different brains work. So thank you. >> All right, you can stay up here. We're going to take a picture. Um I just want to thank Miss Arman and Mr. Friday for

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taking the lead with this course. It's such an important course. It teaches acceptance, inclusivity, and to value every human being as every single person is different and um important to our world. So, thank you. Thank you to Kane and Mia for coming and speaking tonight. And if you just stay, I just want to

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take a quick picture. Can I have a motion for a two-minut break? Okay, thank you. We will take a two-minut break and then reconvene. It's a lot of fun. >> We did it many years ago.

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>> Oh, yeah. We packed up this Okay. Well, thank you everybody. That was a great presentation. Very informative. Um, our business administration report. Thank you. Um, as I discussed on Monday,

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the buildings continue to be improved, projects are being finalized, and all is coming uh together. the finishing touches at the middle school, high school with the installation of the signs and doors are starting to be installed throughout the district. Um, I

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know I hear things like, well, where are they getting the money for that and how come the budget, you know, is going up so much? So, you have to understand that there's a couple different funds. There's our general budget that has all like the salaries and wages and and supplies and

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and there is maintenance items, but there was a referendums that get approved and voters approved to do certain projects and that money has to be accounted for uh separately and it can't be used. You can't move that money to pay for things like staff or other

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supplies and so forth. It's it's it's spelled out in what was given to the public and in the question. So, I know it's hard for everybody to think everybody just thinks we have a lot of money, but it's it it's earmarked for a lot. I mean, the board members sign all our district vouchers and they and they see it and that's why I like to have new

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members come on. They sign the vouchers and they see where all the funds and how much things uh cost. Also the budget committee is another good um committee to be on to understand uh you know the funding of the schools but it is it is tough and the budget is you know an

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annual operating budget and it's just hard to follow you know a 2% cap when nothing goes up just 2%. So on that note the 2627 budget is finalized. It's down at the county office. Uh we scheduled the public hearing for for that budget

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at our caucus meeting on May 4th at 7 o'clock. So everybody's welcome to attend. Um we'll go over the budget and then the public has a chance to ask questions and then the adoption will take place on the our regular meeting on May 6. So once we get it back from the

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county, there'll be information added to the district website prior to that meeting and people can go on and look at that. So any questions? That concludes my report. No. Thank you very much. At this time, I'd like to open the

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meeting for a public comment motion. Okay. Anyone? Perfect. I'd like to close the meeting for public mo. Okay. Perfect. Uh board action items B2526 through B2526.38.

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Oh, 35 and then through 38. Any questions? >> I shared um all of this on Monday night, so I'm not going to repeat myself. I do want to just acknowledge two things on the agenda. The VFW donation for our sixth grade field trip. I want to

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express our gratitude to VFW Post 3484. They're donating $1,000 towards the sixth grade field trip. And also, the SBF had reached out for um furniture donations. I think I think they do it every year maybe. And they did receive

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it this year. So, we are going to also receive a furniture donation through Green Standards on behalf of the Saddlebook Educational Foundation valued at the amount of $5,900. So, I do want to thank the SBF for always thinking of us.

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>> Perfect. Thank you. Anyone else? Mot uh roll call. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Roll call. Miss Einelo, >> yes. >> Miss Traverso, >> yes. >> Miss Adarelli,

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>> yes. >> Mr. Akamando, >> yes. >> Mr. Dello, >> yes. >> Mr. Richello, >> yes. >> And Miss Roloff, >> yes. Education and curriculum. At the recommendation of the superintendent, I make a motion to approve the following items. E2526.56

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through E2526.60. >> Second. The only thing I will share in this is our um DECA students are going to nationals. That's included as part of the field trip request on this agenda. So, we wish our DECA students um the

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best of luck and we thank them for being a part of DECA as well as our adviserss. >> Thank you. Um I got the second so we're roll call please. >> Miss Einelo. >> Yes.

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>> Miss Traverso. >> Yes. Miss Adarelli, >> yes. >> Mr. Akamando, >> yes. >> Mr. Dello, >> yes. >> Mr. Richello, >> yes. >> And Miss Miss Roloff, >> yes. >> Budget and finance. Mr. O. >> Sure. At the recommendation of the

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superintendent, I make a motion to approve the following items. BF2526.83 to BF2526.90. >> Motion. Motion. >> Second. >> Second. Second. >> You make a motion. I'm going to

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>> Thanks, Silia. >> Roll call. >> Any discussion? >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Miss Einelo. >> Yes to all. But in BF2526.83. I'm going to abstain from check numbers

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1713 2078 685 04 68540 yes to everything else. >> Okay, Miss Traverso, >> yes. >> Misselli, >> yes.

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>> Mr. Akamando, >> uh yes to all except for BF252683. Uh check number 68517. >> Mr. Dello, >> yes. >> Mr. Roello, >> yes. >> Miss Roloff, >> yes.

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>> Uh facilities and operations at the recommendation of the superintendent. I make a motion to approve the following items. F2526.11. Motion. >> Second. >> Damn it. Any discussion? >> You're not using >> I know

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>> I have a headache. >> Anybody? >> Okay. Roll call. >> Missello? >> Yes. >> M. Traverso? >> Yes. >> Merelli? >> Yes. >> Mr. Akamando? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dello? >> Yes. >> Mr. Roello? >> Yes.

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>> Miss Roloff? >> Yes. >> Policy? >> Nothing. >> Nothing. >> Negotiations. We are meeting with the powers. We're talking. >> Thank you. Personnel. >> At the recommendation of the superintendent, I make the motion to approve all the following items.

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P2526.59 through P2526.66. >> Second. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Miss Einelo. >> Uh yes to all. But in P 2526.64.

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64. I'm going to abstain from item item number five and 22. Yes. Everything else. >> Should she abstain from 65? >> Mr. Traverso? >> Yes.

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>> Misselli? >> Yes. >> Mr. Amando? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dello? >> Yes. >> Mr. Roello? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And Miss Rolo? >> Yes. >> Wait, hold on. >> Okay. >> I missed one. I'm sorry. I just missed when I just saw that. So, I also want to

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abstain from P2526.65. So, sorry. >> So, you have a headaching, too. >> I I do have Okay. Uh committee reports, budget and finance. Mr. Akamando. >> Uh nothing at this time. We Ray went over everything and uh like he said,

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everything's at the county office and we're just waiting. Sylvia, >> we just started talking with the Paris. >> Mari, >> nothing. >> We didn't meet yet. >> Okay. Um,

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liaison reports. Mr. Akamando, >> no. Nothing. >> No. >> Okay. Sylvia, >> nothing from the foundation. It's over $5,000 for the sixth grade class. They also helped purchase a new uh with basketball nets for the playground. The sixth grade has been putting together

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their yearbook and brainstorming for the end of the year picnic and pool party. And the PTO hopes to have another make your own bouquet event around Mother's Day. >> That's all she wrote. >> Thank you. Um Helen Smith School,

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anything? >> Oh, perfect. >> So, also Gertude Hawk, they raised over $4,484. Uh, also K pasta, they raised 200 and Panera they also raised $42. Uh, they're having their popcorn sale

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today, starting today for the sixth grade. Uh, they have the recorder concert April 22nd. Uh, field day shorts were being uh, ordered and field day K through three over there is going to be May 28th, 4th and 6th, ending on the

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29th and their spring concerts on June 4th. >> Thank you, Haley. Yes. The long school sixth grade class is hosting one of the biggest events of the year here at the high school on Monday night this Monday, April 20th. 20th, correct? Yes. Uh Harlem Wizards will be visiting us in

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the gym. And the game will be played between the Harlem Wizards and our staff as well as some parents. We are actually probably looking for some students at this moment, but we'll have plenty of players. The game uh is due to start at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open at 5:30. It's

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a great family fun night, so please come out and join us. Tickets will be sold are being sold now in advance and also will be sold at the door. If you have any questions, see a sixth grade parent or reach out to Melissa Traverso or Sher Acasta. It is open to the public, friends, family, so forth. Uh, sixth

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grade is also having a car wash at Washington School on Saturday, May 2nd from 9:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. $10 per car. Again, the the uh representatives Moso and Sher Dcasta are available for any uh any questions. 2026 yearbooks will be

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starting their pre-sale shortly. Things are going home very soon on that. $20 for a pre-sale, 25 for after the pre-sale due date. Um, saving the date going forward. May 4th is teacher week of May 4th is teacher appreciation which they will celebrate every day

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during the week at that time. Their spring book fair is being held sometime in the month of May. Date has not been announced to me at this time. The special lady and knight KNIG ght is going to be held on Thursday May 14th at medieval times. For any other information, please reach

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out to LMSPTO. Go on to their website which can be found at tinyurl.com. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh middle school, high school, I think the girls have done a wonderful job at taking care of that. Thank you. >> Washington school, Mr. Urchello.

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>> Nothing at this time. Thank you. You sure? >> Any correspondence? >> I'm sure. >> Old business, new business through the chair. I said it Monday night and I would just like to

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say it again. I think our new sign looks fantastic. >> Yes, absolutely. Um, and I just want to say thank you again to Mr. Karate and Miss uh Vietti for balancing our budget and doing such

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a good job and working hard. Those numbers are hard to crunch, but you guys manage to do it every year. Uh I'd like to open the meeting to the public for a comment. >> Second. >> I'd like to close the meeting. Motion >> second.

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>> Second motion. >> And um that's it. I'd like to close the meeting. That's it. Motion to close. >> Motion second. >> Thank you. Have a good night, everyone. >> Thank you. You too.