[Music] ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen Ladies and gentlemen may we have your attention please we would like to start our board meeting and at this
time Mr show mr show thank you Dr good evening everybody good evening welcome to the Winslow Township Board of Education regular uh board of education meeting of Wednesday March 26 2025
public notice of this meeting was given to all board members and associates in a notice dated January 9th 2020 adequate and electronic notice of this public meeting has been provided specifying the time place and manner in which this meeting is being conducted it was
advertised in the courier posted in all schools the administration office the municipal building the library but Dougal Center Edgewood Acres Elmtown and the Mun Winsow town office our mission statement the mission the mission of the Winsow Township School District a large
diverse and growing community is to educate all students to become independent lifelong learners critical thinkers and caring and competent members to of their community the district in a partnership with the community and in a climate of
cooperation of and mutual mutual respect will provide an academic environment values of excellence and diversity encourages students to strive for personal excellence in the system in acquiring the knowledge skills and attitudes necessary to positively to
a rapidly changing world roll call please mr clark here miss Dre miss Glo present miss Martin present
mr mcmanis here miss Peterson present miss Pitts miss Pitts will be absent tonight thank you mr thomas here and Mr shaw present we have a quorum can we please stand for the pledge of
allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisibley for all
Mr clark can you read the district goals please sure 2024 2025 instructors number one continue best practices for delivering instruction to students to monitor teaching and
learning b consistently review student assessment data guide teaching c continue to provide supplemental activities for example tutoring to address D
b d [Music] a B C D thank you Mr clark moving on to awards andations
yes um President Shaw members of the board community we have three presentations this evening first we'd like to start with a chef's challenge and I will ask Dr carter if you come to the podium to preside over this
presentation following the chef's challenge we have a performance by school six followed by the presentation of awards to former board members at this time Dr carter would you present the chef's challenge awards thank you
all right good evening everyone good evening so welcome everyone to the 15th annual Future Chefs event i am Dr carter i'm the principal of school 5 and host of tonight's uh future chefs challenge
so the whole concept of this competition is to help educate kids about healthy eating habits uh too often we hear about obesity in kids and kids not making the right choices in terms of their eating habits uh this year the students
submitted their favorite dish favorite main dish recipes final judging was based on taste originality ease of preparation healthy attributes kid appeal and plate presentation and so
just a bit about the timeline in preparation for this event students from schools five and six filled out recipe cards the food service office narrowed down the recipes to two students per
school the four finalists were formally invited to a culinary competition cookoff today March 26 which started at 5:00 p him just to note all finalists will receive a prize package with the
champion also receiving the grand prize so now let me introduce the judges in today's event winslow Township School Board Member Wanda [Applause]
Glaude winslow Township School Board member Jerry McManis winslow Township School Board member Michael Clark westlo Township business owner S Marcante owner of Juliana Pizza
Community Care Food and Clothing Pantry a nonprofit organization here in Winslow Township owner Mario Partee [Applause]
the village of Camden County Incorporated nonprofit organization here in Winslow Township director Camille [Applause] Williams young people got feel welcome
don't they so the finalists had the competition earlier today and we are here to announce the winner but before doing so I'd like to introduce the contestants out of school five Alicia
Addison alicia raise your hand back there alicia prepared homemade beef sliders [Music]
all right and from school number six we have Arian Williams arian prepared [Music] [Music]
i'm starting to think school six has the homec court advantage so Arian as you guys saw prepared sweet and spicy salmon bites also from school number five we have Kelsey Jones who prepared homemade
chicken noodle soup [Music] [Music] and also from school number six we have Taylor Young who prepared chicken Alfredo [Music] [Music]
great job and congratulations to all of our students at this time I am going to announce the winners our runners up are Alicia Addison and Arian
[Applause] Williams ladies you guys can come forward contestants once you're called you can actually come to the table right over there on the far left hand side all right so our second place
winner our second place winner is Kelsey Jones all right and our 2025 future chef's winner is Taylor Young
[Applause] once again congratulations to all the contestants a special judges and students for your participation thank you to the Winsow Township School District for hosting the event and a special thank you goes to
Sedexos Colleen Lillich Ray Watkins and staff for hosting this competition thank you everyone dr that concludes our presentation thank you thank you Dr carter at this time ladies
and gentlemen we will have a performance by school number six i would ask the principal Miss Brown if she would please come forward good evening everyone i am Miss Brown principal of school six congratulations Taylor
congratulations to all the chefs women's history month is our focus for March it was actually started in 1987 this evening uh we will have three classes present information for you the classes were given a charge of
conducting research and creatively presenting it so this evening we have three classes uh with three different women that will span from the early 1900s until present day they can't see
good evening good evening our women's history month spotlight brought to you by Miss Peterson's home room is Katherine Johnson katherine Johnson was a brilliant mathematician who worked for NASA and helped send astronauts to space
she was born in 1918 and loved math from a young age she worked as a human computer calculating important flight paths for missions including the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 today's WNC Winsel News Champ is here with Johnson at NASA headquarters our
reporter Corbin is here to lead our very important press conference thank you tonight I am here with Katherine Johnson as she shares with us details about how she changed the world and space forever miss Johnson
come on out thank you for joining us this evening thank you for having me we We are here this evening to celebrate your accomplishments we will be taking some questions from the reporters in the
crowd you what made you want to become a mathematician i wanted to become a mathematician because I love to count everything i counted everything I could like dishes spoons and forks I washed how did
you How did you feel when you worked on the first flight to space i felt scared but I knew I could do it how did you solve really hard math problems for space missions i just kept trying my best and trying different ways to solve problems i love
math so much that I just want to keep on solving problems what was the challenge you faced as a black woman working in science the biggest challenge I found while working at NASA was being taken seriously because I was a black woman back then many people did not think that women
could solve math problems and we were ignored can you tell Can you tell us Can you tell us what it's like to help astronauts go to space i was honored to be trusted by John Glennon he would not go into space unless I checked the
calculations miss Johnson thank you to speak with us tonight mila back to you in the studio thank you thank you Corbin it is clear to you that Katherine Johnson's work was
crucial to space travel and she overcame many challenges as an African-American woman in science katherine Johnson received many awards for her contributions including the Presidential Medal of Freedom badly Katherine Johnson passed away in 2020 at the age of 101
wow next to each other once this one don't lose your car pleasure nice keep going we're not uncooked i'm cooked
tonight Miss Carter and Miss Cton class will present a poem about Serena Williams serena's power serena steps on a court ready to play where fierce smile she's here to stay with her racket in hand she's focused and bold her story
strength is one to be told from Compton she dreamed and worked so hard tennis was tough but she played the car she practiced each day never giving up even when times are rough and tough her story is fast her shot is smart she played with courage and true work of art
she won so many but never quits her passion and power will never miss a hit serena teaches us to never back down to wear our pride like a golden crown if you believe yourself and keep reaching high you can do anything just give it a try
she faces challenges big and smaller and chase your dreams thank you for listening to our poem and we hope you enjoyed our presentation on Serena Williams there it is
[Laughter] [Music] this one [Music] when we're ready Mrs g's class welcomes you to our skit
Ava Duvet a trailblazer in film ava Duivere is a groundbreaking filmmaker known for her powerful storytelling and dedication to social justice ava grew up with a passion for film making she started her career as a publicist but soon found her true
calling behind Ava's first feature film I will follow was released in 2010 it tells the story woman of a woman dealing with grief after the loss of a loved one ava's films like Selma and 13th have received critical acclaim and sparked
important conversations about ma race and justice ava made it with her film Selma becoming the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best director eva Duven continues to break
barriers and inspire future generations of filmmakers thank you for watching our skit Ava Duivery a trailblazer in film thank you so I'd like to thank the parents for bringing the students
out thank acknowledge the teachers for their hard work and dedication thank you Miss Brown and school number six for an excellent presentation at this time we'll have the presentation of awards to our former board members and
at this time we'll turn our board meeting back over to our president Mr john Shaw [Music] mr davis would you ask Dr know the preschool information this is going to be on the website
tomorrow all right give everybody congratulations congratulations he was in there running that Congratulations good night we got to start that we'll give we'll give them a couple
minutes to leave uh yeah is this one yeah it'll work [Music] oh there she is all right all right Mr ascu can you come up here first
please [Music] it's a little quieter our first plaque is uh going to be presented to Mr anthony Ascu who served on our board for from February fe uh
2024 to December 2024 the plaque says presented to Anthony Ascu in recognition of loyal service as a member of the board of education of Winslow Township February 2024 to December 2024 ask you this is from all the board
members thank you very much for your dedicated service we really appreciate Mr chester could you please come up how you doing sir this plaque is presented to Mr robert Chester in recognition of a loyal service as a member of the board of
education of Winslow Township November 2024 to December 2024 uh from all the board members of the Winslow Township Board of Education Dr potit and Miss Bole Dr parko and all the staff of Whitlo Township thank you
for all your service to the students and teachers and family thank you very much sir last but not least Miss Neves could you please come up says presented to Miss Rebecca Neves in
recognition of a loyal service as a member of the Township Board of Education January 22nd December 204 sorry January 2022 to December 2021 from all the members of the Winsor
Township Board of Education thank you very much that concludes our presentations to all our former board um can can Mr um senior vice president for a second
mr thomas yes ladies and gentlemen of the board and constituents and stakeholders I'd like I'd like to ask for a 30 second moment of silence this past uh I believe it was uh Sunday we had a tragic accident where some people lost their
lives they were students of our building so at this time I'm just going to ask that you bow your head and ask for 30 seconds of silence thank you um Dr patique or Miss Bo sorry on the correspondence uh we have none this
evening Mr president can I get a have a motion to approve the following meeting minutes of our regular board meeting March 12th open session peterson move for approval of the regular board of education meeting held
on March the 12th open session any questions um roll call please clark yes miss Dreen miss Claude yes miss Martin yes mr mr
mcmanis yes miss Peterson yes mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has carried moving on to board committee reports mr thomas is there anything out of the athletic committee yes I do there Mr president uh members of our athletic
committee is John Shaw Wanda Claude myself Joe Thomas i'd just like to give you some updates on our Windows spring athletics as you well know we are four 2024 we are four team state champion and we're seeking to get two more to make it a six
state champion run in the year 2024 2025 and I'd like to talk about our middle school Winslow spring athletic baseball we got 14 varsity players their first game is tomorrow our softball team this once again this is middle school 20
varsity players our track and field middle school we got 56 registered players and that's for our middle school and now our high school wins spring athletic 2025 baseball varsity players 17 junior
varsity 13 softball varsity 16 players JV 10 players boys lacrosse 15 players girls lacrosse 20
varsity 22 JV and now our boys track team we have 80 varsity track members girls track track and field 54 registered members boys tennis 16
varsity players and for the first time ever Winslow Edgewood history our girls flag of football team 14 varsity players eight JV players they had their first game yesterday with a good effort they
fell but they are winners in our heart let's give them all a round of applause and that's the report there Mr president thank you thomas Miss Martin is there anything from the citizens advisory committee anything from the education committee
i'm okay mr mcmas anything for from the marketing committee um nothing new saved we have the upcoming meeting 1:30 this uh this upcoming Saturday um
um Miss Dreen the operations committee meeting okay the operations committee met on Tuesday March 25th 2025 at 5:30 in attendance were Miss Dreen committee chair Mr shaw board president and Mr
mcmanis also in attendance were Miss Bole and Miss Chico and the following items were discussed of the high school HVAC we had a meeting with land architects in order to get an update on the status of the project lamb provided
a timetable to get the project past the OSC review and out to be fee for the project was brought up and discussed the fee which was based on the cost of construction had not been adjusted since
um the last estimate at current estimated costs land's fee could be as high as $1.1 million they are requesting an additional 198,905 which would actually bring their
total fee for the project up to 534 uh719 which is still 613 plus less than what it could have been this increase is on the March 26 2025 agenda for approval
24 25 budgeted capital projects and other projects they're being held or uh run through EI assoc so big documents were released biders on March 12th 2025 for the upgrades to the HVA systems at
school 5 and school 6 an addendum which was issued um I said yesterday that would have been Monday and bids are due to come in on April 3rd 2025 we are still waiting for the approval for from
the school development authority for the school 5 project and there are several other projects scheduled 2425 budget a roof replace it placement at the administration building ei's fee
schedule is on the March 26 addendum for approval i think they're they're charging us 5.8% um a grease trap replacement at schools 1 through 4 this project is currently on
hold estimated funds needed to do this project according to EI associates our budget isn't sufficient so putting it on hold we're doing a partial roof roof replacement at the high school j Espe
will be on the tonight's addendum as well for approval i believe they're charging us 4.11% of construction costs and the construction of a pole barn for the athletics at the high school already
been we also had an additional project that popped up which was middle school off HVAC that fee has been approved I is moving forward with that project and then the third thing we discussed was the 2526 budget
Uh the tenative budget was presented and submitted to the county office for review district received an additional 3.2 million in state aid to support the general operating fund we also anticip
anticipated a 2% increase in the tax levy these funds will be used to cover additional costs to service special ed tuition costs as well as transportation to get our students to and from their out of district placements the funds will also be
utilized to secure teacher aids in the classroom and the increase in health benefit costs it allows for the purchase of course school bus and the replacement of playgrounds at our elementaryaries the public hearing for the 2526 budget
is scheduled to be held on Wednesday May 7th 2025 at 6 PM the board will be asked to approve the budget at that time other items under consideration unit
negotiators contracts end as of June 30th 2025 uh the balance of HBAC system upgrades funding will be needed to be sourced for schools one two and four funding is in
place for schools 5 six the high school and budget pass the middle school and then federal funding the board's amount remain unknown at this time of the meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m and the
next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 29th 205 thank you Miss Bole um is there a representative from the policy committee move on from discuss the policy committee um at the next
meeting mr mr thomas do you have anything from the two township committees that you're on i I do but before I get there m Mr president I'd like to make a emergency newsbreak announcement amending the athletic committee uh report and this just came
in off the wire our coach Shenica Brown was named New Jersey.com 2024 2025 girls indoor track and field coach of the year and our coach Curtis Custous was named an
NJ.com 202025 2020 24 boys indoor track and field coach of the year we had a alliance meeting on March the 24th where they uh got several events that are coming up on April 29th
2025 they have a cyber safety social media at the municipal courtroom that starts at 6 pm on May 8 6 pm to 8:00m right here in this very building at the Winslow Middle School they have a spring
event on May 16th 2025 6th grade dance 6:30 to 7 at the school number six library on June 21st 2025 is Junth 400 p.m to 7:00 p.m new Brooklyn Park july
4th 2025 right here again at our own Winslow Middle School is the fireworks and them fireworks start at 6:30 on August 23rd 2025 is the Winslow family day from 400 p.m to 7:00 p.m and that will seems to be back at the New
Brooklyn Park and national night out is August the 5th 2025th and a fall festival at Miller Farms October the 4th 2025 and that concludes concludes the uh drug analysis uh report thank you Mr thomas and that's great
news about both track coaches being named coach of the year which doesn't surprise me because they both do an outstanding job moving on to the planning board the only news I have out of the planning board was another development was
proposed over on the uh by Hay Road and that was shot down and it will have to be brought back because they didn't want to put sidewalks in around their development um for whatever reason and a bunch of us brought up the
sidewalk issue because when children move in there's no safe way for them to move around the development and wait for the school buses or anything else of that nature so they're forced to come back and represent at the planning board for us um so that that will come back
sometime around June with hopefully sidewalks in their uh building plans so that that's the only thing I have from the planning board meeting okay moving on to the superintendent report can I get a motion to approve the superintendence report as it's a
recommended on our agenda peterson move for approval of the superintendence report recommended approval items A and B down on page three through eight
any qu any questions yeah I had one question uh I was reading through the um the policy uh 9320 what page getting to that oh
my friend Joe um it would be on uh page two uh chapter 4 A um the uh actually appears yeah on page two it says school officials shall not notify student or students parents in
the instances of sus suspected child abuse or neglect but at the end of at the very end of the same regulation it's the uh any kind of um suspected child abuse gets reported directly to law enforcement yes yeah okay i just wanted
to make Yes probably more for the community's uh consumption for that in case somebody had a question yes you don't want to endanger one of the children going home to report exactly all right thank you any other questions um roll call please mr clark
yes miss Dreen miss Glaude yes miss Martin yes Mr mcmanis yes Miss Peterson yes Mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has carried
and I have a motion to pass the business administrator board secretaries report as it appears on our agenda um as it's recommended Peterson move for approval of the business administrative board
secretaries report as indicated on the agenda found in item A and B page 8 through 11 any questions roll call please mr clark yes Miss
Dreaden miss Claude yes Miss Martin yes Mr mcmanis yes Miss Peterson yes Mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has can I get a motion on the personnel
report as it's uh recommended for approval peterson move for approval of the personnel report as recommended by our superintendent found in item A 1 through 6 page 12 through 13 second Miss
Martin any questions roll call please mr clark yes miss Dredden miss Glaude yes miss Martin mr mr mcmanis yes miss Peterson
yes mr thomas yes and Mr schaw yes motion has carried moving on to our addendum everybody wants to take a couple of seconds to look at the addendum
can I have a motion to approve the superintendent report on the addendum as the superintendent recommends it for approval president Shaw yes sir if I could pose a um just a question on number four the first page of the addendum there's a assistant principles
we're going to be adding a few of them is that correct yes sir and then what would be the impact on the budget it will not have any impact on the 25 26 school year budget we are recommending to have those uh assistant principles
out of this existing budget that we're presently in excellent thank you you ready for the motion yes sir i mean ma'am I'm sorry um you want a second uh Peterson move for approval of the superintendent report as recommended by
our superintendent found in item A through 1 through 4 page one second Miss Martin any any more questions okay roll call please mr clark
yes miss Dreen Miss Glaude Miss Martin yes mr mcmanis yes miss Peterson yes mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has carried
may I have a motion for to pass the May I have a motion for the on the board secretaries report as it's uh recommended for approval from this uh on the agenda peterson move for approval of the business administrative board secretary
report as she recommends item A1 through seven found on page two through three three second Miss Martin any questions roll call please mr clark yes
miss Drean miss Glaude yes miss Martin yes mr mcmanis yes miss Peterson yes mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has carried
moving on to the personnel report on the addendum can I have a motion to approve the personnel report as the super tech superintendent recommends it for approval peterson to move for approval of the personnel report as recommended by our superintendent found in item A 1
through three found on page four second Miss Martin any questions roll call please mr clark yes miss Dredden miss Glaude yes miss Martin yes
mr mcmanis yes miss Peterson yes mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has carried moving on to the open public records act requests miss Bole are there any uh uh
Oprah requests uh yes Mr president between March 7th 2025 and March 20th 2025 we responded to one request from Anna Cano Jump Ahead Pediatrics she requested
scoring of proposals for the RFP 2025-06 learning disabilities consultant services that request was approved those documents were supplied thank you Miss Boy
dr potit do we have anyformational items tonight yes we do uh I have three information items for this evening uh ladies and gentlemen of the board if you would look in your brown folders you will see a report blue
report if you would take that report out I would appreciate it uh I do not intend to go word for word uh through this report but I just want to highlight some things uh bring it to your attention um you'll have an opportunity of course to
read it at your leisure and at our next board meeting if you have any additional questions I'll be more than happy to answer them and of course if you have questions tonight I will be able to answer them um ladies and gentlemen of
the board as you know um we had uh received additional funding from the department of education about a year ago uh school one school six and the high school receive additional funding and technical assistance uh to increase
academic performance and graduation rate if you would open uh your report to um page number two um the New Jersey Department of Education conducted a desk monitoring of
the Winsow Township School District to evaluate compliance and federal requirements this desk monitoring focus on general and program specific requirements associated with the with the administration of grant programs
authorized under the elementary and secondary education act and reauthorized by the every student succeeds act and the individuals with disabilities education act um once we received those
funds of course um the Department of Education was going to return to monitor how those funds were spent according to the guidelines that were presented to us once we received those awards if you would turn to page
three on page three there's a chart uh that shows the federal grant programs covered in this desk monitoring along with the amount for the fiscal year 25 and if you look at those amounts it
goes down title one through title 4 the IDA basic and IDA preschool grant and at the bottom you see a total of $4.8 8 million if you look below that uh there's a compliance review where they
would rate um each of the categories that were monitored if you get met meaning if you met the requirements we received a satisfactory evidence of support of compliance meaning we done what was asked of us if you receive a
met with recommendations inadequate evidence on compliance with quality concerns and if you did not meet the regulations it was insufficient evidence uh to support the compliance so on page three at the
bottom title one and it spells out the areas and the rating is on the side so you'll see uh title one pawn a the ratings we met all the requirements if you turn to page four
um at the top met all the all the requirements title one SIA meaning you know supplemental funding additional monies that were received in addition to the title one funding you'll see that all the requirements were met title two
part A those areas that were applicable We met those requirements if you turn to page five uh at the top we met the additional requirements for title two under that title three we met all the
requirements title four part A uh you'll see the very first one it says program requirement A1 met with recommendations and I'll explain that to you as we move forward and the uh the third one program requirements
A3 we did not meet those requirements so if you turn to page five all of the uh IDA uh requirements were met where applicable now uh right below of course you see we're met with the
recommendation the requirement A1 reads when the school district that's the LEA when the school district receives more than $30,000 in funding it must describe the needs assessment process for title 4- A include an overview of which
stakeholders attended the discussion when it was conducted what data the team used to inform decisions and what the results of the assessment were if you look at the bottom basically the recommendation is it is recommended that
the school district enhance its efforts to gather collaborate with stakeholders summarize and present a needs assessment in a format that clearly demonstrates a robust datadriven process this process
will ultimately lead to more effective title 4-1 activities and outcomes um so that was pretty we did meet it but they're making this recommendation so that we can present it in a more clarified way
um if you move to page seven where it says not met and basically uh not meant as appropriate evidence toward resolution of any not met rating must be submitted in the form
of a corrective action plan so this particular area that was not met the school district must submit a corrective action plan within 30 business days of receipt of this report um we received the support you see on the front of the
um the report uh March 21st um we must present this of course to uh in a public meeting to our board and to the community and the 30 days would be April 21st but since we'll be on vacation it's
our responsibility to try to get this uh off to the Department of Education before we go on vacation um if you look down to the middle of the page it's pretty much the same what is the requirement the requirement for this um
particular area A3 when the school district use funds for technology it spends a maximum of 15% of its funds for purchasing technology infrastructure and a minimum of 85% for professional
development on the effective use of technology again basically they made the recommendation in order for the school district to comply with the 15% cap and 85% minimum for professional development
the school district must rebudget and reallocate the funds documentation of this process including revised budget allocations and a profession professional development plan must be submitted
um our team under the direction of Dr caramo uh will be putting together uh this um corrective action plan and we will be submitting this plan to the Department of Education um that pretty much concludes the report there's a lot
of specific details um if you have an opportunity to read it thoroughly um and at our next board meeting if you have any additional questions uh I'll be more than happy to respond if you have any questions in reference to this report now I'll answer any questions you may
have at this time yes ma'am if I'm reading this properly it looks like um the amount that they're talking about is about $6,500 yes yes for million yes yes um every
penny needs to be accounted for uh according to the uh guidelines and the regulations um every federal dollar we receive of course is always monitored um they will be expecting our corrective action plan
as I stated earlier within the 30-day guideline any additional questions or I move on to the next item carl has a question thank you Dr clark for the clarif um did you you were able to hear that okay
um ladies and gentlemen I think um our parents and community have been waiting for this information our preschool registration um I'd like to uh the preschool registration will be April the
14th 15th and 16th from 10 a.m to 2:24 p.m at schools 1 through 4 now ladies and gentlemen this information will be on our website tomorrow um as well as our summer camp uh our summer camp will begin June 23rd
to August the 1st flyers will be distributed April the 1st again this information will re uh will appear on our website tomorrow and uh those parents we've already put out our uh interests so we have that information
now it's time for the parents to uh register their children ASAP um these uh seats have a tendency to fill up very very fast and we're encouraging all parents if you're interested in registering your child please do so as soon as possible dr poti didn't I see
something about that on the website today this afternoon well uh was it put up already yes it was it's it was on the website this afternoon around 2 o'clock i saw it yes I did well that's good Miss Peterson because uh see did I tell you
it's going to be on the website okay good good good good dr pot would that be communications department sort of a joke we will try to get this information out
um and I think at this point um just so that we make sure everyone I'll do a robocall to the community to let them know that this is taking place again um seats fill up very very fast in our
preschool as well as our summer camp uh we take pride in having one of the best affordable summer camps in South Jersey so uh I will do a robocall to support this my last uh information item and I
think it's important for all of us we received a statement from the commissioner of education in reference to our president's um executive order to dismantle United States Department of Education basically and paraphrase um
the commissioner of education is basically saying to us we understand that the department is being dismantled however all policies procedures that are already in place in the state of New Jersey will be maintained and supported
there will be no changes at this point in our quality of services and the funding that they provide however it did point out that we have not received any word on the federal funding from the federal government um uh we were told in
my uh superintendent roundt meeting by uh Dr baza who's the executive director of the New Jersey Association School Administrators um according to his contacts through the department of education that the money is coming that
we are going to receive the money but the only question at this point is when and are we going to receive the exact amount that we would normally receive which is $5 million so at this point everybody's in a waiting uh situation no
one knows exactly when that dispersement will take place so we're just waiting we'll keep you posted but at this point I um was also on the website with our attorney general and uh he made it very clear that in as much as the federal government may pass or set down
guidelines that does not affect the state guidelines for education and that they want us to uh just continue they're going to fight to make sure we maintain quality education for all students in the state of New Jersey he also wanted
to make sure that um all of the teachers administrators more importantly the parents in this community that the state is going to run interference for us and do whatever they can to maintain a quality education mr president that concludes my information items for this
evening are there any additional questions so the largest percentage of the federal funds are title one and we're hopeful that we will still receive the title one well when we look at the overall amount
we're looking at title one through four and IDA and Dr potit from what you from what you were saying you still expect federal funding of the that $5 million mark to come through yes we were not told that there would be a cut based on the
information we've received um in as much as the Department of Education may be dismantled um all the functions of the Department of Education is going to be passed over to another department somewhere uh in the federal government but the funding should not be affected
the only thing everyone is waiting for at this point is when uh because we have budget timelines that we're trying to put in place and at this point um we're hoping that it re we receive it very soon that concludes
Thank you i've had conversations with our local legislators and they've pretty much said the same thing and they it's just you know a matter of the when so um I've been getting the same information as you have thought um all right moving on to old business
does anybody have any old business mr president I do have some old business um as as discussed at our last board meeting uh back in November board meeting we had two stakeholders come up one Mr robert Johnson and another Mr marcy Thomasello
who presented a uh uh some names to possibly uh get our track named after after meeting with the committee and meeting at the with with the process of that once again I just want I'm not asking for a vote on it it's not time to vote on it but I am asking for us to be
able to open up a portal on the website for the community to weigh in and for everybody to get whatever conversation they have for the next few months before we make a determination so I'm asking that we can open up a portal on the website for the public for the stakeholders in a democracy way where
people can come in and voice their opinion for or against that situation uh Mr thomas sure we can assist with that um I do want to point out to the board and the community that that process includes public hearings on that
recommendation which means let's say um if you want to start in April each board member uh will have an opportunity of course as you are now sitting uh to listen to whatever the comments are uh so let's say April both board meetings in April
uh both board meetings in May and if you decide maybe let's say June each of those board me board meetings excuse me you must set a time set aside a time for the community to come before you to make comments on that recommendation so Mr
thomas has indicated that there are two individuals who are being recommended the community can come before this board and make comment on one or the other and at some point if you decide for example you're going to bring public comment on
this issue to to a close in June then is up to the full board to vote on whichever one you feel received the most support uh so at this time Mr thomas do you have a timeline is the committee recommending a timeline as to when you
want to get started and when you want to bring closure to it so as we continue to support you for example I would like to be able to say that the board is opening to the community um board meetings April whatever the dates are May June and also
let them know at the June meeting and the last June meeting that the board will take a vote uh so if you give me just a little more detail we'll be able to put it out there so the community is clear on the process and what role they play uh in the voting i I think them
dates I will check with the uh committee but I believe them dates you have will suffice and in what we're trying to do okay thank you thank you Mr thomas there any other old business i've got a
question um just regarding the tenative budget from last meeting i saw in the meeting minutes from the operations committee that we've received an additional 3.2 roughly million in state aid is that additional to what we had
planned for in that meeting uh a couple weeks ago no that was already reported on tenative budget those figures were um anticipated uh as I explained during the operation
committee we were budgeting flat meaning not anticipating getting any state additional state aid just at the same level um ever the needs grew for instance needed excuse me
for instance if we needed additional aids or we wanted to adjust the pricing in order to get the people to come in that expense would have grown we did not have a balanced budget we had more needs
than revenue the fact that that 3 million came in helped balance us so now we're in a good position uh if we had not gotten that or even at the time could have um received a a cut in state
aid although they told us um the maximum amount would have been 3% of certain fundings and I think it was a hund no 1.6 million we could have potentially lost we didn't lose it trying to say just please don't penalize us however
they ended up giving us money which helped bridge that gap okay so just to make clear for myself this is what we plan in that tenative budget this 3.2 yes that's in that that tenative budget understood thank you
[Music] any other new business mr long you ready for public health i am good evening everyone good evening Mr long the Winsslow Township Board of Education highly values the input of citizens in making the important
decisions that affect the children of our community we believe in the rights of citizens to observe board meetings to ensure that all our citizens have the opportunity to attend schoolboard meetings and offer comment and to ensure that the board can conduct the important
business of the district we'd ask that the speakers follow the following guidelines for making public comment the board secretary will recognize those individuals in the audience who wish to make public comment and we'd ask that you respect the following procedures one all members of the public attending
schoolboard meetings must treat each other and the board with respect please state your full name and town of residents please limit your comments to four minutes please submit any questions that we are unable to answer this evening to the board of education with
your name address telephone number and and preferably uh email where you can be contacted your questions will be answered within a reasonable time frame and lastly individuals offering citizen comment are not permitted to make personal attacks on any district
employee board member other testifier or member of the public thank you Mr president may I have a motion to approve moving into public comments peterson move for approval to open public comments second
this morning um all in favor i Miss Bo do we have anybody on the list for public comments yes Mr president Coach Kenneth Smith [Music] good evening everybody good evening good
evening um my name is Coach Kenny Smith i'm the I'm the president of um Winslow Travel Basketball and also the director of Winslow baseball youth baseball um number one what I wanted to do is um
thank the board and Dr poti for always being in the corner for the Winslow basketball program this year our sixth grade team sixth grade
boys won the South Jersey Championship and also our sixth grade girls won the Camden County Championship we also sent both the girls fourth grade
team and the boys fourth grade team to the championship but they came up a little short but I told the girls at the game from now on if anybody in Camden County want to win the championship they going to have
to come through Winslow winning baby so I wanted to give that report and also um this year for baseball this is our second year to have baseball back in Winslow Township after um the people
that uh the people that was running the baseball sent the baseball to Hamilton and like I said in another meeting I said we can't have that because Hamilton is a choice school that means anybody that's good at baseball that plays in Hamilton is going to wind
up playing for Hamilton and if you notice the numbers of kids that are playing for baseball this year has went up also in our program the number of kids have went up last year we only had
35 kids this year we have around 50 and also what is great um which I've been fighting for for a while we have a connection with the high school coach so he's going to help our coaches
out so that when the kids get to him they know what they doing so I appreciate everything y'all doing and I appreciate y'all um having um backing not just me because when you back me you
back the kids and you always have the kids interest in your hearts so thank you [Applause] thank you coach i I really want to thank
you for restoring baseball in this community um as you well know over the years the high school program was dying off um this is the highest number of young men we've had in baseball in a long time um so we appreciate what you're doing because without your
program we don't have a feeder system um and any other programs you know of course I know the basketball the boys and girls particularly the area with the girls because again our girls program need to continue to build but through your program uh it will be sustained at
the high school and middle school so I want to personally and pro uh publicly thank you for what you guys are doing because for many years we just didn't have the adults out there who were willing to put their time in and I know it takes a lot of your time and time
from your family but I want you to know that we truly appreciate what you're doing out there in the community and thank you Debbie Murphy [Music] good evening um I'm Debbie Murphy and I live in Serville um I said at the last
the last board meeting that the marching band was performing at Barnagate um we performed we both both marching band and the guard did really good the band scored um a 72 and we were less than a
point away from being in first and then the guard came in first with a score of 83 and they were ahead of the second place group by at least 10 points so we're really doing good and we're only halfway through the season so there's
still more to come um and then another reminder tomorrow night is opening night for the musical Mamma Mia it's at the um auditorium in the high school tomorrow night is student night
and for students it's disc the tickets are discounted to $4 a student and for the first time this year we are doing online ticket sales as well as ticket sales at the door so the link for the online ticket sales is on the school website
thank you thank you [Applause] Mr president that concludes those that have signed up to speak this evening anybody in the way from technology uh Mr president may may I uh
congratulate Miss Murphy um you know because without Miss Murphy we wouldn't know what's going on uh too much with that band and the color guard and she's here faithfully every board meeting and I appreciate it thank you and because you uh representing the band you guys
are continuously doing extremely well um I don't do Thursday nights with the with the young people i'll be there Saturday night but I'll see you all right but thank you thank you i'll be there hey Dr potit yes i would just recommend that my
friend Mr thomas would just add that to the list the growing list of Winslow winning oh yeah you see me writing it down yes sir you didn't run out of ink did you no all right all right just I got pins um may I have a motion to adjourn public
comments peterson move for approval to adjourn public comments second Miss Martin all in favor i yes yes we did yes all right um to take it
uh good evening everyone there is that in speaking with Dr potit the need for a short executive session this evening uh in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act the Winslow Township Board of Education will be adjourning into an executive session on
March 26 2025 at approximately 8:25 p.m of the nine exceptions which permit us to go into executive session we'll be utilizing exception number one which has to do with uh matters of uh confidentiality either by federal law or
state statute and that would be a general discussion on student matters per Dr potit again it would be about uh 15 to 20 minutes in duration and we may or may not be taking action coming out of executive session
thank you sir probably not okay can I have a motion to move into executive session peterson move for approval to move into executive session roll call please
mr clark yes miss Dredden yes miss Glaude yes miss Martin yes mr mcmanis yes miss Peterson yes mr thomas yes and Mr shaw yes motion has carried
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