[Music] IED Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all Mr both here Mr Chapman Mr Barella Mr ganak Mrs Miller Mr Pender here Mr cleberg Mr Casio Mr peni here in accordance with the terms of the Sunshine Law adequate notice of this meeting was posted in old school buildings the administration building bur clerk's office Public Library four newspapers and tap into on January 6 2023 please be advised there is no smoking on school grounds inside or outside at any time please silence all electronic devices pursuant to District policy number 0167 each statement made by a participant shall be limited to 3 minutes ation and no participant may speak more than once on the same topic thank you um moving on to uh number five superintendent report thank you Mr P this evening our student representative report will be given by Sophia PAB Sophia is a varsity soccer player and thec cross player a member of the academic team and the Red Cross club and the future Club in addition Sophia is the president of the sophomore class and we're looking forward to your report good evening Dr tany Miss Melissa and members of the Board of Education my name is Sophia VAB and I'm the sophomore class president here to speak on behalf of the high school I participate in Varsity soccer lacrosse the academic team the Red Cross club and the her future clubs at the high school in the past month there have been many events that include the students faculty and the community on November 27th six students from SPS were recognized at The Rotary Club at the plan Fields breakfast held at the Park Avenue Diner in years past SPS participated in the Rotary Club of Edison this year we are now with the Rotary Club of the plan Fields the breakfast was well attended and all six seniors were celebrated the next breakfast will be held on February 27th 2024 on December 2nd the high school held the Annual Tiger 24 which was very successful many families participated in the arts and craft activities at the start of the evening which was Then followed by the student body volleyball tournament a large crowd and many volunteers were helping out to keep the evening organized Target 24 was a great success and a great way to bring the community together several student athletes committed to play their Sports at the next level earlier this month some of these colleges included Dominican university calwell college and the University of New Haven the winter sports season has also officially begun preseason practices and scrimmages started before the Thanksgiving break the regular season will begin this Thursday December 14th therapy dogs came and visited the high school through the Well Springs program allowing students to meet these therapy dogs and get in touch with what they can provide for a stressed high school student we always enjoy these visits from Well Springs and hope to see them again there were a series of instant decision days for students as well as instant decision days through HBCU and other universities many students receiv received scholarships and approved admission to one or more colleges and universities These Days A Day of Service meeting was held at the high school with Dr tany and the high school class representatives and student council along with the elementary schools grant school and the middle school student council Representatives ideas for the Day of Service activities and Charities were discussed the sophomore class will be organizing a fabric drive to create blankets on the day of service to pack in backpacks with other necessities for the backpacks for Life charity this charity helps with homeless and we hope to Aid in their their success the academic team held their first competition of the season on December 1st at biotechnology High School Mr Shaw helped guide us to the next round as well as two students advancing to the bio hols later this year the math team held their comp competition earlier this evening here at the high school the Central Jersey Math League provided the participating schools with their challenging question to compete against each other to have the greatest combined team score the successful Winter concert was yesterday December 12 as always we love to hear what the musical students have been preparing and appreciate their commitment to this concert we wish them luck and preparing for the spring concert later this year finally as a reminder yearbooks are now on sale through the johnson.com website for $99 thank you all for the time and opportunity to update you on the successful events at the high school this month I hope you all have a happy healthy and safe holiday season thank [Applause] you great job Sophia um and as Sophia said we actually did meet to discuss the Day of Service which is scheduled for May 22nd of 2024 um we're very excited the the students have been planning as you can see some of the the ideas that they're coming up with and if you'd like to know what we're planning for the Day of Service you can visit our school website and there's a tab on there for the day of service and you'll see all of the projects as the uh the students are planning from uh the elementary schools up to the high school but thank you you did an amazing job um this evening we're also going to be entertained by our amazing high school jazz and chorus uh the December meeting is my absolute favorite meeting of the entire year I love to hear our our students we have wonderful and dedicated teachers Mr howat leading the Jazz Band this evening and Dr kler will be directing the course so let's all enjoy tonight's [Applause] performance [Music] [Music] oh [Music] oh [Music] la [Music] the [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] h [Music] oh [Music] [Music] a [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Applause] n [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] oh thank you amazing job I I could listen to you all night I really good thank you Mr how students you are fantastic Dr kler it's just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way I stopped off at the North Pole to spend a holiday I called on dear old Santa Claus to see what I could see he took me to his workshop and told his plans to me now Santa is a busy man he has no time to play he's got millions of stockings to fill Christmas day you better write your letter now and it right away because he's getting ready his reindeer and his [Music] slave you better watch out you better not cry you better not telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus Is Coming [Music] town he's making a list and checking itce he's going to find out who's naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming to town Santa CLA is coming to town Santa Claus is Coming to Town he sees you when you're sleeping he knows when you're awake he knows if you been bad or good so be good for goodness sake yeah you better watch out you 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call him never poor Join one foggy Christmas eve Santa came to say Rudolph with your no so right won't you guide my Sligh tonight then thee him as they shout it out with GLE Rudolph the red no reindeer go down in history [Music] [Applause] washingt wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year good tidings to you wherever you are good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a Merry Christmas we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new New [Music] [Applause] Year thank you Dr Jaz the wonderful High School Forest we are so fortunate to have such talented students and such dedicated faculty so thank you so much again my absolute favorite meeting of the entire [Music] [Applause] year great [Music] job none have a motion to to approve the resolutions minutes move discussion Mr both yes Mr JIS Mrs Miller yes but on D Mr Pender yes but also OB standing on D Mr cber yes Mr Casio yes Mr pise yes the curriculum a through e motion move second discussion please both yes Mr gakis yes Mrs Miller Mr Pender yes Mr tberg yes Mr CIO yes Mr P yes on the Personnel a through f move second discussion Lo call please Mr both yes Mr Janis yes Mrs Miller yes Mr Pender yes Mr suberg yes Mr Casio yes Mr pice yes fin Finance a through Q so move second discussion call please Mr both yes Mr pus yes Mrs Miller yes Mr Pender yes Mr cleberg yes but obain on 11 I Mr Casio yes Mr der yes public comments on any item see none board member comments I just like to thank Sophia for that um uh wonderful update from the high school it was very informative and we appreciate the students uh giving us updates each month um I want to congratulate Leo and Anu on their retirement plans I'll speak more about them as the retirement gets closer um thank you to the high school the high school uh students for that wonderful performance um we appreciate all you do and for putting us in the holiday spirit and just want to wish everyone a fabulous H happy healthy joyful holiday season and I do have one question on something we just approved and that those were the job descriptions um the accounts payable specialist and secretary in purchasing um with the qualifications um because the secretary requires a ba degree while the specialist only require requires a high school diploma shouldn't they be switched yes okay that's it thank you I just wanted to Echo what Sharon said great job Sophia really very well articulated very good and I wanted to congratulate all the musicians who did a great job as well and just happy holidays Merry Christmas we're going be celebrate at the Holiday safe to thank you uh thank you Sophia for the update this month um I also saw on the tap that the congratulations should be G given to the South PL high school that were named to the 2023 AP honor role which I'm sure is a prestigious honor um uh congrats to the high school students who were here tonight and also I saw the high school concert last night and it was as usual fabulous and I also had a chance to see uh the Franklin School the concert during the day yesterday and to see what these kids did in a matter of weeks with a new teacher um handling both uh or all three orchestra band and chorus it was just phenomenal watching the kids be enrolled with that so um I hope to make a couple more of the concerts but if you have a chance to go these are fabulous kids uh spending a lot of and the parents support to have them practice and get them to school un talk and everything is another great support so uh thank you and other than that have a happy and healthy holiday season great job Sophia even I get a little nervous sometimes up here you're you're making me look bad up here um I want to Echo Bill uh great job to all of our students who already performed in their concerts and good luck to all of our students that still have concerts uh either this week or next week um Good Luck to all of our winter athletes as the season begins to unfold more um great job to the jazz band and choire as doc says this is one of the best meetings of the year because we don't always have have entertainment in that way in the best and brightest at that rate um and last but not least uh happy holidays everyone and stay safe and and take care byebye see just just the last plug to Saturday as a blood drive uh again it's that time of the year where there is a desperate need for blood so if anyone can donate willing to donate check out the website sign up and uh please thank you I'll say merry Christmas happy New Year happy holidays everybody good and I guess I'll Echo every Everybody sopia great job and it's it's yeah I don't even want to compare it that was just fantastic good job and the students musicians great job and uh also merry Christmas happy holidays and being healthy New Year to everybody have a motion to favor