stand for the flag salute pled aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all R call Mr Kenny Miss Einstein here Mr Bramhall here Mr Evans here missah con here Mr Meer here M trumpe here M tops here miss Fitzwater here statement is hereby made that adequate notice of this meeting was given by submission of said notice to the Burlington County Times The Courier Post the cinamon and Township Clerk and the district website on the following dates March 3rd 2023 March 28th 2023 and January 17th 2024 we're moving on to section four routine business we start with item a the board secretary's report for February of 2024 the treasur report for February of 2024 the receipts and transfers for February 2024 the monthly transfer report for February of 24 the high school activities report for March of 24 the Food Service management cost performance statement for March of 24 certified Bill list the April uh as of April 2024 as of 410 uh the approval of minutes the regular minutes uh from 3:19 executive Session 1 from 319 and executive session 2 from 319 Mr Bramhall can I have a motion to approve routine business items a through H so moved second second thank Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr Maker i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to section five routine matters we have the enrollment report as of April 12th of 24 the health report for March of 24 the fire alarm report for March the crisis Trill report for March and the superintendent monthly report Mr Capello thank you Mrs Fitzwater thank you to members of the public for being here on this beautiful Tuesday night uh we certainly do appreciate the time you take out and for those of you who are following along at home uh we appreciate your watching and staying tuned in to what's happening in cinnamon schools in the Board of Education like to start out where I typically do offering some congratulations uh first goes it was a couple weeks ago but congratulations and thank you to miss m and the students from the rush school who had their fourth grade spring concert entitled Rush stock a one night of peace and music the concert was absolutely fantastic thank you to Mr creel and his crew for live streaming it it was a big hit all the way around um we celebrated uh the week of April 1st through 5th was assistant principal week so I'd like to recognize our district desens of principles uh Miss Oliver uh Miss mey Miss Nelson Mr Miley Dr mccan and Mr Wilkinson thank you to many of you for being here this evening uh as an often underappreciated and sometimes thankless job and we certainly appreciate the time and attention you put into doing such a great job on behalf of our schools and on behalf of our students so thank you we celebrated an eclipse and cinamon in last week uh first time we've done that in an awfully long time I want to thank Dr goldurn and all of our principles for making sure that the event was a success for our students in providing glasses uh as the eclipse happened as many of you know uh during our dismissal we got some fantastic pictures of our students celebrating this you know potentially once in a school generation activity as the next full solar eclipse to hit the contiguous United States is in August 23rd 2044 who knows maybe 20 years from now we'll have school in late August you'll have to let me know how that goes at that time so May 6 through 10th is teacher appreciation week and uh we take time to celebrate and recognize all of our Educators in sentiments and often but uh one initiative that our staff recognition team is doing this year uh they've been going around town and we have so many wonderful businesses parents and Community supporters for our staff and our Educators uh who've expressed many um a vast level of interest in supporting our teachers and uh you may see uh these window clings that say we support sentiments in schools in some of your local businesses we like to recognize them and we will do so formally next month uh businesses who have made a donation uh something that we can raffle off our teachers giving our teachers and Educators special discounts in time and uh just making our schools and our community very welcome for uh all of our folks to shop local and also support local so thank you to all of our businesses families uh and our home and School Association for all of the support that they give our teachers and we look forward to recognizing all of our Educators May 6th through May 10th also like to congratulate an organization that did not exist this time last year uh the sentiment in high school drum line and indoor Color Guard is currently going through their pilot season and under the direction of Dr Nick Dal salvio uh Gabby Stokes a former CHS Alum Doug Ferrero and Amanda Beard our drum line and our indoor color guard of having a fantastic season uh their most recent competition they came in first place with an outstanding score uh their drum Show drum line show themed liftoff and color guards themed dream have captivated audiences and judges alike during this their pilot season and special congratulations for them it is another point of Pride uh for the Arts in Cinnaminson last month I offered the first of what I hope to be several prek updates for the district uh as I updated last month and as you may have read on social media or in the papers uh Cinnaminson was the recipient of some preschool expansion aid grant money from the state of New Jersey and we're very excited to on May 1st launch our part day our partial Day program into two full day classrooms now ultimately this is the start of an Endeavor that we hope to grow and we hope to grow as rapidly as our schools will allow I can say here publicly and we've said it many times before uh we have some square footage challenges and we're hoping to rectify that the board is um partnering with us to engage in some opportunities to be very creative to see how we can add some square footage so ultimately we can offer full day three-year-old and four-year-old pre prek to all of the students in our prek universe and we're very excited to see that happen over the course of the next several years so right now we're looking to enter next year with two full day classrooms and uh are exploring opportunities as we speak to see that uh expansion take place actually during uh the school year next year so uh we are excitedly looking at some opportunities to expand our footprint and add to the square footage of our district which ultimately in term will offer some prek opportunities to our families uh who will very much benefit from uh quality prek full day education at zero cost to families so um next month or excuse me next week uh we'll be having our public hearing on the proposed 2024 2025 budget that's on April 25th at 5:00 p.m. so uh we certainly welcome everyone to come back for that so with that that is the superintendent report thank you Mr Capello Mr trumpe can I have a motion to approve section five routine matters items a through e so moved second second thank you Mr Evans comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr Topps i i i i i i i i motion approved uh moving on to uh section six our student representative reports we will hear first from the high school representative madaline hubard good evening the golden apple winner for the month of April is Miss Deb McKinley who was nominated by Bui Mustafa the students of the month for March are as follows class of 2024 Jules Reed class of 2025 Jude xowski CL of 2026 Payton Zar zasi and cl of 2027 Addison McMullen update on spring sports baseball the baseball team's record is two and four the captains are LC Smith Jackson peacock Noah Harvey Michael KCK and Matt mclusky the team senior night is Friday May 3rd softball the team's current record is four and three the captains are Maline kachu Kayla minan Madden rler and Hannah Derbyshire the team senior night is Tuesday May 7th versus Del girls lacrosse the team's current record is two- one the captains are Charlotte cell Megan Nelson and I MD hover the team senior night is Tuesday May 7th versus Moretown friends boys lacrosse the team's record is 2-2 the boys captains are Ian blue Shane MCD kilan peas and Damen bird the team senior night is May 1st versus holy cross track and field the team's current record is 1 and0 the captains are Ken kler Nyla mson Rachel blind bberry and Jules Reed Boys Tennis the team's current record is 1 and0 the captains are kobby Warwick and Drew Harvey and the team senior night is April 30th versus lynon wal golf the team's current record is 5-2 the team's captains are seniors Ryan Gibson and Andrew kle Brian Gibson had a career best round at one under and JP MCD had a career best 41 senior game is Wednesday May 15th boys volleyball the team's current record is 4-2 the team team's captains are Jared Edwards nasier paage and Andrew zi nasier Paige is leading the team in kills and Josh Luben is leading in blocks the team senior night is May 9th versus Sterling world affairs Council CHS students participated in the world affairs Council of Philadelphia's global economic Forum this week with Incredible contributions from all who participated Kellen ker Sarah Delgato Ben tiof and Brendan fra received awards for their excellent work junior class the junior class is hosting this Year's junior senior prom royalty the prom will be held Friday May 17th at the Double Tree by Hilton from 6:00 to 10: p.m. NHS NHS members hold tutoring sessions every Tuesday in the library from 2:15 to 2:45 students are able to get any acade academic help they need interact interact will be hosting a talent show on Thursday April 25th at 6:30 p.m. in the High School auditorium proceeds will go towards interact scholarships and costs occured during service projects Deca cinamon is preparing to attend the 2024 Deca International Career Development conference in Anaheim California 10 students will represent the cinemon chapter there will be opportunities for our students to network and collaborate with Deca members from all over the country thank you thank you mine now we'll hear from our Middle School representative Kathy Bo good evening C Minon Middle School is proud to announce its student of the month for March Mar congratulations to sixth grer Molly meder seventh gr Nolan ginon and eighth grer Chloe Johnson CMS Athletics has kicked off with pre-season practices starting this the week of March 18th they had games scheduled for last week but the weather didn't cooperate the stop Club collected donations for the good Council home in Riverside the good Council home is a nationally recognized nonprofit women and children shelter that runs solely off donations from in generous individuals it offers residential care and Community Based Services for homeless expectant and new mothers along with their children we are hoping to collect to trees and clothing for women over the age of 18 as well as baby items such as wipes diapers formula clothing blankets toys and bibs we your donations will help ensure the success of of the women and children's at the good Council home on March 26th Scarlet Lewis founder of nonprofit Jesse Lewis Choose Love movement presented to grades 6 to eight by sharing what she learned from her personal tragedy to create compassionate communities it has it was a great opportunity to meet the voice of Choose Love movement the students left her presentations with tools to use to overcome challenges and better understand the Choose Love formula today on April 16th Cinnaminson selected singers attended the senior citizens luncheon to perform songs that they have been preparing for a few weeks it was a fun experience for all the individuals that were involved April is autism acceptance month this year's theme across the state of New Jersey for autism acceptance month is colors of my world this theme encourages schools to take part in fostering autism spectrum disorder ASD awareness to promote understanding and acceptance of individuals with ASD and their schools and surrounding communities our goal is to celebrate diversity and uniqueness of individuals with ASD daily in the classroom some important dates coming up April 23rd markk and perod report cards available online April 25th take your child work day May 1st CMS Spring Concert all choirs May 3rd 7th grade field trip to Duo and finally 8th grade Great Adventure permission slips are and money are due now thank you and I hope you all have a great night thank you Kathy thank you both for um keeping us up to date on what's going on in the schools and now we'll move on to uh presentations uh student recognition uh Mr Capello thank you Mr Fitzwater thank you members of the board uh for members of the audience who may not have been with us uh throughout the course of the year uh traditionally the board has held a student recognition Board of Education meeting in June this year the board decided we would see what that would look like if we break it up and recognize students more in real time and have smaller ceremonies throughout the year uh so this evening we're honored to be we're we're delighted to be honored with Mr Gorman and Mr Wilkinson from cinamon high school who have some winter sports athletic recognition to take place so with that gentlemen I will hand it over to you thank you um we're going to begin by celebrating the remarkable achievements of our esteemed cinamon C piron athletes and competitors it is with great pleasure that we recognize the outstanding individuals have excelled in their respective Fields firstly I would like to acknowledge two exceptional students Michael Crandle and subai Quinn who participated in the esteemed League of Women Voters Burlington County essay contest their dedication and talent LED them to secure the prestigious first and second place respectively please come up and receive your award not here okay um I will say at the uh at the unveiling they read both essays and both were tremendous they did a great job moving forward I uh am going to talk about three outstanding individuals who made a significant impact on our boys basketball team uh the remarkable performances of all division Junior Colin Parish Junior Saudi Gant and Junior Drew Harvey furthermore I'm thrilled to announce that Drew Harvey has received recognition as an all count player so all three Juniors were all division Drew Harvey was all County uh with that talent and potential the future of basketball sentiments and looks incredibly bright a great season for the [Applause] boys gives me immense Pride to acknowledge the remarkable achievements of our girls basketball team they have put together two exceptional years back to back and we eagerly anticipate another outstanding season ahead let us celebrate the achievements of Ava stendel levich who has been recognized as both an all division and an all count player you can come up congratulations uh even more than her Talent it was her grit that led this basketball team it was so much fun to watch and they're going to have a big year next year as well our girls bowling team has also left an indelible mark this year making a very deep playoff run led by the exceptional skills of senior Skyler Eric and sophomore Elana Malave who have both been recognized as all division players they showcase their talent and determination in the realm of wrestling our team is achieved significant Milestones they finished second in their division emerged victorious in a playoff match a de feat not accomplished in the last 5 years we commend the outstanding performances of Junior Dylan vone who earned recognition as all division all South Jersey secured first place in District 26 and second place in region 7 additionally Junior Donovan Wilkinson a District 26 Champion all South Jersey wrestler and third place winner in region 7 has displayed tremendous skill and dedication both Dylan and Donan wrestled at boardwall in the state tournament with Dylan advancing to wrestle Back 2 and Donovan advancing to wrestle back four a great achievement for both wrestlers [Applause] [Laughter] I jump in this picture they all smile also would like to acknowledge the contributions of Junior Dominic Marino who made the all division team secured second place in District 26 and sixth place in region 7 and lastly uh we recognize Junior Eddie fry who earned second place in District 26 [Applause] Eddie sh all four wrestlers tonight being recognized are Juniors so we expect monster years from all of them as seniors our swim team both on the boys and girls side has had an exceptional year for those who've not witnessed a swim meet I highly encourage you to experience it firsthand the energy and enthusiasm that fill that atmosphere truly captivating and contagious uh on the boy side we applaud the outstanding achievements of senior Noah mcris he's been named all Division and all South Jersey setting new individual school records in the 100 breaststroke and the 100 fre freestyle furthermore Noah along with senior Mason dranek Junior Brendan frado and Junior Bryce Bastion were intrical in the setting of a new school record in the boys 200 medley relay their Collective efforts have been nothing short of extraordinary you could come on [Applause] up what's that I just not to be outdone our girls swim team has also achieved record setting performances freshman Eden MCN has lished a new school record in the 100 backstroke while sophomore Carly trumpe senior Megan shallow and Junior Tessa Devone along with Eden have set a new school record in the girls 200 meter freestyle their dedication and hard work have yielded remarkable results if you're here as we reflect on the achievements of our cinnamon and winter athletes it's evident that this has been a truly exceptional year I firmly believe that every program within our school holds the belief that they can continue to Excel and Achieve greatness in the 2425 winter season to our seniors I extend my heartfelt congratulations and gratitude your contributions have been invaluable to our underclassmen who have received numerous accolades I assure you that the best is yet to come thank you thank you okay we're moving on to Section 8 correspond to the board I don't have anything to share as anybody else okay I'm moving on to uh section N9 committee reports we did have a policy committee meeting this month uh Mr Evans yes uh the policy and legislative committee met online bya Google meet on Monday February 5th the committee and a commitment to a board goal this year continued the process of reviewing the existing policies starting with the Thousand series of policies the board reviewed the second group of policies within the 1,000 series among this work is an updated organizational chart that's so NOP sorry that was our old one uh is this from where is excuse me for a second is got it thanks the policy and legislative committee met online via Google meet march on March 28th via VIA Google meet the committee began with a review of the latest policy alert issued by Strauss Esme the review of those policies resulted in some recommended language updates that are included in tonight's agenda for consideration the committee spent time reviewing policies related to home school students and the district's extracurricular programs the board reviewed the current policies and determined that they would need to take time to do more research before implementing any immediate changes select members of the committee were assigned tasks to help and form the group ahead of the next committee where our discussions will continue the next meeting for the policy committee is scheduled for April 23rd during that meeting the committee looks forward to reviewing the policy audits results provided to the district from Strauss Esme and continuing the discussion about the for mention policies that govern homeschool and extracurricular [Music] participation thank you Mr Evans uh Miss ion can I have a motion to approve section n item a committee reports so move second second thank you Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing none we'll take vote Mr Maker i i i i i i i i i motion approved uh moving on to section n public comment uh members of the public are reminded that comments in this section should be limited to items appearing on this meeting's agenda there will be another opportunity during this meeting to comment on non agenda items all member of the public wishing to speak on agenda items only should raise their hands to indicate their wish to speak when called upon participants should State their first and last name and address clearly for the record hi Edie bosski from cinamon so I actually printed all the revisions of the policies that you have on your site they're really hard to follow um there are some discrepancies where it's marked as a revision but in reality it's a new policy almost the way it's written especially policy 2260 it is a completely different name completely different wording and I printed the old one just so you know um there's a a new policy 1140 which I couldn't find on the current District website let's start with that one first so 1140 says it's a revision but it doesn't exist on the current School website so if somebody can point me where that is where the old version of that policy is that would be great um policy 2200 curriculum content I like where it's leading but I would like to know what action is going to happen with this policy and would would this be done through a committee is it just up to the superintendent like is it just kind of a rule all it's very open-ended and it's leading uh let's get to the next one uh uh going back to 11:40 there's training reference in this policy as well will that training be posted somewhere will the parents be able to find what training are you indicating or relying on it also mentions an affirmative action officer which coincidentally is also in Old policy 2260 so is the 1140 just an adop like an adapted version of 2260 and rebranded and renamed and who is that affirmative action officer for the school is there one for school is there one per District um and then 2260 which was the old affirmative action policy is actually equity in schools and classroom practices now so I would love to meet with whoever this is and kind of figure out what the old versions of these were because when you look at the versions on the district right now on the site right now these are new these aren't revisions these aren like cross outs and and updates these are very much new um then let's go to budget cuz that's my favorite uh so I printed the budget and I went through it and there is a lot of there's two buckets for other spending and it's quite a lot of money in those buckets I would love an explanation of what falls under other spending uh because there's millions in there so if we're spending on other things other than administrative salaries a classroom things teacher aids whatever it is what goes into other that has millions of dollars in there um I don't know if any other parents are you know this is my fun uh there is some almost a million dollars left in special education that's unspent and unallocated I'm hoping it's on just unallocated or allocated and not spent I would love to know why we have a million dollars left over when parents are struggling to get services for their kids in the district um and again I have a lot of notes I don't want to take up your time but I would love to go over them this is what I do for work outside of this so thank you thank you m palowski that's 201 the policies we have yeah 11 I'm looking right last RIS in in July 2016 they all in there they all from let me let me just uh say this I'm looking forward to to meeting with you next Monday but uh you raise a lot of questions and I'm certainly happy to go through each and every one of them with you personally as give them the time that they deserve and if you still have some questions uh after you and I meet to discuss them then uh we can continue to follow up until we get all of your questions and concern answers and I if you s be ahead of time of the meeting might make our meeting a little bit more productive too so I know we're meeting as a group but if you'd like to stick around we can certainly meet oneon-one thank you I appreciate it any other members of the public who would like to speak on agenda items all right we are moving on to section 11 personnel certified and non-certified IED Mr Capello thank you Mrs Fitzwater under Section 11 letter A seeking the board to approve certificated staff as listed in the agenda under number one and non-certificated staff as listed in the agenda under number two under transfers seeking the board to approve one transfer as listed in the agenda under letter C seeking the board to approve items number one and two dealing with resignations and retirements of both certificated and non-certificated staff under letter D extra Duty appointments see seing the board to approve items 1 through 12 as listed in the agenda under leaves of absences letter e seeking the board to approve the employees as listed by employee number under uh or excuse me numbers one through five as listed in the agenda under letter F teaching overages and overloads we have two items for the board's consideration that are listed in the agenda uh nothing under letter G and nothing under letter H moving on to student teachers there are two that are listed in the agenda under letter i for the board's consideration and approval under letter J substitute teachers seeking the board's approval on item number one as listed in the agenda items a through F and there are no tutors for approval so Mrs Fitzwater those are the Personnel certificated and non-certificated items for this evening thank you Mr Capello Mr Evans can I have a motion to approve section 11 personnel certif certificated and non-certificated items a through K so move second second thanks Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr tops I I I I I I I we're gonna motion come back so I can introduce motion approve um so at this point I would like to introduce we have a new staff member here with us but before we get a chance to uh turn it over to Mrs Jones for an introduction I just so that the public is aware uh seemingly more and more uh we try to have a competitive advantage in the hiring season uh this time of year many of our local District are out there competing for the newest and best freshest talent that is available to us and uh in order to help maintain our Competitive Edge and try to find staff members who meet the rigorous standards cinnamon schools uh we are for the first time in a long time hiring new staff as early as April to start for next September uh so it is it is a little bit of an editorial on uh the State of Affairs and the competitive nature and the teacher shortage that is absolutely out there so uh we are very excited uh to start welcoming new staff members for uh welcoming new staff members to our district dist for next year and the first one of those I'd like to introduce right now actually Mrs Jones will do the honors of introducing our new staff member evening it's my [Music] [Laughter] pleasure congratulations Chelsea I think you're going to find a wonderful home at the New Albany School agree welcome all we're at going to curriculum and instruction Dr goldurn thank you very much under uh 12 letter A requesting board approval of the professional development requests that are attached under letter B requesting approval of the field trip requests that are attached nothing under C or D this month under letter e requesting approval of the monthly Hib report and under letter F approval please of the monthly suspension report and those are the requests this month Mrs Fitzwater thank you Dr goldurn um Miss blin can I have a motion to approve section 12 curriculum and instruction items a through F so moved second second thank you Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr tops i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to section 13 special education Mrs lelen thank you Mrs Fitzwater under a contracts seeking the board to approve an agreement with the Burlington County Educational Services Unit to provide service services for a one1 teacher assistant for a student from April 11th until June 30th as attached under B student placements seeking the board to approve two tuition contract agreements as attached thank you thank you Mr lellan Mr Maker can I have a motion to approve section 13 special education items A and B so moved second second thank you Mr trumpe comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr Topps i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to section 14 policy um Mr thank you Mrs Fitzwater asking the board to approve under item number one section 14 the polic IES that are listed for approval on first reading uh as listed in the agenda thank you Mr Capell Mr tops can I have a motion to approve section 14 item a so move second second thank you Mr Evans comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr Meer i i i i i i i i motion approved moving on to business and finance uh Mr living good thank you Mrs Fitzwater under Section A grants item number 1A is that the board accepts the revised 2324 funding statement for services under chapter 192 193 is attached item 1B is that the board accepts the 2324 funding statement for the preschool education grant as attached section B Finance item number one that the board approves the mileage reimbursement request for staff members as attached and item two that the board approves the semic corrective action plan is attached section c operations item number one that the board accepts with appreciation the donation of $250 from Exelon on behalf of Kevin Richardson to the integrated prek program item 1B that the board accepts with appreciation the donation of $64 to seasa to New Albany School towards the first grade trip to the Adventure Aquarium and item one see that the board accepts with appreciation the donation of $350 from the American Heart Association to the New Albany school for participation in the kids heart challenge item number two that the board approves the application for the renewal for the 2425 school year with a School Alliance Insurance Fund as attached and item number three that the board approves the New Jersey Department of Education waiver application as attached item D contracts item number one that the board approves the agreement between the sentiments and Board of Education and virtual Health to provide occupational and physical therapy services as attached item number two that the board approves educational facilities construction and financing act section 15 Grant agreement as per the attached state project number doe project number total cost of 1,3 47,800 with a state share of a middle school boiler plant project to cm3 Building Solutions as per the attached proposal item number four that the board approves the 2425 health benefit renewal as per the attached item number five that the board approves the 2324 agreement between cinnamons and Board of Education and PSS Engineers item number six that the board approves the solicitation for a food service management company through the RFP process via the state of New Jersey Department of Agriculture and item number seven that the board approves the architect of record agreement between Garrison Architects and cinam and Board of Ed for the 2324 school year as attached thank you Mrs Fitzwater thank you Mr living good M trompe can I have a motion to approve section 15 business and finance items a through D so moved second second thank you Messiah con comments or questions from the board hearing n we'll take a vote Mr merer I I I I I I I I motion approved uh 16 we have no other business correct all right moving on to section 17 public comment during the public comment section of the meeting the board will seek public comment on any item members of the public are reminded that if they do wish to speak when called upon participants should State their first and last name and address clearly for the record in accordance with sentiments and Board of Education bylaw 016 4.6 comments will be limited to a maximum of 4 minutes per person in the common period will not exceed 30 minutes hi Edon so this is this is just an FYI so the New Jersey inclusion project has a a um application that you you all can fill out for the school district and the Department of Education and collaboration with the New Jersey Coalition for inclusive education is offering various free opportunities to support inclusive education through njp um it's online the the application deadline is in two weeks uh if the school is chosen they can come in and and help with teachers training they can help with policy changes they can help with classroom setups it's absolutely free it doesn't cost anybody anything the state funds it so I hope you apply and then I do have something that I want to say um we went through seventh and eighth grade and it was a horrific experience Maya has now gone our daughter has now gone to high school and I have to give a shout out to Mr sigon and miss mccan a breath of fresh air he's really gone out of his way to educate himself on our daughter not just on her on paper her as a person that goes a long way when your case manager is willing to step out of that box and actually meet you halfway across the table to make sure that your kid gets what they need um Miss mccan is the same thing she she's she's gone out of her way to figure out resources to tell me okay we can do this we can't do this let's figure this out love that I I hope that kind of approach is from every teacher but I did want to give them a positive Kudos because they've been really amazing through this process that's that's pretty much it thank you thank you m Papas I'm sure they appreciate the kind words Mr cell Doug cell 104 Cuthbert Road I have a bone to pick with the board I spent about 15 minutes preparing remarks and then about two or three hours ago I get a phone call from Mr Capello and I have he answered all of my questions I you ruined my talk man um but I uh I did did want to speak about policy 2431 Mr Evans thank you for mentioning it in in your remarks um you know that was one of my questions uh was it addressed at the subcommittee meeting the answer to that question is yes uh Mr Capello thank you for educating me today more on the process uh not just where you guys are currently but where you uh see the process going and um you know I want to put it out there again to everyone on the board um that I'm available for questions discussions I want to be an ally in this process and uh thank you very much for all you're doing thank you Mr s go ahead man' good evening Mr Capello and members of the school board my name is Kate Meer and I reside at 1315 Columbia Avenue and I'm speaking this evening on behalf of seasa the home and School Association for New Albany and Eleanor Rush schools I just wanted to give a brief update we've had a successful year so far and thank the community for all their support of our efforts SE since September we've raised over 98,000 with a few fundraisers still pending our largest income line items include Spirit Weare at $46,500 software pretzel soft pretzel sales totaling $22,000 and winter Fest at $9,000 in addition to a variety of fundraisers we've held roller skate parties with about 700 students and parents in attendance and recently hosted our Blossom ball dance for 200 people this past Sunday at New Albany School our weekly pretzel sales at Memorial New Albany and Rush are up to 770 pretzels per week and is made possible due to a highly dedicated group of parent volunteers who show up every Friday to sort pack and distribute across the three schools we're organizing a brand new event this month our spring Market on Sunday April 28th Outdoors at CHS this is a craft fair similar to Winterfest and we still have spaces available for our district clubs and organizations to set up tables at no cost we provide $2,500 in funding for assemblies to each New Albany and Rush schools and allocate $2 per student to defer the cost of field trips we provide provide $1,000 to be given as scholarships to graduating seniors and fund a variety of miscellaneous requests from the Administration and staff at our elementary schools possibly our most popular expenditure is paying for Mr Softy for all of our elementary students New Albany students receive a free ice cream treat at their art show on May 29th and Rush students and staff will enjoy their treat at the rush school picnic on June 12th through the end of the school year we have plans to celebrate some specific groups of important people on April 23rd we're thanking our dedicated Transportation team by dropping off a special treat for National bus driver appreciation day we'll be celebrating all the staff at new obni and Rush schools by by delivering individual lunches and restocking The Faculty lounges during teacher appreciation week and on June 13th we will be hosting parties to celebrate our second and fifth grade students as they prepare to move up to new schools next year we provide pizza and water ice for the parties and provide every student with commemorative gifts from seasa including discounted our free yearbooks t-shirts and a special fifth grade towel with every student signature a big portion of our efforts and budget every year go to cell celebrating these special groups so if you've heard all that and might be wondering how can I support seasa I do have a few suggestions we've partnered with Iron Hill Brewery for dine and donates every Tuesday throughout the month of May and you can double down on May 21st with Aus fundraiser as well we'll have our spirit Weare set up at Spring Market as well as cinnamon since upcoming Mayday with some new Styles and sizes being debuted soon the absolute easiest way that the cinamon district Community can support seas' efforts at no addition cost is by linking your shopright or Walmart rewards accounts with the Box Toops for Education app we earn about $1,000 in passive income each year just by having people choose New Albany or Rush school to benefit finally I just want to take this opportunity to recognize and thank the other parent volunteers who make up our board Mary rosengarten Caroline kotlov Jill Applebee Diana Rogers Katie featherer Melissa chatle and Aaron nowicki these women give so much of their time talents and energy to making our annual plan possible each year I'm so proud to work alongside them and I'm so grateful for their dedication in closing I'd also like to express our gratitude for Mrs Jones and Mrs D Simone and Mrs meley and Mrs Oliver as well and their teams at new ALB and rush we appreciate you always making space for our programs and activities as well as for our ideas and thank you very much for the opportunity to provide this update thank you Mrs merer we certainly appreciate all of your efforts I'm sorry one other coming up right now thanks good evening my name is Anthony flunder I live at 248 Justin drive it's my first time ever being here if I get a little motion you got to excuse me I've been here for 10 years my daughter graduated in 2020 I have a athletic scholar student that's in 10th Grade and I have my 12-year-old daughter today was the second time that my daughter was called a black monkey when we send our kids to school they should feel safe they should feel included cinnamon is a nice racist town I've ever been in my life I'm a state law enforcement officer I treat everybody fairly that is my job I'm held to a higher standard my dad is a retired cinnamon cop he's deceased so when I came here based of what I knew growing up and how he talked about camenson I thought it was going be a great place I have endured a lot of heartache and heartbreak in the last six years I've been here every time I bring something up it's swep under the rug a school bus driver before the spring break before wining break told my daughter to get to get the F on the bus I called the middle school they said they will investigate I gave him a chance gave him Grace cuz it was towards the end went a break nothing was said ever since then no one no one's kid is perfect my daughter was contemp was contemplating suicide at age of 10 because she didn't feel included and then now she's getting with a crowd of kids that look like her that identify her because now you're you're Middle School you like to move around and just because they look like you that mean they're always good for you but because she wants to be accepted she's acting out I've never had any discipline problems at any of my four dooters until then um I need your help because everybody comes here for a reason and their own personal agendas but the the main agenda is to do what's best for our children and School District if we're not on the same page if you get if she gets a fair if her daughter gets a fair treatment but then his doesn't we failed that person it's see we all pass it as a group no one gets left behind it don't matter if you're gay transgender Jewish Muslim it doesn't it doesn't matter we're all here for the bment of our kids and we're failing our kids a lot of black and brown people that are here in this school district they don't speak because what happens is it's little fires that get put out everywhere so and they're afraid to speak up and it's not fair I need your help cuz if I don't get the help I'm going to go to the news I'm going to call the nation Islam I'm going to the South Jersey and the ACP and I will get the help where help is needed every anytime I've asked for Hippa I mean I asked for the HB when my door was at rush four were HIV uh incidents so I asked that principal how many was race not that many how many two that's 50% that's not good enough for me we can't help what people are taught but when they come to that school things are they're they're supposed to be held to a standard and it hurts that don't have no idea how it feels when you're not the majority it's really heartbreaking so what id like to know is how many black and brown applicants have applied this year how many black and BR applicants have been interviewed because we should the staff should be a reflection of the senses in this town I don't think we're meeing that quarter thank you thank you Mr [Applause] flunder hello um my name is Kristen Rooney I live at 1313 Columbia Avenue um my questions are more time sensitive um my son is at Memorial School right now so we just got the wonderful news that ipk was accepted the grant um for the preschool education Aid however we have not received any information of the children who are currently there um the only information that we have received is that they will start going full-time on May 1st and we don't know bus situations what the day will look like um lunch for the kids if my child will receive more services given he is part of the integrated side of things since he is going full day now um we're two weeks away and it's been hard to prepare my child given he is part of the integrated group to kind of prepare him for full day which is wonderful in a sense that we get to prepare him for kindergarten I'm very happy happy about that um but it has been a struggle to try and explain all the changes given we don't have the information either um I appreciate everything that you guys are doing and I think it's a wonderful thing I know that there's time constraints there's square footage constraints there's space in general um so I appreciate everything that you've done it's just some questions have gone unanswered I know the teachers are doing everything that they can to answer what they can um emails have gone unanswered so I appreciate anything that you guys can do within the next two weeks to answer some questions certainly and I I I I appreciate in those concerns and I I'll definitely grab you uh after the meeting um but just understand that um but the the time we were given when we received the grant we're still figuring some things out a lot closer to real time than we would like to so uh things like transportation and the F and the final schedule uh should be prepared by the end of the week but I'll catch up with you and give you some of those details so thank you thank you any other comments from the public okay we will move to um uh section 18 comments from the board Mr bramall thank you uh we want to express congratulations to all the student athletes and Essay writers that were recognized this evening um congratulations to Chelsea for joining the seninen of school district we're glad to have you uh we want to thank everybody who made the generous donation thank you to the high school and middle school representatives for your reports this evening thank you to everybody here the community members that came out and shared comments with the board we appreciate it um thank you to siasa for all that you do for the students and the staff of cinon and we want to send our best wishes to our retirees and best of luck in the next phase of their life and the next meeting um is a public hearing on the budget which is scheduled for April 25th beginning at 5:00 pm it'll be held here at the middle school cafetorium information will be found on the district website and then our next regular meeting of the board of education is Tuesday May 7th at 700 p.m. again here at the middle school thank you Miss Fitzwater thank Mr Bramhall at this point we're going to uh convene into executive session but we will not be uh having any business after the session uh so um Miss Ione can I have a motion to adjourn into executive session so move second second thank you Mr trumpe all in favor favor I opposed we're moving into executive session thank you all for coming out and have a great night