okay call the meeting to order just going to say Mrs Smith but you're not Mrs SMI the open public meeting on Wednesday January 3rd 2024 notice at this meeting was emailed to the press in the mainland Journal notice was also delivered that day to the Eber Township Clerk and posted on the bulletin board in township hall roll call please here Mrs VJ Mr Del Barka here Mrs Gilbert Floyd here miss Heyman here Mr Ireland here Mr Price here Mr sey here this zivan here Mrs salagi here can we stand for the flag salute please oh and we have a Mrs Lucy bird who was a past board member passed away we like a moment of silence for her please uned States thank you he Welcome to our June meeting and we're going to move to minutes we need a motion motion Ireland I'll second that okay we need um 4.1 to 4.2 roll call please Mrs bonjourno Mrs bonjourno yes Mr delara yes Mrs Gilbert Floyd yes Mrs Hyman abstain Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sey yes Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes okay Dr Gia now everybodyy all right good evening and uh here we are in June um it I don't know about you but thing time's going real fast and uh it it was an awesome year we had great things happen and um we graduate whole bunch of wonderful kids on Thursday night and but before that I want to share great things that are going on under our student learning goals and our student achievement we had many moving up ceremonies we have uh tomorrow the middle schools we have Middle School junior National Honor Society and the promotions character education Awards granted to our students the great mous trap racer challenge at Miller School the Greek Olympics Senior Olympics going on and the Newberry reading challenge among many many other uh student achievement accolades that go on in the district but one that was huge from the Department of Education and the Atlanta County Department of of Education that academic recognition day and our students from Fernwood excuse me Fernwood Alder in the high school were recognized um by the county superintendent she's right there to the left in the picture and we got to go to the carriage house for a nice brunch and students were recognized receive certificates and uh we're quite proud of them under climate and culture our district participated in Flag Day activities many field trips and field dayses over the last month barbecues pep rally celebrations students of the week retirement parties and special education parents advisory advisory meeting was held um again amongs many many other things um that enhance our climate and culture juneth activities Dr carita Gran led a presentation students participated and got to uh share their cultural awareness uh Mr Bell and the Multicultural uh group had Multicultural day it was a great day of karaoke songs Unity cultural awareness appreciation and fun more recognition 2024 teachers of the Year got to celebrate just like the students did and they were honored by the Department of Education on another day uh in May and the county superintendent awarded them with certificates um our educational professional Professionals of the year and teachers of the Year Dr Charlton uh that luncheon and um everyone had a great day fun opportunities in the district that I wanted to highlight um we have our teachers at Davenport along with their principal we're Dancing Away to music we had um drive-in movies over here at Swift school we had uh glow-in-the dark uh day at Miller um and then we had the little kids come over uh to the high school uh to see the media Club so great things that are going on uh opportunities for kids kids to be exposed to different things and lot lots of fun Community Partnerships we thank our Atlanticare for working with us and providing grants to us eggh Harvard Township Police Department EHT Emergency Management working together with us uh preparing and planning for a graduation on Thursday night our prject graduation parents and friends and donators who involved uh with that production um if you haven't seen it um you really should get involved to help us out help the students out and Department of Education at Landa County prosecutor's office who are with us last Friday uh to give us some feedback on Safety and Security so some of the partners I want to highlight and thank them we appreciate just some um information for the public to save the date and for the students that on Saturday September 21st in 2024 we will have our Festival here um we're looking we just had a meeting the other day right Mr West is looking for at least 50 tables of from the high school to the Middle School to the element from the elementary school all participating and that's 50 tables from the school district right plus others uh vendors and crafters and food trucks all right so we're planning for that if you'd like to be there um to um sell anything show off anything let us know all right we're going to celebrate some great things that are going on and we'll begin with our mock trial team and I believe Mr Maron is here with his students and they are recipients of the national federal judges Association engaged The Citizen Award and Michael is going to explain more more what that is and I know you have some medals and I have some certificates so first certificate I will present you superintendence award uh that recognized for being outstanding achievement of the mo trial team adviser and winning this national federal judges Association engaged Citizen Award all right so [Applause] congratulations righty out spilling um so the mck trial team um we meet from September really to February we have a team of about 25 to 30 students we practice Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays sometimes on the weekends um what these students do is pretty remarkable uh we compete um at the Atlanta County competition and our seniors graduating this year in their four-year career had a 14 and4 record uh pretty impressive and our alumni have gone on to do some pretty amazing things um Mr sappy current alumni we've had alumni at attend all of our Ivy Leagues and we have currently our first alumni uh going to Harvard Law School so the federal judges Association is it's a national award students have to take um the citizenship test and score above a 90 and they also have to demonstrate evidence of Civic engagement through their Community mock trial or their alab or AP government programs uh so the federal judges Association has presented these medals um and I will just call up um in order of and a class rank we'll do freshman first if that's okay that's okay they're also going to get superintendent award yes all right so we have from the freshman class we have uh Anna mitnik and gjan nag okay [Applause] uh it's the uh metal has the scales of justice and has the federal judges Association excellent citizen of 2024 good job all right uh next up we have uh one of our lawyers Carter Chu Joshua Cochran and Eva NY from our junior [Music] class Josh Carter Carter designed our website so you can check us out we launched it tonight www ehtm trial.com right and Eva our opener all right next up we have uh from the junior class we have Adriana ji and Osa nuring Bay and Maddie ster so come on up [Applause] yesul Osa our next year's board [Applause] rep mine all right and from our senior class we have kayn Cera we have Lily Winkler Amanda Hawkings giovana Tellis and our captain Miss Misha gady [Applause] this is K kin's attending Rowan University uh Misha our captain is attending Rucker University congratulations Amanda award-winning National arist attending Stockton University Gigi attending seatan Hall correct and Lily Winkler will be attending Drexel con it is also worth pointing out that for the first time in EHC history Misha and Gigi won the judge higgy scholarship for the amount of $2,500 Lily will be recognized shortly as part of the national uh the crw so we have a pretty impressive uh collection of students here so thank you Dr thank you congratulations Mr Marone and students uh we're very proud of you uh following your passion and I know you're going to make us proud in the future seniors congratulations and best wishes on your graduation photosh have to go just some highlights with um this Fernwood track and field they are record Breakers so they broke a 2007 record but they for by 200 relay team so I just want to shout out out to these young men who uh run really fast all right also some uh recognition for the spring season of 2024 we have Cape Atlantic league league champions from the softball team Cape Atlantic League champions boys track and field uh boys volleyball and girls of varsity lacrosse it's pretty impressive Every Spring team made the New Jersey state tournament it tells you a little bit about our athletes they and our coaches the time they put in after hours after school um for egg har Township High School so we appreciate that so tonight why we recognize um those teams tonight we have two teams that um are unique and special um the first one and I'm going to call up the athletic directors both of you can come on up one of you whatever um girls flag football it's a new sport um it's begins on the Club level level it's supported by the Philadelphia Eagles and it's an initiative to get girls involved in football um and it has taken off with wings um it's Flying High um coach Cameron Bell come on up coach has led this team these ladies to the West Jersey football league American Division Champions and I had the um experience of traveling through Philadelphia to get to see them play um at the Eagles training camp um at the Nova Care Center so the opportunities that the ladies um have to participate in the program but also the accolades uh that they received from the Philadelphia Eagles and they're going to tell you more about it they get to meet Eagles and train and participate and have a game on their training facility so it was it was a great opportunity I'm I'm very proud that we're able to have this in our school district and I think it's great for the girls so here you go if I stole anything oh uh first of all um I'd just like to say congratulations to the girls here incredible season um I think this picture here is going to be something that's in our school hallways for quite some time this is the first season that we had going here and what a heck of a season it was I know uh in the beginning of the year Mr West met with myself and Miss Peron and we said hey let's get this grant in there let's get it let's reach out to the Eagles get this going miss Peron really hit the ground running because I know she plays flag herself um so she was super excited to get this thing rolling retire but we're all we can still do it if we need to um and obviously once we started going through that process we put out there for our coaches to apply um and I and I can't tell you how excited both myself Miss prone were when when Mr Bell reached out um I had to bring him in and kind of say coach you you're volunteer for the track team you're there you have your sons who are committed to our our band to our uh to basketball you're running around there said are you going to have time to do this he said coach I'll figure it out um and he sure as heck did and and we couldn't be more excited for him because if anyone knows anything about this gentleman he does not do anything halfway uh you know he goes he goes 100% for the kids and and even at the end of this season um you know he came out to me he was a little emotional and you know he said these kids just mean so much to me because I know he's known you for so long all right um but again congratulations and uh we look forward to the rest of you coming back the ones that are graduating we're sincerely going to miss you um and we hope next year when uh you know when the um when Jaylen Herz is talking Briel we're talking about a game-winning touchdown instead of just an awesome touchdown uh because that was that was pretty neat experience oh yes sorry so um this was a pilot for us um but next year the njsa is going to make this a pilot for the entire State um then the following year of course if everything goes well um it's going to be an njsa sport uh so it's in in hopefully in three years or two years two more seasons we're going to have this as a full-on fledge on Sport with state playoffs um and right now uh there's a couple ads throughout South Jersey that have really taken this on um to to make sure that this is the best experience possible with schedules and everything else um but soon enough the states could be taking this over uh so we we're excited to be ahead of the game um where you know there's not a lot of schools out here that are still running it yet um but um just like Dr guci always says we want to be the first ones to it and I think uh that's going to be very important for us going through uh when this does become turn over to a sport for us I I feel like whenever I'm here I like I feel like I'm always repeating myself but I truly mean it like a lot of you know me here like a lot of you um and know like know what I feel about this town um the love the passion I have for EGA Township High School and the and the the students that go here their parents and everything and when I had the opportunity to coach this amazing group of young women I there was no chance I could pass that up and they they exceeded All my expectations and all the play the praise goes to them so give them another round of applause [Applause] please and I always went I just went and I always want to like I like I'm very thankful to work for the people that I work for and work with because you know sometimes you know I'm I'm I'm going to push right to that edge you know what I mean and then they always keep in the straight in the straight and narrow but they they're so supportive and I can't Dr gr I can't thank personally I can't thank you enough all the support over the years and I appreciate you all thank you got tell you the old coach of me I'm impressed they're all dressed so like good job so this presented to Cameron Bell recognized for demonstrating demonstrating outstanding coaching skills for the high school flag football [Applause] team the coach mine Baker come on up his assistant honors of calling up the girls each girl receives a superintendent certificate and honoring them for their achiev achievements this year and making us very proud of what you've done continue all right so I'll do um I'll go in order so first up Dei Diana H pan Journey green [Applause] Ryan [Applause] Newman Pantha Reed Daniela Ramirez heor Rooney P doce do Annie Reed Addie Lambert Colin precisely last but certainly not least Abby lion if we if we had more time like I'm I'm very respectful your right time I would like I I could have regaled you with stories of all of them particularly particularly of my seniors but I'm not going to do that because I would get emotional cuz I did the other night at the banquet but all I want to say girls thank you very much to my seniors go out there and be the rockar that your all I love you all thank you thank you coach B congratulations ladies I mean this is a real deal plays blocks a whole bit so they've learned a lot about the game of football um and they're making it happen as champions [Applause] all right next a girls varsity crew uh crew team our lightweight forbo um have received many accolades this year sraa national champions Garden State Champions Philadelphia city Champions Atlant County rowing Champions they're the toage of coach Dan Welsh come on up Dan down Dan's been involved in our crew program for many many years um and you know I'll have Mr Bret um explain how unique uh crew is to Athletics in the state of New Jersey and I know here in Egg Harbor Township we started off as a club team um but now uh we have a full-blown uh boys program and girls program supported greatly by their booster club and then now the board of education so um congratulations on your Champions championships and for your outstanding coaching skills for the high school girls creu tee so congratulations uh coach I'd just like to uh personally say thank you I know um you know I like to say that all Athletics are the same uh there's just you know different goals different scoring uh but when it came here I didn't have an experience with crew um when I got here and I picked your brain and now other ads are picking my brain I said said well you know what you first thing you need to do is hire Dan Welsh because what you guys do out there is incredible um and what I don't think everybody gets to see is the sincere time and commitment that goes into it for 12 months um when I look at it uh when I first got the experience with it it wasn't on the water it was in the hallways uh when I go upstairs I'm seeing about 40 girls that are just dripping with sweat working out for an hour and a half and they're they're getting after it and that Dedication that work uh to to get in the wait room to do everything you need to do for hours upon hours when there's nobody you're not racing against anybody you know you're doing that except for yourself and that kind of dedication and commitment is is second to enough um and I think that also is a resemblance of the culture that you guys have activated down there uh and it's something that I think is special so this is a consequence of all the things that you've done over the years I know you've been doing it quite a bit of quite a bit of time now I'm not going to say how many but um but again it's something that uh you know this doesn't happen overnight and I I think obviously you got to have the special student athletes you got to have the parents that are willing to drive them and pick them up and and do everything in between and that is sincerely appreciative on our side as well coach congratulations there we go thank you Mr Rage Miss pero Dr guio um and to the board of course for having us out tonight um the before I say anything I want to bring up my Varsity assistant who worked with this crew every single day and that is coach John Pope up please coach is the backbone of our of our girls program uh he does he maintains all our boats for us he he and uh you know he he created our weightlifting program our stretching program he does it all and and oh by the way he coaches a pretty good boat too so give that one to you um I would say this uh this season started a year ago uh at the metal ceremony at uh the Scholastic Nationals in Oakridge Tennessee so these girls uh just rode a heck of a race that day they got the silver medal um at that race and they got a taste of that uh going up on the stage um you know in in front of a few hundred people you know at that metal ceremony and and hearing the big crowd cheer for them and everything else and they dedicated themselves to getting in shape and Rowing on the water with Viking Rowing Club all of last summer then into the fall into the winter uh program as as Mr Rage alluded to um and right into the spring um and with that leadership that they showed they took with them our uh our our junior varsity boat that we put in second Varsity 4 race at snowberry they ended up winning it a silver medal at that and who was watching us the whole time but our freshman program who had an outstanding season winning themselves winning as state championship as Phil upy City Championship the Atlanta County championship and um you know they they just fed right off these five girls that I'm going to bring up um they by far were the leaders of our team this year and um you know our team uh just had a great great spring and it's to the credit of of these five young ladies so um if I could bring them up we'll start with with Talia denafo our coxen shirt and our shirt seat was Lily wikler and sitting behind Lily was uh Izzy Patel and unfortunately for the next girl she is M she's she's losing her teammates but fortunately for Coach Pope and I she is back next year our only Junior GI [Applause] Middleton and in the B seat was the newcomer to the boat and girl who helped get them over the over the top this year and that's Rachel [Applause] Kent I sure can so we have it had a great question posed uh for you for you rowing newcomers why is it called a a four when we have five people well the it gets the designation of four because we have four rowers meaning they have four ores the fifth person which is Talia is the coxen so uh that that's where we get the the term lightweight four from so if you so if you go ever go to a race and you see four plus it means four plus toxin so and then you'll see someone it Talia size uh hanging out with the the taller girls uh and bossing them around too so actually quite quite the job to have right T yeah okay uh coach Pope is there anything you want to say no he's good coach Hat's taking a spotlight away from from the girls so um I I'm going to turn it back over to Mr or Dr G you take your picture want to take a picture congratulations ladies a lot of hard work going into your success and we appreciate you roll away for EHT there you go okay thank you thank you girls thank you coach all right Board of Education student represent represent Representatives I can get it out um each year we have two students um from the high school now the process is an elected position here just like their colleagues that sit on the day is here so um students uh give their time sit through public meeting listen to um public concerns board business and they've learned a lot um maybe future board members someday if you enjoyed your experience but traditionally what we do and come on up kle and Kara we present our student reps a claque from Board of Education so Cara Davis is student rep and she's a senior she'll be graduating On th Thursday night and it is with greatest appreciation and dedicated service to the children and schools of a Harbor Township and uh K has served from September 2023 to June 2024 and the board president will present you with the plaque Kyle Kyle Tran also served as a student rep from September 2023 to 20 June 2024 and it's with greatest appreciation dedicated service to the children schools of AC Carver Township go presented by m love we'll let you hold on to them as you enjoy the rest of the meeting um but before you leave please hand them back to me because on Thursday night we get to present them to you in front of your parents and the public yep so congratulations oh out with the new we out with the old and in with the new we have welcome our new board reps um is Osa still here I believe well Osa was recognized um for mock trial and I believe they had an event so she'll be one of the um board reps and also Marcus Sero is he here this evening boy State okay what was that he's at boy State boy state meet oh no uh for umate it's for AC oh all right well very good so we have two uh academic um High Achievers that will be um seated in the seat in September all right so thank you okay it's time for our soaring star for transportation Charles Rosa uh registration Katherine narz uh they were unable to be with us this evening but who is here this evening is Mr Allan Vargas who [Applause] receives Allan Allan is a soaring star in everyone's eyes in the district uh making super superintendent video for my report capturing all the great things that go on uh in our district up in the TV studio working with the media Club working with Mr erbay U and his staff and Allan fills um a lot of roles and never really says a word except okay Rio there you go so Alan this is for you we appreciate everything that you do and I know Mr eray has a few words for you yeah I'm sure everyone knows Alan they see him here all the time but Allan's an EHD alumni here which is great but I think he's never left I mean I never left like he has a mattress at the high school or something you know or he's cloned himself because he seems to be doing so many events this week he's doing graduation he's filming that he's do helps with superintendence report he's pretty much at every summer event every winter event I mean the guy is everywhere I don't know when he takes time off but um he's so dedicated to the Tor so dedicated to school and he can't think of anyone more deserving of this word thank you Alan and also uh helps uh videotape as you know every year the administration creates a video and he is The Mastermind behind the video and he puts up with our uh poor acting skills let's put it that way so thank you again congratulations I'll let you know about the video thank you Alan back to the [Music] camera I just want to share some awesomeness here um and it's just because it was brought brought to my attention and I I just smile from ear to ear it's it's just so cool that our bus drivers are so awesome John Jamie Angel and BJ have hosted parties for their students on their bus Isn't that cool from pizza parties to ice cream meeting for ice cream um just above and beyond because they love their students and their students love them so I just want to recognize them for the extra efforts in putting smiles on uh children's faces and having parents feel um secure and comfortable with their students uh riding our buses so thank you appreciate that um speaking of everybody knows bus driver um it's a really great group they have parties um we need bus drivers so spread the word AIDS and substitutes all right just a reminder I've mentioned it many time at the class of 2024 we are extremely proud of will be gradu ating on Thursday June 20th at 510 dress cool bring water and here we go any folks want to move closer um but it is now time to congratulate recognize our retirees who I refer to as the class of 2024 oh you can yes if the board would like to come down because traditionally we've done this uh in a different Arena um and the board has been pres turn it over the Director of Human Resources Dr ter Char luck to you thank you Dr guio and uh you know an important function of any board of education is recognizing our employees that have served the district for years sometimes even decades in terms of going off into the re enironment which we hope is a happy and healthy one so what we're going to do is we're going to show you a video honoring all of them please note that this is all the retirees since last July some of which have already moved on to other pastures different states one other country excuse me and so not everybody in this video is here tonight but 10 honores are here with us tonight and they are going to come up and meet the board and the president and Dr GUI [Music] [Applause] [Music] can you see all right okay [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] a [Music] [Music] [Music] all right so as the old saying goes It's hard to say goodbye to all these wonderful people but this is a celebration so as I call call your name if you're the Honore could you come up and you're going to receive a plaque honoring your years of service and a bouquet of flowers from Dr guio and board president miss salagi and then if you go down the line you're going to be congratulated by each of the board members in turn so first Marita Brown honoring 17 years as a teacher Alder Middle School conat next is kathle and Cullen bus driver Transportation wait for this folks 34 years of service [Music] [Applause] the okay so Kathleen is not with us and we're going to move on to Wendy federov montavo teacher for 25 years to high school [Laughter] conratulations thank you many years thank you so much thank you building custodial forers from the high school Sue recognizing 11 years of service and we congratulate Sue Victoria mccarrick Vicki food service specialist Dining Services 25 years congratulations [Music] teacher at Alder school Kathleen Murphy 17 [Applause] [Laughter] years thank you very much thank you thank you thank you so much thank you congratulations thank you thank you thank you principal director at Eagle Academy Earl known to all of us as Bud Smith 24 [Applause] years conratulations thank you your re congratulations B thank you our professional at Alder Middle School Carol severage 9 [Applause] years thank conratulations congratulations congratulations thank you thank you teacher at Fernwood Middle School Lisa Taylor 22 years [Applause] 22 thank you so much enjoy thank you also from Fernwood Middle School also 22 years of service secretary Joanne [Applause] wehan you're fine you're fine okay so honores if I could ask you to stand there I'm going to turn the microphone over to Dr guio Who has some comments yeah I can't go by retirement without comments from Dr guio um first I want to share with the public that um each re retiree received a resolution U from the Board of Education that uh they adopted a policy to recognize by this resolution uh those employees for their dedicated service to the district and giving years of dedicated service to the children of EG Harbor Township it was submitted um this letter of retirement the board of education has accepted that and on behalf of the citizens and community of B haror Township Board of Education publicly expresses its deepest appreciation to each and every one of you for rendering exemplary Professional Service to the Youth of this Township all right so that's the serious part just Kidd all right um so just a few words um tonight we honor and and bid farewell to some remarkable people um who have dedicated their careers uh to the betterment of our school district and to the lives of countless number of students uh this year retirees you know I refer to as a class of 2024 um they will be um and some did already have embarked um on their next chapter of in their lives um and that's retirement and retirement is an award it's an award um that brings to my mind um relaxation the Beach Travel Leisure new hobbies I hear pickle balls a hot one so look into it and to do whatever you want whenever you can um to our retirees as you step into retirement know that you are leaving behind a legacy of dedication um your hard work and positive impact um has really made a difference the eggh Harbor Township School District and also realize that you are allowed now you're allowed to not set the alarm you're allowed to be late you don't have to check in anymore you can leave for lunch and never come back you can say how you feel do what you feel and dress how you want so spread those wings and be free um I give you permission to enjoy retirement and please do please know that you will be missed some of you are missed already and you're missed yearly um you have been role models for us you've been mentors to some of us you've been friends but a team colleagues you are and always will be to us uh you made a difference and we are thankful um for who you are and what you have done um and from the words from one of my favorite bands may you be kneed deep in the water somewhere with blue skies Breeze blowing wind through your hair but the only worry in the world be that the Tide's not going to reach your chair so here's to our [Applause] retirees thank you for your service and commitment to the car Township School District may you be blessed with happiness adventure and relaxation all right that's to the group all right here we go please step forward and get a nice picture taken um to our retiree Marita Brown 17 Ser 17 years of service Elder Avenue Middle School at sixth grade and um your favorite thing about a Harbor Township it's a wonderful place to work and raise a family and your plans for retirement is spending quality time with your family through travel and activities so thank you so much you can call C stage and you can walk down the aisle and get another hand there we go hey walk on out and retire there you go there you go was not here here okay um next retiree um Susan Cur is not here Vicky mccarrick 25 years Vicky began working in school district 1997 as a bus driver she worked transportation department she was dispatcher she worked for Central registration um worked in facilities as secretary was a business administrator secretary and ended up in dining services um so she has plethora of knowledge of the school district uh working in many different areas and uh Vicki you're going to be sorely missed um Vicki's full of friendship and fun for most of us um and also has done a great job and the duty that she performed and our favorite thing about EHT is the community and family of our school district and working as as we work as a team she's very proud to be EHT and her plans for retirement are Rick and her family um also traveling in their new business that they form called friendly tours in travel and spending time with those beautiful granddaughters uh in the back there so congratulations we're going to miss you Vic who's next Who's Next Kathy's not here all right Wendy mono um art teacher in the district for 25 years and how do I know that because when we asked for information she said to call her personal agent Mrs Fran Murphy and she would fill us in on Wendy's career Wendy began her career in Kate may but came to eggh Harbor Township in 199 and is taught art at Swift School Miller school and the high school in Eagle Academy um I can say and I can vouch for and our colleagues will share that Wendy is an absolute joy to work with she she's creative she's witty she's passionate about her students um their interests and their successes Wendy also served along with myself on the PD committee for many many years contributing to designing uh facilitating professional development opportunities for teachers uh she didn't tell me what her favorite thing is but maybe she'll share that but I know what she plans to do in retirement and that's spending time with her brand new grandson Anthony Kathy Murphy 17 years of Alder Avenue Middle School social studies teacher favorite memories of EHT are those times shared with her wonderful co-workers celebrations and Milestones supporting each other uh through times here through challenges here here and watching um the her schoolwork family grow and the many laughs that they had in the hallways um her plans for retirement um or spend time with her husband John and relocate to Wisconsin uh to be a cheese head um to spend time with her her grandchildren and to take on the full role of being a grandparent so we appreciate your dedication and being involved in the comprehensive educational programs here in a haror Township congratulations Earl Bud Smith 24 years as the Director of Eagle Academy also a social studies teacher at Eagle Academy uh we know bud to be calm cool Collective um but also adventurous daring and an outof the-box thinker he's a true Outdoorsman uh whitew rafting hiking cycling uh running but does it all um he knows how to relieve his stress um however if you know bud you know that he um really cared for his students um the students of of the Eagle Academy and he wanted them to have opportunities that led them to being successful citizens um he's always sincere and passionate and caring person but retired in September um and I haven't heard or seen him since so I I take it he's having a great time so uh congratulations [Applause] bud all right next we have Carol severage she served as a power professional Alder Avenue for nine years uh although she has 42 years uh married to her husband she has many years 26 years um as a power professional in the in the um in the field uh she worked at Garwood Public Schools Union County Special Services for 15 years and then she moved to Tuckerton and applied for and received a job here in EHT and she sent me a quote and she said after working in EHT for one year this is a walk in the park compared to where I came from um so she uh she enjoys her time here in EHT as she transitions into retirement um she said it's going to be a void that she has to try to fill we will miss her in the classroom and we're excited um that she's embarking in a new chapter um welld deserved relaxation to you uh some adventures and cherish moments with your loved ones congratulations 22 years a special education teacher at f wood uh she's taught many different classes from English the foundations of social studies and uh in-class support English and social studies um her favorite memories of EHT are just working uh with the people people that she have met teach students that she have taught and her favorite memories uh are when those former students come back as young adults to let uh her know um that she's made a difference a positive impact in their lives and that's what so special about being an educator right um her favorite thing about HD is the camarad among teachers and staff and students and the family that we have here for plans for retirement spend time with her family travel to new and favorite destinations enjoy the beach see new sites and read books that she haven't had a chance to read yet so you go undo that thank you and congratulations all right and as uh administrators say in a graduation ceremony and finally Joan warham she's worked 22 years in the EG har Township child study team uh Department she's worked at Fernwood Swift slay ball and she's helped at Davenport um she's made long- lasting friendships and there are some of her favorite memories working with co-workers and also seeing student students grow and mature um one memory was from the pandemic um where she enjoyed working from home in her pajamas but um it's really hard for her to find a background on the zoom meeting so I got to agree with you on that um favorite thing about EHT is how it feels to be one as one big family working here and her plans for retirement is um just watching her husband retire in July right that's one plan and you're going to travel enjoy more time together you have a home garden and you also um will be working at guiding hands agency I wanted to make that um um known where she's helping handicap adults in Atlanta County so that's great thing so thank you thank you and congratulations [Music] all right there you go the class of 2024 uh again I wish you the best thank you for your service we definitely going to miss you um you know come back and visit so thank you all and if you have things to do uh celebrations feel free to uh depart thank you George I'm I'm also forgetting okay um one last thing I have the superintendent report which is a quick video thanks to Allan um our Super Source employee of the month [Music] walk through life every day is a new beginning Shine Your Light it's your day and the world is waiting move along to the singing in your soul till the be your hands control all all ready [Music] your every day is a new day and everything's going your [Music] Make It Last Forever keep it [Music] together and totin Sh bright be the light of New Creation if the world is a stage better stop the show 7 8 9 10 set let's go turn it on turn it up are you ready to find your way is [Music] a and everything's [Music] going make keep it together getting [Music] better still the sun upon my shoulders find the strength to make you Bolder yeah let each R Take You Higher and Higher you walk through life every day is a new beginning [Music] make okay and that's wpp in 2024 [Applause] okay are student reps ready for their final report good evening everyone um so to start off Eagle Academy took a little visit to Reed's organic farm and Animal Sanctuary to learn more about gardening and to gain some experience um they also were able to celebrate theor graduates with a senior barbecue F the delicious food at Davenport the honors choir participated in the annual children Coral Festival in Kate May and the um gifted and talented students hosted a living Greek mythology Museum where students researched a specific Greek god and presented their research to other classes um over at Miller fifth grade students got a glimpse into the future of their next school at Alder and furwood at sixth grade orientation nights the fifth graders also celebrated D Day to spread drug prevention awareness and yesterday was Miller's annual fund day where students got to celebrate their school year so although Sports Seasons have come to an end HT pride is still going strong with a huge crowd attending the 2024 fall season meet the coaches night this past week um starting with our girls flag football team they were second in the state and lost in the final game and were able to meet Jaylen Herz so I think that's the real win of the whole season um girls crew obviously got to see how how many championships they got to win this year um and also the track team went all all out in the sectional championships and state championships with several students placing High ranks and then ending off with Performing Arts Mr Tinsley's AC capella groups have been busy away recording for a new Spotify album and also the choir's vocal Ensemble will be performing The National Anthem graduation followed by rendition of In My Life by The Beatles it was a pleasure being your board me um your board representative and I'm going to miss everyone and position very much so thank you guys for giving me the opportunity moving on to the middle schools Fernwood and Alder invited Miller for the Annual kadala Festival where students taught others about the water cycle and the environment and the big Alder Fernwood dance was a huge success with even mighty making a special appearance I heard um seventh graders at Alder went on the EMP year field trip at Playland cway Cove with the eighth graders spending their day in Wildwood at the high school Mr Bell's African-American High African-American history class had a jth cookout where people devoured plates of delicious food and as the year comes to an end events like physics boat races academic Excellence luncheon The Freshman challenge Multicultural day EGT Idol MSA day aab day comm's day made an incredible it made an incredibly memorable ending to a great school year in celebration of the class of 2024 the high school had its annual Senior Olympics clap out and will finish this week with other graduation procedures student achievement this summer Juniors Osa and Victor nen will be attending New Jersey governor school at Drew and Ruckers the high school will be sending six delegates to both the American Legion Jersy boy State and theer and the American Legion girls state conference this summer seventh graders at both Alder and Fernwood were inducted into the National Junior H Society at the NS award ceremony five graduating seniors were invited to the landing County academic Excellence award lunching for being at the top of the class and their senior award ceremony was a huge success with over $18.1 million being awarded in Scholarships in some upcoming events Alder will have its 8ighth grade move up moving up celebration during school tomorrow and the senior class Council organized the senior sunset on the night before graduation and uh we just wanted to say a big thanks to the board of education and to Mrs karuna for this amazing opportunity to help serve the community community at se board reps and in the fall I will be attending Cornell Cornell University majoring in engineering on a pre-law track um and I'll be studying biology with the Premed track at Temple [Applause] University we are very happy that you were able to be with us all Year and hope that you learn from the experience and uh carry it with you for for your life and uh we'll see you at graduation and Project Graduation good luck to you both thank you okay um come on than oh my gosh public comment for agenda items only does anybody have anything they'd like to say okay then we're going to move on to finance I'm going to turn my report over to Mrs logy to read please okay Mrs H Mrs Hyman's GNA read it okay thank you okay this is the report for finance and operations committee chair person is Mrs Marita Sullivan the date was June 11 2024 at 45 5 p.m. the length of the meeting was 50 minutes present was Mrs bjorno Miss hman Mrs salagi um administrators attending Dr guio and Mr Smith subjects discussed transportation department Mr Smith noted that the summer runs are ready and bus passes have been mailed and runs for September are being finalized the committee reviewed several Transportation items that are on the agenda the board agenda for approval including updates to policy 4411 for bus drivers and for bus AIDS food service department Mr Smith reviewed updates to direct certification and the state's plan to move forward um move towards Universal free breakfast and lunch for all students in 2028 he also noted that breakfast and lunch prices will remain steady for the next school year facilities Department Mr Smith discussed several AC issues faced over the last couple weeks and the work of the of the facilities department to get all units up and running as fast as possible the committee reviewed items on the board agenda for approval related to the facilities Department business office the committee reviewed several items for approval including the creation of health benefits liability account and a possible contribution to the capital reserve account once the fiscal year is closed out the committee reviewed several items on the agenda for approval including the monthly reports various tuition tuitions and transportation contracts year end time payout renewal of bond counsel Shar Services agreement with the township for rubbish removal medical and prescription plan renewals njs AA children Academy State contract Cooperative purchasing and student accident Insurance renewals RFP awards for software providers special education related services and student and family extraordinary Services Grant applications amended leases lease with JC Holdings Bargain Town professional service contracts and bids and RFP renewals Mr Smith reviewed the suggested uh changes to policy 6421 that were forwarded to the policy committee Mr Smith provided the committee with an update on the Atlanticare healthy school specialist noting that the district will continue the program on a modified basis for September having the 2 and a half Specialists Focus solely on the students he noted that additional services will be provided by the vendor under a separate contract on a pran basis including parent education sessions professional development sessions for staff and schoolwide events the committee discussed the 2024 2025 being the final year of the program due to budget constraints conclusion um date time place for the next meeting will be July 9th 2024 at 6 p.m. at the board office and that's concludes the report okay Mr Dr do you have anything to add to that report the committee had recommended moving forward with all the actions that were discussed okay all right we need a motion for it 8.2 Mr Price I'll make that motion any discussion roll call Mrs vjo did you sorry Mrs bonjourno yes Mr delarka yes Mrs Gilbert Floyd yes Miss Hyman yes Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sey yes Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes okay we need a motion for 8.3 [Applause] to 8.39 Second under announ any discussion okay roll call please Mrs bonjourno yes Mr delarka yes Mrs Gilbert Floyd yes Miss hman yes Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sey yes Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes okay curriculum Mrs going joura our committee met on June 11th at 7:00 p.m. uh the length of our meeting L at 50 minutes and attendance was myself Mr delara Mrs Gilbert Floyd Mrs salagi administrators attending was Miss moss and miss or Dr gro we discussed the review of field trips professional development and updates to the assessments and data warehouse for rfps updates on the summer program were given and will be reflected in the appointment section of the agenda the committee was also updated on finalization of the K through three special education students attending their home schools in the district's held tours um for the Swift Sligh complex on Monday June 10th Avail uh once available the committee will receive the titles and uh of the textbooks that from books of a million donation and the curriculum uh committee will review the district is once again uh providing summer reading books for the students in grades K through 4 and those titles were shared with the committee a question came up regarding preschool graduation the district has never had preschool graduation classes H have end of the year celebration and prek4 students will receive certificates there was a discussion around uh National Junior Honor Society and the admission process and the use of the rebooks conversation will continue around the district process and insur equity and Fidelity Mrs Moss also shared as mentioned in the finance report uh the modifi modified plan to the Atlantic care to sustain the program and for another year as the district continues to build the internal support and practices the uh topics for next meeting will be curricular updates and the next time for our meeting will be July 9th at 700 p.m. thank you okay Moss isn't here to add anything so I assume everything's okay um we need a motion for 9.2 9 to 9.4 moov second Gilbert Floyd me any discussion okay V call please Mrs bonjourno yes Mr delara yes Mrs gilberg Floyd yes Miss Hyman yes Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sey yes Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes okay policy Mr iron okay so I will give out the best committee's report so we uh we met Tuesday July 11th for 52 minutes um board members that attended were myself Mr Price Mr sepy and Mrs salagi administrators attending were Dr guio and Mr West and others was Miss amalo subjects that discussed were policy 7422 School integrated P management plan policy 4250 hours and days of work policy 4411 placement on guide step bus drivers policy 6421 purchases budgeted policy 2340 field trips policy 90 9100 public relations policy 9120 public relations program conclusions reached were policy 4250 hours and days of work was reviewed and discussed by the committee the committee agreed to adding funding approval processes support staff seniority and salary increases language to the policy policy 4250 is up for one reading and waiting board approval policy 4411 placement on guide step bus drivers was reviewed and discussed by the committee the committee agreed to add salary benefits bus AIDS trip rates a SL a sick leave example um longevity and bonus language to the policy policy 4411 is up for one reading and waiting board approval policy 6421 purchases budget is was reviewed and discussed by the committee the committee would like to continue to discuss a Topic at our next policy meeting policy 2340 field trips was reviewed and discussed by the committee the committee added agreed to add a parent and guardian student pickup at field trips language to the policy policy 2340 is up for one reading and waiting board approval policy 9100 public relations was reviewed and discussed by the committee the committee would like to abolish policy 9100 policy 9100 is up for two readings and waiting board approval policy 9120 public relations program was reviewed and discussed by the committee the committee would like to combine language from 9120 and policy 9100 public relations the policy 9120 is up for two re readings and waiting board approval um date and time of the next meeting possibly in July we'll discuss that after this meeting possible topics to be discussed at the next meeting is artificial intelligence policy policy 6421 purchases budgeted p uh policy 7510 use of school facilities and policy and regulation 5200 attendance Mr Wes I turn it over to you to correct anything I messed up thank you Mr Ireland nice job that is it Mrs sloggy that is it for policy okay so we need a motion for 10.2 to 10.7 motion Ireland second vjo okay any discussion all righty roll call please you have some oh I'll sa for later is is it discussion on the policies no okay all right roll call please Mrs bonjourno yes Mr delarka yes M Gilbert Floyd yes Miss Hyman yes Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sey yes Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes okay um old business we need a mo a person sorry okay I was rushing it along okay Dr Charlton do you have anything for updates I do not Madam president thank you okay so we need a motion for 11.2 to 11.8 so made second Ireland did you did you get that first and second I apologize Mr zeppy Mr Ze motion and Mr Ireland Mr did you make the second did you second yes I did yes ma'am okay I apologize missed it okay any discussion all right roll call Mrs bjo yes Mr delarka yes Mrs Gilbert Floyd yes Miss Hyman yes Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sey yes Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes Dr bruo okay it's with great pride that I take this moment to introduce to you the very first time the following new employees to the eggh harbard Township School District and we'll begin with Christina Kelly who is a preschool intervention and referral specialist at The Bargain Town preschool welcome Dominique Ruez a preschool teacher at bargain toown preschool Mia Duffy a preschool teacher at bargain toown preschool we have another new preschool teacher Taylor Mason at bargain toown preschool okay Gregory rhs who will serve as a teacher at Alder Avenue Middle School Kelsey schaw speech therapist at Davenport colge shenaz mayab guidance counselor DAV Peter demill power professional Fernwood Avenue Middle School Mercedes shyen a teacher at Miller School Pedro Ramos security guard for the school district and Joseph Santella a new bus driver all right transportation department oh I'm sorry a little correction here Peter demill he was a power professional he's now a teacher at in Fernwood congratulations pet I I should to use these next time I will but anyway congratulations to everyone and welcome you've sat through a lot of Egg Harbor Township uh tonight so if you'd like to go out and celebrate and uh you may depart at this time we have a little bit of meeting to go but but uh congratulations and thank you for uh being [Applause] here yeah y we're good okay old business we need a motion for 12.1 and 12.2 Mr Price I'll make that motion second any discussion call Mrs bonjourno yes Mr delar yes Mrs Gilbert Floyd yes Miss H yes Mr Ireland yes Mr Price yes Mr sappy yes Mrs Sullivan Mrs Sullivan Mrs Sullivan yes Mrs salagi yes mrsan Amy I believe you need to abstain from the second item okay thank you for that you're welcome okay glad you're paying attention okay all right so now we go to public comment again does anybody have anything they'd like to speak on any item or anything okay moving along um does any board member have anything they want to say okay okay I just wanted to say I know that Mr Ireland said that the policy committee is the best committee all of our committees are great but I just want to say that you know this this uh last go around for committee meetings our our committee meeting was 50 minutes and I just want to put have on a record that policy was 52 minutes so we just just wanted to put that out I'm just messing with and the other thing I wanted to say was all the retirees are great I'm so happy for all them but there were a few of them that really really stood out just cuz I just cuz I worked with them and um Marita Brown from Alder Avenue Middle School I feel like you know I remember when she was in the classroom excited a sweet person and her personality has not changed one bit she's always been just as sweet in caring for the children and Mrs uh Murphy um who is a jewel we you know she will be missed and I'll never forget she had on this gray necklace and I said oh I was like oh I said I love your necklace it's so cute and she was like she took it off and she gave it to me and I still have that necklace it's literally hanging on my jewelry thing and every every time I wear it somebody say oh I like your necklace and I tell them the story about uh uh Miss Murphy how she just took it off her neck and gave it to me so I do that to people to if they really like it I'll give it to them so I just want to say that that's the type of you know teaching staff that we do have at EHD they're just really sweet people all the way around so they'll all be missed and congratulations to of course all the uh retirees Madam president yes I have a comment okay all right I just again want to congratulate all the retirees I think it's U was a great ceremony tonight and um I think it showed a lot of support appreciation for all the years that the um people have dedicated to haror transship schools and another thing I want to mention this is important and I'm sure Madam president will follow up on it EHC Project Graduation needs volunteers uh still looking for volunteers for Project Graduation this Thursday June 20th and there's times 10: p.m. to 3:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. no experience necessary so you can go on the Facebook website EHT Project Graduation if you want to volunteer you'll have a great time I'll be there and um I know Madam president probably most of the board will be there as well and I something I've always enjoyed um since I've been on the board so I would encourage anybody um to come out and or sign up and come out and participate so and that's it thank you very much yes it's a fun night I enjoy watching the graduates have a good time that's why I keep doing it I I just want to say as we close the 2023 24 school year um overall it was it was an awesome year just goes by way too fast for me but there was great things that happened we're proud to be a corer Township um and I'm very very proud of our teachers our administrators and our students for the achievements and the hard work that they've done uh congratulations to the seniors uh we'll see you Thursday night um beautiful ceremony that you will participate in I apologize it's going to be so hot um but hang in there you know you wear those funny looking costumes but it's all part about of tradition all right it's what we do so next week we'll be turning the page on um the 2024 25 school year as my administrative staff um already has plans in place and work ahead of them uh to make sure that next year is even better than this year um again thank you to the teachers thank you to the administration and especially thank you to the board of education for your continued support of myself um and um my Administration in our school district so I appreciate it thank you okay anybody else all right we need a motion to adjourn so made motion BJ second iron all in favor I okay good night that's it