##VIDEO ID:9fgZjOkBxyA## [Music] Welcome to our December board meeting and our district Awards which is one of the most exciting nights of the year for all of us to see and honor our student athletes our students involved with extra activities from the marching band to musicians to actors actresses and it's a great night and um so we're going to start the board meeting a short part of it so you can see what it's kind of like and then we're going to go right into the district medals pursuant to the open public meeting act chapter 231 public laws of 1975 this meeting was sent to the Asberry Park Press on November 22nd 2024 and has an advertise in the ASB Park Press issue of November 27th 20 24 all Municipal Clerks of the towns ships the girls within the Regional High School District has been duly notified and the requirements of this posting and this notice was met on November 22nd 2024 please stand and join Antonio from mororo high school in testing testing I pledge allegiance 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 thank you Antonio you're welcome thank you for having me here it's our [Music] pleasure Mr scano any changes to the board agenda uh yes Mr President in addition to the items that were uh noted on the agenda that was printed prior to the meeting uh the board also discussed an executive session two additional items for exception number three board discussed the student discipline report and possible student uh tuition applications and for exception number eight board discuss Personnel issues and staffing issues as well as Personnel items as noted on the agenda thank you I have a motion to approve the minutes of November 21st board Education meeting motion second Mr second any discussion not hearing any discussion roll call Mr ACA yes Mrs Bruno Mrs Capello yes Mrs coward yes Mrs idley yes Mrs Lavin Mrs mov yes Mr Messinger Mr ber here all Communications are on file at the Board of Education secretary's office and now I'm going to throw it to Dr Hazel for the medal thank you Mr Bruno uh welcome this evening and thank you Antonio so much for uh kicking us off he is a representative uh to the board of education and works closely with myself uh I am the superintendent Dr Nicole Hazel and it is my great pleasure this evening to celebrate tonight uh to celebrate our students for their outstanding uh accomplishments um this fall season um in the freeo Regional High School District and there respective schools always so proud of this school district and how students actually get to this point of receiving this Accolade in this honor this evening and I think of the outstanding work that is uh going on in the district and very simple just for regional I think it's all about relationships relationships that your children have with their teachers with their counselors with their coaches with their advisors the connection that they have to their fellow peers their classmates and their teammates and the camaraderie that exists in this district and I'm very proud of what we Foster here in the district as it relates to building relationships for all students in the district that allows our students to be able to engage so successfully in their Academic Program their extracurricular and the athletic programs we know in this District that that ultimately leads to the G in Regional for the growth of our students and the advancement of our students so I am super proud to stand before all of you uh with our administrators and our support staff here this evening um to recognize the outstanding students of this District um and the wonderful parents and family members and Friends who are here to celebrate uh the accomplishments of your child we are so excited to do that this evening this is just a small token and testament um to their hard work and their accomplishments um and again so proud of all of our students um and your work so uh on behalf of our Board of Education I know we're in the entering into the holiday season so I know some board members are still arriving but on behalf of the board of education and the administration I just want to congratulate all of our students so a big round of applause for all of [Music] our so our first school uh that's going to kick us off this evening is Howell High School um and I invite Mr robman and Mr Mian to the podium to present their award recipients and our Board of Education members are on their way down Mr Bruno and also Mrs glavin and she'll be arriving shortly thank you and Mrs [Applause] coward good evening ladies and gentlemen um just Echo what Dr Hazel said uh you know this is a special night um have the privilege of going first uh bear with me there's some things that are repetitive throughout the night and since I'm first I will talk about those things um and some criterias and then when my colleagues come up they won't repeat them um so you'll understand what some of the awards are I'm going to kick off by just thanking the Board of Education Dr Hazel everyone central office for supporting you know the schools to be able to have students accomplish things and get Awards like they are tonight so I'm going to start with our TSA um National Gold Achievement Award TSA uh 10 students at how high school are part of something called the technology and engineering students group where there's 9,000 students from across the United States as well as Germany and America Samoa and Korea that participate in a national TSA conference in Orlando in the summertime this summer they went the end of June um they had to score well to get there in a regional event the highest recognition that a TSA member can earn is the National Gold Achievement Award uh the award recognizes three categories um not going to explain them all but I'll tell you what they are service leadership stem immersion and personal professional development and of 178 National Gold Awards presented 178 four of them were Howell High School which was the lead amongst all schools um and two of those students out of three are here I'm sorry two out of four students are here tonight um so I'm going to ask the person you come up I'll call both of your names and it'll come up grab your medal and then you'll get directed back towards your seat so congratulations to Nicollet coronia and Ariana [Applause] tuni great job so the next two Awards uh my colleagues will all be introducing students that have achieved this status the first one is the National Merit commended scholar and the National Merit commended scholar is a student who scored in the top three or 4% of all tests taken PSAT is the um is the category that is based off them these students usually make up the top 34,000 out of 1.5 million test takers to earn the status of National Merit commended scholar we have two of them and I'm going to ask them to come up when their names are called Xavier Ortega and Sarah [Applause] Ward savior was question mark but I call he said he might come in right at the end um now next is is the National Merit Scholarship semifinalist and we have one of them and my colleagues have some as well the National Merit Scholarship semi-final is a student who ranks in the top 1 to 2% of all test takers um this usually makes up 16,000 out of 1.5 million PSAT test takers amazing amazing honor and we have one student here tonight Ruby s Ruby come on [Applause] before I hand it off to our supervisor of rri curricular activities just want to congratulate uh all the students who are out here tonight really great honor and it's great to see families out here as well um you know being part of something really positive we love extracurricular activities um you know they're the highlight of our building um as far as bringing excitement and uh you know thank you to the parents and to the student athletes who are out here tonight and then the students who have achieved these academic honors tonight I mean some of these honors and you're going to hear them throughout the night are amazing and very very special Mr Mian thank you Mr robertman um just to reiterate congratulations to all of you uh this is a special district you are a special group um this is definitely well warranted congratulations I'm going to talk about our sports right now I'm going to bring up first um girl soccer uh McKenzie uh molo was named First Team all Shore Mackenzie please come on [Applause] up the next athlete I'm going to bring up is um competed in the njs individual championships of gymnastics in placed fourth in Vault Amelia Russo Amilia please come [Applause] on we had one more who played six in bars that was Janna chapins she could not make it tonight she is actually practicing for gymnastics and told me she would not be able to make it congratulations Tiana [Applause] and that concludes it for how high school congratulations [Applause] good evening my name is Sean Curry and a very proud principal of man alipin high school first I would like to thank our Board of Education our superintendent Dr Hazel as well as the entire central office administration for providing our students with endless opportunities to pursue their passions and help nurture our students in all that they desire at the Regional High School District I would also like to congratulate all of the medal recipients tonight and thank you for how you represent Art District on a daily basis at this time I would like to ask the man alipin and English town Board of Education Representatives Mrs Jamie Bruno and Mrs Diana capiello to join me in presenting the district medals to our manalan high school students our first 11 medal recipients are being recognized as National Mar commended Scholars Mr Braverman previously provided the description of what constitutes a National Merit commended scholar man alapin National Merit commended Scholars when I call your name please come up and receive your medal First sakth [Applause] aari Victoria KY Justin Hammer EA Handi Caitlyn [Music] Hardy Angelica [Applause] Jonny honor Conor shes muku Alex [Applause] Rose and finally J Jacob [Applause] [Music] shatz congratulations to our National Merit commended Scholars the next two medal recipients are being recognized as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists again Mr Braverman previously explained a criteria for our National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist man Alin High School's National Merit Scholarship final semifinalists are Stephano agustino and Adar Kuman [Applause] finally Manalapan High School also had three students score a perfect 800 on the math portion of their sat less than 1% of all SAT test takers score a perfect 800 on the math portion of the SAT so this is quite an accomplishment the three students who scored a perfect 800 r rishith kilaru Stephano dagostino and Ethan [Applause] FS congratulations at this time we would like to turn it over to man Alan High School sea Miss English will recognize our athletic accomplishments [Applause] thank you Mr C sorry I was taking pictures for the gram if you don't follow Nowa you really should we're trending well we had a very successful fall season at U man Alvin 20 Church Lane and the first um athletes I would like to call up is from our boys soccer we had two first all team first Christian liie and our other is actually away at a barnegate basketball scrimmage Ethan lustig but we had two First Team [Applause] all the second group I'd like to celebrate is our girls cross country Runners we have three special Runners that are being honored today the first I'd like to call up is Jessica Abbott she earned first team allshore and was named Shore conference Junior Runner of the year my second girls cross country Runner is Olivia schweins she is a first team allshore Award winner and is also named Shore conference senior Runner of the year and last but not least s STI honik she is a short conference girls cross country Champion a central Jersey group four cross country state champion group four girls state champion Mammoth County Champion first team allshore and the overall Shore conference Runner of the [Music] Year congratulations ladies [Applause] we had an overall Central Jersey group four state championship in the fall and I would like to call up our boys cross country team that are the Central Jersey group four state champions We have Michael Black Justin bosen Ryan Goldberg Joshua Pearl the man of the hour Stephano Dio he is smart and runs Su suan Nicholas batti Matthew Butch and last but not least clay Stevens who was the overall Central Jersey group four boy state cross country Champion first team allshore and was also named Shore conference Junior Runner of the year congratulations boys congratulations to everybody in attendance and wishing everyone a happy holiday and a fabulous and more successful year thank you back to [Applause] Mr thank you Mr English at this time I'd like to call for your hope bar assistant principal Mr Rodney tail [Applause] good evening all and welcome to high school for this evening's event um on behalf of Dr Ross principal of Freehold High School and the rest of the administrative team we would like to uh congratulate all the students being recognized today for these wonderful accomplishments Freehold High School has the pleasure of honoring two students who are in attendance for the national mayor uh commended Scholars award which is with Mr braan uh described re earlier first is Nial [Applause] Duan and Miss sha Mitra [Applause] once again we would like to thank you all for coming out uh Miss Amanda com who is the representative for our Board of Education freeold high school and our wonderful Board of Education and Dr MCO thank you next up will be marbor high school and principal Dr David [Applause] all right good evening and once again I'd like to Echo what my colleagues have said and thanking Dr Hazel the central Administration team and the board of education for helping us in the buildings to provide students with so many opportunities to excel at bar High School we're going to start with our National Merit commended students so students as I call your name please come up front Kum Doer Madison Barnes Sean Gilman gustava Kia Cola sorry b l Nicholas Marino ail Sasha root Alexander soov and Kelly Wong [Applause] and at maror high school we also have one student that was further recognized as a National Merit semi-finalist so that's Kum doer who's up front so km just step forward so we know can congratulations to K and all the national mer commended [Applause] students join th stay up here please I'm going to save you save the walk all right uh so I've asked Sean to remain up for his accomplishment as a member of our F future Business Leaders of America or fpla team fpla is the largest business career focused student organization in the world fpla inspires and prepares students to become community-minded Business Leaders through career preparation and Leadership experiences sha was one of very few students that even get invited to compete at the national competition and not only did he compete but Shawn won first place in the nation in the accounting to competition con Sean is a member of our business administration magnet program and Sean you get to stay up here once more now you're just showing away it's three in a row um next up from marel are the consumer Bowl students so uh all the consumer B students come on up I'll talk about your accomplishment and read your names when you come up here the consumer bowl is a game show style competition in which students answer consumer related questions in multiple formats to test their knowledge of consumer issues these students performed exceptionally well and collectively won first place in the county competition they then went on to compete at the state level and finished first in the entire state of New Jersey so they are Sean delman you can step forward as I call your name guys summer Adler and Chase s conratulations the next student I would like to call up is Adisa Lei come on up Adisa so Adisa was recognized as an allshore chorus student allshore chorus is an honors choir Ensemble that includes students from various participating schools throughout Mammoth and ocean counties students that are in good standing within their respective School choirs can elect to audition for this Elite group hundreds of students from across these districts undergo a rigorous audition process and very few are selected and after a successful audition they rehearse together uh and then they put on a show later this winter so congratulations to [Applause] Adisa the next student I would like to call up is Evelyn Lee come on up [Applause] [Music] Evelyn so Evelyn is receiving a district medal as a cjmea which is Central Jersey music educators Association All Region band member the honors ensembles that are a part of this Association include students from various participating schools throughout central New Jersey students that are in good standing within their respective School bands and Orchestra can elect to audition for these Elite groups similar to all chorus hundreds of students auditioned very few are accepted so it is a big honor congratulations to Evelyn all right at this point I'd like to call up all the coaches and student athletes from our girls gymnastics team just come on up I'll call your [Applause] name so this year our girls GYN team had a lot to celebrate as a team their record for the season was 12-0 the team racked up the following achievements a North Champions short Conference champions for the first time in school history a central Jersey sectional championship for the first time since 2000 and second place team in the entire state of New Jersey so at this point I'll call each coach and student athletes name ask you to step forward to be recognized when you hear your name called so we'll start with the coaching staff coach Fontanella and coach altillo and then the student athletes we have Alyssa D Ambrosio Anan dat Rihanna Diaz Madison ho Dana Imperial megga Kumar Emma marwitz Adriana nogira SII pamar and Marissa Rosa stay up here for a moment there are also some individuals that are being recognized tonight so I'd ask Dana Imperial to please step forward Dana placed first on both bars and beam at the short conference and the Central Jersey sectional champ uh sectional competitions Dana one beam Champion for the state championship Dana also broke two school school records this year on uneven bars and balance beam Dana also set the tournament record on beam at the short conference and the team broke the school record for high team scor so congratulations to Dana I'd also like to ask coach Fontanella to step forward coach Fontanella was named nj.com 2024 gymnastics coach of the year so congratulations and all the coaches and athletes that are members of our girls gymnastics [Applause] [Music] team that concludes the awards from over High School [Applause] I'd like to invite Dr selo from freeold Township High School [Applause] thank you Dr Bley good evening my name is Alicia selo and I am the principal of Freehold Township High School congratulations to all of the students being recognized here tonight for your outstanding achievements in academics and Athletics I would also like to thank all the parents and Guardians and the audience tonight for your support and for making this evening possible I would be remiss if I did not recognize Dr Hazel and the central office admin ministration as well as the board of education for their unwavering commitment to the students of the Freehold Regional High School District at this time I would like to invite Mr Michael Dylan assistant principal and Mrs Elizabeth Higley Board of Education representative for fre all Township to assist me in the presentation of the medals Freehold Township High School has two National Merit Scholarship commended students congratulations to rahan Nanda and Milo shed [Applause] [Music] congratulations to freal tacha High School National Merit scholar semifinalist Sophia novaro Montes [Music] [Applause] congratulations athletically Freehold Township is celebrating multiple app leades as well congrat congratulations to our girls soccer team for winning the short conference would the team members please come forward at this time I would also like to invite your coach Coach Patterson to come forward as well and then ladies please remain standing at the front I'm going to call your names once you receive your medals what all right please step forward and be recognized if I call your name Ashley Moore Violet Matthews mine reer Courtney Speck Reese me Christina Solano Bella Rosen Danielle Howard first team allshore First Team all County First Team all division United Soccer Coaches all east region KY fed ganic Giana Nan Sophia Santelli Sophie tonino First Team all division First Team all County Gabby Parker first team allshore First Team all County M County Player of the Year First Team all division a North Player of the Year United Soccer Coaches all east region United Soccer Coaches all americ AO Chloe Walters first team allt and First Team all division Miley West Madison greybush meline nov kayy cook Kayla stina Jenna BBY Emily sinus Emily rednik Mora Lee Rachel Santiago Rachel Marcella Katie panagos manager Riley Patterson Danny corenza Lea Perez zahira carse congratulations to our B soccer team [Applause] [Music] our second team to win a short conference is our girls cross country team with the girls cross country members please come down to the podium [Music] [Applause] hey Le please St forward as I call your name Leah [Music] rage Leah is running uh at this point in time so I just wanted to say that she's first team allshore by the Asbury Park Press and first team allshore by the short track coaches association Caroline Cox [Applause] Natalie braks Sophia BRS that's Curr running as well Jun sprunger Milana stera Gabriella s and Catherine bu congratulations ladies thank you okay congratulations again to all the fths district medal award winners tonight I would like to now reintroduce Mr Rodney tayor from freehill Barrow High School [Applause] Miss cman if you can come join us again in our efforts to be efficient um because fre High School had a number of students who were to be recognized tonight we wanted to make sure that we en uh checked everyone in as we came and we missed some and uh for that I extend my S apologies um but Mr braan also explained how tremendous this National May commended Scholars award was so we wanted to make sure that Mr Max Rosen was recognized for these great job and congratulations Max apologize [Applause] [Music] at this time for our host school I invite up Dr donu uh to present [Applause] his thank you Dr Hazel and uh to all of our parents and attendance welcome to col High School uh we're very proud of the accomplishments of our students and we're thrilled to be hosting with this medals tonight also want to thank the Board of Education invite Mr Carl aceta the Board of Education representative for Colts Neck to the pit to uh give out our Awards so tonight's Awards I want to start with our National Merit Scholarship semifinalist uh if I could bring up samay Hamad to the uh pit to receive her award for being [Applause] and samay if you want to stay up we have uh I'd also like to bring up uh Jack dorland who is a national americ commanded scholar a National Merit commended [Applause] scholar Brandon shell who is a National Merit commended scholar and sedor sash who a National Merit commanded scholar congratulations our next one is we have student with a perfect score at 800 on the SAT Math that pretty much explains it there's no big explanation for it but uh this is an outstanding achievement obviously and I'd like to bring up Gavin Coffield [Applause] Gavin congratulations man that's awesome I'd have to take it like three times and get I was a social stud just okay so I have an eagle scout tonight and I believe I'm the only Eagle Scout well I'm not the eagle scout but I'm the believe I'm the only one with an eagle scout so I want to just describe what that means an eagle scout is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scout spous of America program thank you the eagle scout must demonstrate Scout Spirit an ideal attitude based upon the Scout Oath law service and Leadership this includes an extensive service project that the Scout plans organizes leads and manages so I'd like to bring up Andrew tasher who is our e Eagle Scout Andrew come on up [Music] coming up I'll tell you a little bit about his project he rebuilt a floating dock over at Buck Mills Park over there the dock can be used for fishing just observing nature hanging out and anybody in the community can enjoy it so uh Andrew not only are we proud of you here at col high school but the town of col is very great okay col High School had several members of the allshore chorus this year and we're very proud of the successful growth of our music program so I'd like to bring up Ariana Busco Vasquez Leah Kim Ma and Charlie Mary congratulations guys so I'd like to P High School also had an outstanding fall athletic season so I'd like to bring up Mr words our supervisor extracurricular activities describe all the accomplishments of our students this thanks Dr donu okay the first group I am going to thanks appreciate that um first group I'm going to call up is the boys cross country team the boys cross country team uh was the Central Jersey group three state sectional Champion which was their third straight and 10th overall it was ALS they were also the group three overall state champion which was their second title in program history um in the state sectional meet I would just like to point out that John Shapiro Hunter soopa and Jay adamala were all three the individual Champion as cross the finish line together and then in the group three State title meet Jay otala and Hunter C coopa were both the individual Champion as they cross the finish line together in a tie as well so congratulations to to them arj adamala first team allshore and First Team all state New Jersey Ryan Brush Hunter Copa Braden manay Don Marino Rowan OK Conor Deo rugco Kyle shandel and John Shapiro and also with us tonight are coaches schint coach Panola and Coach Brown coach James was named the new jersey.com state boys coach of the year as well so congratulations congratulations our next team we're going to call off is the girls cross country team so the coaches can stay up [Applause] the girls cross country team won the Central Jersey group three state sectional Championship their 12th overall in program history and they also won the group three overall state championship their eighth overall and the fifth in the last eight years [Applause] team members are Lydia Baris nitzki Gia kageri Haley Molina Sienna Nicholson Natalie OK Conor Mahi Patel Liz Scarpa also first team allshore Emily Scarpa and Juliana seaka congratulations and I'd also like to note that coach Jim schint was the Asbury Park Press short conference girl girls coach of the year as [Applause] well the next team I'd like to call up is the boys soccer [Applause] team the boys soccer team finished with a record of 182 and one and were the short Conference champions for the first time in program history [Applause] and team members include Justin Appel Nate C Jonah Chang CJ Collins Liam Kora Joseph Cortez Sebastian Fela Tim Foley Sam Gerson Josh Katz Nelson Ben kazani Daniel kilick Gabe klansky Daniel lesko Kyle Moore who was also first team allshore and United soccer coach All Region Shawn Moore who is First Team all Shore and was also named an All-American by the uh Soccer Association first time at a short conference player has been named that since 2021 Dean Natali Pedro neosi Dan rello Nick Sergio Ryan Spencer Salena Dylan younger and coaches present are head coach art ker and assistant Dave Irvine [Music] [Applause] congratulations got a picture okay congratulations boys and our last team last but not least our girls tennis team [Applause] our girls tennis team finished with a record of 13 and five were the Central Jersey group three state sectional champions for the second time in program history [Applause] go okay and team members include Sasha gak Abby Herman Jillian Heiser Lauren jman Caitlyn kelm Laura Martinez McAn Esther Park Mahi Patel Emma Rizo Piper Rizo Sophia Valente Jia Verma Valentina wayar Alysa [Applause] kurad sorry i p uh Malia galanor and Ella Dolan and also here is head coach John [Applause] curado that concludes all the awards from col high school and I'll take it back to Dr Hazel thank you Dr Hazel for just want to thank everyone for being here this evening and for for your attention during this program a special congratulations to all of our award recipients have a wonderful holiday season and thank you so much for being here come on okay I think we're ready to start our that was such most organized District medals I've ever seen I've been here for about 178 of so that was just amazing very organized principal did a great [Applause] job who're going to go right right evening good evening we go from such a big full Auditorium you just a few of us but um we know there are folks um watching from home as well um but we want to start off uh this evening um just want to thank Antonio uh for attending each of our board meetings and uh getting us started with the Pledge of Allegiance um here tonight we're at uh Colts Nick high school so typically the executive student cabinet um member for the poost school uh speaks uh Kate Victor could not be here this evening um so Scarlet uh sampino from Freehold Township High School she's going to open up the board meeting this evening uh she's going to give us an overview of community service activities around the district please good evening Board of Education members my name is SC sampino and I have absolute honor of serving as the representative from freeold Township High School on superintendent Dr Hazel's exec I student cabinet tonight I thrilled to share with you the incredible community service activities happening not only at freeold township but throughout the entire Freehold Regional High School District at freeold township we host an annual color on through our lead for diversity Club to support the Stephanie mle pars Foundation to raise awareness for domestic domestic violence we also host Relay for Life every year which is an event where students raise money for cancer research funding patient care and to improve survival rates this past June with the team effort from col snack high school we were able to raise an astonishing $110,000 coln also has been hosting numerous holiday fundraisers and drives to make the holiday season fun for everyone one particularly meaningful project comes from the leadership and action class here at C High School in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving students donated items large and small and together purchased supplies to assemble complete Thanksgiving meals for students in need within their own School community minalin High School Fosters a strong culture for service with student leading projects such as St Peter's food dress which provides Thanksgiving meals for family in need as well as the bag Brigade which assembles Care Pack packages for families during the holidays maror high school offers unique opportunities for students to serve the community throughout various clubs including the scope Club short for summer camp opportunities promote education marwell efforts help students from underserved communities attend overnight summer camp throughout the United States free of cost at FR burrow High School the club together with can raises money through snack sales providing supplies to teachers at local lwi income schools to enhance their classroom environment finally Howell High School also partakes in various community service projects or arguably the most notable one is the Big eoe Color Fun this event raises awareness and funds for Research into eoe a chronic disease causing esophageal inflamin these projects are just a glimpse into all the incredible work happening across the district these efforts not only benefit the communities we serve but also instill our students with f hsd's main goal enhancing personal growth leadership and lifelong commitment to making a difference in the world around them thank [Applause] you thank you so much scarlet and uh Sam is here from an executive student Cabinet member please stand from man alipin high school thank you for being here [Applause] too um but I think what Scarlet conveyed is student learning and service and opportunity stretches so far beyond our classrooms um and so much um is going on in our local communities in Greater communities um that our students have a hand in and I know on behalf of all of the communities that we represent uh they are so grateful and appreciative um to all of the student volunteer work that goes on in our community so thank you for representing all of the high schools and the service work that's going on across the district thank [Applause] you the freeho Regional High School District um and you heard us talk about this at um prior Board of Education meetings and even all through last school year we had our middle States accreditation visit uh that concluded today with a weeklong visit and almost 2 years of planning in order to receive middle States accreditation the school district undergos a rigorous self-study process examining all aspects of its operations including curriculum instruction student learning school climate and resources a team of external evaluators they're Educators from other schools uh we had five visitors uh visited the district they observe classrooms they interview administrators teachers staff students parents and they review all of our district documents the evaluation team prepares a comprehensive report they detail their findings as it relates to the middle State's standards and we received that formal report in a few weeks however we did all engage all the administrators middle State's team members supervisors teachers today um Mr Bruno are board president was also present for the aural report and I just want to share uh a few quotes um when we heard the chair of middle State speak as well as the other uh middle States team member Representatives um I really feel it was a proud moment um you know for all of our school leaders um and our staff and our Greater Community um you know first they started off by saying that Freehold Regional High School District meets all standards and expectations for accreditation freeall Regional High School District exemplifies the standards of support transparency and accountability freeh hole Regional is a mosaic of learning a represent a representation of students that is like a quilt strong and tight Freehold Regional High School District has intentional practices and systems good systems that care for students all schools show Community Pride and professionalism and care for all the students the whole child and all students there's a sense of community and commitment to professionalism the district shows a sense of community that is unparalleled the district is motivated to continue to learn and grow it was overwhelming you know specifically with middle States visits it's just the chair who speaks but to be able to hear from the Educators who are out in our buildings who were walking the halls with the principals and with their staff um is just a true Testament uh to the outstanding work of all of the Educators in this District um the evaluation team truly recognize the district's commitment to continuous Improvement and its dedication to providing the best education for our students so um just on behalf of myself I know the Board of Education a special thank you to all of the leaders that are here and your tremendous staff in all of your schools uh this was a validation of the exemplary work that we are all doing in this District um and it was just really a fabulous visit um also for the Board of Education um and members of the public uh on this agenda tonight we're looking to approve um spel Architectural Group we are looking to them to provide professional Consulting architectural and Engineering Support Services in connection with the development of a districtwide capital referendum um this referendum will be focused on you know aspects of our organization where we are looking to improve um in areas of health safety and efficiency um so that is on here this evening and a lot more will be discussed in upcoming meetings about our progress but this is just a starting point um to launch us to begin the work to proceed with a um referendum for the Freehold Regional High School District um also this evening um Mr Boyce um our assistant superintendent and board secretary um this is his last Board of Education meeting um 17 outstanding years of service um to the freeo Regional High School District Greater Community to our students to our families um you know his knowledge and expertise expertise um both in the district and with all of the constituents that are represented he works uh closely with um our town um municipalities um and many of the business um um Professionals in our local communities uh we are going to miss him so much um he has a great team under him in the school district um you know but these are moments that I know are kind of Bittersweet um and you look forward to the future of um I know he has great work uh ahead of him even Beyond freeold Regional um but it's it is a moment of reflection um to really think back on your entire professional career and everything that you have done to support us in the district and um you know for the students that we serve here in the district so I just want to um you know personally thank you for all of your support um and we wish you the very best um as you pursue your next professional and personal um endeavors congratulations Ju Just A a few words I have always felt fortunate to be part of this organization I'm proud of the work of my colleagues in the district I'm proud to work for the Freehold Regional Community uh and I'm relentlessly impressed by the accomplishments of our students um I can I can tell you all I can tell the community firsthand uh of the board ofed education's unwavering commitment to making fully considered thoughtful decisions that are truly in the best interest of the district and the community as a whole I myself has have always felt valued and respected and that tone at the top is the type of healthy culture that I think is essential to any successful organization uh the the district is fortified with talented people and I have no doubt that it will continue to flourish in the years to come uh I wish all the best to all of you and thank you for having me for 17 years short comment um not only have I served with uh Mr Boyce as a board member but I worked as a sea um here with Sean for 10 years and um straight up great guy when I made a mistake when any of the Seekers made mistakes with budgeting um he just has a great way to explain it um without losing it or without being threatening and um so serving under him ATA for eight or nine years um it was a pleasure and his tone um is very professional we were not threatened At All by him so we thank you for that we just want to present to you this is just a token um something that uh you can keep in your next office um wherever that may be because we will continue to follow you but uh on behalf of all of us uh the full administrative team and the Board of Education uh we thank you for your leadership and commitment to the Freehold Regional High School School District um from 2007 to the present of 2024 thank you Mr Boyce [Applause] I so we have one more presentation to do tonight um when we had the board opening over the summer um we asked around to see um who could be a placeholder for a few months to the board election in November and um Mr bravman uh recommended someone who um worked for many years as the P president booster club president um treasurer secretary I she wore so many hats um at how high school and um her two her daughter and son both were how high school grads um outstanding students and so she uh has a great love for how high school and volunteered and said yes I will be the placeholder um the board election until December so um Mrs coward thank you so much for being with us thank you thank you Mr bran for calling me when I was in you know moving Jaden In Nomine joking I love Mr Bogman um thank you to the board overall um just the level of respect and rationale I experienced in this time with you guys are just very admirable and you deserve a metal for being with us thank you so much um it was a great experience and um I think you all for just welcoming me with open arms and allowing me to think reflect and share any thoughts that I've had so I'm grateful thank you so much thank you card now you can tell your children that you have a district metal also okay thank you Mr Boyce any changes to the agenda uh I have two to note um the the first is H6 it's approval of professional Consulting architectural and Engineering support services that Dr Hazel just recently referred to on some of the work underway uh in the district this has been added to the pre-printed agenda there's also uh a sheet in the back for those of you here um and and what this does is authorizes both the pre-referendum services and then the the full project uh for the The Firm of spel architecture to um to to shepher us through that process and do that work for us so on the table in the back and also in the online version I have an addition to uh the agenda an addendum uh this will come in at G14 and it is approval of the agreement between the freeold Regional High School District board education and the bus drivers Association it reads being resolved that the Freo Regional High School District Board of Education adopts and ratifies the collective negotiations agreement between the board and the Freehold Regional High School District bus drivers Association for the period of July 1 2024 through June 30 2026 so again that's G14 and that's all that I have Mr thank you I don't believe there's any public participation no one signed up for that I'm going to surprise Everybody by taking the agenda tonight um if anybody board member has a conflict they can state that conflict um before they vote we're going to take G1 through K2 G1 through K2 I need a motion I'll make motion second M second was any discussion board not hearing any discussion roll call Mr ASA yes Mrs capala uh yes on everything except uh G1 and I abstain on Michelle England thank you Mrs Howard yes Mrs Hy Yes except Iain for G1 for Michelle England and G10 for Sarah thank you Mrs Lavin yes M mob yes Mr Messinger yes Mr bno yes motion's carried um any board members would like to discuss old business no old buiness um we're going to go to new business are there any new business we would like to discuss Goa uh I would just like to congratulate all of the students uh that received Awards tonight uh I know you've worked very hard for those honors and it very much shows also like to congratulate all of the coaches and staff that work with them uh because I know uh how proud you are of the students that you've seen uh grow and achieve such accomplishments um Mr boy thank you for making my first two years uh on the board go smoothly uh it's been a pleasure working with you and Mrs coward thank you for the last couple of months it's been a great time working with you and sitting next to you uh so I hate good lies anyway everybody have a very uh happy holiday season and a happy New Year thank you [Applause] Mrs um I just wanted to um reiterate what Amanda said um Sean it's been a long journey that you and I have taken together with a little reant in between um I only wish you the best um enjoy whatever it is that you choose to do next hopefully it's to relax and enjoy your family um and um I'm very grateful for um the knowledge that you brought uh to me personally financially I've learned quite a bit um and you've always made it easy to understand um and always been willing to um take the time to explain anything that's been um confusing or or or questionable um so um good luck to you and um I also wanted to make note um of um M England's um um resignation and I wish her the best her next venture and uh I wish everybody a happy and a healthy and a safe holiday season the most important being safe thank you anybody else business and the again congratulations to the district um with the middle States it's a big deal and uh course it started in January of last year of 2024 and um I was happy to be a part of it and I was like a proud father today I mean hearing those comments and um I didn't really know what to expect after meeting the visitors on Monday so um so congratulations job well done and you all off tomorrow thank um not hearing any more new business now I have a motion to adjourn the meeting I make the motion you have a second sure okay today all those in favor hi your Jour thank you and happy holidays