[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] AG okay we're going to start our meeting if you could all uh take your seats please good evening this is the matachin Board of Education meeting for Tuesday December 19th 2023 would you all rise to the flag salute please Al flag unites Justice thank you notice the meeting please I'll hereby make the statement to indicate compliance with the open public meetings act known as chapter 231 of the public laws of New Jersey 1975 which became effective 90 days after enactment January 19th 1976 notice of this meeting was given by providing the location time and date of this meeting and posting of the same on the front door of the Board of Education offices by delivering copies to the burrow Hall and the matachin public library the home news and Tribune and by filing a copy with with the burough clerk as prescribed by this law thank you R call please Mr benderly Mr benderly will not be here this evening thank you Miss Cook here Mr derflinger Mr derflinger will not be here this evening thank you Miss dembeck here Mr glasberg here Dr Johnson Marcus here miss Ken Miss Ken will not be here this evening thank you Mr lton here Dr spner here Mr SS here thank you Dr Caputo we have some guests this evening I we do thank you Miss LIF I'm very excited on this last uh meeting of the uh calendar year we have our um our champion uh marching band with us as well as um champions from four different teams from The Fall season we'll get to the full teams um sports teams in a second but we'll start tonight our Showcase of success with our our marching band who are Tournament of bands chapter 7 group four open Champions Tournament of bands group four open National New Jersey state champions and US bands group five open Grand National finalists and I'll turn it over to uh one of our our directors John messenger who's here tonight with a number of the um band directors and assistants for our presentation tonight thank you Mr messenger thank you so much for recognizing us um I'd like to bring up our students one section at a time um to be recognized by the board of education for our accomplishments so Mr messenger before you start could we line up everyone in the First Column sure at once and you can call section by section we'll have them all queued up on the side so we can get those yep good can we get the flutes the clarinets the low reads and the alos over here and as they do that I'll I'll call them up thank you and as they're making their way Mr uh messenger for all the uh honores tonight we recognize their Championship just a small token inviting them here and we really appreciate parents and students coming out tonight and a small token with a certificate recognizing their Championship just one more small token for their great fall season thank you so much we appreciate the recognition and uh the kids are excited um so for the flutes uh section leader Devon Fineman Abigail Hogan Mirella ham Kiko Lee and Bella stall the clarinet Ashley Chen aah Dolan uh section leader Joseph dumi Amir elsaed Emma Huber uh haa Johnson aorus Anika kundu Nila Myers section leader uh Khloe Shen and NRI suar the low reads section leader Daniel aami aan Saha and isan sarer alto saxophone sat Huck eliman kasag khabib kasag section leader Nana morero shinoski morero Ryan Stein Janna Tuscano Victoria zeni and section leader Melanie Zino and the next groups are going to be the teners the trumpets the mopon the barones and the tuba so as they're queuing up on the right side here we just want want to take a moment to recognize the Champions that are up here parents folks that are here will pause for a second feel free to come up or take a picture uh Daniel Choy Caleb Han paret Pam Daniel Ruiz Nick Timco section leader Ryan Timco trumpets tar uh Ali sammon Shan Blaze Julia Diaz Alistar Foster Elizabeth fan Conor Gan uh section leader Jackson goul Logan mcferson section leader Michael uh mcnamer uh Aiden mcferson section leader Vidant Nike and Brandon Zoo Melone section leader Allison Chan Nicholas cenza Ethan deag Garza section leader Gianna Hernandez Baron section leader anner chaplain Nell Massie Sid Nik Nick Rutter Gage Rody and Bowen Zang and then the tubas with uh Eli dumi uh chamber Lam Rose Michaels lamorte and Oliver cider and then our our final drum line Front Ensemble Color Guard drum major and we'll pause a second again for those uh middle column people uh so you can get photos of champions from those sections as well the drum line Maddie cook uh praa art krumin John V Malik Zoya Malik Reva uh nag vakar Tyler Nicholson Aiden ogor section leader Ripley Wong section leader Alan Zang The Front Ensemble Peter R Katy donu Josh Feldman Milo havlin Alex ho Lindsay Kang Peter kazura section leader Emily Lon Katherine Meyer Gavin Mormon Ron and sequera Daniel Stone Marisol Torres uh section leader Matthew Zino and Michael satino uh the color guard uh Elizabeth alai um Joselyn Branch Faith Cordova uh Mela kesi um August uh section leader August Gardner Eevee Han Zora havlin uh Eileen he uh and Andre Adrien Lee Melinda Lee gelin Osman section leader ritzdorf section leader Emma stall and of course our drum Majors uh the leaders of the band Head drum major Ana Zang uh junior drum major clar Flores and assistant drum major Matthew [Applause] Han oh very nice that's a good picture you're gonna get a good picture Miss messenger yeah that's a good one banners I Saye out Miss Al EV you want to get a picture with the banners could you do you don't have it all right stay for another don't leave M Mrs Cook's taking a picture over here they usually email me the pictures afterwards thank you good [Applause] job wait wait don't leave yet I just want to say a few words on behalf of the board uh thank you so much we're so proud of all of you you know you call yourself the pride of mouin marching B and you truly are the pride of mouin so congratulations you know so much so many of the people in in the community who live near the high school listen to you practice at different times of the day and it's quite evident how how hard you work and the work shows through in not just the awards that you get but in the enthusiasm and the pride there's that word again that you show every time you perform whether it's at an athletic event or just for competitions and band competitions so congrat congratulations thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to honor you and uh have a wonderful uh holiday break let those banners H up there very well [Applause] [Music] [Applause] learned oh yeah like too tight over there too crowded yeah too tight all right well one thing about a marching band is that it's large yes and gets larger when I went to the University of Michigan a very long time ago I remember every time they came out they would yell and here comes the the Michigan 225 member Michigan marching band you know they're up to like 265 now they we're getting close so at the um us bands competition uh James Madison's band was there 514 members wow it was incredible Sports all right so so Mr parowski the uh I know the pride continues tonight cuz now we have another whole set of athletes student athletes that we'll honor Mr Cathcart thanks for taking us through the fall champions from autan high school okay well first of all thank you for having us here and congratulations also to the band as it is a huge member uh of also of our athletic department what they mean to us whether it's football or whether we do our week of Lights where they're always there to support us so we'd like to thank them for all of that tonight our girls cross country team which seems to be here every fall yeah uh I'm going to ask our team to go up on stage you're looking at six girls who did probably something that is very hard to imagine not only did they win the Red Division they won the GMC Championship they won the state sectional championship and they won the group one Championship with just six girls it's just a tremendous Fe and congratulations to [Applause] [Music] them I'd also ask Giana to step forward Gianna was our GMC champion this year and a state sectional champion this year so congratulations [Applause] Gianna and Coach cant will not be here tonight so uh we'll just need to take pictures of them yeah it'd be great fantastic achievement Mr cathart so if you want to pause we can get some photos and you want to get one yourself yes thank you Mr sus if you get a better one let us know just a fantastic season historic season for the high school so congratulations you guys are the best okay ladies come on down great job actually I forgive me I I didn't mention all their names uh sorry the girls uh Amilia Anderson Amilia just raise your hand Jonna Hernandez Kaitlyn Shu Sally Kelton Lily Cooper SMI and Maggie sorry ladies all right I would like to introduce our Coach Dave Allen for the boys cross country and the boys will be up on stage thank you Mr cathar thank you to the board of ed for inviting us tonight uh it's my honor to introduce the 2023 boys cross country team this season they were white division Champions they were Central Jersey group one state sectional Champions and group one state champions and they finished the year ranked number 15 in the whole state by nj.com members of the team are step forward when I call your name Brady Allen Kai enger art crummond Michael mcamera Harry Mormon Alex patelski Eric schli and James belli and individually uh Alex stay standing forward everybody else step back uh Alex was the white Division champion and the Central Jersey group one state sectional Champion as well coach alen thank you for being here congratulations on a fantastic uh full season thank you very much congratulations excellent uh I'd like to introduce now our white Division champion girls tennis team so if you'd step up on stage ladies Lauren and Coach Jim Thomas okay I'd like to thank the board for honoring us our team tonight and all the other teams as well uh man I wish I had as many people in the band my gosh I have like a thousand people but we know size doesn't always mean it with the cross country team the girls tremendous job and the boys they're always uh a mark to try to match not easy to match excellent coaches they do the job very well our girls tennis team this year I'll do quick thing uh we tied the division with Highland Park no one thought we could do it cuz they picked up two studs that were really good but the last match of the season when we had to play them at home we put it together with our doubles team and one of our singles players and a tremendous finish I've coached for a hell of a long time but that was one of the best matches I've ever seen in the comeback Trail most people thought other coaches from the other County uh in our division said how'd you guys beat them I didn't beat them the girls beat them uh so great job job girls [Music] uh starting from the left we have Lauren Mary Gian Chelsea Nicole Erica na ne Abby uh and Anna and Anna and Anna excuse me uh but thanks for a great season guys and uh I'll see a bunch of you not all of you but a bunch of you for next year thank you very much oh wait picture before you leave sorry how many years Mr Thomas almost as old as you are Brian started in 1979 took a little break and then came back congrats bro thank congratulations so on behalf of the board I want to congratulate all of the athletes who here this evening all of our champions thank you for giving us coming tonight giving us the opportunity to honor you uh starting with uh cross country both the boys and the girls um what what can be said about our cross country teams uh in P for past years the tradition and if anything you've surpassed the tradition this year with your championships and as I said about the band you know your your hard work is evident to everyone in the community because we see you running through it a lot and uh it's uh it it's something that people who move away from a touch and comment to me when I talk to them he's like are those kids still running through the town and the answer is yes they are different kids but they're still running through the town and uh I want to congratulate you in just a spectacular year both the boys and the girls teams and I don't want to uh take anything away from the boys team but the fact that the girls team was able to win that those championships with with how many girls six is almost unbelievable and it's a testament to how hard you've worked and and we really appreciate you coming and and thank you for bringing honor to the district by your by your championships and your hard work and the same goes for the tenant the girls tennis team also I think coach Thomas said it pretty well that um I I wasn't aware but now that I've heard the story about you battling Highland Park on the last um match of the year and prevailing to to pull out the co- Championship is really a story that uh future tennis girls tennis teams and boys tennis teams will be talking about into the future and and what could you ask for more than that so congratulations on your hard work also and thank you all for coming this [Applause] evening feel free to stay for the rest of the meeting it's it's it's going to be exciting there are agendas over there if anybody didn't pick one up please if you didn't get a super agenda we have Golden Rod souvenir agendas so please pick one up for your your scrapbooks oh great thank you Mr kathcart M prasy Mr Cathcart thank you guys coach Thomas congratulations thank you I've been following sports for a long time here I can't remember any team winning GMC and state we've had the field hockey team won three GMC's in a row the golf team won a couple state championships the cross country team won a three state championships but the hatch Recs yeah I think is probably the closest where they won the conference the sectional the group as well so that's probably the closest but this is an amazing cross country season this year all right and the boys as well girls just won one more level they both had County Champs the girls just had you know a group champ as well so just fantastic so the meeting is now open to the public for any topic seeing no public we'll uh there's there's except Mr parowski is herei but um anyway we'll close that se SE move to presentations there are none I don't believe correct uh president's report I do not have a report this evening superintendent's report no report this evening okay committee reports let's see who who is here this evening I'll be speaking for Miss K start down at the end Mr benderly is not here so the meeting will move quickly Miss Cook policy too soon too soon that's terrible okay and the policy report is very quick policy did meet on December 12th and the only item on our agenda is the calendar and it's still on the agenda in January because it's still in flux with the um upcoming construction and things like that so hopefully we'll have something to you guys in early 2024 as fast as we can thank you um Mr derflinger is not here uh is curriculum you have the report yes okay uh so doing a report for Mr uh derflinger the committee met on December 12th um they discussed resources that were shared as guidelines um that supplement the curriculum for Holocaust and genocide courses um there was considerations from the committee uh related to honors band music orchestra proposal uh they discussed the program of studies um there was a review meeting that was held and revisions will be reported on uh after the district meeting takes place and after the committee meets again there was a request to discard old books from the Campbell Library the media center specialist archived uh books that were out of date and out of condition and there'll be a motion related to that uh request on our agenda it's on our agenda tonight I think the student growth percentile data from njsla was was released and is being reviewed uh the stem supervisor is working with the climate committee uh developing a staff climate awareness initiative um there were let's see the district was awarded grant money um to begin working on high impact tutoring with third and fourth graders so they discussed that and there was an update on the heart rate variability project uh the district had s several sessions completed including 25 teachers so there was an update on that project as well and uh Title One math interventions at the high school were discussed that's the the committee report if anybody if Dr Herzog thinks I got anything wrong or should add anything please please speak up okay all right that's for that report yep thank you uh D Dr Johnson Marcus Equity uh the equity committee met on December 13th and we heard a report from The District's racial Justice and Equity committee um it's always a pleasure for us to hear from the folks in the district doing this really important work um and they continue to work on creating Brave and safe spaces in which we can all learn from each other and indeed that they can be better prepared to support our students um one of the things that they continue to seek out are more opportunities for professional development um that that kind of ongoing learning um and Firming up the process so they can be clearer on how best to support our students and also how to continue the important work of incorporating inclusive texts into our curriculum um the committee share that they're really proud of the array of student clubs that exist so that many of our students have the opportunity to find community and to be supported with a faculty adviser in that space they also mentioned a fun activity happening um at the high school with Heritage months and competing displays on board on doors uh where students and teachers have the opportunity to vote on the best displays again encouraging sharing of cultures and getting to know more about one another um one of the other um items that I really wanted to highlight was the work that's happening within the district to be thoughtful about the kinds of books that are accessible um they've worked with other institutions where we may not have access to gain things like large print books so that students have access to accessible text um so indeed there is a point of Pride that the there is continuous learning growth and development going on within the District um and folks are wanting to continue the open lines of communication that exists between our student clubs and the administration at each of the schools and that's it uh for the equity committee and just real quick I wanted to thank folks who came out to the Human Rights Day celebration for the human relations Commission on December 10th at the matachin public library and that's it for me today great thank you um Mr glasberg construction uh I'll start with DLT uh the district leadership team team they met um near the end of November uh there was an update on the Edgar field which is being if you've driven around that area being redone um so they discussed the timeline for that it looks like it's getting close to completion and is nearing completion a fair word yes oh you're very close looks like just the turf now yep yeah okay so it's looking good and that's exciting I'm sure that the kids will look forward to being able to use those there was a construction update about the bidding process and so on I'll elaborate on that shortly uh we discussed a safety plan for when schools are under construction uh we discussed different job responsibilities um that was basically the DLT meeting construction committee uh met formally on December 14th uh we went out to bid for both phases of the project the bids were over budget so we're not accepting those bids we're working actively with our Architects and our construction manager to prepare us for a second uh bid opening which uh should take place hopefully in uh January we also discussed uh the professionals did indicate that the project could still be on target for substantial completion for September 2025 uh we'll monitor that we discussed our public labor agreement um and we also discussed the a neighbor's concern regarding drainage issues um and that would be Revisited after we end up awarding a bid that was the construction committee thank you Mr glasberg um Miss clean is not here is there an extracurricular report you have it Mr sus yes uh the extracurricular me uh committee met on December 12th um they talked about um so girls flag football uh is now going into a pilot phase with the njsia for two years um it'll be evaluate two years to make it a full NJ Sia sport um to uh hiring the winter cheer coach which will be on the agenda for tonight we also talked about um uh some EMS volunteer Club advisor which will also be on the agenda tonight and an MHS volunteer Club adviser for approval which will also be on the agenda tonight and then we had the uh winter season preview um coaches schedules Etc anything I should add Mr not comp or no great job with the report and uh it was a full packed agenda I appreciate the uh committee's uh involvement y why don't you go right into your Finance report that as well Finance didn't meet what we canceled Finance Finance didn't meet because of construction it all sort of blend it together sound like you said it ain't me true enough true enough um and Dr spner No okay thank you um are there any comments or questions for any on any of the committee reports I was a little concerned that Finance met without me but what's that I was a little concerned that Finance met without me but uh I have enough you know steam Quest problems you know so we meet we meet a lot without you any uh questions about committee reports okay moving on uh we will move to the uh student board member report miss dbang good good evening everyone here's a brief report on recent happenings at matuch high school before we go on break firstly I would like to congratulate the MHS Orchestra and choir for their wonderful performance at the Winter concert the students and teachers hard work and dedication were evident in the quality of the music presented similarly similar sorry I would like to extend my congratulations to the MHS band and Jazz Band for their fantastic Winter concert as well there will be an early dismissal at 12:30 this Friday throughout the touching schools December 2nd leading into W winter break thank you happy holidays and happy New Year thank you thank you thank you happy holidays um okay uh next item is old business is there any old business from the board seeing none is there any new business from the board seeing none I would like to approve uh move the approval of the minutes of the following Board of Education meetings November 208th 2023 special business meeting 1 November 28th 2023 special business meeting 2 November 20th 2023 board meeting is there second um miss m uh Dr spner are there any uh comments or Corrections on those minutes seeing none Ro call please Miss Cook I'm going to have to stay in as I wasn't there we got it Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss oh she's not here either Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you the meeting is now open to the public for any topic seeing none I'll move past that topic uh to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools often times it may appear to members of our audience that the Board of Education takes action with very little comment and in many cases unanimous vote before matter is placed on the agenda at a public meeting the Administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the superintendent of schools if the superintendent is satisfied that the matter is ready to be presented to the Board of Education it is then referred to the appropriate board committee the members of the board committee work with the administration and the superintendent to assure that the members fully understand the matter when the committee is satis when the committee is satisfied with the matter it is presented to the board of education for discussion before any final action is taken only then is it placed on the agenda for Action at a public meeting I would like to move the Personnel items A1 through 21 is there a second Miss Cook are there any uh comments or questions on those items seeing none well call please Miss Cook yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Mr lton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you Mr Lon before you move on um in item number one today the board just accepted the retirement of Mark Cooper um Mark Cooper has worked as a custodian at Edgar matachin High School most recently at Campbell school is retiring in February after 16 years of the district in his spare time Mark enjoys bowling and fishing and we thank him for all his hard work keeping our buildings clean and safe and wish him a very happy and healthy retirement thank you uh on behalf of the board we do wish him a very well-deserved retirement um you know it's funny we talk a lot about um professional staff teachers administrators par Paris but really the people who keep the building run the buildings running are our custodians and our our maintenance people and uh they're really unsung heroes you only notice them when something's going wrong or something isn't as you know what you the way you expect it to be and and and due to their hard work that isn't very often in mouin so uh we wish him a very a very healthy and well-deserved retirement okay uh moving on to finance Mr sus yes I'd like to move items uh B1 through b11 is listed on the agenda thank you is there a second Dr spner you all are very shy tonight uh uh any comments or questions on those Mr sus just one comment item eight and nine on the agenda is the uh U the board rejecting the bids as mentioned yeah I um I think we were advised to formally do that we were unable to award anyway due want to highlight it yeah due due to their yeah I'm just explaining why it's here due to them uh the bids being as as Mr glasberg me you know described being over budget we're unable to award at this point anyway but it was we were advised that we should formally reject the bid so that is why they're here thank you for highlighting that Mr s other comments or questions about these items roll call please Miss Cook yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you I'd like to move the curriculum items D1 Miss policy I'm sorry do we miss policy y policy one oh I apologize you can back backtracking Miss Cook policy I'd like to move item C1 as listed on the agenda thank you appreciate that is there a second Mr glassberg are there any comments or questions on that item seeing none wel call please Miss Cook yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Mr lton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries okay now I'd like to move the curricular items D1 through D6 is there a second Dr Johnson Marcus are there any questions about those items or comments sing on wel call please Miss Cook yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you the meeting is now open to the public for any item seeing none we'll close that section move to an announcements Dr spner yes so just want to underscore all the congratulations to the athletes and the band and all the um leaders and parents and everyone else and all the support from the community so I underscore what our um student representative said M Ur about um you know the pride that we all have for these um different activities and the commitment by our students and our um Prof professionals um not a lot going on of course right last week of school before the winter break and at Campbell though they have sweater day tomorrow which is so exciting and the 21st is silly sck day and the last day would be P pajamas day so that's sounds fun at MOS there's a book swap on the 21st there's early dismissal on December 22nd for all the schools and school winter break will be from the 23rd to January 1 and school reopens on January 3rd no sorry 2nd 2024 our next board meeting is on January 2nd uh uh it will be our reorganization board meeting for 2024 and uh our new board member will be joining our team thank you happy holidays everyone thank you um before I call f a German I just want to first of all say thank you to um everyone in the district for I know it's not the end of the school year but it is the end of the calendar year and it's you know traditional to to to look back a bit at the prior year a lot of work has gone on in the district in the calendar year and I just want to thank every everyone in the district and as far as the board goes I want to thank my my fellow board members for the amount of work they've put in hasn't been an easy year we've we've had you know referendum you know well construction planning and everything that goes on in all the Committees a lot of very hard work has gone on on behalf of our board and our administrators as well Dr Caputo um Mr harier um M Dr Herzog um and all of Administrators but specifically talking about the board I just want to thank my fellow board members for all the hard work and I do want to highlight that Dr spner has been the um the least tenured board member for her entire two years on the board and this will it is our tradition that the newest tenar board member gives the announcements so for the first time in two years she will not be the the the shortest tenard board members so that was potentially her last announcement so I want to thank her for her announcements for two years years um and we'll have a new victim on uh on January 2nd neat if you're watching up so on on behalf of the board I want to wish our our entire Community a very happy and healthy holiday season and New Year and as Dr spner said we will be back here January 2nd for a reorganization meeting at 8:00 on January 2nd thank you so much if I could um make a motion to adjourn if there a second Dr spner all in favor thank you and good night good job everybody thanks everybody