##VIDEO ID:W0hGJeoPHXY## e e e e e e everyone adequate notice of this meeting was provided by sending such notice to the Asbury po press Middletown patch in the Middletown Township Public School District website and the posting of such notice at the August T minor administrative offes and each elementary middle and secondary school in the district roll quot Mrs C here Mr Fitz darl here Mrs menu here Mrs skolaski here Mr sarasi here Mr T here Mrs R here Mrs tobacco here Mr here and I need a motion for executive session to speak about hid Personnel matters and litigation second all in favor oppos exensions see a little bit e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e one good evening everyone please stand for the pledge and with sadness we share the passing of John D degnan John was employed in the district for over 36 years he worked as a teacher then as an assistant principal for retiring from his position as principal of Harmony School in 2002 we extend our deepest condolences to the dean family and we'll have a moment of silence after we pledged I pled Ali to the of the United States of America and to the Republic for stands Nation indivisible andice thank you [Music] everyone we're going to start this evening with our High School North speaker Paige Payton good evening my name is p pton and I'm a junior at Middletown High School North the Middletown High School North music program is excitedly preparing for a present day weekend performance trip to Disney World in Florida miltown High School North students and arts educators will be performing and engaging a music education workshop at Epcot Center over the five days of the trip the miltown High School North choir and bands presented their annual Winter concert on Wednesday December 18th to a large and appreciative audience the choir presented 15 pieces and the band presented seven pieces and a beautifully decorated theater with lights and over 400 Point set as of decorations a m High School music program continues to fundraise for Student Activities and Scholarships in January of 2025 Middletown High School North will host a New Jersey allshore honors choir for rehearsals and their concert on Saturday February 1st at 7.m in the miltown High School North theater several miltown High School North choir students will be performing with the all store all state honors choir at New Jersey state music music educators convention in late February in Atlantic City and at the njpac in Newark many music programs and students continue to assist with recruiting new students into our music program as scheduling occurs as well as performing in our annual spring musical Pippen to be performed in late March head of the pr our students of the month recognition program celebrates Excellence which serves as our school's Community Foundation last month's Awards of stents included ninth grade Ella Annabelle and Alice Chong 10th grade sovia CET and Michael Butler 11th grade Payton Smith and Owen Robson 12th grade Zachary Hampton and Carl Lura a breakfast will be scheduled early next month for further recognition all of our head of the pride recipients from semester 1 Appraiser for was submitted for junior brooken Mountain for helpfulness helpfulness peer support teamwork and compassion on January 14th Ms High School North hosted the AP and dual enrollment fair for students in grades 9 through 11 interested in advanced placement or dual enrollment courses over 2025 2026 school year on January 14th members of the class 2025 presented to the entire nth on all pathway opportunities at Midtown High School North including stem arts gp3 and BM on January 16th Bon High School North had a very successful ASAP Administration for students interested in taking the multi- aptitude Tex Brookdale apply Day High School North's second installment of Brookdale Community College apply day was held on Tuesday January 15th which took place in Media Center over 50 students submitted online applications and decisions were released about a week later our guidance department is hosting its annual parent college application information night on Tuesday February 18th this important session will feature strategies insights and timelines for the class of 2026 as it relates to the college application process senior scholarships are being uploaded to novian on a weekly basis members of the class of 2025 are encouraged to regularly check this platform and apply for these opportunities once your Athletics are heading into post-se competition we are tuning up for the district and state tournament competition freshman per a day kicked off this month and will run through March scheduling for the 2025 2026 school year is underway with all students having individual meetings with their guidance counselors to pick foring for next year scheduling will be taking place through mid-march the mayor's Ice Hockey Cup will be taking place this Thursday at Middletown Ice Arena the puff drops at five come out to cheer on both high schools as we battle it out for this year's trophy thank you thank you Paige from High School South Sophia CES good evening I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a happy New Year once again my name is Sophia casone I'm a senior at Middletown High School South to start with our academic achievements and student recognition the World Language Honor Society held its prestigious induction ceremony on January 9th welcoming 155 exceptional students into its ranks 30 in Italian 46 in ASL 60 in Spanish seven in Latin and 12 in French on January 22nd a remarkable student recognition ceremony was hold hosted at High School South celebrating the outstand outstanding accomplishments of North and South students in academics and Athletics students were honored for AP Awards top exam scores and National Merit nominations Etc next in arts and creativity Middletown South Spring musical fot looses on the horizon auditions have been underway and the school Community eagerly anticipates another seller production showcasing South's talented performers the rethink art and literature Club at South hosted a well attended Bob Ross paintal Along on January 23rd providing students with a creative Outlet to unwind before exams more sessions are planned for the future congratulations to everying filmmakers four student films were selected as finalist to be screened at the Garden State Film Festival on March 29th in Asbury Park please contact Mr Cory if you'd like to attend this exciting event special congratulations to B Warner Spock El crater Gigi Mayana Iden altof Alex Miller Anthony DeMarco Chris ktis Elias ktis Robert dorzinski Oran McDon and Elena aspendus next in clubs and Community engagement the Middletown High School South Spectrum GSA successfully raised funds for their scholarship program during a CH Chipotle fundraiser the diversity Club had a busy successful winter season hosting their annual holiday door decorating contest with winners enjoying a bagel and donut party they also ran a meaningful blanket for Hope session where students created care packages with personal messages for unhoused individuals these packages were donated via lunch grade a nonprofit in resue additionally their clothing Drive brought in hundreds of items to support the same cause throughout December the Ted Club collected and delivered over 750 heartfelt holiday cards to brighten the spirits of hospitalized children next in a sector of athletic highlights middl time unified cheer kicked off It season kicked off its second season with a bang during the varsity girls and boys double header at Middletown North with 31 athletes from North and South the program continues to thrive thanks to the overwhelming Community Support don't miss the district play unified basketball game on February 10th at South the boys from Team celebrated a major victory at home defeating freeold Township 91 to 78 in the thrilling division game they are 4 to1 in their conference and 6 to3 overall the girlst team has been equally impressive winning every meet in the conference so far they are 5-0 in the conference and 7- one overall girls Place fifth in counties with 13 qualifying for short conference which will be held on Thursday where 10 girls and eight boys will compete despite recent struggles including losses to Manis and hopwell Valley the ice hockey team has an important week ahead with games against three short Conference teams two of which are division Rivals RBC and Middletown North on Monday the Eagles Take on the cases at home which they won tonight followed by a late night game on Tuesday on the road against rbank Regional and finishing the week with the mayor's Cup against cross town Rivals Middletown North on Thursday at 500m at Middletown ice wins this week could strengthen the team's case for tour Conference playoff bid and a state playoff bid the girls basetball team coached by Tom Brennan assisted by by Steph CS had a 2-0 week with thrilling Road WIS against HED out on Freehold Township with victories by three and two points seniors amena McGregor and Caitlyn white stepped up to lead the team to success with a 10 to six record the lady Eagles are preparing a tough division matchups against RBC and rbr the boys back basketball team with a seven and eight record has a crucial week ahead to C spot in the shore conference in state tournaments Senor guard Brady H averaging 20.6 points per game has delivered standout performances including 27 points against rson faen on January 21st junun Jor forward Matt trle averaging 13.5 points per game has also been key scoring 16 points in a tough battle against maralo Pilots this season include winning the pat Houston Memorial Holiday Tournament where hans's 22 points earned him MVP honors upcoming games against RVC rvr and maral bro will be pivot pivotal for postseason positioning the 2024 2025 Middletown High School South lady Eagles Varsity wrestling program has been a great success this season coached by Matt Rosner Brian WS Eric cook and Robert G gatelli the team includes six wrestlers freshman Avery Harmon sophomore Sophia SC Juniors Natalia Russen and Ayanna Bal and seniors Alexander kazakus and Theo Roland the team made history by hosting their first home dual meet against North Brun freshman Harman holds an 11 to five record while Junior Russen with a 13-5 record continues to impress senior Captain Roland the first female state champion in Eagles wrestling leads with a 15 to1 record with the program growing the lady eagles look forward to the region tournament good luck ladies the Middletown South boys wrestling team has had a great season so far their record is currently 13 to five with a couple matches left until postseason seven of the wrestlers qual qualified for the short Conference tournament and three wrestlers were placed in the top six for their weight class the Eagles continue to compete in dual and quad meets with one tournament left hoping to see that record improved next in upcoming events the inaugural Middletown academic tournament organized by Mr Reynolds Mrs asterita and Mr Ballard is set to take place on May 2nd excitement is already building for this first ever event the district's freshman for a Day program begins Tuesday February 4th and will run through March 6 incoming students from Thompson bashore and the Middletown Community Will Shadow ninth graders to experience high school life firsthand attending two classes during either blocks 1 and two or blocks 5 and six the senior council is gearing up for their postal summer themed prom on June 5th and has already received generous Community donations including faux flowers balloon arches and center pieces to support further attender Chipotle fundraiser in Red Bank on February 5th from 4: to 8:00 p.m. lastly for seasonal initiatives students in Mrs deo's Holocaust genocide and mod Humanity course spearheaded a hurricane relief drive for North Carolina delivering supplies in December and lastly the science League kicked off It season with a highly successful first competition with several top performing students thank you thank you sopia okay moving on to our committee reports Mr recul instruction yes thank you Frank we met on the 23rd uh we had a good meeting talked about a lot of topics some of the highlights U just keep an eye out um for the information about parent University series sessions there's been a number of them they cover very um important and informative topics um but we talked about ways to maybe help increase the attendance of it so keep an eye out for principles PTO PFA reminders and things like that when these Zoom sections will be um scheduled going forward um just another reminder the kindergarten and prek information night is Wednesday January 29th that's going to be via zoom and you can register for that on the district website or information that comes home in your kids virtual backpack um feel free to share with families who haven't joined the district um we also talked about uh the use of I ready and other uh you know electronic computer-based learning platforms that we use in the district um you know not only the benefits that some of those platforms bring to us but the concept that we we need some balance um between the computer-based learning and opportunities to kind of bring us back to more pencil and paper and books and things like that um so excited about trying to implement that wherever we can increase those opportunities um also on the horizon for this year is going to be um a revamp of the k to5 math program and uh we're excited to talk about that it seems like there's consensus in our committee and the administration's working on um finding a program that brings sort of a return to the basics math facts being at the Forefront of it um so excited to see where that goes as the year's curriculum development um gets moving so thank you have got thank you Mr T moving on to Student Services Mrs Wright yes so we also met on Thursday January 23rd um what I thought was really great is it was our first opportunity to really sit down with Mrs Granger the new uh director of special education uh so we got to talk about not only her background but some of the things and and goals that she has for the year so I was really impressed with what we were able to discuss um keeping along those lines just want to remind everybody that there is a meet and greet scheduled for February 11th here at High School North media center from 6:00 to 7: to be able to meet with Mrs Granger so I just you know would ask that if people really are interested in talking to her uh about the special education program here and wanted to meet her so please com on Tuesday February 11th um some more highlights just along the lines of special ed uh there was a Crisis Prevention training for administrators teachers and Par professionals that happened on January 14th and 15th njcie came to do a consultation with in-class resource teachers at Thorne and Thompson uh to be able to give them some instructive feedback about strategies to most effectively maximize the co- teing model within those classrooms uh scheduling and projections for 2025 and 2026 uh as with reported for is underway and also Mrs Granger is looking at the progress reports uh The Daily Progress reports for IEP students and making sure that they are not only consistent but more detailed descriptive and really communicate performance related to specific goals and objectives so it was a good meeing thank you Miss Right Moving On to finance Mrs Dary so the finance committee met today at 6:m before our meeting uh we had a few topics we discussed the items that are on tonight's agenda so those are all on the agenda that the board will be voting on this evening uh in addition to that we had some preliminary conversations about the 2526 budget and just the process and steps going forward and we'll be meeting again in February to get more gr new onl great thank you Miss Dar I'm now going to open the microphone up for public comment on agenda items only if you wish to make a comment step forward to state your name and address of the recording seeing no one stepping forward I'm the public comment move on to Proclamation Mr D so we have a proclamation for New Jersey school board recognition month resolved at the Middletown Township Board of Education does hereby recognize the services of all local school board members throughout New Jersey As We join Community Statewide by observing Janu AR 2025 as school board recognition month and be a further resolve that the Middletown Township Board of Education encourages all qualified citizens to consider serving as members of their local school boards thank you m d That's for all of us so we can get our around okay moving on to reports Dr Al great thank you um so we have the some of us had the pleasure this morning of attending be's kind challenge kickoff um Bor student council and guidance Department led the efforts which encouraged students to participate in acts of kindness for the week the pep fan and cheerleaders performed and the various clubs at bore each had a hand in creating a kindness challenge for the building um it was truly an amazing event and thank you to Mayor Perry um Committee Member crant president Frank Capone Joan minues for attending the event as well as other District level administrators that were present um um as a few people have already mentioned our new special education director Mrs Jen grener will be hosting a meet and greet on February 11th at 6m in the High School North Media Center all are welcome to attend and have a chance to meet Mrs gringer and learn about her vision for special education I also want to welcome Mr Matthew ra who started in Middletown today actually as one of our secondary supervisors of special education um fourth and fifth grade parents will have access to to their child's progress report in the Genesis parent portal on Friday January 31st this will provide parents the opportunity to see their child's numerical average for literacy and math and January 31st is actually the midpoint of the triester on Wednesday evening the district will hold a virtual information session for our pre kindergarten program as well as our kindergarten program the prek session will begin at 6 pm and our kindergarten session begins at 700 p.m. and the links it is a virtual event so the links for these events can be located on our District's website um tonight you will see on the agenda is a proposal for an amended school calendar this is due to the change in the primary election day originally this was scheduled for June 3 and has since been changed to D June 10th that's not something that's in our control um because our students and 10-month employees are off on this day due to our school serving as polling locations it is necessary to adjust the calendar to reflect this change so June 3rd will now be a full Inay session and June 10th will be the day off that calendar change is on the agenda at both high school students and the Freshman Frontiers had the opportunity to experience a presentation on academic Pathways and also to visit the AP dual enrollment fairs this is in line with our efforts to better set our freshmen up to have a productive and informed formed experience during the later 3 years of their High School career and the feedback has been um outstanding thus far we recently had our second strategic planning session of the Year participants worked on analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of our school district this information will now be used to set larger goal areas for actual construction of the Strategic plan this plan once it's presented and approved by the board hopefully in May will serve the district from July 1st 2025 through June 30th 2030 I can't believe I'm saying 2030 but thank you very much thank you Dr aone okay you motion to approve meeting minutes 9 a through C discussion all in favor I oppose extensions Mar you going to obain on that corre I need a motion to approve business office consent agenda 10 a through discussion all in favor oppose extensions any the motion to approve recommend recommendation of superintendent of schools consent agenda 11 a through K discussion all in favor just take a roll call roll call on a okay roll call on a Mrs CTI yes on the unfounded no on the founded Mr Fitz I'm a no on 27294 and 273 216 373 216 right Mrs is min I'm a no on the founded and a yes on the unfounded Mrs still asky how many have un founded and on Mr suffer asking uh no on 27294 and no on 273 216 yes on me Mr T I'm a yes on all except the no on 27314 Mrs Ray yes all this tobacco uh I'm yes on everything except for no on 27294 273 216 Mr compone no good right motion to approve 11 B through K discussion all in favor oppose extensions [Music] motion to approve L1 through 12 Personnel discussion all in favor oppose extensions okay we're now going to open up for old business does anybody have any old business before we hit new business Ryan Megan anything you'd like to add or say all right you did do a very good job detail all right new business for anyone any new business I do I have a couple of upcoming um PTA events that um I hope that we can get people out to support ocean Avenue's gift auction is April 4th $65 a person you can contact OAS PTA yahoo.com for information Thoren is also holding their gift auction on May 1st at the gry you can contact Thor Middle School gmail.com to reserve your tables because they're selling out fast great way to support our students all the money goes back to our students for programs and items that the district does not provide thank you Miss L anyone else from new business okay we moving on to public comment on non- agender items if anyone wish to make a comment please step forward state your name and address for the record see no one coming forward to close the public comment and motion to ajour Second discussion all in favor I oppose obsessions have a great night everyone