roll call please Dr C here Mr D here mran here Mr gr here Mr Palama here Mr Peto here Mr rort here miss zerman here Dr M here miss F here Mr son here America to stands the New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have Advance no and to attend meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discuss action upon in accordance with the provision of the act the M Township Board of Education provided a public noce of this meeting which included the time date and location that was posted at the M Township Municipal Building all M Public Schools the mono Public Library the M Township Board of Education administrative office building the district website and advertised in the Daily Record and the mon will tap into it the official boort newspapers of the board on January 28th 2024 has anything going on over there at the school yeah so we're just going to start off with some stuff that happened in the recent past so starting off on Friday May 24th the seniors had their senior breakfast as the mention Mountain Lakes and Alli had a great time being breakfast and watching theosis show and then also on Thursday May 30th the seniors had their prom at the Grove and the night was filled with fun and Lifetime forend and then the next day on May 31st the winners of the research in molecular molecular biology were announced and students bigy Eva Iman andaya went on to represent NS at rers University's poster Symposium on June 4th then we also had the second annual M vars hoey Corall tournament which took place on Saturday June 8th the tournament raised a lot of money for our high school's hockey team then on Monday June 10th the seniors participated in the annual MHS fundraiser bying their handprint in the stairwell off R these handprints will be a constant reminder of our students who graduate in just two days also on June 10th the senior class officers work with Administration to hold the first senior sunset in this event offered the students a chance to socialize play backyard long games and Bond as a class and then at 8:30 p.m. the class officers showed the premiere of a montage they've been working on for several months featuring a compilation of videos and pictures of the class of 2024 since their early States in Mongol na public schools and also an extra special thank you to Christina rsky for all of her hard work and putting together the video then we had senior Awards which presented on the night of June 12th our senior received many local and state scholarships and Awards as a testament to their four years of hard gr and dedication and then we also had the senior picnic which was last Thursday June 13th students received their yearbooks walked down to the community the fields played games and enjoyed food from various cers so baseball and season record 15 and 14 they have upset SP unfortunately losts while a fight boys tenis ended with a record of 6 15 to in the state tournament softball also upset ult the St tournament and they ended their season 10 and 16 the boys golf team ended 11 the girls ended 81 as well as being Conference champions boys and girl finish this season with the solid n and n record the girls team finished 911 and finally the two MF two MF athletes of the track field team made it the of champions last Wednesday darj in the p and Al in the 1600 me and the 800 me uh then Alex ended up taking fifth place in his 1500 met crushing his previous School time of 4 minutes 11 seconds and then Senior Court played at the first annual pH north south all serving at K University where the north be the South 38 to 12 and then for the final started last Friday June 14th and continues through tomorrow June 19th and there may only be two school app uh but students with finals and staff ands are still hard at work and then of course the last day of school is Thursday June 20th and graduation will be at 7ms will send off [Music] class thank you very much it sounds like lot's going on wish you all the best I just want special congratulate Ryan recipients of n Awards boight and Ryan is the class senior classes valori actually have great uh yeah usually I wait for the uh after all the awards but we have so many good things I want to announce I have an audience here so one I just want to start with the district polls uh we had four District polls and 14 different action plans underneath that we are addressing mental health this year uh exploring ways to evaluate and innovate learning opportunities uh security protocols as well as long range facility plans and other things so we accomplished all 14 of those action plans and those go goals and the board has all the information about that so uh just want to report this out and we'll be working on our future goals at the end of this meeting also we just were recognized um we were just Rec organized for the 9th year in a row for mle Township Public Schools receiving the best communities for music education from the National Association of Music merchandisers this Foundation is designed and awarded by the name of n Foundation to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement and efforts to provide music access and education to all students the bcme award recognizes the commitment of teachers students and administrators Board of Education members and parents who believe in the value of music education and are working to ensure that it's part of the complete education for their children so 9 years in a row that's quite outstanding a great job on that we have uh something that's unusual and this just something that in particular we have to note there's a bus driver in town who's been working currently works for odow bus company and M Sheila Francisco has been working for 56 years as a bus driver in town and she's probably driven many of you around uh throughout your years she'll be completing her last bus drone this Thursday at 11:30 so the police are going to be getting our bus escort from odow bus company up to the high school and then she'll do a final run 56 years so we wish her well retirement incredible uh tonight on the agenda we also have the supervisor contract so I want to thank Mr fman and Mr tubs along with the ation committee that was working on that so that'll be for vote tonight and uh a lot of work went into that we're very happy and that's being brought to a conclusion as well as the mtda they have tentative agreement with the board and they work us with fin all thingss right there so I want to thank Mr RI for all his work along with his whole committee along with the board subcommittee that worked on that so that's a lot of work and a lot of hours going into that so exciting news is there as well and then of course we're celebrating all the retirees and our students and and the shop right stores so tonight's a wonderful night of all these wonderful achievements that we you know that come to fruition after four years and even this one year um coming all together so we're really happy about that and that's my report do you want to get any business report first we get all the awards no report easy okay pH okay good evening I am thrilled to present our sh star23 nomies anded in addition recog stud sh $1000 please join the congratulating share in the field of academics congratulations to Hann Hannah is incredibly gifted dedicated iner student who pring M A 4.1 plus GPA for the past few years Hannah has a passion for Learning and has demonstrated academic growth by taking increasingly challenging over career when she took AP courses for the very first time despite the Hannah is on track to pass each of those AP classes that she will pay and teach this to work dedication and enthusiasm unsurprisingly Han also excels in multitude of servant as the vice president of society Italian Society National Society Mar captain and active member of news chamber Jazz and Sy B just like music Hannah committed herself fully to ensure that she was accepted into the college Dre specifically for the past 2 months Hannah hased audition for also balancing Hannah's eff except all seven of stools she app to including the one she wants to attend in y the highly competitive programs which 110 for audition 15 to receive excepts in the fall will attend the sence school of culture education development at New York univers again congratulations [Music] in the field of Athletics congratulations to James K don't see him here staff members who oberved his talent leadership loation have literally interacted with thousands of athletes argue jimy is one of the hard work students country Jimmy is the kind of bathro gets to practice for room any after because of his posi attitude J in terms of individual achievement J the boys cross dur this past season from the second team and jack for defense and 50 round is much more proud of the AC impact his entire team for example his says J energy Sparks the excitement of the entire team always a positive on players offield as a two sport the athlete and J also works hard off the field for example this year J AAG lab sence to share the good news he said a good te good most good sign I think you choose in the fall University maor prology [Music] also in the field of the Arts [Applause] congratuations for the past four years Ana has been featuring on R from various projects work has beened in cases War around the time Anda is recognized for one few students to take multiple art classes each year of their High School care including F Studio last year this year both of which are are most advanced coures [Music] offered and M of competition 12 years all styles and her commitment extends Beyond pering she has also serves as a student teacher High School assis multip teachers each we valuable experience team collaboration over the years and work with dancers page 23 L passion for dancing and teaching if passion for teaching others TR isely both parents Dr and M Jennifer K two of the outstanding educators are privileg to work for most of the past 12 years her and Jen have proudly shared pictures up from hours they watching she dance for the next 12 years I look forward to stories pictures watching of to talented successful in the fall accept she is also offer univers [Applause] congratulations in the field of humanity service congratulations [Music] [Applause] to so he is a compassionate and dedicated student who recognized most of her impactful contributions to people as a member of demonstrated strong characteristics toiz F re to help members of all Community such fund is possibly the biggest one participants in it's also in order for the found to be successful advis to cabor develop plans officers and then mobilize teachers and students families and inal 2300 and forer TOS also F received a large F IM shs additionally because of the success of this year's F drive heiz a Christmas F drive for the very first time and dur seven these fing efforts also have an impa such as po despite the many hours shees to helping others tremendously sucessful cles maintain University [Music] [Applause] in the field of leadership congratulations to [Music] [Applause] [Music] for Harley has many to be she is intelligent selfless empathetic hardworking deted as a demonstration of the leadership in the classroom question today while being highly successful in some of most challenging pures including microbiology research andology as a demonstration of student ambass student transition in his capacity has help organized and participated in several important events newent as a demonstration [Music] ofth student disabilities also volunteers hospital hospital also participation in new conference confence as demonstra [Music] work through the competition team har is the head co [Music] POS resp as a demonstration of determin for position years ago responded with Grace and she offered assistance of and officials officers to ensure the future scho ADV EV still having successful NS was a better place during the past years pose in the university in Psychology and track conratulations all our stars as well as all [Applause] pararon come on all [Music] [Applause] all right so we do that each quarter so congratulations to our recipients now we do once a year we get into our retirees we have believe four retirees here this evening we're going to S up Dr Raj good evening Michael school I'm here with to uh present and honor K who's been Ste years when Kev came to C School several years ago we immedately knew that we being an incredible teacher he could immers himself into the fabric C school and the surrounding Community he always put himself first out there for his students not only his students that but for all the students at Sen school to the fact one time like Kevin left work left home with full head came home and it was sh because the students met their fundraising go someone to shave their head and Kevin right there to do that very happy with us earlier this year Kevin Dropped a Bomb on us that he sold his house he was moving and he was retiring in just a few short weeks a week and a half a week and a half this never really allowed us the opportunity to grasp what was happen happen so the students weren't ready the staff wasn't ready and I wasn't ready for even though been down uh retired for two short months s Mr Contin CC around C Hill as a great man years ago cille made international news some of you may remember that around December one day I was doing lunch St walking around and I had got called to the office some office administration here to take T of the building for some facility improvements there not [Music] knowing that Mr how was dressed as the El on my on the Shelf in my office purch like this for 40 minutes before I have to call to come to the office not being able to be seen like that by any of you he Tred to get off that purch I real in 40 minutes what they do to your knees his kn and his leg were pranks he had to crawl on the floor and circulate around my desk and craw in like George from signf taking a stadium for he there stay there for another 20 minutes while we T the building we then came back and then uh quickly po back up on PCH to U you always bring a smile to our face cuz it was such a stressful time during that December month and the must around that he was just trying to bring some sort of in closing I hope your retirement BR in good health and the supply of concert tickets to file men and the Rolling Stones but most importantly hope maintains fondom memories of your time here [Music] [Applause] M thank you for thank you I was his fifth grade science [Music] teacher welcome [Music] [Music] GL good evening and thank you for the opportunity to speak about is my pleasure to be here tonight to honor and celebrate the remarkable career of my colleague and friend Judy she has been an exceptional educator dedicated professional leader from 25 years her hard work and determination in providing the best quality of education for our students led her to create and design our living lessons program a tradition at Lazar that has made an impact on so many lives it is with immense gratitude admiration and guess a little sorrow but I must formally recognize officially your official retirement to thank you that all you have done for a school and our community to better your ability to connect with students understand their needs and encourage their growth has earned you respect and admiration of your students in col you have created a classroom environment whereby student everyone all students who have valued supported motivated andeve your leacy will live on and col success achievements of the thousands of young your students came to me mon sh so I did give them a few picked out um she very inspiring due to her person to make the school a better place for everyone this and two she has made a major impact on our school from the color Wars lessons she she made this school more inclusive to everyone who walks through the Halls many students and teachers look up to her as a role [Music] model she teaches us the importance of life lessons every single day and an excellent teacher who what remember at wasar she treats every kid like family and shows her love for each and every one of us she has touched so many hearts and changed people to be more inclusive in our school this is every single one of her lectures and speeches have important messages that should be spread worldwide love that they might have you to but I'm going to change look the L the list of compliments goes on and on I it is clear to your colleagues and your students that we are g s you but we are so excited to you experienced the joy of retirement and the new life you and your family will enjoy as you embark on this new chapter of your life we wish you all the joy health and fulfillment in the years to come may you find as much happiness in your re as you brought for the lives of your students and colle you will be greatly this your legacy will live on in the hearts and in the minds of those who touch and thank you congratulations and [Applause] than if I have Charlie stand here then I've made it in good evening everyone my name is Doug sford High School principal standing next to me is Mr James Queen a member of our science department um I'm going bring some prepared words first and then talk more off the C from the heart um Jim is a former Princeton University distinguished secondary school teacher award recipient at High School uh he started teaching in 1997 at St Petersburg St Petersburg basball in Florida as a chemistry physical science for the science teacher there he also coached JB football and girls track stepped away from education for a few years before getting back into the teaching profession in 2004 in Massachusetts moving to New Jersey where he started teaching at rco Indian Hills High School he was there for 6 years hopefully I got the numbers and dates all spot on uh in 2014 about 10 years ago and heard me say this countless time for I'm going to say it in this form too in October of 2014 and I've said it in public settings best midseason pickup ever best free agent ever um really landed in the high school couldn't have found a better time and made an instant impact in various Ty courses and co-curricular activities and had a terrific impression and influence on all his colleagues he's coach he's advised uh different clubs at school he's been a mentor to other teachers students RVE about taking his different science classes um and I know when I can speak for Dr Schwarz when I say this um we rely on J Queen for so many different things um he's really become a pillar of our science department which we're very proud of we consider to be one of our strongest departments at the high school um and most much of that is due to the solid foundation the rock solidness of this James Queen in terms of supporting our students as well as uh supporting his colleagues um Jim and I have had conversations over the past few years uh talking about the most important things in life I know that he's stepping away from education after almost a quarter Century in education to really uh dedicate time to the most important things in life um and I have to brag for a second you know if he looks like he's in incredible shape it's because he is uh him and his wife he told me just the other day they like 28 miles from Frenchtown to lamberville and back Frenchtown to New Hope and back me anybody knows the canals along the Del River you know that's not an easy or short drive apparently Mr and M easy um high school is going to be at a loss starting next year because we're losing one of the PS of our school um I say that know from the heart I mean it sincerely um I've always valued the conversations I've had with Jim I know so many other people have um yeah M won't be the same soend so best of luck in retirement and thank you for so hey I'm good joining me up here is M Tammy bombard a former teacher of the year at M Township High School and I apologize in advance of some of the things sound like a rep um they are certainly going to sound similar um let me talk some things about Tammy's P I believe Tammy spent uh 19 years in loal Township High School almost 35 years in the field of Education starting in 1989 uh going through a few different school districts she also picked up a ba in biology from the College of L cross a postback teacher certification and comence of science from State and a master's in Ministry of Science and fairly dickon think I talk about with Miss bbard in addition to being an advisor at the various clubs over the years and teaching numerous different courses and helping students achieve at the highest levels in the field of science particularly biological sciences um and I think it was one of our last comp of science um the um what really goes down or or or what was lost at Mel Township High School is the idea that when I joined M Township High School three 13 years ago um there were very strong personalities uh in school and certain departments had very um um big bold personalities that commanded had a presence um throughout the school about the students St by the community um as those people moved on from M Township High School for various reasons there was this vacuum that was on this period um you these these big bold presence individuals had left the school and they were shoes to f um and you never knew what type of person was going to step into that in science it became very clear that Miss Cy bombard was the person who stepped into that Ro and I don't think she did it purposefully I don't think she did it saying I'm going to be the one that's going to step up and take that role she was unknowingly hoisted into that role by her col because time and time again every time you talk to other season teachers in the science department and throughout the school or novice teachers you know people who are new to the profession all they would say were words that sounded like I want to be like Tammy bombard in the classroom I want to have her dedication I want to have her care for students I want to have her organization her ability her knowledge her pedagogical skill um that's what you've heard over and over again in the science department and around the school and I think that came across when it was her colleagues that chose her te for the years Kenny left us Midway through the year um to move on to some things uh that going on in personal life similar to Mr Jim Queen there was a huge loss to the science department you know starting in September we'll have a very different science department a strong size CL it won't be the same without this bombard there I can say that on behalf of the students who have had her um I can say that on behalf of colleagues who have worked with her um there definitely a missing presence uh big shoes to fill um but we do wish her the best of luck and her retirement you know we thank her so much for years of service it's really made a huge impact on the school that'll last years to come the best of luck and [Applause] congratulations e years [Music] [Applause] [Music] Happ [Music] so congratulations to all our retirees uh not quite retiring but you are leaving us better things Ryan so you and AA we want to thank you for everything you've done as ours it's not the easiest GA a lot of information to report out get to sit and to a lot of our conversations and we want to thank you for everything you did we have two board resolutions for you and your partner and Prime uh that'll be officially included in the minutes forever so you you show your kids and your grand kids later on that you actually do this but congratulations and we want to thank everything you've done this past year so thank you very much [Applause] [Music] stuc whereas Ryan Serv Extinction on board of education and where through his leadership board of education has fress student concerns student priorities and what is on the mind of [Music] and whereas he has further contributed to the community by serving as a valuable spokesperson sharing the student perspective of board meetings and whereas Ryan son's Exemplar commitment to both students and school district has pred clear communication between Board District administration and student body and whereas Ryan s has maintained a professional perform board members and strive to learn the proper eate of serving upon board and where the commitment to advancing the education of all students without his own responsibility to strive for success in the classroom now therefore be it resolve that M Township Board of Education recognize Brian son's dedication and commitment to advancing education opportunity and open communication between the board ministers and body and be it further resolve that the members of the m board of education extend our sincere appreciation to R for his dedication for dedicated service on M Township Board of Education and be further resolve that the members of M Township Board of Education send best wishes R [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Allende e all right congratulations so Ryan talk about you again so Ryan is also the valorian of the class of 2024 so we want to congratulation on [Music] that and we also have the salor here Rob send you guys around do [Music] con [Music] con [Applause] [Applause] [Music] give it to okay why don't we take a PR for Just 2 minutes and people want to not sck around for the remainder of Bo meeting I I don't blame you you want to get to your families and stud so just two minutes [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Grand so [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] never [Music] [Music] [Music] how are you how are the little ones little ones IAL singular uh sometimes I have to I have four Al together normally I only have two of them goodness my big girls usually stay home and like showers something like that but I guys I had no idea yeah wow that's tremendous more power to you do that that's great like I left all I left all four of them home my husband here like on vacation right now started again um audience is in considerably but we're still here soend report any other items that you might have no other items from okay um there is good news in the agenda I encourage people to read it it's always interesting things and it's amazing all the really high quality students we have in our we're going to get reports start with Finance [Music] Ken this evening the finance and Facilities committee met we spent most of the time talking about projects summer facilities projects that will be going on this summer and which are slated to begin on Friday immedately day after school ends so I want to thank M SL and her Department for um putting together a schedule that will improve our schools and that's that was really thank you uhul Michelle no report policy Joe no report Communications M report no safety noort okay um delegate Aon on May New Jersey school boards Association held its delegate assembly there were 14 resolutions discussed some were approved with substitute resolve Clauses some were not approved and one was referred to committee um and that's that's oh wow uh Michelle Mor County School Board they had a meeting to update of the next meeting will be on the ball thank you Joe uh starting with more education servic uh we met last Wednesday we had the realization of the board of the 44 representatives of that board uh we had an election choose 15 Ser on the board directors um of those 15 I will be one of the board directors 2044 year and we also discuss other goals as well congratulations um and Dr awareness uh we had a meeting on June 6th um uh last day of school was already sponsored in the e8th grade breakfast and present Dr will be speaking to the students afterwards great okay [Music] Charlie uh Karen C hillison Charlie hildale no report Joe Valley View Val who had a PTA meeting the last one year yesterday um they just discussed their they had the upcoming Tricky Tray for the fall they did their elections for their offices the next year um was John okay Mike last Thursday last meeting of the year the traditional last meeting your Venue a good stack forth okay Elle uh Mike rort High School okay uh it's talked about uh the netia Poli caringa mentioned that there 330 in the morning weeks ago AC on June 4th with the assistance of a mediator Board of Education and long C Education Association reached a Ted agreement at mediators requests the terms of the contract are confidential at this time um I just wanted to add that as in years past it was a it was a pleasure negotiating with the association our negotiations remain respectful friendly uh and productive it wasn't always easy times were not always easy uh but we got it done in a very respectful way and I'm able to reach a tentative agreement uh before uh School ended uh before school ends um so I wish the mtea a happy safe and restful summer in particular the mtea negotiating committee who worked very hard to reach the agreement thank you and next time we're going to try get three [Music] I did you did okay um and we have contracts for the other [Music] two sett with the administrators as you know I think now get raises contract and by everybody and the supervisor Joe is a chairman I would like to thank him for sharing it we do have a member agreement I understand they have sign the contract also that right so therefore we'll set with them for July 1 also excellent I want to thank you that thank you Joe other just than everyone on the as well thank you yeah negotiations are not easy as you all know they're not they're not a joy but they are a necessity and we do have a great deal respect for our St our teachers and I think they respect us and so we know that we're doing a job important job we get it done okay public participation anything on the agenda you have any comments for anything on the agenda any questions please come to the microphone and tell us your name and seeing none I ask for a consent resolution on items I through n second okay any questions on the minutes SE J questions just one comment on Jay with the calendars uh just two quick revisions we have uh for the 24 25 calendar we had to move one of the half days on June 17th and put it on May 23rd uh we just didn't update that earlier and for the 25 26 calendar year we just did not include the half day before Thanksgiving so we parents should be made aware of that okay item uh okay Finance questions on any of those items uh personel item L any questions and then lastly not lastly but uh curriculum section m and lastly anything policy nothing in policy so okaye Mr gr yes on everything except Mr yes and anything on Section che9 Dr Cina yes Mrs F yes Mr Pama I'm St on section and everything else Mr P yes Mr [Music] rapor yes Miss zman Dr yes okay uh is there any are there any old business items people business think so okay section R General board comments and business um want we take care of the board and District H real quick um dist first okay so these are the same goals that we had last year and we're just going to continue them going forward we've done a lot of progress on these goals and and as we said last time that we just keep on changing the action plan and underneath them so each one of these we have say two or four different action plans underneath each one of these pools and we Contin making progress over the years so I would likely keep them the same as we move forward um I'll just reiterate that first one is Implement enhance and evaluate ways to address mental health uh the second one is explore and evaluate inov learning opportunities for all students the third one is continue to evaluate the Safety and Security Protocols of the district and the fourth one is monitor the completion of current construction projects and evaluate distri facilities and long range facility plan does anybody have any comments on the district HS comments from the board members onri right so um then why don't we hold off on a vote on those and put them in with the board goals now we had a dozen board goals that were suggested to the board uh I asked for your comments and what you thought were the top four goals I narrow down to top five and from here I like to take the top three that's possible okay so the first one and we'll take the comments after each go first one was provis the District administration um to enable the yeah Provide support to The District administration to enable a successful completion of construction aspect and Facilities across the district this is the same as last year does anybody have a comment on that qu comments okay the second one was to increase communication with the community to ensure transparency and continued collaboration anybody have any comments on that one the third one was to establish a process to measure School wellness and cl and use the data to inform practice to create Positive Growth engag students and a healthy sense of belonging within the dist anybody have any comments on that one okay the fourth one was to attract develop and retain excellent quality staff with a focus on relevant professional development through mindfulness and cultural responsiveness and 21st century teaching strategies you com I do okay um I love this one except um the cultural responsiveness responsive um I feel like we do SE same job from when the kids are young till they get older um I feel as though I I want to hire I want our administrators to hire the best and brightest but not concern themselves with certain things seen it in other school districts where some will hire based on cultural um responsiveness and then Halloween is taken away so I I just want the best and I also feel like it can put more on our teachers that may they don't need um and that it is not required so that just that one section I would ask so you just want to stop a professional development for period correct so what would it read like so it would then read uh will attract develop and retain excellent quality staff that focus on relevant professional development that's one of us perfect do that's four that's number four does anybody have a comment on that as well yeah I'm okay with that but I I say stop sooner than that stop it and the Board of Education will track develop and retain excellent quality staff [Music] I don't have any ISS that has written I think we need to be aware that our demographics are changing we have greater diversity and anything that can help a child feel more comfortable by a teach having some knowledge of your culture helps the child helps the student and I I don't I wouldn't want to see um a student feel un because no one was aware of their culturism their original so you keep the entire thing as okay thir um you mentioned a tra yes um I recommend dropping this form it's a great goal to have but the way it's written is a attracting quality staff and that's more the job of for and his staff overseeing we're not advertising we're not hiring I think the other goals speak more to what a board can do help TR we are just supporting Dr War making sure that he has everything he needs to hire [Music] right that's op I actually think it's confusing ways word because you can interpret the mindfulness and social responsiveness to being in how you're hiring is how I I agree with Karen that we need um you know teachers to be aware of of our diversity and mindfulness and everything going on today but I think the way this is wording lead to a lot of different interpretations which probably doesn't serve the whole well any end I would just drop it have com five I think two and four probably being work admin [Music] I iend to agree on dropping number four but again we're going to go on our top three so let me just read the this go and we'll take a vote on which ones we think are most important okay so the fifth one is collaborative teaching learning and and assessment environment that inspires creativity Innovation and differentiation to support all lears anybody have a comment on that well it looks from the comments that everyone just gave us it looks like go number four is probably off the table okay so let me just ask um let me just go through the list beginning with go number one I'm going to ask you're going to get three votes give me your top three votes okay four [Music] goals sure who wants four goals me hand how about we drop number four that's it there we go we're done congratulations you have your goals now we have to have a vote on the goals so we have number two I mean what can we do do I think communication well there there is an action plan underneath and so there would be items there for the administration to propose in order to improve communication with the district the I think that's a reasonable thing just think that I don't think that communication Now bigest problem so I think I don't think is important need to be a distri go I think improve [Music] okay we have I think excellent job communicating to the community and we don't need to increase it we can continue our rate but not as not as to increase not not as a goal want to see increased communication to the community I I I I think it's worth I think it's worthwhile just because communication is so challenging today all of the different methods in social media and people rely on it in different ways and approach it in different ways and um you know St does an amazing job but I I do think in today's times it's a worthwh goal for us to keep eyes on yeah and I I think that the referendum not passing wasn't a result of poor communication but perhaps in some residents Minds it they didn't feel communicated to enough I believe that I've heard that from board members on the board um that some people in the community we didn't do enough communication so there's a lesson to be learned there and I would I say we vote I say we vote to do any anyone else have any other comments on that I asked for comments ear I didn't get them but we got them now so I'd like to go ahead and just ask for a vote on this okay so with the word okay with with the word change from increase to continue so the Board of Education will continue communication with Community to experiencing and continue collaboration I have motion please to vote on the board goals and District goals as outline as I outlin so four District gos four board board goals is the one change number two make Mo okay I would ask I'm sorry okay which board goals are we voting on the board goals are number one support the district administration's enable successful completion of construction uh number two is continuing communication with the community to ensure transparency and continued collaboration number three is a process to measure School wellness and climate and use the data to inform practice and positive growth andage students and healthy sens of walking and then the fourth goal four goal would be promote a collaborative teaching learning and assessment environment that impres that inspires creativity Innovation and differentiation support all Learners so there are four board goals four District goals and ask we have a motion for a vote so roll vote Please Mr D yes Mr Rapaport yes Dr berina yes Mrs F yes Mr Brown yes Mr Palama yes Mr Peto yes M zerman yes Dr M [Music] yes yes they will be in the minutes so before we T we're not concluding yet okay we will get to the Relay for Life in just one moment how you actually why don't go ahead and mention thank you so we life h on um the board raised Board of Education through their own personal finances raised more money to share that we have in PRI we we raised $1,200 thank you to each and every one of you I reach that uh the town relay uh which was on I would say raised as of U last week $65,000 and the um schol donate through August um and since I have the mic I did attend the Chinese School graduation on June 9th and also I attend people's retirement in we had a very nice time any other comments from the board okay before we leave though another public participation if you have any comments on any item whether on the agenda or off the agenda anything you want to say at all to the district please come to the microphone give us your name address and let us know what to think 11 D and I come here speak here for is something I want to address um our young our little son is in Maring be senior this year um we were informed earlier this year that the marching G is going to be traveling to the footall gam and we got a month ago [Music] I email they used to travel years ago to it was taken away years ago before I was involved Wasing I don't know why um and all the kids want to do all the parents want to do it and wared was going to happen taken away and honestly it's a little embarrassing because every single time I'm at the home game every single March from the opposing team is there I know the che leaders I believe go to the away games I believe you can't find pling games bus understand it's not a funding issue but we that's people Mr said that they was cut from the [Music] budget to do it we all love to do it and if we can make it happen that would be anything that we can do on our to [Music] help my and of and I have I know that I share the same disappoint as and finances and all that I was disppointed feel like I did my part in supporting it um disint the result however I now as a parent looking at my little fiveyear boy and going into kindergarten class side is 49 students and there are two kindergarten classes so we're looking at class 24 25 um and my understanding is that the third not split third kindergarten room until we reach over 26 students per class so that's 26 5y old obviously now they all the time pretty frequently um and again simply speaking from my perspective my five-year-old is a very good reader he tested out of every single kindergarten assessment that they gave him um he can read on first level and I have multiple teachers in our family and everyone has shared with me the kids who end up getting kind of the short end of when it comes to High achiever in um which is natural that's that is simply the way it's going to go um but so that means that as KN he is not to [Music] atton um I attended the where I think the Aver size model all the different was 20 children um that might have changed but that is what was said in the meeting I believe the meeting immed students obviously have have are than that certainly not arguing that um but to have that be a kindergarten classroom I think is is really really dangerous to the standards that we uphold here in and and to have hille um to have students very normal to have who to have it's very normal to have K who don't know all of their letters can't count very high and then you have children like my son who is is doing great and and that's wonderful it's not that's support is to help get everyone more on the um to hand two teachers 26y old I think is really really disappointing um and I'm simply asking another I know that the is moving so is my understanding being useful but I would love to know what is being prioritized over that regarding class um again this is simply coming an emotional looking so I have talk to both teachers and ass them that I will work with them and try to up my child at home um but I also guarantee them that I would send an email and that I would be here and I would be the voice just trying to share my disappointment and my hly um another look around to yeah so first of all thank you for your support ref we really appreciate it and it seems like you really understand the issues that know we're facing so over the sum we always look at all the enrollments we'll take a look at that you know we have kids moving in kids moving out so you don't want to make a decision too early as that goes but as we see over the next couple weeks what's going on with the enrollments the will then make a decision about if make the splitter class that but uh that might resol the issue this year but going forward it's become more and more difficult that is one of the reasons why we move the special program over valy VI to create some more space because it is going to be an issue so uh we are going to be looking at that in the next couple weeks but we do hold off till the summer time to see what truly happens with all the movements I I don't want to split it yet because I have five kids move out 5 know so we hav to figure that out but we'll be looking at that and we'll making another decision and saying um can you tell me is there a different in place currently for that I I don't know top my head I have talk the principle about that but yeah the board and the board does have a limit so we're right at that spot where the bo limit is and you are correct the numbers were lower and they are increasing a little bit across the board yes um I believe the highest kindergart in the class was 22 students which last year this current 22 students now currently looking at 24 25 at [Music] 22 app apprciate concerns and we are also very concerned about en in space and Administration will work as hard as make sure anyone [Music] else are you saying that it's a possibility based on how things happen over the summer that there could be a third class yeah I mean if you have to say you have like five more kids move in they all up to 50 something you'd have to split that class just it just be too difficult and then we'd have to really make some hard decisions about how what the ripple effect is with the rest of the school if the numbers were to stay the way they are and things shook out where there was a a teacher and there was a classroom is that a possibility or well then I so right so we'll look at the numbers and then I have to come back to the board and say you know what we have a classroom numbers warranted and then we need another teacher and we have to start looking in the summer of the high so so we do this every single summer so we look at the numbers every summer and then we make a decision the board then decides sometime in July or you know early August if you have to and then you give you the okay and then we make decisions whichever way it goes you know June is the month where everyone seems to be all the houses flipped and that's when we get our greatest influx and they have to register that know that in town and yeah July a fin it's hard to when could a member of the public find out you decision made uh well I mean we again we'll be looking at but it'll be late July we I got to see how the movement starts going as we see things trending we a decision that we coming back to the board I'm saying this just by way of back because I was hearing some things happen with regard to marching B I'm not trying to interject myself with a decision or anything like that I'm saying this just an an in questions as to why things might have happen long before this present Administration in effect um historically I don't know if everybody remembers back in like 2010 when we had the massive budget cost what happened at that time was that the B budget was cut 50% and the athletic budget is not cut and the grand parents were enraged now they were taking $5,000 to send the band for ws and band parents at that time had philosophy saying you know you're big go the awaking and why don't we take that $5,000 and put it back in oural and forget about going to the wakings and that was when the Dan stopped going to the wakings um at that time I think we were doing a l more competitions than they were and at that time is how to win from people because I think at that time I don't know if it's way it's that at that time the general philosophy of people in B on a Friday night they probably have a competition the next day and if they wanted to do anything on a Friday night it wasn't going to be treking to burn into the playing stands it was going to be being on our own field to practice our competition for tomorrow so that was really the history of how it happened that the B stop going to now if that's if the process of the band is different now I don't know but that's something that you work I'm just um the administration will take care of that g it and and work with the parents and d and um seeing no other comments from the public I'll close that section of the meeting I ask thank you so much second okay good night everyone see July