e e e e e good evening call to order this meeting of the Board of Education March 19th please rise to pledge the pledge Ali to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Mrs oh okay uh we did this earlier but we're going to do it again can we just get a moment of silence please for a former teacher Florence Lasco I truly believe was at the high school when I first started um she worked with us for many years her granddaughter is now one of our teachers so for Florence and her family can we get a moment of silence please thank you okay Mr Callahan yes Mr Esposito yes Mr Fernandez yes m Mrs napalitano here Mrs Pabon here miss pyck Mr Smith here Mr Walsh here and Mrs Bloom here can you please summarize executive sessions uh we had Personnel including but not limited to agenda items on the agenda however it was not discussed uh the board did did discuss matters falling under attorney client privilege okay is there any correspondence that we we need Nota no uh I now need a motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting so Mo second Mr Callahan yes Mr Fernandez yes Mrs napalitano yes Mrs babone yes Mr Smith yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs Bloom yes okay and now we move on to our student council Representatives Sean you going to go first for us yes ma'am good evening board here are the events that have been happening at swmhs over the past weeks Deca has over 25 students headed to the international Career Development conference after placing top four in their events in the State Career Development conference the conference was extremely competitive and we wish all students traveling to Anaheim California in April the best of luck regarding their events Odyssey of mind has two groups headed the states for Technical and performance problems s swmhs Odyssey the M Works tirelessly to chase per perfection in solving the problem's creativity and our students made that clear with their performances FBA recently traveled down to Atlantic City for the state leadership conference swmhs had over 20 students placed in the top four in competitive events ranging from social media strategies to an American Enterprise project which means that they have qualified for the national leadership conference in Orlando at the end of June congratulations to everyone who placed and to all who gained valuable business experience in AC the theater Society performed yet another spectacular show with Tuck Everlasting the cast faculty and volunteers spent months honing their craft and the result was nothing short of all inspiring the collaboration between actors stage crew business crew sound crew light crew and the leading faculty consistently leads to a fantastic output we can't wait to see what show the theater Department push on next students taking art and theater classes at the high school had the opportunity to attend teen Arts Festival at middle sex for workshops and subjects such as drawing dance ceramics and more two seniors Isabella Collazo and Michelle Gonzalez have been selected to represent S swmhs at the state teen Arts Festival for their fantastic pieces moving on to sports the spring season has just begun players are getting their six practices in order to play in scrimmages and get ready for competition and shortly thereafter the season will already be underway good luck to all teams this season in terms of upcoming events this week is a countdown to spring break Spirit Week today students wore March Madness inspired clothing tomorrow tomorrow is for pastel colors Thursday students dress up as barbecue dads soccer moms and Friday is themed Hawaiian beach day Thursday afternoon International Society will be hosting an Ireland day complete with Irish clothing food and a presentation of Irish culture following St Patrick's Day on Thursday night senior boys will compete to earn the coveted title of Mr SVO there will be a group dance bathing suit contest talent show and a dress to impress event the student body always turns out for this event and this year will be no different with the crowning of Mr cille 2024 and lastly the student council would like to wish all students faculty staff and their families a restful and rejuvenating spring break thank you thank you Sean and first we we'd like to say that we missed you for the past couple meetings I I think I know where you were how did everything go uh it all went very very well okay yeah both for the surgery and for being in competition after and I don't see crouches so you're fine you're walking good I'm good well well not good but I'm recovering well definitely well we miss you good Lu good to be back Ashton Ashton held held held the fort down in your absence but uh we we did miss you now I I have another important matter it it's been brought to my attention that a certain person on the FBLA plac third in community service project perhaps as well as fourth in impr promp to speaking so congratulations my friend thank you I appreciate it that's quite the honor yeah I my and and I'm presuming that you're going to go to Anna you're going to go to Disneyland for uh that competition correct most yeah most certainly I will definitely be going and I just want to make sure to reiterate once again everyone else who place definitely congratulations to them too because it's no small feed spoken like a gentleman thank you buddy thank you Sean okay good evening Board of Education members and administrators my name is Ashen bondle SMS student council Board of Education representative the student council will be hosting an anything goes assembly on March 22nd it will be Staff first student assembly Spirit Week will take place the week of March 18th the spring food drive March for March ended last week the sville school district will be honored by Casa courta appointed special Advocates of middle sex County at an event toast 2024 on May 7th at Chateau Grande cassa is honoring the district for the Middle School's community service Club support and collection of their gift drive for foster care for over a decade Doren Callum consel mono community service adviser will be present to accept the award on behalf of the district the community service Club continue to decorate coffee sleeves with positive and kind messages for bombers beyond for kindness month the class council is continuing the positive impact bracelets together and choose kindness each week a student and teacher are recognized why they received the bracelet over the morning announcements the SMS class council is in the process of organizing an eighth grade trip they had great success in their double good popcorn fundraiser thank you everyone for your support Harlem Wizards game versus the thunderstuck bombers teacher team is Thursday April 4th at the high school gym uh 8ighth grade semi-formal dance is Friday May 10th ticket information will be sent out soon now on to the sville Middle School athletics the sville Middle School softball team hosted their triy outs last week the coaching staff is very excited to get their season underway and anticipate a successful competitive and fun season ahead Spring Track concluded their tryouts they are looking forward to a successful season with many talented athletes Middle School baseball triy outs concluded last week and that's it great job great job as as always okay Al righty on to president's comments I have a lot of comments tonight this was a very busy week it's going to be a very busy month uh we started out with read Across America and I would like to thank the principles and staff at arith Cheesequake Slover Truman and Eisenhower for welcoming me in to read to the little ones who gave me hugs and made my day uh also as uh Sean mentioned excuse me the Teen artarts Festival took place at middlex County College I was thrilled to see three or four busloads of our students there and I was honored to give two workshops on glass etching uh during that Festival Tuck Everlasting fantastic job took my two little granddaughters and they loved it swim banquet boys basketball banquet I start to feel like a vampire because I only come out at night for these KS but at least I get get the shoes out of the closet so it's been very busy it's going to be very busy moving forward a lot going on uh but I want to close with that members of the sville American Legion Color Guard demonstrated the proper way to fold the American flag to the staff and students at the bomber Beyond Cafe they did this at the end of February uh the demonstration showed how the American flag is folded 13 times to create a triangle and the students and staff Within assisted to properly fold the flag and also we had Channel 12 at the bomber Beyond Cafe so it's been a busy week for everyone okay Mrs napaan okay there's a lot to read here congratulations to the following cable War roal High School seniors who have achieved the top 10 status based upon their grade point average they are Jay Desai valid Victorian Shia Patel salutatorian am Patel amoli Patel ruhai Patel Shaquille as asafra Sharia MAA Chris Christy Garcia Bianca lowski and Reva bararia congratulations and commendations to alama's Unified sports student Athletics who participated in this year's unified March manness basketball games for their amazing display of teamwork and sportsmanship thank you to miss Kar and all the advisers coaches and staff members who once again made who made each game this year so special for all our student athletes and everyone who attended congratulations to the seral War Memorial High School student musician Richard kma who performed magnificent El during the All State band concert congratulations to the Cal warmer moil High School academic competition teams B and C for trying for third place in the recent Rowan University quiz Bowl team B consisted of rohad gandi Alina Lee Sophia Lynn kobby Chang and kadashi M while team C consisted of Dev Shaw Shalia Modi avani tatti Marissa Mandola and Ria Patel Marissa Mandola was the top scorer out of the entire Tournament winning first place in the individuals congratulations to the members of the saal war world High School Deca chapter who placed in the recent New Jersey Deca state competition the seral woman M High School chapter also received awards for their membership campaign and achieved the Thrive level in chapter campaigns congratulations to three saal woman High School Odyssey of the minds teams that placed in the top four this past weekend otm tournament the problem two and problem five teams will move on to the state tournament Bravo and congratulations to the student performers and crew members in the seral warmer o High School theater Society for their impressive production of Tuck Everlasting congratulations and commendations to Miss D lulo sorry can't say that thank you toal and her incredible team of dedicated directors designers and volunteers congratulations to the CBO War Memorial High School competition cheer team who took third place in the New Jersey cheer and dance coaches association competition congratulations to the saille middle school cheer team who won first place in the old music division in the New Jersey cheer and dance coaches association competition congratulations accommodations to the saal war High School winter guard for placing third out of 14 groups from New Jersey and Pennsylvania during a competition last weekend and congratulations to the seril War Memorial High School Sam Jones for being named the 2324 all New Jersey basketball coaches association team and that's it and if I can add this is the third consecutive year I Believe Miss Gman that we have twins that are in the top 10 oh you're really third consecutive year at the twins two sets of twins am I correct in the top 10 I'm sorry two sets of twins top 10 no I think it's just one set of twins but this is the third consecutive year we've had twins in the top 10 okay Dr lby now over to our presentations well Mrs napalan I thank you for going ahead and announcing one of those major accomplishments we're here to celebrate two sets of outstanding students the first we've already mentioned so we might as well begin with them as as Mrs napalitano told you our middle school competition cheer team placed first in the all music Division and I believe Mrs Lynch they were Grand champions in the New Jersey cheer and dance coaches association tournament um which we consider a state championship this is the second year that they have won a state championship fifth year I'm sorry I'm getting my q but second year in a row is it five in a row 201 so last year we were state champions that's amazing what a tradition that our young people are carrying out obviously through the great tutelage of our coaches and the support of their parents and we couldn't be more proud of them so to celebrate our 2020 four New Jersey cheer and dance coaches association Grand champions I'd like to ask Mrs Lynch to join us at the podium with Miss Miss napalitano and Mr Callahan so that we can celebrate [Applause] [Music] them and Mrs Lynch if you want to say a few words about the children before you go ahead and start announcing names we GL to hear I prepared um thank you Board of Education members and administration for inviting us here tonight to recognize the seral middle school all music competition team on their fifth NJ cdca State title coach Bo's Taylor Swift theme choreography was Crea creative and well-crafted her passion as a Swifty came through in theem motions and energy throughout the routine from the bows to the bracelets to the music the athletes were Fearless during their performance not only did they take first in the Middle School Division but these lovers of cheerleading earned the highest score in middle school competition history with a [Music] 91.3 [Music] this year's team also beat out several varsity teams in this competition this is good sral middle school competition cheer has built quite the reputation over the years and we're excited to see what the new era will bring thank you to coach Erin handy for volunteering her time to work with the athletes and incorporate new skills and ideas she brings her once a bomber always a bomber Pride dedication and knowledge to practices and comp competitions thank you to coach Cassidy Ritter who volunteered her time to work with the game day choreography in between Eagles practices and appearances thank you to coach Ritter for your time in working with our athletes on how to be sh I would like to thank our amazing supportive parents who drove once to twice a week to the allstar gym to pick up their children thank you for the encouraging emails we truly appreciate everything you do for our program as coaches we love seeing the Sea of royal blue and a bomber country flag hanging in the stands when the bombers take the mat thank you to our biggest cheerleaders Jennifer badami and the Middle School administration thank you to Tom law for all your time and communication regarding a our athletes and their wellbeing it takes a village and we're grateful for SMS bomber Village thank you okay our first athlete Zoe Anderson our next athlete Madison asang Haley esterita oh guys no no Zoe Zoe Samantha Callahan Jaylen Chung Savannah Crowley summer crello Maddie kho Ariana Kenny Alysa [Applause] Latchman Victoria [Applause] maroli Valentina Martinez Co mtry Alysa AI Molina parler Riel Perry Kaylee Penza Jana Romano Leanne russer Julie sarak Julie Alana sarahana here and Ava so so lowski I know Miss Bo and Miss Ritter please come [Applause] up while you're organizing Mrs Bole was that score 91.3 as in it ends in 13 oh come on Taylor Swift good job girls and as as Mrs Bloom as Mrs Bloom is getting everyone ready Mrs Bole and Mrs Lynch and as as she's getting everybody organized I just I don't know if you you know every year these young ladies many many more young ladies come out to try out and unfortunately you know due to the limitations that we've had we've had to cut many young ladies from the team and that's been a concern of our coaches and our coaches advocated to miss badami who advocated to the Board of Education that we create an additional Middle School cheer team so that we can get more of our middle school students involved in cheer and I'm happy to tell you right now the budget the tentative budget that the board of education is going to approve tonight includes an additional Middle School coach so that we can do [Applause] that voted against the volleyball team too I think I did I think I did it's stupid too much other stuff going onbody Swift I saw it another big hand for you weren't too [Applause] late I did I did a cahan once this year okay now we got the track te another big group coming up okay now time for our second group of remarkable student athletes and that would be our incredible winter or indoor girls track and field team which I believe won the greater middle sex conference white division championship for the 150th straight year is that true actually they are state champions and Coach posa can correct me if I'm wrong for the eighth consecutive year this year correct coach Pasa eth consecutive division championship and I'm also very proud to announce to you that coach Pasa has been named the greater middle sex conference coach of the year as well and I believe that's not the first time either is it coach basa no please give a great big hand for Coach basa so he can help us celebrate our GMC white division winter indoor track and field girls Team Champions and to help him will be Mr Smith y so Coach B would you like to say a few words before we uh thank you once again for uh inviting us here tonight uh as you said this is uh these girls eighth consecutive uh White division title uh which is incredible for uh I'll say eighth they were yelling nine back there uh there was a year where there's uh no championship for Co so goes back nine years but eight actual championships that we won um what's incredible about these girls is the balance that we have across the whole team um every year we come into the uh division we don't know quite where we're going to you know be a little bit weaker than the previous year where we're going to be a little bit stronger and every year across the board they are scoring in um every possible discipline jumps vaults hurdles Sprints throws um distance and each year a different group shines in this particular year uh distance scored over half the points for us but we scored in every single um discipline there and ended up winning by over 50 points uh this season so uh an outstanding year I do before we get to um some of the certificates want to also highlight a few individual accomplishments uh we had six girls make the all division team and one girl make all conference so um Mo Aenon close uh you are all white division as was Angelia lepri Molly Logan Crystal marata and Lea Stevenson uh sa La KH you were both all white Division and All Conference so and uh I'm sorry one more thing um I would be remiss coach pass with is a three minute time okay no there is not do not listen to we're kidding I know uh I would be remiss if I didn't also uh thank our coaches we've been uh I've been with this staff for uh pretty much since the beginning of this uh streak has started and I ENT have three um head coaches out there with me they are incredibly strong I I rattle down their accomplishments uh with our team I'd be here for another 10 minutes so I will spare everyone but I do want to thank uh coach dreik who's here with us tonight um who since she's here I'll I'll rattle off some one of her big accomplishments of the 20 school records in hurdles jumps and uh Sprints she has worked with 18 of the current 20 record holders and a lot of those girls broke the records of other girls or guys that she coached so outstanding job coach D in addition coach Garcia uh has been The Mastermind of our throwing program for the last 10 or so years and uh coach Logan I see more than my own wife because we're coaching three seasons a year together um but he's our he's The Mastermind of our distance program so thank you to all those coaches and all that they did all right ladies come on up we have Jackie [Applause] abisola MO ainon Ruby Alba Loy Anning Chelsea assari lania Brown Chrissy gantan Sandy Costa Kelly Garcia Pereira Anna ginsa zaa Khan Casey corten Kelly corten Julia kukich Angelia lpri Molly Logan Crystal margat anaia morero shria meta Crystal Oni Brianna opango amama Patel amoli Patel Ariana Paul Elicia Pena Gianna peshi Lily pson Charlie Rogers Leilani roas Jay Rog Sarah Smith Leila Stevenson and Taylor Winfrey y sorry and uh Destiny gent you left off our list I'm sorry come on [Applause] up okay Mrs Bloom you got your work huh get in there Jo that's good stra you need to get in the picture you gotta get that picture yeah let's go I'm safe there's no way jump [Music] up table good a go ahead I you want the board to vote me off workit a minute that [Applause] work conratulations it's amazing that many people want to you know how I feel I know wow even the [Music] like yep let's see anybody be remaining Wasing Oh leaving so you know she I wish I could run away too I wish I so do you be translated yeah like sleep anyway [Music] little yeah nobody actually me Danielle's out you weren't here I get I don't think it matter if they definely okay we can continue now with our meeting anybody who wants to stay feel free okay board discussions we will begin with finance and infrastructure Mr Smith thank you Miss Bloom uh lots to talk about with the referendum projects bids are moving along nicely uh our hva system at the War Memorial High School in Truman the units are in just waiting on the install they'll take place four rooms at a time at the high school and two rooms at a time at truman the second bid for windows at Slover arith in the middle school and the Slover bathrooms and vestule are moving along rith is completed just a few punch list items on that uh and slver windows are most likely go in in mid-march once the weather starts to cooperate same thing with the third bid for roofing at arith Wilson the upper elementary school middle school and high school um arith is completed the the rest are kind of on hold until the weather warms up and we can move on with that um our electrical bid our fourth bid is just waiting on equipment and scheduling uh the fifth bid is awarded and looking to move move forward in April the six bid Windows um The W at the W and S and the high school are awarded and waiting on a construction meeting our seventh bid um which was going to be voted on tonight is not going to be uh we're still working on the bids for that to get them more in line with estimates um roofs are completed in all the schools that needed new roofs so R is moving along um the theater new sound system was completed just in time for the performance the other day grandstand audio at the football stadium is installed just waiting on training and commissioning and the stadium lighting is just waiting on a few more parts and that will be completely upgraded very soon and that is all thank you Mr Smith anybody have any questions for Mr Smith no okay uh Personnel uh m pilac is not here does anybody want to run us quickly through part yeah I don't mind umby thank we discussed current vacancies that we have as well as projected vacancies for the 2024 2025 school year and we we discuss plans for the May 4th um job fair that we're going to host here in the district okay thank you governance Mrs napan we reviewed and let's do this we reviewed revisions to the Boe policy 5570 sportsmanship and policy and regulation 8600 student transportation which we will ask you to approve them for a first meeting on April first reading on April 2nd 2024 and a second reading on April 16 2024 after that we discuss the new public education related legislation that is being proposed to both the New Jersey assembly and or Senate okay that's it thank you any questions for Mrs all righty student achievement Mr Callahan yesterday afternoon we had the uh student achievement committee meeting um during the meeting Mrs grman reviewed the new courses coming to the high school which I was very excited about that American Sign Language 2 is coming out because American Sign Language one was so successful went from one section to three sections then we're adding ASL 2 next year which is great news and we us the possibility of adding ASL to the elementary schools so more more updates more news coming on that in the future um and there's also another new high school course called python which is for computer science any computer science Geeks out there like me it's a new language being spoken instead of java again if don't understand what I'm talking about only the computer science people will so um and then lastly she spoke about the summer programs Camp uh Cel the Middle School Credit completion program and the AP boot camps and then miss Bert gave us some updates provide updates on professional development current interventions uh Innovations including the link the pilot that we're doing with the link it intervention manager um that's going well I know and she gave she discussed all the grants that are going on the New Jersey learning high impact teaching Grant the teacher climate and culture uh Innovation Grant the New Jersey student learning standards through interdisciplinary learning and Community resilience Grant said that all one there the Issa updates and the Esser performance report as well and that's the way it is okay thank you Mr Callahan any questions for Mr Callahan okay excellent job Mr thank you and now uh middle sex County School boards Association update we are excited and looking Ming forward to the unsung heroes banquet which will be held on Thursday April 18th at o Bridge high school and we have two students who we shall not name yet but every year there are there is one Junior and one senior so looking forward to that event Al righty at this time we will open to public participation for agenda items only okay seeing none we will close public and Dr L superintend this report and thank you Mrs Bloom if I can bring your attention to Pages three and four number 13 we're asking you to approve I mentioned it earlier the 2024 2025 tentative School District budget in the amount of 1225 m572 752 number 14 which you can find on page four we're asking you approve the submission of the 2024 2025 preschool expansion Aid enrollment budget workbook and that's in the amount of 11,813 n98 number 15 which you can find on page four we're asking you to approve a contract with spelli and Sun General Construction Incorporated for sidewalk repairs at the samel upper elementary school here and the Jesse cover school as well as the replacement of Americans with Disabilities at compliant accessibility ramps at sville middle school that's in the amount of 63,000 $450 any questions on those or any other items on finance and infrastructure okay seeing none student achievement which you can find on the addendum number one we're asking to approve the sundai systems for the special education resource program if you're not familiar with sundai systems it's an alternative literacy development program Mr naster has been hard at work all year with a core group of teachers and administrators looking at a variety of different alternative literacy development programs to replace what we're currently using and we've decided on Sunday systems it's in the budget we're actually going to use funds current school year funds to purchase it for next year and then we've used budgeted funds for the following year this way we can provide our staff with the training that they're going to need to implement it any questions on that item or or the other item that is on student achievement both of which are on the addendum okay seeing none if I can bring your attention to governance number two which you can find on page 13 we're asking you to approve the revision of multiple Board of Education policies and regulations for a second reading and adoption and number three which you can find in page 13 and 14 we're asking you to approve the Teamsters Local 469 holiday schedule for the 2024 2025 school year any questions on governance items see being none let's proceed to personnel number 6 and 7 as well as 26 and 27 which can be found in Pages 16 in the addendum we're asking to approve the appointment of new certificated and non-certificated staff for this school year similarly numbers 8 28 29 which can be found in page 17 in the addendum we're asking to approve the transfer of non-certificated staff for this school year numbers 16 and 17 which you can find on pages 19 and 20 we're asking you to approve New Jersey high impact Grant tutoring coordinators with their stiens by the way these stiens will be funded through the New Jersey high impact tutoring grant that we were recently awarded and finally numbers 20 and 31 which you can find on page 21 in the addendum we're asking you to approve title one parent engagement facilitators and that concludes my report Mrs Bloom any questions on Personnel a nice quick recck t i wow could be a record I know Mr Walsh is looking to see wow all righty so that is it for the report uh okay now we will move to public participation on anything us vot we have to vote on the I'm sorry we have to vote don't jump the gun there have to vote on the budget we have to vote on this is a big one thank you report you just need a motion so move May second so that was Mr Smith very excited M all right Mr Callahan yes Mr Fernandez yes Mrs napalitano yes Mrs Pabon yes Mr Smith yes Mr Walsh yes and Mrs Bloom yes okay now we can open to public for any items that you would like to discuss anyone for public yes no yeah start time in okay three minute time frame hi my name is jeie I'm a parent and SVO resident you need to give us your name and your address please my address yes or I'm not putting my address out there this is on is being recorded on video I'm sorry you can say section you don't have to actually give the house address by ernston road is that fine by ER road is that okay okay okay um but I didn't get a last name Divine go ahead I had a question about I was reading through policy 5756 as Dr lbby suggested and I had a question about the locker room I wasn't aware that my son may be you know that I feel like that's putting possibly the transgender person also at risk going into another their locker room where children are changing because they are transgender so let's say a woman or a girl that identifies as a boy could walk into that locker room and see the other children changing it's just it just seems like it's could be putting everybody in a bad situation and might be a little dangerous I just didn't know that was in there did you ask a question or you just making a comment um is that you just wanted to make a comment no I just want to know are they I think last time you said they weren't going to vote on it that this is just I no I that's not what I said I said that this is an approved Board of Education policy so there there's no voting on it there's no right that's what I meant it's already been voted on it's already been approved it's okay and as far as Sports um from what I see the school district shall allow I'm just reading from the policy a transgender student to use a restroom or locker room and then also I thought was as far as Sports it was the same thing as far as what they identify as is that correct if it's in the policy yes it's correct the policy is what it is okay thank you you're welcome anyone else from public good evening Dan Finn I'm from Aberdine at least temporarily I'm in the process of moving so um many school districts have been um taking another look at policy 5756 and U as more parents um have you know become more aware of what's in it and the implications uh they've become concerned along with teachers I know a couple teachers that are very concerned about it and how they're expected to handle the guidelines the very vague guidelines and some argue we don't need to do anything about 5756 because we don't think we have a problem here in our great schools and for sville um everything I've heard is that you do have great School District here well you may not or you may think you do not but it is irrefutable that the conditions narrative policies and various Avenues of indoctrination will and are already ushering in an epidemic of gender dysphoria and confusion among our youth that is coming to your doorstep if not on it consider holidays like let's celebrate LGBT qia month well we have Memorial Day we have Martin Luther King Day Etc but we have lgbtqia a month so I asked just what exactly are we celebrating for a whole month while kids are being encouraged to believe they were born in the wrong body or worse that they can actually transition to the other sex and if that's not enough of a delusion they can just forget about the only two biological Sexes and choose whatever imaginary gender they feel like with full assurance that the adults in the room will validate that delusion then there is the lgbtqia Awareness Week Day of Silence and several more all being infused into our impressionable young children we don't have a large population of students with gender dysphoria now but some adults seem to want more and help facilitate conditions for kids to go down this path I personally think they have a psychological need to be validated that explains why they are going after children and want to radically change social norms redefine gender marriage Etc but here's the thing 5756 validates all of that cumulative messaging and amounts to grooming Flatout indoctrination by government overreach and an attack on on the hearts and minds of our children and my children everything about 5756 is harmful some conservatives some say conservatives are fear-mongering or don't want or don't know what's actually in the policy as they assert it is about providing a safe place for children to be autonomous in their gender identity from parents I'm sorry I'm going to ask you to start wrapping it up you're already over three minutes so I'll give you a couple seconds to finish up here but thank you I can assure you I have read it in detail and there are some very concerning parts of the policy that's vague and uh violates I think uh parental rights and other things um so I I'll just say um affirming without question uh is a something I think every one of you should look up a firm in what it really means and think about that in the context of this policy where it says a firm without question without diagnosis so I hope you'll reject this divisive and dangerous policy that create special rights for a few at the expense of others but will cause harm to those same few while providing no real benefit to anyone thank you very much for your time and service is there anyone else from public uh let us remind you that if it's on the same topic okay uh it cannot be on the same topic okay if you need to speak no it needs to be I can't it's only if the person comes up twice I'm sorry it's only if the same person comes up twice okay same person all right go right ahead three minutes and if you have a question please ask the question think okay good evening I'm Kim Linley I'm from Oldbridge I'm a former special education teacher and um there's are a few things I'll try and make it short that I'm I'm concerned about is that when you made the policy and um to reflect upon it is that the brain development the brain development when the child is at age 13 that's where you identify your identity starts com in in hormones so it's a cycle you know a child may feel something this way and at 25 another way and it's been proven and the prefrontal cortex of the brain that's when yes ma'am you're you're popping just step back a little bit theic so sorry I'm sorry all right so I mean biologically with the brain development being you know from 13 to 25 to 30 how in the world can we come to a conclusion that that child is able to make that decision is number one two a concern of mine is the um open communication between parent and teacher that is pivotal in a relationship and we all are taught as teachers that you need those communication lines open and it's so important because uh academics absenteeism teach Les class R management skills are required you're more required engaging the students it has been proven I have a um what do you call it references to that another thing that I was sitting here and I was listening as far as the teachers they are able to keep from policy 5756 keep the uh gender identity of that child under uh confidence however I was reviewing before I came this evening about the family education rights so parents are able to have their records of their students if they have a problem with the records they're able to get them changed so it seems to me there's a little um it doesn't match because on one hand the student is having the challenge of it on the other hand by federal rights the parents are entitled to the records to the the um information given had does that parent known with this policy intact that they are given the right information you know and when the student is able to come up and say they decide they want to tell their parent that's the time an elementary school oh my Lord you know those kids the most two impressional people in my opinion oh sorry is the teacher and the parent the two most significant role models in their lives and I was an elementary teacher I special that I love them they were my my children for that time they were not my kids I was a representative of my child when she had challenges in her school and I was very blessed to be a teacher and it was a career and a passion that I miss however I don't understand and you can't apply one policy that has elementary students middle school and then you have high school and even after high school we all have well I don't know faiz college students but adulting I want to thank you for your time and I hope I didn't make too much noise thank you thank you good night good evening um my name is carollyn Mack and I am from Oldbridge um and I'm also here to talk about policy 5756 this came on our radar probably about a year and a half ago and um uh we've been to probably 13 to 15 different uh school districts to talk about the policy um I you know first time here being in seille but I hope that you each one of you as The Gatekeepers for what comes into this district and what the children of this district will be seeing I hope you've got your antenna up with this policy it is a bad policy uh it was rolled out by Strauss Esme um under the direction of our governor it was rolled out as a mandatory po policy it was never mandatory I I hope that you're doing your homework this deserves your time um it's not a mandatory policy it was it's guideline it's a guideline only so if you uh were to decide to to trash this policy and that's where it belongs in the trash we have laws like laws against discrimination that protect these children uh which are uh what maybe 1% of the total population and because of this 1% we are turning you are turning upside down what happens in the schools allowing boys really are we talking are are we you guys are okay I don't know how many of you have children but you're okay with letting your boys in with your ERS in the locker room or in a bathroom because this is what this is opening the door to and this is what we continue under this policy it doesn't create a fair or protective environment for all the children it puts it puts them at risk especially girls I don't know if you're talking to the girls who are in school and afraid to use the bathroom they're going all day holding it because they don't want to go into a bathroom where they're afraid there would be a boy in there um I can't imagine going to school Under circumstances like that where you can't even go in and use a bathroom a restroom when you need to and we know what's happening in girl Sports we're seeing across the country what's happening where boys uh our our uh uh transgendered boys are playing girl Sports and injuring girls badly so this isn't a policy that protects anyone it's a fallacy to think that uh children are being um uh are endangered by parents who would find out that they are uh transgendered or wanting to be called by a different pronoun and then uh that child is uh being thrown out you know if that happens they're protected under different laws okay and I hear that my time is up I'm just asking I mean I I see a glazed look over many eyes this deserves your attention it deserves deserves your scrutiny when this policy is scrutinized it gets a failing grade on on every every level I can think of lawsuits the endangerment of children um and I'm just asking you to take a close look at it it's a problem it belongs in the garbage thank you hi my name is Gerald maglio from the Dolores turo Foundation I live in Neptune um but our foundation uh we our mission is to protect children from abuse neglect and exploitation and we believe that all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God and therefore we do not discriminate against anyone for any reason uh I'd like to bring up um two reasons why this policy should be urge you to repeal it one because it violates constitutional rights of parents and secondly because this policy is based on a uh a it's been exposed um by a organization that is uh under malpractice has been exposed for malpractice um I'll first talk about the um the legal parents do have a fundamental right under the fifth 9th and 14th amendments of the United States um to direct the upbringing Education and Care of their minor children and Federal courts have been striking down illegal and unconstitutional policies like this one that infringes upon parental rights a San Diego Court District Court ruled that um it's similar governor of California very similar to our policy here barring schools from notifying parents when children want to change their genders um was he struck that down opposing it stating quote a parent right to make decisions concerning the care custody control and medical care of their children children is one of the oldest and fundamental Liberty interests that Americans enjoy and recently a California school district paid 100,000 to a mom and her daughter uh for a policy that kept parents in the dark about gender identity of their children um I'd like to quote another case uh similar case this is Olsen versus uh Marabella versus Olsen uh the court here stated that um it has three Harms it harms the um it harms the parents by depriving them of the of course 14th Amendment right to care and guide their children it harms administrators and staff because they're compelled to violate parents' rights by forcing them to conceal information and it also harms uh the weth the and the notion that a government power should supersede per the parental Authority in all cases because some parents abuse and neglect children is repugnant to the American tradition the other point I wanted to make um today had to do with the this policy came from the American school counselor the American school counselor Association is the biggest purveyor of transgender health and their source is the world Association of transgender Health recently files were leaked that CH widespread medical Mal practiced on children and adults by This Global Authority members are fully aware that children and Adolescence cannot comprehend lifelong consequences of gender affirming care and these files show just I'll just two more sentences that I'm done show that what is called gender medicine is neither science nor medicine because it does not meet the standards of being evidence-based meet the rule of doing no harm nor is it age appropriate so I just wanted to bring these two points to your attention um to demonstrate that this policy is is harmful to children and violates parental rights and thank you for the opportunity to speak thank [Applause] you anyone else from public thanks for lowering this for me my name is Jennifer Woodruff and and I'm a prior resident of sville and I live in Morganville and I don't want to inundate you with this 5756 policy but it's very important that you understand the reason it really has to be rescinded um it's divisive discriminatory it gives special rights to a selective group of children gives them way too much power having a special policy for a select group will only open the door to more kids wanting special rights especially in today's entitled society when everyone feels that they're offended um you're opening a can of worms uh the 5756 policy is vague there are no clear procedures it does not require that the parents be notified if a child wants to be identified as a different gender who determines if parents are notified and what are the factors on making that decision the way the policy is written it is bound to open a school of open the school to lawsuits due to the ambiguous language there's already an HIV policy in place that takes care of all children in including the lgbtq community why another policy that is not aligned with the HIV policy this will only cause more confusion to the staff and legal issues down the road we already know it causes problems and uncomfortable positions in the bathroom the locker rooms and in sports um can lead to sexual harassment and assault not fair to the majority um and parents should never be left in the dark when it comes to behavioral issues with their children if a child has a headache the parents have to be called to give them a tyent all why are we not requiring parental involvement here we are fully aware that this transgender movement is on the rise with no real medical basis what we do know is there are many Trans influencers on the internet and there was a big spike during covid because of isolation we also know that most children will outgrow this gender confusion by the time they graduate from high school we have also learned that the longer a child identifies and is affirmed in this new gender the harder it will be for them to come back social transitioning leads to Medical transitioning puberty blockers that can sterilize the child for life and then hormones and then medically I mean then surgical disconfigured why are we affirming something that is not true and never will be why should we confuse the child more by affirming this gender confusion when it'll only make them feel worse about themselves when they realize they can never change their gender I've read countless articles listened to tons of videos and there's all many many professional people that have learned and have found that affirming a child's um gender confusion will only lead them down the path and um there's a Woman by the name of Erica Anderson she's a PhD she's got all kinds of credentials she's a clinical psychologist and she's also a transgender woman the 37 page affidavit that just all it's about is that how important it is for the parents to be involved with the child during this time they're the ones that are responsible for the child they're the ones that know their child thank you and they're the ones that can help their child I appreciate it and please really consider resending this policy it's just going to lead to all kinds of problems for our children and we'll look back someday and wish we had done something different if we don't resent it thank you anyone else from public oh my God good evening my name is Ron Mack I'm from Oldbridge and uh again I'd like to encourage you to get look into and resend policy 5756 we've seen this being uh rescinded and abolished all over this state school after school is doing this there's reasons they're doing it yeah there are don't shake your head no yes there are the uh there's a gorilla in the room and there's an elephant in the room that nobody's talking about the gorilla in the room is that we're talking about the students here 95% of them are higher are miners so we're talking about miners in in the legal sense uh this is this is a growing industry it's a 2.1 billion dollar industry that didn't exist a little while ago and it's growing like crazy with it what's growing right beside it and what is the elephant in the room is the legal transitions that are happening that are following this you never hear the word d transitioning you don't hear that when this is discussed you can very simply Google um Chloe Cole and she was encouraged to do this as a minor in school by several people counselors and even medical people and her parents now she's coming back and suing these people uh your your school legal council should do a study on what this is going to extrapolate forward to these lawsuits because they are just starting and they're going to happen so I would encourage you to resend this to do a study of what legal Jeopardy you are putting sville under and it's 5 years from now and the the the chickens will come home to roost thank you for listening U thank you very much bye thank you anyone else from public hello hello my name is Alice Marie I am from cols snack New Jersey and I am concern from Sor ask you to get a little closer to the microphone from col snack New Jersey and I am also concerned about this policy 5756 and hope that you will consider abolishing it um I just was concerned also hearing the first um parent who came up here and um there is a concern about bathroom use and it's part of the policy but there are plenty of headlines um Virginia judge finds transgender teen guilty of sexual assault in Lunen County High School girls bathroom in Oklahoma transgender student charged with assaulting female high school classmates in bathroom transgender Wyoming woman convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in the bathroom so this is a transgender woman means it's really a male um the person's really a male another transgender student fleshed Four Freshman girls in the locker room after swim class in Wisconsin teenage um girl was terrified in locker room with naked transgender woman which means it's a man okay and it goes on and on and on um of cases across the country and the reason this is a concern is because it's been happening um in California and all across the country there seems to be a push um it's a so a social contagion we're finding out and kids are watching things on um the internet a lot and deciding that wow maybe I might have especially girls a male brain and there are being um a lot of agendas coming down from the state that we're concerned about that I'm concerned about I'm a teacher in a public high school and this came to me about a year ago where we were getting counseling and um in continuing education and had a bunch of transgender students that were explaining that some of them were starting on hormones at this young age um I'm concerned that the parents are notified which is in the policy that they're allowed to be hidden but the point is is that we need to find out what's right and what's true and biology is saying um that you can't change there are people that by the age of 18 as the woman said um 11 studies the Toronto 2021 study said that they go back to their birth gender by 18 80 to 90% um so there's a concern because now in New Jersey there's a law that was passed by the assembly about two weeks ago saying children now at 14 can obtain hormones without parental permission so I believe there's a big agenda coming across the country that is pushing this why I don't know um I believe it's for for to prevent um you know amilies and the breakdown of family and the breakdown of a man and a woman but just think if a child does go into transition they may sterilize themselves they may remove healthy body parts and then change their mind and have to live with regret for the next 70 years of their life and as an educator I don't want to be someone that says I have to affirm this in a child in my class and I think you should really consider that because my rights are freedom to speak my conviction my religious conviction and to just tell the truth and as he said about D transitioners just one more thing there are thousands coming out so even if it's about lawsuit or money I don't care I want to do the right thing and I need to be allowed to do that so I hope you'll consider reappearing this policy 5756 thank you thank [Applause] you anyone else from public yes no okay at this time we will close public any closing comments from board members on a totally different topic yes I would like to congratulate Dr C and the sville War Memorial High School Marching Band on an amazing performance in the South Amboy St Patrick's Day parade this past weekend you went to that did you I did and you're and you're still here well took a couple days um I would also like to mention that on Saturday the 23d the American Legion is sponsoring an Easter egg hunt so if you have little ones who like to hunt for eggs take them over there and on Sunday uh the 24th the Lion's pancake breakfast will be held in the SE War Memorial High School cafeteria I have something e bun is going to be there too I have something to say go ahead um I would like this board to think about what we just heard this is a traveling group that's going to local board meetings to get people to vote against this to they're all talking about their rights the the parents rights but the rights of the children have not been discussed and I think we have to take a long hard look to really protect those children from people who travel to board meetings to get us to vote against them and that's something that I take very seriously and I think we all should not forget what we've witnessed tonight anybody else okay meeting is adjourned we need a motion motion second move second in favor okay thank you