##VIDEO ID:LnsmJSvCZII## to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for stands Nation indivisible liy and justice for all Mr both here Mr Chapman here Mr Barella here Mr G here Mrs Miller here Mr Pender Mr cleberg here Mr Casio Mr pen here in accordance to the terms of the Sunshine Law adequate no of this meeting was posted in all school buildings the administration building bur clerk's office Public Library three newspapers and tap into on January 8th 2024 please be advice there's no smoking on school grounds inside or outside at any time please silence all electronic devices and purs to District policy number 0167 each statement made by participant shall be limited to 3 minutes duration and no participant may speak more than once on the same topic s parents report thank you Mr pan in keeping with our um tradition of our student rep this evening we have Lindon uh London Thomas sophomore class president London is an honorable student member of the championship swim team as well as Rookie of the Year London is very involved in her High School in the high school as a member of the orchestra and the chamber orchestra and many clubs including the black student union drama club and the tiger Tech robotics welcome and we look forward to your presentation good evening everyone uh like the superintendent said I'm an honorable student I'm a member of the blue division uh Championship swim team and and I got rookie of the year um I'm involved in clubs like chamber orchestra black student union and drama club and Tig te robotic and I'm a also a lifeguard at The JCC YCA in Edon I'm also a part of the South tiger sharks during the summer now that you know all about me uh here are some updates about the school activities and sports marching B was undefeated in competition and were state champions in the division and second in Atlanta Coast championships this is the first ever State title for sbhs boy soccer is currently in the njsiaa state sectional finals which will take place Friday at 2 pm on the turf field versus raway field hockey got second in GMC's the football team uh are division Champions volleyball finished by qualifying for the sectional tournament boys and girls cross country won their divisions girls took fifth in GMC's boys took thir in GMC's sectional are this weekend some upcoming school events and um events com coming up are the pep rally on November 21st we will be on assembly schedule there will be a wellness bear on November 26th uh during intervention periods there will be a student assembly on December 22nd block two on bullying and students empowerment uh and and their a powderpuff will start on November 19th for parents and upper classman col there will be a college a webinar on November 14th check your email for information on signing up today we had our first college commit Signing Day at sphs there will be a parent teacher conference meeting at on November 20th parents can sign up via Genesis portal all conferences will be virtual overall I feel like this marking period this past marking period went by smoothly but I've heard a request from students about how there should be healthier options in vending machines I suggest that instead of having three R of chips we should reduce that road chips in the vend machines to one or two so we can make room for more healthier options like bolars or uh pistachios thank you for your thank you for your time this [Applause] evening great job uh just a reminder to our uh parents and Guardians an update on re-registration re-registration is open for all 4th 8th and 11th grade students parents and Guardians must reregister their child so the district can verify their residency in the South pfield School District you must have your re-registration submitted in the Genesis system by December 6 2024 keep in mind if you or already reregistered uh your child or children over the summer because they were in grades 2 6 or 10 you do not have to reregister your child the system will update the paperwork for you so if You' already registered in the last couple of months you don't have to re-register uh as London mentioned we have our parent um Guardian conferences uh High School is November 20th early dismissal and uh it is virtual so you need to sign up through Genesis the middle school is November 18th and 19th again early dismissal and uh virtual grant school was uh today and tomorrow with early dismissal preschool and all the elementary schools are November 14th and the 15th again early dismissal and it is virtual so you need to sign up through the system as London mentioned our boys soccer sectional finals against rway is Friday at 2 p.m. at the pal uh field ticket information was emailed to parents and Guardians today of the high school and will be posted uh later on this evening want to say congratulations to our South clean field marching band and color guard uh for winning the tournament of the Bands New Jersey state champion and they took second place in the tournament of the bands of Atlantic Coast Champions so it's the best finish that they've ever had so congratulations to them also the South clanfield band will be participating in the burrow tree lighting on December 1st there will be a short procession to the burrow Hall from the high school followed by a sing along in the tree lighting um up at uh the burough Hall but you can find out more information from the Burrow's website um last thing is uh Thanksgiving the day before Thanksgiving the 27th it will be a half day so early dismissal thank you board member comments on pres Lon I just want to say you made it a difficult job Look So Easy you did a great job up there uh today I know it's not easy to come out there but she certainly killed and you look like you public speak on a regular basis and I think that you did an awesome job and uh keep up the grade work in school and you know uh congratulations I'll being work of you the Year too and swim team that's fantastic thank you looks like a news aner right anywhere else yeah I would just like to join uh Doug and thanking you for providing with the US with the update on the high school it was extremely informative you did a great job and it really is important for us as board members to know what is going on around our school so we really do appreciate your update thank you so else well a great job it's not easy coming up in front of all of us and the audience and and and giving updates and you did a great job really appreciate it andest for the rest of the year thank you it was my [Music] pleasure to the public act that board need to session at this time discuss matters pertaining to Personnel uh okay attorney CES and I have further resolve that that the matters discussed session shall be made public soon as have a motion move second all favor oppos additions or deltion public comments on agenda items uh resolution approved prior board Mees motion move second discussion call Mr both yes Mr chman yes Mr barell here Mr ganak yes Mr Miller yes Mr Pender yesberg yes curriculum a group second discussion call please Mr both yes Mr Chapman yes Mr Barella here Mr JIS yes Mr Miller yes Mr Pender yes Mr cber yes Mr [Music] yes yes there's no policy Personnel a through [Music] e Please Mr V yes Mr Chapman yes Mr Barella yes Mr gakis yes I'm standing on my door Mrs Miller yes Mr Pander yes Mr cber yes Mr CIO yes Mr P yes finance a through P [Music] discussion call Mr both yes Mr Chapman y Mr fella yes Mr bakus yes Mr Miller Mr Pender yes Mr cleberg yes Mr CIO yes Mr F yes any public comments on any item conference yes thank you um I had the opportunity to attend the Veterans Day ceremonies at the middle school and at Franklin school and they were like wonderful the kids are respectful the the veterans appreciated it great program by uh um Mr Bondo and um Shanti at the middle school and Franklin was like great the kids were great what they do with Franklin is they allow the students to bring in grandpar an you also B so that that was nice um congratulations on the marching band for their first place in the states and the second place in the I think it was the mid America whatever they they did a fabulous job um and tonight we're uh a few months ago we approved new bylaws for the Hall of Fame selection committee for the high school so tonight we're announcing that we're accepting applications for members of that committee um there will be um information in the tab in The Observer it's also On The Board ofed website U on the menu page First Column down at the bottom gives you the bylaws of what we're looking for and also how the selection process will go forward in the coming year so uh there's an email address that you can send in applications we're looking for a couple of community members some faculty members are retiree and um there's a couple ex official members and all that's there and we're looking to have the applications in by December 12th and the board will go over them and announce who the committee will be in January and then that committee will get going on the um acceptance process so other than that progress Shar I'd also like to join uh Bill and congratulating our marching B on becoming state champ in their undefeated season and congrats to all the other Athletics and their coaches athletes and their coaches for all their accomplishments as well we also good luck to our winter athletes and their coaches for a fun and rewarding season and I just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving My Hope Is that everyone has something to be thankful for echoing everyone uh congratulations to our marching band and our fall athletes um and I hope everyone has a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday break um I'd like to uh thank uh our athletic director uh Linda uh Iona she uh she put on a tremendous uh thing today for all of our student athletes who were uh today was national Signing Day and we had six athletes who uh who signed today and the presentation that she put together out here was like none we've ever seen before for our athletes uh it really was fantastic and and just the job that she's doing overall is a job like we haven't seen uh recently for sure she's got all of our athletes in a recruiting portal um she did that within the first few weeks as she was here um you know previously we were told that couldn't be done and it's just it's she's just doing a great job and I'm very thankful uh for her being here and for the job that she's doing I want to congratulate all the fall sports teams on a great season um um I want to wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving as well and the first marking period has come to a close so to all the students out there who academically achieved the the high academic Achievers are just as important as our High Athletic uh achiever so congratulations to all the students I know that we're going to hear uh over the next coming weeks about the honor rooll and how everybody is done so I'm excited to uh to hear that good well you know once in a while I say something uh just so just give everyone a recap uh October 19th our special athletes otherwise known as Special Olympics whatever the legalities they competed at the uh Mercer County Park for the soccer um season uh they actually took second place division 7 uh we took uh we actually only gave up one goal during the whole uh uh Tournament down there so was really good but we had a couple students to thank Andrew Lage from Grant uh Blake bent from the Middle School Matthew nunz from the Middle School Liam Andrews from the high school Joshua men up from high school and numerous graduates that came back and other stff done special so it was a good weekend uh congratulations with that and uh D congratulations R well deserved now she worked hard um but Happy Thanksgiving to everybody um as Sharon said sure we can all find something to be thankful for you know all of us but I do want to wish everybody ay and healthy Thanksgiving with your families and friends any other comments see this meeting is motion [Music] sh