e would everybody please have a seat we're going to call the meeting to order roll call please miss a Costa Mr Bono present Mr foki here Mr Medio present Mr Rivera here Mr sabran present Mr Silva Mr Holmes here Mrs kispa pres in in compliance with the New Jersey open public meeting law commonly referred to as the Sunshine Law the violent board of education has caused notice posting of this meeting to be sent to the following announcing time place agenda Etc The Daily Journal SNJ today the Press of Atlantic City Mr Bueno the clerk for the city of vland and the Administrative Office of Public bulletin board would everybody please rise and would our students come upage come up on stage they come up on stage she got it she got it unit States indivisible Mr fok and Mr soan hi oh [Applause] Mr masteral do we have a resolution for executive session we do now therefore be a resolved that the Board of Education of the city of Island School District will convene an executive session for the following reasons as outlined in njsa 10 col 4 as 12 discussions about any matter involving a pending or anticipated litigation or contract negotiation employment matters and any matters falling within the attorney client privilege to the extent that confidentiality is required in order for the attorney to exercise his ethical duties as lawyer motion roll call Mr Bono yes Mr fi yes medo Mr medo Mr Rivero yes Mr saano yes Mr Silva yes Mr Holmes yes Mrs Scot spotti yes motion carries Mr honor do we have special presentations this evening yes we have two special presentations first I like like to ask Dr Speakman vassa president who will recognize the 2023 2024 Vasa administrator of the year thank you Mr Yano good evening everyone I'm Kristen Speakman president of the vinin administrators and supervisors Association we thank you for this opportunity tonight today is actually n National principal day if you did not know and on behalf of asasa [Applause] we I have to say it was like a n it was like a national holiday at Winslow today so it was a great day at Winslow today we were showered with gifts uh so on principal day we are very proud on behalf of Vasa to recognize principal Melissa Hanigan painer as our 2024 Vasa administrator of the Year oh that's our pal so Melissa was selected by her peers and Rec Rec nition of her longstanding we're going to say longstanding service long-standing service and commitment not old to our youngest Learners in vinand with years of experience under her belt Melissa has honed her skills as an educator leader and advocate for children her commitment to early childhood education is unparalleled and she continuously seeks out Innovative approaches to support the academic and social emotional development of our preschool our youngest Learners in vinand Melissa tonight we celebrate you and your dedication to early childhood education Innovative leadership and active involvement in our local community which make you more than deserving of the title of Vinland School District administrator of the Year thank you congratulations Mrs payer you brought the team out tonight so well done thank you Dr Speakman I'm sticking yellow here not yellow but I'm going but I'm going to announce all okay and we got okay no good that'll be very nice I'm going to announce all of them and off we go I know so our second presentation of the evening is in celebration of the governor's educator of the Year program so I will be announcing some names we can cheer and be happy we'd like our folks to come down uh to see our president kispa vice president Holmes uh for a certificate and a gift I will begin with Noel Patel teacher to Year from Vinland High School Miss Patel cannot join us this evening so we're going to keep going down the list we have uh Mr scanland he is also from ven high school as our 504 case manager of the year next from Johnstone Brooke Smith teacher the year 18 years of service [Applause] next one's right here Brook Smith thank you all right hold on one you got one more coming excellent next from Wallace school Sharon shivon teacher of the year 14 years of [Applause] experience next we have April Ward ESP of the Year 28 years of service [Applause] get him the picture there congratulations now we move on to Memorial Middle School Robert cresy teacher of the year 22 years of service excellent next from Memorial Kelly Lane ESP of the year congratulations moving on to Sergeant Dominic pill Middle School Cheryl karali teacher of the year 17 years of [Applause] service got the whole crew out here all right nicely done nicely done jumping jumping and next for pillar school we have Christina sakano ESP of the year speech specialist 16 years of service next we move on to East and West for Teacher to year Jennifer veroli 22 years of experience [Applause] congratulations Mar I want to make sure I'm pronouncing Zyra next Zara Aiden ESP of the year six years with the district Zara Aiden she's not here with us this evening so we're going to move on to barcy elementary school teacher the Year Nicole Robbins ham fizzed 11 years I got to get that tie Mr cardo that's so cool next for barcy Dana Leon ESP of the Year 20 years of service okay next we're going to move on to the pal Elementary School for Teacher the year Ashley Flanigan fourth grade teacher 14 years of Serv [Applause] Serv excellent next for depalo school ESP of the Year Patricia Moore 21 years of service next up Durand Elementary School teacher the year karolina Mills ESL teacher 18 years of service yes ESP of the year for Durand Elementary School Lindsay Collins speech therapist [Applause] many's Elementary School teacher of the year Gina Castellini second grade teacher 20 years of service [Applause] next for many's ESP of the Year Pamela Jerry power professional 20 years of service [Applause] congratulations next up we have Petway Elementary for Teacher of the Year Ronda Nan [Applause] mocker okay next up for pway ESP of the Year Jodie fiori 17 years of service congratulations next sabot Elementary School Janet Lynn Polo teacher the year second grade teacher 11 years [Applause] teaching excellent next ESP of the year for sabot elementary k kth Smith social worker 22 years of service [Applause] I want to make sure I'm saying this last name correctly for Winslow Elementary School teacher of the year Stacy ceri 14 years of experience in our school district congratulations Stacy just want to make sure I'm saying the last okay good thank you ESP of the Year Jordan dry speech language specialist 16 years thanking I did all right with most of them I think yeah congratulations next we have Rossy Elementary School teacher to year Christina stanker special education teacher 25 years of service [Applause] congratulations ESP of the year for Rosy Elementary School Susan celom guidance 20 years of [Applause] service excellent let's hear for all of our awardees tonight what's up big round of applause an amazing group of people let's hear Standing Ovation all right next we need some of our uh preses to come up on stage for a picture so the first half of the line we want to take a nice group picture so if we can get some of our folks on on the stage so we can make two lines our the rest of our board members if you could join us on the stage behind our presenter so yeah come on up use this side it's a little bit safer on this side yes come on up please yes yes please come on up we need a few yes so got it so let's get the last few of our board members up here on in the line all right Gia let me know when you're ready [Applause] [Applause] w [Applause] [Applause] e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e right we start the H are there any questions or comments on the hi report seeing none do I have any questions or comments on for the approval of the minutes seeing none do I have a motion so moved second roll call please Mr Bono yes Mr fi Mr medo s yes on the other two thank you Mr Rivera yes Mr sabran yes Mr Silva yes Mr Holmes yes Mr Scot spotti yes motion carries do I have any committee reports Mr F yes good evening the finance committee met Tuesday April 30th at 8 a.m. via Google meet in attendance was Mr mustell Mr Yano Miss Cary miss kispa Mr Silva M rera and myself following topics were discussed grants and AIDS 2425 NJ child assault prevention 2024 njsig safety Grant NJ YC cap uh for prior students uh help with getting jobs advanced placement International balaria course expansion following bids uh contracts are being renewed substitute Staffing athletic field maintenance flooring digital assessment and data data analyst alternate Council primary physician alternate School physician architect of record Asal P Paving Services VH uh final High School North partial roof replacement U was awarded to Union Roofing as well as Memorial School um Personnel items administrative contracts nursing extra pay adjustments vaa settlement agreement uh laws of network network administrator looking for options and lastly working on class action social media lawsuit fact sheet thank you thank you Mr Holmes the curriculum and instruction committee met on Monday the 29th presid were Mr Yano Mr Marie Dr sneen myself Mr Silva and Mr sabran we discussed the ELA k35 update we discussed the food science class visited the uh Wallace Kitchen on April 23rd we also discussed the summer reading um is now available on the violin website under the students tab summer reading is a requirement for all students entering 6th through 12th grade discussed summer curriculum writing njpa preliminary results for spring 2024 once official results have been uh released a formal board presentation will take place Transportation committee met on the Tuesday the 30th pres were Mr musell Mr Rivera Mr Bono Miss O'Brien and myself driver recap 150 drivers budgeted 140 Route packages which means drivers needed 134 filled positions 13 subs and Five drivers in training the driver um attendance the average absences in the morning is 1633 average absen is in the afternoon is 1853 registrations there are 39 open registrations 86 completed in April one Camden County Educational Services Commission jointure there were three accidents in April no uh injuries Personnel we are not going to fill uh the senior mechanical position due to lack of Interest we have two new coordinators assistant coordinators that are currently training with Dana and Betty transer will prob will be providing um training in May to the entire management team we discussed tier times for 20 year uh 2425 we had a bus driver appreciation day where management gave the drivers pretzels water and a key chain to recognize them for the day management paid for those treats thrillshare is replacing Blackboard and that is set to go live and transportation in May training to be provided inhouse consolidation of routes the cons validation did help our issue by freeing up six drivers and covering up an an open R route unfortunately this is masked by the number of sports and field trips through utilizing our resources we also lastly discussed the spring bus evacuation drills that are completed thank you do we have any further reports do I have a report by our board board solicitor none for public session do we have our student representative from the high school public uh comment on agenda items or any other matter please limit your uh comments to three minutes Mr mustell do we have any yellow sheets glattus pores I apologize if I mispronounced the microphone it's okay no problem okay good evening elected Board of Education members my name is Gladis Borges I come before you tonight concerning our vient High School girls softball coaches Mike Reed and Alex Gomez I am asking that they be removed from their positions these coaches who are bullying harassing coercing and retaliating against our young and very impressionable student athletes my 17-year-old granddaughter is on the Varsity softball team she's a junior this year and has been playing softball since the tender age of four years old and travel ball since eight she puts her whole heart and soul into the sport and when she plays she leaves everything on the field my concern is the unfair practices in retaliation aimed not only at my granddaughter but her teammates as well my granddaughter attends CCT Tech and and is enrolled in one of the hardest programs CCT Tech offers the medical program the problem lies here my granddaughter missed winter workouts because she also plays tennis and basketball and basketball was what she was playing when she missed her winter workouts she also didn't go on a Florida spring training trip because she felt that she could not afford to miss three days of school at such a crucial time with exams around the corner and her practice and game schedule she was uncomfortable in taking that much time off from school knowing that her academics would suffer the girls were never told about this trip until after they tried out and the trip was not mandatory mind you she plays three different sports for Vinland High School all varsity teams and as soon as one ends the next one begins there are no breaks in between which leads us to the reason she missed winner workouts she was still playing basketball when the coaches learned of her decision to not go to the spring training there were other V varsity girls who also elected not to go they tried bullying her coach Reed got in her face in front of her teammates and yelled at her saying are you a part of this team or not a then 16-year-old girl not 17 yet that is unacceptable unacceptable to which she said if which he said if you're part of this team you'll go to spring training with us at this point my granddaughter stood there upset that the coach would humiliate her in front of her peers not acceptable conduct from a coach so now comes the retaliation instead of being their number one pitcher which she is she's played there three years she's waited her turn she sat during her freshman year she sat during her sophomore year she should not be sitting during her junior year they are instead of playing their number one pitcher they are retaliating against her her and other junior varsity players and they are replacing them with sophomore and freshman girls who not only should be sitting but play on their travel teams or they are trying to recruit for their travel teams not acceptable in any means ma'am I need you to to finish up okay thank you so I'm I'm going to finish this cuz I'll send you all an email later so I'd also like to bring to the attention because I'm sure most of you don't know that coach Reed set up a Super Bowl football pool to raise funds for this spring training I'm quite sure that he did not get permission from the athletic director or the board to do so because sports betting is illegal in the state of New Jersey it is only allowed at casinos and racetracks the fact that he set up this football pool illegally could cost the school board a fine of $7500 because it was illegal for this fact alone he should be dismissed as a coach he's retaliating against these young girls and it is not fair to them they have put in their time I'm asking you the board to remove him from his duties because when do we put Athletics above academic when that's my question to you thank you Lena ainson Scott could you repeat her name please this one glattus boriz Borges poor je thank you I apologize Mr ainson go ahead okay um first my name is uh good evening my name is Lina ainson and I am a long-term sub teer at violent High School South I'm also known as the teacher who suffered a concussion due to a fight on April 16th I am requesting a few minutes longer than the 3 minutes allotted as my current disability due to the accident that occurred at the school caused a brain injury and it takes more time than normal for daily tasks please be patient with me as I have been very patient with you all the board and your choices on April 16th a fight broke out which ended up with me opening a door for security to bring a combative student into the faculty room as I opened the door the force from the other side and the door opening towards me I took a blow to the chest causing me to lose my breath as I stepped out in the hall I felt myself get weak and I tried to sit down but I wasn't fast enough and I passed out and hit my head on the floor although I was assisted by a security guard to the ground I still hit the floor causing a concussion thank you to the staff that were there that applied medical attention I needed quickly the staff isn't the problem at the school even most of the students aren't the issue we have a problem with accountability students know how to work the system and I know you guys can see this you are on the front lines and don't have to deal with this on a daily basis you just hear about it from staff like me after the fact what's sad is I was not the only one hurt that day from what I was told there was four of us four four more that should be walking away from violent because once again we weren't protected matter of fact we were being blamed what should we have done seriously what should we have done to these repeated offenders before April 16th is the real issue instead of blaming staff we should be ensuring the point system that was created is being effective accountability where is yours also as a teacher when I finally do get to return who are we really protecting The Vape sensors have been removed so do I teach them High I mean you want us to get through the curriculum play detective look at their eyes sniff the classroom which I which I was told before to determine which out of the 26 which my classroom only holds 24 students monitor bathroom times and retach sections because the students just don't get it but seriously who are we protecting the teachers no because we're the first one to blame if the student isn't passing security no they're the front line handling situation that deserves way more than minimum wage students no because they can't be wrong we allow them so many warnings and not to be disciplined so I ask again who are we protecting you aren't protecting anything but your pockets The Vape sensors were removed because of costs yet we currently are not paying for a supervisor of security we need to create a panel of administration security teachers and students to discuss security and discipline Bo I'm requesting your time and attention to this matter just from my incident alone other staff are submitting paperwork to retire or polishing up the resumes how many more amazing teachers administrators have to leave before you see that this that violent has a safety issue oh and one more thing can you please stop using the term short staff that's when you hire adequate staff and they all call out on a day we just don't have enough security as it is thank you for your time did anybody else want to come up and speak seeing none we'll close this portion thank you superintendent recommendations yes uh requesting discussion and approval regarding Personnel items 1.1 through 1.4 questions or comments do I have a motion so move second second roll call please Mr Bono yes Mr foki yes Mr medo Mr Rivera yes Mr sabran yes yes Mr Silva yes Mr Holmes yes Mrs Scot spati yes motion carries want to congratulate some of our new principls who were hired this evening so to begin at the high school level I'd like to ask Mr Pierce excuse me uh new principal of Jonstone Middle School please come on up Mr Pierce [Applause] he baby good evening everyone first I want to thank God uh thank my wife and my children and uh both my grandmothers for always believing in me they have truly inspired me to be the person I am today this has been such an exciting time for all of us going through the countless interviews being told no so many times during my journey but still persevering and persisting through all of the challenges and and the adversity until I heard a yes it has helped me further develop my leadership qualities climbing the ladder is difficult but now I have become part of the proof Pro that it can be done I appreciate the superintendent Mr Yano and the rest of the central Administration as well also the violent board of education for giving me this opportunity to thrive as a leader of a building my priority as always is to make sure our students and staff are safe cared for and either learning or teaching thank you again and have a blessed [Applause] night well said Mr Pierce thank you Miss Tomlin barcy Elementary School principal [Applause] welcome good evening Mr Yan Central Administration and members of the board I'm so grateful to be named as principal of Dan barcy school it is truly an honor and a privilege to have the opportunity to serve in this capacity being able to achieve this goal is extremely fulfilling to me both personally and professionally I have been fortunate to not only work in vinent for my entire career even as far back as being a gearup tutor and student teacher but I have been lucky enough to serve all of that time at Durand Elementary School I would be remiss if I did not mention how valuable and cherished my time has been there working with the amazing staff students families and of course my partner Mr Greco leaving Durand is certainly bitter sweet but I see a future full of the possibility and excitement as I I look ahead to my new role at barcy of course this can't be done without family and I have to thank mine for always being my biggest supporters and jumping in no matter what the journey is to my daughter Brinkley who I'm so blessed to have here tonight I hope that you always shoot for the stars because you make mommy so proud and motivate me in everything that I I do congratulations to all those who were honored this evening vinin is truly so fortunate to have so many amazing amazing Educators service providers and administrators lastly I would like to thank Mr cardo for his support and encouragement I look forward to working with him for the next few months and of course wish him the happiest in retirement barcy will always have their doors open for a visit from him again I thank you all so very much and look forward to beginning what I'm sure is going to be a grand new adventure thank you congratulations Miss Tomlin uh next I would like to invite Mr Lapsley who is our newest assistant principal at volen high school thank you let me put these on first I want to thank uh Central Administration thank you for not getting tired of seeing my face I want to be here and that's why I kept showing up thank you to Mr Yano and the board for considering me a good fit for vinin I want to express my appreciation to Administration past and current your guidance and support have been invaluable on this journey the time you dedicated to advising and mentoring me is truly appreciated to my colleagues past and present your nagging your encouragement to persist through this process through this challenging Journey has taught me resilience to my family my boys Andrew Parker Connor as an educator and a parent it's always I've always aimed to impart a lesson the lesson is simple hard work perseverance persistence never go unnoticed forever keep showing up continue putting in the effort and never let anyone outwork you to my wife Jennifer you have been my greatest supporter and for that I am profoundly grateful many of us may not realized this toll this process takes on your loved ones but they hear all the nose in fact it impacts them more than it does than it did me your unwavering support and encouragement have guided me to this moment and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart I love love you and to the students finally to the students and families of vinin you can expect nothing but the best from this vinin guy thank [Applause] you at this time I also would like to uh recognize uh the newly minted Dr Fry uh he's uh recently defended his dissertation so congratulations Dr Fry and also on our agenda uh the retirement of Dr Fry and Dr Rossi uh both have placed their notice on our board agenda this evening uh lots of History lots of experience in violent Public Schools a lot of commitment to the system so I want to thank you for your service I would also like to recognize Dr snen for the work that she's done over the last few years working with our team helping us Propel our district forward thank you for your service and appreciate the time that you have spent contributing to our [Applause] team next we'll move into uh discussion and approval regarding procedures and operations items 2.1 through 2.3 questions or comments do I have a motion so move roll call Mr Bono yes Mr Fuki yes Mr medo yes Mr Rivera yes Mr sabran yes Mr Silva yes Mr Holmes yes Mrs cotpa yes motion carries thank you requesting discussion and approval of Finance items 4.1 through 4.31 it's quite a few on the list any questions or comments seeing none do I have a motion so moved roll call Mr Bono yes Mr foki yes I'll need to abstain on 4.25 and 4.27 uh only C thank you Mr medo yes Mr Rivera yes Mr sabran yes Mr Silva yes Mr Holmes yes Mrs cottis body yes motion carries we don't have any regular agenda there are no regular agenda items there are no proposed items for review or discussion or adoption by board members do I have a motion or do we have any questions or comments on the approval bills seeing none do I have a motion so move second roll call yes Mr foki yes Mr medo yes Mr Rivera yes Mr sabran yes Mr Silva yes Mr Holmes yes Mrs cottis spotti yes motion carries there are no emerging items no old business no new business board member comments I'll start with Mr foke no comment at this time Mr Mio yes I do have have some comments um let me get my notes out I uh I guess I'd like to start off by thanking Dr Nate Fry and Dr Joe Rossy for their service I promise Nate I wouldn't cry so I won't I guess I want I want to congratulate the girls softball team on being number four in South Jersey and I'd like to thank Dennis Rivera Kim cispa and Rob Bono for their hard work on the discipline committee and I'd also like to thank all the principles who came to the meeting and gave us their input I was very happy that my fellow board members decided to include the vaa so that we had boots on the ground input and to say we got an earful from Mr Russo and Mrs keles would be an understatement I think we were there an hour and a half and they spoke for an hour and 15 minutes and everything that they said is going to be taken under consideration and I'm sure that everything that the principal said also will find its way into our discipline code for September and last but not least I'd like to commend the pillar school committee that we have where the board has approved a it's hard to say a mural because it's not a painting with the technology we have today but I'd like to thank Dr Yano I'd like to thank Paul fono for the work they've done on that and I'd like to thank George Perez who is going going to I don't even know what to say he's going to what do you say generate it on the computer create create it on the computer it's just amazing I always thought he was just going to use a brush but we're we're well on our way Mr Perez and Jennifer pillow have taken over getting ready for us to have some uh mockups to see what's there and we're hoping that we'll get something in place at the beginning of the school year if not whenever it gets done it gets done time is an an important matter it's um Mak something that really strikes you and we're hopefully that'll happen thank you Mr Bono thank you Kim I'd like to congratulate all the teachers of the years of the year um what an example you're giving to the rest of our school district on your hard work and efforts that you put in dated day in and day out um it's truly appreciated so thank you I'd like to congratulate the new principles uh best of luck and uh upholding VHS Pride throughout our school and our district um I'd like to thank everyone that came out and voiced uh their concerns this evening uh um takes a lot of courage to come out speak in front of the board um but it means a lot because if we don't know there's a problem we can't fix it we can't move forward and uh you know better any issues that that are out there so thank you for coming forward and let us let us know your issues but you are heard um just a little little take off of what Mr medo just said the the discipline committee has been working very hard thank you to all the administrators from the elementary level Middle School level high school vaa for coming out and voicing your concerns you all the issues were heard heard and uh we listened and hopefully there's better days ahead uh last but not least thank you to the um the students that came out today and did the flag salute for us uh to open up tonight's meeting thanks again Mr AA good evening everyone um I'd also like to thank the students on pway for leading Us in the flag salute um congratulations to the principal excuse me the pr yeah the principal of the year the teachers of the year and the service service Professionals of the year I always say we have the best school district in New Jersey and try to change my mind cuz you won't we have the be the best of the best here in our own town and we should be very proud of that and we are proud of each and every one of you along with every single teacher every single service professional and every single principal that we have in our school district thank you to Dr Rossi and Dr Fry um for your service your years of service to our to our school district um you will be missed um I got got to know you a little bit over the last three years uh M Dr Fry was a teacher when I was a a student at the violent high school so um yeah we're not going to go there but uh it's I've I've known Mr Fry for a long time so congratulations um on your retirement and uh hope you catch a lot of fish um congratulations to our new principles uh Mr Pierce congratulations it's always it's always good to have a man of color to represent us represent those that are not necessarily represented among Society on on a wide scale and I know besides anything else you will do a great job I got to know you a little bit I hope to get to know you a little bit more um and I'm obviously we're going to be working together so congratulations congratulations to your family Mrs Tomlin or miss Tom you're not owed to leave Durant um on a personal um Miss Tomlin she's a great vice principal at Durant I've gotten to know her a little bit because my sons go to Durand I know the work she puts in at Durand um she is going to be a blessing to barcy and she's going to be a huge loss to Durant but Mr Greco you got it you got this um congratulations you well deserved well deserved um to the individuals that spoke um we listen and um in particular the issue on discipline we we saw it we saw the is that it is an issue that we decided to convene a committee just to address the discipline issues that we have in our school district um as Mr medo and Mr Bono spoke we we met with principles we met with Vice principls we met with with teachers we met with PR with uh um everyone that that had a stake in the schools and we can confidently say that there's going to be some changes coming and I'm hoping that we can solve the issues it's going to take time um but we're going we're we're working at it and we are are committed to seeing those changes come to fruition so we we know we hear you we hear the concerns we know it is a concern for many and just know that it's not your concerns are not falling on deaf ears so we are ready to work on that and I am and we are committed on doing so um I just this time of year is always an exciting time of year because so many things are going on is the end of the year the excitement of graduation the excitement of moving up ceremonies um it's always great to attend it's always good to to see the kids and and their faces smiling because they're excited and it's always a pleasure it's a pleasure one of the great Pleasures to be to serve on this board is to be able to attend those those events and see the kidss smiles and the parents Smiles so I look forward to this year again attending many of those celebrations and hopefully this year we end up on a well I'm going to say hopefully we are going to end on a high note this year and we're going to go into next year on a high an even higher we're going to just do amazing things in the future I am very confident of that so I thank you God bless you and have a great night W noes Mr saana thank you um thanks to our flag Salters tonight um also to our Vass administrator of the Year Mrs painer I had the pleasure of working with her um also to our district uh governor educators of the year and staff Professionals of the year um I also had the pleasure of working with a few of them and I know how hard they work on behalf of our students their families and our other staff members best of luck to our new principles I had the pleasure of um observing the interview with u Miss Tomlin and Mr Pierce um I was very impressed by the passion that both of you have um you're going to need it and a lot of energy and probably a lot of coffee too if you're a coffee drinkers I don't know uh Mr Lapsley I have not had the pleasure of meeting you but I like the fact that you talked about just keep showing up because perseverance is one of the most important things in my world and I think that that speaks well of you um congratulations to all of our retirees um especially Dr Fry and Dr Dr Rossi uh you two dudes probably the last two at Central Administration that I will have known as both an employee and as a board member I think I'm going to like that better uh so there won't be any uh Old Wounds that I have to heal one way or the other to our students now I want to say and their families especially the class of 2024 at violent high school as Mr Rivera said we're entering that very busy last six or seven weeks of the school year and we want everyone to have a wonderful time and enjoy all the activities that are scheduled but most importantly return home safely too many times and the years I've been here we've had tragedies that have interfered with the celebrations that we plan to honor the academic athletic and extracurricular of activities that always throws a PA over over these events and it makes them even a little bit sad and and not just the joy that they ought to be um hoping that this year is a year that is a safe and a pleasant one for everyone thank you Mr Silva yes like to thank our flag Salters from pway and John sto Middle School um congratulations to miss painer the vast administrator of the year the recipient very welld deserved um congratulations to our Governor's Educators and our Educational Service professional um you guys each play a very important role in our school and we duy appreciate you guys I'd like to congratulate the newly hired principles um Mr Pierce sad to see you leave Briston but I am glad you're thriving here as a violent resident too so um I wish you nothing but the best I know you will do an amazing job at that school um Miss Tomlin never really had the opportunity of meeting you but I know and I hear nothing but the best from you so I wish you really well in your future endeavors and Mr Lapsley I think I had a short sent with you at Van High School I taught at the 910 building so this is very welld deserved and I am looking forward to seeing the great work you're going to be putting in in that school um congratulations to Dr Fry Dr Rossi um wish you guys nothing but the best on your retirement find some time for yourself and enjoy life um and uh congratulations and all your future endeavors and lastly the boy track team 4x4 um which was one of my favorite events to watch they placed third place in the pen relays this past weekend so congratulations to Joshua barrero Josh cus ran Jeffrey and Caesar Perez thank you and have a great evening Mr holes yes congratulations to all of our Educators recognized this evening congratulations to Dr Rossy and Dr Fry on your well-deserved retirement as well as the other retirees with a combined 172 years among seven people uh congratulations to Mr Pierce Miss Tomlin and Mr Lapsley um these three are hard workers and their work ethic is unmatched uh just want to say congratulations to all of you and looking forward to what you do with the task ahead just don't forget those people around you the kids your spouses because that's what's most important at the end of the day no matter how high you make it in this District congratulations to all and have a great night superintendent just a few announ announ Ms uh on behalf of the district and our Board of Ed I'd like to acknowledge may as a mfi with national recognition days dedicated to celebrating the invaluable contributions of educational staff from teachers and administrators to counselors and support staff their tireless efforts and dedication shapes the minds and the futures of our students their commitment is their commitment to Excellence deserves our utmost gratitude and recognition thank you for your service we celebrated bubble day districtwide last month with many schools participate in their annual blow bubbles for Autism Awareness uh great events held at many schools on April 22nd we met with our student representatives from Bolan High School to get their input on our strategic plan and it was an exciting day our students were very insightful and provided many helpful suggestions uh it was a great great day and I believe one of our presenters was here uh Miss Patel she helped us with the project and also is one of our recipients of teacher the Year from the high school uh yesterday we hosted the first uh secondary art show at Landis great opportunity to showcase our artwork it's in the hallways now if you like to take a look on your way out please take a peek at it it's all of our secondary students Middle School to high school our performing arts department will be putting on several shows this month uh VHS spring concert tomorrow at 6:30 dance recital May 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the high school check out our district calendar to find out more at activities we have an action-packed May and June as has been noted multiple times uh Little Folks Festival May 17th 5:00 P p.m. here at katone Stadium come out and learn about our amazing preschool programs and have a fun night uh there's so many school-based events coming up including our high school so be sure to keep an eye on our website uh see what's going on our school calendars for those dates we encourage you to come out and support our students and staff however you can thank you I'd like to Echo um a lot of the comments of my fellow board members I want to thank our students from pway and Jonstone for coming out and helping us with our flag salute to those who of you who have come out and spoke tonight um as I've said before and as our fellow my fellow board members have have said um if we don't know what's going on we can't help you so please continue to come out it's actually very nice to see this many people sitting out here at this time we're almost over so thank you for coming out because it does mean something to us too I mean I know you guys don't want to come out and sit for board meetings but we appreciate you taking the time to be here um congratulations to miss painer um vasset from the vasset um award administrator of the year I've gotten to know her and work with her as the preschool eais on and she's a great great person and a great administrator to all of our 2023 24 District Governors educators of the year and District um service professionals congratulations it's well deserved I know we point out just this group but you all are Award winners to us we as Mr Rivera has has said and many of our board members you guys make our district from our teaching staff to our um our administrative staff to everybody we can't we can't do this without you guys so you are so much appreciated and please thank you um Mr Pierce Miss Tomlin Mr Lapsley congratulations I know all of you have applied and applied and applied and thank you for your perseverance because obviously um this is where God put you and this is where God wants you so where you're at in the position I believe this is where you should be or he feels you should be and I believe you guys are going to do great work I'm sorry Mr Greco but she's going to do a I'm sorry you will you will um Dr Fry congratulations on your doctorate um Dr Fry and Dr Rossy congratulations on your retirement you will be missed uh with that being said um the board please we are going to reconvene into executive session with that everyone please have a good night and God bless you motion to do I have a motion motion e