##VIDEO ID:sl_N54LoykY## executive session of the Wayne Board of Education regular meeting of October 10th 2024 was convened in the conference room education5 New Jersey statement of compliance setting forth date time location was read in accordance with the requirements the open public meetings app the RO was taken and the meeting was recessed now being reconvened everyone please stand for Black by 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 thank you everyone pleas be seated call Mr Faber here Mr gardano here Mrs wandry here Mr Paul here Mr pavlac here Mr Pacos Mrs regalo here and Mrs W here Dr to okay so this evening we have much to share with the number of required reports and in a few moments Mrs Richman and Dr blaz will be sharing the results of our New Jersey standardized testing results from last year so this time this is not the most exciting thing but I ire to report the SSS which is an acronym for the student data safety system after that I'll be sharing our annual HIV report which includes grades for each of our schools okay so here we go um njsa 18a col 1746 requires me to report all incidence of violence vandalism weapons and substance abuse offenses and harassment intimation and bullying which took place in our schools during the reporting period January 1st 2024 through June 30th 2024 statute and required to report to the board of education to times per year at a public meeting all acts of violence vandalism harassment intimidation and bullying that occurred during the previous reporting period tonight and Reporting those in that that took place between January 1st and June 30th um it also requires each School District to report more and different data that in the past for example all HIV investigations both alleged and confirmed must now be reported in addition all removals and suspensions for disciplinary reasons must be reported for both general education and special education students so numbers being reported appear higher in some instances than the totals reported in Prior years for that reason it's tough to draw conclusions for any increases in reporting totals due to the state requiring more information under the new system our schools continue to remain an excellent record of Investigation documenting reporting and handling incidents in a timely and efficient manner for this reporting period throughout the district there were 30 incidents of violence that includes assaults fights but things as simple as threats and so um most of our incidents of violence that are recorded are fall in the category of threats three incidents of vandalism zero weapons offenses 17 incidents of substance abuse that include substance possession suspected refused exam use confirmed or sale and distribution 155 General code of conduct incidents which led to educational removal and 45 confirmed incidents of Hib out of a total of 133 investigated for the second reporting from second reporting period from last year the 45 confirmed HIV cases involve the categories of race 13 ancestry ethnicity and national origin six religion four gender five sexual orientation for power and balance three disability 1 and distinguishing or perceived characteristic of students nine cases were investigated by the school level anti-bullying Specialists with guidance and support by principles of the district anti-bullying coordinator consequences and remedi Remediation efforts for offending students include individual counseling student or parent conferences discipline in accordance with code of conduct remedial measures for targeted students include counseling support services parent conferences schedule changes stay away agreements teacher Aid monitors during the school day adult and student pairings and other monitoring measures in addition each school has institutive program including the districtwide initiative no place for ha okay on the hi report all New Jersey public schools are required to complete an annual self assessment to determine compliance under the anti-bulling B Bill rights school scores must be presented annually at a public Board of Education meeting by October 31st each School must evaluate performance in eight core areas or elements HIV programs training on um HIV policy other staff instruction and training programs curriculum and instruction on HIV and related information and skills HIV Personnel School level HIV incident reporting procedures HIV investigating procedures and HIV reporting each of of the indicators um are classified as follows no points for not meeting the criteria one point for partial compliance two for meets expectation and three points for exceeding the expectation total possible score with three awarded in all c c categories for the HIV report is 78 so 78 is the maximum score this year our district average was 75.8 which indicates that our schools have been able to maintain high levels of student support e even as we reduce the number of HIV complaints from 2023 to 2024 this is thanks to our exceptional professional school counselors who also served as our anti buing Specialists specific scores are as follows George Washington Fallon JFK Randall Carter and Wayne Valley all reported a score of 77 AP um Anthony Wayne pacak Pines Lake and Tunis all reported a score of 76 Ryerson scotx and way Hills reporter score 75 finally Lafayette and pness scored inside 74 78 a copy of each school's preliminary rubric submission so that's the specifics of it um is attached to the agenda it's posted for public review it's important to note that the site variation in reported scores between our schools still exceeds the standard definition and almost all categories thanks once again to our teachers support staff counselors child safety members administrators who work tirelessly to combat bullying proactively and to ensure our schools are safe welcoming and positive environments for our students now for the HIV report for this current period since your last Bo meeting reporting following data related to HIV in the way Country Public Schools there have been seven incidents of HIV investigated since my last report and two of those cases were deemed to meet criteria of HIV incidents so at this point we're excited to share the New Jersey student learning assessment results those results we're able to share lots of information about our district and the performance of our students and also um really it's a very nice thing for our our teachers as well they've done a wonderful job and you'll see some really great results that's all due to the work of a whole team of people focusing on instruction and doing a great job in the classroom so at this point um Mrs rman and Dr glaz and also would you like to remain seated or do you want to use the podium you're good where you are I think we're okay here are you okay okay okay you can hear us talk that tonight I'm joined by Dr glass one of uh my esteemed colleagues he is an assistant principal at Wayne Hill High School he um often supports Dr Kack and I with data analysis he has a lot of expertise and he is completing his school administrator certificate um so in true Dr class um fashion he's required to attend three board meetings but also offered to co-present and gain more experience so um that's a testament to him his commitment to the district uh this slide SU izes what the assessments are and we really included it um and I'll just give you a summary I know Dr Kat has shared but tomorrow the full presentation will be posted online so anyone who's viewing the presentation tomorrow may say what what are these assessments and what are they measuring um it's a Statewide assessment that measures student progress towards meeting um English language arts mathematics and science proficiency standards um at all grade levels not um beginning in third grade so I want to draw your attention this is um NJ SLA results for grades 3 through 9 the light and dark green bars highlight the large percentage of students who meet and exceed the ELA standards um so you want to combine that and you're always hoping that the majority of your students are either meeting or exceeding so you can see combined all together um we did really well if you look at our nth grade ELA um they did extraordinarily well so that that that is a point of Pride for the district this is just um another orientation at the same slide so you can see the actual percentages it'll be easier to view it tomorrow when it's online there's some green stars there it's probably hard for you to see but um that shows that we made significant gains um I just shared in Grade 9 Ela and in grade three we have fewer cus students for proficiency so students who were just um meeting um proficiency standards now we have a greater percentage there who have met the proficiency standards or showing that they're exceeding proficiency standards sorry I those words out oh okay um this next slide um is our math njla results for grades 3 through 9 also um once again we're going to look at the light um and dark green bars they highlight the percentage of students meeting and exceeding grade level math expectations look at our Algebra 1 and geometry scores we're very proud of them um and it's also important to point out that 8th grade students appear lower because so many of our students take algebra tests in grade 8 um so if you look at the middle school algebra 1 um you can see our performance similarly Algebra 1 High School shows no dark green because most advanced math students took this assessment in Middle School um again this shows another orientation this last slide and the green stars emphasize a large decrease in our level two students and a jump in our level four students so this slide um shows science which um doesn't look as promising uh this scien is Ted cumulatively and the test has changed in recent years so um Ben shared today that he has reached at to Pearson several times seeking feedback about how the test is scored um what students are being tested on because it is a cumulative exam we used to show that we were I I feel like almost all of our students were meeting and exceeding um in previous years that that that's that's changed um but we going to see a few in a couple slides we outperform the state so I feel like at this point we don't know enough about this assessment we do get very specific information from Pearson about math and Ela we just don't have that information for science um so we're hoping to get something um but you'll see we did outperform the state so this is not specific or unique to [Music] win this is just um the supporting data for Science and um there really hasn't been a big change in science since the assessment in it changed in 2022 so since 2022 we've seen not a steady decline we've just been pretty stable um and again coming up as a state comparison which will tell a bigger story all right so this slide um we're very proud of this shows the ELA comparison for the State versus the district and you can see we outperform the state at every grade level by a lot um which is really interesting that's in green this slide shows the math comparison for the State versus the district and once again we outperform the state again look at Algebra 1 Middle School um look at our geometry for high school you look at seventh grade so we we do well and this is what I was referring to before so you can see we outperform the state um for for science scores but again we're seeking more information to have a better understanding of the test um this is a 5-year Ela longitudinal study there's a black line so if you look closely that line separates the pandemic year um so we you can see we're moving our way up um there was a big dip during the pandemic and you can see that we're making gains overall um there were some places where we dipped down we went went up we dipped down a little bit um there are places where we've just shown a steady increase um you should look closely grade nine I think that's probably our biggest point of Pride there so you made significant gains in 9th grade ELA this is the 5year longitudinal study um for math again the black line separates the pandemic year and you can see that after the pandemic dip we're making steady gains as well now we're going to go into our demographic analysis and I'm going to turn it over to Mr blast and he is going to report out on these slides one me to quick for you um can do it thank you does feel a little strange taking over for your presentation on your last p uh still thankful for the opportunity here um I apologize a lot of this is going to seem redundant uh what we have coming up in the next few slides are uh they're impair so we have a bar graph such as this one which makes a little bit easier to read followed by what the state of New Jersey requires and that's a pretty messy chart which shows uh three years of data across five categories uh across different grade bands broken down by a lot of different subgroups uh first one we have here uh so this is the districtwide distribution uh by Ela and race uh just like the previous slides like this we've seen a whole lot of light green and dark green uh those are the portion of students who are considered efficient by the state of New Jersey uh first messy slide that we was talking about were required to report um this has our grade band subgroup three-year comparison for ELA uh we have a couple green stars here highlighting areas of significant Improvement in the past year uh significant Improvement Ela uh so increases for both Elementary black and high school Hispanic students students uh this past year I'm hope you're not going to get tired of hearing how good Ela went throughout all this um we have this the districtwide distribution uh for math by race uh continue to have a lot of green on this one as well and then uh the much Messier breakdown of all of the categories across all the different years um math is a place where we've been relatively stable in this past year uh here we have the distribution districtwide for science uh it does look a little bit different the Department of Education only uses four scoring categories in science versus the five for ELA and math uh so the colors are going to look a little bit different here um still the same light green and dark green are considered passing uh by the state of New Jersey and we talked a little bit about some challenges at least with that science test or in the presentation uh the three-year subgroup grade band comparison for science um couple areas just to point out here uh we had significant Improvement by decreasing the portion of middle school Hispanic and black students districtwide in the lowest performance Panther science uh here we have have the gender comparison and this is just the portion of the students who were passing um it was stable this last spring for ELA uh our female students have typically uh performed a little bit better than our male students um it's something we see in a lot of school districts as well uh the same information by grade ban across each of the five performance categories um did want to note that for uh both male and F students had a large increase in the portions passing uh for the ELA 9 uh again uh the gender comparison districtwide for math from uh the last three years um again stable and uh on this side our male students slightly outperformed our female something also consistent with a lot of school districts there same information by uh Grade B in performance level um to note here uh we had the portion uh smaller portion of female students considered partially meeting expectations along with an increase in the portion uh meeting expectations and that was going to be across all of our high school tests ma uh gender for science again case where the scores by gender have been pretty stable for us uh over the last few years uh the sub the grade band breakdown for that didn't really have any significant changes there either uh so back to the top but instead of gender uh we're showing comparisons across special programs uh so this is the three-year passing rate for special programs we will see a couple of them uh blanked out for suppression rules um did want to point out that the spring of 2023 so not this past spring the spring before uh Statewide special education passing rate for ELA was only 17.9% that same information is not yet available from this most recent year uh but just to point out uh for us we had more than 40% more than 40% more of our special need students were passing the ELA test compared to the state average really good um uh again same information just in a slightly Messier format um so the three-year Ela distribution by each program and grade band um have increased in Sp passing scores uh specifically in our elementary multilanguage Learners uh as well as uh improve performance across all levels for high school special education uh so the ELA test again uh three your passing rate for special programs related to mathematics uh performance has been mostly consistent uh the way that the some of the math is reported by the state doesn't make a comparison like we did for El special ed uh valid the results are kind of all over um but the three-year grade uh grade Band program breakdown for math weren't any significant differences from 23 to 24 uh on to science uh science has less grade levels tested than the other ones and some of our subgroups have been suppressed for this one um so threeyear passing rate for special programs in science uh for the purposes of the state comparison here Statewide average passing rate for special education students in 2023 was uh under 7% so our most recent results here nearly double the passing rate for special education students compared to rest of the state um the same three-year grade band distribution by special programs um in this particular case uh we had our elementary special education students improved by having a much smaller portion of students in the lowest performance category here um last two slides uh these are not for the njsla but first uh this is about the dlm New Jersey describes dlm as an alternate assessment for students with most significant intellectual disabilities uh and it is in English language arts mathematics and science uh DM stands for dynamic learning Maps uh we're required to report these even though we have a very small number of students so there's not much we can publicly share about the results on this one um finally uh this is our three-year distribution of grade uh three-year distribution by grade and grade Band by performance level on the access test uh and the access test is the multilingual Learners uh Suite of Assessments a tool measures uh measures Proficiency in the English language um it's important to note that students come into Wayne with such a wide range of experiences here uh we also have had a lot of growth in this population making a three-year comparison kind of tough to work with uh when broken down like this um so parents all receive an individual student report one of the things that has been really beneficial um for past several years here is we have a data warehousing software and teachers can look at individual student data and they can see um based on standard we have standards aligned assessments we have common assessments that we give across our elementary schools across our middle we've worked really hard to have common Assessments in both high schools this way all students are being assessed equitably and fairly and everything's aligned to a standard so we can actually look as deep as saying um in our classes um 88% of the students performed um got number 12 and 13 align to a specific standard correctly and maybe in your class um only 60% and we could look back and say oh you were absent that way with the flip it was in there there was a substitute um we have grade level conversations and it could be as simple as well we talked and the students didn't understand so we spent an extra day um but we didn't tell you um because you were out or the the sub kept following your plans and it and it informs pacing guides for curriculum instruction um so I think that we have done a really really good job just learning how to interpret all this information and we also Al have a changing demographic of students we have a growing multilingual learning learning population and a lot of these students are coming in um we talked about today some of them coming to school for the first time in lower grades some of them coming in without foundational skills and you know a lot of work is being done to just say how do we assimilate them into our classroom environment and get them caught up knowing that there are grade level requirements um and classes that they need to take and that there are a lot of skills and gaps that we need to fill in for them so um you know looking at where our kids are with literacy in 9th grade if you look back I would say when we started um nine years ago 10 we put in we did Wilson Reading uh we put in a foundations foundational skills program we um invest a lot in guided reading and literacy training for our teachers so that we could keep moving our readers and you can see over time um if if you stick with us they they they the kids really do really well and and you see by the time they get to high school that we have a lot of interventions in place to get them to that point um the report that will be online tomorrow shows the individual school reports and I know many parents and community members are interested to see that um and that'll be fully available tomorrow morning so if I could just add one thing I know Dr glaz mentioned this um so this is Mrs Ran's last qu of bed meeting and um while everything that we do here we're a pig District everything we do is a team effort I did want to ask or just take a moment to recognize her because in the end she is the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction she oversees all of her academic programs and ultimately this has been her major area of work over the past many years that we've been working together so um I'm sure it is very nice thing to exit the district and see our students doing so well academically so I just want to take a moment to recognize you it's team effort but thank you it it was a labor of love it really was a great team I I actually am laughing because as I'm presenting um everything is beeping and so you never know if there's an emergency here you always have to stay in time and it's it's all of our directors because um our technology director noticed at the Northern Lights you could see them and she wanted to make sure that we all knew so it's Constant Contact so I I know we still be in touch there there's always an ongoing group chat about something um outside school um you don't know if it's an emergency or just something that's important like go outside quickly and look at the sky it's nice so it's it's a family effort so look at it questions Bo if you have any questions forward them to the education committee and um we'll get back to you uh with that thank you both thank you don't even know what thank you for all the opportunity you know you look at the Improvement we've had and the recovery from the pandemic it's incredible where our numbers were and where they've come to and that's a lot of people working really hard you know people are saying oh you're never going to get back yeah took us good three years but we're back we're back and we're moving forward and everybody has the same issue with the science nobody knows where they're going or what they're doing with it it's just like we're just another state mandate that they came out with that again but again who's making money off of this it's great to know great information for us good feedback but by the by the textbook from Pearson by the pro by the test material pre-test material from Pearson and Pearson charges the state for the test so who's making the money but that's another rant for another day uh on mandated testing and a good one and you good revisions to the agenda Mr M we have a few tonight one is under L education number one approval of out of District professional travel for staff members on attachment we're going through remove number 24 and number 25 also under Q School resource legal we're going to add a resolution tonight approval of employment separation agreement and release an irrevocable letter of resignation that reads as follows resolve that the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the superintendent hereby approves the employment settlement agreement and release an irrevocable letter of resignation in the matter of employee ID number 7337 dated October 10 2024 as attached by reference and further authorizes the board president and secretary to execute same on behalf of the board the business administrator and superintendent are authorized to take all further steps required by the terms of the settlement to further Implement same and that concludes the changes to tonight's agenda thank you this portion of the meeting is open to Citizens for comments on agenda items only residents are asked to State their name address and subject matter comments may be limited to 3 minutes per person members of the public are discouraged and speaking negatively Abed employee or to the board Bears no responsibility for comments made by the public comments regarding employees or students cannot be legally responded to by the board other comments may be responded to tonight or at a subsequent meeting under all business moover Mr G Mrs Rosa anyone from the public on agenda items see no one I close second right do I have a mover for the agenda move the [Music] agenda any discussion roll call Mr Faber yes Mr gardano yes Mrs lamandre yes Mr Paul yes Mr regoso yes Mrs W yes Mr Pacos yes and Mr pavlac yes motion carries this portion the meeting is open to Citizens for comment on any topic residents are asked to State their name address subject matter comments may be limited to 5 minutes per person members of the public are discouraged from speaking negatively B an employee or student board Bears no responsibility for comments made by the public comments regarding employees or students cannot be legally responded to by the board other comments may be responded to tonight or at a subsequent meeting under old business do I have a moover Mrs Leander anyone from the public wish need to speak about anything see you know it move close sorry uh I just wanted to uh first of all thank uh Mr Pac and Mr Gaper for your support for the B County 200 Club of uh we've got our Italian night dinner fundraiser happening on November 12th and I want to extend my invitation to all of you to join us there as you know the state county 200 Club supports our uh First Responders um should any of them fall in the line of duty we come and support their family and uh we're working to do uh so much more than that so November 12th you all everyone at home you're welcome please uh just go to pc200 club.org uh to buy tickets and uh if You' like to sponsor like Mr gard's Law Firm did we would appreciate that too that's also on the website as well thank you prop s uh president of the Wayne Education Association I just want to take a moment I didn't realize this was going to be your last one I thought you'd have the last one and I just want to say how thankful we have been to have you as a support for our teachers and I'm really going to miss working with you I always know that I can call you I know you're always there if I have a question um I just appreciated working with you over all these years um and on behalf of the teachers and secretaries of the Wayne Education Association I just like to thank you thank you you're welcome anyone else in the public see all right see no move close favor this is R any old business new business um I just have one thing under new business um previously um there was an allegation of harassment made um against the board member the board had an independent investigation conducted all allegations of harassment were unfounded according to the report comments motion to adjourn motion Mr Paul