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Thank you. The board of trustees will now reconvene into open session and the pledge of allegiance and moment of silence will be led by our student board rep, Aaron Beck. Please [Music] stand. Put your right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. I aliance 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. A couple days ago on April 8th, a tragic incident occurred. The roof of the Jetset nightclub in Sto. Domingo, Dominican Republic collapsed during a live performance, resulting in at least 184 deaths and 255 injuries being described as the worst non-atmospheric tragedy in the nation's history. Let us remember the 221 souls who are taken too soon, friends, family members, artists, and community leaders who gathered to celebrate music and life. In this moment, let us reflect on the fragility of life, the importance of community, and the enduring power of love and remembrance.
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All right, good evening. If I could have everybody just uh remain quiet for a little bit so we can get this meeting called to order, it'd be great. Thank you. We got a lot to cover tonight. So, we'll start with u I'll call this meeting to order at 5 o'clock 5:00 pm on April 10th 225 2025 Alphabella Unified School District regular meeting with item two is roll call. So, um Amanda Buchanan here. Maria Opara I'm here. Renee Longshore here. Anita Tucker here. And I'm here as well. And um if we can have Amanda, if you could lead us in the pledge, please rise. All right. Sure. Right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance 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. Thank you.
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In accordance with the provisions of this act, the Clifton Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be publicized by having the date, time, and place thereof posted at the city clerk's office, Clifton Public Library, Administration Building, Senior Citizen Nutrition Center, on cable TV, in the local press, on the district's website, and mailed to presidents of parent teacher organizations. This meeting will be tape recorded in accordance with policy 0168. At this time, I would like to invite Lamar up as our student representative to make his comments. Welcome, Lamar. [Applause] Lamar, hold on one second. Uh, if you're going to stand there, that's okay, but we got to get you a mic. If not, you could sit, but we want you to be comfortable. So, okay. It's my boy. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I got a podium. Thank you. It's my anchor. Throughout the week of March 14th, our student council hosted a spirit week encouraging the student body to wear various themes to showcase school spirit.
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We kind of keep that same spirit over the last two years, but we've expanded and just kind of changed certain things up, but we still go through a variety of jazz styles and uh decades. uh through jazz history. So, uh we're going to start us off this evening over on the high school side. Um this year I've kind of geared a lot of our repertoire towards a bit more modern repertoire um with a few of the classics mingled in there as well. So, we're going to start off with a tune called Get After It, which is going to feature our guitarist, the senior guitarist, Emma. So sit back, enjoy, and we'll be bouncing back and forth all night. And uh we'll see you at the end. Thanks. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat.
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It's guest, isn't it? It is guest. Why is it not letting me? It's tea. It's gas. But it's not. I think I keep getting kicked off. How are you? I miss him so much. Of course. So they don't down here. Hello, Mr. Carlson. How are you? I'm doing well, thank you. How are you? It's good seeing you. Thank you so much. Is today your birthday? Yes, it is. Happy birthday. Thank you. Happy birthday. Thank you. Yeah, we have Yeah. Um the only ones they need right away from you are three congratulatory. Then the rest can wait until you're Okay. And then I'll grab those for you. And that's a permanent so it'll dry fast. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Kathy. You want me go Oh yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks. Let me know when you're ready. [Music] I think we're right. [Music] It's 6 [Applause] o' We're going to get started.
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So, we meet monthly uh do do a lot of leadership training and then also um gives them give them an opportunity to share their thoughts, opinions, and ideas on on how to make our our school better. Actually, Max is running down the hallway, so that's um new. Also, this year, uh after that, I'm going to have four of our teachers come up. I I strategically picked teachers who have spent their entire career at Crawford'sville. Uh some who are brand new right out of college, some who have a lot of one who has a lot of experience but is relatively new to Crawford'sville and then one who's transitioning.
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Any discussion? Lots of discussion. That's okay. That's all right. You keep sharing. Um hearing no discussion, um we'll um vote. How about that? All those in favor? Seven. Um, so next we have um some community non-aggenda items, which I think is why the room is full. And so we're super excited about that. Um, do you want to introduce? Yes. So, we're starting off with Brush Creek PreK. And thank you for closing the door because they were told it was magic door um for their big entrance. So, if if we could move so that they'll face the parents. Um they're so cute. I know we all want to see them. Yes. Um yeah, I really wanted to say I had a lot to be um proud of and wanted to share and I know we have just a limited amount of time and I thought about the thing I was most thankful for this year and it's having four-year-olds in the building.
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Okay. I was going to say I don't recall receiving like that. But no, but since it had multiple boards, so I can send it to Alro to get it out, redistribute it. Y great. Thank you. All right. Next on our agenda is public comments. Um and we are on line as well, right? So, you'll be monitoring that over our big audience. Yes. Thank you. Nice to see you, Mark. Name and address. Mark Sony, 119 Main Street MS. Thank you. Good evening. Um I came from the last two subcommittee copy as a plan committed these things to do. First one was was a little bit shortsighted a little bit if I say but the last one was right to work to get things done and to be understand informative of what is going to be for the next time the group gets together. So, I'll not be I want to make sure that I'm well prepared.
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Um, I can bring that to uh Jenny says that she cannot hear us. Oh, that's I just unmuted. Can people hear us now? Yes. Oh, Susan's here. Solved. Yes. Good evening. My name is Ian Degan and I live at 16 Lovers Lane. I am a sixth grade student at Greenfield Middle School. I have known Mrs. Patnau since I was 5 years old. She has been very kind, caring, and welcoming and is always concerned about my well-being. In her current role as superintendent, she is forced on what I am. She is forced on what I need to learn and what my school needs to support that learning. She knows that she knows what is best for all Greenfield students. Please support her vision and work for Greenfield public schools. Thank you. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Sean Degan and I also live at 16 Lovers Lane.
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In our freshman transition program, Chesher's eighth grade eighth graders will be coming to our school after spring break to learn about the high school experience from our peer advocates and link crew leaders. and we sure hope they don't forget to mention one of the best high school experiences. We're thrilled to announce that our junior prom will be on April 26th at Laabella Vista and our senior prom will be held on May 10th at Arya. We hope our upper classmen have a great time. April at CHS wouldn't be complete without outstanding performances from our choir and bands. Our spring coral concert and band concert will be happening during the last week of the month with the band concert on the 29th and the chorus concert on May 1st. So, even though the school year is ending, there are still activities around the school that are just beginning to bloom.
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Thank you. Thank you, Aaron. We'll now have a close session report by our clerk of the board. Thank you. 4.1. No reportable action taken regarding public employee performance evaluation. Superintendent 4.2. to the board of trustees by a vote of 50 approve the settlement agreement in Orange County Superior Court case number 30-2023-01315287- CU-PO-WJC 4.3 The board of trustees unanimously approved the settlement agreement in O a case number 20241200053 resolving all due process issues by providing an indep Independent educational evaluation and other reimbursements. 4.4. No report of action taken regarding negotiations. 4.5. No report of action taken regarding personnel. 4.6. The board of trustees unanimously voted to dismiss employee HR-2024-25-51. And that concludes the close session report. Thank you. I move on to recognitions. uh 6.1 uh CIF uh SS Northern Division Championship Boys Wrestling Champion, Cypress High School. We have We have some people in the audience and we're going to make some presentations.
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All right, moving right along. Item four is uh public comments uh pertaining to close session. So, um Kylie, do we have any cards reference close session? We do. We have seven. Okay, great.
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Um it this culminated in the annual student versus faculty basketball game. Uh this event raised considerable funds for our student council and uh congratulations to the faculty for for winning against the students. Um the Clifton High School robotics team recently won the Mid-Atlantic District Tournament last week. Um this is the second time the team in the last three years has won this program um and become the champions not of just New Jersey but also Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Clipton the Clipton High School um student council was currently collecting nominations for athletes of the season for the fall sports season. Uh winners will be voted on by the student body later this month based on grade level and the winners will receive gift certificates and an interview for their efforts. The spring sports season is currently underway and car petitions are, you know, just beginning to take place.
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Heat. [Music] All right. [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Mr. So here, thank you. Mr. Price is here for the high school jazz [Music] band. So Mr. Price won the coins to uh the coin toss, so he got to go first. So now it's my turn. So we have uh the Fisher Middle School stage man here for you tonight. And the first song we're going to play is called Work Song. And it's a composition by Matt Adly for his brother Cannibal Adley's band. Hope you enjoy it. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. All [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] right, nice job over there. Sounded great. All right, for our next selection, we're going to bring up one of our vocalists, uh, Miss Ayanna Robinson. You have some fans over here.
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Um [Music] Can we get a roll call? Miss Mcronis here. Mr. Carlson here. Miss Raymond present. Mr. Mr. Hazel. Thank you. Can I get a motion to adopt the agenda? I move to adopt the agenda as presented. Second. All those in favor. Motion carries.
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So I want them to also just kind of share a little bit about their school year and then I I am I'm going to honestly keep it to like three minutes. I just want to give a brief update. Yeah, Jenny's going to time it. two already. This doesn't count. This is just the introduction. Uh because I do want to give a quick update on the new diploma. Just kind of talk about where we're at with our planning and and uh what we're thinking moving forward. So, at this time, I'm going to ask all four of our student leaders to come up and uh I'll let them introduce themselves and they'll share a little bit about their experience. How are you doing today? Okay. Hi everybody. I'm Lily Hmel and I'm the granddaughter of Jerry Overman and Rick and Debbie Chapatello. And I'm heavily involved in school and the activities that Crawfordville High School has to offer.
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So I really want to say thank you to the board. I know that came with approval last year. I'm really thankful for your support with prek. So without further ado, I'm ready for some Rush Creek preschoolers. Here comes Bobby. Here comes Bobby. [Applause] They have just a few songs and um skills that they want to share with our families and the the community here tonight. So, we're going to let them do their thing. B C D E F C H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z. Now I know my ABC. Next time, won't you sing with me? [Applause] Itsybitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsybitsy spider went up the water.
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And I thank Anna and hopefully say your name, Kate, for uh letting me sit in for for both of them. Last night went to the finance committee and they find they financially approved the warrant. What struck me was the three zoning by the bylaws that got put in. They voted to defer it to tell me in the the flood plane, the site committee and the uh ADU the Wellins. My question is those three that's going into the war into the war and going to be talking tell me are those from the the 2010 zoning bylaws or more upto-date version. Well, they're all up to date versions because they're in front of they're a warrant for this year. So, but they're all they're all recent things. Well, I guess the the change in date isn't, but that doesn't really affect Well, the flood plane was almost the same as the 2010 bylaw.
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I'm in third I am a third grade student at Fort Corners Elementary School. I have known Mrs. Patnode since I started kindergarten. She always had has a smile and a hug. As our superintendent, she always she knows what the students of Greenfield need. She has a vision for Greenfield public schools and should be a part of designing our future. Please support her in her work. Thank you. [Applause] Hi, Margaret Rancor Greenfield. I'm here as a fourth grade teacher from Four Corners. And I thought I was just going to talk about a real asset we have in our fourth graders. And I was going to talk about my 26 fourth graders that are amazing human beings. They're hardworking. They're resilient. They're compassionate and they had to have a lot to deal with this year. They went from being in a class of 16 to a class of 26 and they're thriving and I'm amazed by them.
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We hope to see you at some of these events, and we hope you have a great night. Any questions? Well, thank you for stealing my thunder, Malachi. But yes, any questions from the board members? Dr. Hagan, I don't have a question. I just want to give a shout out to Lydia for uh her stellar performance in Foot Loose. Oh, yes. As as usual, I thoroughly enjoyed the musical. Thank you. Any other comments or questions from board members? I just want to add too that I I did see Foot Loose and it was wonderful. And I have to comment on the Friday nights that I've had in the past month going out. There's a lot going on. Dr. Solen in Cheshure. They do come here for the night life. Schools, for the nightife, dinner and a movie, a movie, dinner and a spring musical. It was wonderful.
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