Um and so that was very very surprising. um our museum tours, our restaurant waiters and waitresses, everybody was speaking uh English. So um I was sitting at a table and with uh principles at this table about eight different countries and um we were talking about um all kinds of things and I asked them you know what are your movies like and they said what do you mean? I go, you know, what what are they like? And um someone from London uh quoted, well, your movies are our movies. And then there was someone from Uganda who said, "And you sound like the movies." So, um I just thought that was really neat. And what I found was um you know everything that we're doing over here, social media, how we dress, phrases, politics, um how we look at economy, um the whole world is watching. So much closer than what I ever knew.
And item number five is to accept the resignation of a staff member. Any questions? Can we do a motion in a second? Um, can I have a motion and a second to approve items XA through XH? Motion. Second. Motion. Give me a second.
And so they have goals for special education. It's a lot. Go up to Excuse me. Um the SAP what is SAP that's the schools integrated action. Okay. And then basically these are the goals for that the schools have set right. Yes. Um okay I I want to come back to this later. Okay. This this screen. Jen also make a comment about those. Um it used to be that the state said um oh you just you need to set goals as high as possible as high as possible. Finally somebody realized that um you kind of defeat the purpose if you set goals that are unrealistic and and so they really they really encouraged us to do more like smart goals. So is it is it something that's attainable? So you want to you want to stretch but you don't need to have you know you don't want to go from 15% in something and say our goal is 70%.
Any opposed? Perfect. All right. We need to appoint a treasur. Any nominations for treasurer? Who's our current treasure? Mark Jansen. I would recommend Mark Jansen. Right. I nominate Mark Jansen for instruction. Any other nominations? All right. Nominations closed. All in favor of Mark Jansen. I.
Um and uh one one of the principles uh said this. It said the number one export of the United States is your culture. And so I never knew that. Um, but it definitely told me that what we're doing in our schools today with with our kids in the United States is is more important than I ever knew. And so I'm proud to be an educator. Um, they also are unified around democracy. Everybody there is focused on democracy and they talk about America as the model. and one of the speakers at the uh Nobel Prize summit uh this is a quote from him if democracy fails in the USA it's gone throughout the whole world just never thought of it like that right I thought USA we do us they do them that is not um the the u the reality at all so um the next thing I I brought back is just the Swedish uh school system and I thought I would share how that's made up.
Um, any questions? All right. Roll call. Um, Mr. Golden, uh, abstaining on E and yes for the rest. Okay. Um, Mrs. Allen, yes. Mr. Phillips, yes. Mrs. Helma, yes. Miss Juliano, yes. Mr. Oriente, yes. And Mr. Davis, yes. All right. All right. On to business and finance. Can I have a motion, a second to approve items Xia through XIG? And I'll go through them. Motion. Second. All right. Um items A through D are the financial report for the month of uh March 2025. Um no line item has been overextended. There are sufficient funds available to meet the obligations for the remainder of the year. The treasur's report and the secretar's report are in agreement for the month of March 2025. There are no changes in anticipated revenue amounts or sources. Um E is to approve the um payment of the bills which our committee went over this evening and got their double signatures on.
Because that's pretty unrealistic. So um uh you know while these are not necessarily goal the percentages might not exactly be where we want them to be eventually um they're realistic in terms of okay with a stretch can we make these goals? Okay thanks Jim. So this is the same thing for y English language. Now when the schools rate themselves, they don't rate themselves like once for math, ones for ELA, once for science. It's an overall rating. So you'll see the numbers are the same on all of the spreadsheets. Two schools for science. No numbers. No, I didn't. That's my laziness. Maybe I didn't put the numbers in. You're just busyiness. Yeah. And then Fox week is the only one that has the CSI is comprehensive support and improvement and that's for special and this is the sped goals right? Yes. What are FAW students? So those are students who are here.
Any opposed? Perfect. All right. Congratulations all. We're more of the same. Thank it's a real honor to serve this board. It's a it's a very humbling. So, thank you all for the opportunity. I appreciate it. All right. We will go now into our regular board meeting. We have to journ and we're gonna call that to order. We have to adjourn that. Oh, I'm sorry. We need to I'm out of practice already. So, all right. Would any may like to make a motion to ajourn from our reorganizational schoolboard meeting. I'll make a motion. Thank you, Kelly. Second. Second. All in favor? Perfect. All right. Now, we'll start our new our regular school board meeting. It is 7:10 p.m. for the close and the start. We'll call the meeting to order. Make sure no one has snuck out. Roll call, please. Dorian Friedrich, yes. Adam Humpkin, here.
Um, so they pretty much have three main levels. Um, there's a a nursery school, uh, which is ages one through five. They said about 90% of their, uh, population attends nursery school between ages of one and five. Um, it's optional. Um, but it is subsidized by the government. And again they have that emphasis on social play um early learning uh in in language and etc. Their compulsory school or what we would know as as mandatory attendance is um grades one through nine. And so that starts at grade six is kind of like their kindergarten. Uh I'm sorry at age six. Uh grade one is kind of like their kindergarten. Uh they focus on that transition uh before for kind of their formal schooling between ages uh seven and 16. Um the first year that they get grades is their sixth grade year, which is pretty much our seventh grade year.
F is to approve the March 2025 uh source for teachers listing with the pay rates and bill rates listed accordingly and that list was uploaded to the portal. Uh G is to approve the cafeteria dispersements for the month of March in the amount of $25,4964. H is to approve the care dispersements for the month of March 2025 in the amount of $10,15.7. I is to approve professional development for some of our staff members. Jay is to approve um a contract for the 24 2425 25 it is for this year which okay because he was on our evaluation. Perfect. Thank you. Um for Huitt Psychiatric this is for neurossychiatric and neuro development evaluation. So this is for current year. Um K is to approve to extend the agreement between uh ESS which is source for teachers and the Burland Township School District for 2526. Those rates are going to be reflected the same as what is here that we're approving.
So they measure like last year and then their growth to the next year. So students have been here for a full year. Okay. Or two. Like you get points if they're here for two or three. Um, unfortunately because our schools um only have two testing grades at each school, we don't get all the points that you could get because you can get up to three if they're there with you for three years. So, I know none of our schools have students that test for three years unless maybe they're retained, which is a very small number. Thank you. No, go back to the There we go. So, from all of that information, uh we met um Dr. Stewart, myself, Amanda Aean, um Kate Hall, and then Sheree, who was our homeless liaison, all that to go over what the schools did and create a a district plan.
Andrea Cory, yes. Kelly Moyer, here. Greg Meyer, here. Lisa Schumanker, here. Tyson, sir, here. Perfect. Everybody stand. We'll recite the pledge of allegiance, please. I pledge allegiance 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. All right, welcome again our visitors and we do have a time for public comments for regular session. Anybody like to make a comment? All right, perfect. If you would state your name, please. Sure. I am Sarah Clark. Um, I am a parent of a second grader and a fourth grader here at Park View. I am once again asking the board to reconsider its decision to remove the American Library Association Bill of Rights from district policy. The American Library Association or ALA is a respected national organization that has promoted the value of libraries and library education for nearly 150 years since its founding in 1876.
Um they do get uh A to F grades. Um and they also the big difference there is they um learn kind of the basic education uh things in grades uh one through eight grade uh nine they use their grades and their national test to apply for high school. And so they apply to a high school that that they want to go to. So if they want to have a trade uh there might be a a high school that's focused on u you whatever um you know engineering for example or there might be a high school focused in the in the medical area. Um there might be high schools that are just focused on research and so they are competing to get into high school. And so what that does is it makes their middle school years just really important not not just to the adults but to the students themselves because if they don't get into high school um with their grades and their portfolios and stuff um they don't they don't get in high school.
We're not making any changes at this point to them. M is to sorry, L is to approve um the agreement for professional services between Burlington County Special Services School District and Berlin Township School District for the 2526 school year. We approve this every year. This is a bunch of different related services just in the event that we do need them such as, you know, bringing in another member of the child site team if someone's on leave or bringing in different people to do evaluations and things of that nature. So, we don't always use it, but in the event that we need it, we have it approved. M is to approve the software license agreement with Systems 3000 for the 2526 school year. Systems 3000 is our budgeting and uh personnel software. N is to approve the tuition agreement with Pineh Hill School District for the 2526 school year.
So, this is for math. Um what our goals are for math. So, so these aren't just title one goals. These are for the whole school, right? This is for our district. So, this is our district. Okie dokie. They call it an LE, which is like local integrated action plan district. LEA is local information agency. So, that's just the L. So, we've separated K2 because they don't test on the state assessment. And so, um what our new we do have a new assessment program we're going to use next year. So, based on that, um we would like 70% to be proficient or or higher. Um in K2, if we can get our K2 students there, then the rest, you know, it'll be easier for the teachers and helper grades to get them where they need to be. um taking an average of what the schools had for their AASA or their state assessment um from last year.
For those pursuing a career in library science, ALA accreditation is the gold standard for a master's degree. I was encouraged to see the role of district librarian listed on the potential vacancies in tonight's agenda. However, several certified librarians I've spoken with have expressed concern without the protections and the professional standards provided by the ALA Bill of Rights, it will be more difficult to recruit and to retain qualified librarians in our district. At the last meeting, there seemed to be confusion about what the ALA Bill of Rights actually is. It was first adopted in 1939, well before the 2023 Illinois law that now references it. The Bill of Rights states that libraries should offer materials that reflect all points of view of current and historical issues and should not remove materials due to partisan or doctrinal disapproval. Resources should be made available to serve the interest and enlightenment of the entire community and should not be excluded based on the background or views of its creators and libraries have a responsibility to challenge uh censorship and protect free expression and access to ideas.
They just go to work and so there's a lot of onus on uh the kids you know getting into the school that they want after middle school. Um their high school is called gymnasium and again I just kind of explained that. Um and then they do have universities and colleges uh for 19 plus. Um the school schedules was the third thing that I really picked up and this is a big one. Um and and something I'd be interested in seeing, you know, what would this look like within uh America and Senator O's uh culture and expectations. Um but basically uh kids will have a main class and then they'll have a break and then they'll have a main class and then they'll have a break. Um and so uh they usually take a a morning uh they call it fica break and so it's usually 15 to 30 minutes it's outside um regardless of weather.
Uh these numbers are reflected in our budget and and they match up and both of our supporting documents that have been sent to the county office are in alignment with those numbers. O is to approve the following resolution. This is for um a resolution with the New Jersey school insurance group. Every year I guess all the money they collect, they always have some type of safety grant which gives money back to the districts that are that participate in New Jersey school insurance group. Um this year we're receiving uh 24.56. We're going to use it to get some um some of our security equipment upgraded within. It's not a whole lot of money, but it's a little something. It could buy a camera or go towards server or things of that nature. Um so, we need to have a formal resolution so I can upload that and get that submitted.
So, spring of last year to spring of um 2026 um looking at that 20 what 21% growth and then also a special education goal and then um for our homeless students as well. And so then after doing that and looking at what the schools had for their action steps, you can see our five action steps on the side. A lot of them are similar for math and ELA and a couple for science. We're still looking at unpacking the standards and making sure teachers know what is expected of students. Uh we did mostly concentrated on ELA and math this year, although we got better as we went. So, we need to go back and review those that we did at the beginning of the year um to add the things in that we learned later to add into our um unwrapping. We will be spending less time though.