Ball around Kylie Marino this time scoops the ball up. She gets the ball over to Caroline Lease. Kasich around the 12 meter. She does a dodge. Nothing there. She gets the ball over to Mckne. Ke looking for a cutter. She does a dodge. quickly gets it into Ken Marino. Marino over to Calib back to Marino. Marino turns around, takes a shot just outside. M Whitler there to quickly get the ball back into play. M Whitler behind the net with Addie Jordan. Mack goes up. Fools one, two. Matt Whitler gets her second goal of the game. Spartans up three nothing. 10 minutes to go in the uh first quarter. Eastman goal scored by McKenna Whitworth. circle. Balls up. Nice one-handed grab by Kylie Mar or Kenna Marino. Scorching up the field. Quickly gets the ball to Addy Jordan. Mattie Jordan turns around, blasts the ball by the goalie.
That one is ripped out to left and the left field is going to play a hop. Another RBI for Greg K. Score is now 8 nothing. And the manager will come out to get Curl out of the game. [Applause] [Music] Now the bat is Dari and Blapel can't find it. The runner's going to third and the runner will be safe at third. The runner from first stays. New pitcher for Ean Meadow, Gavin Shamurro coming in relief. Darby walked in, came out to score his in this inning. Look at that strike one. With the one-1 late on that fast ball. Strike two. [Music] The one two foul tip back amongst the fence. One, two, again. Foul tipped again. Back. Spartans trying to find a way to get out of this inning. Shur again with the one two fast ball in there. Strike three. Smart gets three outs, but not before Monument scores eight in the second inning.
So we're very looking forward to seeing how much money we make through that. Thank you. Any questions for All right, you're winding down. Congratulations. Thank you, Melissa. Have a great night. All right. Uh, now it's time for public comment. Mr. Korea, you're up. Hi, Andy Korea, Brookfield resident. I have several points regarding tonight's agenda. First, concerning item seven, approval of board minutes. I urge you not to approve the May 7th meeting minutes as currently presented. They failed to accurately represent a serious FOIA violation on May on May 7th after a motion to discuss ethics complaint C2404 concerning the respondent in executive session. Uh the publicly noticed agenda items regarding that same ethics complaint were not addressed in the public session by the meeting's presiding officer who was the respondent in the complaint. The failure to conduct business on a duly noticed item denied the public and boards of the me members of the board their rights and constitutes a clear violation of FOIA law.
Some of the PAR educators were charged to the 53,000 accounts which are are purchase services. um which I I had always thought was odd because they're are W2 employees. They should be in the salary line. Um so we uh we undertook that. We had to go into each and every single location and find every par educator that was charged and or encumbered to a 53,000 line uh and then made the journal entry to move them. So we uh we did do that and we'll discuss that a little bit in the future. But um as we um as we move along and notice that that people are either incorrectly coded or incorrectly charged, we are moving them. But we do have a vast majority of them done um after we've moved all of them in and out of alliance, the titles and now uh the big move with the par educators being moved to the salary line.
the school ethics act um to achieve that the school ethics act listed some basic uh minimum ethical standards that board members must abide by or school officials at all times. Uh they also the act also has a list of disciplinary options that is available to the uh school ethics commission to make sure that board members are abiding uh by their um their these ethical standards. And really the code of ethics and the school ethics act really does help define and identify things that you know some of the roles of a board member and I think that's helpful. There are two different levels of provisions provided by the act. The code of ethics and the mandatory training requirement only apply to school board members or charter school trustees. The list of prohibited acts and the disclosure statements uh apply to all school officials and that includes some levels of administrators um as well as charter school trustees and board members and also um us at NJSBA have to uh abide by the list of prohibited acts and um provide our disclosure statements every year.
And then do you have two volunteers? We have what? Do you have two volunteers? Yes, you have plenty of help here. All right. Um, ladies and gentlemen, uh, I just want to say how proud I am of our students. Um, the real world design challenge is a program where students need to create a packet where they use software to create, in this case, drones to examine wildfires. They need to purchase all the proper equipment so that it functions effectively. They need to create a business plan. Uh they need to um look over the problem from an academic standpoint, how best to serve their communities if they are in a situation where there were wildfires. Uh we did have a team qualify to go to international competition this year. Their packet was 80 pages long of physics calculations, preparations, business plans, and it just takes so many dozens of hours to do that.
Our validictorian has earned the highest weighted GPA in the class of 2025. This honor reflects an extraordinary level of academic achievement and personal discipline. Whether in the classroom, in extracurricular pursuits, or through service to the school community, this student has consistently set the bar high and exceeded expectations. Please join me in congratulation congratulating our validictorian Mirela Karacino [Applause] I'm a little nervous, guys. It's okay. First off, I would like to thank the teachers and staff of all the schools. Without your continued support and encouragement, a lot of us would not be up here today. I also want to thank my mom and dad for teaching me the skills that have helped me succeed and for always backing me up and cheering me on when I need it most. Lastly, I would like to thank Crimson for putting up with me for more than three years now.
It's it's um but it's kind of a daunting one, too, to put to try to put a whole year into words um and summarize how we feel about you graduates. So, it's a challenge and um you know, it's kind of tricky, too, because every year I feel like I have to change what I said last year or I just say the same thing. Um so, this last week I kind of persisted and I sat down at my Chromebook and I tried to come up with some ideas and three words popped into my head. Challenge, change, and persistence. And so, uh, you know, if you guys think about it, we started this year with some changes to our schedule, and that was going to challenge you. That was going to challenge maybe your graduation plans. It was going to, uh, make it where you were going to have to persist, and maybe some of you were going to have to take extra classes, test outs.
Thank you for making healthy choices. Ariana Hamilton and Ty Miller, please vote. And at this time, GPG would also like to announce the new role models for the 2526 poster series. Earlier this year, juniors applied to be featured on our new on the new poster. Our committee reviewed all the applications and today we are pleased to announce this year's winners representing Greenber High School for next school year. Congratulations Ethan Smith and G. Now, we will turn our focus entirely on recognizing today's class of 2025. We will be recognizing several students today, and many awards will have more than one recipient. We ask that you please hold your applause until all recipients for the award have been called. This time we will now begin with the award of certifications. The following students have earned the carpenter level one certification from central Midwest carpenters. They are Murice Beaver, Jacob Boss, William Device, Olivia Rice, Reed Hunger, Trevor Kilmore, Garrett Kramer, Ian Leer, and Owen Wheatley.
Everyone dressed up. It was really cute. We have a had a red carpet. I'm not sure if we're going to have that this year. Um, but that will be the last week before we end for the school year. With all of these award ceremonies, it is my goal and this and the teachers goal to make sure that we recognize every student at some point throughout the school year to celebrate their growth and accomplishments. We continue to recognize students and staff on the morning announcements um with my fifth grade team that is up there every day helping us. We celebrate student and staff birthdays, academic accomplishments, random acts of kindness, and this year we began um celebrating our staff on Wednesdays with our WOW winners. These staff members are nominated for someone witnessing outstanding work. So they when their name is called, they come to the office, we have this big little fancy wheel and they get to win a prize.
There like three or four of them online. Right. The full committee right now is 27. We've had someone from We had the We had a ZBA me ZBA member drop off and we're and at this point we probably won't get a new ZBA member. And then we had um Moala from DEI drop off, right? But we're not adding back to it because our work is almost done. So I I would say Mark, if you want to if you want to have a conversation with either me or me and Brandy separately, we can do that. Um, I'm I'm staying up I'm gonna say for about a couple seconds and say that Asian senior group in this town, you have more of a more of a concern than trees. All I can say to that, Mark, is I think you just heard part of the conversation. We had actually discussed some of the senior housing on Thursday night.
That took a whole five seconds as the Spartans now up four nothing. Good work by the Spartans. Eastman goal scored by Ali Jordan. Put the ball in the back of the net. Looks like they're trying to get that uh 10 goals get running clock. Spartans looking very good connecting on all the passes and everything like that. So hopefully they keep that up. Marino back on the draw to restart that all get up over everybody's head. Awam temporarily comes up with it. Kenna Marino knocks the ball out of the stick. Comes up with it. Cooking down the field. Kenna gets knocked down. She'll get herself and 12 meter attempt just outside the 8 m mark gets the ball over to Mckne. Mckne to Lucas over to Calibies. Calib flicks it in to Angelina Trilio and Angelina Trilio gets up on the board. Five quick passes by the Spartans and with Angelina Trillio putting the ball by Angelina [Music] Trulio with the [Music] assist.
It is eight nothing going bottom two. Boys start chipping away now. [Applause] Now you're here in the bottom of the second inning. Spartans facing an eight nothing deficit as Derek Hellberg gets up to the dish. Looks the ball one. [Applause] Spartans need a big inning here. try and come back. That one is tipped in the air past the second base for a base hit. That was like a half swing, but it found the baseball found its way over the second baseman's head for a base hit. That's how you get a runner on. Now to bat, Gavin Shmur. Pitcher thrown over as Hellberg reaches back safely. First off, fast ball in there. Stuck one. This kid crushes baseball. Slider in there on the inside corner. Strike two. [Music] So going to miss strike three. First out of the inning for Monument. [Applause] First offering is in the dirt.
The minutes need to be revised to reflect this. Um a board officer recently responded via email unilaterally on behalf of the BOE and categorically decided that the ethics issue will not be discussed.
Mike, I just want to clarify um that some some of these folks are being moved out of the general fund into grant funds and some being moved out of grant funds and into the general fund. Is that right? And and in addition, some people in the grants fund are staying in the grants fund, but they're being moved to either a different grant or or a different line um and same in general fund. Some of them are staying inside general fund, but they're um either moving their location was incorrect or perhaps um someone that we noticed was a school counselor, they were coded as a teacher. Um so some of them are are even interformed as well. Okay. Thank you. I've got a question before I do. Michelle, welcome. Um, normally on the committees we would have non-committee members ask questions later, but since very few here, just raise your hand and just incorporate it as as a subject.
the the school ethics act appoint or provided for a commission to um enforce the act. That commission is comprised of nine members appointed by the governor, two three-year terms. So, of those nine members, two are school board members, five are non-school officials, and two are school administrators. Uh again, they're appointed by the governor and as you see in the slide, there are a few vacant seats. Um I you know, I'm not we're not quite sure what method the governor uses, but um it is his decision. So the the financial disclosure statements that all school officials must provide, uh there's two levels. A new school official has to do it within 30 days of being sworn in or them starting their position. thereafter you have until April 30th of every year to provide your uh disclosure statements. It also the school ethics act also identified um mandatory training that is required of school school board members.
They do it over the course of a year. Uh, and this is our fifth year doing that. So, we've had three international qualifiers, two first places, three second places, a series of third places, and I'm just very proud of our students. And so we have uh awards for them and plaques that we wanted to present them with today. The medals named on the back. Okay. Uh so Jen Palawachi. Thank you so much. Why don't you stand over? Why don't you stand over here? All right, Tayang Kim. Good job. Uh, next up we have Kevin Espinosa. Thank you very much. Let's see. Brooke Leaky. [Applause] Well, thank you so much, Yousef Shamoon. Good job. Thank you so much. Great, Sahilar. All right. And the captain of the team, Caitlyn Belings. Thank you. And this is our international qualifying team. in front so we get a good picture of you guys right here.
And Chloe, Lola, Kate, and Franny for making high school such a memorable and fun experience. For as long as my classmates and I have attended school here, this stage has hosted some of our proudest moments. More than a decade ago, some of us stood in the these same spots, grinning ear to ear with pride at prek graduation. Four years ago, many of us sat here six feet apart. And although we wore masks, we still smiled, mostly out of relief from leaving behind the difficulty of our eighth grade year. Now, it's as easy to smile as it is to cry. It is surreal to know that tonight will be the last time we cross the stage. Every year we've had we've had the comfort of knowing that things will be the same when we come back in months. Same gopher holes in the football field, same sketchy fire alarm, and the same post lunch speedwalks to class at 12:34.
Um, and you know what's really impressive is you guys rose to the challenge. You persisted. A lot of you kept coming to MCAT every day. You did test outs. Maybe you took extra classes on MDL. But I think what we're most impressed by is how you guys rose to the challenge. You you overcame the change in your life and you persisted to reach this point in graduation. And in truth, we shouldn't be surprised because when I think about it, you you may have found your way to MCAT or MDL or MCAT plus because of some kind of challenge or change. And so we shouldn't be surprised that you're sitting here today because you've met the challenge and change all along to get here. I think that's one of the things we love most about being the staff at MCAT is we get to see the best changes in you students.
Heat. Heat. [Music] The following students have earned a gas park certification. They are Jacob Fox Grayson Marian Pennington and Shepard and Heat. Heat. The following student earned a shield mill certification. Fire. [Music] The following students have earned both the gas metal arc and the shield metal arc certifications. They are gold, Olivia Price, Reed Hunter, Garrett Kramer, Enria, and Owen Wheatley. Heat. Heat. The following seniors have earned their CNA. Kaylee Welsh, Savannah Danport, Alexis Turner, Brad Henry, Carmen Gray, Le Heat. Heat. [Music] These seniors have earned their ser certification. New manager Abigail, Jenny Smith, Lilian, and Elliot Ravers. Heat. Heat. [Music] Um, I'm proud to announce our 2425 Child Development Associates credentials recipient, Ava Austin, Camille Degan, Brooklyn Jones, Lillian Jones, Ella Forbes, Brooklyn Nugget, Robert Arguez, Natalie Rogers, Captain Sherry, Taylor. At the end of seven semesters, these students have achieved a 3.8 A or above GPA and scored an 1180 or above on the SAT and are eligible for the President's Education Awards for outstanding academic excellence.