His sense of fairness and legal scholarship was recognized statewide. He never met a stranger. They could walk with royalty as easily as he could. Thomas, I am pleased to announce this year's recipient has been Elena Weather in the amount of $1,999. [Applause] [Music] Good morning. I'm Renee Springer along here with Mrs. Mangles. We are here today representing the board of the Greensburg Community Schools Education Foundation. The education foundation's mission is to pro provide resources to supplement and enrich educational opportunities that prepare students to be effective, successful, and responsible citizens. In 2017, 2 years after the foundation's inception, the first scholarship of $1,000 was awarded. Today, less than 10 years later, we are able to award eight scholarships totaling $27,000. The first academic scholarship in the amount of $5,000 goes to Savannah Danfort. The next academic scholarship in the amount of $5,000 goes to Tam. No.
Jennifer and Wallace McCormack have donated $50 to the baseball program. And a donor that wishes to be anonymous has donated $100 to the baseball program. for high school girls track. Mary Marquez has donated $25 and Edison Student Activity Fund Costco Workplace Giving Campaign has donated $93.50. I just want to thank all of those organizations and individuals that have made donations to our school corporation. At this time, Mr. President, I would recommend that you approve the consent agenda as presented this evening. We've heard the recommendation. We have a motion. I'll make a motion. I'll second the motion.
So, you got a good team. So, and just know that you have our support, too. And I like how symmetrical the table looks right now. Yeah. Yeah. Very full. Good. Okay. Well, thank you both. Congratulations to you both. And uh I think we're we have a great team moving forward. We do. And I and I was remiss earlier in uh not thanking the board for, you know, your support for this. Um it's uh like I said, we made it budget neutral. And I think the way we've kind of shifted things around is really going to allow us to um do and the way I've been I've been very careful about phrasing it, not necessarily do more, but do what we have in a more timely manner and I think put a little bit more attention into each thing as well. Attent attention and intention, I should say.
Getting flowers today. I turn around. There you go. All right, we're back for second quarter action. The Spartans up 9-1. Looking for two more goals for that that running clock so they don't have to be uh cold today. Kylie's on a draw. Kylie Marino on the draw. I think that's her first one of the career. No, she did it against Shumsford. Yep. Awam gets the ball. Number Spalding with the ball. Kicks it over to Creville. Creel behind the net. They get the ball all the way up on top to Javanni. Creel to Constantini. A one behind it. That gets flicked away. Mack and somebody else will be fighting for it. Mack Whitworth gets bodied off of it. Gets called and quickly gets the ball up and scoots way down the field. It's a threeon two. Mack goes by one. turns around looks. Yeah, she was looking to get the ball over to Lucy Parsons.
Nice half inning there for the Spartans, but the score still remains 19-0. No, we are there in the bottom of the fourth. Chicken Mau rips one out to left. Foul. M was up in the last half inning, but Sean Croll got picked off at third base. [Music] Go one. M tips it back for foul. We also have a new pitcher from Monument. Gus Love leads the game and Jack Basilian comes in relief. Foul Jake. Oh, too. Oh, yeah. Stay alive. Y2. One more time. Mau hips up the middle for base hit. First runner on for the Spartans. Derek Hellberg single his first time up. Looks at a ball. Come on Dale. Ball outside. It gets away from the catcher. M will go to second. [Music] Hey, fast ball low. Here we go. Ball three. Actually, that'll be ball four. Hellberg will take his first first base.
in the auditorium. Um, with it being the end of the year, Wiskanir um, and CLS have a lot of field trips and field days and other celebrations along with adjudications and end of year assessments going on. Uh, everybody's working quite hard on that and still going, uh, full throttle as it were. Um, I want to turn it over to Dr. Mann for a second. I left off AP testing. She give a little update on how that's going and also the PLC day that we have scheduled for this Friday where there is an early dismissal for students and our teachers stay. Anna? Yep. So, um, just to fill in what Melissa, we weren't sure if Melissa was going to mention it or not, but as part of, you know, the national um, AP testing window, AP testing concluded last Friday. Um, so it was, you know, for the last two weeks, many of our students, um, participated in AP testing, um, including, and I don't know if people heard, but there was a little bit of a hiccup with the AP psychology across the East Coast, um, where the College Board Blue Book went down right at 12:08 and the test opened at 12:00 p.m.
And before um Andrew did the entry, it was indeed a negative $200,000. And I uh I'm sorry, $200,000. And I want to explain where that comes from and why that's um not so concerning to me. Um and we're going to see another addendum um later on uh on the ARPA funds and what the plans were for the 7.5, which then turned to 7.7 um in ARPA. But um so the the first line um salaries you'll see there salaries are over $1.26 million um and in addition there's also another big number down here enrollment impact is a negative 1.8. So, we had uh as part of the $7.5 million ARPA, we had um plans to spend um money those ARPA funds uh to resto restore positions. uh those positions. Um Cara and I said that we were going to until we really had our hands around um the the ARPA funds.
Once you are sworn in, you represent every student in Bound Brook. One of the the fun one of the four functions of a board is policym and that's what this tenant talks about that you will focus your attention on policym that and that's that's that's the level where you are not the day-to-day operations of the district but actual policym board makes the policy the administration sets the regulations and sets how those policies will be implemented and this one we like to use a lot that you will um carry out your responsibility to not to administer the district but with your fellow board members see that they are well-run. you hire your superintendent as the educational professional with the the expertise and the training to run the district. And so you um need to let your superintendent not not that it's a problem here, but but you know um you need to let the superintendent run the district and then you can hold the superintendent accountable through um the evaluation process.
This year specifically, you led your department through navigating curricular shifts stemming from revisions to both NJSLS and our district's curriculum. And you know that was a little tough on you. Your knowledge and expertise has been invaluable to those new to the profession or new to our ELA department because you do need our department. Even on your days off, even on her days off, she calls to support the substitutes through following through with her lesson plans. So that's dedication on her days off. Your students and colleagues are lucky to have you and we are all better for it. This recognition is so welld deserved. Before I congratulate her, I had the honor of having her as a student. What year did you graduate? I don't want to put you on the spot. 2003. 2003. She was very quiet in 2003 as a student. She's not quiet anymore.
Congratulations. We can't wait to see the incredible things you do. And I want to remind you that wherever you go, let them know you're Red Raiders. Thank you. We will now begin the presentation of diplomas. Diplomas will be presented by Mr. Hopkins and the names of our graduates will be read by Mr. Via Senor, senior class sponsor. [Applause] Kabir [Applause] Aeno, Kayen Andreas, Aligeria [Applause] [Music] Eisner Daniel Alvarez, [Applause] Kiana Arono [Applause] Kaylin Alexander [Applause] [Music] Arenas Lola Mia Renee P Maralia [Applause] [Music] Calon, Mirela Camilleino. Chloe Rihanna, Emilio Gustavo. [Applause] [Music] Jai Ruen Rosario. [Music] Har Ali [Applause] Garcia, Melissa Ariana Gonzalez, Aal [Applause] [Music] Derek [Applause] [Music] Himenez near [Music] [Applause] Leon Princy Leonard. [Applause] [Music] Silence. Isaiah night. [Applause] Ashley Ni Mendes Martinez, Jacob Onipro, [Applause] [Music] Molina Heredia Martinez. [Music] Kate Rose. [Applause] [Music] Miss Hya, [Applause] Brian, Olivas, Munos, [Applause] Manuel, Nidia, Ves, Kubari.
And I'd like to thank Miss Green for giving me the opportunity to give this speech. I wish all of us luck and hope no one trips walking tonight. Our next speaker is Savannah Kelly. [Applause] [Music] Great. My voice is horrible. Excuse my voice for tonight, but as we stand here today, we can't help but think back to the journey that brought us to this moment. There were late nights, early mornings, and days we questioned if we would make it. We balanced classes, projects, work, friendship, relationships, and somehow managed to make it all work. We seen each other at our best, celebrated our tougher times, but and we lifted each other in the rougher moments. Gradu graduation is an ending, but it's also a beginning. We are stepping into a world that will challenge us in new ways and ask us to adapt, learn, ask us to adapt, learn, and grow.
The next scholarship for the academic the next academic scholarship in the amount of $5,000 goes to Elena Weber. [Music] The next award is the technical vocational scholarship in the amount of $3,500 and it goes to Cody Casease. The next scholarship is the Virginia Garvey Female Athlete Scholarship for $1,500 and it goes to Tiffany Graham. The next award is from is the class of 1968 scholarship for $5,000. And the award goes to Daniel Fissy. Our next scholarship is the Roberta Mock scholarship for $1,000 and this year it goes to Sailor Scripture. Yes. And the final scholarship we have is the Jean Hoffman scholarship for $1,000 and it goes to Ella Kors. Thank you. [Music] Good morning. My name is Brad Green and this is my sister Jamie MZ. We are here today representing our mother voice and our dad here this morning. First of all, we'd like to congratulate all of you in the class of 2025 as well.
Is there any discussion? Discussion. Uh I'll just pause for a moment. I I do want to thank everyone that donated. It's uh awesome to see those donations come through for our programs and we really appreciate that community support. Um with that, we'll go ahead and call a vote. Uh Mr. Bips. I. Mr. Baska I and I vote I. Moving to the next page or if you've taken copies of the agenda that out on the table, you would just go to the back page. We'll move on to personnel items. Item number one, recommend to the board this evening that they approve Linda Scartosy's request for an unpaid leave of absence that ended on May the 9th, 2025. Heard the recommendation. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion. I'll second the motion.
And so, yeah, I'm I'm thrilled to I'm trying to be very reserved, but um I will say that their energy has certainly reinvigorated me. They have not skipped a beat. Great. Good to great things moving forward. Okay, moving on in our uh agenda. Um, Susan, do we have someone here for the from Eversource? Yes, you have Jacqueline Duffy. Jaclyn Duffy. Okay. If I can get a motion to reopen the hearing, please. So moved. Second. All those in favor? I. We are now reopening the public hearing for um this project. Uh was it Julian Duffy? Thank you. Hi, Jacqueline. How are you? Good. How are you? I'm filling in for Chris Cosby tonight. It's her anniversary, so I gave her a little break. Um I Eversource would like to install approximately 65 ft of conduit and one new pad transformer 28872. This is to provide electric service for the solar for six Grover Road.
Gets the ball to Wow. Shifty Mana Calibri once again. I don't know how she gets those shots off. She does a little LA Lakers skyhook over her head. Goes five hole on the goalie to put the Spartans up 10 to one. [Music] a goal scored by Calib Spartans with four 10. Yeah, it's 10. Spartans with four scorers in the first quarter. Lucas at two, Trullia with one. Whitward and Jordan both had hat-ticks in the first quarter. Spartans now up 10 to one. 1110 left in the first quarter. Good decision. Nice kick by Kylie Marino to flick the ball just a little bit too hard. She saves the ball from going out of bounds. Awan players there to pick it up. She throws the ball over to Good work by Angelina Trull sprint down 20 yards. Pick up that loose ball and three Spartan girls knock Javanni around.
Gavin Shimmer now pops it up. Foul. Fast ball high. Trying to pick him off at first. Back in safely. Schmur hits on the ground to short. Flesco throws it over to second for the first out. Thrown over to first and it gets by the first baseman out of play and the Spartans score their first run of the game. Here we go. [Music] Hey. Number one hits out to center and centerfielder has it for the second [Music] out. Come on. There we go. Number eight swings and misses. Strike one. [Music] Oh, it is inside for ball. Christian. [Music] 2-1. And that one's fouled back. Two strikes. Pitch's off. And the slider gets him. Actually, not get him. I'll probably cause a high. out. And it's still going to miss. Strike three. Three outs for the Spartans, but they do get one run. Is 19 to one.
So, some of our kids were not able to take the test, so they will be making it up during one of the makeup sessions, free to free of charge. Um but it was kind of frustrating for everybody who was involved across the country. Um and this in addition to our students wrapping up, you know, getting ready for not only concluding their AP testing, but also getting ready for their final exams at the high school, um our entire uh certified faculty will have and our par educators will have their final PLC day this Friday. So early dismissal for students, teachers um and par educators stay uh through the regular rest but rest rest of the regular day to conclude their final professional learning time where they'll be working on the teachers will be working on their professional learning plans preparing for end of year um conferences if they haven't already had them.
We were going to leave them in general fund to the extent that we can absorb the expense here um and then move them over um as we need them. And the thought process there was we have two years to spend um that $7.7 million. So strategically whe whether we use it now or whether we use it next year um it's it's still the same amount. So we have uh the ARPA salaries which were for the um media center which were the the librarians um as well as coaches um staff in DHS um west and uh additional staff at DHS. So there there are salary uh salaries in here that we when the budget was done would have been spent uh against that 7.7. So um although we are negative um 1.26 million that that number is essentially sitting in our uh in our grants fund in in the ARPA amount the ARP amount as as we as it stands right now that 7.7 has not been touched.
Uh and and that's really um where that goes. Um, this one is you only have authority. You recognize that authority rests with the full board and that you know part of the open public meetings act. You have authority when you're sitting at a noticed meeting with a quorum present and that's the only way a board member can take action. You can't take action. You have no authority to take any action individually away from the board table and that includes the president. the president have any addition they have additional duties but they they don't have any additional authorities um than the rest of the board and sometimes that's a hard one um and I know when I was on my town council I had authority to go in and talk to the police chief and expect that they talk to me which after being on the board just seemed wrong because like what do I know about being a police chief um like what do I know about being a a superintendent I don't have the training I don't have the knowledge worthy experience.
Thank you. couple years ago also last one. I still have a picture from her prom and she wrote things nice things about me, you know, kind things on the back, but the one thing she did write was that she was going to haunt me. And I have to tell you, I've been principal for eight years at school number six. And every single day, she haunts me. I'm grateful for it. School six teacher of the year. Our next teacher of the year is Miss Mrs. Allison Palmary and her teacher is Mr. Rakfus, her teacher, her principal. So, it's probably killing Allison to be up here right now because if there is a teacher in the middle school that doesn't like the spotlight, doesn't want the spotlight, it's the person who's now currently in the spotlight. Um, we are extremely lucky to have Allison in the middle school.