schulenburg said we don't lose them we want to continue to offer them and to be honest with you I believe we can do a better job than anyone at this so when you have that you already have some of that information that has come to you do you have have you had the time to share that information with the teachers who will be the the people who has this information or teach the kids when they go home right so you have to have that conversation with the teachers who wants to teach online who has a health issue that needs to we need to consider in order to have those things in place and how does that look that this is so I think we we have June noun Jul I is a new fiscal year and then we're going to go from there to 2 August and teachers need to start this conversation right away they need to start talking about it having their little groups together even if it means contacting the different schools so that they can get pulled it teacher leaders so that they can be part of this conversation and they can have the opportunity in to to be part of the process I understand yes I'm hoping that that's one of the things you're going to think about mr.schellenberg back to you we just had the online all virtual school from March 13th to June how much was the savings how much was the expenditure during this time that they went away what I'm trying to get wrap in my head is if all the kids came to school and they all had lunch or they were all in seat this is what you assume will be your cost to educate those kids in see now they went home how much did it cost you for them to stay home keeping mind that you provide them provided them with technology and the district gave them some of them are hotspots how much did that cost you as a district the actual amount how much did that cost you as a district as opposed to how it would have cost you if they went in see because that's important for me to wrap my head around to see did we spend more money than we should have spent or did we spend less money that we should have spent well that's a very good question at this point I don't have any specific numbers that I could provide to you as we're closing the books however we get to the end of the year and we start analyzing our utility bills and different purchases that we've made regarding the distance learning we can begin to make that comparison just to remind the group though one thing that we did do during the entire closure was continue to pay all of our employees as the governor's executive order and as as our entire budget our employees do make up about 85% of our expenses on the unrestricted side of our budget or combined approximately 77% of our expenses so the vast majority of our budget does go to pay the people but having some specific numbers is something I'll be able to have more specific information in the fall my next question is if the ending fund balance is 7.1 million that you have now as when the school when we come to the end of June that will be what you will have or negative whatever what does that mean in terms of reserve do we still have the three percent reserve well if if I can point you up to the screen there in our in our current year we're actually projecting I'm sorry let me get to the right slide where we're projecting an ending fund balance at the end of this month just about twelve point six million dollars in our current budget here so how much is that for the percent the five percent that exceeds both of the three and the five that's our combined ending fund balance the three percent required as part of our unrestricted and that's based on our entire expenditures so we're we're right about a hundred and seventy two million in expenditures and the current so three percent of that would be required on the unrestricted or five percent of that according to board policy and the 12.5 does exceed both of those numbers and as we work through that budget cycle even in year three when our combined ending fund balance dropped to I believe it was about 5.7 million dollars that exceeds the three percent required by law but does not exceed the five percent required per board policy that's my concern we get to dead near three percent we have experienced it in the 2008 cuts very dangerous okay that's why after at that point with the board what was there to raise T well I'm assuming that the board before I joined the board had made a decision that we have to be no less than five percent at a minimum right five percent no no less than that and the state said three percent the board said five percent and you know they've been floating a bunch of percentiles along the way but if we are going and the state's not giving us all of the funds that we need then we need to really seriously consider going back to what the state said in terms of three percent now and then we just operate based on our three percent until the state can come up with a different kind of funding model because right now we are looking at a funding model based on status quo we're doing things that the state wants us to do without the funding and we they are asking us to do the same thing after the kovat 19 with the same funding model without the funds so at some point somebody is going to say well we cannot we can't operate this way we don't have the funds to do what you're asking us to do so let us come back to the conversation table and have a different kind of conversation to say to whoever needs to know we need to apply a little break here let us do what we can do as it's a district let's make a determination based on what's best for our kids not what the state has thrown at us because when the state sends you 139 million dollars and then they give you boundaries that is a hundred and ninety million dollars worth of boundaries they've practically given you a hundred and $39 million dollars and tied your hands they've given you that they said here's money and everybody knows you have that kind of money but they tied your hands they've given you boundaries you can't do this with this money but you can do this with this money but this money that you want they want you to do it with you don't have the students that can do that you can use for that money so the money just plain sits so at some point we need to say to decision is what we have we need to have a conversation so has any of our older teachers expressed we've had a variety of people that have expressed concern because of compromised immune systems it not just older teachers but people that have other issues but the same concern comes true of one of the models that has been thrown out by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction which has to do with a hybrid model several of our teachers are concerned about how they operate in that setting when they have their own children who would be attending in a part day or two or three days a week and they would still need child care and so that's another consideration and I can talk at the June 11th Board meeting if you'd like during public session and it's superintendent comment about what what our plan is looking like and why it's looking like it is very specifically few years back what happened today okay so we serve is if I'm a job for the rest of the board and your boiler is it is important for us to have a safe factor because we chop it off 3% is nothing to walk me to work with because over there or the last 27 years I observe that issue we do bar we in my first year on the board we do borrow money even though we're talking a 3% because when we borrow money because we're talking about the way we spend money and then we pay for stadium they'll give a money back to us if we gotta have our own small back yeah if we don't we borrow money and cost us more money is spent increase the budget again okay I'm just trying to caution aboard you're down to money big drop you know there 5% Borya where they've got a very dangerous level yeah there's there's no guarantee to say how far it's going to maintain their safety factor there could be a nerve if I dare was all about recession you remember before the court right here okay and it can happen again so those are things that we get so we get my thinking is that that's nothing about oh yeah but we got 5.1 percent we had three percent maybe we can borrow take the 2 percent maybe convert it to money and give it away be very careful what they're thinking well however what we're looking at here is that we have based on the budget information that we just received from mr.
it provides a snapshot of student performance on the new jersey student learning standards for science it has been developed in collaboration with new jersey educators with the new jersey department of education as well as new jersey's contracted science assessment vendors and it is significantly different from the old nj ask new jersey assessment of skills and knowledge because njsls science is more rigorous and it focuses more on the application of standards rather than memorization of content which the previous assessments had been in clifton in the spring of 2019 during this first administration between grades 5 8 and 11 we tested 2 students across the grade levels we up clifton approximates state averages at most levels what are we doing to support our students in attaining these standards so that we can show our performance on this assessment we have increased the rigor and realigned the science curriculum and pacing to more effectively address the overlapping topics in njsls science in the standards we completely redid the course the order of high school science courses now 9th graders typically focus on biology 10th graders on chemistry and 11th graders on physics we have increased very significantly the number of chemistry and physics sections our ap participation is consistent across all three disciplines biology chemistry and physics 19 students scored three or better on ap bio 12 on ap chemistry and 16 on ap physics the highlight um of all of our support for our science learning are the five newly renovated science labs that opened at clifton high school this past fall we're also continuing to support five areas of concentration in our stem academies as well as a con computer science concentration that's in our career academy we are using three-dimensional questioning um for formative and summative assessments we've incorporated defined stem lessons in grades three through twelve these are hands-on lessons where students try and apply and experiment with different ideas in the areas of stem as well as implementing gizmos in k-12 and we've been leveraging the one-to-one chromebook initiative which has been exp which is being expanded um to grades three through twelve frequently asked questions so this is a new assessment and parents around the state have been asking about it so this was the reason we needed the new test was to align better with new jersey's new science standards those standards were adopted in 2014 and were rolled out over 6 between 2016 and 2017 2019 was the first operational new test unfortunately 2020 was postponed due to the current school closures that we're experiencing as a result of that delay um this year when clifton went underwent nj cusack they did not utilize those science scores um nj cusack will measure our science scores in 2021 2022 measuring next year's results because we don't have a 2020 administration does a student have to pass njsla to graduate it is not a graduation requirement why do these scores look different from those of previous state science tests this does reflect new expectations of the new science standards and as mentioned before focuses on application of knowledge as opposed to the old nj ask science test how can schools and districts use this data well we are using this data from the science assessment to evaluate our curriculum and our pacing as well as instruction we use this information um to identify where we have patterns of need where we have areas that we need to focus on and the department of education under their office of standards has a huge repository of information on njsls the science standards as well as njsla science which is the assessment um the department of ed is going to continue to add resources um in 2020 and that is all do you have any questions thank you thank you miss kusalas do any of the commissioners have any questions for ms kusalevich okay thank you once again as you always do a great job thank you very detailed um so at this point we'll move to next order of business which is the committee ms danny excuse me um may interrupt uh we i was i was remiss in and not recognizing um our school district uh edu 2020 educator of the year um so we recognize the governor's teachers of the year from each school and we recognize the educational services professional at each school but we do have um the clifton teacher of the year and it's on the agenda under ea item number two but i'd like to uh to to read it and congratulate um that the board of education recognizes the 2020 educator of the year which honors an outstanding educator in the clifton public schools the selection committee has named cherylie caramucci special education teacher at woodrow wilson middle school mrs caramucci has been selected for this distinction by her colleagues for her dedication to the teaching profession the clifton board of education and superintendent of schools commends her for her dedication to education and strong commitment to the children of clifton so mrs caramucci please forgive me for not mentioning it earlier and congratulations on a uh incredible honor thank you thank you and the board congratulates you okay so the next order of business is board committee reports we'll start with the may 27th policy meeting thank you um policy committee met on may 27th we began at 5 pm attendees were myself board members joe konova frank casper jim smith administration was dr danny roberto janino gucci levis and lou ross we discussed um a policy on it's um it's a code of conduct from new jersey school boards association about remote meetings we discussed uh new jersey school boards association 9322 public and executive sessions it's about a virtual meeting uh so the discussion was held on the 9322 code of conduct and the pesv which is the public in executive sessions it was agreed that the committee members review the proposed code of conduct as well as the proposed bylaw on public and executive sessions which added sections concerning virtual meetings all proposed changes should be sent to committee chair myself by june 1st we uh we will we were concerned about wording i haven't received anything so as far as i know it's it's going fine and it's going to move forward uh mention was made to delete paragraph number 30 13 of the code of conduct and to amend paragraph 12 to include the following proposed as uh similar language all members who participate in executive session will ensure to take all necessary steps to the best of their ability to maintain the confidentiality of executive session and to participate behind closed doors or in a secure and private location as feasible within the confines of their setting without any member non-members of the board being present the discussion was held to amend paragraph three a code of conduct to include the following proposed or similar language we will we will to the best of our ability given unforeseen interruptions under circumstances that can occur when participating from home or other locations in a virtual manner focus on the business of meetings within just without distractions or multiple um tasking a lot of times people can't help it they have uh children walk by or dog spark it's it's just we're home so uh we're gonna try to our best ability to make it um a decent and uh productive meeting it was also discussed to look into incorporating the language of new jersey school boards association bylaw 9322 and the public and executive sessions into our straus ismay policy 155.1 which was attached to everybody's minutes the committee also uh reviewed the following mandate strauss esme policies which are on the um then tonight uh 1581 domestic violence 2 4 2 2 health and physical education 5330 administration of medicine and 8220 school day number three the committee reviewed the following mandated straus as may policies and will bring them to the board for adoption with the following amendments uh number 7243 is supervision of construction the business administrator slash board secretary and or his designees will be inserted into the blank spaces in paragraph one and two both options paragraph at the end of seven three four three will include in proposed policy the business administrator board secretary and his destiny shall be inserted in a the first option paragraph and superintendent shall be inserted into the second optional paragraph b number 8462 reporting of potential missing or abused children discussion was held on acquiring posters and notices in various languages to post in schools throughout the district it was further agreed to recommend that the distance superintendent or his or her designee be inserted into page two as the school district's liaison c two one zero two excuse me two one one zero philosophy of education the committee decided to hold off on moving for adoption of the within policy pending conclusion about district strategic planning meeting um the meeting adjourned at 5 50 and mr ross uh respectfully submitted the um the minutes any questions that's my report thanks madam chair thank you vice president chair next order of business next is the passaic county agenda june 2nd 2020.
hill who will go through several D Awards tonight a couple science Awards some metal awards and then in addition to some math Awards so mr. Hillman your turn earth and energy essentials my Caruso earth and energy essentials honors Rachel tank biology I'm at Hashmi biology honors a DTF shaker ap biology willfox chemistry Lesley lo ha chemistry honors Parker a physics honors been mangled AP Physics 1 Chris s no environmental science Adriana dalla AP environmental science Matangi military anatomy physiology 1 Kate Gibson anatomy physiology - Kate York sir so log1 Emma Betts zoology - jack demo Veterinary Technology Hayley 10sec Bologna DNA science and biotechnology Susan Robin Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute congratulate s' this young man on being awarded the Rensselaer medal founded in 1824 Rensselaer is the oldest technological institution in North America this prestigious award has been awarded since 1916 and is designed to recognize this student's strengths and success in the fields of mathematics and science medalists who apply are admitted to and enroll at Rensselaer are awarded a scholarship worth $30,000 per year for a grand total of $120,000 this year's recipient is Christopher assault for algebra 1 Rebecca Coneybear for algebra 1 essentials Nikolas you jump in turns over algebra to Andrew Vinicius algebra to a Adriana Adela honors algebra to samhitas sure 7 geometry Sophia cinta honors geometry Rama Joshi precalculus Noah Tchaikovsky honors precalculus Ben voters AP Calculus av Zane Kaiser AP Calculus BC Ankara Marylyn acaba ap statistics every way AP Computer Science been mangled recognized as a leader in computer education RIT established the computing metal scholarship to recognize high school juniors who have distinguished themselves academically are active and involved members of their school and community and demonstrate interest and ability in computing students selected to receive this award are eligible for a $28,000 RIT scholarship over four years this year we have two recipients Alex Devore sets and Tom Beach enter the innovation and creativity award program at RIT recognizes high school juniors who have distinguished themselves academically are active and involved members their school and community and demonstrate outstanding achievement and innovation creativity entrepreneurship students selected to receive this award are eligible for a $28,000 RIT scholarship over their four years this year we have two recipients at our syndulla and aza even the Society of Women Engineers is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1954 the purpose of informing the public about the availability of qualified women for engineering positions and to foster a favorable attitude and industry towards Women Engineers yes the vewy would like to recognize two junior students who have been identified for excellence in mathematics and Natural Sciences congratulations to Avery Lang and Yvette's Thank You mr.
GAD and I you know had had some notes to share that both RJ Streeter and Isabel Orosco have represented CHS with grace and integrity I'm so proud of their leadership on behalf of Cheshire high school please convey our gratitude and pride to these fine students we wish RJ all the best as he heads to UConn to enter pre-med a pre-med program and our best to Izzy as she heads to Wellesley College to pursue pursue political science and peace and Conflict Studies she is on a pre-law track you have both made our school and our community so proud and we will miss you and it's like you two conspired knowing the way of the world right now I couldn't think of two more appropriate majors for you to to pursue and there's no doubt in my mind that both of you will make the world a better place as you move on so congratulations to both of you we will be sending you your name plates in the mails and a small token of our appreciation for all the the nights you spent out and all the time you spent gathering information on behalf of your peers in Cheshire high school and so with that I'll turn it back to mr.
Schoenberg we're not gonna get any better every year we are going to go deeper and deeper into no money if I'm getting it right we're not getting any better the you know demands demands far away what we have in our pocket I it just does not add up you know if we keep spending the way we are spending we are not going to be able to maintain so somehow we've gotta either visit programs and ask ourselves is do we need all the programs or we're going to visit our staffing ratio you know we're gonna have to visit all kinds of things in order to be to sustain what we have because if the governor doesn't give you everything that you know we are just assuming that the governor will agree it's a huge assumption he's already put it out there that it would be ten percent cut and it doesn't necessarily mean that we're all gonna get the full ten percent it just says there we've stamp us and cut across the board so we're gonna play around with your concerns correct if we continue faces dance down what finding trend does CSP all of us your school district what unites you get and go for governor can we convince the legislators to give us more money we don't know but we'll fight for it that's very important that we do so yeah but we don't know today he's going to crease it so those are these are the dangers facing us and that's why I support we we meet to make sure it's safe so for June 11th will you be able to have that information and how much we spent on the summers on this what do you call it on the cove it 19 school's out right a district is out so you pretty much know how much you spent on the cove it 19 I could have some some information based on some expenditures we've made specifically related to distance learning in COBIT 19 but I won't be able to compare to any savings that we might have had due to reduced utility usage perhaps while the kids were all at home I could have some partial information next week I know we had some bands out we will have some reduced fuel costs but that we we had other costs that were associated and what what Matt is trying to explain is he has to close the books before he can give a full comparison a year-to-year of the period of time so the closing of the books even though school is out doesn't happen until the end of June period of time and classified I supposed public hearing conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed budget at the Apple Valley Unified School District for the 2020 2021 school year time opened 817 okay are there any questions or comments from the members of the board regarding proposed budget of the Apple Valley Unified School District for the 2020 2021 school year board questions or comments no okay board president says I open the public hearing regarding the proposed budget for the Apple Valley Unified School District for the 2020 2021 school year for public comment [Music] 818 due to the streaming process we will pause for five minutes to allow for public comment those wishing to address the board are invited to email their comment to a the USD board at Davy USD org [Music] a B USD underscore board Abe USD dot-org there was an underscore that was left out so if anybody is trying to make public comment they need to email it to a B USD on her board at Abe USD org [Music] yes we have a public comment thank you board president hearing no further public comment I now close the public hearing regarding the proposed budgets for the Apple Valley Unified School District for the 2020 2021 school year time closed 824 825 it is recommended that the Board of Trustees consider approving a number of agenda items as a consent list consent items are routine in nature and can be enacted in one motion without further discussion this procedure conserves meeting time for a full discussion of significant issues [Music] oh yes public comments anybody now I just appreciate everybody being flexible with dates and times and we probably will need potential board meeting in July before we come back due to some of the things that we may be dealing with for Kovan 19 and reopening and all of that good stuff so we have no board member schedule there's board meeting scheduled in July but we may need one so we'll keep in touch regarding that I'm just fine we and next meeting we're going to start the one o'clock next meeting we will start at one o'clock [Music] having such a good meeting under the circumstances motion forgery
okay so i attached the minutes in the agenda for you to look at for this evening so i virtually attended the passaic county uh school board meeting on june 2nd there was an unanimous vote um for nancy schwartz from pompton lakes as delegate and joseph kenova from clifton as alternate delegate for the njsba board of directors so congratulations again mr canova uh mr jeff fisher congratulated uh ms schwartz mr kenova on being elected as delicate and alternate he updated us on workshop 2020 so unfortunately this year uh we're going to have virtual uh we will be having a virtual workshop uh since the um the building that we were going to be in is uh used as a field hospital and um he also was talking about a loss of revenue because um of the sponsorships which wouldn't be able to make it down there this year uh the good news is there has uh not been a dues increase for the 11th straight year mr sinclair our our past president also reported on workshop 2020 it will be running from october 20th through the 22nd and board members can earn uh academy credits uh by taking it virtually our county superintendent mr carlos rodriguez was in attendance he was talking about tough decisions that had to be made since march 17th when we had to go virtual with our virtual learning services are being provided for our special education students he will be having a conversation with the superintendents from passaic county this friday which is tomorrow uh social emotional learning will be a key point of conversation at this meeting a reopening plan um he hopes will be available by mid-june and um a discussion will also be made on personal protective equipment uh for schools opening next year uh some other topics that were in discussion and questioned about was uh were fair funding uh school budgets uh and busing uh during our current issue mr ray penny talked about the governor's budget meeting uh for the end of august he said that we should have multiple budget plans because things keep on changing on a daily and weekly basis um he would like to make a virtual tribute for our unsung hero students unfortunately we couldn't hold that event this year so he would like to have um a photo sent down to him for that occasion and of course smith cathy hallowad talked about the new nj sba remote code of conduct which can be found on uh the njsba workshop on the s nj sva website are there any questions thank you mr counter thank you i would like to say again i know i said it last week uh last meeting but mr canova again congratulations on being alternate delegate for new jersey school board board of directors thank you the next is the facilities committee minutes may 28 2020.
Hill will be gun to our technology and engineering department we're going to hear from mr. safe or with his awards good evening in the area of technology and engineering education I'd like to present the following awards for architecture and design Ayesha Jenna or robotics engineering Alex Cross for computer aided drafting and design Dada Carlson in electronics a teeth shallow immediate or stem technology a Ethan Raja and for stem technology be also Ethan raka thank you and congratulations Thank You mr. zebra moving on to our health and physical education Awards tonight you're going to hear from mr. castle so let's hear it he has to say congratulations to the following students for earning recognition for excellence in health and physical education 9th grade physical education Ayesha her narrow 9th grade physical education Aston Sylvester for personal fitness and drew LA fit for life Ruby Cafone physical education for the future Madison genovese adventure education Karolina bakov sports and leadership liam Gelfand life time and leisure activities Lauren of her unified physical education Nikolas Santos ninth grade help grace good self an 11th grade health Nicholas Schilling Thank You mr.
Peres Jean thank you Jeff and Isabelle amar ji listen has been a pleasure having you our meetings hearing you I think you represent church in high school very well but I'm very impressed with both of you I just a member of firaon to your accomplishments it's cool where you're heading in a journey in college and young life but you've always been very professional with us it's great to see you know two great students coming our school system and you can do great things in this world and can hold you to that because in this crazy name age we need good people like you that have the right attitude and positivity and clubbing some changes so don't be strangers I hope you'll come check in for most the time and try and keep us honest but good luck with everything if there's any way we're gonna help you you know don't hesitate to ask but congratulations and thank you for your service on the board I thank you so much again the ritual clapping going on any comments or questions on the mr.
facilities since mr presente is not here does this mr j or mr conovo would like to read those minutes yeah i can read it uh facilities committee meeting may 28 2020 board members present jim daley joe canova gary passante dana beltran administration president danny robertozzi michael uchi janina kusalevich al martin marcion and martijn meeting time is 2 p.m to 3 40 p.m items of discussion central office registration room mark gingaro mr jango presented administration's vision for old head start space in central office there are staff concerns when people come to the building because we have a very large influx of families and visitors the presentation included how families currently enter the building and how the plan would be to make the head start entrance as a welcoming center which has ada access the welcoming center should include all offices that families would need such as registration esl guidance etc most of the work can be done in-house except to carpet the floors the committee recommended this to move forward as a summer project and should be completed by september of 2020.
Casas 4d health and physical education Awards now we're going to move on to the world language Awards you're going to hear from mrs. Holly first who then will introduce several several of her world language teachers to announce the award winners in several different categories not just the courses but also we have the national language exams as well as the seal of biliteracy so mrs. Hoffman we are pleased to present these students with the following awards for each of our language classes mrs. Bankston mrs. pepper Rosa mr. Davila mrs. Dan Rather and mrs. Mac will now knows the award recipients sir French one Jake DeFeo for French - Conor Carlson for French - honors Rachel Tang for French 3 Olivia Lexie for French three honors Sophia Chuck for French for owners Christina L phonetic Lawrence finish one come here and I'm Keith first finish - Calvin Smithson for Spanish - I'm Ranma Yoshi for Spanish three Matt your vault for Spanish three honors some you push yourself for its punished for residence investor first finished / JP meheecan Europe or Spanish five Marielle I am Ella for AP Spanish Bert hey congratulations to all of our word recipients up next the seal of biliteracy these are the students who qualify through the seal of my letters so far for the 2019 2020 school year and will receive it upon their completion of their senior English course not only will you ever see the certificate but also a special recognition on their transcript as well as a golden seal on their diploma mrs.
grip oh yeah I just wanted to say it's a really a great reflection on the class of 2020 that they selected to such fantastic individuals to represent them in front of the the Board of Education as you find folks and uh you know your future certainly looks very bright even though the world is kind of in a state of reset right now but the I'm sure the future will be bright for both of you and that you certainly seem to have the the tools to be able to exceed in in the future so congratulations thank you any other board members I can go ahead and then gather hi yeah I just want to reiterate very quickly congratulations to the both of you and it has been a pleasure having you connect us with the high school during these meetings it really for those of us whose children have graduated in quite a few years past it really helps to have that connection to the schools and and done so gracefully as with the two of you can I ask RJ can you repeat the date of the peaceful protest because I think it's very important and I'm I'm thrilled that you chose to make that statement here tonight it's this company 230 great thank you at the high school right yes Bromberg okay thank you supposed to say thank you to the two of you I'm it's not easy to find the time I'm sure in your busy schedules to do this not only that but there's a lot of people who don't feel comfortable speaking in public or going to these meetings so you guys getting out there sitting in front of us dressing the board and being so prepared and doing it so well he's trying to say hats off to you and hopefully I can convince my seventh-grade daughter to do it for the class of 2025 thank you great Thank You Katherine you're next thank you so do you know what everyone else said but well so I just wanted to express my thanks to both of you and congratulations and I hope you have a great year coming up whatever it happens to look like and we will miss you you guys are great so thank you so much you guys um let me just echo what everybody said and congratulations and Godspeed and you're gonna be amazing and my advice to you is hang on to your seats because life is gonna take a take on warp-speed and amazing things will happen so enjoy get lots of smarts and we expect great things from you Thank You Isabelle you know Connor I do have a comment um I guess after hearing all these things I as corny as this may sound I really don't feel like RJ and I would be in the places that we are today and beyond the tracks that we are today without the support and guidance and compassion that we've experienced in our school systems I really like genuinely cannot express how thankful I am to have been a part of touch with public schools it's it's like I really have no words you know I'm just very thankful and I appreciate all the work that you know so many of you put into making our school systems so wonderful and yeah I just you know it's it's it's immeasurable how thankful I am thank you that's awesome Isabella thank you and that I'd be remiss if I didn't say that as you know as much you had the pleasure I hope and working with this board there were many previous boards throughout you where Tresor Tresor school system that helped make a lot of positive things to happen so uh I'm sure if I run into those core members I will let them know their help so years later helped greatly so thank you for your comments thank you excellent we're gonna move on remove on to presentations I believe we have two very important presentations mr.
summer projects school 14 update the two classrooms at school 14 have been abated and the water issue has been resolved the refinishing of the rooms is about two weeks from completion school 15 roof roof at school 15.
burrows will now announce the students who qualified for the seal by literacy Zoey Gardens can't have none this Jessica Marielle you know Joshi it's honest Colin and Katie here you congratulations to those students who qualify for the sealed by literacy up next to the national language contest we would like to recognize the students who participated and earned honors in the national French and Spanish contest while the National Spanish contest results will not be available into the late June or early July we are extremely proud of the students who participated mrs. Yan data and this is math we'll know in those those students names congratulations to Rachel tanks Sophie attempt and Kylie went who received honorable mentions and Alexa banner and Lindsey Baqarah for participation mouths words of Spanish students congratulations choose meheeco Yara I'll show you wearing this Ariana let his mouth and then the Cobell getting impressed [Music] we wish you a very safe and happy summer and just when you thought you heard enough from mrs.
solo thank you very much this is another incredible honor this is like this this meeting is always one of the best of the entire school year when we get to spend more time honoring our students and some select staff so I will continue this and you know RJ Isabel to incredible students and I'm so proud to introduce dr.
awaiting permits the project will be completed by the start of next school year bms school 17 awaiting permits the project will be completed by the start of next school year school 1 and school 5 electrical upgrade the project is completed however we are waiting on public service to hook up the new polls to the building we are working with a contractor and architect to get public service to come in as soon as possible district-wide painting update once summer is cleaning once summer cleaning is completed the maintenance department will begin painting again the plan is to try to keep as much painting in-house to provide overtime for custodians and maintenance employees however we will obtain quotes for some schools for the committee to review in order to get more schools painted before the start of the school year architect professional service fees there was a discussion regarding architectural professional service fees for construction projects potential purchases by year end wooder wilson middle school locker room hvac unit electrician maintenance van there will be a resolution to pass these purchases on the june 4 agenda they are being purchased through cooperative and state contracts using the maintenance reserve budget express heating internal controls the committee is reviewing the recommendations made by kpmg again internal controls are being enhanced by the maintenance department standard operating procedures will be drafted weight room and locker room ventilation at the stadium the issue of ventilation at the stadium weight locker room was brought to administration's attentions attention quotes will be received and it will be fixed as soon as possible thank you mr canova do any of the commissioners have any questions seen in the next one is finance committee june 2nd would anyone like me to read the finance but mr daley he's trying to himself yeah okay so i didn't know just give me a thumbs up mr daily if you want me to do it if you're having an issue we still can't hear anything okay there you go okay um okay all right the um board of education finance committee meeting on june 2nd at 2020 board members president with mr kenobi miss beltran and myself administration president was uh dr robert tosie uh mr yusi miss kusalavich mr tegen and mr thomas uh item the meeting was held from 310 to 435 items of discussion was number one uh state aid discussion uh unexpectedly late on may 23 governor murphy said all districts revise state aid because the state budget is tentatively cutting the additional 336 million to all school districts from the state budget clifton was going to receive 7.8 million in additional state aid which the board would uh port which the board built its budget and that was submitted to the county office revised state aid is only an increase of 2.5 million therefore by state aid is cut by 5.3 million additional prior priority and maintaining all staff and programs at this point in time there'll be no further guidance on how districts will be allowed to resubmit their budget or by what means the administration and the committee had an initial discussion on how to balance how to balance budget renew state aid such as cares grant funding utilizing additional surplus cutting certain aspects of the budget using reserve account funding if available tax levy etc no dish no decisions will or can be made without the guidance from the department of education i'd like to add one thing that we'll have i think we're going to have an executive discussion uh because also in part of this discussion was impact on employee contracts so we'll have to discuss that in executive session thank you mr daley any of the commissioners have any questions uh i do just uh tag on to that um mr daily of commissioners on the legislative committee the ones we do not know yet uh there will be a legislative meeting um with our state legislators on june 9th to discuss strict district funding and before coming hopping on to this meeting i found out um that somebody when we're assembling women timberlake sheep of staff has invited the government relations person from the department of education uh so that we can have somebody directly from the doe to discuss um our concerns with our budget and the costs thank you mr abu drabba uh uh let me also add that everybody can listen to as we also uh one of the cadre of items we discussed is uh getting permission from the department of education to pro rata cut uh all our uh out of district uh school uh budgets in other words charter schools pcti special ed the idea here is if we're taking cut everybody should have a pro rata cut in their apportionment of the money they should get full pay that was the feeling of the committee and i believe the administrative staff too as well thank you seeing there are no comments we'll move to the next item on the agenda public recognition this portion of the meeting is open to the citizens of clifton for the purpose of addressing resolutions on this agenda only prior to the meeting we had citizens um had the ability to write in their responses and at this time mr uc will read into record the responses thank you yes all right so kind of like last time there's a lot of comments so please bear with me and i'm very sorry if i mispronounce your name i'll try my best all right brittany gascion english teacher i'm writing to let you know about my wonderful colleagues at clifton high school on wednesday may 20th and thursday may 21st caps and gowns were distributed to senior students as they prepare for graduation over a dozen teachers volunteered their time over those two days to be sure that the process was safe and went smoothly for all involved the students who came were appreciative of these efforts and it showed ashley latrace school 2 grade 5 and is the cheer leading coach as well she just wanted to share that the 5th graders at school 2 had collaborative google meets with teachers guidance counselors and the principal from woodrow wilson middle school to help students feel good about their upcoming transition to middle school it was a it was very productive and students feel so much better after being introduced to familiar faces they will see next year at woodrow it was also a great opportunity for fifth grade teachers to collaborate with sixth grade teachers and communicate about their students thank you for all you do this is jose rivera teacher at the high school dear clifton community as we face the challenge of ending the 2020 school year away from our students i'm amazed at the dedication of my colleagues and ensuring that our students and fellow staff are nurtured through these difficult and uncertain times i think of the teams of teachers and counselors at the high school who via email or google hangouts diligently collaborate to figure out how much how to get in touch with hard-to-reach fans students and families i think of my co-teacher mrs priestley who has brought many excited smiles to juniors in our classes by mailing birthday cards to those who have been quarantined on their birthdays they often send us messages oozing with appreciation and gratitude exclaiming you made my day i think mr terry who in addition to endeavoring the with the robotics team to manufacturer ppe for those in need has taken students who are struggling to remain motivated under her wing coaching them and pushing them to make a bet to make a better effort to finish the year strong i think of miss anderson who traveled to my home in west orange to deliver a lucky leprechaun package at my door when our little gift exchange game was cut short by the closing of the schools if the district has done some if the dis if this district has done something right is to hire a workforce of educators who care deeply about our students and each other the dedication and commitment our faculty and staff have for the clifton community makes me proud to be part of the mustang family uh jaclyn turk i'm an english teacher key club advisor and parent of a sophomore at clifton high school i would like to thank my daughter's teachers mr lafranco mr anderson mr dixon coach fila mrs khalil miss casione mr o'reilly for going above and beyond and educating my daughter with fun intelligence creativeness wit kindness and compassion after teaching our students please ignore vera deets mrs miscacion and i hosted a virtual q a with award winning author a.s king for all of our sophomore students her her teachers mr stewart mr weiss mr figueroa coach griskin and coach latito even made her birthday video messages for her sweet 16 because it was canceled thank you to the high school guidance counselors mrs springer for thoughtfully sending my daughter information about nyu summer film school opportunities and mr mcconney for putting together the film festival quarantine edition he also made a cameo in her film and guided me in buying the perfect camera for her to pursue her passion in film i would like to thank the 50 teachers who volunteered for the clifton high school reopening committee to make plans for september to keep the chs community safe i serve on i serve on the distance learning some committee with miss abeda mr ashworth miss mr white mr frankel and mrs o'brien thanks to vice principal rogers and principal doctor for continuing to support the key club's service endeavors in tutoring clifton children and making phone calls to clifton senior citizens thank you to dr robertosi and the board of education for their support you provide our schools and community megan anderson teacher at the high school i have so many colleagues who have gone above and beyond to help our students and their families one is jessica ferraro a special ed education teacher at the high school in the early weeks of distance learning the mother of one of her students was diagnosed with covet and was unable to find tylenol the student reached out to miss pharrell and within hours jessica had put together a care package of medication toilet paper clorox swipes and snacks for the family and delivered it to her front porch another is vito friore a history teacher he has been encouraging his students to be active and engaged citizens during distant learning and has had them reflect on the world around them his writing assignments have have helped his students have a voice and critically think about how they can have a positive influence on change andrea o'rourke um esl teacher at school 12 i am a teacher at school 12 and i am ce the clifton educational association's pride and fast fast chair throughout the school year the cea hosts family engagement events at the schools in the in in our district using pride and fast funds from njea although we had to cancel our in-person spring events we are proud to say we were able to relocate fast funds to create virtual advance events for example next week schools 4 12 14 and 15 will be having a kindergarten virtual craft event all sponsored by the clifton education association we are happy to we are happy to be able to bring home i'm sorry we are happy to be able to bring some fun virtually as families our sponsored events throughout the year my name is tony jacobus and i teach first grade at school 16. i am also a resident of clifton as the school year is coming to a close i would like to thank the administrators of our district for showing care and concern for the students and teachers i appreciate the effort made by the administrators to keep us informed and well abreast of changes and challenges that we face during the last few months i would also like to thank the supervisors for their hard work and supporting the teachers by assisting us with curriculum and planning during distant learning you help make our jobs easier i would like to thank all the special subject teachers art music world language and physic physical education teachers for all of their extra efforts and hard work and staying connected to our classes and preparing fun activities for us to do together on our google meets last but not least i would like to thank my awesome students and their hard-working parents for making the best of this unfortunate situation the parents and my students were supportive of me and my efforts and worked tirelessly tirelessly to help their children complete their work for that i am grateful my amazing students showed me that above all we were all above all we were problem solvers when faced with this challenge we did the best that we could and i couldn't be more proud of all of them i for one am proud to be an educator in clifton um jen copic media specialist at cc i am a media specialist at both christopher columbus and school one i want to highlight the way the teachers administrators and board have come together to recognize the needs of our students and to keep them safe while meeting those needs we have a district to be proud of with teachers who have stepped up learned what they needed to do to continue classroom instruction remotely and move to head with their students i am privileged to work with with these teachers and and to be able to support them even when they're working from home from kindergarteners logging on to go on virtual field trips to middle schoolers creating videos to show what they know this new platform has been astonishing to watch thank you for the board for supporting all of us my name is dana yodice i'm a first grade teacher at school 14.
Holly it turns out the time of this recording we had some students who were still finishing some things up in terms of the seal of my literacy so I have some additional names that she will share with you mrs. Holly even though at home proctoring presented to be a bit of a challenge the following students managed to get the sealed by literacy and the following languages just from the nick of time for Chinese and English chinga and son for purchase and English yes she'd I've had done this for Spanish in English David Darvish Abigail Dell I said Jenner Ariana lung Gaston Lesley lo ha Skyler Paris Caitlin Preston Olivia's Fievel Nicole circuit analyst Bend Edward thank you mrs. Holly for that now we'll move on to the remainder of our Book Awards these are usually given away by colleges every year some books which we have there on the way some will be bailed out when they do have them so pleased to welcome mrs.
GAD who will share the stories of two more of our incredible students so pass it off to you doc together good evening everyone and just quickly Isabelle and RJ thank you for all you've done you're very impressive young people and I now have the pleasure of introducing two more very impressive young people the first is an is Andrew Liu he is our valedictorian for Cheshire high school class of 2020 and Andrew is an intelligent determined and ambitious young man who will fulfill expectations of his college program in campus if you should review his transcript you would see incredible dedication and his impressive motivation by the time Andrew graduates he will have completed 16 advanced placement courses and multiple early college experience classes Andrew and clearly enjoys learning he looks for ways to expand his knowledge for example in his first semester senior year he took AP microeconomics online because it was a class we didn't offer a Cheshire high school he's a member of the National Honor Society science Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta and earned awards in math and chemistry he attended the American Legion Boise State Leadership Conference and is currently the Boise State Secretary of State Teachers comment he is a tremendous student to have in class and I quote he's always in a good always smiling always finds the positive in a given situation and always has a quip a would equip ready to go as busy as he is he maintains a strong sense of calm and balance as accomplished as he is Andrew remains genuinely humble although his school performance has been remarkable it's important to share with you as other outstanding characteristics our town and school communities have greatly benefited from andrew's contributions to volunteer work school clubs and athletics he is admired and respected by both the faculty and students of Cheshire high school Andrew is a musician a swimmer and an avid volunteer one of the places and Ravalli Land Park retirement home staff at the rely on ANDed to do much of the work the other volunteers avoid some of the jobs include gathering eggs cleaning the chicken coop and cleaning rooms although Andrew isn't fond of these chores he understands someone has to step up and he does so without complaint andrew does have the opportunity to interact with the residents and play bingo andrew is responsible bright and giving and he has a positive influence on our school and community and he will positively impact the faculty and students and the whole community at Cornell University next year congratulations Andrew you're welcome and now Cindy go she is our salutatorian for the Cheshire high school class of 2020 quote a person of enormous integrity and class an outstanding insightful and enthusiastic leader a student who stands out as an exceptional person these are direct quotes used to describe cyndago and cindy is also known as yaya she is truly a phenomenal young woman besides having an impeccable transcript with 13:8 PS and six le college experience courses Yaya is confident kind humble and light-hearted she has walked the halls of Cheshire high school with a sweet genuine smile on her face and a powerful determination in her heart Yaya has been immersed in numerous activities through her four years at Cheshire high school she was a member of National Honor Society science national honors student government and a peer advocate she has completed over 200 hours of community service throughout her high school career she has won multiple awards over the years for academics CHS leaders scholar the Bausch and Lomb Science Award the Gettysburg Book Award and the Cheshire high school Fred Willits award for chemistry just to name a few she was also nominated for the 2020 US Presidential Scholars award and a lead award of top students across the nation Yaya has been a valuable member of the HSC phonic and marching band where she spent countless hours preparing and participating in highly competitive competitions in 2014 to 2018 Cyndi was also a select student piano competition winner Yaya's activities outside of school are just as impressive as her academic standing and positive personality she is currently an assistant director at Combe on Learning Centre in Cheshire in the past Yaya has been an ambassador to the pediatric unit at Yale New Haven Hospital an assistant coach at the Yale Figure Skating Club and a teaching assistant at Southern Connecticut State University's Chinese school in the fall Cindy will be attending Yale University majoring in the field of stem with aspirations to pursue a degree in medicine the Yale community is incredibly lucky to have Cindy because there is nothing this young woman can't do congratulations Yaya thank you I'm just so proud of all four of our kids who are here tonight your your wonderful students and my goodness we miss you and we'll thank you doctor GAD and you know if I could just add very quickly Andrew and Yaya congratulations on your incredible success this you know beginning of our board meeting this evening is really what we do you know why we do what we do that we try so hard as a community to provide you guys opportunities to be successful but you're really what makes it happen and you are the reason we come to work everyday you the four of you and it's it's really we're so proud of everything that you do and we couldn't be happier for you guys and we wish all of you the very best of luck as you move on in your journey in life and I hope that I can socially distant wave to you at least on June 11th as we go through the reverse parade I look forward to seeing you guys then congratulations guys mr. Barry genie thank you Jeff and Juliana is yeah it's impressive what people accomplished Hill Farm you know I'm seriously for the board we're looking forward to see seeing what you're gonna do in your future right I give you so much credit for the work effort and time and commitment playing not just in the school system of our community and I'm very proud of your accomplishments and I know many are we're looking forward to see what you can do and again I said earlier you always welcome check-in list know how you're dealing with them very very curiously we're going to be in a few years and and and looking forward to the positive impact you're going to make on our community for us so congratulations this is a well-deserved honors and it's very impressive thank you little round applause well I'm not sure the other board members want to comment you're still welcome to otherwise we can move on to the next presentation and we don't have any other comments so Isabel RJ Andrew yeah you're certainly welcome to stay on the meeting you don't have to and we won't take it personally if you if you don't but that you enjoy seeing your faces but we move on to the presentation in court with you drop off thank you so much for everything so this next presentation you know that the first you know couple of presentations are incredibly humbling in the sense that you know to see what these young people have accomplished already in their life makes me feel kind of woefully inadequate but and then we didn't even read off all of the transcripts and that's to save everybody here dignity but well this next presentation does is really inspire me because I have the profound honor of recognizing folks who have already declared their retirement now if you saw last night's Finance Committee meeting you realize that we offered an early retirement incentive package so a number of those folks that kind of came down to the wire who took advantage of the incentive package but the people that are being acknowledged right now already put in their retirement papers and then we'll have another group that we're going to acknowledge at our last board meeting of the year on June 30th so without further ado I have a quick presentation for you recognizing six of this year's treasurer public school retirees if you could mute your in 1996 an ambitious jan-carel knife became a substitute for the Cheshire Public Schools two years later Jane resigned and moved over as a permanent teacher for the Madison Public Schools it was during that time that I first met Jane as we worked together it was then called Brown middle school Jane then rejoined Cheshire Public Schools in August 2006 and for the past 14 years she has served with distinction and honor and died middle school in both my capacities and in reflection from several her colleagues Jane is always steady fair and passionate for all of her students as she works tirelessly to support their needs as a special education teacher her tenure at God has been one filled with laughter tears and hope that the impact she made on all of her students will be lifelong and fulfilling for them to be successful Jane I wish you the best in health and happiness in your years to come you know but bit of a road ahead of you but I know is one that will take that you will take on with the same dedication and drive that you have shown us all here at dot best of luck when you retire years gene and we'll miss you really soon monkian boat has been a speech and language pathologist at Darcy Doolittle and chaplain schools since 1992 she was a dedicated professional who has loved her work especially her work with Chester two youngest children and Darcy school who was most happy providing services in the preschool classroom where she could play alongside her children while at delivering important therapy sue is a team player and collaborated with her team to provide the best possible program for the students her observations and insights and helping her team to understand a child's behavior misbehavior where their developmental levels were invaluable to the team sue served on many committees at Darcy and was always the first to volunteer when help was needed sue took on the rotating high school schedule with grace and professionalism she then adjusted to the Middle School's double rotating schedule in this past year one could see the trust the connection in her relationships that she formed with students and families through the years Sue's kindness her commitment to and compassion for children will be missed by her whole entire Cheshire family we will all wish her the best as she begins her new journey Donna Nadi a true champion for children and their families Donna has been providing exemplary opportunities for families in the birth to three program since 1993 when she returned to Cheshire public schools after being home with her own family Donna who was nominated as Chester Teacher of the Year for the 2017-18 school year is a deeply committed and passionate educator whose work as an early interventionist s been enhanced in an inspiration to us all over the years Donna has impacted the lives of many children and that had and their families in very profound ways she knows infants and toddlers like no one else and advocates fiercely for every child so that he or she can reach his or her greatest potential her ability to empower parents has been remarkable it is a gift the parents will treasure forever as the leader of the birth to three team Donna always led by example thus creating a birth to three team that is an equally committed to the important work they do it is because of Donna that the Cheshire birth to three program has been recognized as statewide as a model program Donna's professional wisdom or experiential insights and the leadership skills will be greatly missed by her Darci family and the early childhood community it is with love and appreciation that we wished on at the best as she opens the new chapter of her next journey in January of 1990 Cheshire Public Schools hired an ambitious social worker and Carolyn Woodbury for the past 30 years MS Woodbury has dedicated her life to the students and families of da middle school and the cheshire community words cannot describe the dedication and compassion that Miss Boyd very used to support countless students in crisis and families in need MS wood Barry's steadfast in her support for everyone who she has known as part of the Dodge van Lee forever the glue that binds us to get that binds our staff together Carolyn has been a shoulder to cry on ears to listen and words of wisdom from all across her path with grace and delicacy and a vibrant sense of humor Carolyn is that figure in our lives who returned to to listen and learn to become better people as a collaborative co-worker and someone who was willing and able to be on the forefront of modern practice Carolyn has mentored many of us on not only how to support students and families but also become better people to say that you will be missed as a dramatic understatement to the Donne family Carolyn we wish you all the best in your retirement years and we look forward to hearing about all of your adventures in Arizona love you Pat Lee affectionately known by all as Miss Pat is a passionate early childhood educator who began her career in 1978 as an elementary art teacher at Norton and Highland in 1980 she became a preschool teacher in the early intervention center at Darcy it is at Darcy that Pat found her true calling as an early intervention teacher she was highly respected by her colleagues and deeply loved by her students and their families Pat's kind gentle and respectful nature coupled with her extraordinary understanding of young children earned her the reputation as a child whisperer it was Pat who could quickly defuse an out-of-control child and gently guided that child into purposeful play Miss Pat is also known throughout the early childhood community as a master of creating flexible environments for children her artistic eye and deep understanding of child development was an essential part of this success Pat will be deeply missed by her Darci family but we wish her all the best as she heads into retirement with her beloved dog Brodie hi I'm Jesse public school superintendent dr.
adopting to remote teaching has been challenging trying to think outside the box and keep students engaged and motivated on mondays my class has a mystery reader come read us a story read a story to us the mystery reader is another teacher at school 14. students meet with me once a week for small guided reading groups and another time for math groups during the school year we had therapy dogs come to our class during language arts we were able to continue this during distant learning thursdays we met with a therapy dog or rabbit and read them stories the kids love that we are able to keep are able to keep some of the classroom routines fridays we have our fun day we have done a variety of fun activities such as live virtual tour to tamerlane sanctuary directed directed drawing with our art teacher exercises with our gym teachers scavenger hunts and a live magic show it's great to be able to interact and see my students through google meets i wanted to share with you an email from my student's grandma you have done such a great job with the video conferences the kids seem to really enjoy them it's not easy keeping all the kids focused and drawn in however you seem to do it seamlessly kudos to you thank you for all you do the kids really love you i always say kids and animals have the best judge of character so you must be so you must be phenomenal enjoy your day it's great to know i am able to reach my students in the classroom and through distance learning miss dawn patton school 16 pe teacher i would like to share school 16's live field day the virtual way yes we were live using our google me students completed ten different events we split the events into two weeks five events per week i created a video to demonstrate the events and we had a virtual practice session with the students some events were the water bottle flip magic dish towel whip it sneaker catch exercise challenge soccer goal kick soccer toss penny tricks cup stacking napkin juggling pancake flip all materials were household items each class was divided into three teams red white and blue students represent their team by wearing their team color on a on their shirt students completed their event and we took the top score from each team to declare first second and third place the classroom teacher in paris assisted in cheering and monitoring the students participating in each event students earned virtual toby tickets toby tickets are part of our pbsis program the pbsis team will pull winners this friday the idea is to get more tickets earned the better chance you have to win adrienne simmons bsi or basic skills teacher at school four on behalf of the school for community we have we we would like to acknowledge the hard work being done with the hard work we are being done from home in the past few months during these unprecedented times we are very proud of our students efforts across the grade levels lessons are being taught on google meets and the majority of classes have had almost a hundred percent attendance we realize school four is part of the big picture of success across the district throughout each phase of district learning and we continue to be impressed every day at what is being achieved carrie prop co pio apparent i would like to keep this short and not take up too much time i am a mother of a current first grader at school five my husband and i are fortunate that we still have our jobs and are able to work from home amidst this pandemic on top of us both having full-time jobs we also need to juggle our daughter's education which is mostly falling on me because of my husband's occupation i understand that this literally just happened and everyone in every industry is coping and had to throw plans together in a blink of an eye my daughter's teacher and assistant teacher are extremely supportive in all their children's educations and have really gone above and beyond to try to make the best out of the situation and make it fun for the kids i have filled out the survey and will send my daughter to school in september if there is a reopening i am a sport but if this remote learning is going to continue in september it needs a different approach i would normally send my daughter to school for the sake of argument 9 a.m to 3 p.m where she has taught her lessons physical education lunch etc all the teachers need all of the teachers need to be teaching on zoom for the for the time that the kids are supported supposed to be in school minus lunch time we are not receiving that currently which i do not understand why i have a co-worker in queens new york and her son who is in second grade grade gets just that the teacher teaches them on all day on zoom and she is able to work i do not know the behind the scenes of the teachers and what they need to do but i do not i do know that i have a full-time job that needs that i need to do other than teaching there is a full force of clifton teachers that are being compensated to do just this the bottom line is i honestly have two full-time jobs right now my real job and my teaching job i'm the parent of one but i am sure that many other parents feel this way please ensure a copy this gets to the superintendent frederick hemsey under the present conditions the virtual senior awards ceremony was a success great job by tom maleggi laurie marcion the head coaches and all the senior athletes mia seller euro grade four school 9.
Griffin to talk about the next few Book Awards good evening this is Susan Griffin and I want you to know that I am extremely pleased to be here this evening to present a few of the awards first I would like to present the bay pact University presidential book award bay paths university educates the entire person giving her the courage and confidence to be her best self to help her get to where she has to go and to take on more in her life should this student enroll at bay path University her merit scholarship will be up to seventy six thousand dollars over four years in recognition of her community service and academic achievement this year's recipient is Tanya secured congratulations the next award is the harvard prize book award the recipient of the harvard book award is a junior who displays excellence in scholarship and high character combined with achievement and other fields it is with great pleasure that Harvard provides the Shia's Book Award to a student who possesses these characteristics in everywhere congratulations to Christopher Aslam Smith College book award honors a student who exemplifies the academic achievement leadership qualities and concern for others that two eyes the thousands of women who have graduated from Smith this year's recipient is receiving a copy of a woman's education by Jill perv conrick congratulations to Emily Capel Wesley College is presenting a book award honoring a young woman who has been a top scholar in high school as well as a talented performer in extra curricular areas this recipient has been chosen for her intelligence determination motivation and achievement Wellesley history is rich with women who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom and in their personal achievements this year's recipient is Arianna Lance BAM congratulations the st.
Jeff Solon and I'm very proud to recognize our last retiree and that is Darcy Early Learning Center principal miss and honoree and graduated with her bachelor's degree from the University New Hampshire before earning a master's degree from Southern Connecticut State University and ultimately a certification and administration from Sacred Heart University for many years prior to coming to the treasurer public schools and was a successful elementary kindergarten and pre-k teacher in New Haven and she certainly brought everything she learned to the children of Cheshire when she was appointed our sweet thirsty principal back in 2012 so for the last eight years and has dedicated herself to serving students in our community and has done a masterful job from supporting our district transition to full day K the incredible work she's done with smart start bringing early childhood education to so many more kids in our community the Nayak accreditation which I know to an chagrin she wasn't able to finalize because of copán 19 but did an incredible amount of work to prepare us and become one of the marquee early childhood preparation centers in Connecticut those things being said and those things are important we're working around circle of security is what will probably define her incredible efforts to support attachment through kids and parents and help healthy relationships for students is something that I will most remember her for and then finally you know her work around responsive classroom was an important part of what we do across the Cheshire public schools and and served as a leader in that respect I want to congratulate you Anna in your retirement I want to also thank you for your many years of service to the Cheshire Public Schools and for you being a tireless advocate for early childhood education congratulations to Anne and all of our retirees so between our group of teachers they're a hundred and twenty-eight years of service to the Cheshire public schools so the average teacher in that group having 28 plus years of service so I think that's really a testament to them and their compassion for our community as well as the school system itself and the other teachers and administrators and parents that they've worked with to be in such a place that they don't want to leave because the God knows they would have had opportunities if they so chose but everybody sticks around so congratulations again to Jane Guralnik sue Montaigne vote Donna naughty a former Teacher of the Year is an mentioned Carolyn Woodbury patli at 42 years and of course principal and honoree congratulations to all our retirees that were honoring here tonight Thank You Gemma I it could be me you know I certainly made my calculations mistakes before but I calculate 150 years in the list yeah be you I think could you include it into binary I just I just went with the teacher she is an administrator you know that she came a little bit late and I don't want to devalue her service by any stretch but you know 142 years amongst the those teachers is really amazing and we also obviously thank Ann for her incredible service to it and you know our point is just a significant amount of experience and the heart medication that is Lee in our school system and it's it's a I'm very thankful for their work and support over the years and you know whatever retirement please enjoy deserve it so thank you for your service I lost my agenda we fought the next we have audience yes I had one email come in now from Jamie Ferguson 105 copper beach drives suggesting that we encourage everyone to reconsider that on the board the intent of the social media use policy 93 27.1 a that was proposed last year well that amount of detail may be more appropriate for guideline a guideline and regulation and a policy and some may considered too restrictive it certainly could have prevented the very unfortunate error in judgment that was circulated on social media last week everyone makes mistakes we've all said things we wish we could retract I'm sure the Chairman would choose different differently today than he did last week but it's created a question of confidence for the entire board and school district the Chairman has served this town for a long time I'm certain his intent is to do the best for the community as he always has however at this time it may be appropriate to rescind the role the chair and serve the body and community in another capacity I regret you're all in this position the colleague and friend but I have confidence you will reach an appropriate decision for the community stay well Jamie that's all the chorus plan or the other audience comment at this point thank you Jeff up next we have our consent calendar there's two i'm the consent calendar one is the approval of 2020 2021 tuition rates and the other is approval of 2021 for education meeting schedule Jeanette for Vincent you won't walk us through the tuition rates the tuition rates are established really using a formula provided to us by the state and they are really only used when we have somebody who's attending our school system who doesn't live in our town and we tell them you know we're gonna have to charge you tuition actually the last time that we charged elementary tuition I think was 2012 and the last time we charged high school was 2010 so it's not something we use really at all we are required to establish it now this is different than the tuition that's charged for Smart Start preschool or early childhood programs that's set the Smart Start is set on a sliding skeets excuse me sliding scale from the state so this is really just for like I said this situation where we would have somebody attending who actually shouldn't be rocked by residency we set this annually well it's there are there questions on that portion of the consent calendar by the board members Tim please go ahead Thanks thanks Tony yeah Jeff just across the state what's a general situation which the common situation would even come up well certainly the situation that I just outlined some school systems will you know except non-resident students on a tuition basis as a matter of fact Madison just early precoded put out advertisements suggesting people could attend at the tuition rate so it's that is super rare I am NOT I've not heard of that before the former is the more frequent application of the tuition okay thank you any other board members or questions on this part of consent calendar thank you we do have a minutes of last forming in our packet I'm not sure if anyone has any changes or those meeting minutes don't appear to be there is a motion to accept the consent calendar is someone want to make a motion or is it sure okay I move that the Cheshire Board of Education approved the consent calendar as presented Thank You Kara is there a second second Andrew seconds the motion is the cheshire for education accrues the consent calendar as presented all those in favor please raise your hands it is unanimous thank you up next is leave item 5 which are we moving the principal appointment to item the first line item 5 yeah yeah yes well we're sorry I guess I followed by plane tabs over with a bunch of documents and all okay and have no scented stain just don't be wondering what I'm doing I'm just trying to get my bearing here so we actually have a very planning appointment tonight dr.