So, a lot of things are going well. We've got a lot of great teachers. We've got people that are doing things that are we're we're changing the culture just a little bit at a time in a positive way. And so, um, we we appreciate your support. Again, you got questions, make sure you ask, call us. Um, you know, we be squeezing pretty much everything out of uh the the people that we can and the students. So, uh, other than that, we are done, I think. >> Appreciate it. Over to you, Robert. >> Thank you. That leaves us to board comments. Start with Mr. Wilson tonight. >> No comments. M. Shimmer. >> Nope. >> Mr. >> Just thank you. >> Mr. Bner? >> Nothing tonight. >> Mr. Bending, please. >> Nothing tonight. >> Mr. Adams? >> Nope. >> You got to get used to talking, so you might as well start.
No time. I'm just going to watch. Well, just echoing we went through a lot of stuff here tonight and I appreciate the board hanging with it, getting through it, making positive impacts for what we need to do. That's what we're here to do. Um, welcome Mr. Myers back. Appreciate that. Um, look forward to great things everywhere. So, appreciate what the teachers are doing, staff's doing, Catherine's people, administrators. I'm hearing good things. So appreciate everybody. So we just got to get to graduation day and it's getting closer every day. So with that, I'll entertain a motion to objure. So moved. Second. Second. >> All those in favor signify by say. >> I. >> Okay. Who's a lore mum?
Oh, we're live. All right, we're live. I'm going to call the meeting to order. Um, at 7:01, you can get up and uh do the pledge of allegiance, please. >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right, roll call. U Miss Toma here, Miss Allen >> here, >> Mr. Phillips >> here, >> Miss R >> here, Missante >> here. >> I have a motion and a second to approve the action meeting minutes from the January 22nd, 2026 meeting. >> Motion. >> Second. >> All those in favor. >> All right. Uh Mr. Lake presentation. >> I'm up. >> All right. Welcome everyone. Thanks for coming this evening. This is uh this is the the best part of our month here getting to give out our student of the month awards.
So, that's how you zoom in and out. And and it's automatically focused. Okay. Wait, what number am I? Is that down there too? Okay. Yeah. Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the February 26th uh quarterly awards meeting of the Clifton Board of Education. Can I call the meeting to order and all please rise and salute the flag, which is over here behind the Stephanie.
Um, it's really cool to see kids getting involved in in their their civic obligations. So, uh, thank you to the, uh, buildings for coordinating that with Cook County and, uh, I'll keep that, uh, to my comments tonight. >> Is that something new or is that something we've been doing? >> That is actually very new this year. So, um, yeah. So, new new this year. Okay, great. All right. Do we have any amendments to the agenda? >> Uh, we do not. >> Okay. Next, we have our school board student representatives. >> We're down one tonight, but we have two. >> Good evening. Andrew students and staff continue to celebrate our many accomplishments throughout the month of February. Our T-Bolt family continued to cherish our motto. With every spark, we leave our mark in all aspects of student life. Celebrating the diversity of our building, the Project Diversity Club held their annual showcase this month.
[snorts] call the meeting to order. We'll start with the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Want to welcome everyone to the school board meeting this evening. Remind you that we are um live streaming tonight's meeting. We'll start with a motion to accept consent agenda items. >> I have a motion by Kirk. Do I have a second? A second by Cheryl.
We're out here in a residential neighborhood and I'm going to clean out this fire hydrant. And I encourage everybody at home to take care of that hydrant that's immediately outside their house as long as you can do it safely. If it's a street that's really a lot of traffic, you want to be careful. But I'm going to clean this hydrant out here and show you. It's pretty easy. We just need to be able to get around it in case we have to hook up some fire hoses to it. Basically, we want to be able to get all around it and down to the ground level. So, I'm going to continue cleaning around. So, that's about it. As long as you can get around it, find the steamer connection. Yeah. the best you can around it. We can hook up our fire hoses and this will probably save someone's life and their property.
two one. >> Good evening everyone and welcome to the Ashlin Planning Board meeting of Thursday, February 26th. Just a reminder to everyone that we are um uh recording and broadcasting. Um, I will be calling the meeting to order at what did you say? >> 7 7:18. >> 7:18. Thank you. Um, and the first item on our agenda is a joint meeting uh between the planning board and the select board who is here with us today. We do have several members online uh and on the planning board too. We have one member online. Um, do you need to open your meeting please? So at 7:20 I open the uh select board meeting, joint meeting with the planning board on February 26th. >> All right. So then the first thing on our agenda um is the housing production plan and um uh Jasmine, I'll let you introduce whoever needs to be introduced and however that's supposed to get started.
And these awards are given out to our students for being um kind, hardworking, generous students day in and day out at both JFK and DD. So, here's how this is going to work. We're going to start with our JFK students. When I call your name, you're going to come up and get your certificate and then stand next to me real awkwardly the entire time while I talk about you. >> And then you're going to stay up here while I talk about everybody else. Okay? And then we're going to take a picture. Sound good? Okay. All right. We'll start with our prek students. Our uh preschool student of the month is Lincoln Belly. Uh they nominated Lincoln for student of the month for many reasons. He shows kindness to everyone around him, is a wonderful helper to his classmates and his teachers, is caring and considerate, loves to learn and work hard in all things that he does, and he is an excellent student.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Moment of silence. Thank you, everyone, and welcome. Roll call, please, Mr. Shawn. Mr. Brezenoff is here. Mr. Williams is here. Mrs. Harrison is here. Mr. Riker is here. Mrs. Giancola is here. Mrs. Swan Here. Vice President Santiago is here. President Petrozzino Vice President Here. Vice President Santiago, would you please do the mission statement? Sure, President Petrozzino. Thank you. The mission of the Clifton School District in an open and reciprocal community partnership is to provide all students with a quality education to develop the skills necessary to become literate, lifelong learners who are responsible and productive citizens contributing to a democratic society in a never-changing world. The open public meeting statement. The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon.
Through fashion shows and dances, regions from across the world united their song following months of practices. Overall, the several evening shows brought high energy to packed audiences and successfully displayed the beauty in appreciating cultures from around the world. Continuing the spirit of dancing, on February 21st, the Andrew Student Council hosted their annual Just Dance. Following the theme Alice in Wonderland, StuCo members prepared decorations, spirit week fun, and ideas for months following the dance date. Students enjoyed an exciting night in Wonderland when dancing with friends throughout the night. Regarding the prestigious achievements of T-Bolts, this month, the VJHS competed at the IHSA state level. After two days of matches, our BJA chess team placed home 46th place out of 128 teams. Deem Dino Haleem, a four-time state finalist in wrestling, also placed sixth at state. Ellie Leood, a member of our speech team, made it into state finals this year.
Any discussion? All those in favor? 6. Um, next we'll move down um for community non-aggenda items. I believe we have someone present who um has signed up to speak during public participation. So I'm just going to review the guidelines for public participation. So this is our current policy. [clears throat] The school board recognizes the value of public comment in educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on corporation matters. This meeting is a meeting of the school board in public for the purpose of conducting the school corporation's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There will be time for public participation as indicated by the agenda. The board provides public comment at the beginning of the meeting for items that are not on the agenda. For items on the agenda, the border may make the board may make um take um comment during the meeting as the board considers items.
>> Thank you. We have Jen Goldson from JM JM Goldson online. She's going to be presenting the housing production plan draft to us this evening. >> Um, how are you, Jen? >> I'm good. I'm doing great. Nice to see you all. >> You as well. And I believe you also have at least Flavio with your team as well. >> Flavio is also with us. Yes. >> Excellent. >> Hi, Flavia. Thank you both so much for joining us. So, I think >> so. I do have a a SC uh a presentation. I'm going to share my screen. Is that all right? >> Absolutely. Yes, please. Yeah, that's great. I think we might need the volume turned up just a little bit. >> Okay. How does that how does that look to everyone? >> Yeah, I think it looks bigger by >> All right. Good. I just want you all to know that when I have this screen share up, I actually can't see you right now.
So congratulations to Lincoln. Our kindergarten student of the month is Jude Warrington. Jude shows excellent character. He comes to school ready to learn, treats others with kindness, and shows respect to both friends and adults. He keeps trying even when something is hard and makes thoughtful choices throughout the day. His positive attitude and caring behavior truly stand out. So, congratulations to Jude. Our first grade student of the month is Nora Coyle. Congratulations. Uh I am excited to nominate Nora Coyle as student of the month. She comes to school each day with a positive attitude and ready to learn and try new things. Nora works hard in the classroom, listens carefully, and always gives her best effort. She is very deserving of this recognition because of her kind heart and the respect that she shows to classmates and teachers. Nora is a wonderful friend, includes others, and is always willing to help when someone needs it.
In accordance with the provisions of this act, the Clifton Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be publicized by having the date, time, and place thereof posted at the City Clerk's Office, Clifton Public Library, Administration Building, Senior Citizen Nutrition Center, on cable TV, in the local press, on the district's website, and mailed to presidents of parent-teacher organizations. This meeting will be tape-recorded in accordance with policy 016A. Thank you, Vice President Santiago. We're going to continue with our awards tonight. I have the pleasure of reading something very special. So, just bear with me first. I I'm I'm hoping to get through this without getting upset. Tonight, we honor Lucy Danny, who was first elected to the Clifton Board of Education in 2011, May of 2011. That's 15 years ago. Lucy, I, and Danny, we call ourselves the OG, the originals. Lucy and I ran five elections together.
connecting school learning to post-secary opportunities. This month, several VGA students took a field trip to Chicago to attend the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute's annual conference. Students were able to meet with recruiters to explore future careers, network with mentors from across the state, and develop leadership skills to utilize in their education. Finally, regarding Andrew's prestigious music program, our winter percussion has had a fantastic start to their season. Last weekend, the team took home a first place finish at the WGI Chicago Percussion Regionals. The group cannot wait to continue showcasing their talents and upcoming performances, including their largest competition, the WGI Percussion World Championships coming up in April. Overall, Andrew has had an exciting February and is looking forward to showcasing more talents in future spring sports and activities. Thank you. >> Thank you.
The board president will direct when public comment is appropriate. The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules. Public participation shall be permitted as indicated on the order of business provided. However, public participation may be prohibited at any time that must be conducted remotely or virtually due to a disaster emergency declared by federal, state, or local officials unless the board has elected to allow oral public comment. At such board meetings as above, attendees shall register their intention to participate in the public portion of the meeting upon arrival at the meeting. Participants shall be recognized by the presiding officer and shall be requested um to preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address, group affiliation if and when appropriate.
So, if there's any questions or anything um or any issues, just interrupt me um because I just don't have my eyes on you right now. >> We're just going to make sure we have the volume up loud enough for you. >> Pull the microphone closer. >> I can also look for my volume to make sure it's up enough. >> Um is that any better? Yes, that's great. >> Yeah, I think that was the issue on my end. Sorry about that. >> Okay, perfect. So, um so happy to be here. I'm Jen Goldson. I think I've met everyone um everyone on both boards. Uh but if you but if I haven't, um I'm Jen Goldson. I'm a uh the founder and managing director of JM Goldson. We were very um very pleased uh to work with Ashlin for a couple of years to do the comprehensive plan that was just recently adopted.
I am very fortunate to have her in our class. Congratulations, Nora. You truly deserve to be student of the month. Our second grade student of the month is Olivia Montichello. Olivia is always helpful to her classmates around her. She is happy to help, even if it means giving up her free time. She is kind and respectful and is quick to show kindness and acceptance to others. Olivia always comes to school with the attitude that she will do her best and challenge herself so that she can be the best that she can be. So, congratulations to Olivia. Our third grade student of the month is Gabrielle Cruz Mendes. Gabrielle comes to school every day with a smile on his face and a positive attitude for learning. He's such a kind and thoughtful student and is always willing to help the teachers or other students when he can.
Over those years, our relationship grew into something deeper than just colleagues. We weren't always in agreement. Like sisters, some days were great, some days were bad, some days we agreed, some days we disagreed. But through it all, there was always respect, honesty, and love. Lucy is many things. She's a mother, she's a grandmother, a daughter, a partner to John, a teacher, an educator, a Board of Education member, and a community member. And for 15 years, she gave her time, her heart, and her voice to the Clifton Board of Education with no pay and no benefits for 15 years, because she believed in doing what was right for the children of Clifton. During her time on the board, we set strong policy together, made hard decisions, and moved this district forward in ways we once thought was impossible. Lucy led during one of the most difficult times in education's history.