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Whereas the celebration of Arab Heritage Month fosters inclusivity, diversity, and understanding among students, educators, and community members. Whereas, it is essential to promote cultural awareness and understanding to combat stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Clifton Public Schools Board of Education hereby proclaims the month of April as Arab Heritage Month in Clifton Public Schools. Be it further resolved that Clifton Public Schools shall incorporate educational activities, programs, and events highlighting the history, culture, contributions, and achievements of Arab Americans during Arab Heritage Month. Be it further resolved that Clifton Public Schools encourages educators to integrate lessons and materials about Arab American heritage into their curriculum throughout the school year. Be it further resolved that the Clifton Public Board of Education encourages the observance of Arab Heritage Month through various activities such as cultural performances, guest speakers, art exhibits, film screenings, and community discussions.
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>> Anyways, their food service rep that they work with. Um, you might know, Amy, but >> no, like through the state, they have a state rep they talk to and you know, as far as their state because they do state reporting as well and so what does their reports look like and things like that. So, >> um, but the but we've also considered that piece into it because again, if you're we're trying to streamline to your point, Dre, and so we didn't want to have one point of sales system over here in the cafeteria and another SIS over here and like hope they talk well, right? You know, and like, well, I put money in my kids's account. Well, it doesn't show up in this system and you know, whatever. Right. So, um, so we're looking at that. The other I I guess the other piece would be, um, speaking of streamline and I hate to go back here, but, um, like right now we we have eund, which is where you can go in and put money in your kids's lunch accounts or if you, you know, if you broke a Chromebook or your kid's laptop and you needed to go pay that or whatever, um, Harmony has that piece built in and so that again streamlines that.
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What what they told us is exactly what it's going to be. So we just have to be prepared. Not just Ashclan, but every municipality in in Massachusetts needs to be prepared. Um so uh I think what is different about this fiscal crisis than any of the ones I have uh participate I shouldn't say participated in or you know um been subject to um you know working in local government over the years. What's different about this one is I am hearing many of the communities, many different communities say the same thing. And um I I feel like there is definitely momentum being generated um at the MMA um with the release of their a couple of their reports and a lot of work that they have done. Um, and I think just also the general frustration um that communities are are are facing. There are so many boards in Massachusetts that are that are having the same discussions as as you are as a as a board and so many communities having the same discussions.
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He also scored. First pitch. Runner goes. Passalacqua will throw, and a stolen base for Aiden Kramer. Holliston has run the bases uh fairly well this afternoon. They call him Hank. Henry Leake. He shows bunt. He lays it down. That's a good one. Runner will get to third. Schreiber will throw to first and retire Henry Leake. But Kramer is 90 ft away with only one away. Here comes Gavin Sam. And he has had quite the afternoon. He's three for three. An RBI, a run scored. Doubled earlier. Chance to bring home another run here. First pitch. That's a swing and a foul tip. Pustolock will will go and get that. Nothing and one here to Sam. Oh, that one was a wild out of the hand. Kramer will score. Some added insurance for Holliston. It's 7-5. One looked like it slipped out of the hand there. Well, the bases are empty now with a 1-1 count to Sam.
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Coach Church is exactly the kind of leader students need right now. She is knowledgeable, committed, and most importantly, a role model these young women look up to every single day. The program is more than just wins and losses. It is where students build confidence, discipline, and a sense of belonging. Coach Church helped create that. She is not just part of this program. She is the cornerstone of it. If you remove her, you are not just making a staffing decision. You are making you are risking the future of a program that has taken years to build and has earned respect across the North State volleyball community. Programs like this don't easily recover once they begin to fall apart. I listened to the last board meeting and it sounds like families may already be considering leaving this district. This is the kind of decision that they pay attention to.
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>> Does the board have any questions? >> I just have a comment. I think I sat in on one of these sessions near the end. Um and I learned a lot that you're responsible for a lot that you really you know, um for lack of better way to say it, you you don't really have a lot of control, right? Because your umbrella is huge, right? So um and then everybody else that went, I just really appreciate the efforts um going to the sites, you know, getting the information and bringing it back and everybody working together to really look at the language. So >> And a lot of that came from the last group that we met with. They really kind of put it into perspective for us. I mean, it allowed us just to kind of evolve what we were doing and come up with a a good a good a good wellness policy.
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Be it further resolved that Clifton Public Schools encourages students, educators, and community members to actively participate in and support the celebration of Arab Heritage Month. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Suarez. for school library month in New Jersey. Commissioner Ciano, >> thank you so much. You know, I got the one with the smallest font, right? Everybody sees that? Just making sure. All right. Whereas the month of April 2026 has been designated nationally as school library month by the American Association of School Librarians. And whereas school libraries with Clifton Public Schools strive to provide equitable access to resources and instruction for all students. And whereas Clifton Public Schools libraries endeavor to provide materials and resources that reflect the diversity of our students and communities while upholding a student's freedom to read. And whereas the libraries of Clifton Public Schools provide resources and instruction to support the implementation of New Jersey student learning standards.
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It's one less player. um as far as now they they ran it through a bank through a financial institution, right? But but you do it right there from your your Harmony piece. So that's nice. Um communications platform. So let me I'm going to skip down. Sorry. I'm going to just actually I didn't have it on there. So nope, I'm going to go to online learning platforms. I'll stay on the spreadsheet. So right now we use two um in the district. We use Schoolagy and we use Google Classroom. Um the elementary school is 100% on Google Classroom. Um and it is free um within our G Suite. Um and then in the high school we're about 50% schooly, 50% Google classroom. And so um you can see the cost there. Mr. Lakes already talked to his staff about this and there last um Friday uh late start um said, "Hey, you know, elementary is there.
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Um, and it's not just we need more money, it's just the system is not working. And um I believe you know my suggestion um would be to um I think we we talk about this a little bit after uh the vote in terms of how we can harness um you know working with other communities uh cities and towns um to to basically uh effectuate some change. The other thing that, you know, I'm not a a predictor, but um I think there's going to be some significant changes on Beacon Hill. Um and uh in a variet and those changes could happen in a variety of different ways in terms of uh of you know, people who are up there. Um it's going to be an interesting couple of years >> without a doubt. without a doubt. >> Another French Revolution on on the brink. Um I think we're I think we're good.
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That's a ball. All the catchers are having trouble today. Yeah, I don't know what they've got going on. Catching's a a hard position now no matter what. >> One of the harder positions for sure. That one gets away. Three and one. Schreiber is trying to find the zone here. So, the toss. So, three and one to Sam. This pitch. That one's popped up wide of third. Clark on the move. He got it. What a nice catch. Great Clark. Lost him. It's a hustle play for the freshman. That was a great hustle play. Those pop-ups are the heart in foul territory are some of the harder balls to get to. Oh, did he not catch that? Well, Sam's still at the plate here. It's full count. And he strikes out anyways. I I don't know what they could have called that. It might have been the fact that he was outside the lines there.
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When proven dedicated leaders are passed over, it sends a message and it is not a good one. This is about fairness. This is about doing right by these students. Coach Church has already proven herself. She has earned this. Your community is here tonight because this matters. Please listen. Please do what is right for these kids because when this decision is made, it won't be remembered on paper. It will be felt in every empty gym, every player who walks away, and every family who decides this is no longer the place for them. And once again, once that trust is gone, you won't get it back. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Good evening, board. Um, I just wanted to say thank you for the time you put into this. I know the last three meetings have been rough. Uh, the thing I would like to talk about is item 6.7.
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>> Yeah, it it was not something that was done overnight. It was done over a lengthy period of time with lots of input and insight. So thank you for all your hard work. >> Yeah, I'll thank them. They did they did all the outside work. That was a it was a huge huge huge team team effort. Any other questions? >> Been there, done that. >> There you have it, right? >> All right, any um comment from the public? All right, do we have a member who'd like to make a motion regarding this agenda item? >> I motion to approve. >> I'll second that motion. >> Okay, we have a motion by um Vice President Olsen and a second by member Robinson. Let's go ahead and vote all together. All those in favor, say aye. >> Aye. Opposed? All right, thank you. This passes. >> Thank you.
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And whereas the school library media specialists of Clifton public schools develop information literacy skills instruction to empower students to effectively locate, evaluate, and apply knowledge. And whereas the school library media specialists of Clifton Public Schools play a crucial role in literacy development, fostering a lifelong love of reading among students. And whereas the school library media specialists of Clifton Public Schools curate literature appreciation activities and promote both content and recreational reading to every student. And whereas the libraries of Clifton Public Schools contribute to students social and emotional learning needs. And whereas it is both fitting and proper that special recognition be given to the school libraries and the role of certified school library media specialists in ensuring an environment that fosters reading and learning, investigation, and research and the lifelong pursuit of knowledge for all students in New Jersey. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Clifton Board of Education recognizes April 2026 as school library month in New Jersey.
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50% of you guys are there." Like it just makes sense for us as a school, for us as a if I'm a parent, if I'm a student, I've got one, I've got one teacher teaching me how to Schooly, I got another teacher teaching me how to Google Classroom, you know, whatever. Um, he said he didn't have a single teacher come talk to us about concerns about it. So, um, so obviously there there's a cost savings, not it's not, you know, millions of dollars or anything like that, but there is a cost savings and that that cost continues to go up that platform. Um, but we already are we do everything in Google obviously and so it just makes sense to use their platform. Again, from a training standpoint, we've got all our teachers use it right now. I mean, our elementary teachers do. Half of our middle school, high school teachers use it right now.
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Any other additional questions or comments with respect to the uh the discussion that we had with the operational override and the budget update and thanks to Brandy for all the that input that was extremely helpful. >> Next up, Michael, thank you. I don't know if you're still going to hang on or you I know you >> No, no, I will. We uh we need to go through the enterprise fund budget. >> Oh, that's right. That's right. >> Yeah. Yeah. General stabilization fund and enterprise funds. Um okay. So FYI 2027 enterprise funds and economic development budget. >> Excuse me. >> Who who would like to bring that up? Who would like to discuss that? M >> I can bring it up here. Uh sorry. >> That's okay. Switching switching screens here. Um, >> is there a way that we can share this online as we're Is it Are you Are you sharing your screen, Michael?
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I don't know if the ball was ruled out of play. But Schreiber will take it. He gets his fourth punchout. Yeah, there's that Well, there's that painted line down there that usually marks the in play. He was past that. But certainly looked like he did make the catch. So, Brogan Rochi will take ball one. He's one for three with an RBI single. Broke out of his 0 for 19 to start the season. That's a strike. One and one. Committed to Saint Lawrence for baseball. 1-1. That's a strike. Good pitch from Schreiber looking for his fifth strikeout here in the second inning. That's just outside. Two balls and two strikes. 3-2. Or 2-2, sorry. Ground ball to first. Bradica will throw to Schreiber who covers. And a nice play there to retire the side. Seventh inning stretch. We head to the last half inning. The Clockers down by two.
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Um I was reviewing this and there is some um substantial um deficiencies in a couple of the West Valley accounts that uh it's being advised that the principal fund is being allowed to use to offset those shortages. Um I just had a couple questions I'd like you to consider. Um, one, my understanding is West Valley has boosters programs for every uh, program. So, I wanted to know if those booster programs were asked for funds first. And, um, second, I wanted to know um, why Anderson was told they their principal fund couldn't give $600 for our homecoming clothes that students needed to fund raise for that. Um, I feel like that's a great in it's not equaling up. You know, West Valley can use thousands of dollars from their principal's fund, but Anderson can't use 600 for theirs. Um, so I would just like you to review that and think about that.
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And now you get me again. So, uh you had an opportunity to take a look at the uh bid bid packet that we sent out and um we ended up getting a lot of great responses back. Um I want to say we had the opportunity not to go out to bid and it's kind of in the last few years or since COVID it's kind of been do we do it or do we not do it? Do the prices continue to go up? Do they not? We worked really, really hard with our vendors, especially local vendors like Danielson's um and we relied on their expertise to kind of help us like, yes, you guys should go out to bid. It's a good time for us to go out to bid. I'm super glad that we did. Um all things considered the same, we do the same amount of meals as next year as we do this year.
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>> Thank you, Commissioner Ciano. I'm going to look for a motion to move B, education and administration 1 through eight. >> Motion by second. >> Commissioner Paris, second by Commissioner Brunak. Discussion. >> See, >> Mr. Brunzak. >> Yes. Everything except EA5. No on EA5. >> Mr. Kenova. >> Yes. No on EA5. Miss Estri Barnes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Paris. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ragsdale. >> So, should I have asked a question before? Yes. >> If I want a discussion, is that okay? >> Yes, we'll yield to you. >> I have um for policy 5145.7. First of all, is this a statemandated policy or is this something born out of the district administration? This is based on state law so it's required. >> Okay. It's state law and it's required. So if this board if majority of this board votes no, what happens? >> Actually that that uh scenario has come up in in some districts.
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Um, and so um we'll be going to that um fully. There's not a there's not a contract. There's nothing for you guys to approve. It's it's free. We are it's just part of our our Google suite um of of different resources in there. So, next is a communications platform that we use. So, I tried to list the different ones that we use. Uh, and I know there are more. Um, you've got more, you've got school messenger, you've got dojoos, you've got reminds. Um, I know there are others. Um, I know we have Event Link, we've got Sports U, we've got um what's that? >> Band's got something too. >> Band called. Okay. I didn't know that one. You have a lot. Right. And and so, um, we took a look at Parent Square. I I have never worked with Parent Square. I just know it's probably the most widely used out there.
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