Our foundations curriculum continues to be K2, Orton-Gillingham, UFLI, and CKLA skills depending on the school. In third grade, we have 95% Group, which is 95% Core Phonics and we're doing a pilot this year in all of our elementary schools. We did a pilot the year before in one school, had really great results with IREAD, so wanted to continue that and take a look at the data for this school year. And then in four and five, we did a 95% Core Curriculum pilot just at a few schools that wanted to try this out. So as far as interventions, we have not had a formal adoption. We've been piloting up to this point. So the review process, we had 70 participants representing all 15 schools with a combination of administrators, reading specialists, ML teachers, our exceptional learner teachers, classroom teachers, parents. We had two teams with those 70 participants.
It's a nice win over there. Good job by Payton Trip. Over to uh number two, Celia Kalenhan. Another one of our freshman who had that assist with Ashley's goal. Lost the ball unfortunately. Good defense by Payton Trip. Back over to their goalie. You know, both goalies for today doing a great job. Just Lana just ton of shots going up against her. So Westwoods was uh balls up. Oh, it's a good had the ball. That is Aaron Hickeyi almost with the steel. Julia Frius looking for the steel. Should be Ashlin Ball. Yep. Good job by Julia Frius. That was number 13. Uh Miller Manville. Junior on the Wolverines. Still Ashlin B. Frius. Take it all the way up. Julia, one of our uh young freshman basketball stars of the winter. So, if you listen to a lot of the WACA games uh for the girls team, Julia's name was mentioned quite a bit.
All right. This is Tyler Savarese with it doing a nice little hoppy hop. Going in now. Shoots it. Oh, good save from Landergan. Landergan passes off to Kylie. Stan Kylie. So, Kylie has shown that he can take it down field if he wants. >> Here's Eddie. Feel like Eddie's got to go in and just do Eddie things here. >> Eddie seems to be [laughter] doing Eddie things right here. >> Yeah, yeah, Eddie with a really nice play and pass while it was on the ground. Just flipped it up. Good defense from Olmstead. Wow, look at that. What a defensive play from Nostrum. And Homestead picks it up, pass the Abstinence over to Weitzman. Weitzman casual jog His casual like jog looks like it's like a 6-minute mile. Yeah, speaking of 6-minute miles or just quick miles, what is it? 5 minutes the Everyone was under 5.
Good heads up play by Hannah Eddie keep the Spartans at 14 to7 lead going into the fourth quarter. And we're back with uh third quarter action >> as the uh Spartans are up 14-7. Green with two goals in that quarter. Northampton Whit had two goals had a goal. Crim had a goal and James Pelier had a goal for the Spartans as far as scoring six goals that quarter. Really really extending their lead. We're ready for fourth quarter action. So stressful. All right, now we're ready for fourth quarter action. back. We're back up on the draw. [clears throat] on the draw. Goes up. Comes away with it. Peler over to Billingsworth. Billingsworth behind the net. She fires it all the way back to Mckne with the ball to Peler looking for a cutter. Nothing there. She gets the ball over to Mckne. Sorry, I'm trying to do two things at once.
My goal is to eventually get them all in the inclusion classroom. >> Um, I'm not there yet, but I would like them all to be in the inclusion classroom. So, one thing I didn't mention was our co-eing program has grown immensely uh under Tina and some of the uh other administrators working as a team, but her uh leadership and the work that's happened in the last two years has been amazing. our co our uh uh special ed teachers and the work and the partnership that they have with the regular teachers now is uh like day and night from it was two years ago. It's great to walk into a classroom and see two teachers working together as a team. That was never happened in the year many many years I would go through and say how come they don't work together? How come they don't work together?
Uh but we do want you to know that these reductions are impactful uh and and we will go through each of them. I have put in your packet what they look like. With these reductions, the things we want to make sure exist still is that we can really strengthen our multi-tiered systems of support. That means everything that happens both in the classroom and for students who require additional support if they are not meeting or exceeding the expectations that they have at each grade level. So, we really want to continue to bolster that process and that system and those structures so that way our students can be successful. And we really want to continue to focus on early readiness and prevention because we know the sooner that we can help students achieve at grade level, the less we have to worry and consider about the um interventions that they're going to need as they get older.
She is someone you can always count on, reliable and organized. Beyond her accomplishments, Joanna's ability to connect with others has earned her the respect of both peers and teachers. She is a positive presence in our school community and a wonderful example of what it is to be a Boilermaker. Please join Mr. Storms, myself, and the entire GHS family in congratulating Joanna Tomaskovic as being named our April Student of the Month. >> [applause] >> We're very proud of you. Congratulations. Thank you. >> Okay, another round of applause. Excellent job. >> [applause] >> Our students do incredible things. Um I mean, I I I love that we as a district get to spotlight this. Um along with this next recognition that I will be presenting tonight from the administration and the board. Um for something that happens in the School Board Association. So, for those of you who are are not aware of maybe how this works, every school board in New Jersey has to belong to the New Jersey School Board Association.
We talked about how the agenda was developed. And now we're moving on to protocol number two, which is about asking questions about items on the meeting agendas. So I well, I I think most of the crowd that we attract at these meetings knows the rules, but um the meeting agendas are released um by at least Friday before and so we get a chance to look at that. As board members, we try to get our questions into the district leadership um in advance so they have the data that they need to answer the questions um when the board meeting rolls around. So, um just for the protocols, asking questions about items on the meeting agenda A, whenever possible, board members will contact the superintendent with questions on the agenda prior to the board meeting. B, board members understand that although they are asking questions prior to the meeting, they have a right to ask the questions at the meeting as well.
Um so, it then we'll update this for the next school year. But, this is the same test, same kids, just shifting where they go. Yep. >> But, good noticing. Um and then also I know some teachers have voiced concern over the retesting the ILEARN retesting, how it's a lot. So, I don't know if there's some way if that's been discussed, but maybe pool some more teachers to discuss that because I know that's been kind of an issue with some of the teachers. So, just an idea I thought I'd pass along. Yep. Thank you. One question I had on uh just the other side of the data. So, we talked about the student performance on the checkpoints. Are the current year's checkpoints in line with these percentages? Do we expect that to be similar or higher lower? I know I'm asking you to look in a crystal ball, but based off data so far.
Sus's dedication as a BCSSE parent engagement interpreter brings clarity, understanding, and dignity to every interaction with the community. She consistently goes above and beyond as a co-worker, offering unwavering support, professionalism, and cultural insight that strengthens BCSC every day. Kennedy Ingalau, Schmidt, media tech specialist. Kennedy goes above and beyond in her role by creating an engaging and effective literacy lab while supporting students in countless ways. From planning and attending family nights to cheering them on at soccer games, she consistently shows up for kids. She jumps in to cover classrooms, is always willing to host a student for a break, and has creative ideas that engage every learner. We're so grateful for Kennedy. Amanda Green, Southside administrative assistant to the principal. Amanda is a person of remarkable dedication, kindness, and passion. Amanda has become a driving force for positive change in our Southside community. As a former kindergarten teachers assistant and now a stellar administrative assistant, she has a profound impact on everyone around her, fostering a culture of inclusivity, empathy, and empowerment.
So. So, I'm not sure what we're trying to force through the government Senate Bill 1, but it's definitely going to kill a school like ours. That's just a fact. And the first time around it was an education with the community and I've said that before. Like you know what it is. All of this was was transparent beforehand, but a lot of people didn't pay attention or didn't come or didn't show up or didn't see it for whatever reason, but it's been out there enough. The next time maybe it goes the right way, the way it needs to go. But that's that's another gamble that we have to think about. Do it again this fall is going to cost us money we don't really have. So, it needs to be a sure thing. The hard part is also with the referendum something I played back to myself many times is you know, the families that don't have an attachment to our school, the families that maybe younger families, it was mentioned at the last meeting.
All in favor signify by saying I. I. A. The vote carries 4-0. I just want to add a thank you to the Crown Point Community Foundation and the grant that they provided for this. We always appreciate the support. Move on to item 5.03, uh resource purchase, Mr. Jim Farmer. >> Thank you, Mr. President, board members. Um in your board package is the 3-year renewal contract for Parent Square. Parent Square is our all-in-one secure communication platform since 2022. Really serving as a central hub for school-to-home messaging, including emails, texts, and app alerts. Just some statistics on ParentSquare for you. The system reaches more than 92% of our families via text. More than 74% of our families use the direct message feature to contact teachers and staff. And since adopting ParentSquare in 2022, we have sent and received more than 7 million pieces of communication through the system.
They'll kind of bring them in phase in phases, but there will be separation of contractor and staff and kids. As where >> don't want to they don't want to intermix with us as much as we don't want to intermix with We also utilize that for parking area for the youth football league. Any other questions? Okay.
Hearing none, any discussion about the consent agenda? Thank you for Mrs. Babcock for the explanation of the the supplemental pay resolution. You answered before I had a chance to even ask. So, thank you for that. Hearing no other questions, all in favor of the consent agenda and the motion to approve it say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed, same side. Motion carries 6-0. Board, I believe this might be a time to pause here so we can get some pictures with Mr. Butler. I know we have a few, so we'll try to be respectful of everyone's time tonight, but if we could have maybe Mr. Hanson up first. I'm going to have him say a few words and then I'm going to have as soon as he's done, we'll take pictures and we asked Rebecca, we're going to invite you up, too, and and you can run for the door, but we'll we want to make sure you're part of the family as well.
We broke them up into the building knowledge side and then also foundations and interventions. So each group reviewed different curricular materials. The criteria that we used, we only looked at the high-quality curriculum advisory lists released by the IDOE. We identified nine priorities that we wanted to prioritize for selecting that ELA resource. We did lots of research with EdReports, The Reading League, and then each team selected their top three resources for a deeper review. The review process, we met monthly August through March. We use a standardized evaluation um rubric to assess and then we made our final recommendations based off of those priorities. So, our final recommendations for K5 for building knowledge, um we recommend Amplify CKLA third edition. For K5 Foundations 95% phonics core program and then for our K5 interventions, we are looking at a new product which is a 95% phonics lesson library which coincides with the core program.
Had the honor of calling at least one or two games with Rob Silver. Unfortunately, that was a tough turnover by Payton Trip. Good defense by Lily Vidy kind of stalling that as well as Maggie McGinness. That ball is up and out as Ashlin Ball. All right, great job by Lily and um again Maggie McInness forced the uh Westward player to pass the ball back and didn't get to the goal. He bounced over or bounced somewhere and Ashlin Ball. Let's see if we can uh Oh, here we go. That was I think that was Ashley to Lily Vidy. So Lily finally makes it on the board. Another that's an assist at least from Ashley Viddy. So Lily's first goal of the game. See where Lily is. I know we talked about her total stats. So for Lily Vidy, tell I'm going paperless over here with all that paper rattling.
>> Everyone was under 5. >> That's unbelievable. >> Yeah, for 26 miles. >> Yeah. >> That's just like unheard of. >> They do have the best runners there. >> Yeah. >> Those numbers don't lie. >> Like um like running like running pages and stuff, they're all like, "What shoes did he have? What shoes did he have?" Apparently, he was wearing um ASICS. Something. >> Oh. >> So, ASICS stock must have went up. >> I used to have a pair of ASICS. I think I ran the fastest I ever >> [laughter] >> And ref blows the whistle. >> Oh, well, I guess it's time to pick up another pair again. >> All right, Sen uh slips up. >> What was that? >> It was a diversion. Now, we got to see what Cleary T has cuz Oh, no. >> They're going down in down in stock.
>> Gets the ball over to Peler. Peler looking to cut it in. gets the ball over to Pelgro. Pelgro behind the net to Nan around the back of the X. Nothing there. Gets the ball over to Mckney gets knocked away. Northampton comes up with the ball and stick check the Spartans with the ball deep in their territory. up with it. They over 50 temporarily thrown away. Good job by Northampton to save it >> and Northampton will set up their offense deep territory. with the ball. >> Seven minutes left in the game. You might want to down by seven. You might want to get the ball a little quicker to get shot with the ball. She turns around, takes a shot, goes wide. Julia >> Green with the ball. Spartans go on that help side. Try to go to the other side of the cage. She makes her way over that side of the cage.
That's all changed and a lot of that initiative has happened under Tina. So uh that in itself has been pretty terrific. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Uh Dr. Faucet, you took your time. I Thanks Tina. You left me so many minutes left. Hi.
So, the more we can really focus on intervention uh prevention instead of intervention, we hope the better our students will uh be successful when they leave us. Um so, we we try to engage in this process reducing another half million dollars with the least amount of impact to current and future programs. So, we're taking all of that into consideration. While still focusing on trying to align what the board has already focused on in their reductions previously. So, when you were looking at scenarios before I arrived and kind of right through that process when I just started taking a lot of those things into consideration as well. So, we really tried to take both a holistic and granular look at the budget to see where we could be able to reduce a half a million dollars with maintaining this so our students can still achieve our portrait of a learner.