Uh as we stand behind the plate here a little bit. nudged over a little bit to the Norton side. >> So, the count is full >> here to Ben Price. Here comes from Bradica. That's a ground ball again to third. Conry took a little bit of a weird hop, but he still gets it over there in time. And that is out number two. Both ground balls to Conry. >> Finn Connory putting on a third base fielding clinic over there for any of the younger players watching. take notes. >> Ezekiel Ferraro. >> We'll dig in. >> He's one for one. He laid down a sacrifice bunt his last time up as he takes upstairs. >> They did get a run, but after that sack bunt, but didn't work probably as they had hoped. >> Yeah. you know, would they have generated more runs if uh allowed him to hit away?
Um and then the big one that uh for this, the big ticket item this year is going to be some paving projects. In particular, the Macy staff parking lot that is in a state of disrepair. It is not at a point where we can patch and reseal it. It will need a mill and replacement. Um, so we will be looking forward to undertaking that project. That work has already begun with our architect and engineer. And then uh WSHP stands for water source heat pumps. And has been as has been exhaustively talked about, our uh climate is controlled in each room in our district through the water source heat pump. And those water source heat pumps are aging and expensive to replace. So, we'll be we will be looking to replace many of them. I don't have a total number cuz it really depends on how the other uh projects really shake out, but we'll we'll do as many as we can.
Thank you so much for the first time doing this. Thank you for sharing because we've been asking questions especially at education committee. What's how's it going and and it's even better to hear it straight from you. So thank you for coming out tonight. Thank you. Thank you. All right. At this time students, if anyone wants to leave, we won't be offended. We know it's still lots more fun. Um but people can leave. Next though we are going to have member No, not anyone here at this table. Sorry. Member Casmir for the education committee. Uh thank you. Um Dr. Huffman opened uh the meeting with an update on a significant benchmark and our strategic framework. The freshman on track rate currently stands at 91.6%. Dr. Dr. Huffman emphasized the critical correlation between student attendance and academic success, noting that chronic absenteeism remains the primary obstacle to maintaining and improving the metric.
Um I tried to find out how many of those uh turfs were going from the full rubber system to this hybrid type system and really couldn't find anything on that. So um but this is basically what you're looking at the last time uh we spoke. And again, it's a polyethylene polyropylene type uh uh product with cat just joined me. Come on. Boo. Um so, uh so and that's the product and and with this one, like I said, there's an infill and we went through that at the last meeting and it's comprised of uh a number of natural um materials, coconut fiber, the uh as as part of the organics, cork uh and the like. So the the the question was well how much of that is you know in terms of percentage um and then the infill uh is a combination of silica and and this material uh and so it does reduce the amount of uh the rubber uh infill content uh to I think where we had it was around 30 to 50% or something.
He's got to be quick. His batting the ball, but just, you know, again, luck of the bounce if that went between the first baseman and second baseman would have been a base hit. But, um, they took a bounce right up into the first base's gloves, making it an easy play >> as Ian McCoy bats for the second time and takes a strike. >> Oh, and one is swung on and missed. A little bit off speed there. >> Yeah. So, you know, again, smart pitching inside on the first pitch, low and away on the second pitch. Got some swinging >> and McCoy lines it into center field. A base hit. >> Fell down 0 and two, but stayed alive. >> Yeah. >> And a nice piece of hitting there. >> Second hit for Ashland comes from your nine-hole hitter. >> Yeah. Fast ball uh down the lower end of the plate and McCarron just went down and got it.
>> As he hits that one into right, >> turn will make the catch in a one, two, three inning for Bratica. A much needed scoreless inning. The Clockers will look to get the bats back up there as they trail four to one. Home half of the fourth coming up next. >> Good jump by Austin Trunk Cliff there. As soon as that uh ball left the bat, Austin was in motion and it wasn't an easy. He made it look a lot easier than it was. The ball was sort of hit into the gap a little bit short and Austin just moved very quickly to get himself there um to make make it look easy, but it's only because it was a really heads up good quick play by Austin out there. >> Price is back as you'd expect. He has been very solid. >> Yeah, the way he's gone so far, as you said, you could see him going all seven given his pitch count, given the command that he has.
And then finally, the tax impact, what this looks like for everybody. I know this looks complicated, but if you bear with me, up in the top uh right there in the gray where it says NVT, that is net value taxable. So, um that is the total ratables of the town of Evesham, right? So, how much tax dollars can the town collect? You'll see that our ratables went up. So, when our ratables go up, that spreads out a tax impact across more people. Think of this like going to the pizza shop and you're splitting a a hundred let's call it a $50 pizza, um which might not be unrealistic in today's world, but a $50 pizza with five people, you'd rather split a $50 pizza with seven people. So, that's what your ratables are. When they go up, it helps spread out the tax impact, um and so effect effectively lessening that impact.
Dr. Huffman also reviewed the district's approach to prep for the preACT and ACT assessment earlier this month. Uh this assessment involves all students from 9th through 11th grade. This year, the district used fall preACT data. Professional learning communities uh have identified bubble students uh those poised to move into higher score bands with targeted support. Training has been provided for all junior level teachers to ensure classroom instruction aligns with testing standards. Schools are leveraging specialized tools like no red ink and Albert IO. Uh unique interventions include evening math reviews at Andrew, advisory based lessons at Sandberg and math 3 skill specific prep at stag. Uh these efforts are vital as they directly impact the district's state designation which is determined by proficiency, growth, and graduation rates. Dr. Huffman also proposed a shift in how the district manages its academic curriculum content. The proposal introduces a formal course curriculum review cycle. This structured long-term system ensures that all course content remains continuously aligned with ACT requirements, evolving industry standards, and the district's approach to curriculing by design. Uh this will provide a predictable system for all our staff to know when their course team will review their curriculum, monitor implementation, and evaluate the effectiveness.
So, with that, um, the applicant had reached out to Smart Turf, um, to get, uh, the PAS, uh, safety statement, and if you folks have had a chance to review it, um, I really don't need to get into the nuts and bolts on it. Um, but, uh, excuse me, my little guy. Um so uh so looking at the um the letter basically states that you know they confidently say that uh the artificial grass products are independently tested and show non-detectable levels of PAS at 100 parts per trillion uh and present no danger on our to to the users or the environment. Now, interestingly, if you folks uh recall um at the last meeting, um Roger Martin uh who represents the the landscape company had indicated, which is true, and we know this that you know, as as we advance through the years, things are becoming uh more environmentally friendly, things are much better uh designed than they were years ago.
Just >> waiting for it. So, >> back to the top of the lineup. >> Ollie Laro digging. He's 0 for one, but he walked last time and started the string of good at bats against Price. Back in the third and he'll take a strike. Nothing and one. Seemed a bit inside there. >> Did seem a little bit inside. I want to check all these like quality of bat numbers. He seems like he's always takes the pitcher deep into the count. >> He definitely does. is up, you know, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 swings and then doing things like this, taking timeouts and >> messing with the pitcher's head a little bit. He's a smart player. >> Definitely. >> Behind nothing and one here. >> McCoy and leading off first. >> Comes the 01. That one's outside. >> Come on, Ollie. Hey sticks. >> Important inning here for Ashland.
Um, let's see how things progress as uh as we get deeper into the game. >> It'll be five, six, and seven for the Clockers. Lame, Conry, and Clark. >> Clark's only down three runs here. And you know, bottom of the fourth, we're still not even halfway through the game or just halfway through the game. >> Yeah. And they had some great at bats last inning, so looking to build off that. >> Yep. >> Work the count. Now, we do have two umpires, so >> not that we've had any uh extremely questionable calls, but definitely less likely to have some questionable calls over the base path with two umpires out there. >> Yeah, we >> I think it's pitch. Yeah. Yeah, a little unusual at the high school level to see the the pitch calm being used, but you'd expect to see it. >> I think it's it's fascinating, honestly.
Um, and then on the uh middle there where you see the yellow bar, that's your sliding scale. Property uh assessed values is on the left. The average assessed home in Evesham, per the New Jersey Division of Taxation, is $273,254. This is not the market value of a home. This is the tax assessed value of the home. And that is what your taxes are based on. And then you'll see your proposed tax for 26-27 in the middle column there. And then just to the right of that was the actual tax from 25-26. That difference, that's the annual number of our tax impact for the average assessed home. $89.39 annually, or $7.45 a month. If your home is not worth the average assessed home, you say, "My home is valued at 600,000." This is a sliding scale, so it would be a 32 or $33 increase for every $100,000 of assessed value.
Uh, in a specific curricular update, the district has selected new Spanish resources rooted in the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages, uh, proficiency standards and comprehensible input methodology based on a rubric and team of teachers. The following recommendations for instructional materials includes level one adopting SOMOS focusing on an acquisition driven foundation. levels two through AP use uh utilizing the report series which uses a learning by reporting model to foster real world communication and cultural proficiency. Uh finally, Dr. Noling provided an overview of the legislative landscape and state funding. Several key bills are currently under monitoring that could impact district operations and mandates. These include the student wellness and safety uh SB 2427 regarding cell phone bands, house bill 4855 concerning mental health instruction and house bill 4788 which mandates the use of female mannequins for CPR training. Uh curriculum mandates new requirements for Italian-American history, Latin studies, and parenting education.
And so, this letter came out in 2023. So I am sure there is more data out there between 23 and 26 that further supports this. Um they did get uh the PAS report, the test report. This is basically a summary. I could get into the others but again not a big fan of chemistry. Um so at the end of the day um we're looking at the test report um that was performed EPA uh testing um or methods of testing. Um and what they find found was they had now I could tell you I'm gonna I could give you give it a shot as to what these this means. So these chemicals which which are part of PAS were non-detectable uh to less one less than uh 100 parts per trillion. Um they're components uh of PAS and looking up online what the heck this actually meant.
>> Hey Oliver. >> Comes the 1-1. >> Oo a high strike. Laro did not agree. >> Very vocal. And now behind the count one and two. >> Yeah just needs to get a couple of runs here. You know chip away at it. You don't have to get it all at once. Let's just get balls in play. Make something happen. >> Try to get into this Norton bullpen. You never know with bullpen pitchers what you're going to get. So >> that's a good point or to your point, you know, we haven't seen Price go very deep into a lot of games. So, you know, some pitchers slow down a lot after 50 60 pitches. >> Strike three. >> Did not agree with any of those strike calls, but he'll take a seat. Sixth strikeout of the afternoon for Price. And this two away in the home half of the fifth as Baratica will dig in.
I mean, >> it is. >> It It's I feel like being able to use it as like the catcher, it just you feel like way cooler than the other catchers in the league who are just throwing down signs. >> Yeah, that's that's so primitive. The technology has become such a big part of, you know, the major league baseball and the minor leagues and it slowly trickles its way down to college and then high school. >> Pitchcon has been around for a few years now. It's been fully implemented into the MLB. >> So, so what's your prediction when we start to get instant replay and we have Can we have batters and pitches protesting calls? I >> feel like it'll be a long time before we get that >> as Lame takes upstairs. He's 0 for one. He struck out his first time up. >> Couple lefties after Lame will face Price as he flies that one into left.
All right. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Yates. So, when we left off the last budget presentation, which was the tentative budget presentation in mid-March, we had at that point we were talking about what's struck through in red there, which was eliminating late bussing. $505,000. And we said that we were continuing to have conversations as a board, continuing to work, continuing to look, talk, and we had a work session um special board meeting work session shortly after that in late March. The outcome of that meeting was the bullets in red that I'm going to go through there, but and I communicate we didn't have a board meeting until now to talk about that publicly, but I did share it out in the ETSD update right after that uh work session meeting. So, um to just talk through this So, this is the alternative path. So, late bussing then is preserved.
uh civic engagement bills house uh house bill 30251 and 4339 4399 which focus on student voter registration, career readiness, uh house bill 4928 which seeks to require career and technical education and the district continues to analyze these bills to ensure full compliance and the strategic allocation of state funding. Our next meeting will be at 7 o'clock on Wednesday, May 6th. Thank you.
Um this PP FOA is uh a synthetic highly persistent like again forever chemical part of PAS group uh used since the 1940s um to make a number of things non-stick coatings waterproof things um and uh it is present in nearly 98% of the US population having detectable levels in their blood. Um the other one was uh P Foss uh again a a component of of P fast and again another synthetic uh forever chemical um developed since that uh that time. Um and so that's basically what looking at the results of this for that type of product versus the other components going into this the silica and and uh and you know the fibers and the natural fibers and such. Um with this being 30 to 50% as we understand uh from the last meeting of uh the composition um again it's about as good as as it is out there um for the product and this is what like I said this is what they're targeting they understand the sensitivity uh of the town and naturally so um and uh so that's why they're looking at um again uh this product um more so than than anything else.
>> That's what Price has been doing. You know, he he's he's painting the corner. He's, >> you know, pitches in the top of the zone, pitches in the bottom of the zone, very few down the middle. >> And you know, the batters start looking up or looking down trying to anticipate where it's going to be. And often times you're wrong. >> Bradica took a look at strike one. walked last time up. >> Coin still at first. >> Price throwing over trying to keep him in a little bit closer. >> Doesn't seem to have a very big lead >> as Brad takes a close one, but it is a ball. So, it's one and one. >> Brad batting 500. It was great to see him battle this lefty on lefty. >> Pitch looked about the same spot. That one goes for a strike. And now behind the count, one and two.