We Stacey Adams >> Gibson here. >> We have a quorum and Julie Bernardo text. She will be here. >> Okay. So, we'll go ahead and start with our student recognition for the April students of the month. Who we want to start with? We've got Brian Jones for Anderson New and Marshall Harvey for North Valley High School >> right here. >> Hello. So, I have the pleasure of I'm Jill Mc Williams, counselor at Anderson New. I have the pleasure of talking about Ryan Jones for a little bit. Brian has been at Anderson Newch his entire high school career and we absolutely adore him. Um, one of the things that Mrs. High put is that you were her very first behavior contract that she ever wrote and you've never been in her office except for positive things since as a freshman. Um, Ryan, this beautiful smile. This is what you see all the time.
Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test, test. Back, you got nothing? >> Mhm. >> All right, good evening. I'm going to call the regular board meeting to order. This meeting is recorded and live streamed. Uh for the last hour, the um board was in closed session and no action was taken.
>> and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. and to the governments established in the United States and this state. >> And to the government established in the United States and the state >> under the authority of the people, so help me God. >> Under the authority of the people, so help me God. >> And I state your name. >> I, Kyle Boschman, >> do solemnly swear or affirm >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law >> that I prescribe the qualifications >> possess the qualifications. described by law >> for the office of member of a board of education >> for the office of member of the board of education >> that I am not disqualified as a voter >> pursuant to 19 col4-1 >> pursuant to >> 19-1 >> 4-1 >> nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense >> nor disqualify due to a conviction of a crime or offense >> listed in NJSA 18 A12-1 >> 18A-1 >> 12-1 >> And that I will faithfully >> And I will faithfully >> impartially >> and justly perform >> all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability.
For new business, don't text and drive safe driver of the month for May is Cameron Tub. Don't text and drive is also going to Six Flags Great Adventure on May 21st. Student council is also going to Six Flags on June 1st. Along with that, student council donated $2,500 to the NJC state charity. That's all from us. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. The next item on our agenda is agenda item F. It is the public forum. This is the public forum that is for agenda items only. Was there anyone from the public wishing to comment on an agenda item? If I could get a show of hands so I can get an idea of count of anyone. Okay. Seeing no public comment on agenda items, we will move on to what's going to be the most fun portion of our night. It's the our recognition and presentations um for this evening.
We'll do the Pledge of Allegiance and then we'll get right to the festivities. So, 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 time any business affecting their interests is discussed and acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this act and Board of Education Policy 0162, the Board of Education of the Borough of Bound Brook has caused notice of this meeting to be posted in the Board office and at Bound Brook High School and mailed or faxed to the Courier News, Bound Brook Borough Clerk, South Bound Brook Board of Education, and any person who has requested individual notice and paid the required fee.
Okay. Uh no correspondence and we will go straight to committee reports. Does anybody have anything from Mr. Vitali on district operations? Okay. Uh representative. So, they have their budget presentation this month. So, I wrote down something that I thought might be of interest to us. Um, 843 students in the high school, 465 in the elementary school, and amongst those high school students, 245 from Madness Swan, 209 from Briel, 126 from BMAR, 104 from Spring Lake, and the other scattered around. Um, the biggest biggest thing between 2025 26 to 2728 which I think we're all already aware of is the price for people going up it was 25,424 for this current year and it's going up to 27733 for next year and the total enrollment in the high school is expected to go down next year by about 10 students. >> How many? >> 10. >> About 10.
Abru >> here. >> Mr. Capano >> here. Mrs. Fredo >> here. >> Mr. Nidru >> here. >> Dr. Ponttoiano >> here. >> Mr. Rancor here. >> Mr. Russo >> here. >> Mr. Bakia >> here. >> Mr. Yanuzi. >> Mr. Rus. >> Thank you, Mr. Alfano. Thank you, board of education members, teachers, principals, supervisors, parents, friends, family, kids, everybody else that's in attendance tonight. Um, we're going to save the best uh for last this evening. We're going to go through the agenda first. Um, and then we will honor our teachers of the year and educational uh support uh professionals as well. Uh, last week we had the honor of our uh, state commissioner Dr. Lily Locks, Sharon Rosario, Noripek, Patrick Fletcher, uh, come and visit schools three and five uh, to tour our schools, take a look at our literacy program. So, big thank you to Mrs.
Gentile, and the UA Public Schools Board of Education, please enjoy our concert, which will begin with the fifth grade band under the direction of Ms. Marston. >> [applause] >> Hello, everyone. Welcome to our fifth grade spring concert. It's so great to see all of our friends and family in to thank During our performance, we'd appreciate it if you could silence your phones, remain in your seats, and avoid talking while we are playing. Please and thank you. >> [applause] >> Tonight's concert will begin with the fifth grade band. The fifth grade spring concert is always a special night because we get to share how hard we've been working on our instruments the past 2 years. Our band class meets every Thursday and we've grown a lot. >> [applause] >> The first song we'll be playing is Guantanamera by Victor Lopez. Guantanamera is a patriotic song from Cuba.
You're welcome to take your own photos. The front row is reserved for this purpose. At the end of the ceremony, please remain in your seats until all students have exited the auditorium. Thank you for your cooperation and for helping us create a smooth and respectful experience for everyone. The ceremony will begin shortly. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Please join me in welcoming our eighth grade class, the class of 2030, as they make their way to the stage for this momentous occasion. >> [music] >> My body My body >> [music] [music] >> My body Gloria in excelsis. >> [music] >> Gloria in excelsis. >> [music] >> Gloria in excelsis. Gloria in excelsis. >> [music] >> Gloria in excelsis. Gloria in excelsis. >> [music] >> Gloria in excelsis. Gloria in excelsis. >> [music] >> Gloria in excelsis. Gloria in excelsis. >> [music] >> Gloria in excelsis. Gloria in excelsis.
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All right, that's the new law that is going into effect. So, I just printed that off, but that's in this stack of policies from Viola that we need to have the first reading of here. Uh we'll have to table that, and then in the June meeting we'll have to approve the policies as as they are. The cell phone policy basically is is this. It will require students, they can have them here, but if they're in the building, they have to be turned off and out of sight. Uh that's going to go over well. They cannot They cannot have any uh smartwatches, uh any type of personal communication devices. Can't have any of that. And we had >> going to enforce the policy? >> a pretty You just can't have them on. You just tell them to take them off? They can't have them. I mean I mean I I I We had a really hard time this year with We We did not We did not I mean we had a couple instances where we you know, we phones were having to be turned in at the office.
Okay? Having said that, good evening, sir. Good evening. Uh Paul Kendall, 63 Pinacle Road. Um Uh so, I've written a few things down cuz as you can imagine, I'm a little tired. And I have a lots of thoughts bouncing around in my head, which probably wouldn't lead to brevity or coherence. So, uh Uh first, thank you to the Select Board, Finance Committee, School Committee, uh Mr. Adams and his team, and Michael and and his team for the the work that was put in uh for the override. Um and just want to acknowledge the that we passed yesterday, but that wasn't a reflection of the work that's been done over the last few weeks or months. It's really the a reflection of the work we've done over the last 10 to 12 years, right? Uh we've had done that through collaboration uh and hard work. We built up credibility in the community.
Four of the six wins were were by Nico. Um, and she, you know, got 43 strikeouts to 42 walks. Uh, so I think keeping the ball in the zone today is going to be a huge key to success for Nico to be right around the strike zone, make sure she's throwing strikes and they got to help her out behind her, right? We can't have errors. We talked about not making mistakes behind her in the field. >> Yeah, this is her fifth appearance of the season. Uh, in her four appearances prior, only five innings pitched. So, we'll get to see, you know, for the first time her eat some innings. Uh she did pitch against Denim uh last time out an inning scoreless with a couple strikeouts. Did walk a couple but no damage done. So we'll get to see her in the starting role this afternoon.
Hey Taylor, mom and dad. We're so proud of you and excited for the next chapter in your life. You're going to really crush it at Syracuse, just like you're about to crush this softball. And our final senior senior at captain number 11, Rebecca Kriegsman. Next up is number 11, Rebecca Kriegsman, the captain. She'll be batting seventh and playing left field tonight. Rebecca has been playing softball for 10 years. She's also played softball, was on the swim team, is a MIAA student-athlete advisory committee board member. She is a National Honor Society current president. She is a peer leader here at Assumption. Tri-captains, Taylor Couch Yeah. You Yeah. I thought you were talking. Oh. So, captains, uh, Taylor Couch, Rebecca Kriegsman, and Quinn Herder have all been honored today, which is really nice. Uh, parents have come out. Always a nice tradition that some of the underclassmen present them with gifts.
They've had a long bus ride. Yeah, it is a it's a long ways. And Ashland, you know, they have I I had another interesting stat here. They've taken more walks than they have struck out this year as a team. So, I mean, it just seems like they they see this they see the ball, they see the strike zone, and they they know how to play the game all around. Yeah, you you you brought up that that strikeout statistic earlier. And and obviously, I I I'm a little biased because, you know, that Caroline is is my my daughter, and I'm quite impressed about that stat that zero strikeouts in 70 plate appearances. But, she's not the only one. I mean, this this team is not striking out often. Hopefully, we didn't just put the hex on them today against the against a pretty good pitcher from Westwood.
Discussion of school personnel, individualized students, or of individual board members, members of the board is prohibited. With that, pass the mic to Mr. Mark Nash. Good evening, sir. Good evening. Mark Moorash, 25 Misplaced Drive, Brookfield. A couple of weeks ago a student from CLES spoke here and said, quote, "You want the kids to learn their best, but you're taking away time for them to get more energy." So, let's continue the conversation about lunch. Some facts. It's true the Connecticut General Statute 10-221 states schools must offer not less than 20 minutes, not less. The CDC suggests 30 minutes so the kids get at least 20 minutes seat time. Seat time, cuz if a kid wants to wash their hands before eating and then has to wait in line to get food, how long do they actually have to eat? But most importantly, it is a fact that 24% of our student population qualifies for free or reduced lunch.
Um and some of these expenses are at the end of the year uh graduation. We don't know what it's going to cost. So we don't um have a number for that. So, we have to wait for them to come in in order for us to put them through the system. Um, as we know, we had received 1.6 million credit from Sigma for our annual pharmacy rebate and our professional services we outsource. Um, they're partially outsourced by the Paris Bed unfilled salary and benefit positions. Also uh we have an overage for technology encumbrance which are being entered into the financial system. We continue to work on entering the remaining of the year's encumbrances like I said as we get them daytoday into uh the system. Uh and again we have purchased some one-time items uh because of the money we had extra left over. Can we go to the next page?
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