Braden Bean and in the category of CNC programmer, Brian Wheeler. State gold medal winner from SittingBull Academy in the Skills USA Creed. Colin Kamiyama from Granite Hills High School. Customer service. Robin Jones from Apple Valley High School. Graphics Imaging Sublimation. Trevor Quick from Granite Hills Health Occupation Portfolio. Alina Alina Danel Ooa from Apple Valley. Introductory advertising design. Jacqueline Estrada Acasta from Citybull Academy job interview. Khloe Kim from Apple Valley High School job skill demonstration. Nico Day a team from Granite Hills High School going on gold medal winners in mechatronics. Michael Po Dexter and Justin Vasileno from Apple Valley High School. Medical assistant. Jesse Flores Newman in photography from Apple. Kaden Malter from Apple Valley High School. Pin design. Olivia Ashen Brener from Apple Valley High School, practical nursing, Savannah Ward. And I can't resist mentioning that from Map Valley High School, Effie Avala will be going to represent us in prepared speech.
looking anywhere. >> Fantastic. We're good. >> Our next scholarship goes to Hanu Na. And our final award goes to Mr. Oscar Pson. Thank you. >> Good evening. My name is Carrie Friedri and I'm here with Beta Chapter of Omega. This is a philanthropic organization of volunteer community women who fund raise together to support a variety of local causes each year as well as fund scholarships to graduates of several area high schools. The Beta Chapter of Omega New was founded in 1920 in Chico and serves the greater surrounding community within B County. Omega New is happy to be able to present this year's scholarships, two scholarships. Our first to Haley Jacobs. Our second is to Amber Riby. Our third is for one of our third um second uh foundations, the Mcameus Military Foundation to Vivian Hemmonds. >> Hello, good evening. My name is Justin Waller. I'm joined here tonight by my lovely wife Debbie.
Any discussion? Um Dr. Rubertozi, would you like to read the uh Excellence the recipients for Excellence in Education names out loud? I think that would be a nice touch because we honored them at a dinner, but the maybe maybe the public doesn't know who they are. Uh it would be my honor. Okay, thank you. >> going to do that. This is the master list. I'll just find it here. Yeah, here. It's our first item. Yep, right here. All right, thank you. Much easier to read that. Sorry. Resolved that the Clifton Board of Education accepts the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools and the Selection Committee to officially honor and so note in the minutes of the Clifton Board of Education, the Clifton teachers and paraprofessionals selected as recipients of the 25-26 Clifton Education Association Excellence in Education Awards. Patricia Belfondo from School 9, Diane Demuro, School 5, Lori Jaeger, Clifton High School, Casey Morris, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Shannon Skuya, Clifton High School, Arleta Budroska, School 19 School 19 Celia B, how did I do, Janina?
And the onus of liability would be on them if they Correct. Yes. >> have to certify all areas of the playground once it's installed. So, they'll provide us with that certification saying, "Hey, this playground meets all you know, New Jersey state standards." Just being a good steward of taxpayer dollars, making sure we're on the right track. Thank you. Mr. Wilson. Hi. Uh I just have a quick question about 10.22. Uh the contract for the Ever Alert um clock and notification system. This may very well be deeply needed, but I just genuinely don't know too much about it. So, I'm wondering if you guys can just give us a little bit of background uh just before we vote on it. It's It's interesting to me. Sure. I'm going to give that one to Frederick. Over the past many years, um one of our pain points are is our PA system.
Maybe it was a sport. Maybe it was a class. Maybe something social. Maybe it was just wanting to do something the same way as everyone else, but realizing your path was going to look a little different. At the time, losing baseball felt like I lost a part of myself. I thought, "If I cannot do this anymore, what now?" But what I learned, and what I hope you remember, is that sometimes life closes one door because your story isn't over, but because your story is about to change direction. I got connected with adaptive sports. I tried beep baseball and goalball. Those experiences helped me realize that I was still an athlete. I still loved to compete, and I still had that drive in me. And then, I found golf. Golf gave me something I never knew I needed. It gave me a challenge. It gave me a community.
And then from the bridge, it's probably going to need to switch back, but you want we want to get the bridge connected to the visitor um bleachers. And then from the visitor bleachers to be concession stands. We also need the the um that concrete ramp to go the other way to the bridge that goes into the park. I've talked with the city and um they understand that we're trying to do that because we need ADA accessibility cuz leaving on an emergency, that's our path. And so once we have contract over to that bridge that the Boy Scouts have built, that gets us into the park from the high school field, um the city's starting to write a grant or looking back into a grant for um connecting schools. And so then they will get the concrete going from there up into the park. Uh that's the main plan and what would happen is here we're would like you to have David Mason and Associates approved to do that site work.
That may change um as some other things change, but that is one that we do still pass along some of those college related fees. Okay. >> Wish we did. >> Any any hope for additional funding from our friends at the state? >> No, no, no, no. Nope. And um our best strategy is to keep reducing that total cost by by student and that's what we're doing, right? >> Um and we're establishing goals to keep working that down every time we adopt, but we're still going to prioritize what we have to have to provide the exceptional educational experience. >> Any other thoughts? No, I I as always, I appreciate the work that the teachers and and the directors and the curriculum department put into this. I know it's a lot of effort and a lot of work and my protest in this every year is the lack of funding from the state.
Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven uh And one more. Yeah, we have an MOU with uh CC uh CLSI, which is our special ed data tracking system. It's our backup for um our state reports. It's our TOR reports. Everything comes from CLSI. So, uh we've used this program for 10-plus years, but asking permission to accept the MOU with them. Entertain a motion to >> So moved. Motion by Pat, I have a second. Second. Second by Mary Lynn.
She delivers another one and a swinging a miss. So, a ball and two strikes now. And if you got that first pitch strike, it could have been a strikeout there. >> Yeah, it really should be a strikeout right now. But again, like I said, it has been hot we we don't have a great angle, but that first pitch [music] looked like it was about as good as pitch as she's thrown all game. Um it That's the problem, right? When you when you squeeze a kid who hasn't had a ton of pitches, it takes away their their rhythm and their confidence. So, hopefully you can come back now and get strike three. That's at the two-two count here. That one is upstairs. And that is a full count. And she has walked the first batter of both the first two innings she's ahead. So, we're looking to avoid a third straight inning with a lead-off walk.
We have raised that to 70%. Um, you know, this is I would say that our schools have done a really great job with 60%, but that's very hard to be this far in the year at a 60% expenditure cap. So, we're at 70%. It's um it's not really going to get higher than that, and that is one control we've put in place. We are also asking that all um purchases are submitted by May 29th, so we have a really clear picture where we are. That's earlier than in prior years, because our school year is ending earlier. So, we want to make sure that everything is is um purchased, and we have a good uh picture where we are financially. Um so, that's the more general part of the finance report and narrative. Um but, some specific financial highlights, and I'm sorry, I'm going to kind of be jumping around this report, cuz I just threw everything in here, but in the agenda, there's some parts that are uh not in order, so we'll be coming back to this at certain parts of the evening.
And he just came to the high school. He was new. He didn't have any friends. So me and Seb walked up to him and asked if he wanted to come sit with us or if we could sit with him to make him feel included into the high school. and he wanted to come sit with us. And now it's been like a year and a half later and we've still are really close friends and he's meeting new people every day. So we really just like to make people feel like they belong at the high school and that they really do feel like they belong. So I think Ansley also has a story about that. >> Um hello everyone. I'm Ashling and I have a very similar story but it's from the other side of things. I moved to Cheshire in sixth grade and I showed up and I was kind of felt like an outcast.
And so like being in year three, there's a lot of flex it's not Sure, no no no, I totally get that. To me, 225 is a placeholder. Yes. Yeah, it is. Um but I'm just I'm just offering some thoughts. If I guess if we could get a plan in place to electrify, I personally would be more I'd be more interested in understanding the the impact of that with a bigger footprint. It would make sense. But for the time being, I'm just I'm shrugging my shoulders going if people are okay with it. Yeah. So, would we if they were to move the buses, are are the buses going to stay in the existing lot or Yes. Yeah, and what I it would be an expanded lot because all that wooded area but basically the employee parking will be towards the front towards Highland Avenue >> Okay.
Along with those award winners, we have had the honor of a a Granite Hills High School student who represented his school and our district as an officer for Skills USA. He was the reporter for Skills USA and held that title all year. He spent time in Sacramento. He worked hard as part of an this statewide organization and will be there in Atlanta as well, I believe. He has been an outstanding ambassador for Skills USA both regionally in our district in Southern California across the state. Big round of applause for Matthew Lurley. Moving on to FFA results. We are about 364 days from the fair last year or just is just about to get started I think tomorrow. And so these are actually last year's winners because we don't net yet know who this year's uh showmanship awards will go to. But these students are still um in the program working hard and we want to recognize because by the time they won these awards we had already passed this event.
Uh my parents were Bill and Becky Waller and they were fun-loving Midwesterners. Although their lives were cut short, our hope is that by investing in the lives of in the futures of young people that their legacy will expand and resonate with the world. Therefore, we are investing in the futures of two Pleasant Valley graduating seniors tonight by awarding two $2750 scholarships. We have selected one young man and one young lady who have displayed excellence in athletics and academics and we wish them both all the best in their future endeavors. So with that uh why don't you all come on up the young man we selected is a multiport athlete playing football and baseball as well as wrestling. He wants to be an electrician with a business background. Uh congratulations Thomas Jacob. And I am introducing to you Caitlyn Enos who played volleyball for four years and track and field for four years in jumps and sprints.
Pronunciation. How do you say that again? Lorraine Dunich, I'm sorry, everything's Polish now. Sorry. I apologize, Lorraine. Catherine Carse, uh from School number 5, Nadia Rashid, School number 16, Wendy Watson Valerio, School number 17, Catherine Chidiac from number School number 17, Nick Giordano from Clifton High School, Maria Copty from School 14, Ursula Rebisch from Christopher Columbus Middle School, Fran Wojcik from Clifton High School, Erica Cruz, School 3, Judy Graham, School 16, Douglas Mills, Clifton High School, and last but not least, John Silva from School number 5. Thank you, Mr. >> Thank you so much. It's They should be recognized. It's a big honor and it's nice for their names to be heard and put into record.
Um it's it's fairly deprecated and it's very difficult to manage maintain. Um so, one of the things we need to do is how do we address that in the economical way? Uh we can't go through every speaker in every hallway and rewire every every speaker. Um that would not be uh cost-effective. So, um the Ever Alert Dynamic Display Dynamic View Ecosystem allows us to um do and put it put a non-destructive uh PA device in every classroom um and and allow us to use our the network to to to facilitate these these PA announcements. Um In in short, um it's it's just a way that can we we can we can set it up for the next person in an understandable manner. Is it like its own system where we're putting like, you know, kind of like wireless devices in every room and they kind of talk to it that way or Yes.
It gave me a way to compete again. But, it also taught me something much bigger than how to hit a golf ball. Golf taught me that doing something differently does not mean you're doing it worse. This is the lesson I carry with me every day. In golf, I have to rely on the people around me. I have to trust my guide. I have to ask questions. I have to listen. I have to feel the shot. I have to focus on what I can what I can control. I may not see the course the same way as everyone else, but I can still play it. And that lesson goes far beyond golf. There are going to be people in your life who look at you and only see the things they think you cannot do. They may see blindness, low vision, deafness, hearing loss, or any other disability before they see your talent, your personality, your work ethic, your humor, your dreams, or your heart.
They are going to be working with our CTE class. So the kids are out there seeing how the trigonometry and everything's used to do the leveling and the grading and I I'm not using the proper technical terms. I can tell by the way Mr. Hemken's looking at me. Um but they're going to do the design stuff and the kids are going to be able to see that and and um and then we'll come up with a plan. So, my recommendation is to approve the contract with Daving Mason and Associates. All right. I have one question first. Certainly. In their proposal, it says we aren't going to get as-builts after it's complete. And I would like to know why or or if that's something we should get because if we don't have as-builts afterwards, any future maintenance people are going to be guessing. I will look into that and get back to you.
So, >> do you feel like groundhog day because you just stop on one and start over? >> And as long as you say yes, I love it. It's not your fault that you know I continue to protest as we can't make any headway with the state. So >> yeah. So do I have a motion? >> I'll move the board approve the adoption of the curriculum materials and associated fees as presented. >> I second. >> Thank you Mr. Alexander and Mrs. Counts. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes 40. Next 7.2 Two, the approval of the 2026 27 school calendar adjustment. >> Dr. T. >> Thank you, Mr. Russell. >> Pass. Pass. >> Yeah. >> This evening, we're recommending a revision to the proposed 2026 2027 school calendar to begin the school year by using two performance qualified student waiver days.
Any discussion? All those in favor? Seven uh Which brings us down to Yes, we have a couple other this evening. Um one I just wanted to share with the board that I got word the State Board of Education officially approved our request for three waiver days for students next year um so that all of our staff are able to attend professional development. So, we will announce those dates prior to the school year beginning. So, I'll bring those back to you at a later time, but that was officially approved in May. And then Lisa has one for personnel. Um yes, asking for approval for Scott Scott Sage to be approved as a Jennings County High School head girls volleyball coach. So moved. I have a motion by Travis, do I have a second by Mary Lynn?