0012025 posted on the district website and through the Pledge of Allegiance. And the Brooklyn Cardinals. Baseball played at home versus Egypt today. Softball will be played tomorrow away at Island Park High School at 4.15 p.m. pending the weather. Tennis, after winning the first round of playoffs at home, also played today at the Touchin' High School. The score is unknown. Track sectional winners will be competing at the state meet this upcoming Friday and Saturday at Franklin High School. Several clubs, including Student Council, Interact, the Art Club, and the debate team, and the Class of 2028, teamed up to complete a variety of events for Teacher Appreciation Week. Club members made sign-ups for each teacher, chalked the walk by the main entrance of the school with messages of appreciation, provided snacks, and a breakfast. Our various school
002clubs are also holding elections to determine their boards in anticipation of the 25-26 school year. Last week, the AP Environmental class won a field trip to Sandy Hook Park to see the school's school board. To explore the marsh and ocean environments in New Jersey, and the music department hosted its senior showcase and spring concert. There are many other activities coming up for the senior class, including Senior Awards Night, the Senior Picnic, and the Senior Clubhouse. We wish all the members of the Class of 2025 the best of luck. Thank you. We're going to move our student recognition to the month of June for the Riverfront. We're going to move our student recognition to the month of June due to other conflicts. So that takes us then to Gremlin. It is my honor to do this
003month's Manor of Honor class. I'd like to have Ms. Sladen-Hopkin join me. This month we are honoring our second grade class for the best manners in the building based on the selection from the special area teachers and our lunchees. So you can call the students that are here. I want to actually do that. We're all around and we're just staying and we can make the whole world feel just the same. It's going to be the best. School here is a mastery. It's a way to make it all up. School because I have a lot of friends here. To make the world. My next level. First arrived in class, Sabrina referred to herself as Buzzrina. Sabrina has grown in so many incredible ways during her time with me in preschool. She's caring, compassionate, and never has
004unkind comment for anyone. On a very cold day, I'm going to be here. I'm going to be here. I'm going to be here. I'll be here. I was doing playground this past winter. I forgot my gloves. Sabrina took my hands and hers and said that she would keep my hands warm. Sabrina Babel is an outstanding example of what a future blush should be. A five minute recess so we can get some pictures. Picture in the back. Alright, so before we get into the, there's a statement I'd like to read in the rest of it. So this statement was made during the committee reports in the work session this past Monday, May 19th. I'd like to read it in the record. See. In addition to consultation regarding staffing, the personal committee refers with the superintendent on
005matters related to staff as they negotiate between the committee and the respective committee. This committee also, as recently addressed, serves as a point of escalation for grievances. Their role in these meetings is to make any agreed decisions of the superintendent and comment on whether the contract and violations have occurred. It is quite a difficult task to call to meet the legal aspects of the contract, which impact the district, both in the moment of the decision and beyond. We too are empathetic and emotionally connected to this district and utilize the personal, values and experiences when deliberating any issue before us. However, we must put those aside when the task at hand is ensuring the district is fighting by the contracts and the spirit of negotiations. Additionally, we are bound by ethical rules which prohibit us from
006speaking publicly about specific issues, individuals, or any detail regarding conversations which occur in the contract negotiations. We often cannot comment on misinformation, attitudes, or any other issues. We are just clinging to wrong information that is being altered as fact, while providing or provide context to our decisions. We also cannot influence what union members may ask of their leadership. Our duty by position and ethics requires us to make sound decisions for the students as a whole within the bound, the whole district within the bounds of our rules. As the personnel committee and the board as a whole, we understand the importance and necessity of supporting staff and teachers so that they can feel safe, valued, and inspired to do the same for our children. We unfortunately do not go against specifically negotiated points in the contract,
007just to show we care or to be nice. We surely care by showing up and making these difficult decisions, despite the personal turmoil that sitting in these seats may cause. Because while we know the business of running a school district is not easy, it also cannot be controlled. Thank you. All the members on this board of education are community members, with children either currently in the district or having already passed through it. There are now and have been for some time educators sitting on this board. There are coaches, mentors, and members active in other volunteer organizations. All have volunteered for this duty, as they see it as a noble venture, ensuring the future of the students in this district is bright. We ask everyone in the community to understand these rationales and And if possible,
008think of the processes, conversations, and heated discussions in which the Board of Education offered employees when making decisions. Comments from the public, Community Forum No. 1. Members of the public are invited to submit comments pertaining only to the Board of Education or this public comment portion of the meeting. General comments, not necessarily pertaining to the agenda, are invited to be submitted during the public comment portion at the end of this meeting. Pursuing the Ode to Public Meetings Act, the portion will not publicly discuss personnel matters. This portion of the meeting is not a question and answer period. The Board will not respond to comments made by members of the public during this portion of the meeting. However, the Board will give all comments appropriate consideration and refer all individuals in place to the superintendent of
009schools or administration for resolution. Each statement made by participants shall be limited to three minutes. The issue will not be seen until the coming motion. Seconded by the Community Forum No. 1. Second. All in favor? I'm here to let you know that what we do is who we are. We are teachers, educational support professionals, administrative assistants, maintenance workers, school nurses, and specialists. All of us working together to keep our school community, our school faculty, running. We support each other through difficult times in our personal lives so that we can be there for the good of students. We understand completely what it is like to have set rules and policies that one needs to follow. For example, the teachers. Each of our teachers submit weekly lesson plans and file an additional proof of curriculum. However, we
010also understand that there are moments of pressure when we see a student in obvious physical and mental distress and we need to put aside what we are supposed to do and instead tend to improve well-being of the individual student. Or moments where we need to alter curriculum slightly in order to address a critical event or need in our community. We answer the call when our school family is doing a food drive and needs just a few more turkeys or bottles of juice. reducing the purchases those items with our own personal funds never expected to publicly recognize or be in worse we know there are times we need to modify or adjust the fashion policy for individual students in circumstances and are supported by our administration to do so we are encouraged to go above and
011beyond our students to do everything we can to assure their success as teachers we are held to different standards we have opinions but must stay neutral in the classroom i personally don't post on social media even though there are plenty of times negative things are said about us there are plenty of times negative things are said there are plenty of times i would like to commit comment and defend but i just accept it in the bar honestly it comes with the territory i didn't become a teacher so why come look good in the public eye and say look what i can do i think the same goes for the board members we are all here for the kids and to make our school community stronger we do this because of all else we care for
012our students they are not just numbers to us they are individuals whose futures we are helping shape and who we are hopefully showing by example what it means to act with compassion and empathy we show up every day to do to be there for them monthly reports mr01 out your receipt of the emergency through a report mr02 acknowledge the receipt of the enrollment report mr03 acknowledge your receipt of the suspension report mr04 acknowledge the receipt of the homebound anti-destruction report and mr05 acknowledge your receipt of the hiv report any questions