001foreign [Music] students come out to our meeting when it doesn't happen often okay so we're good we'll get started there has been adequate notice of this meeting provided by the Board of Education in the January 19 2023 and January 12 2023 notice in the Asbury Park Press and the co-stars setting for the day time and location of this meeting similar notice has been posted in the Borough Hall the Brielle School website and the rural clerk who has been notified Mr Becker president Dr danbrosia Mrs Jones president this is McDevitt here Mr melancy yes this is me here Mr Vitale this is Walsh and Mr Walton here [Music] and if someone could make a motion that the Board of Education approved the minutes of the January 25th 2020 great evening to Becker yes Dr danbrosio yes
002Miss Jones yes this is Lee yes Mrs wolf yes Mr Wolf yes yeah and so this evening we're going to start with presentations we have Brielle Elementary School geography B winners so good evening everyone and welcome thank you for being here tonight on a damp brand new night magali mentions to all of you we are here to recognize our students so we're excited that we're recognizing winners of our geography be here at priel elementary school our sending District geography the winners we're also going to recognize students who are participating in our Band program who were also qualified and are playing at a high school level so we're recognizing those students tonight and we are also recognizing our boys basketball team for winning their league championship so it's a nice round representation of our student body
003here at Rio Elementary School we're very excited about that I want to thank in advance uh Mr Xavier for coming out he's going to talk a little bit about the Geography Bee as we give out our certificates Mr Kroll from coming out uh he's going to talk a little bit about our band members as we get out the certificates and Mr uh lebreck for coming out he's going to talk about our basketball team obviously so we're going to start Mr savior if you would please foreign so I just want to give you a little background on the geography beat we've been doing this since I've been here for 10 years finishing up going to Spring Lake Heights for the sending District celebration of the geography beat and then some of our students have been lucky
004enough to go to the state level of the National Geographic spelling geography has ended so this is kind of where it now is going to be ending so I'm going to talk about the three participants that went over to Spring Lake Heights and then talk about the the winner for us here and then how well he did over it Serena heads as well so our third place winner this year at the Geography Bee which the process started in the classrooms for grades four through eight and then from there we brought them into the all-purpose room they used the Google form to determine who the top 11 participants were and then we had a fourth or eighth grade assembly here for those 11 participants were on stage and they were asked the questions and they had
005to get up on the mic and answer the question in those top three then represent us over at Spring Lake Heights so our third place winner here every Elementary School was James Kika [Applause] Chase Cali made it up on stage again [Applause] and then the student that took uh first place here at Brielle and then went over and represented us also over to Spring Lake Heights at a very storied career in the geography Beak from ascending District perspective in fifth grade he uh took second place here so he represented us on stage there and he took second place only to the student from Brielle who took first place that same year and in sixth grade went through the same process represented us here on stage won it here went over to Spring Lake Heights and
006took first place uh the only thing that really didn't let him become the a three-piece was cope because they did not run it last year so he wasn't able to get on stage and represent us and win it again but Griffin tomney came back this year and as Mr Preston said from Springs Heights the most accomplished geography member or the most accomplished student that's been on stage during the geography Griffin Tommy who took first place this year so Griffin come on all right yeah that's our representation for the challenge [Applause] foreign [Applause] we're nothing if not flexible all right so as you probably know our boys basketball team won their League Championship uh very exciting game on a Saturday morning a very close and hard for game by both teams uh congratulations for your opponent
007for making it to the final against you but the boys really hung in there they played a real tough physical game but a real smart game which I was really impressed with so Mr Robert quickly foreign [Applause] [Music] our season started like right after the teachers convention um we had like three days of tryouts that we played uh we had two days of practice and then we played into CBA tournament like right out of the bat so it was kind of amazing that we only had two boys that were on that team last year and our scorekeeper was also back so we had three people that were actually in the program um so basically they were starting from Square they run a lot of offense there's a lot of defenses as they learned throughout the
008year and um it was amazing that they you know they were like sponges for you know accumulating all the information they needed to run our place so it was amazing that we were able to play in a tournament on two days of practice we did very well in the semi-finals we played against a team that um had some kids that were reclassifying and stuff like that so we don't really count that's kind of like a game that was like an exhibition game to me because you're gonna bring kids that are like really ninth grade that play against us it really is not fair um so I don't really count that as a loss I count that as an exhibition game um so we went from there into our MCL season we had very good season
009we basically we only lost to one team all year um the first game we just missed some shots and turned it over crucial point so that was one of our losses at home um second time we played them I told them we got off to a bad start and that's really my fault we lost that game because I didn't want to show everything that we could do possibly to play college of chiefs so I take the blame for that one but when we played that team again as as we were just saying that we've always played amazingly well at Madison High School with all the chips on the table um we were able to win the game Brewery we had to win about nine points so it's not like it was uneasy like we got
010lucky we actually played great basketball game and we deserved to win that game so for all the hard work they've done congratulations on great year I think our final record was 23 and two um I've been coaching like 27 years it's one of the most amazing Seasons I've ever had so everything goes to the police for all their hard work um I told them in a when we have a Google Classroom that no one thought I was crazy like the day before we played college achievement championship game we put in a press that helped us win that game and for them to be like you're nuts we've been practicing for like three months what are you doing now changing everything no one said a word to me they just soaked in all the knowledge did
011everything they were supposed to do and uh forever they're gonna have two banners every time they come back here to visit the school and they go on the other gym there's gonna be two banners and they're gonna say I was on that team so congratulations on a great great season foreign [Applause] foreign [Applause] foreign [Applause] congratulations foreign [Music] now here we are now so everybody can get their picture please [Applause] [Music] all right and as I was saying earlier we have four members of our band here at Brielle Elementary that also participated at the high school level which is just phenomenal so for most of you like myself who never got past the C scale this is just an incredible accomplishment to see our kids playing at that level under leadership salty with us [Applause]
012thank you very much thank you all for being here actually um so yes four of our eighth grade students that is all of our eighth grade band members these are the ones who survived through two years of no band um they stuck with me the entire time so that right there is an accomplishment they did not give up at all um they continued with this and yes they are playing at a level that is acceptable with high school they went in they were given music they had one rehearsal and they were putting on a show at a high school Level under the direction of the high school band director actually um so they got to see new faces they got a new director and it was quite an accomplishment for them um one of those
013members actually performs with the high school all year round plays with their Jazz I believe it also does their marching program so first I'll recognize Nikki Kutcher [Applause] cut for their High School marching band playing old football games and continues to work with them regularly so he'll slide right into his freshman year already knowing everybody and being a couple steps ahead ready for that um next up we have Curtis purcello stand up for this eighth grade here they're trying to face everybody seventh grade year you scared me that's why I never had to work so hard to get a kid to join me but they always said the harder you work the better the reward and please proof of that because he's a great player and it's great to have him with us foreign the
014next two I have to bring up together because everything is done together they have to share a folder I think they share drumsticks actually um they stuck with me since fourth grade they like said were part of everything but we didn't have it they decided to stick it out be those eighth grade members are performing very well they feature it on the drum set in our last concert um Audrey Lafferty and Delaney truck [Applause] so thank you very much Lisa the continuing to perform at Great level uh we will have another concert in the spring uh May 18th sounds very familiar to me so we're going to go with it um that'll be our next show and again on stage it's great to be back in the room back on stage and Performing the way
015the band should be so congratulations you guys [Applause] continue with them parents pictures of course [Applause] so again thank you everyone for coming out uh in our regular business meeting in just a minute or two so if this is your opportunity we understand thank you all for coming out congratulations again [Music] thank you [Music] foreign myself [Music] okay so now we'll move on to visitors business visitors are permitted to comment on agenda items only at this time uh correspondence of committee reports Tech Mr s yesterday and the Focus the focus of the meeting was before the media discover the discussion um finally had an answer as to what the issue was and you know how your house has gutters and the the waters flows through the gutters and it's supposed to flow in powers is
016supposed to it's supposed to flow down away from the house um very very similar situation except the water was not falling on the water the water was left it was actually accumulate and uh coming back under them so that was reasonable philosophers and um that's obviously that's obviously going to be going to be the mediated um it's not quite that foreign foreign [Music] open like nothing curriculum programs thank you President we did have a meeting it was just prior to this one entire industry is that as well as a student uh Julie and myself were there and lasted an hour and 45 minutes and we talked about any number of topics uh I do not have a whole normal report but I thought I'd want to submitted thank you human resources Community met February 9th
017at 4 PM with virtual attended by Mr Russo and I was quickly from the administration uh president vanilla Jones myself and community members Walsh and Dr David Ambrosio I've had a number of policy and regulation updates with Strauss estimated discuss which are on the agenda for this evening and I'll discuss those shortly uh the committee received an update from us quickly regarding our policy management system school has sent all of them are so cool as them all this and all the ultimate editable documents and board docs to be loaded into our policy management system this weekly is going to ask for Doc's team to expose all independent policies in preview mode all the board members have logins so we should be able to see policies before their uh publishing accessible to the public we will
018also remove we've had some comments about outdated policies on our website so we will be removing uh those PDF policies and replacing them with a Venable version of our Orthodox page a long along with a note that says we're in transition phase and if anybody leads the full and updated policies they are still on record in the va's office um then the committee was also joined by Board of tournament this is Michelle Adams to discuss the issues that were raised by a Community member during the January regular meeting pertaining to students rights to privacy and concerns about students and finding sensitive information about their gender and or sexuality to staff members of school further we discussed the concerns raised that a single staff member could be in a situation where they would hold this sense
019of information which would be withhold from the student's parents or Guardians in isolation most of the policies pertaining to the situation stems from our state mandated policy 5736 transgender students and to address the concerns of the community on the agenda for first reading tonight is supervision under the confidentiality and privacy section of our policy that states in the event that a student performs the issue relating to gender identity to a staff member I'll give them the principal or a counselor the staff members shall notify the school counselor in a confidential manner of the interaction with the student in order to assure that all appropriate supports are put in place for the student who move forward in the event the issue is brought to the counselor or the principal the information shot to be shared with
020the other so that both the principal and the counselor are aware in each instance and can provide the necessary support but it believes that this Edition makes it clear that no single staff member should bear the responsibility of the information that the student has to apply them alone or without having the appropriate support in regards to the other policies on the agenda this evening they are largely mandated with recommended by Strauss SMA of note policy 1648 11 and 16 48 13. these are policies that were mandated that the staff be vaccinated against government 19 and other code related Health requirements stemming from Governor Murphy's executive orders are apology however policy regulation 2425 which requires a school to have a County registered contingency plan to transition to remote learning in the event that a natural disaster
021or other unforeseen event that causes a closure of the school for more than three consecutive days will remain in peace next based on recent legal cases in the state the committee is recommending that the board approves change and policy 0152 which deals with our election of board officers we will still use our existing process which is a verbal nomination of the president and then vice president for calling for the officer votes at the reward meeting however we'll be moving from a majority representing all members prices at the meeting to a majority of the entire board this will ensure that all to the elected members support are able to participate in the election of Court officers during the reorganization and it will require a minor change to policy 0162 if you know to support meetings currently
022that policy states I stated by the law board members will be allowed to attend and participate in the schedule for meeting by telephone or electronic participation only if there will be a lack of the Quorum apps is patient it'll be adapted to read basically that only if there's a lack of core and perhaps in the concept of participation or for purposes basically everybody will have an opportunity for the president or not legal challenges in the state okay finally of note in the interest of student safety all regulations pertaining to the details of the school's procedures for specific threats to the building or documents will be moved to the district's policy and regulation manual and therefore not subject s um and community relations thank you uh we met online this week this week um there's a
023bunch of community relations updates we also had attempt as well um from the PTO we had a successful Snowball Dance on do you have winter enrichment finishing this week the readathon which I'm sure a lot of people got noticed notice more begins on Monday February 27th and if there is a sweet heart dance at the Shore Club on Friday February 24th um from the bef there was a donation of thirty thousand dollars for the purchase of 14 Promethean boards to replace older forests throughout the schools yeah um from our feedback group they had a meeting on January 31st which Kurt attended um where Judy McCormack from the Samaritan sector presented about conflict resolution Kurt and he goes who knows on that they do uh it was an eye-opening event a several months prior to that
024this party since maybe the focus of the group was to provide resources and this one was not like this is a McCormick from he was married at Senate made in the United States was not only comprehensive but very pathetic specific temporary else needs we went through a number of I guess skills or techniques in helping our children cope with conflict resolution and they were uh stop on uh in in as simple as they may have been they're effective and they're things that um not only did the 10 or so parents that attend the dead bus online were very welcome to a very responsible too but the parents who aren't aware of the resources that are available to them should should be harder it was like I said very comprehensive and it went through the lithium
025of recognizing conflict recognizing self-awareness all the way down to just making kids aware of that complex and that it is a part of life and it's something that is better prepared with they can code and see their way forever it was Iowa it was a great attendance and as Administration suggested that uh we were forwarded the future Partnerships with Miss American Center and topics both who are parents as well as a professional development right idea um and then just a few more of additional updates um there is a dental health program going on for pre-safe through third grade that doctor Little's office we'll be talking to students about Health that is tomorrow there's Pre-K orientation that will take place on Friday February 24th from Monday and the advantage one else will be reading wrinkle Juice
026by two people now it's a third degree class and usually third grade student will receive a copy of the book this is to take place in March there is a pickleball tournament that is also going to be held in March where teams will be made up of teachers the 8th grade students playing against each other so there's more to come more details will be coming on that um and also I'm sure you guys the scene the drama club is putting on Moana Junior on March 23 24 and then lastly from the board We are continuing our um the superintendent search continues we're currently in our second round of interviews which be wrapping up tomorrow and if we see if we find it necessary we may move on to a third round that will take place
027and wrap that up by the end of March so more to come and what's it for community relations a lot of information there um but it sounds like it sounded like such a good meaning was it just real um uh families or was it open to the she's not that's funny because uh when we were walking in and a new parent who had everything yeah they did say Mrs McCormick said that she has had some work with the other districts but noted for relationship s and administrative report uh yes thank you darling so two times a year the superintendent is required to report around potential or incidents that took place during two recording periods one in September to December and the other is January to June uh so in your packet you do have a
028report for the September to December reporting period and that report and requirements and the components of that report include any situations that involved violence vandalism substance abuse weapons in school HIV the status of the HIV if there was any HIV incidents in the school check the category of an individual that would indicate that it is that an HIV incident the name of those who investigated any discipline related to anything HIV or violence vandalism or substance or weapons what interventions took place in the school and whether there were other incidents leads to removal and the final category required is whether or not there were restraints or seclusions of students in school during that period of time additionally the report is required to include what HIV trainings took place during that period of time as well as
029what programs took place in the school again during that period of time so as you can see in your report you have zeros across the board with exception of two situations of violence that heading of those bothers me a little bit about required to be using this report if a student pushes another student it falls from the violence Academy program so as you can see we had two situations that were required the convention on behalf of school both at crypto discipline and what introductions took place in terms of counseling parent communication and administrative correspondence and conference with the students we also have four separate HIV trainings during that time period including trauma sensitive training in schools social emotional character development suicide and youth training and explore anxiety and phobia for our staff and for our
030students we had two programs for following around empathy kindness and respect along with uh deliberate that's delivered to our peer leadership program and led by our school counselors questions sorry Mr President this is required earlier um confirmed in Chinese so the next column is now right because they were because there were no I bought it so it could be an incident that was reportedly investigated now not today and HIV so the stats common indicates whether it was actually hippie or not right yeah um not that aware and it was not fun but it was really important I'm not aware of it right I'm not aware that we had a report that we investigated and determined not to be HIV HIV you think we did yeah the incident date was November 11th yeah number is 11.201
031proceeded I got about November 27. okay so what I will do is go back to the research on that and then bring up revised report if necessary to the next board meeting um that's easy enough to do any other questions lots of action items well items to be lower on the recommendation of the superintendent uh programs thank you I'd like to vote for the motion to smooth uh action items paid one through A8 okay Mr Becker yes that could be Ambrosio Mrs Jones yes yes this is Reed yes Mr Vitale the false yes Mr Baldwin yes and the next District Operations Ted foreign yes Mrs Reed yes this by Cali Mrs Walsh yes Mr Walton yes and um yes I'd like to motion of the board I've seen one who's the following policies for first
032reading and proceed to the news policy and interest at the 10 for secondary second yes Mrs Jones yes yes this is weed yes Mr vitalik Mrs Walsh yeah yes and Human Resources John do you want to do 15 minutes second Mr Becker yes Dr cambrosio yeah is this joke yes his name debit yes this is me yes Mr Vitale Walsh yes yes and at this time uh visitors business visitors are committed to comment on agenda and non-agenda items foreign Treasury the amount of 1 billion 299 000 353.45 seconds Mr Becker yes Dr Gilberto yes Mrs Jones yes Mrs McDevitt yes Mr milance yes Mrs Lee yes Mr Vitale yes Mr Walsh yes Mr Walker yes foreign discussion owned business we'll move on to um executive session on a motion that the Board of Education approves
033to move to an executive session oh okay um is oh sorry personnel and security thank you are going to take action after we are not okay