001you [Music] you their own you know graduations yesterday and then today would be the university wide so instead they're doing tonight it's happening tonight they're doing a lot of when a virtual shout outs and stuff like that so most you know you know they they they do like a two-day and that's cool Danny okay I have 7:26 everybody on the same time he could not hi everybody hey how can you use use a vacation by now staycation uh yeah I've never see I've never gotten this many emails in my entire life it's like hundreds a day it's like it's like literally no one knows how to use the phone anymore they just email cuz they're all at home on their computers the same way oh it's it's it's like it's overwhelming you get like emailing
002is I having an email excited I never had anxiety in my life I've emails I'd just walk away for a day and your email box is like out of control oh my god I have to keep emptying my deleted folder at work you know it's crazy is the NJEA reps that I've been doing with they have like very limited space and they run out of space so their emails are bouncing back because we're not checking it all the time and I've got so many emails from prosecutors they want to say to case with me oh yeah the comment is really really for now they want to start a prison evening everybody hey Bernie do you do you have 728 I saw Bernie on before yeah I see I see because Hollywood square bucks so I
003got this hand sanitizer at Stop and Shop I swear it so I was like tequila I feel like I'm it's it's made from the same products yeah I think so but it smell it smells it smells like I'm rubbing who could you imagine like a motion to toe hand sanitizer sure didn't drink good that's good I mean they're using drinking alcohol finger I think the distilleries are making we're making sanitizer from stuff it's just not thick it's a it's liquid barn II I is Bernie and I at 7:29 I just want to get a sense of all the board members are on in 729 and we have one two three four five six seven we all board members are present okay then what we'll start in about thirty seconds folks okay everybody I'm gonna start
004the meeting I call this meeting to order due to the kovat nineteen health emergency this meeting is being held via videoconference in order for the Board of Education to conduct its business this board meeting is being streamed live on YouTube on the district website at WWE by org in addition members of the public who wish to provide comment during the good of the cause of the public portion of the meeting may do so through zoom a remote video conferencing system free direct access is available by anting the URL meeting ID and password you see before you on the screen upon joining the meeting your participation will automatically be muted to ensure that there is no disruption to the business being conducted by the Board of Education in order to be recognized select the chat feature
005and zoom then enter and send your name to the meeting host you will be recognized to speak when your name is called individuals will be invited to speak in the order in which we have received your request will the secretary please call the roll this is mrs. Reese I pledge allegiance [Music] New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advance notice of in to attend meetings public bodies in accordance of provisions of this act the East Brunswick Board of Education has caused notice of this meaning to be published at the Board of Education offices written notices and provided to the Sentinel the Newark star-ledger the home news and Tribune and the municipal clerk of East Brunswick all board of education meetings with the exception of executive
006session discussions are videotaped for later broadcasts individuals at the board's public meetings should be aware of these videotaping rules good evening and welcome we're going to start out tonight with our superintendents report dr. Valesky Thank You president Becker and good evening everyone in some form we are all participants in the worldwide reaction to the senseless death of George Floyd and how we move forward in a positive productive in respectful manner as superintendent of East Brunswick public schools it is my responsibility to catalyze the words and ideas for formidable anti-racist anti-bias anti hate change into actionable solutions we are a district of excellence that is one of the reasons why you decided to move these Brunswick while excellence will always be our pursuit so shall our strengthening of an inclusive culture and our schools our work
007is not static and changed for the sake of change is not good enough our professional development are critical the summer will have a focus on inclusiveness and equity in spite of the budgetary constraints we must overcome this board and administration has never wavered from committing resources that improve and sustain an environment that reflects the humanity and dignity of each individual but it goes beyond money it must be a core belief in how we treat every individual it is my commitment that ebps will not only communicate those beliefs but it will be a non-negotiable expectation that we model behavior that is anti-racist anti-assad anti hate every day East Brunswick Public Schools is proud to partner with East Brunswick Regional Chamber of Commerce in Brunswick Square Mall for the first ever MC foods 2020 battle of the
008classes in East Brunswick community food drive competition to celebrate the 2020 graduates of East Bay High School student leaders from D BHS plan to organize this community service event together with ebh s principal dr. michael vanilla and mr. ronald lichtenberger the president of the Chamber of Commerce the kickoff was Saturday June 6 and 4500 pounds of food were donated there is still time to contribute and support your favorite EB HS class food collection occurs in front of the Brunswick Square Mall near Panera every Saturday throughout the remainder of June from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. any donations from Lawrence Brook the more hammer sholde inbound will be credited to the class of 2020 donations from frost Berlin in Churchill Junior High School benefit the class of 2021 and the class of 2022 is supported by
009notations from central chidduck in Warren store fur and additionally the East Brunswick Education Association is working with dr. vanilla and each EB HS class Council to purchase two thousand dollars of food per class for the MC foods MMC foods Battle of the classes this EBE a grant also includes funds to purchase signs and a special gift for all graduating seniors the total value the EBA grant is value at twelve thousand dollars the EB EA is honored to support the class of 2020 all EB HS students and the community the less C which class will win the inaugural MC foods 2020 battle of the classes last week East Brunswick teachers dropped off three thousand dollars worth of books to elementary students meeting reading material this was a pride in public education grant from the New Jersey
010Education Association and the East Brunswick Education Association so thank you to him both we have been informed by the state of New Jersey that the grab-and-go program for meals in East Brunswick Public Schools will end on June 30th as a result the last meal pickup will be on Monday June 22nd there will be seven days worth of meals handed out instead of the normal five in order to cover the days through June 30th and all those although the school year is ending learning doesn't stop please visit our district website at eb net org for a variety of summer learning opportunities where you'll find information about how to extend learning at home as a family offerings from the community programs and reading opportunities through East Brunswick Public Library our last day of our most unusual school
011year for all students will be Wednesday June 17th and I want to express appreciation to our entire EB school community all of our families especially all of our doing some teachers during this unprecedented learning and teaching environment I wish each of you a safe summer and sincerest hopes or opportunities to enjoy the things that make each of you happy finally we have been monitoring government governor Murphy's continuing allowances to limitations on gatherings for graduation beginning July 6th after a few final touches we look forward to finally sharing our plans to recognize the accomplishments of the class of 2020 thank you thank you dr. Gillespie on tonight's agenda you'll see that we will be celebrating many wonderful achievements of our students but first the board would like to recognize our 2019 2020 retirees who represent a
012variety of positions including secretaries custodians instructional assistants teachers bus drivers and child nutritionists these retirees have devoted nearly 900 total years of service to our district and for that this board is truly grateful Susannah I think you need to unmute it's within your control sorry about that ok so thank you very much and I am excited to kick it off and just you know we wish congratulations you've been to your group Janet ah Bluff instructional assistant from Hammer shield middle school with 20 years brace Ariano school aid from Frost elementary school with three years Selina Barca instructional assistant from Central Elementary School 15 years Robert burner cooperative education teacher from East Brunswick High School 26 years and James Borden Tecna education teacher from Churchill junior high school with 11 years congratulations tall all right now
013continue on with sue brewer art teacher of Bal Monroe 29 years Allen Broadman social studies teacher at East Brunswick High School 28 years Joleen buckle oh bus driver and our support operations facility 12 years Florence character Oh in child nutrition in easy from high school 13 years and Joann Casa ready early morning aid with Community Programs 20 years congratulations it's my honor to recognize Laura K Bach Trembley speech language specialist for the district 32 years Jennifer Chao an instructional assistant priest from the high school 20 years Kathy can gusta in the admin building 16 years Audrey de Mond in English and I'll a teacher from the high school 21 years and Margaret donatello school aid at the high school 21 years congratulations all I would like to congratulate and thank each of our retirees for
014their dedication to our children Leslie D jack instructional assistant chittock elementary school six herbs Gabriella Engelhard splitty memorial elementary school 20 years Ellen geyser school nurse East Brunswick High School 25 years Margaret Wilson coy school nurse commercial middle school 24 years and Brian Howard custodian Churchill junior high nine years congratulations I'll okay he on a 4k Ella 90 teacher at no more Elementary School for 27 years Mary craft area the administration building in what 11 years Kathleen Holland an instructional assistant a memorial element 19 years on new caliber she a friend of the teacher at how much political school it was 20 years in Chafee Cowell elementary teacher development school for 71 years that I'd love to see you all thank you food we researched in the Blumenthal continuum and first and foremost thank you
015very much wrong reservists enjoy your retirement and know that I'm extremely jealous of all people Laura lungs secretary for 24 years of Lawrenceburg elementary school Kathy Moreno secretary with the administration building for 20 years Noreen McLaughlin a bus driver support operations facility for 10 years Charles mother Muir bus driver support operations facility for 11 years and Rena Paris instructional assistant at Memorial Elementary School for 22 years it is my honor privilege to introduce the following retirees Michelle Pickett elementary teacher of Frost elementary school for 19 years Rob Reider custodian at Lawrenceburg elementary school for 17 years donna i know'd elementary teacher frost elementary school 19 years Susan sent our yellow special education teacher East Brunswick High School 18 years and had a 4k accountant at the administration building 15 congratulations all thank you for your
016service and I continue with honoring these wonderful dedicated people who have been such a source of pride for our district for so long I also wish you well luck in your retirement Emory Schneider school nurse secures East Brunswick High School sherry he got kindergarten teacher Warren stalker elementary school 44 years Susan chairman elementary teacher Lawrenceburg elementary school 34 years Carol and so well school aid East Brunswick High School 20 years insurance wickets special education teacher once offer elementary school 23 years now it's my honor to introduce the following with high risk carrying timber child nutrition from East Brunswick High School for 24 years Roni Damon instructor assistant rhesus is branching high school for 19 years mostly with her neither school 8 Forrest elementary school for 24 years Kimberly Wales special education teacher should Churchill junior
017high school for 15 years ronita with school aid and alimony aide Forrest elementary schools congratulations to all red Harris and my best wish it was you and your family thank you thank you to Danny rogério for doing all the prep work for this our way of saying good luck and goodbye and now we come to one of our favorite nights of the year recognizing our students we have nine resolutions to give out so what I'm going to do is I'm going to ask for a resolution I asked for emotionally for resolution items two through ten so they don't have to interrupt each one with a motion in a second may I please have a motion resolution items two to ten so mu by Li Wu second by is there any discussion all those in favor
018I posed stain motion carries our first resolution of appreciation is for the 2019 2020 Board of Education student representative whereas Rachel Lobo has served as a student representative on the board of education for the 2019 2020 year and whereas rachel has faithfully attended meetings offered insight as a student of east brunswick and effectively communicated the Board of Education actions to her fellow students now therefore be it resolved with the East Brunswick Board of Education recommends and commends Rachel Lobo for time and service to the East Brunswick Board of Education Rachel you have been an absolute pleasure you have given so much of yourself your passion your energy your insight your laughter you shared with us you've given us a real sense of what it's like to walk in our halls as our students we greatly
019appreciate it and we wish you the best of luck and stay in touch with us please thank you so much for this opportunity I really appreciate it and I am like this these meetings I would feel like I learned so much and you all like helped me grow a lot and I'm honestly like gonna come back and say hi whenever I'm back from college um and also really looking forward to all of you meeting Tony who's the new board liaison because he is incredible you guys are gonna be so impressed but thank you all so much not only for helping me grow up but for helping all the students that you sponge-like in the staff we appreciate everything that you do thank you Rachel congratulations okay um Vicki so I'm ready for the Rutgers waxman
020yes okay yes so it is my pleasure to provide the resolution of commendation for the 2020 Rutgers waxman scholars whereas 17 East Brunswick High School students participating in the nationally recognized Rutgers waxman Scholars Program in which they focused on the DNA sequence analysis of genes and have had their research published on the National Center for Biotechnology information database which disseminates biomedical information for the better understanding of molecular processes affecting human health and disease and whereas scientists from around the world will be accessing the published research of these students for their own research purposes and whereas this accomplishment a tribute to the students hard work dedication and commitment has brought local state and national recognition to their school the district and to the community now therefore be it resolved that the East Brunswick Board of Education
021recognizes and commends Shruti Shah Magna thick apat Michelle Chung Liliana Cantillo Michael's son Abdul Muhammad Sophia Julia Eric way Margaret Lynn ELISA woo Vaishali umayal on staff darkman shreya rajeshwar on parameter das Sahil ma Malhotra Rachel Yan Sarah Adams and their advisor and Cinelli congratulations Barbara ready when you are you need to unmute there we go thank you whereas our PTA spend countless hours supporting our 11 schools and more than 8,000 students contributing greatly to their school communities and helping promote a positive school culture and whereas our PTAs fundraise extensively so they may give technology and playground equipment fun mini grants to teachers provide scholarships and so much more than we did and whereas the PTAs generously arranged for and fun special programs authors and illustrators music and dance history and science assemblies and workshops
022that enhance and enrich the learning environment for our students and whereas all those involved in our PTAs are wonderful examples for our students modeling good citizenship and the importance of doing one share to make the world a better place now therefore be it resolved that the East Brunswick Board of Education gratefully acknowledges the incredible support of the PTAs and their dedicated service and devotion to students and staff Thank You Tube a Monroe PTA president Vicki we're central PTA and President Lisa valino shidduch PTA and present Anna daisa Churchill PTA and president Wanda Miller East Brunswick High School PTA say and president Lisa Clark frost PTA and president Jamie Wasserman commercial PTA and president Wanda Miller Herman PTA and present Nikita filarsky Lawrenceburg PTA and pray Adriani vez karela Memorial PTA and president Julie Roth ah
023no and warrants or PTA and president Sarah Rubinstein and further be it resolved that the speranza Board of Education would like to extend a very special thank you to the president of PTA presidents Council and a good friend Jamie Wasserman who has supported and encouraged a PTAs in all their efforts thank you I have a resolution of commendation for the 2020 Future Business Leaders of America whereas the New Jersey Future Business Leaders of America is a student organization helping to build important career and business leadership skills that are necessary in the workplace and whereas each public high schools FBLA Club attended to New Jersey FBLA spring Leadership Conference an exciting conference that includes both valuable leadership workshops and challenging competitive events and whereas the East Brunswick High School's FBLA Club did an excellent job competing
024in all areas five East Plymouth high school students they dispersed in their division Maria Galkin electronic career portfolio barnaba deshi adenosine in entrepreneurship Eric weigh in administration in gap in March in political science and now therefore be resolved that the East from the Board of Education recognizes and commends the winning FBLA members Maria galkin for Nevada she Dennis sang Eric way Gavin March and their advisers Nicole Kenny and Caitlin Shannon for this outstanding accomplishment congratulations I have the combination for 2020 New Jersey We the People whereas at the New Jersey we two people 2020 this citizen and the Constitution competition students testified on compositional issues and simulated congressional hearings demonstrate impressive knowledge of the Constitution exhibiting the think critically and express their ideas clearly and articulately and where is following rigorous preparation 30 years public
025high school students in the Advanced Placement Institute for political legal education or AP EPEL class placed first in the New Jersey we to people 2020 the citizen of the Constitution competition for the 31st time out of a possible 33 earning the club has the opportunity to represent the state at the national finals and intensive competition competition held this year virtually and where is this accomplishment a tribute to the students hard work dedication and commitment has brought local state and national recognition to their school the district and a community therefore now therefore be it resolved that the East Brunswick Board of Education recognizes niha agony benjamin bajalia Sophie Brown nunya Chandra Lorenzo Preciado our June Deepak Andrew sweat Julie Harmon a Masha Jia Rodney Caitlin Marquez Rishi min Terada Simran Mookie Serena who Jacob Stern her
026na goo da Shi Kai Wang Andrew youn Dennis dang Kelvin jiang meiyan Clark Deshawn de la Christa thigh thigh on Kim Lucille Milligan cm Mookie Joseph Romney ream a beer Rasheed Nami sonica Lindy Shaw Milly Tressler and their teacher dr. Alan Rodman who will be dearly missed and their coach Mark laundry resolution of commendation pontypandy ng mea all state symphonic bang well as following a rigorous audition process and one East Brunswick High School student was among the top students musicians from throughout New Jersey selected to participate in 2020 ng MEA all states of phonic pen and whereas this selection requires a commitment on behalf of the student that result in many hours of intensive practice and they're successfully auditioned into the top assemble for the state and this achievement cumulates in a performance with the
027all state symphonic band at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and whereas this honor in tribute to students talent hard work and dedication has brought local and state recognition to our school and the district and to the community now therefore be it resolved that is branded Board of Education recognize and comment Hanna Lee and his teacher and debugged Brian passed congratulations well the resolution commendation for the 2020 New Jersey Music Educators Association young composer composition contest whereas this competition sponsored annually by the New Jersey Music Educators Association recognizes the accomplishments of student composers by providing an outlet for their critique of their original music and whereas four finalists were selected from the entries to present scores and recordings of their music and be interviewed by the NJ MEA conference that was held in February Emily
028toss composition for concert band syncopation circus earned first place in the petition and whereas this honor a tribute to the students talent hard work and dedication has brought local and state recognition to our schools the district and to the community now therefore be it resolved that the East Brunswick Board of Education recognizes and commends emelita and her teachers Marjorie Lopresti and dr. Arvind Gopal congratulations next is a resolution of commendation the 2024 general Science Talent Search whereas Lucy's now as senior at East Brunswick High School was recently recognized as one of 300 students selected nationally for the 2024 general Science Talent Search and whereas Lucy's entry resulted from the study she completed while a student at Stony Brook University's 2019 Summer Scholars program titled the computational development of a novel class of veronik acid containing
029Chopra noids and sis restricted compressed hummus statin a for analogs for tumor vascular disruption this project is important in combating cancer by reducing blood flow that feeds neoplastic growth and whereas the top 304 Jenner on scholars and their high schools were awarded $2,000 each whereas this honor a tribute to the students talent hard work and dedication has brought local and state recognition to our schools the district and the community now therefore be it resolved that the East Brunswick Board of Education recognizes and commends Lucy for attaining this incredible Heather sorry I disconnected for a moment I was concerned I wouldn't get back I have a resolution accommodation the National Center for Women and information technology aspirations in computing award recommendation whereas the National deaf women Information Technology Award for aspiration buting honors ninth through twelfth
030grade students to self identify as women genderqueer or non-binary for their computing related achievements and encourages them to pursue shion's whereas award recipients are selected based on their aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing presence demonstrated had a computing experience computing related activities leadership experience tenacity and faced with barriers to access components for post-secondary education this award recognizes high school students who identify as women compute elated achievement and interest as a part of an effort to encourage more young women to choose careers in technology and whereas to high school students Laura Kai and Kayla Wong was like it from high school applicants across the country for their outstanding aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing as demanded by the computing experience computing related activities leadership experience tenacity in the face of better access and plans
031for post-secondary education and whereas florica was a national winner and Caleb along with the state winner and for as one east runs a high school teacher Danielle Nephi received an honorable mention and whereas this honor a tribute to the students and teachers talent hard work and dedication has brought local and state cognition to our school the computer science department the district and to the community now therefore be it resolved that East Brunswick Board of Education recognizes and commends or hi Carol along their teachers I'm Cohen and Danielle nasty wondrous congratulations a wonderful group of students that we are proud to honor and indeed we are proud to honor every single one of our students for their own successes their own beauty their own stories we are so proud of all of you and so glad
032to be play a small part in all your successes any other board members have anything to say or shall we move on with the rest of the meeting I'm not seeing the entire screen Bernie I don't know if you can fix that so I can see all the board members on the top gallery video yes that's something you have control over I had it I think it was a sign I had Jeff on my entire screen it was like a sign okay for the good of the cause of the public video remote conference access as a reminder members of the public who wish to provide comic during the good of the cause for the public portion of the meeting may do so through zoom a remote video conferencing system free direct access is available by
033entering the URL meeting ID and password you see before you on the screen upon joining the meeting your participation will automatically be muted to ensure there is no disruption to the business being conducted by the Board of Education in order to be recognized select the chat feature and zoom then enter and send your names in Korean immediately you will be recognized to speak when your name is called individuals of invited to speak in the order in which we have received your request the Board of Education recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves public participation shall be extended to residents of this district persons having a legitimate interest in the actions of this board public participation shall be limited to three minutes
034for each individual duration before I ask if there's anyone wishing to address the board I believe our attorney Matt Jacobi has a few words he wanted to say good evening everyone the public portion of it is not free back and forth dialogue because we're in this virtual format what we're going to do is we will ask each participant to lists or make their statements to the board at the conclusion of all of these statements it's at that time that dr. Valesky the super head of schools will respond to the various inquiries or questions or provide information we don't do that to be rude we do that so that we can have a full understanding of what all the different questions are and often there are repeat questions this way we can then answer them succinctly
035at the end of the public portion so we don't engage in it back and forth but what we do do is we do listen to all of your comments and questions and statements and then dr. Valesky will respond at the conclusion of the public portion thank you very much thank you Matt Burnie is there anyone wishing to address the board I see no one having sent a chat message requesting to speak no one here we go we have Ning who is requesting to speak so just one moment and if you would kindly unmute yourself okay you are unmuted and state your name and address for the record please unless I can't see a picture of you unless you are a student in which case you do not have to give your last name or your
036address this is named John I'm a parent just want to say first thank you all very much for the efforts all these during this difficult time and as parents we really appreciate just a little bit feedback I have two kids a one middle school one high school um I think what works best is if the teachers may sometimes have more live videos or like a bazoom meetings with the students at a fixed time maybe every other day or something rather than just give assignments for their remote learning that's it thank you I'm sorry would you please state your name once again I did not get your last name Z H a and G thank you very much thank you bernie is there anyone else wishing to address the board no there is not okay seeing
037none I close the public portion oh we have a late comer Nell okay um I will let the speaker talk could you please state your name and address for the record unless of course you're a student you did not have to give your last name of your address then hi my name is Shi I um spell as X I and last name is AI um I would like to express some concern over the percentage of mass proficiency rate at EB High School um we saw it from niche comm it's only 18% it's among the second lowest among 16 schools in the surrounding school districts so as a parent I'm shocked to see such a low number for EB high school and so and I hope this would be a wake-up call for our mass education
038at EB to make some adjustment to our curriculum to make us strong again at mass education thank you we have an sang okay um I had closed the public portion but um it is a zoom meeting and I know that it's it's difficult to get the timing so we will allow the next person to speak as well please state your name and address for the record unless of course you're a student no last name or address if you're a student thank you mrs. Becca my name is Anne sang last name T as in Tom asta Dean Sam Eng first names and a NN e thank you I'm a parent I have one child still in the district I wanted to echo what dr. I just had said about the math proficiency I just wanted to
039say I noticed in the past school year there has been significant reduction of homework even at high school level for math they become optional and I simply don't see my child doing enough math exercise and even at her level relatively okay I think but her accuracy has reduced I can noticed it that during tests that there are more mistakes so I would encourage we revisit the math curriculum and to see if there is a way to to improve from here thank you thank you thank you was there anyone else wishing to address the board no there are no other requests okay president Becker could I could I clarify about the comments I just wanted to close the public portion I'm sorry yeah I'll be absolutely thrilled for you to clarify okay thank you to those
040who came and spoke we appreciate it and now I close the public portion dr. Valesky I just want to clarify for the public the the rankings in ich komm this year we also noticed right away the the scores in mathematics which are reported from the from our state report card and I'm an ask dr. bolli to weigh in along with me too she is the assistant superintendent for academics but one of the issues that we suffer is we are not a comprehensive 9 through 12 high school so we are ranked treated differently because of that also many of our students complete their math work required for graduation before they even get to high school and students are not sitting for standardized tests and so we're being penalized not only for a student not sitting for
041a standardized exam but for not responding in not putting answers on that exam so we're being held by Double Indemnity on those test results and I will tell the community that those rankings and mathematics are not accurate we are working to do our own analysis so we can come up with an apples to apples comparison that does not mean that that we do not need to improve in mathematics and I'll let dr. bolli clarify further beyond what I just said thank you dr. velinski that is accurate it's a different configuration of our high school the 10th through 12th grade configuration is different comparing it to the other districts as well as the majority of our students take their state required raishin assessments in Churchill so that falsely reduces our proficiency scores in the high school
042so we are working on an apples-to-apples comparison so we can give the community a true sense of where our students perform mathematically as well as in every other area but that does not mean that we do not need work and we we appreciate the input from the community absolutely thank you again to all who took their time out to speak tonight thank you dr. Valesky and dr. bolli moving on to the Board of Education items could I please have a motion for items 1 & 2 I think you guys need to earn themselves my job second second by Li Wu is discussion I actually had something I was wondering if dr. of Alaska could just talk for a moment on item number two which is the required update to district public health related schools closure
043plans uh yes president Becker so at the closure of our schools on ljt we had to submit to the county superintendent our plan for closure of school for long term closure and how we would address delivery virtually remote instructions taking attendance students with disabilities English language learners safe delivery of meals to what turned out to be the entire community not just children that were identified as free and reduced all of our facilities and how we would clean them and our summer programming and we had you we were required as we move through the pandemic to upgrade and to refine our plan which will be used in the future if we need to close our schools any time in the foreseeable future although we're hoping that's not going to happen but that is one of the
044reasons - and I think that communicated out that our summer programming for this year will continue virtual at we begin to assemble a recovery to the 2020 2021 school year whatever that looks like a murder whatever will be mandated by the governor and the Department of Health thank you dr. velinski is there any other discussion all those in favor hi stain motion carries moving on to our I'm sorry you're on mute thank you appreciate it moving on to our community programs Genda can I please have a motion for items 1 through 8 throw me mu by Todd second Jeff by Jeff is there any discussion I actually have another question for dr. Valesky dr. Valesky what we're doing is we're approving a whole bunch of programs for a virtual summer school program and I wonder
045if you could just talk about that for a minute because I'm sure a lot of parents are wondering why we're doing it what we expect the kids to get out of it it cetera president Becker we you know I'm very proud of Henry Gilbert who manages our community programs and mr. Joe Crouch felt that as well they've taken great care to provide virtual opportunities for students this summer it does not replace the face-to-face but we really wanted to create engaging programs where students would learn something they would have some fun they would be entertained and and to take their minds off the the regular school year and all the the things associated with the pandemic that they've had to deal with so this is kind of a an escape for them and a chance for
046their creativity to shine thank you any other discussion all those in favor aye opposed same Susanna did you ever end up for a question or was that an I that was a night motion carries moving on to our financial services item can I please have agenda can I please have a motion for items 1 through 11 emmys Jeff move by Jeff anyone Euler Euler second by Marc thank you bye mark is there any discussion I would like to comment on item number nine the gift of these Brunswick Chamber of Commerce and Washington through the digital message billboard on the route 18 corridor that I believe dr. Valesky referred to how grateful we are or they're taking this opportunity to recognize the class of 2020 that we are so very proud of is there any other
047discussion well the secretary please call the roll this is true yes mr. sesmar yes mrs. boss yes mr. Hong yes mrs. lacs mrs. Reese yes mr. Simmons yeah mr. Winston yes there's a pepper yes except item 2 Billis issuance on June 12 I need to Spain on purchase order number P 2 0 3 - oh no - thank you motion carries moving on to our Human Resources Genda there's one item can I please have a motion for item number one the most belly wolf Mowgli I'm sorry second second Barbara second by Barbara is there discussion will the secretary please call the roll mrs. Chu yes mister sesmar yes mrs. boss yes yes this is wax mr. mrs. Reese yes mr. Simmons yes mr. Winston yet present Becker yes motion carries for our information technology agenda
048there is one item can I please have a motion for item number one don't most deals by Lee one second by Todd is there any discussion yeah and now I am raising man I was just wondering is what this number have been different if we were not in the remote learning environment because I know we were already on the past 2 1 2 1 so is this the same number we would have ordered anyway or is this different doctor sorry it it is the same number we at plan to roll out technology to the acquire population of Churchill okay thank you any other discussion all those in favor abstain motion carries on our staff development agenda we have one item can I please have a motion for item number one so moved moved I lose
049second by Todd is there any discussion all those in favor Stane motion carries for our student services agenda can I please have a motion for items 1 through 4 some will move by Barbara second second by Leo is there any discussion dr. molesky Jones 5 again but I do have a question and about item number 2 I'll just 2020 2021 clubs activities athletic academic teams I'm not going to ask you to look into your crystal ball tell us what it's going to look like the next year but I would like to get a few thoughts from you on how our extracurricular program that was able to run virtually this spring how'd it go we had you know honestly our our clubs and activities continued right along in a virtual environment after we closed schools parallel
050to what we were doing instructionally in the academics area so it was also an opportunity for students to continue to expand their their their touch with the school be it you know remotely so it actually worked as well as we hoped it would but I will tell you nothing nothing replaces face to face after being in this remote environment I think we're all looking forward for the opportunity to get back together we're gonna have to do that slowly and carefully as as the authorities allow us to it worked really well and I'm very proud of the entire team for me because it wouldn't have happened with a lot of dedicated people putting in the time to make that if I may add also dr. Valesky and a lot of the parents that I had spoken
051to during this time it said that he also gave this child chance to kind of have a normal school feel because a lot of these plump women walk to our kids and I was and they were able to continue on they were very happy that they still had a chance to participate even if it was virtually in something that they really enjoy so that was that was really positive from the comments yes anything we could do to help our kids stay connected Thank You dr. Glasgow I was just curious about the feedback we were getting from having done this for a semester so is there any other discussion this is a real cool vote with a secretary please call the roll this is close yes this is Mark yes this is boss yes mr. Hong
052yes what mrs. Reese yes mr. Simmons yes mr. Winston yes president Packer yes machine carries can I please have a motion for item 1 on our transportation services agenda so move just move by Jeff Beck a second by mark any discussion all those in favor nein motion carries we do have three items on old business tonight can I have a motion for items three under oldest to move move I want seconds second bi-level is there any discussion all those in opposed abstain motion carries thank you moving on to committee reports is Rachel still with us or did she hear Rachel and forgive me if you mentioned during your what you were saying tonight about um your replacement who do you have a sneak preview for us who is going to be our student rep here
053yeah he's on the call actually on his name is Tony he is the new NHS president also um so I'm sure he's gonna do a great job you guys will love him yeah it'll be very exciting and you have a final report for us tonight yes I do so um this week the seniors dropped off all their things come and it was a really smooth process kids were in and out they were able to social distance we saw some of our teachers and counselor and sanctified them so that was nice and I we appreciated the gift of like these ones like mask and keep then um we are also ready for virtual grab nation a lot of guys are making friends with friends just to like have a group of people who were requested in
054high school to watch that together way we are also an NHS hosting the food drive with these friends late class Council and student councils so that's every Saturday in June from 10:00 to 2:00 right by Panera and you should all definitely donate especially now a lot of people are struggling with unemployment and so getting back to the nice table is really important to them and if you can help that would be a great thing to do um yeah that's basically everything I just want to thank all of you again for being so great and supportive this year especially given all these uncertain circumstances it was all handled really well so we appreciate it thank you thank you Rachel Rachel are there any committee reports information items go to the cause of the board I had
055one our senior award night was held and virtually and I wanted to congratulate all of the students to recognize for their incredible accomplishments learning can't even count how many scholarships was given out and also congratulate their parents children don't just happen you have a lot to be proud of and we offer our congratulations continued success and to all teachers and staff and administrators who took part in the event vanilla and his entire team for help getting it put together greatly appreciate it congratulations seniors so I I heard Rachel say that Tony's a new student rep who's on tonight and typically we get to hear or see hear from them at least I'm wondering if he is on if you'd like to uh yeah hello my name is Tony I'm not allowed to turn my video
056on if opportunity but I can still introduce myself yeah as regional said I'm Tony I will be taking over as liaison to the Board of Education for the 2020 to 2021 school year I am Oba I hope I'm as good as Rachel and I just wanted to let you guys know that I'm really excited for this opportunity I have a lot to share and yeah I'm really excited to work thank you you look forward to meeting you I want you to know we're a really fun group these meetings are very a lot of fun and very exciting and you really look to them new meetings are that fun really we are a fun group okay it's just was checking on meetings compared to some agreement okay all right is there any other Susanna thank you
057for frequentiy into the family so to speak any other committee reports information items of the cause for the board seeing none we do ever need for close Laurie's tan is not that's okay I know but she's not used to be talking somebody zoom I'm sorry Laura yeah I'm sorry I know what he's doing so you didn't see me I just wanted to to say a goodbye to Rachel to thank you because sadly in a perfect control to be sitting around the dais for us or even able to give her hugs and wish her well in college and I really enjoyed your report they were so thorough but yet I couldn't I couldn't get enough I never wanted them to end you gave us that's an incredible view into the high school and all the goings
058on Tony you have very very big shoes to fill so welcome we look forward to that and I hope you guys enjoy your summer rates we wish you the best and again it's also bittersweet all the people we've honored today we should have been with you the retirees that's one of my favorite bittersweet event of the year is um the EDA retirement dinner so I just wanted again say thank you to everybody wishing everybody well they see good health and Jeff yeah just real quick I mean there was no resolution but I want to definitely give recognition to the parents in this community who got thrown into this as much as the students had with the with stay at home I as a parent of entirely too many children I recognized what you all did
059and it it's it's an amazing thing and I think the parents have a lot to be proud of that they were able to get their kids and work with them through this I know a lot of homeschooling I think a lot of parents learns how to do math again and it was exciting so I appreciate it and I definitely appreciate the communication for many of the parents throughout this entire process so hats off to you guys who really we did it so it's good well said yeah thanks for bringing that up anyone else seeing none we do have a close need for closed session whereas the Board of Education must discuss matters which are not appropriate for discussion in a public meeting and whereas these subjects are often within the are within the exception to
060the open public meeting at a Board of Education intends to discuss matters as follows those items up this evening's agenda the lame - the closed session is estimated to be 60 minutes after which the public meeting of the board shall reconvene and action will not be taken I please have a motion to go into closed session is there any discussion all those in favor aye opposed same motion carries thank you so much for those of you who joined us tonight greatly appreciated come back and see us again board members I just remind you when you leave this meeting to please log in to be closed sessions in meeting goodnight everyone and stay safe good night [Music] you