001To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Ber here, >> Mr. Espen here, >> Mr. Giannakis >> here. Mrs. Miller here, >> Mr. Pender here, >> Mr. Macy here, Mr. Cenber here, >> Mr. Chapman here, >> Mr. Cassio >> here. >> In accordance to the terms of the sunshine law, adequate notice of this meeting was posted in all school buildings, the administration building, Bur clerk's office, public library, three newspapers and tapped into on January 7th, 2025. Please be advised there is no smoking on school grounds inside or outside at any time. Please silence all electronic devices. Pursuant to district policy number 0167, each statement made by participants shall be limited to three administration and
002no participant may speak more than once on the same topic. [Music] >> Thank you. Superintendent report. >> Thank you, Mr. Pacio. Uh welcome back to all of our students, staff, and families as we begin the 2525 2526 school year. As part of our continued practice, we invite a student representative from the high school to share highlights of student life. This evening, we are pleased to welcome Chidare Unoha. Chidavere currently serves as the executive board president of the student council. She has also served as class officer and is an is actively involved in numerous clubs and activities including the environmental science club, Spanish national honor society, heroes and pool kids, the UNICEF the UNICEF club and the student leadership among many others. We thank her for representing her peers and look forward to hearing her update
003this evening. >> Good evening. >> Good. Sorry. Good evening Dr. Tanzy. Miss Malishak and and Mr. Casio and all the members of board of education. My name is Chida Anohha and I'm honored to serve as student council president here at South High School. In addition to student council, I am a three-time varsity track athlete, vice president of UNICEF, and co-founder of tech teams at the senior center and and an active leader in several other clubs in South WA High School. I'd like to take the next few minutes to update you on how the school year has started. In the first few days of the first few days of school went smoothly, and two of the biggest changes students have noticed so far are the security screenings and cell phone policies. At first, the screenings felt
004unusual, almost like going through TSA just to get into school, but the feedback has been very positive. Many of my friends and classmates have told have told me that they personally feel safe for and I share that same feeling. The cell phone policy was also something students were very hesitant about. But it already made a big impact from my own experience. I've seen more students paying attention in class. And I'm also talking and also talking to each other instead of staring at their phones. I've had more thoughtful and fun conversation with people I might have not otherwise met and I think it's helpful in bringing connections in the classroom. We also have a number of exciting events coming up. Homecoming homecoming will be held on October 1st beginning at 6:00 p.m. Students must attend school
005that day to be eligible to go and tickets are already selling quickly. Our a our athletics and activities are also on are off to a great start as well. James Cap Singer set a new world record in the 5K with an incredible time of 16 minutes 12 seconds 12.23 seconds. The marching band not only won their first competition two two weeks ago but also hosted a major event at the Joe's Field this past Saturday welcoming over nine bands to compete for senior event. For senior events, we're also going to hold our senior sunrise very soon to kick off the year. School pictures are also coming up. Underassmen will take their will take their pictures during physical education September 18th and 19th and students will take their pictures for their IDs. Looking ahead, on September 25th,
006the counseling department will host a senior a senior college planning night with more details to be announced soon. On October 1st, there will also be an anti-bullying assembly for all students during block one and two. Then on October 3rd, we will be cheering on our football team in the homecoming game against Bernard's. The following week from October 6th through the 10th, SPHS will organize the week of respect with activities and information shared through Tiger TV and during their lunch periods. And just as a reminder, school will be closed on September 3rd, 23rd, and October 2nd. Overall, it has been a very positive and exciting start to this new school year, and I'm very proud to represent a student body that continues to adapt, support one another, and make the most of the opportunities that we
007have at Southfield High School. Thank you for your time, and I'm looking forward to keep you up to keep you guys updated during the school year. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you. Great job. We are going to switch it around a little bit. I know that we have Miss Mlesca uh scheduled for our next presentation, but I'm going to ask uh Mr. Cochlin if you Coplin if you'll join us at the podium. I'm going to ask Mr. Casio to go on over to the podium podium. And then I'm going to ask our um guest of honor to join at the podium. Lucas Ryan, if you'll come up to the podium with your mom and dad. Okay, we are presenting tonight in recognition of a Riley Elementary School student, Lucas Reinhold, for his dedication, commitment, and ad
008advocacy in promoting healthy heart. Lucas has been recognized by the American Heart Association for his work and participation in the Kids Heart Challenge, the American Heart Challenge. So this evening, the principal is here to say a few words about this amazing student. Thank you everyone for having me tonight. Um I do want to say uh Mr. Gary also wanted to be here this evening. However, I'm hopeful that South Planefield is beating Carter Red on the soccer field right now. And for those of you who know me, it hurts a little bit. Um tonight I am honored to be here to celebrate Lucas Reinhold and his amazing effort in supporting and promoting Kids Heart Challenge. For those of you that don't know, uh each year in conjunction with our physical education program at Riley, Mr. Guess
009partners with the American Heart Association and with our contact to be here tonight, Miss Heather Leardo, uh who is the developmental director for school engagement to encourage students at Riley to participate in the kids heart challenge. Uh during this challenge, students are encouraged to learn heart healthy habits and the importance of physical activity. The Kids Art Challenge and the American Heart Challenge programs not only celebrate students across the country that have special hearts, but also celebrate students that make a difference. Each year, students are encouraged to share their why with the kids about the kids heart challenge and why it's important to them. These submissions are sent to the National Center and I am thrilled to share with you that a student from Riley, a third grade student from Riley has been named as a
010heart advocate. As an advocate, Lucas gets to share why the program is important to him and further explain how the Kids Heart Challenge and the American Heart Challenge encourages heart and brain health while helping others. I also want to celebrate Lucas's family tonight for being so supportive in our American Heart Challenge mission. They as a family were able to help raise over $1,000 in donations for the American Heart Association as in our partnership with the Kids Heart Challenge, which is amazing. And I just want to give a couple stats because I I promised Heather I would. Um, in our participation in this program, students in South Planefield schools are have some of these amazing stats. Approximately 1,600 students have access to heart and brain health resources. 379 students and families access to online heart and
011brain health resources to build a healthy home. 53 students and families watched videos on life-saving skills on hands-on CPR. and 41 students and families watched the video to learn about the warning signs of stroke. That's all just based on our participation with this program. The American Heart Association also rewards teachers like Mr. G, who hopefully is winning tonight, with the opportunity to purchase new equipment for his classroom to help support this work. Lucas has played an intricral role in all of this. Now, before I finish, I learned something very, very special last night um at Riley's back to school night, which I'm telling you, it was it was a banger. We had standing room only seats. You should have been there. It was fun. Um I got a chance to talk to the Reinholds, and
012it has come to my attention that Mrs. Rinhold and her uh cinematic expertise is going to film Lucas uh doing some hearthealthy things at home, whether it's his morning activities, his routines, his eating habits, his exercise routines, and she's going to splice that all together. And partnering with Heather, that video montage is going to be shared as one of the messages that get shared out across the country with other children his age to help promote that idea of heart health. So again, I am very honored tonight to be able to celebrate Lucas. Thank you. [Applause] Mr. Casio. So I'm going to read this to you, right? This certificate of recognition is hereby presented to Lucas Ryhold for his outstanding dedication, commitment, and advoc advocacy in promoting heart health on the 17th day of September 2025
013through his active participation in the Kids Heart Challenge America Heart Challenge. His efforts have been recognized by the American Heart Association. He is hereby designated as an advocate for his hard work, enthusiasm, and inspiration and encouraging others to live a healthy lifestyle. Congratulations [Applause] your mom. Okay, >> there you go. Get out of the way. >> Oh my god. Kill me. >> I'm getting out of the way. >> You have to be in her door. >> Jesus. Don't vote anybody. >> Thank you so much. >> Congratulations. >> Great job. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> All right. Good job. >> Proud of you. Good job. >> Go through the window. Congratulations again. We're very proud of you. >> Um, now I'm going to ask that Miss Mlesca, she has a couple of presentations this evening. One is
014on the HIV self- assessment grades for the 2425 school year, uh, along with the graduation pathways report. Then I'm going to ask you to go right into the update for the assessments. >> Sounds good. Thank you, Dr. Dan. Um, so we as a school district are required to report out on our HIV self assessment grades for harassment, intimidation, and bullying. This focuses on how many HIP programs and approaches we have in our schools, how many trainings we've offered, um, staff trainings, student programming, curriculum and instruction, how many personnel we have in district, reporting procedures, investigative procedures, um, and then overall reporting. So the maximum score that you could receive is a 78. I'm just going to read the school name and the final score. This is attached in curriculum under 10G if anyone wants to
015read through it more closely. Uh, the high school scored 76, the middle school scored 74, Grant school 77, Franklin school 76, Kennedy school 72, Riley school 73, Roosevelt school 77, Riley Prek annex 77, and Roosevelt prek NX77. Um, these scores are done through the anti specialist in partnership with the principal and then I review them prior to submitting to the state. That is one report. Um, for the graduation pathway, we as a school district are required to report out on our graduating class, the 2025 cohort. We had 289 students graduate. 264 met the first pathway for English language arts. 25 met the secondary pathway for English language arts. 188 students met the first pathway for mathematics. 77 met the second pathway, 24 met through um the third pathway which is in a portfolio appeal. We
016also had uh two students who were denied graduation due to credit. More specifics on this are also in your curriculum tab 10H. Okay, so last up, there are a few upcoming assessments families should be aware of in the coming weeks. For those seniors who were unsuccessful on the New Jersey graduation proficiency assessment last year, retakes will be offered at the high school the week of October 6th. School counselors are in touch with families of students who need to take that assessment. On October 15th, 10th and 11th graders will participate in the PSATs. Now, something new, the New Jersey Department of Ed is implementing a new state assessment. So, instead of just having our standardized New Jersey student learning assessment or New Jersey graduation proficiency assessment, they're modifying this and it is becoming an adaptive exam.
017So, it's the same name with adaptive attached to it. And what that means is the questions will either get more difficult or less difficult based upon how students are responding. The goal of this is to give us as a school district and across the state a better understanding of students academic levels because by offering a range of questions, it's less about whether or not the student needs proficiency at this grade level, but being able to dive into the data and see if maybe they're at a lower grade level or even a higher grade level so that we can better differentiate instruction to meet their needs. There will be a field test. It is mandatory. information will come home this week for families, but it's something to keep in mind that all of our students in
018grades four through 10 will participate in an ELA, English language arts field test. Students in grades four through nine will take a math field test and there will also be a field test for algebra 1, geometry, and algebra 2. So, that is something new that students will have to participate in the fall. And an email will come to families this week with more information. Thank you, Dr. Thank you, Missa. Uh, a few more items that I just want to make sure that our public is aware of. Um, almost all of our back to school nights have already taken place, but we do have two. The middle school is happening right now, but we do have two that still remain. Our preschool program at Roosevelt back to school will be held on the 18th uh at
019beginning at 6:30 uh in the evening and Riley preschool annex will uh occur on September 22nd at 6:30. A reminder for our parents and guardians, if you haven't already done so, um please complete your uh free and reduced lunch application. Currently, benefits are uh will expire on October 16th, so families must reapply to continue receiving uh the the support applications are available online on the district website. In addition, we also have an updated social services handbook. Uh it's digital, available to all of our uh families. You just need to go right on to our district website. Uh it'll give you information on social services that are available through the bureau, the county, and the state of New Jersey. Uh another important reminder for our families, please make sure that you log on to the Genesis
020U system to update any information uh involving uh your child. Update your contact information, especially your emergency contact information so that if there's any reason that we need to um reach out to you during the day that we have active numbers and we know that we're able to uh to get in touch with you. Um, I know Chid Bay had also spoken to us about how the students were feeling about our security system and I'm going to ask Mr. Vcolo to come up to the uh podium, give us a little u feedback on what he's seeing as the principal. And just uh to let you know, we are actually having a visit from a neighboring district tomorrow to take a look at the uh security system because uh they had heard it's going so well.
021>> Thank you, Dr. Tany. And first, I'd like to thank you, Dr. Tany, and Mrs. as well as kind of publicly for all your support and rolling out everything for our security system. Its success has been because of the great collaboration and cooperation we've always had together. So, thank you as well as the entire central administration team. Anyone was there saw literally every administrator in the district and secretary there helping getting us rolling and it was a huge help and also thank you to board of education for giving us us additional resources to make sure we have the staff appropriate for that. Uh to say it's it success is an understatement. uh the from day one to day two we saw a massive improvement and day one was actually pretty good to be honest with
022you. We were worried about everyone getting in the school by uh 8:15 the first day everybody was in school uh prior to 7:50 I believe um between 7:50 and 8 o'clock uh without any lines and then by day three uh by 7:45 the start of school traffic was clear lines were clear and everybody was straight in um I have some data that I've actually pulled from our evolve system just to give you some ideas on what's what's going on in reference to it I've had a few conversations with parents all of them have mostly been in thanks so on behalf from them and the conversations. I'd like to thank Dr. Tany, Miss Leon, board of education for helping support the uh safety of our high school students. But, uh, I have a week metric from
023week one. Uh, basically looking at the numbers, I have about 1,200 check-ins a day, which equates to about a little over a,000 students and the seniors that come back for lunch. On top of that, it's just keeping track of everyone coming in and out of the building and a security check. And throughout 6,000 check-ins throughout our first week, we did a 95% clear rate on all check-ins. And uh not a single thing that I would I I'm okay saying publicly to report. Outside of that, a majority or almost all of our alerts have either been a bracelet, uh the Beats, headphones, or actually our instruments actually sent them off um because they're brass things that they bring inside of the school. Uh but we welcome those in. Um just looking at a daily metric, this
024is actually from Tuesday. Uh this week we're actually up to 96 from 95% last week. I'm hoping to get even higher. We had,00 uh actually 1,200 in. We had 53 alerts which is a 4% rate. Um and you look at our peak times and it actually gives you the times in which people came in. Looking at that, uh all but 14 of our students were actually in the building and secured prior to 7 uh 7:45. Uh that's just through our evolve system. So, uh, again, there might be slight hiccups with the system resetting or we might be double-checking something, but it's definitely making us safer school. I was really pleased to have a conversation with Taring and a number of other students saying how much better they felt. And I don't believe this is illusion.
025I I feel that it's not just that feeling. We actually are that much safer at South Lakefield High School. And I want to thank everybody for their help in that. [Applause] We'd also like to extend thanks to the parents, guardians, the South Quinnfield Police Department, our SRO's and our CEO for assisting with the traffic management around our schools. With your cooperation, traffic flow has improved significantly and dismissal times have been efficient. We anticipate some delays on rainy days. Um, but procedures have uh adjusted and uh our traffic has flowed uh very nicely. So, we're uh we're on track here. Once again, I'd like to welcome back all of our students and family. We look forward to a safe, successful, and engaging 2526 school year. Thank you. >> Thank you, doctor. Any board member comments and
026presentations? >> Uh, Chip Mary, thank you for keeping us informed. Your report was excellent. So, thank you, Mary. Thank you for keeping us informed. Your report was also excellent. Um, I know Lucas already left. Um, but that's incredible at in in the third grade being able to advocate for something that's so important. Um, healthy uh, heart health and um, I remember when I was at Riley, we didn't jump rope for heart. So, it's always important to see that we are still maintaining that awareness and keeping up with that um, on an annual basis. So, um, to to Lucas, I know he left already, but keep up the incredible work for you and your colleagues, your classmates. Mr. Chapman, kind of want to echo what Dvon just said without being, you know, extremely duplicative about it.
027Uh, Cherry, thank you very much for your uh, for your presentation. I really enjoyed your enthusiasm uh, in doing it. No, you laugh, but it was really, I mean, that's important. It's an important part of public speaking. So, you did a great job and thank you very much. Uh to Lucas, an ambassador for heart health in the third grade. Phenomenal. Um you know, everything was great. I'm married not to leave you out. Your report was perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Sharon, >> I'd also like to thank Chad for providing us with the update on high school. It was extremely informative and we appreciate you letting us know what's going around our what's happening around our high school. So, thank you again. Uh, congratulations Lucas. I know we left for recognition and
028participation in Kids Heart Challenge. Advocating for something you believe in is extremely important. So, great job to him. And Mary, many thanks for your informative data reports. I really enjoy that. >> Anybody else? I'd like to recognize the one point you make with the cell phones. I find it impressive that the students are now more engaged. They're communicating social skills. It all goes hand in hand and I I I appreciate that. >> Thank you. >> Yes, Sean. >> I just want to add on one more thing. I invited Dr. Tanzy to speak about our uh security system at our county meeting in December. So she's agreed to and she's going to give a presentation along with Bridg's superintendent as well because they recently in April installed the security system. >> Thank you. Any public comments
029on agenda items only? >> Seeing none resolution to approve private board minutes. >> So move >> second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> M. >> Yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mr. Janakus. >> Yes. >> Mr. Miller. Yes, >> Mr. Pender. >> Yes, >> Mr. Peny. >> Yes, >> Mr. Cesleberg. >> Yes, >> Mr. Chapman. >> Abstain. >> Mr. Cassio. >> Yes. >> On the curriculum, we have A through I. >> So move. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. Mr. Vote, >> yes. >> Mr. Espen, >> yes. >> Mr. Janakus, >> yes. >> Mr. Miller, >> yes. Mr. >> Hender, >> yes. >> Mr. Yes. >> Mr. Cellberg, >> yes. >> Mr. Chapman, >> yes. >> Mr. Casio, >> yes. policy looks like there's a >> so move >> second
030>> any discussion call please Mr. B >> yes >> Mr. Yes >> Mr. Gianakus >> yes >> Mrs. Miller >> yes >> Mr. Pender >> yes >> Mr. >> yes >> Mr. Sleber >> yes >> Mr. Chapman >> yes >> Mr. Cass >> yes we've got personnel A through E move >> second >> discussion vote please >> Mr. vote. >> Yes. Abstain on D147. That's my spouse. >> Mr. Eston, >> yes. >> Mr. Gakus, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Per, >> yes. >> Mr. Peni, >> yes. >> Mr. Cesler, >> yes. >> Mr. Chapman, >> yes. >> Mr. Castile, >> yes. Abstain family member >> possible finance A through that double D. So move >> second. Any discussion, please? >> Mr. Vote, >> yes. >> Mr. Est, >> yes. >> Mr.
031Giannis, >> yes. Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Pender, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Telberg, >> yes. >> Mr. Chapman, >> yes. >> Mr. Cassio, >> yes. At this time, any public comments on any matter? Hello, good evening. Uh my name is Scott Miller. Um been here before. Uh just want to say it's um it's been a great couple of weeks to be a marching band parent. Um we have a lot of good going on. Um and I think I want to start with um thanking Mr. Wiggins and his crew. They got our patio donation to the board of ed up and running fully with power. So for the first home game, for the first time ever, we did not drag a generator down to the field. We did not hang an
032extension cord all over the place. The kids could run around and play a little bit. Not supposed to play, they played a little bit. Um there's no real danger around what we're doing there. Um so we thank the board of ed for allowing us to bring this to the field. Um, we're very proud of it. Um, we think it looks like it was built with the field itself. Um, I myself was happy to see um, that it was used at graduation last year for a polling station. Um, so it's got lots of uses. We're going to make great use of it and I hope other people do as well. Um, that's how our year started. While the marching band is doing all of their prep work, we go into our first competition. Uh we are
033well the marching Tigers are the reigning state champions in the tournament band and they got bumped up a class. It's much like a sports division being put up into a much bigger grouping. Um it's a much stricter rubric they're graded on and instead of being afraid of this um all of our marching Tigers they've risen to the challenge and they won their first competition this year. [Applause] And then we get into Saturday, biggest event of the year for the music boosters. One of the biggest events for the marching Tigers is your own home show. And we want to come here today to thank again the board of ed, the grounds crew, the athletic department, um the custodial staff. Um we brought in nine bands this year, which is up from previous years. somewhere around 750
034to 800 marching band kids visited this facility. They start out in the field here um lining up doing all the rehearsals. They march through Spring Lake Park. They go through the PAL. They pick up all their gear at the pool parking lot. They go perform the entire day. We could not have asked for better weather, by the way. Um, and I don't know, Mike, that there there were hundreds of people came to visit our facility and not one person had anything negative to say about what was going on down there. The kids had a ball. Um, while you're in your home competition, you don't get to actually win. You present the trophies. You don't get to get one. Our marching tigers had best score of the day. So, they continue to improve in their new
035class, which is absolutely excellent. Um, we did have a couple of minor kurfuckles getting set up, some scheduling issues, um, but we worked through them, but it did bring up um, something that I did want to point out. Um, we were asked to move some of our spectator parking more towards Kennedy School to utilize that back field way to come up by the baseball fields to get up behind Joseph Field to get where we were. that one or two spectators did comment that it is not exactly graded and presentable for walking. The it looks like it's more like water runoff there. Um it is something that I would encourage um the board of event to look into because I know that is used for graduation parking. Um the kids come up that way when they're
036doing graduation practices. Um it it's it needs a little bit of work if it's really going to be an entrance to the facility to be used for different events. Um we made it work. Thankfully, nobody got hurt, but there is a lot of uneven ground over there that um might want to be looked at just so there's not anything in the future. Um but, you know, we do want to thank um everybody involved in the school district for allowing the music booster to do what we do, which is to support the kids and the um directors here at the high school. Um we we really can't ask for a better start to the year. So, thank you. >> Thank you. [Applause] >> Good evening everybody. My name is Michael Ry. I'm president of the marching
037band boosters. Although it's not marching band boosters. This is the arts boosters. We are a program that involves every art you can imagine. Our gear starts with the season of football. It goes into drama. It goes into the chorus, the strip festivals, all of the music there. To echo Scott, we had an amazing home show. Thank you so much for all of your support on that. Uh what's happen to mention is out of those nine bands, we get bands from as far away as Pennsylvania that will come and register for our show, which is one of the earlier shows of the season. We had roughly about 800 people, but that's only the 800 students. That doesn't include the staff for each band, which averages around 15 to 20 people themselves. Then all of the spectators
038that come with their cars like a tailgating event for everything else. It was handled beautifully and ran very well. It was wellreceived by everybody. I talked to every band director that's there. They all say, "Yes, we wanted to get this show. We want to do this show." We opened the show up to 13 bands this year. We got nine, but the only reason we got those was because some of them double booked on other competitions that may have suited their class better. Even though we didn't get competed as far as winning this weekend, I believe if the scores are correct, we did also get the highest score of the day, which beat Matuchin, which is a band that's about >> three times the size of our band for musicality and presentation and theatrics. So, we
039just really love all your support. We hope we can count in the future. Uh, one thing I want to do is say I thank you again for your support on our initiative to get the gate added to Joe's Field. We are trying to get that secondary gate back by the baseball field where exit 2 is uh added to the field. It'll be an immense immense help to everyone for us for our home games because then we can go right from our truck directly to the track. Students won't have to go through mud. They won't have to go through gravel. They won't have to walk behind the scoreboard at night when it's dark. when we do our home show, we can offer it to even larger bands than what we have been because we'll have the
040additional space and capabilities to open those gates and do that. And Mr. Prescol and his team, thank you so much for all of your help this weekend. I know it was a little mixed up with the SATs and everything getting everything straight down, but you were great, Sebastian, and Mr. Wiggins was great with his team as well. So, thank you again for all your support. We look forward to it again. And please next year come on out and see the show. It's great. >> We are the best fed band in Jersey. Some of y'all missed some some some some good eats. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else? >> Sorry, a little slow. I just came over there. It's a little late and difficult. Name's Jim Colipro from South Planefield. I was here in June. when
041we were discussing the missing, shall we say, memorials. I understand at this point, according to Mr. Pascola, some final drafts or some drafts have been elevated up to the next level. I'm just wondering at this point in time, where are they? What's going on? Um, this was brought up in June. Things have been done. I'm just wondering what the next level is and when is your estimate that these things will come to fruition. >> Uh so you did come to the meeting in June and in July we posted and hired for two uh graphic artists that are working on it just like any other project. Um we have a vision of what it was going to look like. Um they're trying to interpret our vision. We did receive a couple of different drafts uh drafts.
042Mr. Skull and I had taken a look at it. It wasn't exactly what um we wanted it to look like. So, we sent them back again to come up with something else. We are waiting for their next um their next uh presentation. Once we see that, if we are happy with that, they will then come to the board. The board will then have the opportunity to give their input. We like this, we don't like that, change this, wherever, you know, whatever it's going to look like. Once that's done, they get the final approval. then it gets sent out so that the prints can be um can be uh you know put in and mounted for us. And once that's all done um the board would not have the opportunity to even take a look at
043the next draft until at at the earliest would be next would be the October meeting. So if they are in agreement and they are happy with it then we would send it out. Then it's at the mercy of the the um those that would print it and then mount uh it on the it's going into various frames. If I had to take a guess, and this would just be a guess. If we were lucky, it would be December. That would be if we were lucky. If all went well, and that's if they like the the what the presentation looks like. >> Okay. Thank you for that. Now, there was also talk of a website change to the high school. Same question. >> Until this one project is completed, we haven't even started on the other
044project. So once this is done, then this will be added along with the other um items that we have. It'll just be like an art display. So once we have one project done, then we'll move on to the next. >> Okay. Okay. >> Um I know I mentioned this in June and I appreciate that you're actually moving forward with it. >> I didn't hear anything until I spoke to Mr. Fuscola a little while ago today just to find out what was going on. I don't want to come here and black y'all. Um, this is an important thing in my opinion. Some may disagree, some may say whatever, but to me it's an important thing. I re offered my services or offered to give you a personal opinion of it. That offer is still out there.
045The one question I am going to ask is when you bring it to court, will the public be able to see it prior to it being final or is it up to y'all? As far as I understand it, it's coming to us and we will be uh making decision where you know how it goes up and where it goes up and what the fund design is. It's not really for a public uh input per se. It's not for one or two or three people. It's it's for a concept for the district. So, um, as far as we're concerned, we're engaged in in making this happen for children's past, present, and future. So, that that is on our hands to handle at this point. >> Thank you. >> We we do have an idea of where
046it's going to be being mounted. It is going to be mounted here in the in the media center. So, we do have an idea of where it's going to be mounted. We just have to make sure there's the right design that where it's going to where it's going to sit. But it's it's the board who will make that final decision. >> Okay. Now, I understand and like I said, I was speaking to Mr. Pascola earlier and he's given me an idea where he think it would be nice and I don't disagree with that. We want it to be a public display of what's going on. He had expressed to me what his idea was. I still fall back to my whole interpretation of it or my whole situation with it. Y'all put down a memorial,
047plain and simple. I want to know or I'd like to be know what you're going to do to correct that mistake. I know it's going to be something incorporated in there, but you literally took down a memorial, too. two students who were a part of the school district and passed during their time in the school and one was then my daughter's coming up on 11 years but she was a freshman when she passed and that class took the time to create not a mural not a design but a natural memorial to her and someone else that needs to be incorporated in this. I know why he took them down because of walls and things like that. And yes, I heard some blood and holes. I understand all that, >> but when you take down a
048memorial, something needs to be done. >> So, I'm sorry. I just I just want to You're asking what what is going to be done to correct it. This is going to be done. That That's what we're doing. So, we're making sure that it is it is incorporated. I've seen um you know the first draft and it is it is incorporated in as as well as the other student. So it is going to be um memorialized. It's going to be in a different spot and we're uh doing our best to make it look as as nice as it could possibly look and um leave some room in there as Mr. Casio has said for students from the past. Anything that happens in the present or and plan for the future unfortunately something else might have to
049you know be added to that. So, uh that is how we're planning on um correcting that mistake and making sure that we have a beautiful um art display, graphic art display, uh of those that have that have passed. Um and then also incorporating the art display that'll be on the website. >> Okay. I like I understand your ideas and things like that and I understand you know that you want to create a beautiful thing which I'm sure you will and yes it's going to be an ever evolving thing hopefully for any parent's sake you do not have to add >> I hope so >> anything that trust me >> I wouldn't wish something like this upon my worst enemy so hopefully we don't have to add something like that ever again so that's all I
050have thank you very much and I'll see you in October. >> Thank you. >> Great. >> Any board member comments at this point? Yes, Miss Miller. >> Um, I would just like to welcome the staff and students back to the 202526 school year. I hope it's a rewarding one for everyone and thank you to all the teachers for putting our kids first and being the wonderful mentors that you all are. Um, I wish all our fall athletes and coaches a successful season. Go Tigers. Congratulations to our marching band. I was not aware of those statistics, but good great work. Um, I'd also just like to say Middle Sex County School Boards Association is having our first meeting of the year September 30th at Times Manor. Dinner will be served at 6. It's free. You just
051have to register through New Jersey School Boards Association. Our own Mark Zimmer and Jonathan Bush will be our speakers. The topic will be difficult decisions, school policy and practice. It will focus on policies that spark the greatest discussion in school communities from curriculum choices and student rights to safety protocols and technology use. We will explore how boards can approach these complex issues with clarity, transparent to serve all our students. So hopefully some of you can attend. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Mr. P. Amazing job to our marching Tigers. Um continued luck and strength to them and our fall uh athletes. Um amazing job to our teachers, staff, parents, students, SRO's, everyone that plays a vital role in making sure our students are safe and healthy in their way back to school this fall.
052um and continue to inspire and educate and and make that impact in our students lives. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Seeing none, at this time we're going to executive session uh to discuss our confidential matters pertaining to uh personnel and uh attorney privilege and action may be taken probably an hour. >> Second call is meeting back to order. Roll call. >> Roll call. Mr. Bow >> here. >> Mr. Aspen. >> Mr. Ginois here. >> Mrs. Miller here. >> Mr. Pender >> here. >> Mr. Peny >> here. >> Mr. Cesleberg >> here. >> Mr. Chapman here. >> Mr. Cassio >> here. >> Like to call this meeting. >> All in favor? >> Motion. >> I favor. I come. Did you say cold?