001I'd like to open the main of silence [Applause] to the flag of the United States of America. and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act. I notice that this meeting has been sent to board members all district schools the Herald news and trends the record messenger West Mford town hall county superintendent's office the board of cable division from west TV77 and media administration public meeting resolution were provided to all local media town hall township library and all districts roll call please Mr. Mrs. Wire >> here. >> Mr. Dson >> here. >> Mr. Liby. >> Mr. Mark >> here. >> Mrs. Romeo >> here. >> Mr. May >> here. >> Mr. >> Here. >> Mr.
002L >> here. Superintendent [Applause] executive sessions. Mr. Um I move um to go into the executive session that the board will go to executive session for approximately 30 minutes for the purpose of conducting an appeal. The executive session minutes will not be released until such time as privilege or confidentiality is no longer applicable at 602. All those in favor? Any opposed? >> Okay, we'll returning from executive session at approximately 7:30. [Applause] I'd like to call back to order. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Sto here. >> Mrs. McGuire >> here. >> Mr. Dson >> here. >> Mr. Lippy >> here. >> Mr. Romeo >> here. >> Mr. Rano >> here. >> Mr. Vanetti >> here. >> Smart >> here. >> M lock >> here. >> Okay. Superintendent support application. >> Um so one of one of
003the items that was intended to be discussed was um We were supposed to give the HIV presentation from legal one. Um, as you're aware, that was, uh, cancelled due to scheduling conflict, uh, with the, uh, indivi with the presenter. Presenter was not available. So, uh, a couple of things I wanted to go into are vacancy updates. So, we've discussed these, but I just want to kind of discuss a little more about some of the positions we're having trouble filling. Um, a lot of them are tied to special education. I know we talked about that at committee. Um, but let me just kind of go through some of these, uh, openings that still exist. So, uh, we have a special education ERI position at the high school, uh, that we are having trouble filling. We have
004a special education math teacher at the middle school that we are having trouble filling. Uh, this was from a an internal transfer uh, promotional transfer to a a administrative position. Um, we have a regular math teacher position at the high school that we are having trouble filling. We have a special ed erri um position at Apsua that we are having trouble filling. Uh we have a replacement English teacher position that is still open. This is a short-lived one. Um and we have a plan for that. Um uh it it's just about a month long. So, uh that is still officially open, but we're going to be utilizing the uh a substitute in a long-term position there. We have a 6 art position. Uh this is one that we have someone uh who will be um
005filling that role and we are waiting on um we are waiting on practice scores because they actually may be able to become credentialed uh for that position for this school year. Uh but in the in the inter while we're waiting for that to take place, that individual is going to be filling that role as a long-term substitute. Um, we have a Maple Road self-contained uh position that we are having trouble filling. We have a special ed resource room in Makipin that we are having trouble filling. This is a new position based on the numbers jumping. So, that was one that um Dr. Wrestle, you want to correct me if I'm wrong on that. That was one that didn't exist previously. How that's very recent, right? >> Yeah, that is recent of uh sections that broke
006early in the summer. >> Yeah. Um, we have an encore teacher position at UGL. Um, that is related to one of tonight's agenda items. So, I wanted to remind you that tonight on your agenda is the discussion uh and the ability to a motion to open up another section of second grade. If that were to happen, uh, there would be an internal transfer. The end result would be that the position that becomes open would be this encore position. Uh, that was posted as an anticipated opening. interviews have taken place for that and um if if the motion carries this evening that would be a position that uh would be filled shortly thereafter. Um we also have a new opening of a secretary of athletics that uh we have not yet posted for. So again, several
007of those positions are specialed positions. The individual building principles in each case have plans or how they're intending to address those. Uh in some cases it is uh by uh putting substitutes in there or or long-term subs in there for the jobs that they can't fill. Um in some cases we have added six period stipens to try to cover some of the some of the classes. Um but again uh the individual principles were working on plans to to fill some of those roles. Um and I know uh Dr. Resa if you want to speak a little bit about some of your process because a lot of those positions are in your department. I know you've been working very hard to to try to find people for those. You want to speak to that? >> Yes.
008Thanks Dr. pitch. So the process that we've been engaging is is really I think not only working with the principles but um and and going through uh the typical measures that we do through our frontline recruit and hire portal where we will look at applicants. Um I have worked with my new supervisor Miss Blades and the principles in all those school buildings reviewing the applicants uh bringing in conducting interviews um multiple interviews. We've had positions that have been filled and then they have been vacated due to pos um um people that have been recommended to the board taking other positions. Um we've also taken the step to pursue various agencies. I've reached out to at least a half a dozen agencies for a variety of positions and in working with the principles uh looking at
009agencies to fill these positions whether they're teaching positions or otherwise. So we are really um doing as much as we can going to a variety of of of means to bring in quality staff. Um and really I think the challenges that we've experiences do do come with some of those positions being very specialized. Uh we're talking about ERRI positions, students, you know, working with students with behavioral needs. Um as well as um content area specializations such as math. I know that that was listed as a couple positions as well. Um and and having that um those those unique certifications is very hard to find. So, we are we're working very diligent on filling as many as we've had so far, and we'll continue to do that leading into the year. And then, like Dr. Kitchen
010said, um using short-term subs and um other staff to help fill some of these needs. And and related to the um the positions that we're having trouble filling there. One of the things that that I mentioned is that we have uh some teachers who have experienced teachers who have interviewed for these positions. Some of them have come from districts with uh higher salary guides that they are looking to get a salary match for their years of experience. And uh we have told them that we we think that would devalue our own staff members because if you come in with the same level of experience as someone whose experiences in this district uh you shouldn't be placed on a higher step than they are. And that has resulted in a few of our candidates turning us
011down where we've made the offers and some of the positions are still open as a result. any questions related to that topic? So, the other thing I wanted to discuss was a possible board docs partnership. Um, that is something that um our ops and finance committee had the opportunity to receive a presentation on. Uh if you remember, this conversation stemmed from a discussion we had uh a month or so ago about trying to um make it a little easier that we're not all sitting here with a million papers that are printed out and and trying to improve our process for going digital with some of the things that we're doing. That conversation continued last month at our tech committee. Um Mr. Lippy was was there. We were kind of talking a little bit about some
012of the options we had there. Uh that committee meeting resulted in uh Mr. Winston and myself sitting down with someone from Boardocks to discuss uh the possibility of of partnering with them and going through what some of the benefits of their program would be. We sat through a demo that we thought was was really useful. We um then requested an additional demo with our ops and finance committee so our committee could see how uh how board docs works in terms of uh our ability to put together agendas on there, our ability to search old agendas. All of our archived old agendas become immediately keyword searchable. Um, as we are looking for information from surrounding communities and what other districts are doing, whether it be something related to contract negotiations uh or policy updates, there's also
013a feature that allows us to search all forward- facing content from any district that uses board docs. I think that would be a feature uh that would that would be well received by our board. Will, I'm just picturing you being on there looking up So, um, so anyway, I I think, you know, the presentation was wellreceived. I I thought that our our the members of our, uh, board who were able to view the presentation, um, all seemed to to really like it, recommended that we put it on here for approval, uh, but we wanted to discuss it before we came to the vote just in case there were any questions related to that. Yes, Tara. >> Um, I was lucky enough to see the presentation and I just wanted to say that it it was
014very userfriendly. It will be great. It be a great tool for us as a board, but I think more importantly, it's going to be easier for the public to um find information that they need of things that you know we approve and talk about here. Um and I happened to be at the board office on Thursday after um secretaries had their training and they also seemed really um positive and optimistic about how it would streamline their workflow. Yeah, one of the discussions also sorry uh but one of the discussions that we had with them was also about um sort of protection of the information that we provide. So it also offers us the opportunity offers me the opportunity as your superintendent to share out executive updates with you in a forum that is only one
015way communication. So there's no risk of um any sort of accusation that there is board business being conducted through email correspondence. So, it takes a lot of the information that we communicate with one another and it and it makes it a little bit more protected um a little more Oprah protected because there's no risk of of inappropriate action. So, I think that's really helpful as well. So, there's there's there's a lot that's that it's beneficial. Any other questions about it? >> I I just want to say I I was lucky enough to sit through the presentation and someone who is not techy at all felt very comfortable and that it would be something that I'd be able to hand, you know, be able to pick up right away. Yeah, >> I do like the idea
016that it provides a lot better transparency for the public. So, it it does take away that Oprah re request because they can people can access most of their stuff and we aren't having we're not having to keep every time something comes up. Please don't comment on this or whatever. I think that that that makes it, you know, a a very good idea. The other thing is is that this this has been something that for like the last four years we have seen at workshop and we I have I myself have felt like this is a program that we really needed. So I appreciate that you guys took it on and that you know I'm I'm all for it and I'm all for not I like paper as far as writing on but after seeing what
017I could do where I can write my own notes in there I'm I'm right on. >> Yeah, I think that's an important feature as well. So there's an inward-facing note takingaking section. So when the when the agenda is shared out with you, you have the ability to take notes on specific agenda items that only you are able to view. But then when we get when we go through the agenda, you can ask your questions in this forum um to to be discussed. But again, it's open protected because it's not something you're not sharing your comments out. Nobody else can view those things. It's it's just for you as you're um kind of going through and doing your homework on an agenda prior to a meeting. So, any other comments from people who saw it or
018questions from those who did not? >> Make a comment really quickly. I agree. I also um was very happy and I didn't think I was going to be. I didn't have high expectations really. Um but there I will miss if you know if we do get that program I'll miss the um funny faces with Andy's you know remember don't the don't comment emails we all make. Um, but right now Terry just said, "It's easy. Even I can do it." So, that's a positive. Um, and the other thing that like blew me away was I don't remember the number, but I just anticipated it being a lot more money. And when I heard the number, I was like, "Oh, that's not that's like >> Yeah, I believe it was $11,000." >> Very inexpensive for what I
019saw on the screen. So, um, I just feel like it's a win-win for the community and for the board, you know? Yeah. >> Um, yeah, I saw so many benefits. Um, and and I'm also a paper person. I take so many notes and but when you're a board member, really, do we need a whole like three file cabinet in our own house? Like, no, I would be awesome to not have that, you know. So, um, there's a lot of really great things about it. >> I think to and obviously it's on the agenda with the dollar amount attached, but I believe it's 11,000 annually. And one thing worth noting is that uh we are locked into that price for life. Um so if the price starts to go up when we we we still get
020the $11,000 annual price um based on being members of school boards because they've got a pre-negotiated price. So our onboarding price is our price forever. >> That's all I have for you this evening. Uh again the HIB uh training is not going to be happening. So we can move on from there. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. kitchen. Uh, director of education's report, Mr. Novak. >> All right. Uh, as I mentioned in the past, we are going to, um, see some, uh, reports from a few of our summer committees in at this meeting and then we're going to see, um, you know, the rest of them at the September meeting. So, I guess I'm going to start off with uh, introducing Dr. Russa and the uh, AAC committee. Uh, thank you for thank you for
021being here. So you you can go first or you can leave first. >> Do we need to move if there is there going to be u >> is there any slides? >> Great. Thank you. Okay. So I'm just going to do a brief introduction uh because again the uh the work that was done by this committee was really tremendous and um I want to thank them. We have I'll do the some introductions here. Joining me is Stephanie Janets, one of our speech therapists, and Lauren Trey, one of our speech therapists in the district in the department of special services. Um, we are very fortunate and again I want to thank uh Dr. Kiten, Mr. Novak, the board of education for the chance to present on what was a really exciting committee that that took place
022this summer. It's our AAC committee or augmented and assisted communication uh committee. Uh this was a committee that was devoted to spending time looking at how we can help our students with special needs that have communication challenges. Uh be able to use various technologies and create processes and procedures in our district so that um we can streamline a few things, work with our technology department, uh work with our staff and making sure that uh there's some training and opportunities for growth. Um but also really coming up with tiers of intervention uh and also just different ways that we can really streamline processes so that um the students that need devices, need this type of assistance, need these supports can really have what they need. Um and again, it really just adds to our department and
023be able to do some great things for students. So I'm going to um turn it over to Stephanie and Lauren to share a little bit about it some more. we have a handout or two. And then um as you see on this presentation, these are all links. These folders are links to different things that we may point out as we go through. Um but I just want to thank them for their work and um and uh for being here tonight. >> Hi everyone. Thank you. Um so we came to Dr. Essa in the spring and we were like we want an AEC committee and he was in full support of it. Um and what it was uh we wanted to work collaboratively. So it our committee included um a CO speech therapist, a teacher um
024a CST member um as well and we started with developing an action plan. So we kind of looked at where we were now as a district and we kind of realized that um we weren't able to intervene as speech therapists as quickly. Um and it was because we didn't have you know vendor or evaluator options that we were aware of. Um there was wait time um a lot of wait time for kids to um students to get devices. Um and we wanted to be able to kind of jump into action quicker. Um um and then we started looking at where we'd kind of like to be after all of this. Um so we'd like to allow for more in-house AAC evaluations to be completed. Um it's a little bit faster of a process if we
025do it inhouse. a little bit faster, working with technology to kind of get our kids up and running um more quickly and more efficiently. Um and then when it's appropriate for our evaluations to be sent out, making sure that those outside evaluators are equipped, understanding our students needs, equipped with working with multiple different kinds of technology, and can really provide our kids with um the best options out there. We wanted to create a a protocol to decrease miscommunications and inconsistencies in procedures. So, everyone on the child study team's on the same page. All the speech therapists are on the same page. Um, special education teachers are on the same page as well. And then we wanted to have a sort of central location for the child study team and the speech therapists to access all
026of these sort of forms, protocols, um, technology, communications, and and have everything kind of be in one central location. Um so that's when we kind of um everyone took action and had a responsibility and as a speech therapist we kind of put together protocols tiers um we included the teachers because that's really important they're the ones implementing it on a daily basis um from CST we made sure that you know what are our vendors what is available um so we kind of broke it down and everyone had their jobs and met with in their disciplines and then we all met together as well >> and then after meeting together and kind coming up with some of the plan that we'll go into in a minute. Um, some things we're looking to in the future are
027more training for our AAC devices. So, both for our parents and then also for our staff, teachers, and aids. Um, discussion on how to approach uh technology and and ensure that devices are being received and distributed and make sure that everything is where it needs to be. posting some information on the school website under the staff information tab so that everyone again has has an easy access and knows where to access it. Um and then ordering devices um to have in-house. So having each speech speech therapist having a device possibly having some devices floating around the classrooms um to allow allow the therapists to provide interventions quicker and more efficiently. Um so with that our next plan of action we um made AAC tiers and the purpose was that is because there's a very big
028misconception that there's prerequisites to AAC and um having access to that and that's not true. Um so we really wanted the whole district to see um how you can help students. Um and this doesn't include students who just aren't are non-verbal or not able to communicate. you could have a child who could speak in full sentences um and just need that visual support. Um so it came up in in your packets, it's the second page um with AAC tiers. Um so tier one, it just kind of goes over the tools um and how you can access it. So we picked a communication board that kind of would be accessible for all students um across age levels and grades um so that we're all on the same page. And then as well as like visual supports
029and things that teachers can implement that um don't usually cost anything that they're available to them. Um we also kind of put how they could access it and then each person's role. Um sometimes it gets like everyone thinks that it falls on the speech therapist. Um but it really falls on everyone because it's used every day. We use communication in all settings. Um so we have all trainings and further information that people could access on tier one and then we went to tier two. So tier two um and really tier three are looking at our students that we feel like need a little bit more than just what the general classroom interventions can offer. So having access to a variety of communication applications. So we have touch chat, proloquo, td snap are some of the
030more common ones. um meeting together as a team to complete this uh consideration guide that we've adapted from the Wisconsin assisted technology initiative or the weighty um and then moving even a step forward into the actual evaluation process for those students who may need their own individual device. Um and that's where we came up with an AC protocol. Um we give you guys the shorter parentfriendly version of it um because it's pages long. Um but we also made the parent guide for it because hearing AAC you don't know what that means. Um so we feel like it's um the communication has to be for everyone. So the parents have to be about it and the teachers um it's a whole truly team approach. Um so we just kind of made a user friendly. It's on
031the front um guide so that the parent is involved. Um we want them to be involved. Usually devices go to school and go home. Um so this just goes through the whole process. So that is an open communication and parents understand what we are doing. >> So that wraps up our presentation and again I want to thank them for all our hard work. The committee did a wonderful job and what's great about I think the work that was done is that it's going to continue. We have professional development that planned for our inservice and other activities that we're going to be doing that it's going to really again promote that team approach for our families, our staff and really help our students with uh these communication needs. So thank you. Great job. Thank you. [Applause]
032>> Thank you, Dr. Russ. Great. Great job. Can you run? What is it? Uh, committee AAC. >> AAC. >> Oh, augmentative and alternative communication. >> Doesn't roll off the tongue. So, I I've been saying AAC and I heard Mrs. Romeo ask, "What is AAC?" And I couldn't wait for you to say it again because I didn't want to botch it. >> That was very, very good. Yeah, good. Thank So, just a little I probably should have started off this way. Um, when we proposed when we proposed our summer committees, um, a request from uh requests from our trustees over the years has been to um see a little bit more of of the committee, a little bit more of a living breathing um process for showing showing the work product. So, uh, that's how we
033started and that's how we proposed our summer committees this year. It was with the expectation that at the, um, at the end we're going to we're going to come to the board meeting. We're going to, um, present a little bit about what we accomplished and then we're also going to make sure and follow through with the turnkey steps to making sure that our our staff members are aware of the work that we've done this summer. So, thank thank you for being here. Appreciate it. Um, so we're you want to just do aua character and then we'll go into report card. What are we queued up for? >> It's a new fancy remote. >> I hope I hope the slides are bigger than they're formatted for real time. >> So, why don't you start with report
034cards, >> Rob? As I tried to make the font bigger, you lost words. So, I made it as big as I could, but we can send you an electronic version if you want. Um, it it I looked at it as like a magnifying glass and a flashlight, right? So, >> too. So just a a little overview. Uh the elementary report card committee has been a standing committee. Um I'm going to put a date on it probably going back to 20 um 2015. And I think that um that was around the time period where we transitioned from the um traditional report card that had letter grades for all students and all grades to a more uh standardsbased approach. At the time we we looked at samples from, you know, districts from all over the area, Bergen
035County, uh, Morris County, Pose County, uh, and we found, uh, report cards that were a little bit more of a hybrid. They weren't, um, they weren't strictly based on standards. They were based on skills and competencies and and and the standards. So, that's what we have. That's what our current um, report cards are. Um we've had a number of projects that we've needed to complete over the years. Uh so this committee has been uh has been called to action uh on a number of occasions. Um you know just a few examples were uh when we needed to uh we wanted to add independent reading level to the report card. That was a reason why we uh why we came together and that was many years ago uh prior to you know our current process where
036we are now updating our report card to reflect the two new significant changes we've made in elementary program which was our math implementation for this year in year 1 and next year we're going to have a K5 replacement for our language arts program which will be year one starting uh starting in September. our report card needed to reflect the changes uh that are being asked of our students and our teachers along with the implementation of new state standards. So we we checked a lot of boxes this summer. Um last year as we um as we look to revise the report card, we hadn't uh we hadn't started the implementation process for uh the new math program just yet. the state was still in limbo for what those new standards were were going to be for
037mathematics and and language arts. So, we didn't revise the report card as we implemented our new math program. We simply uh shaded on the report card. So, there were areas that a teacher would grade in one marking period that you know now changed. So we just we just made some minor tweaks to our uh to our process last year and this year was a complete revision for uh language arts and and math and uh our committee uh consists of representation from all grade levels in all schools led by Dr. Schwarz and and Mr. Kaine. So they do a great job and um Dr. Schwarz is here to talk about you know some of our final products. I know you passed around packets. Everyone should have um copies of our um of our update for for
038this school year >> and reading glasses and magnifying glasses. Uh we can provide those electronically as well. They're formatted for real time. Um the urgency for starting our committee work so quickly in the summer was real time as a July 19th deadline for revisions for the following school year. You can't submit anything after that time for a revision for the report cards. So it's formatted that way. Makes it very tiny. I tried to make them bigger. You can see it kind of wrote over the shading. It won't look like that on the report card, but we can get you um digital copies if you want to dig a little deeper into that. We had cross-sections. As um Mr. Mr. Novak said our each school sent representation to the report card committee and we tried to
039find something in the primary someone in the primary grades and the upper elementary grades from each school so they could kind of work together with the different things they observe between the buildings as well as you know their their work with their peers to kind of articulate what we're looking for to see. Um, I don't know if I can click it with with the um remote. I have two links in there for ELA and math. What we did was we took the new standards from the state. We have a state presentation of the standards where they broke them all down and we really sat and analyzed each content area against the standards to truly reflect a standardsbased report card. So, we pulled the language and replaced wording to actually align with the standards almost using
040their exact same language. So when we go through our content areas, we're actually meeting the state standard and parents are seeing then how their child compares to that standard. A large portion of our work was really with math this summer. Um after we worked through the standards, we took we took a look and then aligned the standards to Eureka and to the conquer math work that we did last summer, the pacing. So we took each standard, altered the shading and then built it around the Eureka pacing and the modules that we had. It's very difficult to do that projecting wonders this year. So we built a standardsbased report card based on the timeline from the state and we took a look at the scope and sequence of wonders. We we had to guess that we
041would be on pace with the way they're presenting it, but we won't know till next year. So after we met the first the first half, then the second half of our meetings were to really refine that language, make sure everybody was comfortable, then pass it between grade levels to make sure everybody was comfortable with what the the student the year before was being reflected uh their work was being reflected on. In looking toward where our work needs to go with the report card committee, we're hoping to meet a few times during the school year to revisit the math standards that we outlined against Eureka and just make sure that what we as a team with the report cards did accurately reflects what's going on in the classroom over the course of the year and take
042some notes in case math needs to be revised yet again next next summer so we have that ahead of the deadline in the school year. then we're going to have to do the same work again for Wonders. We're going to try to work on it um periodically throughout the school year. So maybe at the end of trimester 1, we can start to check those standards and see how they aligned with with the progress we made so far. But we'll probably need a little bit of time next summer to make sure wonders it's completely aligned with the report card for the following school year. The benefit that we saw from having the cross-section of teachers from each building is they can really gather some information from their colleagues about the report card before we go into
043the opportunity to do more revisions for the following school year and make sure everybody really has an equal say in representation in the decision-m process. Um, again, I apologize for for the size. I needed my reading glasses to even see it on the computer. Um, >> I have a quick question. So, >> Sure. Um I know you don't have this in front of you. So um like if it's crossed out that means that you're taking that out for the ne for the upcoming year. >> Correct. >> For instance like speaking and listening for like third grade and above that's not going to be on report card next year. >> Correct. Because it's represented in a different way through a different standard. >> Okay. I was just curious if that's what that meant. >> Yeah. So
044if you it it has strikethroughs and replacements. Um, again, the digital copy makes it a little bit easier to see because it's in red and the strikethroughs are in black. Um, we took all of the tiny little criteria that were in the report card and made them into the standard. So, speaking is part of a different standard and it's, you know, clearly in the language used. Thank you. The staff that worked on this worked so hard. They were so excited. uh they truly wanted to come away with a standardsbased report card that uh they just were tirelessly digging through and and came up with a really really wonderful document. We have our encore committee is working this week based on the work from this committee to make changes appropriate for our encore progress report for
045both ELA and math. And that that progress is going on uh they're working right now. They they were their work was contingent upon upon this. Uh you also see shading on there. That's common uh where it's not assessed in a certain trimester, but it will be assessed later on in later on in the year. I think we had to make a few uh a few changes in in that regard. Um the the roll out for this will be uh our teachers first reporting day. So, this will be part of our elementary principles um first faculty meeting on September 3rd and they're going to be working with us um you know throughout the rest of the summer to to talk about how to present this and and um when we communicate and share this with uh
046with families. Um right now it's still in the in the process of uh being adopted into real time so that when our staff log in uh for the first time when they receive their um you know access to their roster they'll also have the ability to to see the these report cards. But they'll be getting all these in in paper form and and talk about the process on September 3rd. One thing that came from the staff when we finished this work was that they like the idea that this is an always updating and everchanging way to assess students. So their work is so important because standards change, our programs are changing, kids are changing, the way we're delivering instruction is changing. So they really valued the time and we're very grateful to have the opportunity
047and the hours they did to really put something together that accurately reflects where the district is going with the state standards. >> Question question. This is uh K5 >> K5. So these report cards above that mean how are they going to transition when they go into a different style report card when they're going into the upper grades? So we do have a uh we do have a transition year in fifth grade. Um so when we start I refer to the year 2015 that was the year we began uh replacing the traditional report card with a standardsbased hybrid sort of process. In that we also took letter grades away from um the the younger grades where now they have indicators uh one through four um below grade level expectations approaching uh on you know that that
048that sort of language uh which is consistent with state standards which is consistent with uh NJSLA and and many things many developments from the state since that since that time. Um in the fifth grade students are um still receiving uh letter grades. So that is a transition year for them. Uh we prepare our students for you know this is your first year getting the letter grades. We thought it when we originally set the um the goals for our K5 report card. We were eventually going to have K through five on the um one through four scale. And then I believe with some conversations, with some parent feedback, with some, you know, educator dialogue, we decided that, you know, when we moved the um sixth grade to McAppen that it was important for us to have
049that transition year um in fifth grade to um to have that approach. Our our um middle school uh report card will also be in review uh this year. So that's like the next step for middle school especially for uh especially for math and ELA because we have changes to the standards. So that'll be reviewed. Um our mathematics supervis our STEM supervisor Dr. Bowser, myself and the MAC and math department will be looking at uh a replacement program for MAC mathematics. So this will you know this will be embedded in that work is well how does how does our change in program relate to our change in assessment and then that's what that's how the m um macular program will will change as well and when you peek at when you can read it uh when
050you peek at the fifth grade report card it'll have the letter grade but then we did revise the language underneath the the number and letter grade to reflect the standard so they'll still get kind of a little bit of both in fifth grade they'll get the standard standards, but they also get that letter grade preparing them to to go to Macan. Any other report card questions? I I'm just a font problem tonight because you can barely read the slide, too. So, right. Um, Asha, this year you approved our character committee to work together over the summer. Again, another cross-section of teachers. We had special area teachers, special education teachers, and general education teachers make up the committee to make sure we're reaching all of the students in a way to build all of the SEAL
051lessons in as well as the pillars of character that we all value and our mission statement and our full value language. So, APHUA, as we all know, went through a bit of transition over the past two years with uh Dr. commercial area leaving then some coverage then me coming Maple Road kids coming it was it was a lot of change a lot of programs have changed there so we decided it was a good year to really sit down evaluate our branding evaluate our seal we have we're piloting second steps we want to make sure we were using that in a fluid manner as we move forward into the next school year um biased but what a phenomenal group of of staff members I had working together this summer we had we had a lot of
052done while we also got a lot of work done. So, we met three times uh with this cross-section of teachers to really drive where we want to go over this school year with our social emotional learning, our character development, and our character programs. So, they're going to then turnkey their work in probably our p first PLC meeting. We decided that the first faculty meeting in the first two days of school is not the time. Um, considering we have wonders, we have changed our our some of our work in Eureka. It's time to get ready for the start of the school year. We have our kickoff. They'll just kind of kick off our new brand, which you'll see on the the next side. Not new, my PTA made me promise not new, our our new and
053retro looks of our brand. Um, but we'll kick that off on the first day and then we'll really dig into the character development um through our PLC time. So, our final product was some theme days, some building of school spirit. You can't see it really well up there, but we have a new Hawkeye. We have our new actual logo developed by Mrs. Cavolei, the building aid in our school. Um, the PTA has a new board this year. We're really going to dig in in building that communication, that community, and really the the partnership between families, students, and teachers. So, we're looking to have our school spirit days become a prominent figure in in our in our weekly existence over at Apa, where we'll be doing Fridays. Everybody will come in nice and nice and ready
054in our black and gold and Apua gear with all of our full value language t-shirts, which connects to our character theme, uh, our character teams work on Fridays in our in our school. We're also looking to build a stronger partnership with our new PTA board. So, they're getting involved in some of our character programs and social emotional work, especially through our clubs. Um, we have parent volunteers starting to facilitate the clubs with the teachers so we can have parents in school more. We found that that's something really since the dreaded word COVID is lacking. Um, people are not coming into the schools as much as they used to. So that's a big driving force between some of our decision- making club selections and our PTA involvement. U we're also looking to coordinate second step a
055little bit more into our Friday character celebrations. Uh we have a Friday end of the month character assembly where students are awarded. There are character awards that are recognized by all staff members. So, we're going to be highlighting that a little bit more by having um the staff members potentially give out the awards. They're all identified. The custodian picks out a a child. The main office picks out a child. The only one that doesn't is me because I don't have favorites, right? There's no I don't pick the child. I get to just take the pictures and congratulate everybody. But we're going to be bring trying to be bringing more of the full school community into our character development and tie those programs to Second Step. What we did find is that we have a lot
056of good work already happening that just needed its place and its alignment. So, it was it was really a very positive experience. Um, again, another phenomenal group of staff members to be working with and a lot of fun that we're going to have with the kids all school year. Does anybody have questions for me? >> It's all there. >> We are. We are for sure. Thank you so much. >> All right. Thank you, Doug. [Applause] That's it for uh we're going to have a long uh long meeting in September. We got a lot of committees uh including our presentation for the um the new language arts program. So, uh, September 17th, um, pack lunch. [Music] Thank you, Dr. Dr. Novak. Thank you, Mr. Novak. >> Thank you. I just called you Dr. Novak. Thank you,
057Mr. Novak. Honorary. >> Uh, special reports and correspondence. Mr. Schulz. >> Sure. We have the minutes for the July 9th, 2024 special meeting and the session to that meeting and also the July 16th, 2024 regular public budget hearing meeting and the July 16th, 2024 executive session. >> Okay. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Any opposed? >> I I this I need to abstain on July 9th on the 29th present. Mr. Okay. >> President's report. Um, >> hold on, hold on, hold on. I just have to check my schedule real quick. I don't think I was at July 9th. >> Okay, >> one second. Sorry. >> I was 16. >> I abstained from the ninth. >> Yes. To the record. >> Sorry to rush you. SH. >> Okay. President's report. So, I just um
058nothing really to report. I just the end of the summer is coming. So, I just wanted to wish all our families um staff and um students a good end to the summer and a welcome to the new school year in a couple of weeks. It's hard to believe. I can't believe that the summer is actually over. So, wishing you all a wonderful end to the summer and a great start to the 202425 school year in a couple of weeks. Um, and that would be it. Uh, public comment and this would be on agenda items. All speakers will have 5 minutes to speak until a period of 30 minutes transpires. Before speaking, please state your name, group affiliation, and address for the record. Members of the public who have requested to speak prior to the meeting
059will be recognized by the chair first. After speaking, all speakers are asked to sign the register provided and give their full name, group affiliation, and their address. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer. No participant may address or question board members individually. All speakers are expected to have read the statement within the agenda regarding the regulations concerning public comments. Members of the public are reminded that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments. Uh Mr. officials. Did anyone sign up to speak? >> No, there's not. >> Is there anyone that would wish to speak? >> Close public comment. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Uh Dr. Kitchen, are there any amendments to the agenda? >> Yes, there are. Um under personnel uh Carol to Pharaoh the
060very last line under the note salary may be adjusted pending the completion of contract negotiations uh that can be crossed out >> and what page is >> oh I'm sorry on page nine >> that language was in there uh before that was that was language was in there in error because this uh lead replacement is not long enough to go on guide. So it doesn't have any impact on contract negotiations. >> Okay. >> Can you just repeat that from the agenda, please? >> If if you if you look at the last line under notes, it says salary may be adjusted pending the completion of contract negotiations under Carol to Pharaoh. Um, but the but the lever placement is not long enough to go on guide. So, the rate is $250 a day and it's not
061subject to contract negotiation. So, that note should not be in there. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um, under uh personnel under uh personnel item number 21, there are two additional names to be added to that list. Uh those names are Ava Dragonet, a teacher, and Olivia uh Waret, a coach. Uh under item 27 on personnel the uh there was a typo in the account number. So the account number is just being amended. Um you want me to read the account number? It's a long one. Okay. Uh the account number is uh 11-150-100-101-10-10-0000. So the difference in there is just this the uh the after the first dash instead of 401 it's 150. >> I get that correct Mr. Schultz. >> Yes. >> Um we also have a change on item 38. Uh, the name on
062item 38 should be replaced with the name Whitney Lawrence. And then I also have um hand carries. So there is a hand carry um in education. Have the hand carries there? Okay. Number 18. And then there's also uh hand carries under personnel 59 through 62. And that is all. >> Thank you, Dr. Kchen. Could I have a motion to adopt the agenda as presented with the corrections? >> I move to adopt the agenda, the amended agenda as presented. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Any opposed? Okay. Education, Mrs. Dwire. >> Okay. I move to um I move to >> Mike >> approve the following recommendations of the superintendent items one through 17 and carry >> second. I just want to point out uh item one is the section that was discussed at education
063committee. So um please just be aware of that. Any discussion? >> I did I did want to discuss just to get it out to the public the loss that we've suffered in this year because it really has hurt immensely on some program and I think the public needs to be aware of how the state is adjusting on the backs of everybody else. So I, you know, that's just my statement there, but we did lose almost $200,000. >> Well, yeah, but I'm talking about >> Oh, just title one. >> Yeah, I'm sorry. >> Yeah, for comparison sake, I just have it written here for title one. Last year we received uh 424,451 was our original allocation compared to this year's allocation of 192871. >> That's a dramatic cut for us. So I just wanted to make
064sure that's noted. >> Any other discussion? >> I just I mean just to comment on that. We uh launched the parent portal um this uh this past Monday and we did something different than we've done in the past and there's recommendation from people smirking around the table here. Uh we fantastic um turnout with what we get. We we more than tripled. Uh are we are we have a bigger number now Mr. Schultz? We more than we more than tripled our um completed applications for free and reduced lunch uh with the process that we followed um with the opening of the portal. >> The process was great. As a parent, the process was easy. Um I'd also really like to thank the ATF because they kept blasting it out all over social media over and over
065and over. Um, but the process was very easy and I it's something that we've talked about for years. You know, I think exactly what we did, Linda recommended like three years ago, which was to have a little thing and have the button and you could fill it right out and and then Miranda recommended it this year a little bit differently, but it was great. So, um I think we'll have more and more people and I really I give that shout out to the HF because I think what they have done each one of those board members putting it all over social media is taking away the stigma of the entire thing too is that every family if everybody fills it out then everybody fills it out. There's no, you know, and I that's what being
066a community can sometimes really be about. Um, and if they're trusted members of the community, then people, you know, are following their social media. So, I wanted to mention that. Thank you. >> Any other discussion? Yes, Mrs. Rano. >> Um, I just wanted to say I'm really um happy that we have that second section um going into the second grade at UGL because I don't think as a board we can ever go wrong with investing in our kids. And um I'm really happy that it made it to the agenda that you know we're it's up for a vote. I truly hope it goes through. >> I do have a question because we have um number 17. >> Would that be a separate vote or no? >> If you have a vote on that item that
067is different than your vote on the rest of them, you're you're able to speak that. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion? >> Yes. Okay. >> See? Oh, he's still in Olympic. >> All right. Uh the first off, yes, second grade up lake and to those parents that came out and brought it to our attention. I thank you and thank you very much for, you know, looking into it and getting that done. Uh it's a shame on the title one grants, I agree with you. I'm very very happy for the the free and reduced lunch that we've gotten that many people to come in, but I think we should we can still push a little bit harder instead of getting you know, however we got more people out and just give more information. >> Yeah.
068So, that was step one and you know, Dr. Schwarz is here's perfect example. Just give a little shout out to what she accomplished at the Apa school this year. Um, Apua lost their um title status two years ago and uh Dr. sorts was relentless this year in um you know chasing chasing around and and not just chasing around and you know I say that jokingly but sharing information and that's you know and she did help me uh when I created that um title uh free and reduced lunch application specific school messenger was taking some of the um comments from how she accomplished that work at APUA which was highlighting you know the the multiple uses is far above far and beyond just the free and reduced lunch, the waving of fees, the waving of athletics
069fees, the you know testing accommodations or the the the testing break you can get on AP tests and SAT and those types of things, College Board uh along with the um you know highlighting and that's uh you know the work of of Mr. Schultz office highlighting the confidentiality and the security of the process you know. So that's one thing that you know Mrs. Roman referred to as stigma and those types of things is really it's a very secure and and safe process that that honors confidentiality uh and then you know also the benefits to the school district you know so one not only does it benefit your family uh but it benefits all of us uh collectively and you know so I I agree so it's a it's a process that doesn't stop now it's
070not a we do it now and wait and see this has to be in every principal's message this has to be continued uh beating of the drum for for us on a district level and then when we check our numbers again in uh in June, you know, um hopefully we've, you know, had more schools eligible. The one I guess the one um frustration of it is that the funding that we receive isn't always contingent upon the amount of applications that we um that we submit. So, our cut in funding wasn't necessarily related to a drop in applications. Our application um process, you know, our applications submitted last year with a couple like up and down here and there was relatively um static for for what we've submitted year-over-year, but our funding got tremendously reduced. So,
071that's the frustrating piece of it is that um it's not always going to um it's it's always a benefit to the family who fills it out, but it's not always a benefit directly to us, you know, depending on what the state budget comes up with or the federal budget comes up with in that particular year. And I think to speak to that, um the the feedback the state gave to districts that were receiving significant cuts was that it was based on demographic uh changes and that again that's not necessarily related to the free and reduced lunch applications. However, that doesn't change the fact that more free and reduced lunch applications being filled out uh will likely result in more being approved and accepted, which can only serve to help us regardless of what the demographic
072numbers uh suggest for our Title One funding. >> Any other discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call, please. Mr. Schultz, >> Mrs. wire. >> No on number 17. Yes. On everything else. >> Mr. Jurgensson. >> Yes. Sorry, >> Mrs. Rakano. >> Um, no on number 17. Yes. On everything else. >> Mr. Mr. Stovich >> abstain on 17 and yes to the res. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> no on 17. Yes on everything else. >> Mrs. Van Djk, >> no on 17 and yes on the rest. >> Mr. Libby abstain on 17, yes on everything else. Mrs. Markwart, >> abstain on 17 and yes to everything else. >> Mrs. Lockwood, >> no on number 17 and yes to everything else. rejecting the ins. >> No, I just want to make sure. >> You want me to confirm that
073with everyone? >> Okay. Mr. Schultz, can you um change my vote to the no to 17, please? And yes to everything else under education. I'm sorry, I just read that. >> Okay. >> That's why I asked for the >> So, just so we're clear, we're checking for the findings on the 17. >> Correct. >> Yes. Okay. Uh, personnel student affairs. Mrs. Van Djk. Uh, I I'd like to move item one under uh, personnel student affairs. It is a lengthy motion that has multiple on here. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Yes, Mr. Um, I just want to tell Dr. Kitchenen and his staff, thank you for filling as many positions as you have in the interim. I know you put off a laundry list of positions that are still open, but clearly we're doing everything we
074can to fill these positions. So, um, thank you for doing that work. >> Thank you. Yes, that has been the top priority every single day. Um, and we're still not done. Any other discussion? >> See none. Roll call, please. Mr. Schultz. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Mr. Satovich. >> No. On 52 and yes to the rest. >> What's number one? It's just number one. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Mr. Stovich. Um, Mrs. Jurgensson. Number one. I didn't use that finger. >> Uh, Mrs. Jurgensson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rico, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Lippy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Markwart, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood, >> yes. I'd like to move items two through um 62 with the the hand carry is 59 through 62.
075>> Second. >> I have something. >> Any discussion? Mrs. Vand. First of all, I want to thank all the PTAs that are funding these clubs because this these are so needed, especially in the elementary building, and I totally appreciate them. I hope they know how appre how much we appreciate the fact that they're out there for our kids because they've done without clubs for a while due to co and different things. And looking at them tonight makes me just so happy for our kids. And second, I'm very unhappy because Kathy Rita is leaving. She has been an asset to our district and a good friend and she will surely be missed in in the athletic department. I wish her well, but I wish she wasn't leaving. and I thank her for all the years of
076service in the athletic department and many years as a parent that did uh Odyssey of the mind and different things for our kids. So, I just want to say thank you to her for all her all of her years. She definitely will be missed. >> Thank you. Anyone else? Uh Mrs. Mwar. >> It would be really wrong if I didn't thank Katherine because she happens to be one of my best friends. Um, but I don't know that people understand um >> with the the secretary of athletics um when we did the DUI reenactment and all the different things that were part of her job um and just what a huge role she plays in the building and in the district, not just maybe specifically athletics. Um but she has enormous shoes to fill and um
077my condolences to uh Mr. Trancasta. >> Anyone else? >> Mr. Olympic. >> Uh number 52. Can we split that? >> I'm getting I'm getting a bunch of Okay. >> Like to make a motion to split 52 to A and B. >> What do you mean A and B? >> Can we vote for like >> you can move it to a question or resolution. >> Hang on. There's actually a motion I think. So either somebody second it or and then we can have a discussion. Is am I right? >> I mean you did make a motion. Someone's I'll second the motion so that we can discuss it. >> I second it. >> Sorry I just didn't want to go ahead. So a resolution can be divided like that and all you have to do is request
078that number 52 beed by >> and that's what that's what he did right? Yeah, that's what he did. >> All those in favor? >> Do we have any discussion on that on that motion? >> Okay. So, it's just a >> Okay. Voice vote. All those in favor of splitting number 52 into two separate motions, A and B. I >> Any opposed? Okay. So 52 passes to be split. So it will be 52 A and B. Okay. Any other discussion? Seeing none, do you want me to clarify that the first name will be A, second name will be B, or we'll just assume that? Yeah, >> as much as you can. So 52 will now be a Christopher McCormack assistant football step A with the stipend of 7,671 and 52B will be Olivia Warnette head cheerleading
079step A 5,524 stipen okay seeing no discussion roll call please Mr. Sorry, this is going to be complicated. >> No, no problem. >> We I think we still have discussion. Yes. >> I asked if there was any discussion. >> Would you like to say something, Mrs. Romeo? >> What was that? 52. 52. >> Yeah, that was 52. I would like to say something. As a former cheer coach, I'd like to point out that um the assistant football coach is on this agenda to get paid more than the head cheerleading coach. And a head cheerleading coach works seven days a week, not full full-time hours, but seven days a week. Um and the head cheerleading coach, I believe, is our only cheerleading coach. And so, um I just want to point that out publicly that, um
080that's not fair. And I am going to vote as I don't I I'm going to just tell you I am going to vote to hire this football coach, but I would really like some more fairness moving forward in the payment of male and female sports and how many coaches and really look at at what this is. Um, the hours put into being a head cheerleading coach when you sit down is under 25 cents an hour when I did it for the hours I put in for 5 days after work and two days on the weekends. So, um, it's just not fair and I I um I need to point that out. So, thank you. >> So, I did want to point out that these positions are negotiable. It is a negotiable year and if the
081WMA wishes to negotiate different um stipens they are welcome to do that but these are contractual at this point um to be at these amounts. >> Yeah. So I just wanted to point that out. Yeah. >> Um any other discussion? Okay. Seeing none. Roll call, please. Mr. Schultz. >> Um, Mrs. Van Djk. >> Yes. For all of them. >> Mr. Satovich. >> No to 52A. Yes. To the rest. >> Mrs. Jurgensson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dano. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. All right, bear with me a second here. I have to recuse myself on 27. I'm going to recuse myself on 44 and everything else is a yes. Mr. Lippy. Uh, no on 52A. Yes on everything else. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> no on 52A. Yes on everything else. >> Mrs. Markwart, >> no on
08252A. Yes to everything else. >> Mrs. Lockwood, >> yes. Operations and Finance. Mr. Lipe. >> Under Operations of Finance, I'd like to move numbers 1 through 12. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I have a question on number nine. Um, will the township be in will the township be reimbursing us for the cost of our bus drivers in overtime? >> Yes, that cost is calculated based on overtime, fuel cost, wear and tear on the uh on the vehicle. I think it uses our field trip route. So, that's included in that cost. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any other discussion? Seeing none. Roll call, please. Mr. Ships. >> Mr. Lippy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Rakano. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Jurgensson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Satovich. >> Yes. >>
083Mrs. Romeo. >> Reiki's on 10. Yes. On everything else. >> Mrs. Markbart. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Djk. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood. >> Yes. Under operations finance, I'd like to move number 13. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Seeing n roll call, please. Mr. Schultz. >> Mr. Lippy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Roano. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Jurgensson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Stovich. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. Rick. Mrs. Markwart >> abstain. >> Mrs. Van Dyke >> Mrs. Lockwood. >> Yes. >> Okay. M >> under operations and finance one last time numbers 14 through 18. I'd like to move for a vote. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Seeing non roll call, please. Mr. Schultz. >> Mr. Lippy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Rico. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Jurgensson. >> Yes. >>
084Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Stovich. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Markwart. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyk. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood. >> Yes. Mr. Satovich. Uh, policy. >> I move items 1 through 13 under policy. >> Did I get a second? Second. >> Any discussion? >> Seeing none. Roll call, please. Mr. Schultz. >> Mr. Stovich. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Jurgensson. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Roano. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Djk. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mr. Markard, >> yes. >> Mr. Lippy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood, >> yes. >> Uh, Mrs. Rico, negotiations. >> Um, I move number one under negotiations. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Seeing none. Roll call, please. Mr. Schultz. >> Mrs. Rakano. >> Yes. >>
085Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Jurgensson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lippy. Yes, >> Mr. Stovich. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Markwart. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Lockwood. >> Yes. >> Committee reports, liaison, parks and wrecks. Mrs. Dwire, >> we resumed in September. >> Safety, Mrs. Ricardo and Mrs. Dwire. >> Um, same sentiment. We have our first um meeting of the year in September. >> Superintendent round table. Mrs. Rakano or Mrs. Van Djk, same sentiment. We'll see you in September. >> State County School Boards Association, no meetings for the summer, but the um first meeting of the school year is scheduled for 9:25. I think I said that last time. Just figured I'd say it again. Um New Jersey School Boards Association, Mr. Satic. >> Thank you,
086Mrs. Lockwood. So, there are two upcoming webinars. The first is on Wednesday, September 11th, titled developing an effective indist orientation program for your new members. And on Thursday, September 19th, the title of that webinar is new - eligibility for servers virtualization and cyber security. There are virtual trainings for governance 2, 3, and 4 on Monday, September 16th. Workshop is from October 21st to October 24th. Please contact the board office with the dates that you will be attending workshop so they can make proper arrangements. And the delegate assembly, which is the policymaking body of the New Jersey School Boards Association, is scheduled to convene on December 7th, 2024. And resolutions for this meeting must be received at the NJSBA's office by 5:00 p. p.m. Thursday, October 3rd. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mrs. Stovich. Legislative, Mrs.
087Stovich and Mr. Lip. Okay. Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a package of bills that aim to improve literacy instruction for elementary students across New Jersey. The new law also calls for universal literacy screening of all K through three grade students twice a year. Thank you. >> That's it. >> Thank you. I'll be here for a couple more. >> Did you get that answer, Mr. Lipe? >> No. >> Is he funding it? Mr. Lipe would like to know. Mr. Tovich, do you know the answer to that? Is he funding it? Is the governor funding the >> We of course the people are funding it, but I believe it's to the tune of $15 million across the state. So >> how is it being divided >> that is ask a question >> probably in the sauce
088of the law itself that I don't have >> standardized testing for K3 for literacy twice a year >> on top of in excess of what we already have that's what I'm asking it was a screening and it's an assessment so can somebody make sense for it of it for me >> there's no broadcast in relation to it yet for our guidance okay >> topic at my county meeting on September 27th >> get ready out off the press right I believe our um I Ready diagnostic um will will meet the U expectation. >> I think we're already good. >> Good. That's wonderful. Thanks. >> Technology oversight. Mr. Lip and Mrs. Mw. >> We did um >> September. A lot happening in September. Township board of education joint committee. Um there's been no meeting. Any update, Mr.
089Schulz? >> No. I'm going to reach out to the township tomorrow to see if we can set something up probably for September. >> Okay. Thank you. >> May I? >> There is an update as reported by your local West Milford Messenger. On Wednesday, July 17th, the township council approved nearly $1.2 $22 million for capital projects related to the engineering and lighting at Daigo's Field. >> That's it. >> And that's from the West Milford Messenger. >> What? >> That's from the West Milford Messenger. >> Yes. >> The West Milford Municipal Alliance. Mrs. Van Djke and Mrs. Jurgensson. Uh the the West Milford Alliance met on Monday uh August 12th. They discussed the wellness family workshops. The first one will be on Wednesday, October 2nd at the West Milford Public Library from 6:00 to 7:30. This workshop
090is about digital awareness for parents and caregivers and is being presented by uh New Jersey 4S. The second workshop will be held on Thursday, October 24th, also at the West Milford Public Library, which will be a substance use t uh will be substance use town hall. We'll be uh featuring uh various government agencies, local resources, and services to inform our community. The survey for the community input for the opioid settlement funds is available for our community members. There is a QR code for those who are um techsavvy, a link to the survey as well as hard copies. Um this uh information needs to be in by October 31st so that it can be presented to the town council in November. Any questions? Uh, please reach out to Debbie O'Brien at wmmawestmillford.org. West Milford, uh, Municipal
091Alliance will have a table at the Highland uh, Education Foundation Run to Fund on September 22nd and will be at National Night Out on October 1st. Our next meeting will be on Monday, uh, September 9th at 700 p.m. at the West Milford Public Library conference room. All meetings are hybrid. I do want to just state that the um if if as community members you would like to fill out that opioid funding survey, it would be wonderful because they're trying to figure out what where they should utilize that money and there's good amount of money there that they can use. >> Thank you. Special Education Parent Advisory Committee. Mrs. McQuar, >> we have a the first meeting of the school year tentative for October 16th at 7 p.m. Location to be determined UGL. [Laughter] >> Thank
092you. Any old business? >> Move to close all business. >> Second. >> All those in favor. Any opposed? New business. >> Move to close new business. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Any opposed? Public comments. So, all speakers will have 5 minutes to speak until a period of 30 minutes transpires. Before speaking, please state your name, group affiliation, and address for the record. Members of the public who have requested to speak prior to the meeting will be recognized by the chair. First, after speaking, all speakers are asked to sign their register provided and give their full name, group affiliation, and their address. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer. No participant may address or question board members individually. All speakers are expected to have read the statement within the agenda regarding
093the regulations concerning public comments. Members of the public are reminded that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments. Anyone signed up to speak, Mr. Schulz? >> No, there's not. >> Is there anyone that would like to speak? Move to close. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Okay, there's no need for an executive session at 8:54. I'd like to adjourn. >> Good night. >> All those in favor? Any opposed? Okay.