001The regular meeting of the Kingsburg Board of Education will be held in the Bulger Middle School media center. Adequate notice for this meeting has been mailed to the Asbury Park Press, followed with the municipal clerk of Kingsburg, posted on the district web page, and posted inside the office of the Kingsburg Board of Education, 100 Palmer Place, Kingsburg, New Jersey, on January 11th, 2025. Proh, Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Roselle here, Mrs. Kellyan here, Mr. Manowski here, Mr. Kitchen here. Mr. Cook here. Mr. Huff here. Miss Ferraro. Miss Ryan here. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat] We have no presentations at this time. So we will now
002turn it over to the student representative. I'm going to start with the high school behalf Mr. Jaden and Alexa. Good evening members of the board, administration, and community. I'm excited to share some updates on our recent upcoming events at Ginsburg High School. To start, our drama club is thrilled to present this year's fall play, Dracula, on Friday and Saturday, December 12th and 13th at 6:30 p.m. here at KHS. This isn't your typical production. It's a reverse gender adaptation with Dracula portrayed by a woman along with several other creative changes. We're especially proud because this is one of the first school years in which we've been able to produce two shows. Our spring musical is already beginning to take shape and is scheduled for mark 2026. Our National Honor Society had a wonderful time supporting the
003PreK Halloween parade and they are currently collecting non-p perishable food items for our annual Thanksgiving food drive. Donations can be dropped off in the KHS main office throughout the month. On November 4th, members of the World Culture Club visited Miss Bishik's prek class. They spent the morning sharing language and culture while communicating in American Sign Language. This activity was incredibly meaningful, not only for our non-verbal students, but also for our high school students, teachers, and pair of professionals who participated. Ginsburg High School will be hosting its first open house this Thursday from 4:30 to 6 p.m. All eighth grade students along with their parents and guardians are invited to tour the building and learn more about the classes, clubs, and sports available at KHS. Our environmental club is preparing for a clothing swap swap. Students
004can drop off clean, gently used clothing, no children's sizes, at room 104 through Thursday, December 11th. The swap itself will take place on December 13th from 10:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Students will receive tickets for each accepted closing item, which they can use to trade for something new. All leftover items will be donated to Planet 8. Next, get ready, Titans. Our 2025 Powderpuff game will take place on Wednesday, November 19th at 3 p.m. right after school. Come cheer on our our senior and junior girls as they compete in one of the most spirited events of the year. Admission is $2, cash only. We hope to pack the sidelines and show off our Titan pride. We'd also like to congratulate our October student of the month, Isabelle Basil. Great job, Isabelle.
005For our seniors and our families, FAFSA night will be held on December 2nd at 6 p.m. A representative from HSAA, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, will be here to guide families through the financial aid application process. Anyone interested can contact their high school counselor with questions or to sign up. Our key club will host its annual blood drive on Saturday, November 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the KHS cafeteria. While appointments are recommend recommended, walk-ins are welcome. The class of 2029 is selling pumpkin pie rice krispie treats. $1 per slice or $8 for an entire pie. Perfect for adding something fun and unique to your Thanksgiving table. And finally, the KHS art club is selling customizable gingerbread ornaments for between $6 and $10. You can place an order in advance or visit
006their table at December 6th pre-lighting. Thank you for your time and for your continued support of our students and programs and happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. Thank you. Before we uh switch to the Brewing School, Sarah, can you please put down the Miss Clayton and the Thank you, Chase and Angelina have a nice turn on the number of each veteran who signed up was given a designated time to attend each day with their rank and responsibility for their religious family member. He thanked them for their service as they as they were called to run office. They then went outside to the front of the school and took the American flag photo. All grades took New Jersey field tests in writing, math, and reading. The week of November 11. [clears throat] Also, the week
007of November 11, Ber Middle School held teacher permanent conferences on that Thursday evening, Friday afternoon. During National STEM Month, science, technology, engineering, and math, the G&T students designed and led hands on STEM activities for the preK. They visited the preK classroom and guided the younger students through a series of engaging STEM stations. It was a great experience for the middle school and preK students. Ber had many eighth grade students going to open houses in Nevada for those who are interested in our district schools including Monouth County Vocational Schools. On Saturday, November 15th, we had students representing sixth, seventh, and eighth grade participating in the Titan 5K. The eighth graders were Chase Preston, Jason Sennitzki, Leilani Reyes, seventh grader Brooklyn Manowski, and sixth grader Diana Johnson. We were so proud of them as they did very
008well in the race. Tomorrow on November 19th, there will be a guest speaker visiting us on the topic of be the change bullying and violence prevention. The assembly is exclusively for the sixth grade students. For the first marking period, we have 10 students who have made the honor roll and two students who made the high honor roll. Job well done. The student council members circulated during all of the lunch times as students wrote on paper turkey feathers that what they were available for. The feathers were cut out and mounted on the large turkey in the hallways for everyone to see and read. The annual big eighth grade group picture will be taken this Friday, November 21st, and the eighth graders have a chance to purchase one for themselves. This will be added to the previous
00936 pictures that are already displayed in the entrance to our school. We are hoping to include it in our class of 2026 yearbook. The week of November 24th will be will the beginning will be the beginning of the practice for Boulder Middle School wrestling team and the triyouts for bo for boys and girls basketball as well as cheerleading. Good luck to everyone. Deborah Blake and William Frasier were Bulger's eighth grade November Titans of the month. Sophia Brier and Estabon Vega Ramos were the seventh grade Titans of the month. Avery Farah and Jasper Phillips were the sixth grade Titans of the month. To Joseph R. Boulder Middle School would like to extend wishes for a very happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Thank you. [applause] Okay, before we continue, in case of emergency, there's four fire exits. Just
010take a [clears throat] second to look around. They may be behind you. Moving forward, committee reports. This is just uh one committee report from the finance department. Uh there's nothing new to report. The finance meeting met earlier today and everything was finally the same. Outstanding. Thank you. Commenting comments and questions related to board agenda items only. We'll open that on the floor. See no one. We'll close that portion. There's no executive session. Approve all the minutes for October. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion. Can I have a second? I'll second. Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Friselle. Yes. M. Kelly. Yes. Mr. Manowski. Yes. Mr. Kitchen. Yes. Mr. Cook. Yes. Mr. Hoff. Yes. M. Ryan. Yes. Superintendent report. Superintendent of Schools recommends positive action on the following items. under personnel. Number one, professional employment. Two,
011non-professional employment. Three, leave of absence medical. Four, leave of absence maternity child care. Five, leave of absence maternity childcare revision. Six, substitute teacher power professionals for the district. Seven, student observations district. Eight, forton Gillahan comprehensive training for Caruso. Nine, advisor positions for Bulier Reise. 10 professional development costing $150. Can I get a motion? I get a second. I'll second. Any questions? Can you please explain number eight, please? I think you want to speak to what Gillian. Sure. So Ortney Dillingham is a multiensory approach to teaching phonics. Um most of our staff are trained. Uh these two particular staff members have not been trained yet. So we had a little extra funds to uh include them. So we're at about 95% training. Outstanding. Do they go somewhere? Is it all computer based or they This is
012a virtual. It's about three hours. It's 30-our training over 10 days, three hours a night. Uh and this one runs from January to March. Wow. Thank you. Welcome, sir. Mrs. Quen. Yes, Mrs. Fiselle. Yes, Miss Kella Hammer. Yes, Mr. Manowski. Yes. However, I recuse myself on number 10. Mr. Kitchen. Yes, Mr. Cook. Yes, Mr. Har. Yes, Mr. Ry. Yes. Under policy and regulations number 11, policy first reading alert 236. 12 regulation first reading alert 236. 13 policy second reading alert 214. May I please get a motion? May I have a second? I'll second. Any questions? Mrs. Clayton? Yes. Mrs. Friselle? Yes. Miss Kellan? Yes. Mr. McCasky? Yes, Mr. Kitchen. Yes, Mr. Cook. Yes, Mr. Hall. Yes, Mr. R. Yes, under general number 14, district HIV report. 15, three-year preschool operational plan and enrollment projection submission.
01316, disposal of unused unusable outdated broken furniture equipment for the district. 17, acceptance of donation for district Kingsburg Early Learning Center and Kingsburg High School. and number 18 in class state trips in state class trips. Sorry. May I please get a motion? Mr. Kitchen, Mr. Sell, please. Any questions? Yeah, I have a question. Um, for the three-year operational plan and enrollment projection, just so the public knows, do you project, you know, higher enrollment, lower enrollment? Basically, tell us what we have to project. Do you want to explain the season? Yeah. So basically they're looking for us to be at 90% of whatever the first grade number is on October 15th time 2. That's the formula that they use. So it's a very specific number and they expect us to be within 90% that so whatever
014the current first grade is which was 90 at a worker. Yes. Expected universe is what they call it. Yes. Okay. That is it. Thank you. Can we please make sure 17 make sure uh they get big cakes or big turkeys? Uh sir, uh Mrs. Clayton, yes. Mrs. Fel, yes. Miss Keller, yes. Mr. Manowski, yes. Mr. Kitchen, yes. Mr. Cler, yes. Mr. Hoff, yes. M Ryan, yes. School business administrator, board secretary report. Board secretary's monthly certification for October 2025 certifies that no line item has been overexpended in October 2025 and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district's financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year. Payroll certification for October 15th and October 30th. [clears throat] Superintendent of Schools recommends positive action on the following items. One, approve bills. Two, approve 25.6 school year
015at a district commission. Three, approve 2526 home instruction. Four, approve 2526 consultant. And five, approve the year 26 IDA CCL CC supplemental grant application. All right. Please have a motion. I'll make that motion. I have a second. Any questions? Question. Could you just explain number five? Um it's just for additional funds through the IDA to special ed. So IDA is special education. So it's we're requesting additional funds based on our needs. Mrs. Spllayton. Yes. Mrs. Friselle. Yes. Miss Kellyan. Yes. Mr. Manask. Yes. Mr. Kitchen. Yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Yes, Mr. Ryan. Yeah. School business school business administrative board secretary addendum. The superintendent of the school recommends positive action on the following BS1 report receipt and acceptance of October 2025 board secretaries report. BS2 approve appropriation transfers. BS3 receipt and acceptance of September 2025 board secretaries
016report. And BS4 approve appropriation transfers. May I please have a motion? May I please have a second? I'll second. Any questions? Sir, Mrs. Clayton. Yes. Mrs. Friselle. Yes. M. Kellyan. Yes. Mr. Manowski. Yes. Mr. Kitchen. Yes. Mr. Cook. Yes. Mr. Hoff. Yes, Mr. Yes. All right. I'll now open the meeting for any public comments and questions related to any additional concerns. Please come up to the mic and state your name and address. Seeing no one, we'll move that we'll close that portion. Any old or new communications? I'm going to start with Miss CL. So, um, we do have December 6th our, um, annual tree lighting. I believe there is a fire truck parade. Um, and probably a special visitor from the North Pole. Um, also happy and safe Thanksgiving everybody. Thank you, Mr. Cook. Uh,
017thank you. I first want to thank everybody for always watching and tuning in with us. I know that your busy lives are always, you know, there's a lot to juggle, but uh watching us and taking a part in your child's education, your community's education is always really well uh appreciated by all of us here. I want to also take a moment to uh just talk about that appreciation. I want to appreciate all of our staff um as we've obviously come into our school year. You know, it's amazing that Kingsburg offers so much to its students uh from AP courses to extracurricular to programs that not other school districts offer. and it truly is remarkable and uh to anybody out there that always wanted to take a look. I'm sure that information is up on our
018website of what we offer here at Kingsburg. Um want to also just uh stress to all the board members that December 2nd the NJSBA, the New Jersey School Board Association is having their county meeting on December 2nd. Should be a good one. A lot of lot to learn there. And to everybody watching at home here tonight, have a happy Thanksgiving. Thank you. Okay. And I just want to talk about the election and I want to congratulate Mr. Clayton, Mr. Kenny Cook, Mr. Mike McCowsky and Kathy Ryan for joining our board. And people said, well, no one wrote, you know, ran against them. People have a choice. A lot of people voted for our team because we believe what they do. There were some writings, but we encourage people to come out and talk to us
019because this group of board event are hard workers. They care about our kids, about our staff and our community. And you know, a lot of people are quick to judge, but we do a lot for our kids and our heart and soul. [cough] And [clears throat] um I'm going to quote you, Mr. Hob, that there's no eye in team. And we are a team. Whether it's administrative staff, our just every support staff, our teachers, our educators, you know, our janitorial staff, our security, everybody makes the school success and give our kids an opportunity. and I've never seen so much love and care and concern. So, I'm thankful for all you do. I appreciate I have gratitude and I wish you and your families a happy Thanksgiving. Thank you, Mr. Cook. Start with Mr. Kitchen. Yeah,
020it's pretty. I just want to thank everybody who does come. I encourage more parents to please come if you have questions. We see questions posted online a lot. You know, this is the place to come and ask questions. and that to everybody who celebrates happy Thanksgiving. Mr. Brazil, just want to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. And I'm gonna give a little update. Um, Mr. Bennett I spoke with yesterday. He's doing well. He's home. He's resting and he sends regards to everybody. Happy Mr. Ryan. Um, I just want to say happy Thanksgiving to everyone. If you do have a question, don't call a board member. You guys should come out, come to the meetings, come out, voice your opinions. Um, I have to agree with Mrs. Keller with this whole voting thing. Um, I appreciate all
021the votes that the entire team got that day. Um, but if you don't put your best foot forward, you can't complain. So, you should come out to the meetings. If you want to be on the board, you should try to run. And again, wishing everybody a happy Thanksgiving. Sure. Um, just want to remind everybody about the blood drive this weekend. I found out because I had to confirm. So, for anybody who doesn't know, I lived overseas for about six years of my childhood. Um, and I was barred from giving blood until apparently 2022 when they changed the world. So, for the first time in my adult life, since I haven't been able to do it since 18, I will be there, I think, at 10:30, 10:45 to give blood. So, I'm looking forward to it.
022Anybody who can come out, please come out. Um, the Titan 5K, I just want to thank everybody who had something to do with that. Um, all the work that was there to put that together. I came in last. Um, you can look it up. Um, I apologize to the town, the burrow for any overtime that I incurred by making police officers stay on the course for longer than they needed to. And I do appreciate the fire department and the first aid crew driving behind me slowly with the ambulance just in case something would happen at the end of that grace. Um, but um, it was a great job by everybody. had a number of students that came out and I got beat by my 12-year-old daughter. Um the school play, I'm looking forward to that
023on I think it was December 12th and 13th and the spring musical. It's great to see that we're going to have two things. Um two drama activities this year and just want to wish everybody happy Thanksgiving. Thank you, sir. Do you have a name? This is attorney. I'm sorry for your name. I'm sorry for the record. I forgot your name, but we'll put it on the record. That's okay. But you could call me Gabrielle. Gabriella for the record. Nothing Nothing new. Okay. All right, sir. Uh, just happy Thanksgiving to everybody. Same. Okay. I have a couple things. Um, so Mr. Loraca, thank you so much for uh inviting the veterans here on Veterans Day. Unfortunately, I had to fly to North Carolina to give a speech about Veterans Day, so I could not be here.
024So, uh, again, big shout out to everyone who was here and thank you again for thinking of me. The Titan 5K was Saturday. It was an amazing job by everybody. Uh, even Miss Clayton beat Mr. Um, so I'm going a little bit off script here. I'm also going to bet that a couple dollars that Mr. Manowski passes out when he gets the needle for blood since it's the first time. But I'll be there at 09 I think 0930. I'm D. I'm doing a little chubby. I can do as well. So I'll be in the special chair. Special. Yes. You're just doing it for the cookies on [clears throat] the oranges. Um, the Hoff family and the board of education made this annual donation of turkeys and ham to Project Paul last week. So, if you
025need a place to go on Thanksgiving or you don't want to be alone um from 11 to 1:00 in the Trinity Church, 503 Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park. Come out for a nice hot meal. Ladies and gentlemen, I volunteer there and I have to tell you, if you leave there hungry, that's your problem. I'll also make the same announcement for Christmas because there's a special guy who shows up and he hands out gifts to little kids and those kids leave for two or three gifts because there's so many gifts. But again, you have no place to go and you would like a nice hot meal, uh, Trinity Church, 503 Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park from 11 to 1. Give the update. Oh, congratulations to our student athletes, the coaches and the parents who for our
026football team are in first and second team. It's pretty cool when you see uh Mrs. Clayton's son um being second first team or second team. These are people we know. So, it's just it's exciting that we see that an update on Mr. Bennett. So, again, from my family to yours, I want to wish everyone here a happy Thanksgiving. Again, you don't have to be alone because we can go to the church. All right, with that being said, I entertain a motion. I'll take that motion. Second. All in favor? Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you everyone. Thank you for coming out. All right.