001The regular meeting board of education will be held in the Bulger Middle School media center at 700 p.m. Adicate notice for this meeting has been mailed to the FB park press filed with the municipal court clerk of Kingsburg posted on the district's web page and posted inside the office of the Kingsburg Board of Education 100 Palmer Place Kingsburg New Jersey January 11th 07724 January 25 roll call Mrs. B here Mrs. Mr. Gazelle here. Miss Keller here. Mr. Masky here. Mr. Kitchen. Mr. Cook. Mr. Hoff here. Miss here. Miss Ryan here. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Okay, just FYI, there are several emergency exits. The closest one
002may be behind you in all the corners. We are going to do the student reports first. We're going to deviate from the calendar. So, with that being said, we have Miss Megan Balt from the high school. Bear with me. There's a lot more people than I'm used to. It is exciting and sad to say that this will be my final board meeting as senior class president of High School. As most of you know, our prom is this Thursday at Windows on the Water and we absolutely cannot wait. I'm telling you right now, I cannot wait. always better to you guys out there. Um, in two weeks we are going to have most our we're going to have the most incredible senior barbecue with tons of amazing activities and Winston's managing the grill serving us tons
003of delicious food. The very next day is our senior trip and then graduation is right around the corner. We will begin that day venturing on our own old soft grounds and getting passed out by the students at Peruso and the Early Learning Center. This will definitely be a month we will never forget. With that being said, let's not forget about our our amazing high school spring sports. Softball is wrapping up this week in their extremely tough C North Division. Baseball begins their states run next Tuesday after Memorial Day. They went 9 and one, winning them the short conference coastal division. Flag football wrapped up their season last week after spending a little time putting things together. The girls finished with a record of 43 and one, winning their final game against Shore Regional. Boys tennis
004finishes their season tonight, having worked hard this season and making great strides. Some big club club news happened this weekend. The art club, the KHS art club won the best prize for best float in the Memorial Day parade. Congratulations to Miss Myra and the entire club. We also want to give a big shout out to KO members Rachel Boss and the Stephanie Vargas Hernandez for volunteering their time at the food truck festival. The freshman class is selling raffle tickets or a six foot handmade wooden porch sign that says hello summer. One chance for $5 and five for 20. You can buy tickets from any class officers, Miss Davis or Miss Hooker. Any questions you can reach out to Miss Davis. Please help our class out as they are just starting to fill their account. In
005closing, as June 18th approaches, the class of 2025 would like to give a big thanks to everyone who has supported us throughout this unforgettable journey. We are grateful to have to all who have contributed to our fundraisers, offered encouragement, and stood by us every step of the way. Your support has meant the world to us. As we wrap up this chapter, we're excited to finish strong with a series of memorable events that celebrate our achievements. In the upcoming weeks, we'll be enjoying our long awaited prom, our senior barbecue, and an our unforgettable senior trip. These moments will be perfect sendoff filled with laughter, celebrations, and the bonds we've built over the years. None of this would have been possible without the incredible support of our school community, family, and friends. Thank you for all making
006this a year we'll always remember. [Applause] Just let the record reflect Mr. Cook is on a desk. All right. The Bulger School reports we're going to get from Jessica Lambie and Lupin Folks. The week of May 5th, the Buler students had NGSLA state testing in ELA and math. The eighth grade also had an extra test in summer. Bulgers baseball and softball teams finished their regular season. Our students exhibited a great development, growth, and commitment. The e- gaming club continues to be an enthusiastic group of students who are making this new club a big success. The students in the eighth grade went on their first class trip today to Medieval Times. Everyone had a great time in the castle cheering on our night, which sadly did not win. On May 13th, the band held a concert
007at the Vulture Student and the Bulger students in grades six, seven, and eight had their creative excellent artwork on exhibit. All the eighth graders signed their names in the 2025 template for the t-shirts and sweatshirts that they will be able to order this month. The annual border school games will be held on Saturday, May 31st, 2025. Our PCA devotes an extraordinary amount of time in making this dance an outstanding and memorable memorable event for our eighth graders. In return, our students are looking forward to with great excitement, anxious to discover this year's theme when they enter the building. We already like to thank the PTA in advance. On May 23rd, the Bulger Middle School will hold its second annual Rock on Walk. This walk is to honor Miss Dalippo or former beloved art teacher. The
008students are asked to donate $2 and will participate in the walk and receive ice pops as well as a homework pass. The proceeds will go toward the D. Philippo Scholarship Club. There are many conversations among among our students about what their plans are for the four and a half days in the upcoming weekend. We wish all a happy and memorable Memorial Day and want to thank and honor those heroes who served our country. Thank you. [Applause] Okay, so now we have some uh presentation. Good evening everybody. How are you? I'm Hiseline. I'm the principal of the prek. Um I have the wonderful honor of being able to recognize two exemplary employees today. Um three years ago we embarked on a new journey uh to start a new curriculum. We had been using a different curriculum
009for over 20 years and we decided to go in a different direction. Um these women worked really really hard over the last three years and as a result were asked by Tools of the Mind to present at an international conference um for Tools of the Mind on the joys of propm and how it supports mature play. Um that international conference uh reached people as far as South America. It was very well attended. Um the tools trainers were over the moon with the feedback that they got about the exemplary exemplary work that's happening right here in Kingsburg in our classrooms. And so without further ado, I would like to uh bring up Melissa Tetro and Anna George. Round of applause. [Applause] In addition, um I would also add, you might as well stay um I would
010like to add uh honor to um she and I at the beginning of this year um were selected to work with MIR, which is the National Institute of Educational Research at Ruckers University, um to learn best practices really for MLL learners but we have learned through this journey together um that supporting th those strategies support all learners regardless of whether um English is your native language or not um that meant coming in on Saturdays for a full day as training at Ruckers uh several four times this year um multiple evenings uh with Mir and also countless hours like Miss George video recording her teaching self assessing her teaching um picking exemplars of her work, us talking together about how that work supports students and um ultimately um transforming uh what's happening in her classroom to
011support uh all the English language learners in the bilingual class. So, um, it's been a wonderful experience and I am so very very proud to say that me and animated we're both bel. Thank you. [Applause] My medals are clinging. Sorry. So, every year our gifted and talented program at Caruso in three through five participates in a in a national math competition where there are over this year there were over 40,000 children nationwide that competed. And so we have some award winners amongst our students. So some of our students will be earning the team winner award. That means they were the highest performing in their grade in our classroom. And then I also have some students who are also going to be getting or separately going to be getting the national uh national honorable mention which
012means they scored in the top 50% of the kids in their grade nationwide. And again, it's 40,000 kids participating. So that's a pretty amazing honor. So without further ado, I would like to invite up just going to go in order here. So first, EJ Briggs. [Applause] Next with both the national honorable mention and the team leader is Ryan Okconor. [Applause] Additionally, with both the team winner and the national honorable mention is Ireland. [Applause] I don't think I'm missing one, but and lastly representing fifth grade in their final year with me is Ali Lang. Another round of applause for [Applause] that committee reports the finance committee event this evening. Um, most importantly on our mind, um, as everybody probably is aware, a couple of months ago, we received news that we were going to lose approximately
013$3 million worth of federal grant money. Um, there was an order issued by the administration stopping that money for money that we had spent. Um, in the last couple of weeks, an injunction was issued by the district court judge. um that district court that injunction essentially means that for the time being while the suit's progressing the federal government is required to continue the grant program meaning they have to continue to pay out. Um that's great news but not perfect news because that can be appealed. There is the circuit court above and the circuit court above could possibly um stop or reverse the injunction. So I would want to thank the administration and business administrators administration office for working diligently. We made application for approximately 2.9 million of the money that was still owed of the
0143.1 million total. Um there is some funds that we were not able to put in for yet because there's still some work that hasn't been done. We all know that we're doing the air conditioning which is going to be completed during the summer. So until that work is incurred. We can't ask for the reimbursement for it. Um so our hope at this point in time is the 2.9 million um will be reimbursed. um the next 300,000 or so um we're not sure about, but hopefully if everything stays on course, we should be able to get those funds back. Um so that's great news. Certainly changes the outlook on what we can do. If not, unfortunately change anything we can do with our budgeting because our budget was due before this. Um but is good news
015on what may happen. Thank you, sir. We'll now open it up for questions and comments relating to the board agenda items only. Come forward. Just raise your hand. State your name and address. Evening everyone. Uh Tom Brennan, 35 Shadyside Avenue. Uh that is wonderful news uh with the what's going on in the federal system. With any luck, we'll continue to get that funding. It's very important. was that meeting was uh was said to hear what what we were going through continue to go through. So with that being said, I'm not a plant. I happen to sit down right behind Mrs. Tetro uh just a little while ago and uh was just so surprised and so happy to see you. Uh, my three kids have such fond memories of you and I just wanted to say
016that you're a wonderful teacher and I don't know what else to say, but you're awesome and if there was an award for best teacher in the Brennan household, you [Applause] would please show a hand. Christina, please. Um, I looked over the agenda tonight and I know that we had issues with the money and I'm happy that we're getting part of it back. I saw that tonight there's uh the discussion about the salaries that we have here for administrative and professional nonprofessional. And I do know you're all deserving. That's not my point. My point is given the times that we're going through and I'm getting it. I did a little bit like let's say research online and I see that most of our professionals are paid really way above the national average and I was wondering
017who suggests the salaries and how are they approved. So there's contract negotiations forever the term of the contract is. So for example, the current administrative contract ends June 30th of this year. So they're currently negotiating a new contract. So there's negotiation committee um someone can sit on it either myself or someone else along with with board members and they negotiate contracts with them. Okay. So the approval in the end it has to be approved at the end. Thank you. Anybody else please raise your hand come up. See no hands. We're going to close this portion. We're going to move to the executive session. Be resolved that in accord ordinance with the provisions of the open public meetings act, the Kingsburg Board of Education shall conduct the closed executive session pursuant to the personnel and legal
018exceptions described by NJSA 104-12 for the purpose of discussing Eagle. It is anticipated that the length of the executive session will be 20 minutes and action will not be taken in public after the executive session. We further resolve that the minutes of the executive session will be released in the need for confidentiality and with NJSA 10412 no longer applies motion. Can I get a motion? All in favor? Before we go, I'd like to thank again this is your last report guys. Thank you so much for showing up and putting smiles on our faces and keeping us what's going on in the system because you take about 99% of my notes. But again, good luck in your uh your journey to college. Again, I told you you'd be the old mission be first. You put that
019man in place on the All right. You number one pick for us. But thank you guys. Thank you again. [Applause] A motion to come out of executive session. You got it, Patty. And all in favor? Need the approval of minutes. Okay. Mrs. Clayton, yes. Mrs. Friselle, yes. Miss Kellair Moran, yes. Mr. Manowski, yes. Mr. Cook, we lost Mr. Cook. Stand by. Approval of minutes. Approval of minutes. Approval of minutes. Uh, Mr. Roll call. Mr. Co. Yes. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Hoff. Yes. Miss Ferrara. Yes. Miss Ryan. Yeah. Super. Superintendent of Schools recommends positive action on the following items. Under personnel, one retirement. Two, retirement date revision. Three, resignation. Four, remployment of personnel administrators. Five, re-employment of personnel non-professional. Six, professional employment. Seven, long-term substitute teacher. Eight, internship. Nine, student observation. 10, advisor positions. 11, coaching
020positions. 12, volunteers. 13, Kingsburg extended school year. 14, professional development costing $150 or above. Can I get a motion, please? I'll make that motion. I'll second. Any questions? Yes. Mrs. Friselle? Yes. Malaharan? Yes. Mr. Manowsky? Yes. However, I abstain on number four. Mr. Cook. Yes. Mr. Hoff. Yes. However, I abstain on page five, fourth name down and page seven, the third name down. And yes, thank you, Mr. Rara. Yes, but I stayain on number four and on number five, the fifth and six came down. M Ryan. Yes. Under general 15 district HIV report 16 comprehensive equity plan 17 con comprehensive equity plan statement of assurance 18 disposable of unusable outdated broken furniture and equipment and 19 acceptance of donation and 20 instate class trip. Can I get a motion please? A motion. A second. Any
021questions? Oh, I'm sorry. Number 21. Football and sports schedule 2526. Can I get a re motion? Yes. Can I get a rese? Any questions? Mrs. Clayton, yes. Mrs. Friselle, yes. Mrs. Calaharan, yes. Mr. Masky, yes. Mr. Cook, yes. And thank you for the donations, Mr. Hoff. Yes. And donations, please. Thank you. Miss Rara, yes. Miss Ryan, yes. School business administrator board secretary report. Board SE secretary's monthly certification certifies that no line item has been overexpended and there are sufficient funds available to meet the district's financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year. Payroll certification for April 15th and April 30th. The superintendent of schools recommends positive action on the following items. One, receipt and acceptance of April 2025 board secretaries report. Two, approve appropriation transfers. Three, the bills. Four, approve 2425 home instruction. Five,
022approve 2526 visiting nurse association. Six, approve shared service contract 2526. Seven, approve the submission of the school violence prevention programs grant. Eight, approve uh 2526 appointment of public school accountant. Nine, approve the 2526 attendance at the NJSBA workshop. 10, approval of the following 403b providers for 2526. 11. Approve dental rates for 2526. 12. Approve vision rates for 2526. 13. Approve health insurance consultant for the 2526 year. 14. Approve the amendment to the ate agreement for 2526 to provide consulting services for the district's food service program. 15. Approve the amendment to educate agreement for 2526 to provide consulting services for the district's facilities program. 16. Approve the agreement with Eden Digital Curriculum Solutions for 2526. 17. Reapprove renewal of food service management company blessings. 18. Approve the submission of the building responsive instruction through data guided
023evaluation grant. 19. Approve cancellation of slid dated checks. Can I please get a motion? I have a second. Second. Any questions? I have a question. Just on number nine, the uh way that the names are placed, does that make any bearing on how we vote on how to board member? No. You mean for when you vote on that? No, no, no, no. Well, yes, that but also how some of the people are administrators since some people are board members. I know. Okay. He's saying that they should not be under that category. Uh, I was just wondering if that makes any bit of a difference. I know what you're saying. We can adjust this for district staff or something like that. We can do that. Not not curious. Okay. So, for the record, how to do
024that? Uh, we'll create a third that'll be board of education members, administrators, and district staff. And Mr. said you mentioned uh when we do vote for number nine, we just recuse ourselves. So correct. You can vote for everything except for yourself. Thank you. All right. I have a question about number seven, just the school violence prevention program, the cops grant. Do we have something in mind for that funds? There's actually a couple things this week and I were just discussing. You want to read what we have so far? Yeah. So, um, we're hoping to get that lobby guard, which is the visitor system. We did apply for it last year. We didn't receive the grant, but So, basically, they scan your your license and your sticker prints out. Yeah. So, that would be one thing.
025Um, obviously, Cleo would be another. um a text alert system um for if 911 was dialed in the building, it would go straight to the admin with the aware too that it happened. Or if the building was um you know in lockdown or a fire alarm goes off, the alerts are are sent to all the admin so we're all aware that something is happening in one of our school buildings. And then Kathleen and I discussed the E 911 which is a mapping system. um for each pool. Correct. Yes. And it would be law enforcement uses it in conjunction with the schools and it's for things like today. So we had a lockdown that we did have to clear the building for because it was not a planned lockdown. So the police would have access to
026digital mapping and like today there was at least six police officers here with this digital mapping. they would cross off the ones that they did and they would all have it real time and it helps with the speed of the bill. actually that was I talked to um Chief Berg was her suggestion to try to ed Mrs. Clayton. Yes, but I number nine second meeting down Mrs. Riselle. Yes. Yes, I Yes. However, I abstain on number nine in the second column. Third game down. I also abstain on number 10, 11, and 12. Thank you, Mr. Cook. Yes, but I abstain on the first name on number nine. Mr. Yes, but I'm staying on number nine, the sixth name, and then I abstain on the second name from Thank you. Thank you, Miss Fer. Yes, number
027Miss Ryan. Yes. Number nine down. All right. Well, now open for the for the public for any comments and questions or additional concerns. Raise your hand by coming forward and state your name, your address. See with no one, we'll move that portion. I'll now any new communications from the board members. Started last time, I'm going to come to you. I have nothing else other than congratulations to the team. Uh thank you. Uh as we know the seasons the school season is coming to an end. It's nice to see that all the kids are very gung-ho for their next chapter in life. And I want to thank the administration Kathine for the school safety. I didn't know that it was so intricate like that. It's truly amazing that technology could just completely advance our world like
028that. Um and I think the congratulations for the KHS award dinner is the 29th, correct? May 29th. The senior senior academic awards. Thank you. Uh so very much looking forward to it. It was a great experience last year. See all the kids who received their awards. So uh that is all for me. Thank you. Thank you. A lot of good things happening. I think it was very impressive with the gifts and talented program how well our students are doing. You know, um you don't realize, you know, we have a lot of our kids, you know, and they're doing the right thing. So, that's a testament to all of you. Want to say thank you for that. Senator, just want to congratulate our retirees and Miss award the club. Um, I want to congratulate the art
029club on the parade this weekend. I think that's wonderful. I want to wish the seniors uh for the high school and also the eighth grade congratulations on their soontobe graduation. Um and I would like to congratulate the teachers um for their awards today. I think that was a big thing that Ann brought up. So that's where I'm at. she I just want to congratulate all the students for their awards they received and congratulate Miss Chaitro and Miss George and I just want to say our administrators and our teachers and parents or whoever deserve what they just looking forward to prom butterfield coming up just the the end of the school year activities the senior barbecue I understand is going to be pretty crazy um lots of stuff going on and raised a lot of money
030um I do want to thank the police department for the response today. Um I know we prepare for lockdowns and shelter in places and we get those those cell phone calls and stuff like that, but when it has to happen and I've been there um sometimes not today, but it's the the response the the workings that we have with the police department to come and take care of that so quickly because I have two kids in the school district who come home and tell me about how this happened today and they don't come home worried because everything goes the way that it's supposed to. So all that planning practice and again our police department working so well. I want to thank all the people for their donations. Um the um donor's choice especially um congratulator
031sports teams, our baseball team, softball team are seven on seven. I mean um lots of teams making conference championships and and you know uh going to their uh respective uh highest levels in their their different divisions. Um and I'd like to just congratulate Miss Hazeldine and the Kinsburg Learning Center. For those that don't know, the reason I have to abstain is because my wife's a teacher and and so there's some things that I can't vote on. The reason I'm a teacher here is partially because of the early learning center. When my son was three years old, my wife has been a teacher for 22 years, I think it is, she moved us here because of these schools. So, when people talk about the report cards and the schools and what's happening, I moved here because
032of the schools and because of the award-winning early learning center. And it continues to change. Um, we continue to be nationally recognized to send people and and develop that curriculum. So, it's not that we're stuck in what we were doing 15 years ago when I moved here, but we continue to be at the forefront. We start our kids off, right? So, thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Just a couple things, you know, just give me like a half hour. Um, first, I would like to say, uh, happy belated Mother's Day. Again, you have to pair for the month ahead. So, that being said, happy Father's Day to everyone out there. Congratulations. He's a Kingsburg boy. He's going to coach football with us to our newest hire. You know, if you don't love a
033kid, you got to love him. The student reports, they always take my thunder about what's happening. So, we thank them again. Again, 40,000 kids participated in those awards that we got today and some of our kids did. So, it goes to the testament of um again, I'm not sure who would want to question salaries. I'm sure they have a motive sometime or somewhere in the future, but again, I don't think teachers are paid enough. Uh thank you to Father They had their fishing trip over the weekend. Fortunately, I had a different fishing trip I had to attend with some veterans, but um but I understand it was an amazing time. Um our music program had a big spring concert. I don't think there was a seat a seat in the house that was not empty.
034Good. Awesome. Um the art club, thank you for the art club. Not only did they win a trophy um in the Memorial Day parade, but they also had a contest and they designed a cover. So again, I take full responsibility for not bringing the cover inside, but that was designed by a student. I'd like to thank the Kuanas Club for helping the rec department uh the food truck festival on Saturday, I believe in conjunction with the KA. They had the big bounce houses and everything and the Kuanas clubs um helped it. So the next time you're going to see our seniors is going to be graduation day and that's pretty cool. Hopefully they're starting looking out into them. Hopefully they're trying to develop a plan. You know, I thought about this just want to walk
035him to work. Um I told my dad when I graduated, I want to, you know, jet around Europe, you know, take a couple months off. I don't know how I spent four years jumping out airplanes at Fort Bragg. I think he misunderstood me. I don't know. But anyway, hopefully again, what they're dreaming is going to come true for bigger and better things. And that's why I love being part of this. So with that, I need to a motion. Make that motion. Second. Everyone, all in favor? All right.