001I have no idea if that's true. >> Good evening everyone. Uh calling to order the September 8th, 2025 Longill Township Board of Education meeting. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Adequate notice of the meeting of the Longill Township Board of Education was given as required by the open public meeting acts as follows. Notice was sent to the Echo Sentinel and daily record on October 14, 2024. Notices were posted on the bulletin board in the first floor entrance hall of the school district administration building, Gillette, New Jersey. Notices were filed with the township clerk and notices were mailed to all persons who have
002requested individual notice pursuant to the open public meeting act. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler >> here, Mrs. Daily >> here, >> Mr. Dejamos, >> Mr. Foster >> here, >> Mr. Goff, >> Dr. Maher >> here, >> Mrs. McClennon >> here, >> Mrs. Nyquist >> here, >> Mrs. Case >> here. Thank you. >> Thank you. I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Alexis. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Um, we have four of our new staff members here this evening. The group, though it's small, is impressive and they're off to a fast start. Our principles and our director of special services will introduce each member of the team. Uh, then we'll take a photo with the board members if that's okay. And, uh, we'll begin with Central Middle School. Good evening everyone. First, I would
003like to introduce Stephanie Pchowski. She is a new addition to our mathematics department and eighth grade team. This year, she will be teaching eighth grade mathematics course and also algebra 1. We're very excited about her instructional experience, her knowledge of math content, and the passion that she has displayed so far with working with middle school students. She is very collaborative and cannot wait to get started. So, we were in a lot of communication this summer about already getting into the books. She was so eager to look at the new I Ready material as it was coming in our new math program. And she also participated in professional development prior to her start date cuz it just aligned. So she we're we're so ha excited to have her on board. She's also a resident of Sterling
004and has two children at Central Middle School. So welcome Stephanie. [Applause] And I'd also like to introduce Jamon Lee. She is a new addition to our science department and sixth grade teaching team. She began with us back in May at the at the very end of the last school year. She did a terrific job filling in towards the end of the year, which is always very challenging. Um she brings a wealth of sixth grade science uh middle school science knowledge in sixth grade. Uh we have a specific focus in earth science. So we're very excited for her passion in making learning discovery based and very fun for the students. She's also been very collaborative and brings a wealth of knowledge um regarding the next generation science standards and how to bring those to life. So
005welcome Jamon. [Applause] Okay, >> just pass it along. >> Principal Dawson, why don't you go next? >> Good evening, everyone. Welcome back to school. I have three new staff members to introduce. One of them is here tonight, Hannah Scaml. Little wave. Hannah um went through Millington School, graduated Central Middle School in Wong Hills, went to Indiana University, or should I say the University of Indiana or I'm going to get in trouble. Um but she her during the interview process, she just talked of her love of going to school in Long Hill, her teachers, the um the passion they had, the energy they brought, and what it was such a great experience. and we're so excited to have her join us. So, she's in the maternity leave for Jenny Tmarco and then as soon as Jenny
006comes back, Jen Blazia at Gillette go starts her maternity leave. So, Hannah's going to trans transition over there, but very eager over the summer to get the materials. She kept asking when did she could when could she get in the classroom and has been collaborating with the second grade team um as well as her mentor Michelle Spanello. So, we're very fortunate to have her. The other two members of uh new staff members that we have, Cayla Pachano started as a maternity leave last January with us through most of the end towards the end of the year in fourth grade and we had a third grade opening and she brings a lot of energy um you know just her co-teers last year, everybody working with her, she just was the perfect candidate um for the third
007grade position. So, we welcome Caleb Pachano to Millington School and our new nurse, Katherine Silva. Sad to have Mrs. Freeman retire. Big shoes to fill, but I'll I'll tell you, I was so impressed all summer. Just she came in on her own. What can I start looking at? What do I need to know? Meeting with Mrs. Andreski, um visiting um ESY to see some of the students that she knew she was going to have to care for. So, the transition has been smooth. Her interactions with students, I walked in the other day, she had a student with ice packs around the ankles, somebody who didn't feel well, bloody knee, and she goes, "Do you need me?" I go, "No, you're good. I'm out." But, um, I think she's fitting in very well with our team,
008and we're just fortunate to have her with us. So, thank you. >> Okay. and Miss Bagger. >> Yep. >> Don't get injured. >> My goodness. >> Good evening. At Gillette School, we have our newest preschool teacher, Miss Kathleen Mayhan. And Kathleen actually is not new to us. She worked last year as our leave replacement for a speech therapist. and she also joined us this summer in our extended school year program as the speech therapist and we are thrilled to have her. She also was very eager to set up her classroom. She was basically there all of August making her room ready for her little ones and she has welcome them with open arms. She's been flexible with her schedule and we are so excited to have her at Gillette. So, welcome Kathleen. [Applause] Don't trip
009on that. Don't drip on that. Hi everyone. I'm so excited to introduce Sarah Thompson. She is our new uh preschool disabilities teacher. So, she's working um at Gillette. Sarah comes to us with a wealth of experience and a true love for our students already. She also hit the ground running and she is doing a fabulous, fabulous job and we're very happy and excited to have her and join the Gillette team. I have Oh, sorry. Go ahead. [Applause] >> Um, not present tonight is our new learning consultant. So, I'm happy to introduce Jessica Nasel. So, she is coming to us again with about I think 17 18 years of experience. So she is very seasoned and she too has hit the ground running. She is a wonderful addition to the team and we're very excited to
010have her as well. And then we also welcome two new par professionals. One is working at Millington School. His name is Sean Bowford and another uh par professional Carrie Hugo is working at Gillette School. So we're very happy to have them as well. And that's it. >> Thank you. Okay. You want to get a picture with the new staff? >> Come down for a quick picture with all the new >> I win. I sweat. We're good. How do you want to do it? >> Like Yeah. Like the staff in the middle. Well, I'm just trying to see >> I think we have enough now in the bathroom. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for coming everyone. Have a great Thank you. This is very exciting. Sounds like a great new group.
011So, thank you. Any communications? Uh just as a followup to last month, I want everyone to know that uh Melissa Backer, Robin Bulmer, and I met with the senior center representatives and Lieutenant Marvski uh to work out a plan for communication and traffic assistance. It was productive and it contributed to a smooth opening week of school. I thank everyone involved. We value our partnership with the senior center and our police force. >> Okay. Um board committee and liaison reports. Start with Karen. Um I attend a virtual meeting for Ed Services of Mars County on August 13th. Uh the two big things are uh this year they are going to go I'll learn on this coming Wednesday how many but they were definitely going to need a force reduction because of decreased enrollment and excuse me
012excuse me they have actually hired an architect to how on how to remodel some of the space associated with the school so that it could be utilized for other things and be actually be bringing in money and they've been talking with the Rockway uh school district about that. With respect to uh governance, we had our meeting in in mid August and um the the review of the goal session that you guys had. The consensus was was a good it was a good session that um I guess it kind of rolled along much better. You're used to it and it was much more pointed and directed. Um the action plans associated with the district goals uh will be talked about more by George and are on our agenda for approval. And we talked about the launching
013of the mission and vision and motto. Again, George will fill fill in that and that's on the agenda for approval. Uh we developed our committee goals and um oh yes there was a review of the online board calendar that we have and with a few minor changes I believe all the adjustments have been made. So uh hopefully that now gives a better picture of all of the things that are assoc uh our activities that we associate with us as far as just the board and the district. So, um, and the finance, Robin will give the finance. I was that at the finance meeting. >> Yes, we're gonna have Robin do that one. Okay. Uh, any questions for Karen? No. Okay. Danielle, >> um, nothing to report. Um, seeing that we haven't had a community relations
014committee meeting since August 17th. Um, our next one is going to be on September 22nd and we will be solidifying our new goals. Um that's it. And then for the uh PTO liaison uh the next the next um general meeting will be September 24th and it looks like on September 26th they'll be doing a Millington balloon talk hot air balloon assembly. >> So that's exciting. >> Okay. Any questions for Danielle? >> Okay. Crystal. >> Sure. Um the technology committee met um myself, Katie, Tom, and George, and Jack, and uh we worked on our goals for the year, as well as shared some summer technology updates, including classroom displays. They uh we have installed 12 new displays, a mix of interactive flat panels and commercial displays similar similar to those used in business, um to replace
015outdated projectors that lacked touchscreen or smartboard functionality. This resulted in a cost saving of approximately $2,400 per unit compared to purchasing touch enabled smartboards. So these were in classrooms where they don't need the touchboards, right? So it's really only for viewing. Um wireless casting integration has begun in approximately 15 classrooms starting in Mill with plans to expand further this year. In cyber security um we have implemented Sentinel 1, an AIdriven anti virus and threat response tool. It provides real-time monitoring and rapid response to threats, including ransomware protection, helping to minimize classroom dis um disruptions. We discussed personnel updates uh that I believe are on the agenda this evening. And we talked about our wireless access points. Uh due to funding limitations, the replacement project is postponed until June 2026. Plans include replacing 16 access points
016at central in 2026 with a remainder to follow. Or is it in central this year? >> Central this year and the full project in June 2026. >> Perfect. Thank you. I thought I had that wrong. Um we are currently in year two of a three-year rollout of Gillette's onetoone initiative. 60 new iPads have been distributed this year and by next year the district will be fully onetoone with student devices. Okay. Any questions for Chris? >> Can I just ask when you say next year? >> You mean like next school it's going to have the whole school year? >> Yes. >> Or by June of next June 26th? >> By September will be fully >> staff. Great. Thanks. >> Computers. >> All right. And >> um student achievement met on um August uh 27th. Um all
017committee members were in attendance as well as Dr. Jones and Mr. Alexis. uh we discussed the professional development which at the time was underway um you know starting prior to the school year. Uh so within the days of professional development the district had um some required trainings for uh the beginning of the year. Uh there were uh team meetings that varied by the uh teachers discipline that they taught and the grade levels uh which included a focus on the new math program. Uh there was training on the um MTSS uh training. Uh the social studies team is continuing their work on document based questions and inquiries. Um and then there were um various uh building uh and grade level uh meetings as well. Um the district conducted open houses for students coming into the new
018buildings prior to the school year. Uh so students who were transitioning to new buildings. Um we had an update on the status of curriculum writing and we'll go more in depth uh on those summer projects at our next meeting. Um there are parent information webinars that will be planned throughout the year. Uh Dr. Jones is considering uh Wednesdays um varying morning and evening uh sessions and we'll be reaching out you know to uh query what topics may be useful to uh the district. Um we had a closer look at the NJSCI uh survey data which we also sometimes refer to as the Rucker uh survey um which is just the baseline data that we had collected last year in the first uh implementation of that survey and we will be um working on committee goals
019to finalize at our next meeting. >> Okay. Any questions for an? No. Okay. Justin >> policy committee met on September 3rd at 4:15 at Gillette. Um attendees were myself, Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Casease, and Mr. Alexis. Um we went through the next round of policy updates which are you'll find on the agenda for first or second reading. Um we're on track to complete a third of the policies u this year as as prescribed. Um, we also discussed a job description change, which you also see on the agenda. The job description was just the title. Is that right? >> Um, and then we reaffirmed our committee goals from last year to the and pulled them forward to this year. Our next meeting is tenatively October 1st at 4:15 at Gillette. >> Okay. Any questions for Justin? If
020Melissa is listening to us, we're still using her spreadsheet and really appreciate it. >> Okay, Katie. >> Okay. On um August 26, the buildings and grounds committee met at 2 p.m. at the board office and we added a tour of the of the Gillette School, which was really exciting to see all the changes. Um, in attendance was myself, Danielle Daly, Mr. Alexis, Robin, Charlie Frank, and Mark Christina. Um, Mr. Frank is on the agenda tonight. Um, I will let Mr. Alexis uh talk about him, but uh we're we're very excited for some upcoming changes in the um buildings ground uh department. So, uh really quickly, we went over um the maintenance on operations. So, uh Gillette school, there was a sidewalk repair completed. The main office had new flooring installed. Um the lunch service, there
021were some changes put in and uh the APR room was readed for the open house. Um in Millington, uh there was new um exhaust and vents put in for the air conditioning and well, I guess it's the HVAC. Um there are soccer benches on order. They should be um arriving soon. A sound system was being installed. Um, so people will actually be able to hear things nice and clearly at Millington, which is very exciting. >> And another water filling uh station. Uh, we're applying for a grant um, which would be anticipated for August 2025. Um, we had a little hiccup with um, the media center that we're installing. Um there was a roof issue, but um it's been remediated and uh we've had some rain since and so far, knock on wood, it's looking good.
022Um Mark assured us that it was doing well and we have every faith in him. Um we had to get an estimate for the unit ventilator shelfing that needed to be installed. So, we had some new unit ventilators installed and um in order to match things up, we had to um go back to the supplier and um we are getting some quotes for that. Um we got some playground and field work. We had new water manes, excuse me, new water meters um were changed. Um we're having our boiler serviced in August as well. um just to make sure it's all in good order before we have to do the heat in the you know upcoming months. Not for a while, knock on wood, but eventually. And also um we have a new entrance mats ordered
023with our Tiger logo on for all the schools and the excuse me, the inlaid mats are being replaced internally and all the materials have been um ordered. Uh really um so over the summer we had um the media center has started. It's doing really well. The floors are in. It looks really I I I got a peek at it during the uh tour the sixth grade tour of uh of Central and it's looking good. But unfortunately, as all things when when you order in furniture, it will take some time for that to come in. So most of the most of these stuff is going to be in probably in October and we're hoping to have the students moved in by the end of October, early November, I think. Does that sound right? Okay. >> Um
024we had Sorry, I have like multiple pages here. Um they also did some lock work at Central and that's all been completed at Millington. We had um HVAC work. It's all related to our rod grant. So, we had unit ventilators and direct install RTUs brought in and um we also had the unit ventilator rod grant install at Gillette and we're in the process of uh hearing back on a security grant for uh security grant for security cameras and a swipe pad at um at Gillette and we should hear if we we've uh received it in September at the end of September, September 30th. Um, throughout the district, we had classroom upgrades. They put new blinds in in some rooms, painting. Um, I can say I I saw how how nice the the painting came along
025in Gillette. It's definitely brightened up. the new um the new blinds definitely I mean it hasn't hit all the rooms and obviously we'll take our time and hopefully get to as many as possible in the future but um it was really nice to see and I I spoke to um a teacher who was thrilled um with her new classroom you know unfortunately we haven't hit them all but you know slowly but surely hopefully we will get to that um and uh yes uh at Millington and Central we had some more tree work done uh We've been repairing and replacing screens in various classrooms. Um so the window shades, there were three rooms at each of the three schools um that received them. And then um at the municipal building, we got a new shed installed
026which was really needed. We saw of photos of the disrepair that the the shed is in. It's a storage shed. It's a lot of our equipment is in there. Um and you know there's a leaky ceiling and so it was sorely needed and it was really great. Um Mark made made it it stressed that he had had a meeting with Al Gallo uh and his team at Bu public works. Thank you. And um they were extremely helpful and um they're actually going to be using our old shed for storage um while they're doing some work on their facilities. And then um they're going to actually take it down for us, which is a huge help and saves us a lot of money. And they also agreed to um help us put some new asphalt down
027around the new shed area. And also I think they said that they were going to do some help with our our our playgrounds. Is that correct? >> So um >> Oh, that's even better news. Um that's fantastic. And you know, we really want to thank um Al Gallo and his team. Um it's really important for us to uh work closely with the town and and Al has been fantastic to work with. I I know him and he's a wonderful um member of our community and it's great to see that he's working well with our um facilities team. And uh I guess that that's basically in the future um items that we're looking into is that um Mark made it clear that our chiller system at Central is aging and it's something that we need to
028save for in the future and and that we need to keep tabs on and also um there's some doors that need to be looked into as well. Um and our next meeting is September 17th at 4:30 and location is to be determined. Okay. And so now, um, the Longill Education Foundation, um, we have another year of, uh, our afterchool force program. Sign up starts at 8:00 a.m. on Monday on 99. And, uh, >> Tuesday. >> Oh, excuse me. Tuesday. Thank you. Today's the 8th. Mama 3. Exhausted. Sorry. My husband's away on business. It's It's a mess. Um, so, uh, it starts tomorrow at 8 a.m. and it runs through, um, the 23rd. Um, the program starts October 7th through December 20, December 4th. Um, we're really excited. We worked closely with, um, the teachers and,
029um, we have reduced the tuition burden this year and so our classes will be at most $150, which, um, I think is very mindful of the needs of the community. Um, we also have um, tuition assistance available. We ask that people email lhefgmail. Um, this is all online, but I just like to reiterate that if you have any questions about our program, but also if you want to um, uh, you know, see if you're qualified for tuition assistance, um, we're happy to work with you there. Um, our annual gala, which is called A Night to Dine, Dance, and Donate, is November 14th, 2025 at the Bridgewater Manor. Tickets are on sale now. They're $125. The dress code is for cocktail attire, and um it's fun because you not only get to dinner and dance, but
030you also can participate in the tricky tray, which people seem to love. Um, I was there last year. It was a great time. We look forward to uh seeing people there, and hopefully you can make it. Um we will be attending the Millington Music Festival on se Sunday, September 28th in downtown Millington. Um we are uh sponsoring part of the uh ch children's zone at at the Millington Music Festival and we were very uh appreciative of meeting with with George about possibly having some teachers and district employees involved with some of our activities. So when we have more information, we we will uh let everyone know about that. And finally, our grant cycle kickoff is October 1st. We have some really interesting and exciting grants in the works. We've been working with the uh literacy
031uh team. Um so we're hoping to get some some things in the works there, but we are looking forward to hearing from teachers and administration regarding grant requests. Um and uh that is all. >> Sorry that was a mouthful. I appreciate everyone's patience with me. >> Thank you, Katie. Uh, any questions for Katie? >> Just a comment. It's It's great to see so many teachers involved with the force classes because when I sign those forms, I see all the names that come through and it's it's great to have that kind of support and participation from the teachers. >> We love it and uh they're fantastic and the kids really love it and it provides a service to parents that gives them a little more time after school. And as a mom of three boys uh
032that are very active in the force program, I I know firsthand how much it it's great to get the kids outside and doing things and not on the couch playing video games. So we love it. >> Awesome. Okay, I will do a quick report for personnel. So personnel met on August 14th. It was myself, um Justin, and Mr. Alexis. Um, we went over departures, new hires, changes in assignments, positions to be filled, uh, recommended candidates, uh, the facilities manager and the reconciler, which are both on the agenda tonight. Leaves of absence, staff returning from leave, staff beginning leave. Um the expansion of the paraprofessional FTE for preschool also on the agenda job descriptions sidebar with LHASA on the agenda negotiation topics for 202526 the committee goals which we still will finalize but I think we
033are on the same page for for those um our next meeting will be November 13th. Any questions? No. Okay. Um, we will go to uh superintendent report. >> Okay. Oops. Was Robin going to do the finance? >> I thought she could just do it with business. >> Okay. Okay, that's fine. >> Yeah. >> All right. As as mentioned before, we had a very smooth opening last week to the school year. Um, the buildings look great. Thanks to Mark and the custodial staff. The classrooms look beautiful. Thanks to the teachers careful preparation. Um, our students were warmly embraced. Last Tuesday, September 2nd, we had 29 new students register over the summer, and our enrollment as of the first day of school was 880. To give you a comparison, on the last day of school in June,
034the enrollment was 864. We welcomed our new staff members at our annual orientation on August 25 and welcomed back to our entire staff the following day for three days of productive collaboration and professional learning. As Anne mentioned, we focused on our new math program and on multi-tered system of supports that that's MTSS. That's a framework that relies on datadriven decision making to improve student outcomes. Moving to the agenda for this evening, you'll see resolutions on the strategic plan, district and board goals and corresponding action plans. Our goals are well aligned with our new strategic plan. They center on academic achievement, a culture of respect and well-being, future focused facilities, and community building. We have members of the administrative leadership team serving as co-chairs for each of the assigned goals. Also aligned with the strategic plan
035is our newly developed mission, vision, and motto. As part of our summer planning, we collaborated with the board and leadership team to capture the spirit and purpose of the new five-year strategic plan. Our intent was to capture the voices heard and shared values reinforced during the strategic planning process last winter with simple, concise, and memorable statements. So for our mission, we have we engage and inspire learners to explore, inquire, and contribute. Our vision to engage and inspire every learner every day and our motto explore, inquire, contribute. Going forward, they will be on the board agendas and our website as a visual reminder that our new mission is at the heart of what we're trying to accomplish in educating our students. that is we engage and inspire learners, students and adults to explore, inquire and contribute.
036It highlights the importance of engaging our students curiosity and our own as adult learners and recognizing the power of a culture of inquiry. We learn best when we immerse ourselves in real world contexts. When we wrestle with ideas, ask questions and contribute to a learning community. Our vision is designed to elevate our efforts and outcomes. So our aspiration naturally is to engage and inspire every learner every day. And finally, our motto, explore, inquire, contribute, complements our purpose, values, and aspirations. So, this brings us to this year's district goals, which are printed on the agenda. They're well aligned with the strategic plan goal areas, thanks to the good work of our administrative leadership team. The first one under teaching and learning focuses on our commitment to implementing MTSS this year. The second, a culture of respect
037and well-being involves expanding a student mentoring program which we piloted at Central last spring. Third, in an effort to plan for future focused facilities, we plan to evaluate the overhaul of the old media center at Central into a learning commons, which we anticipate being operational by early November. Fourth, we remain focused on building community and enhancing communication and engagement of families and community members. And while we're on that fourth goal, as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance communication, we've combined the Friday flyer and the Friday afternoon school emails into one LHTSD weekly update, which is being sent every Friday at noon. We're two additions in and we're receiving positive feedback about the changes. Thank you to Jack Hartinet for coming up with a great design for the um for the template. On the agenda,
038you will also see a sidebar with the administrators association. This was done simply to update a section of the contract, so it's aligned with the new administrative structure and salaries. All this was reviewed with the personnel committee this summer. The administrator's contract runs through the 202627 school year. You'll also see that we're continuing our partnership with the Seeing Eye of Morristown and have two new puppies at Millington. Mr. Simo has Manny and Mrs. Pepe has Tessa this school year. Our first parent information webinar on strategies for supporting your child in a new school year will be offered twice, 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10. Our annual back to school nights begin next week with Millington on September 18th. Gillette follows on September 25 and Central on September 30th. Let me also say
039we're pleased to support the with grace initiative again this year. You will see a resolution approving a collection drive at the end of the agenda. Last, I want to thank the PTO for the faculty breakfast at each school on Friday. It was a nice way to end a great first week of school. All right, that's it for me. You probably didn't think I was going to stop ever. >> That was great. Any >> questions? No. So much work was done. So much to look forward to. It's going to be >> this time of year. >> I mean, it feels good. It does. >> Business administrators report. Keep the good times going, Robin. >> Okay. I'll try to make it short, too, but I get chatty. Um, so usually in September, we begin with a slideshow
040of our summer facilities projects, but this year we're going to hold off until the Central Middle School Learning Commons renovation is complete, hopefully in early November so that we can showcase it properly. The buildings and grounds committee is going to hold a future meeting in the new space, and we'll take some photos and highlight that to the board when it's ready. In the meantime, I want to highlight that we completed about $1.5 million worth of HVAC work at Millington and Gillette School this summer. Um, I didn't think photos would do it justice, so I didn't bring any photos. Uh, key highlights from the committee discussion. Um, for finance, um, we talked about uh, numbers for ESY, extended school year. uh the total cost of the 2425 program coming in at about $88,000 and served 830
041students. Uh we also talked about summer institute and the cost of that program was about $19,000 and this year it served $15 students whereas last year it was 97 students and we saw the biggest increase is enrollment for grades two, three and six in this program. So that was a really nice thing. brought the cost per student down um and while serving more children, which is great. Uh on the agenda, you're going to see a resolution to change banks. We did an RFP, if you remember, and after we evaluated the um the proposals, Carney Bank was the one that we selected. Carney is offering us 3.8% 8% interest on all of all all of our accounts, no service fees, um positive pay, um free checking, free stampers, free deposit, slips, you name it. Um and
042a $10,000 contribution toward payroll processing. So, tonight we're going to approve that and tomorrow we're going to get work moving banks. Um federal grants, uh we received our ESA allocation that that's our titled grants, right? title one, two, three, and four totaling about $54,000, which is a decrease of $1,220 from last year. We received this grant very late. Normally, we get notice of this in June, and it was kind of being held up as to whether or not we were going to get it. For that reason, when it comes to budgeting um in the in the fall and and in the winter, we're going to have to look at that. And I am leaning toward not not uh budgeting that next year. And that way if we get it, it'll be extra funds, but let's
043not count our chickens. They don't have to do it. Uh we also are happy that Hudson Way has one student that they'll be sending over to Central Middle School Science for Science program. So you'll see a tuition agreement on the agenda. Uh for transportation, I'm going to give you a little more numbers on this one. We have 83 subscription busing students, 12 leniency students for a total of 469 riders, and it's probably more like 470 now, 472. Um, that's almost identical to the number of students that we had last year. We're doing it on one less bus this year, so that that is kind of a good thing. Um, over 50 of the subscription riders were added after the June 30th deadline. So, one of the reasons that we keep having this, you know, we
044have to update the bus routes, we have to up the bus routes is because we kept keep getting subscription students and we have to move where the bus stops. >> So, um that kind of is holding us up. We do ask everybody to get it in by June 30th, but most people did not. >> We were able to include transportation of our athletic teams practicing at Millington uh to one of the routes. So that we do have the students coming out of uh Central Middle School, changing over there, getting on a bus, going directly to Millington. They don't have to go on a bus ride this year. They'll go directly to Millington and then that bus will start the Millington bus route. So it'll be really good for the kids. I'm really happy about that.
045>> And the parents. Yeah. >> And the taxpayers. >> Yep. Everybody Everybody's a winner. Uh we had a brief discussion about athletic uniforms, about the rotation and purchase of them that we'll discuss a little bit more in depth at budget time. Um we also talked about some changing personnel and we're really happy that Mr. Frank is coming to us on September 22nd as a facilities manager we all heard about. Um our reconcilers of school monies resigned. Paula who's been with us for years and has been wonderful. And we got lucky that Joe Schneider, who's also with CDK, said yes, he would step in and he would be our reconciler of school money. So, another good thing. Um, we also have on the agenda, um, Carrie Grabstein as interim assistant BA. She'll be starting October 27th,
046um, with some transition time in there to replace Dom, who has been fabulous. So, we're going to miss Dom, but Carrie has been a business administrator, lives locally, um, and I think she's going to be a great way to transition to that role. So, we're happy with that. Uh, lastly, I had to put on tonight's agenda one more um, a resolution that for a lease agreement with George Dapper, they provide athletic bus from September 15th to October 30th. And this contract allows us to transport our athleteic teams using our own driver rather than having to contract out for a bus. So it saves us a little money and it's been a win-win for the last three years. So just another good thing and I think that's all I have. Anybody have any questions? >> No.
047Okay. Okay. >> Thank you, Robin. >> Okay. Um comments from the public on agenda items? No. Okay. We're going to move into resolutions. Uh, minutes number one. Karen, will you move those in? >> So moved. >> Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dailyaly? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foster? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dr. Maher? >> Yes. >> Mrs. McClennon? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nyquist? >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Casease? >> Yes. >> Danielle, will you move in financials numbers 2 through 19? So moved. >> Second. Any questions? >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dailyaly? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foster? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dr. Maher? >> Yes. >> Mrs. McClennon? >> Yes. With a um abstain from seven. >> Miss Nyquist? >> Yes. >>
048And Mrs. Casease? >> Yes. Crystal, will you move in special services numbers 20 through 23? >> So moved. Second. >> Any questions? >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dailyaly? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foster? >> Yes. >> Dr. Moore? >> Yes. >> Mrs. McClennon? >> Yes. >> Miss Nyquist? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. >> And Mrs. Casease? >> Yes. Um, and will you move in personnel numbers 24 through 43? >> So moved. >> Second. >> That was Crystal who signed me. Sorry. >> Roll call, please. Mrs. Butler, >> yes. >> Mrs. Daly, >> yes. >> Mr. Foster, >> yes. >> Dr. Maher, >> yes. >> Mrs. McClennon, >> yes. >> Mrs. Nyquist, >> yes. >> Mrs. Case, >> yes. >> Justin, will you move in curriculum number 44? >> So moved.
049>> Second. Any questions? A lot of good stuff. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dailyaly? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foster? >> Yes. >> Dr. Maher? >> Yes. >> Mr. McClennon? >> Yes. >> Mquist? >> Yes. case. >> Yes. Katie, will you move in policy number 45 through 51? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions? >> Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mrs. Dailyaly? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foster? >> Yes. >> Dr. Mah? >> Yes. >> Mrs. McClennon? >> Yes. >> Mquis? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Casease? >> Yes. Back to Karen. Will you move in other number 52 through 58? >> Some moved. >> Second. on that one. Any questions? Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Butler? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dailyaly? >> Yes. >> Mr. Foster? >>
050Yes. >> Dr. Maher? >> Yes. >> Mrs. McClennon? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mquis? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Casease? >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. Any items for discussion? Unfinished business. >> I didn't have an item for discussion. I guess uh an update on the lunch program. Just quickly, >> uh lunch program is going well. Uh we have on the agenda to approve our lunch aid workers uh for additional six hours just because they will need some training. Those people have been fabulous. They have taken it under their wing. They there was a little bit of a mixup on the first day. I barely knew about it. They just handled it amongst themselves. They traded meals. They got the right number of lunches. Couldn't be happier with it. Um our parents don't seem to have have
051any issues. Um transportation also last year at this time we have a Google form. If you have any bus concerns, put your concern on the form. I have nine nine concerns and we've handled all of them that last year we had over 40 not county emails >> about um should I say the the utilization of the lunch is it the same as last year's the numbers running the same >> um I can't tell yet um we had our first pizza day on Wednesday that I did hear a bunch of parents say they were happy with pizza day um just you just can't tell just yet but but we do have everybody in the right accounts it takes a little while to get everybody in the home room. Um, all the reduced lunch kit. It's correctly
052coded and then parents have can order meals in advance. So, I think they're just kind of getting up and started that. We'll have a better look at it at the end of the month. >> Thanks. >> Okay. Any other unfinished business, new business? No. Okay. Any comments from the public? >> Thank you all for coming tonight. We wish you an amazing school year. Yeah. >> Um, can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed?