001e e e one good evening everyone adequate notice of this meeting was provided by sending such notice the ad thought Prest middle town patch the Middletown Township Public School District website and the posting of such notice that the August T minor administrative offices in each elementary middle and secondary school and District roll call this C here Mr Fitzgerald here this Min this scasi here Mr sski here Mr T here Mrs Right Here Mrs tobacco here mrone here I now need a motion for executive session to discussion hi appeals hi update settlement agreement and personal matter mov second all in favor I oppose extensions see a little bit e e e hi good evening everyone please stand for the pledge pled lead through the the United States of America the rep for stands na indivisible jti
002okay we're going to start this evening with student speakers from High School North HP good evening my name is and I a junior at middlestown High School North head of the pride our student and staff member of the month recognition program celebrates excellent serves at our school Community Foundation last month's award recipients include nth grade Dylan Miller and Sophie Wilson 10th grade Destiny Billingsley and Olivia Williamson 12th grade Ro tuer and Joe Gro and Carmen s praise and Pros were submitted for Edward spinski grade nine B Brown grade 10 Harley Fus grade 10 Lauren malus grade 10 Camila ultral grade 10 Jacob Silva grade 11 Madison Westberg grade 11 Harman sah grade 12 and Sean Owens grade 12 23 of our students earn sealed by literacy a prestigious academic honor that demonstrates profic Proficiency in
003two or more languages these include Eric Tolen Spanish Harley bolur Spanish Chris ters Spanish Alexa Guerrero Spanish Wy hug Spanish Ryan Miller Spanish Joselyn s FZ Spanish fresa times Spanish Christina Rodriguez Meza Spanish and Italian Alexa leing ASL Andrew kovich ASL Jaylen mle ASL Alexandra Santos ASL Emma top ASL Juliana Stones ASL isan ply ASL Julie scker ASL mine Palumbo ASL Juliet dear ASL bonisha CH maletti French Catherine C Portuguese Amelia Patty ASL and Eric ailan Russian our guidance Department hosted its annual Junior parent college application information night on February 18th these sessions features strategies insights and timelines for our class 2026 over 100 family members attended this educational event in our media center the following students competed at the DECA marketing organization Regional competition at Kean University on January 4th their outstanding performance coupled
004with their scores on the DECA hundreds question business T qualified them to represent North at the DECA state competition in Atlantic City from March 4th to 6 here students will compete with over 25 2500 of their peers from across the state for a chance to represent New Jersey at the international competition in April these students include Rashi moper Elanor best Elliot Kennedy Ben constant Riley Luma Damon shille Santiago B mudz Isabella Courtney Chris Healey Mia Minon Emma Gomez jie sickler and Francesca times Lauren Ario received the daughters of American Revolution award for her amazing community service work representations from the organization came and presented her with the award freshman for a day a program that enables eighth grade students to authentically experience classes here at North is underway many students from bashore Thorne Thompson and
005several other local private schools have taken advantage of this opportunity the kingburg Law Enforcement Academy presented to Midtown High School Nord students interested in criminal justice this program is a shared kingburg SL Middletown program for students who want to pursue a care a career in law enforcement and Public Safety our guidance Department held their dual enrollment and AP fair for students interested in learning more about those programs prior to scheduling courses with their guidance counselors our academic team made it to qual quarterfinals at the JFK Memorial High School academic challenge earlier this month the team had a decisive round victories including a 210 to 60 win over filberg and a 2730 win over maass on Saturday February 1st milon High School North students hosted this year allshore allshore honors choir concert several mown High School
006North choir students performed with the All State honors choir at the New Jersey state music educators convention from February 19th to February 22nd in Atlantic City and at the New Jersey pack in New York and newer the miltown High School North music department under the direction and support of Mr isart and Miss lion traveled to Disney World for an exciting Musical Adventure our choir and band members performed as part of the Epcot Center Festival of the Arts students also attended workshops learning activities and performances with Disney artists on their selected Disney music a huge con congratulations to the following seniors for successfully auditioning and making allore jazz band Anthony Paul on percussion Julia MC Edwin on trombone and colen mcnicholas on trumpet our Milton High School North music program continues to fundraise for Student Activities
007and scholarships they're finishing candy sales and starts selling spring bolds and plans for delivery before spring break our hockey team team has had a wonderful season they won the mayor's Cup in important CommunityWide tradition they went on to upset Tom rer who the number one seed in the shore Conference tournament and yesterday won their first round State Playoff against Cranford boys and girls basketball both won their division with girls team doing so for the first time in 20 years both have State play of Fame srow with the girls team at Brick and the boys team at home gy Hur our track program had an impressive showing at the state sectional Championship on February 10th the team will advance three girls and three boys to group C group state three Championship the team had numerous personal
008bests and several other athletes placing in the top 10 in their event the qualifiers are girls high jump AA Reed who plays third girls high jump Arana who plays fifth b c Cameron Uncle who placed third boys 55 Das Josiah Stephanie who placed fifth boys high jump AJ Beach who placed six and shot put Brian Novak to place fifth congratulations to Ava Reed on placing second in the girls high jump competition at the shore conference championships AA played second with a jump of five fet the girls swim team earned their first division title for the first time since 2008 they ended their season six and0 in the division and 74 overall the boys ended their season four and seven the mil North wrestling team Advanced to the state sectional finals after a 5125 win over
009Westfield in the quarterfinals and a 3332 win over watch HCK Hills in state semifinals Nikki wall sealed the match with a pin in the 150b weight po while Jacob S and Jackson fan and Tyler Odin also had key victories leading to the Lions win this marks the first time since 2008 the Lions Advanced to the State final winning for the Lions were Danny Benbrook Thomas belel Jacob Squan Ghana Jackson Fon Justin Fon Tyler Odin Jacob Portman and Nikki wall overall Midtown North wrestling wenton 24-2 in their season ranked six in the shore conference and 19 in the state they ended up shore conference B Division champion State section finalist and a top 10 public school at the new njsiaa District 17th wrestling tournament the Lions advanc seven wrestlers to the region five tournament Thomas B
010won his bracket and was named outstanding wrestler of the tournament Jacob Portman Justin pieron Nikki wall Danny Benbrook and Michael DWI all took second while Ja Jackson Fon finished third the mown Griffin cheer squad played second in the state championship on February 23rd at Brookdale this achievement came on the heels of the team placing F in first in their division at the Howell cheer championship and is a testament to their hard work dedication and team work throughout the season overcoming numerous challenges along the way milon High School North hosted a pep rally earlier this month to celebrate all our team's achievements this winter and in night school spirit our performance artist department is busy and excited preparing for our upcoming spring musical equipment performances will take place on the weekend of March 21st all are
011welcome and encourag to intend thank you thank you da next up from high scho South Sophia CCO good evening my name is Sophia castone to start the induction ceremony for the science National Honor Society take place on Tuesday February 25th during block 4A in the theater this ceremony will celebrate the hard work and dedication of students who have earned this prestigious honor for their academic excellence in science 23 new students will be inducted congratulations to the new members Nicholas AB Riley griam Andre cadilla Matthew Leonard Sophia cardo Mara menel Ethan Castro Livia medal Aiden Fitzpatrick Sophia Greenfield Justin lamort Olivia Lee abig lindaman Jacob Martin Adam Sai Alexa Smith Emma vand derra and Isabella Villanova Porto Community College will be visiting Middletown High School South on February 22th at 8:30 a.m. for junior and seniors
012who are interested interested in learning more about their programs this is a great opportunity for students considering Community College as an option After High School the business path me pass pathway will have a meeting on Friday February 28th during block three this meeting will feature a guest speaker who has experienced working for Golden tax providing valuable into careers in business and finance senior prom bids will be sold Tuesday March 4th Thursday March 6th during block blocks 3 and four tickets will be priced at $120 each can be paid via cash or checkal students will also have the opportunity to purchase tickets after school on March 4th and 6 tickets for the junior F will be available for purchase on March 19th and 20th in the media center price set $100 each payments can be made
013via credit cash or check paid out to Middletown Board of Education the latest edition of the Middletown High School South strength and conditioning newsletter has been released offering tips and advice from some of the best coaches at the high school college and professional sports levels coach Evan Ash will regularly sh expert advice on how athletes can enhance their performance this newsletter is a great resource for students and parents in our community looking to improve athletic skills and Achieve success in sports stay connected on Instagram at mhss string for more updates registration for the 2025 2026 school year is now open for the mhss Little Eagles program this program provides Early Education opportunities for young children within the community registration forms and more details are available on the website for any questions families can reach out
014to Mrs hea P latest episodes of eagle on the air the mhss student run news show is now available for viewing listed by the mhss filmtv students the six-minute episode features two amazing anchors and provides updates on school events in addition mhss film students have been recognized for their work with multiple films nomin nominated for various categories at the Brightside film festival and in 2024 bcy bre through film maker Festival Middletown United Cher team is raising money for new uniforms by selling clothing items for their online dink they recently hosted their first year camp for special need students within the district raising funds for an upcoming 2025 2026 season participants cheered that the team at a game and were recognized that it B the team is excited about growing this event in the future the
015class of 2027 and 2028 clothing store is open for sales freshman sophomore families and students can purchase gear by visiting the store these sales help support the classes and build school spirit South's third annual staff and student cornal tournament began this week 85 teams composed of one staff member and one student will compete through the end of March for an illustration set of cornhle boards painted by sou students in addition each team will be competing on behalf of the charity of their choice with donations being made to three Charities at the end of the equipment I um have been nominated for the 2025 caring award by the M County Guidance Department guidance Directors Association I have demonstrated exceptional care and compassion through my work congratulations um I have demonstrated exceptional care and compassion through my
016work addressing period poverty with her drive myself and my friend Lily Mando have organized two large donation drives collecting over 12,000 feminine hygiene products which were donated to the Sheed at feminine pburg my efforts show my commitment to making a positive impact on the community and school is proud of my accomplish several films from mhss were selected as finalists for the bright side film cust in Jersey City on March e and four mhss films will have oncore screenings at the b in the month on March 1st bigger betrayal a short film by Anthony DeMarco Chris K Elias K and robt dzeni will be featured in the first take short series which will be screened at multiple locations in April congratulations for the girl swim team for securing the 2025 the North Division title and to
017the Eagles wrestling team for becoming the short conference e division Champions both teams have showed incredible dedication and teamwork this season congratulations to January students and citizens of M students of the month include Andrew Corran ninth grade Natalie deino 10th grade Rebecca chap Paso 11th grade Janie rer 11th grade and citizens of the month include BR Orlando 9th grade Jake bernadel 10th grade Eduardo Morales seeta 11th grade and Katie W 12th grade and congratulations to our January staff member of the par Mrs Nina B lastly the donor drive that's on February 10th has already raised over $4,000 for various School initiatives including athletic programs academic resources and community service project fundraiser will continue until the end of month for further information visit the school Port thank you thank you sopia right moving on to committee
018reports we have curriculum instruction Mr T yes thank you you Mr spone we met on the 19th um we talked about a lot of different things I'll hit some of the highlights for everybody um first up just a a helpful announcement I know there was some reports in the community that was hard to find the information about criteria for Secondary School honor uh honor role and high honor Ro um there's now a document it's out there now there's a document available now on the curriculum and instruction tab of the district website that lays out that criteria um so that that should be available on the site certainly let any of us or any of your schools know if you're having trouble with um couple other things uh one that was exciting we talked about um
019uh it's on this agenda actually is approval to to uh begin the morphology training for grades three to five um literacy teachers that's the program that's sort of a continuation of the science of reading based reading and writing that we've already started at the lower K2 level with Borton Gillingham this is a a phonics and spelling vocabulary focused program um getting back to those Basics and uh so that's you know following the same kind of training we did for K to2 this will start with 3 to five now uh Elementary levels um also the there was a stakeholder engagement session recently where uh the secondary staff spoke about some concerns people had with grading consistency so um this was uh just recently announced to us that the the work is going to begin in terms
020of evaluating ways to ensure better consistency in the same buildings where you know some classroom to class might be really different in terms of how teachers grade certain things so trying to have a more consistent approach to those uh rubrics is something Administration will be working on starting now um and then last we mentioned this at the last meeting but the process continues for exploring Pilots for a new uh k to5 math program um we're again evaluating a number of different pitches and proposals from vendors that provide tools for teachers that um you know we hope our goal is to find something that really focuses on the Hands-On learning of um you know getting back to the the basics of instruction on math computation foundational skills um uh kind of as Kevin puts it swinging
021the pendulum back uh from where we kind of headed the last several years back to a focus on what we all might remember a little more and uh I'm excited about that for sure so more to come thanks thank you Mr to we out to Student Services Miss right yes thank you so we also had a meeting on the same night after curriculum uh we didn't have as many items on our agenda but a few things that I just wanted to note uh building off of the meet and greet with Mrs gringer we had a few weeks ago here the new director of uh spe of student services for special education we were shown some of the slides that she is now using going around to the different child uh study team members and really
022trying to just go over IEP writing goals and also progress reports so that way we are consistent across Ross the board in terms of what's needed there for each child so we were able to look at those slides that she's presenting to those teams which I thought was really helpful um MTF odl also had their first meeting with Mrs Granger uh just this last week and we're going to be meeting again in March to go over some more issues that were raised unfortunately the meeting was cut a little bit short so hopefully we'll be able to finish the agenda next month when we meet also just highlighting again that there will be a districtwide develop mental disability spirit week of March 24th through the 28th that will be through all school campuses so everyone is
023doing the same things which I think is really nice to see and also the dates for the esy program over the summer will now be July 8th through August 8th and for elementary that will be housed at Harmony and for the secondary level that will be housed at Thor thank you Miss R I'm going to pass to miss Dy speak about facilities facilities committee met on February 20th meeting was focused on two topics uh we were looking at the options for our maintenance of our turf the not not the turf fields but the the grass Turf athletic fields and um our grass cutting and those types of operations for the next year uh we have gotten some bid pricing so we're looking at that we also options of doing more of our services in house
024so we're continuing that analysis as we build our budget for next year to figure out what the best options would be through the district uh we also did talk about the 2526 budget as far as it goes with facilities operationally uh it's pretty consistent uh we aren't talking about the fact that we don't have a lot of room in the budget for Capital type expenditures and um purchases of equipment so we're trying to focus all of our efforts on things that impact directly uh Safety and Security and as far as where we would allocate those monies and you know other things that are of diet me so we're more than coment thank you speaking on policy Mr P uh yeah hi we met on February 13 and today there are a few policies updates Nothing
025is for voting tonight it's just for first read um there are minor changes that came from the njsp policy service on School meals attendance concussion protocols audit emergency preparedness addition of the grief curriculum in health in grades 8 to 12 um graduation and FSA requirements and District record so the board begin until next meeting you V thank you mrco we on the co-curricula Mr V great yeah we met on uh February 14th uh we discussed overall procedures uh for cular um an existing club and activities um including school also the possible implementation of a yearly cular a uh we also discussed um two programs that we currently have that are somewhat similar um bottle papers and coits um district is currently offering two very similar programs B Capers is a long-standing program address some substance
026abuse and Leadership recently there was a creation of a newer club called that cover the same topics we're gon to collapse this for financial makes more sense do we have a name for them that it's GNA continue to be the bottle cappers bottle cappers just ABS um uh Miss steil also um uh she's in charge of all-in athletes um she met with uh the winter athlet and coaching um introducing the mental Fitness tools that they need to manage challenges support one another and Le with Integrity um for those that don't know Miss with mental Fitness um she's also looking to start a club uh called the all in athletes cup that is designed for student athletes to thrive hold on the field and office the initiative was focused on building resilience fostering con ctions strength
027leadership and answering ke culture uh some other things that we discussed was athletic buiness was uh Middletown High School hosted the short Conference basketball court finals um Middletown High School North hosted the district wrestling tournament and also we had uh four Shore division Champions uh High School North boys basketball High School North girls basketball High School North girl swimming and High School North wrestling um and then finally we discussed uh we're having some issues in middle school with um a coach to uh student athlete uh ratio where you know in certain schools there was 70 athletes to one you know coach and I guess the the driver there is there's uh there's only a lot of one assistant coach for Middle School is that correct right right and we decided to go with somebody else
028so we're thinking of maybe consolidating wrestling and make it more of a um you know have roster cutting instead of um just a lot of 70 kids but but we're still discussing that not not gu all right great we'll stay with you technology all right uh so we met again on February 14th um we went over uh highlevel um budgets um technology budget is pretty much the big meat of it is consistent of the Chrome books and devices um uh Mrs D is looking into uh different options producing the budget uh and discontinuing some of the warranties on devic self funding repl Affairs um we also put in a new uh student creation tool um it's called Nim um and it's the autogeneration of how we come up with these student accounts um our old
029account used to just have Google and U and Microsoft and it would Genera student accounts but with this new program it's more robust and they're able to create accounts on multiple applications persons um and the the other that we discussed was um implementing Q Studios which is a free application for parents um it includes internet um filtering platforms um and also gives the parents ability to have uh insight into their parents or into their child activity online with their online devices um this is currently not in production yet the administration's drafting a letter to go about the parents to talk specifics um there's a there's particular program that we use now um called uh linkwise lse line wise line wise so we're using uh line wise inhouse right now for um you know our our
030Administration has access to it for our kids and they're able to see certain things on there um we're trying to get the other product to be outside towards let the parents get it it's free but it has certain you know kind of purchasing inhouse applications right now I think there's a letter that's going out here soon to describe parents um that's it right thank you Mr P moving on to public helment on the gender items only if anybody has a comment to make please St to the microphone state your name and address the record leave in 3 minutes at that point Time app 16 Boulevard um I want to express my appreciation for the effort that goes into to creating the school calendar I understand it it's a complex task with many considerations that the
031public doesn't realize however I respectfully and on behalf of several parents request propose calendar be reconsidered the initial public reaction to the calendar changed was one of frustration the November break has been in place in Middletown for at least the past de dat and it's unexpected has been unsettling while I acknowledge the district's authority to adjust the calendar the best interest of our children's education the decision felds ab and counterproductive it is not about accommodating vacations but about the lack of notice for a change that has been the norm for 10 years it should also be noted that this change was not made public and I can guarantee you a large percentage of the district is still unaware of the close change this will undoubtedly result in a high rate of aism during these days
032as parents will still be fing their children out of SCH the primary concern which I believe has been lossed in a side conversation is the disruption and Lear for students especially those in the lower grades and those receiving intervention my child being one of them attending school only on Monday and Wednesday during that week will make it challenging to maintain a productive learning environment comparing both calendars keeping the November break result in bu school day between the start of school and the end of to rate which could be offset by we for this day and academic day is necessary during this time the proposed calendar will lead to significant absenteeism the two days in November and the extra day off after President's Day results in a net loss of three instructional days I know there
033are other changes that needed to be accounted for this year but in Prior years we've made had to make similar adjustments it is crucial for children to attend school and consecutive days for continuous and effective forming we have all observed structions in or into late openings we try not to have snow days and short weeks finally according to several Educators I've spoken to programs like Orton Gillingham are taught for by the consecutive module to be most effective thank you for your consideration and I hope we can come together to BR that b more sense for the children of the district thank you anybody else Swit to make a public comment comment is have a proclamation today read Across America day when it be resolved the Middletown Township Board of Education does hereby recognize March 2nd
0342025 as read Across America day and be it further resolved that Midtown Township Board of Education calls on the citizens of Middle Town to celebrate reading by engaging in programs and activities that allow the children of Middletown to be the strongest readers they can be I'm now going to hand the microphone over to Dr Al to speak about the report great thank thank you um so the first thing I will address is the calendar first we'll start with this year's calendar um KN on wood we've almost made it through February which is great um that was a big hurdle so um unless we get a rogue snowstorm certainly we'd be looking at um continuing to maintain the two weather days that we had built in the first one being Easter Monday um and which is
035at the tail end of our spring recess and then um the Friday before Memorial Day so we hope to have that um that'll come become more clear as we get towards the end of March um and hopefully fingers crossed we have no more weather um with the weather today it's hopeful um I also do want to address how the calendar for each school year is created um it is not an administrative decision or a board decision unilaterally It Is by committee where we have constituents from all of the bargaining units within the district come together to discuss um the calendar for the next school year so um the parents are involved in that we do have parent stakeholders that sit on that committee so it's parents Union representation Administration board members um and the consensus
036certainly that comes out of that calendar committee um is the calendar that we typically roll forward with to propose for a board vote so I just wanted to make everybody aware that there is a process um each year that we go through at this time of year in regards to um the creation of that that that next School Year's calendar um strategic planning update we are going to change our meeting date for March 6th I had sent out an email today to the end of the month um it's more prudent for us our tenative budget is due in the middle of March so having some clarity on what that tenative budget looks like will be more conducive um to the strategic planning process knowing the financial aspects of the district um moving forward um as
037we continue to get deeper into the Strategic plan creation which will serve the district um from 2025 school year to 2030 um as Mr Capone had mentioned next week is read Across America um lots of activities going um on in our school buildings administrators will be reading to classes board members have been invited I know some of our Township elected officials also come to our classrooms to read to our younger students in particular it's always a really fun and exciting um week across the district certainly promoting um that love and importance of reading in our students um we are moving right along in our work on the linkof annex we had an update recently um and we are at the point where we're starting to talk about the fun stuff like you know what color
038of the paint will be and what the floors will look like and you know uh so the the construction is happening and we certainly our goal is still to have this operational for our trans ition program students for next school year with a soft opening possibly later on in the school year but um work is moving right along and we're really excited about what that space is going to look like um for those students um we have uh re-engaged our partnership with the Township in and I know Sophia had mentioned it in her report um and Paige may have also in the sense of each High School does a news program and we will be broadcasting that news program on the Township's Channel as well that was a partnership that had existed previous um and
039we've reestablish that partnership and so not only will students get to access that in school but certainly the town will get to see that as well those six minute news program so that's exciting um but thank you and fingers crossed for no more weather great thank you Dr alone okay moving on to the approval of meeting minutes I need a motion to approve n a through C second discussion all in favor I oppose absts I need a motion to approve Board of Education I'm sorry we have a policy reading first no action there 10 V second discussion all in favor I I oppose extensions bu no on B no on anyone else you know what that have a little discussion before also I had some discussion I know I it just went to fate and
040I just want you to know why I'm voting it was given to me but we didn't talk about it this was not discussed at all and I don't understand it's a new firm I want to know what kind of coverage we that I have how many attorneys are in this firm I know the firm we came from had a Full Slate of attorneys and we needed special Council for different things somebody got sick Somebody went on vacation we had coverage that's why I'm voting no I can answer that question to you we're not getting rid of the old attorney just consider keeping our new attorney so we still have more than one attorney if we need I'm not I'm not clear what that means yeah because isn't this a brand new firm this is the
041this is our our attorney who we've been using open up a new firm correct and there's still an old firm that we are not getting rid of we still have that in as well so we're going to have two legal councils no we had one legal council but we're not getting rid of the other legal council we still have that as a backup and same thing we have on special ed same way it's constructed we have two special ed attorneys I have two reg only pay for what you use right why wasn't any of this explain to us before like none of this was told to us I get what you're saying we only okay like special ed we're only paying for when we call for them said this is the same exact concept that
042would happen with our attorney is exactly what happened now I had no clue that I'd like to T us and we do this on the next board meeting have I think we just made a motion and I think that there was also a second so what was that vote Amy or I have I have oh was it who was the fourth now I have three there was myself oh I'm sorry this is right I he that is NOS so we have four yeses and four NOS great do you want to me after the meeting and have a little bit of a meeting discuss this no no we just okay we' like to go back into executive this we can go back into exective if anyone had any questions I mean free to call me or
043ask me anytime I have a concern because I didn't this was on the agenda there was no attachment with it I I reached out to I sent that to you already for the attachment I and I I got that from you this morning and I feel like it was the two last minutes to go through it I didn't have enough time to go through it and to review it and if it came in on Friday with everything else I went through it over the weekend but I didn't have enough time when it came in first thing this morning what's to go through it's our attorney who opens the own law just keep in mind all respect all due respect and this is not personal at all and I feel like this is where this is
044going and I want to make that clear with all due respect this was not given to us this letter until very very late and nowhere in this letter does it state that we're now going to have two firms that we're going to pay as we go like we do with special education if we're looking to now enter into new contract this is information that should have been put in front of us to have a full discussion so that way we know what we're voting on and with all due respect this was just given to us about a week ago so I can't PR in people's business of what was going on well we all received a lot of phone calls about the calendar but we didn't receive any phone call about this what's I'm happy
045to answer any questions for anyone at any time and just keeping in mind that obviously we have things that have been in the works already with our current attorney we're going have to figure that out as well and a motion to approve business consent agenda 11a through F so second all in favor discussion all in favor oppos extensions need a motion to approve 12a appeal only second okay I believe this was already in exact session as incent was given that is what we're going with for this all the board members to the refering to ex session yes any a motion to approve 12a hits discussion roll call Mrs CTI yes on the unfounded no on the founding points Mr Fitzgerald yes on all except uh 44252 offender one two and three no no that was
046the one that was we did said I had to say something oh wasn't that previous yeah we already did that right the they have to announce the public yeah but just for ease we wanted to reference what we discussed I see okay so so you're Rec okay Mrs gaski um yes I'm no I'm 24252 Mr sarasi um yes on the unfounded and no on all the founded except for 372 that's it yes Mr to uh I'm a yes on all them except I didn't know on 284 25273 this is ready I'm a yes except for 28442 284 921 and 285 575 this is tobacco I'm a yes on the unfound Mr no good okay I need a motion to approve 12b through oh all in favor discussion so for 12d which is the school calendar
047right uh um I just I want to say I want to thank the calendar committee it's one committee on n on but I know it's um kind of the epitome of you can't please everyone and I I totally get that there's a lot of perspectives a lot of wish lists involved um you know as somebody would has to vote on this I like to look into it understand all as much as best I could what went into the decision um and consider I think there there are a lot of multiple goals and objectives and things that were identified to try to tackle with the calendar um you know trying to mitigate the excessive break we get in November uh not trying not to end any later in June than we absolutely need to dealing with
048the way we currently do election day in Middletown all those things I get it um my personal view I just think attempting to reconcile all of that um in the same year that happens to be a year of Christmas on Thursday and the extended holiday break that has to come with that I realize it's I think only one maybe two or one extra day this year but um I just don't see think it's the optimal to do that because it requires this disconnected non-consecutive days in the November break and you know my main concern is that you know if our goal is the continuity and the um you know academic progress as best we can I just don't think those two days in which is otherwise a week off are going to accomplish that goal
049it's a lble goal to try to tackle um you know I personally I'd be open to a broader conversation about how Middletown does election day I get that and that could that could help make a lot of this easier um you know there are a lot of other options I think I would wouldn't again I wouldn't think this is the year then to add that Friday in February you know find other ways to work around it so I just I appreciate the work that goes into it the perspectives that go into it I personally think you know from what I've heard clients to vote know on it but I um I appreciate the work I appreciate opportunity to discuss it and um just share my view on thank you discussion we do V call a
050are we ready to vote Mrs C yes Mr pit no no just on the item for the calendar yes on everything else yes Mr scoli yes well I I just want to clarify we're voting on items so you're voting yes on Mr saas yes Mr C I'm a yes on everything and no on 12 d& is right yes this is tobacco uh yes Mr yes on to Old business does anybody have any old business to discuss new business well new should be this discussion that just happened is vot against for attorney and I just would like to say that I'm not really a fan of people bring their Personal Agenda to this table instead of doing what's right for the district and I call you today Mark and textt you so you get any questions
051on anything with this agenda and you refus to answer so this to me was again back to your display of nonsense in the patch when you got elected and bringing it back to the table rather than talking to the board or asking questions or calling the attorney and seeing why this change was happening so that's all that's to say about new business not a great way to run a board so what we have right now is a motion for an RFP to go out forry Council on that I'm putting a motion for right now second what was the motion can you say that one repat attorney second second made the motion I second all in favor I I oppose opposing okay that new business Megan Ryan would you like to say anything um so Paige
052briefly mentioned the winter pep that we had on February 13th and I just wanted to kind of emphasize the fact that that went incredibly well and I wanted to thank the Middletown North student government as well as Mr scall for putting that together I went great and we were able to recognize and appreciate all of our winter athletes and we look to do it in the spring as well great thank you so much anything Megan no good okay all righty and now open the microphone up for public comment on non agender items only state your name address the record and uh try I know this isend I've had a lot of concerns about things Happ and as I think the biggest issue for me the calendar was continuity of learning and that's a huge issue
053especially in the El school and I just want to share that I've been having issues with my daughter who has not been getting services that she needed and deserve and it took far too long for that to happen actually plan to have session about some things that I'm disappointed in but our schools right now are not performing the way they should and I want to share something that the math specialist from um met swap just share with me when I questioned the basic math leny that our K2 students had to be honest this that basic fact fluency is an area we have recognized districtwide should incl additional support in I have now worked on s recently that I recall specifically withal but showing fluency within 10 is a grade one skill and fluency within 20
054it's a great true scale while it is recommended that students have fluency and accuracy in second grade I've noticed that this is an area of weakness for n that to me is completely unacceptable our kids can't add all right and our kids are slipping through the cracks until parents demand that their kids receive intervention or be tested I want to understand how I Works who's looking at these scor how it's being used we spend a fortune on it my child failed and continuity of learning is extremely important so now we have all these days next year we're going to have walk on Tuesday we're going to have walk on Thursday we're going to have walk dat for pres day we're going walk dat both columb the middle of the month in September and middle of
055month of October Gordon Gillingham has meant to be taught in four to five day executive modules and as Educators that have supported us I'm just incredibly disappointed in his right now I've been thect for seven years never had an issue with education and I feel like this is faing right now we need to get back to the basics we need to stop we need to work on curriculum and educating our children I'm just really disappointed extremely disappointed I'm probably loud um just back after of Mr pp's great idea many years ago we worked for the township or we tried to about elections and where they were held and I don't know what the status of shared services is now but particularly with the early voting and that sort of thing I would hope maybe we
056can look at getting elections out of our schools um and maybe don't know thank you would anyone else wish to make a public comment see no further comments I wish to make a motion to adjourn the meeting second all in favor I oppose astion have a great night everyone