001something we realized this weekend, but it's just important to >> Is it customary to have to >> I I don't recall. I don't know if anyone else has it similar experience, but I have I have never seen anything on the back of the ballot. Uh typically everything is on the front, so it's it would be unusual to turn it over to the back side. Thanks Beth. Anyone else? >> Thank you very much for your presentation. Dr. Da, thank you very much for giving us the tour and your time tonight. [Music] >> While we're talking about the referendum, I want to introduce Mr. Tul in just a moment for the superintendent's report. uh you have in front of you uh an envelope with some referendum business cards in it and some handouts uh with a fun
002little note on them. So each board member has 20 items to pass out and a prize will go to the board member who can pass them out the fastest. So there will be a prize at the next board meeting for any board member who passes out all of their referendum materials to friends and neighbors and anybody that you can think of. So I wanted to make sure that you got some in your hands. Email me as soon as you uh pass them all out and you'll see the prize. It's a big surprise. Trick or treat at the October. You'll see. Mr. Tumulo. >> Uh Mr. Tumalo is here to present the access for L's report. Typically, this report of student achievement for our multilingual learners occurs in October. Um, however, the state released the test
003items or the test scores much earlier and there's a requirement that we report out within so many days of the release of the items. Um, and this is our best attempt at reporting out sooner rather than later. Um, so Mr. Go ahead. Um, thank you for the opportunity to present tonight. I'm excited. Um we'll provide then I'll just provide a quick overview of um our ML's multilingual learner population along with their access assessment results um and some highlights of both progress and next steps that we plan to take as a department for the current school year. So uh from last year this is you know our our you can see our multilingual learners um you know we've had uh we w the district really welcomes um the students from diverse linguistic backgrounds. Last year we
004had we spoke more than our ML spoke more than 10 languages. Um and it the diversity enriches our classrooms and underscores the importance of responsive ESL uh programming. So this slide shows how long students have been in our programs um from last year and then our current year this year. Last year we had eight students who are brand new to the program. Um we had 15 students that were in program for about a year. Two uh two years there were about five students. Um seven students three or more years in the program. This year it's it's slightly shifted um but not too not too drastic not not so just so different. Uh the total number of MLS from last year that were in program were 35. This year Lori correct me about 36 I believe.
005and right and um and and growing. So So that number could change as we go throughout the year. So I'm excited with this slide because when I first presented this a few years ago, um we we really didn't have comparative data. This this year we have some comparative data. Um so the access assessment measures proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking with reading and writing uh weighted more heavily. And to exit students must score a 4.5 or higher demonstrating strong class performance but uh meeting benchmarks and receiving uh teacher recommendations. So it's not just based on the score. There's some other pieces that help to make that determination. So we're looking at the whole child not just the score. Um so comparing the two years of data in 2324 three students exited the program. Last
006year 2425 we doubled six students exited the program. I'm really excited to highlight that. Um that's a positive indicator that students are developing language skills um at an accelerated pace. And at the same time the data also shows that a large number of students are still in the developing developing and expanding stages. And I want to highlight that because um it shows that the district is with an continuous enrollment of new learners. So here's just a graph to kind of show that um the comparative data um to see from entering to exiting So, the state sets long-term uh goals for English proficiency. 34.6% overall of your overall ML population. That's what's expected um in terms of the expected growth. That's what we're looking for. 34%. Um and then it's weighted a little bit higher for
007our K5 versus 6 to 12. K5 is about 50% 49% and then 6 to 12 or for our K6 to 80 27.7%. Um so from the data from last year 17 of our students out of the 17 out of the total population met expected growth. Two did not. Nine of those students were incoming K students and new to the country. So that we just had baseline data. um one uh one student declined testing and then se I want to also highlight that seven of our MLS um are also also have IEPs. I think that's important to note um making it even more complex you know in terms of of meeting needs. So the percentages show that 60.7% of our MLS men expected growth. So that's we doubled based on the state's recommendation. um 7.1% um
008did not meet growth meet their growth and then um 32.1% of students were at at that baseline. So what does this show? Right. So I think that the takeaways are that our students are making state of effective progress. Um the ESL programming is effective in supporting that progress. A significant portion of our MLS also receive special education um which requires requires careful attention and the ML population is growing which is really which is healthy and it means students are entering progressing and exiting the program. Uh it's a continuous flow, right? It's not it's not linear. Um about half of our MLS are either brand new or also receiving special education which highlights the complex complexity of being diverse needs. So some glows and grows, right? Um the glows are our ML students outperform the expected
009long-term growth for the state by almost double. Um the number of students exiting our programs doubled as well compared to the previous year. and some areas for growth. Um providing more direct instruction and support for ML students with special needs and working on developing a systemic ESL curriculum that includes language objectives which would be built into um the classrooms and that's that kind of connects to the shelter instruction that the um the gened teachers are being trained in and supporting our ESL students within the genetic classrooms. Thank you. Any questions? >> Yes. >> Uh I just wanted to clarify the percentage criteria you had for 49% 27.7% that was the percentage of students who met the >> so that's kind so that's the required um like overall percentage for um K5 is higher than it
010is for um for middle school. >> All right. So, it's expecting 49% of our K to fifth grade students, correct? To to meet the requirements >> to meet the to meet that. Exactly. [Music] >> Any other questions? >> I can't see David. I'm sorry. >> Sorry. Can't see you. >> Yeah, that's what I was saying. Um, just to comment just that your team has been doing a fantastic job with this. I know it's a growth area for the whole district. I know I thank you all. I think you're doing a fantastic job. So, >> yeah, our our ESL department, they're they're se they're seasoned, they're experienced, they are so knowledgeable, and they've taught me so much about about the our population. I mean, they really are the experts in this. Um, and the it's a
011testament to the dedication and and the work that they do. >> Y >> thanks everybody. I appreciate it. >> Thank you. Of course. Thank you for being here, Lori. >> Absolutely. >> Good to see you. >> Thank you, Dr. Hart. [Music] >> All right. The next item on the agenda is the open public forum for any items that are on the agenda. So, if anyone would like to come up and speak for any items on the agenda, please come up, state your name, what town you're from, and your questions or comments. Okay. Anyone online? No, I guess not. Okay. Thank you, >> Larry. Is there anybody online? [Music] >> All right. We did receive one correspondent. >> No one on chat. There's a couple people online. >> Do they have any questions? >> Nothing in
012the chat. >> Two people online. >> Okay. Nothing in the chat though. >> Nobody in chat. >> Okay. Perfect. Thank you. >> Nothing in the chat. >> So, we did receive the correspondence that is on record with the board secretary. On the next item, we're going to just move into board action and first one is the approval administrative reports. We have one item to adopt. It's item 101. Can I have a motion and then a second? >> Second. Any discussion? >> Okay. >> Mrs. Cassidy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fury, >> yes. >> Mr. Pierre, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rat, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mrs. Depto, >> yes. >> Mr. Rizzo, >> yes. >> Okay, we have one other item, approval of the minutes. Item 2011. Can I get a motion and
013then a second? >> I'll second. Any discussion? >> Mrs. Cassidy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fury, >> yes. >> Mr. Pieros, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rab, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mrs. Deinto, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosa, >> yes. >> Passes. Now, we're going to move to committee reports. The first one is finance and facilities. We do not have a committee read out this month. We're actually meeting on Friday. So, we'll read out that committee next month at our next meeting. We have second items to adopt 301 through 307. Can I get a motion and then a second on those items? >> Motion Christina. I'll second. >> Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Any discussion? [Music] >> Mrs. Cassidy. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fury. >> Yes. >> Mr. Viros. >> Yes. Mrs. Rad. >> Yes.
014>> Mrs. Ryan. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Debto. Yes, >> Mr. Rizzo. >> Yes. >> Okay. The next item is is for education technology. We have five items to move and will have a committee report to read that. So, can I get a motion and second items 401 through 405? I'll second. Are you ready? Is this on? Okay. The edtech committee met on September 22nd. The first item we discussed were curriculum revisions uh for K through3 computer science. This is a new document based on changes to the K3 schedules, our pilot last year, and teacher feedback. This document contains the NJSLS computer science standards and the NJSLS K to3 engineering standards. Uh the other curriculum revisions are for math honors grade 5 through algebra 1. Middle school math curriculum documents reflect changes to the scope and
015sequence. The content has remained the same but the order in which it is taught has been updated to be more compatible with the new primary resource of edge gems. Uh next we discussed the NA NA assessment selection, the NAPE. Uh this is a federal assessment that districts are required to administer if they are selected. Lucky us. We were selected for eighth graders. Uh the test will be on reading and math. 50 students will sit for the assessment. These students are selected by the federal government. They will be notified the day of the test that they were selected. The test will be administered in January or February. All eighth grade parents will be notified through Genesis that their child may be selected to participate. Uh, next we discussed the NJSLA adaptive assessment and field test. New
016Jersey is updating the NJSLA test to an adaptive assessment and will test sample text items using a field test this fall. All districts are required to participate. The test will be math 60 minutes, reading 60 minutes, writing 120 minutes. Pearson has been the digital platform used for NJSLA for the past 10 years. The field test will be administered through Tide, a new platform which will require staff training during October inservice days. The district test schedule listing this and others will be sent to parents by October one. I actually saw it yesterday. Um, professional development plan. Dr. Brown presented the professional development plan. It is required to be updated and approved annually. Uh also the mentoring plan. Mr. Tumulo presented the mentoring plan. It is also required to be updated and approved annually. Uh next, the
017special education programs at RMS. Uh Mrs. Burns reported on the opening of an LLD classroom and autism program now established at the middle school. Uh we discussed curriculum renewal plan for 2025 through 2030. Dr. Dr. Hart presented a timeline for reviewing and refining curricular documents over the next five years. Um we saw the agenda items, curricular visions and then we said our next two meetings um October 6th meeting is going to be assessment results which will will be reported out in the next board meeting and then we also set a November 17th date following that. >> Thank you. Any comments or discussion? I just have a question on the NA. Um, how are students selected by the federal government? >> Random selection. >> That sounds a little >> just we just get a list of
018names. >> So, the government must receive a list of names from the school. >> Yeah, there there's federal just like a database. >> Yeah, there's federal reporting requirements. >> Okay. And then for the NJSLA, what is is there a difference with this or is it just the new platform? there's a difference in the test. So the there is a new platform. So we used to use Pearson as the platform. The new platform is now tied Cam Cambria I think is the the owner and then Tide is the platform. So there's a difference in vendor. There were some issues with the department of education from what I understand I don't know the details uh used Pearson for some time and there was some issues with the contract with Pearson and some litigation at the DOE level.
019So they switched over to um this platform which is used by other states. So that's one change is just the way it's going to look just the platform. The second change is NJSLA is moving from being an assessment that gives test questions based off of the state standards, which it still will give. However, the new assessment will be adaptive. So, as students get answers correct, they will begin to get harder questions in the assessment rather than just having, you know, 50 test questions. If they get questions wrong, the questions may get easier as well. So there'll be this kind of rolling bank of questions as opposed to previously where there was this bank of questions and students randomly got test items. So there's two changes coming. The field test is coming I think um Beth
020yesterday it happened I think at the end of uh October is Hollbrook and then November is RMS. It's only grades four through eight because there is no um they're not assessing third graders. Um, so we'll do the field test in the fall and then the 3 through 8 administration will be in the spring. >> Okay. Any other comments or discussion? >> Okay, we got a roll call. >> Mrs. Cassidy, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fury, >> yes. >> Mr. Pierre, >> yes. Mrs. Rat, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ryan, >> yes. Pinto. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosa. >> Yes. >> The next item is the first. We have 10 items. Move 501 through 510. Can I get a motion? And then also a second. I'll second. >> Okay. >> So, the committee met on September 19th. Um,
021we discussed staff staffing updates. All schools are fully staffed um for par professionals. While there were a few resignations prior to the start of the school year, the district successfully filled those positions. Currently, there is one open paraprofessional position which we anticipate fulling filling shortly. Transportation, the transportation department is fully staffed. Maintenance, we have one opening for a maintenance mechanic and have identified a candidate and hope to fill it shortly. for FMLA coverage. We are actively seeking two long-term substitute teachers to cover staff out on FMLA leave. We discussed um teacher shortage challenges and retention and recruitment. We reviewed data related to teacher recruitment trends in New Jersey. We also discussed um administering a staff climate and retention survey originally developed when the recruitment and retention committee was first formed. Since it has been several
022years since the last survey, the committee is considering launching a new one this fall. Dr. Hart suggested separating the survey data by building to help identify any building specific trends. Dr. Hart typically conducts exit interviews, but has recently developed a stay interview to better understand the reasons why teachers choose to remain in our district. We discussed the East Amwell shared services update. Mr. B reported that the shared services agreement with East Amwell is progressing well. East Amwell has demonstrated flexibility and Dr. Hart noted there have been no issues. Mr. Fo has ensured all state deadlines, payroll and financial responsibilities have been met from East Amwell. East Amwell's board of education has approved a candidate to assume the shared services position. The individual is currently completing the necessary college credits and will need to obtain their
023license. The transition is expected to occur by July. The committee also discussed two personnel matters. For agenda items, we have new hires, ratify the custodian, other typical agenda items, and we set our next meeting for November 5th at 8:30 a.m. >> Thank you, Justina. Any comments or discussion? >> Um, I a comment or kind of question on 5.04. the bus driver um the amended like hours for their the routes I guess had settled down and so there was an adjustment of what the hours were. I was just wondering if uh personnel we take a look at the routes again and just look at the how long students are on the bus. I know I brought that up at one of the previous meetings just circle back now that things have settled down. Um >> I
024think we have that actually planned for finance for Friday and then ongoing this year as well just so you know. >> Okay. Thank you. Anybody else? Okay. >> Mrs. Cass, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fury, >> yes. >> Mr. Pieros, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rat, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mr. Pinto, >> yes. >> Mr. Rizen, >> yes. >> Okay. Next item is communication and policy. We have two items to move and also committee report. So negative motions to adopt items 601 and 602. >> Okay. >> Um the committee met on September 22nd. The first thing we discussed was policy alert 235. The entire chapter of the NJAC 6A23A for fiscal accountability, efficiency, and budgeting procedures was recently revised and adopted by the state board for education. The committee reviewed the following policies
025included in the in strauss policy alert bylaw 0173 duties of the public school accountant. This bylaw has been revised to include the administrative code sections by reference that outline the responsibilities and requirements of the accountant and the board. The other revisions in the updated administrative code did not require any changes in practice or implementation. For bylaw 0174 legal services, the revised code addresses procedures to ensure the prudent use of legal services by employees and board members and has minor revisions. Policy 0177 professional services. The revised code requires each board of education to establish by policy a strategy to minimize the cost of professional services. Minor revisions were made regarding the awarding of contracts for professional services. Policy and regulation contains 70 internal controls. The revised code addresses requirements for each school district as a condition
026of receiving state aid to establish specific policies and procedures on internal controls designed to provide management of reasonable assurance the school district schools and objectives will be met and will meet the requirements of the administrative code. Policy 5339.01 student son protection. This policy was adopted requiring school districts to develop and adopt a policy concerning a student's use of sunscreen and sunprotective clothing while outdoors at school and school sponsored functions. This policy is new for our district. Policy and regulation 611 special education Medicaid initiative semi program. The revised code addresses every school district's requirement with the exception of a waiver being granted to take appropriate steps to maximize participation in the special education Medicaid initiative program. The requirements in policy 6111 are significant as non-compliance could result in withholding of state aid as per code. Policy
027and regulation 6220 budget preparation. The revised code included revisions regarding budget preparation. The revised administrative code does not change the current budget preparation and budget submission requirements. The regulation provides a basic procedure for the school district budget development process. The only revisions in regulation are assigning the budget preparation process to the superintendent, the school business administrator, board secretary. The internal budgetary procedures used in the school district are not governed by any statute or administrative code. Therefore, a district may revise these procedures to meet local needs. This policy is mandated as the QAX TPR fiscal indicator section requires the provisions listing the statutory and administrative code requirements of budget development. The next item we discussed was chain of command. Um Dr. heart shared a chain of command document he developed to assist in operating in an
028organized and expeditious manner. It is important to note that when the chain of command is used properly by citizens and board members, it improves communication and leaves the board of education free to act as final arbiter on issues that have not been resolved at other steps in the chain. The document includes the chain of command for everything from general student questions to curriculum and instruction to discipline. The committee recommended the addition of the chain of command for when issues arise on the bus. The committee discussed the ideas for how to best deliver this document and information to the school community. The committee discussed placement within our district website and making sure contact information for teachers, case managers, and admin is easily accessible. This will be reviewed by the administration and then communicated to the school
029community. Um for policy updates, the 2000 series, Dr. for hard and the changes previously recommended by the committee to these policies and they will appear on the agenda for our next school board meeting. Policy 2210, curriculum development. This policy was revised to include statements regarding our curriculum meeting the needs of all students aligning with the state learning standards and having a development cycle that includes stages of renewal and evaluation. Policy 2220 adoption of courses. This policy was revised to include that we will adapt and revise existing courses to meet the changing needs of students and community. No course of study shall be eliminated, revised or implemented without the approval of the board. Adoption of courses shall be by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board. A copy of our
030courses will be available to the public online for policy 2230 curriculum guides. This policy was recognized as one that we do not currently have, but some surrounding districts do. Dr. Hart consulted with the appropriate staff in developing this policy consistent with district practices. The last item we discussed was the policy tracking document. The committee reviewed the tracking document and confirmed that each member has been assigned specific series in the manual to review. We agreed to do our best to complete reviewing our assigned policies by the end of 2025 and mark which ones are of the highest priority for the district. This will allow the new committee, should it change in 2026, to use the tracking document to identify high priority policies of the 3000 to 9,000 series based on our ratings and work on those
031first. While we are reviewing the remaining policies in the manual, Dr. Hart will continue to revise the remaining policies based on our recommendations in the 2000 series to close it out. Agenda items for tonight are policy alert 235, policy 2210, 2220, and 2230. And our next meeting was scheduled for Monday, October 27th at 3:30 p.m. >> Thank you, Ellen. Any comments or questions? >> Okay, real quick. >> Mrs. Cassidy, >> yes. >> Miss Fury, >> yes. >> Mr. Pierre, >> yes. Mrs. R. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Ryan, >> yes. >> Mrs. Deinta, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosen, >> yes. Passes. Okay, our next item is unfinished business board goals. So, I'm just going to give a brief preamble on that before we get going. At the last board meeting, we discussed putting the board goal
032document out on our drive and board members spend a month looking at it and making comments, which we did. So, we took those comments and what I did was I compiled them into draft goals for review. So you'll see on your desk you'll have two things. Firstly, you'll have last year's goals. The next page will be a draft that is based largely on last year's goals. Any comments we receive which we'll go through and we'll modify. Are they the right goals? Do we need new ones? Does the word need to change and so on. And then the third thing I brought up is when Marian from the NJSBA spoke last time, she had the action plan and that's sort of something that NJSDA recommends that we do going forward that every few months we look
033at our goals and we actually work toward them, give us status. So I think once we do get board goals and once we do get them approved, we should have time in our meetings. I stand in general here to actually go forward and actually review them. I think the first one would probably be December would be a good one to do it. So maybe on the December meeting we actually see are we actually moving forward to it um and use the action plan as a way forward in regards to the 2025 goals. I just want to give a couple notes when if you look at them they're close to what they were last year the same subjects at least the four of them like academic achievement safety governance and referendum. We had a strategic plan
034because that's a large part of what we're going to be doing this year. In addition, we dropped one of them which was I believe the communications. We kept the the draft version for your review tonight has four goals on it. Beth has suggested that the NJSDA recommends three goals. Um you can have more if you have something special going on. For us, we have the referendum and strategic planning. So I think we could, if you guys agree, have three goals plus affirmative strategic plan. That's something that we'll be discussing. Another thing that you'll see is although they're similar goals from last year, they're kind of rewarded a little bit. Pan and a couple of people brought up a good point that last year's a little like mission statements as opposed to goals. I know Ellen
035said the same thing. I noticed it as well. So we just rewarded that a little. instead of being like more of a statement. It's more like the board will a couple of them last year have that. So, we just took that from a couple last year and we just put on all four. So, since people in the audience cannot um see what we have. I thought I I'll just narrate the thing. We'll open it up for discussion if everyone can use the microphone when they talk. I'm just going to we'll just go through the first go academic achievement. Go through each one. I'll read it and we decided that all we want we want to change the word and go through any suggestions. So I'm going to read now the draft academic achievement and then
036we'll open up for discussion. The board will ensure academic achievement is the central focus in decision making by creating and implementing systems and framework that prioritize academic success. The board will work with the administration to prioritize teacher retention, training, and recruitment to support achieving academic success. And with that, I'll open up for any comments. And if you do, just use the microphone so I won't hear you. [Music] Mr. Terissa, I just want to say I think you did a great job um finding a way for the board to take an active role in academic achievement with something that we can do. Mr. Pin, as you were framing this, I think you did a great job with finding something actionable. >> Thank you. And then I think and I know Pam, I know you had some
037items that you wanted to that you want to do. Talk about the action plan talk about how we how we're doing in two months. Okay. Any other comments from anybody? Okay. One down, four down. All right. The next one was on safety. It's close to last year's, but we added one sentence at one um section at the end to just expand it a little bit. The board will work with the administration to upgrade and refine safety and security measures to ensure student and staff safety. And this is the new part. and continue to maintain a positive school climate for all students to thrive in. Any comments on that? All right, two down. Two to go. Next one's on governance. The board will conduct a comprehensive review of existing committee protocols and communications across committees and
038implement recommended actions. The board will update the policy guide and implement a schedule for reviewing policies. Any discussion on that one? Okay. Next one is referendum and strategic plan. The board will collaborate with the administration to launch enhanced communications to inform community members of the referendum. The board will form a working group with the administration to create a capital project plan regardless of the referendum outcome. The board will facilitate the implementation of the strategic plan process in coordination with the administration comments. >> Okay. So, thank you. Sorry. >> The working group in that one, do you want that to be finance committee or do you want it to be separate? >> I didn't know if that language was intentional or not. like if we want to keep it in finance or >> I don't know.
039What do you guys think? Because I know a lot of things originate with finance but >> probably >> it's kind of important for the whole board as well or do we just what are your thoughts? >> I don't know. I mean are you looking to form another committee? >> I know that's what I was thinking like are we going to form another committee or do we want to keep it within the finance committee or do we want to just have a mechanism for finance to do reports? That's I was thinking that another committee, but just have finance take the lead and just make sure that we keep the other board members involved. >> Which goes to the one above where we're talking about communication um actually governance where communications across committees and implement recommended action.
040So finance takes the lead, we can ensure that not only this but other things are actually shared across all board members. Everyone okay with that? Okay. So for this item, there's no action item to vote on it. This is going to be on the agenda for the next board meeting. If you have if you read this, you have any tweaks on it, just let us know. Just send myself and Dr. what it is. We'll update it as needed. Okay. New business from the board. This is actually an exciting one. Our very own Beth Fiori has become a master board member and have her certification through NJSBA. So, congratulations Beth. And since I don't think we have we have a master board member that's our first and then we have two other board members that are
041certified. That's Justine and Emily. So I know that maybe you could just go through an update of what it takes to become certified and process, you know, give us a brief overview. I don't remember the exact listing but it was you know a certain number of county meetings, three workshops in Atlantic City, three years of workshop um I want to say it was two or three professional developments which are like full day um law forum or full day uh learnings that they have. Um, and then I can't even remember all the because I got it back in June, so I don't even remember all the requirements. >> I think it's only like isn't it like your second term? Like you have to have a certain money. You can't do it. You can only do it
042in your second term, I think. >> Yeah, because they want you to go to at least three of the >> workshops. It's like based on So, it's longevity plus extra and then you have to maintain it. So, it has to be it builds from the certified board members. It's it's I I really find a lot of value out of the NJSBA training. Um the the local Hunter County School Boards Association, they encourage it. And you know, the I think the outgoing president of Hunter County, she used to quote this Iowa study about board members um who have more training, it's better outcomes for the students. It's like directly linked to student success. So I I always took that to heart when you know she would quote that study that they did um in encouraging board
043members to that's why I'm always sending out whatever I can to you guys about different training and opportunities. So >> thanks >> Beth. Do you know typically it's the May meeting where we get the where you get recognized or honored for your achievements. Is this the same? Will you receive this in May? Like >> I don't know cuz I just like cut off so I don't know if they like they that's what happened to me. >> Yeah. So they did wait. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> All right. >> But I got a really nice backpack if any and I'm supposed to marry to the Atlantic City convention there. There's no way. I'm sorry, but it says master board member huge on the back. >> I'm not sure I can do that. But yeah, >> um,
044we could put together something for like our website or, you know, I think in the past we did like a press release or something. I was going to wait until May if you were honored at that county meeting, but >> we can do it now. I I'll >> I did bring my plaque. I got like a full wooden plaque thing and Yeah. >> Put it next to your name. >> Yeah. >> Carry it in your backpack. >> So, if you want, we could take a picture and then I don't have to do it in May. be >> excellent. >> Well, congratulations again, Beth. And just to add on to that, as Beth mentioned, it's a lot of time, hours, and effort, and traveling. It's not just local places you have to go, you know, meetings
045far away and so um and learn and bring back that information. I know Beth and my men on the board, nine months on the board, have come back and shared things with us as she's known best practices. So, it really is good having someone that has spent all the time and is able to share our information with the rest of the board. So, Beth, thank you very much for all your efforts and congratulations again. [Music] >> Any other new business from the board? Any >> Yeah. Uh there was a meeting on September 17th for the Garden State Coalition of Schools that Dr. Hart and I attended and very briefly uh we got an overview of some goal setting for staff and evaluation tools for their professional development plan uh that they have available and Dr.
046Hart thought they look pretty pretty good. So, it's time well spent and they spent some time discussing the new uh adaptive tests that are being introduced and have lots of opinions about it. So, that's it for the GSCS update. Thank you. >> I'll just give a quick update while this is on. Um, last night was the first 100 county school boards for this uh year. I know Ellen, Justina, Pam, and I were there. Dr. Hart was there and Jin Bellski from our technology department was there. Um, and and Dr. Hart and Jim were part of the roundt discussion about AI. And I know that's district goal to uh work towards an AI policy. So, I thought that was a really good um presentation to the whole and I I I want to thank you for
047representing us very well in the county meeting. Um and then I sent the dates out to everyone for the next meetings coming up. I think the next one's in December. So, just keep an eye out for that. Uh I actually had a question sort of related to that. They spoke a lot about the NJSBA workshop and mentioned that the governance training uh two, the three four were all offered at that session. Um, does that mean like for me and for Linda like governance 2 normally we would do in our second year would we be able to take that >> in October? Do you have to wait till the end of the year or take >> it? Okay. >> You can take um government's training early. Um, we've we've never had someone take three in a
048year, but we have had people take two in a year, like one in January, February, March, and then take the second one in like September, October, November, and it is counted. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Any other comments, questions, discussions? >> Okay. The next item is our second open public forum. This is for any item on the agenda or off the agenda. If you had um would like to discuss anything or make any comments, please come to the podium. State your name and your time and ask your question or comment. Is anyone online sir? And any questions, >> Larry? >> Sorry. >> Nobody in the chat. >> Okay. Okay. For people online, no question. Okay. Perfect. Okay. With that, our next item is adjournment. So, can I get a motion to adjourn and then second?
049>> Second. Just seated. Okay. >> Can we get a roll, please? Miss Cass, >> yes. >> Miss Fury, >> yes. >> Mr. Fieros, >> yes. M. Rat, >> yes. >> M. Right. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pinto, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Thank you everyone for coming out tonight and people who watched online. [Music] >> Trick or treat.