001by the way. How are you? I'm good, buddy. How are you? How are the They're great. Thanks for asking. There's now three Won't he do it? How old is your oldest? Eight. Three. She turns nine in two weeks. And she's her pop best friend, I guess. And then two months old. I think my wife went into labor during your April meeting. I recall. Really? Yes. Wait. You said you were born in June. No. to my oldest July the newborn with more labor. I thought we had a two month labor. I was like, "Oh my gosh." [Music] I'll tell you ahead of time. I'll tell you. Good evening everybody. Good evening. First I want to thank uh committee man from war 2 Mr. Darius Peoples for being here tonight. Um welcome everybody to the Winssler Township
002Board of Education regular board meeting of uh Wednesday July 9th 2025. Public notice of this meeting was given to all board members and associates in a notice dated January 9th, 2025. Adequate and electronic notice of this public meeting has been provided specifying the time, place, and manner in which this meeting is being conducted was advertised in the courier posted in all schools, the administration office, the municipal building, the library, Bud Dougal Center, Edwood Acres, Elmtown, and the Winslow Township Post offices. Mission statement. The mission of the Winslow Township School District, a large, diverse, and growing community, is to educate and all students to become independent, lifelong learners, critical thinkers and caring and competent members of their community. The district in partnership with the community and in a climate of cooperation and mutual respect will provide
003an academic environment which values excellence of diver excellence. Diversity encourages students to strive for personal excellence and assist them with uh in acquiring knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to contribute positively to a rapidly changing world. Roll call, please. Mr. Clark, [Music] Miss Peterson, that's okay. Miss Dre here. Miss Gow. Miss Martin will be absent tonight. Thank you. Mr. McMahon here. Miss Peterson present. Thank you. Miss Pitts present. Mr. Thomas present. And Mr. Shaw present. We have a quorum. Can we stand for the pledge of allegiance, please? 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. Miss Glo, could you please read the 2425 district goals? Yes. 2425 student um district goals. student achievement.
004Continue to implement best practices for delivering instructions to students. This shall include conduct weekly administrative walkthroughs to monitor teaching and learning. Consistently review student assessment data to guide and redirect teaching. Continue to provide supplemental activities, i.e. tutoring enrichment periods to address student deficiencies. benchmark assessment for ninth grade math language arts. Number two, create a safe and positive learning environment for students and staff. Strictly enforce the district's student code of conduct. Focus on upper elementary students to modify student behavior and early grades. In the early grades, reinforce positive behavior in a specific and genuine way. Approach discipline with care, respect, and the desire to see the good in all students. Number three, increase parent, caregiver, and community engagement and education. Provide opportunities for two-way communication with district stakeholders. Continue with communication consortium. Focus on refining our
005communication methods and messages to better market our school. continue with our public relations with the community. Thank you, Miss Dr. Clark. Do we have any awards or presentations? Not at this time. Okay. Thank you. Um M any correspondence? No correspondence at this time, Mr. President. Can I have a motion to approve the board meeting minutes regular meeting from July of June 25th, 2025, open session? Mr. President, I approve um I move that we approve the following minutes of our board of education meeting our regular meeting which was held June 25th, 2025 open session. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Miss Dreaden, yes. Miss Claude, yes. Mr. McManis, yes. Miss Peterson, yes. Miss Pitts, yes. Mr. Thomas, yes. And Mr. Shaw, yes. The motion has carried. Moving on to our board committee reports. Mr. Thomas, do
006we have a athletic committee report? No reports at this time, Mr. President. Um, Miss Bla, is there a citizens advisory committee report? No. Citizens advisory will be meeting on tomorrow on Zoom um with the all the CAC meeting. Um members, um I would like to say one thing in regards to the athletic committee. We are in August, keep that date ahead for the IMG game against Winslow Township football team and IMG. This is going to be a great stumping great game to start off our season for the school year. Um I don't know the exact date, but I'll make sure on um I get that out to everybody. Okay. All right. Um, do we have any but I know Miss Martin's not here but uh so I'll I'll move on from the education committee because
007I don't think we have a report from education no we don't um Mr. McMahon it's marketing committee Mr. President at this time there is no update okay um Mr. Den operations committee at this time Mr. president, you know. Okay. Um, Mr. P, policy committee, Mr. President, um, at 6 o'clock this evening, um, in district, Mr. Davis, um, Miss Blaude, and myself to go over, um, items that we will be discussing at the actual um, policy committee meeting to be held in August. Okay. Um, Mr. Thomas, anything from the two township committees? Nothing at this time, Mr. President. Okay. Um, the planning board will be be meeting um next week on July 17th. So, until until our next board meeting, I'll have nothing to report for the planning board. Moving on to the superintendent report. And
008I have a motion to approve the superintendence report uh from top of page three to the middle of page six. Mr. President, I move that we approve the superintendent report as it appears beginning the top of page three and continuing through to the middle of page six. We're in a second. Any questions? I have a comment, Mr. President, if I can. Yes, it's just number 13 and 14. These are I'm looking at the approval of whether high school host a girls basketball tournament. That's that's a great honor to to bring to our school. We want to host some type of events along with number 14 that track meet that going to feature mixed 4x400 and 4x100 races you and us being like the number one track team in the country in my book. That should
009be a great event that brings a whole lot of attention and a whole lot of correspondence. I just want y'all to mark that as something two two events that's doesn't happen all the time and is a great induction to to what we've been doing in the last past five six years in thank you Mr. Thomas any other questions if there are no other questions roll call please Miss Dredden yes Miss Floyd yes Mr. McManis. Yes. Miss Peterson. Yes. Thank you, Miss Pitts. Yes. Mr. Thomas, yes. And Mr. Shaw, yes. Motion has carried. Moving on to the business administrative board secretary's report. M. Do we have any modifications? No. Um, so, um, from the middle of page six to the bottom of page 13, can I have a motion to approve the business administrator board secretaries
010report as it's recommended for approval? Mr. President, I move that we um I move that we approve the business administrator board secretaries report as it appears uh, beginning at the middle of page six and continuing through to the middle of page 13. Have a second, please. Second. Um, any questions? No questions. Uh, roll call, please. Miss Dragon? Yes. Miss Glo? Yes. Mr. McManis? Yes. Miss Peterson? Yes. Thank you, Miss Pittz. Yes. Mr. Thomas? Yes. And Mr. Shaw? Yes. Motion has carried. Moving on to the personnel section of our agenda. Miss Boil, is there any uh modifications to that portion? Yes, Mr. President. On uh A1A, we're going to strike that. Okay. What page is that? Page 14, section A, number one, and then A under number one is the first item on the chart. Okay.
011Is that the only one? I get you to the agenda. Not trying to make sure before I move on. Okay. Um, so can I have a motion to approve the uh personnel report as the superintendent recommends it for approval with the striking of letter on number one letter A on the personnel report. Mr. President, I move that we approve the uh personnel report with modifications as it uh appears beginning page 14 and continues through to the bottom of page 15. I have a second. Second. Any questions? Yes, I do. Okay. Um on page 15, number five, the central office administrators employment contracts. Can you explain to me the exhibit um X1A col 5 um for the assistant superintendent contract, please? I was under the assumption from the meeting prior couple or weeks ago um when
012we did the reorganization and um I posed a question in regards to um the assistant superintendent um being on for and I was told that she was out her contract was out until September the 1st and now that's what it is. That's what it says. That's what it is. Pardon? That's what it is. This is it. This one end says July 1st, 2025 to September 1st, 2025. Okay. But we're getting ready to approve for a contract. It ended on June 30, 2025. Am I correct or am I incorrect from the memo that I saw? Yes, but we have to approve the contract for the super assistant superintendent until she retires. Okay. Well, I just need a clarification. That's what I'm beat up. I'm not I'm letting you know. All right. Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't
013a move to say no. It's just I need a clarification. Here comes the voter. Is any any other questions, Mr. McManis? Is anybody else? No, sir. Okay. Just making sure you good, Miss Clip. Yeah, I'm good. Okay. This could this would have been avoided as when I did the sidebar before I called and asked about this. I would have been told that. Did you call? Not you. I called someone that's on this board. Ask them to help me understand it. Call the wrong person. Yeah. All right. Roll call, please. Miss Dreaden? Yes. Miss Gordo? Yes. Mr. McManis? Yes. Miss Peterson? Yes. Thank you, Miss Pittz. Yes. Mr. Thomas, yes. And Mr. Shaw, yes. Motion has carried. Moving on to the addendum. Everybody can take a couple seconds to look at their addendum. Mr. Michelle, there
014is one uh there's actually additional information on the addendum. Okay. And it's on page three. Okay. Number nine. Um so number eight, we're doing the approval to approve to apply for the 2526 IDA funds. Okay. Um and then number nine, we're approving to apply for a consortium agreement through the Burrow of Chisel. So we put that on for 2526. In the afternoon we actually got the amount. So their basic award is 36,534. And this goes on on item number nine. N item nine. Okay. And then their their preschool is 2,1553. And that that came out right after we sent it to Steph 36,000 for basic 36,534 and preschool is 2,153. Yeah. Is everybody right through their uh addendum? And I have a motion for approval of the superintendent report on the addendum as the superintendent
015recommends it for approval. Mr. President, I move that we um I move that we approve the um superintendent's report as it appears on the addendum on page one um Roman numeral one letter A. Second. Uh, any questions? Roll call, please. Miss Dre, yes. Miss Glo, yes. Mr. McManis, yes. Miss Peterson, yes. Miss Pittz, yes. Mr. Thomas, yes. And Mr. Shaw, yes. Motion has carried. Moving on to the board secretar's report. Can I have an approval for the board secretar's report as it's recommended for approval by the business administrator board secretary from the top page yeah middle page one to the middle of page four with the addition uh on item nine um for the basic uh approval of 36,534 and the preschool uh amount of 2,163 Sorry about that. Mr. President, I move that we
016approve the board secretaries report as it appears on the agenda beginning with the middle of page one with the addition uh additional information that was added uh on page three letter nine through the end which appears on page four uh the middle of page four. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Miss Dre. Yes. M. Yes. Mr. McManis. Yes. Miss Peterson? Yes. Thank you. Miss Pitch, yes. Mr. Thomas, yes. And Mr. Shaw, yes. Motion has carried. Can I have an approval of the personnel report as the superintendent recommends it? Mr. President, I move that we approve the personnel report as it appears on our agenda, beginning at the um middle of page four and continuing through the bottom of page five. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Miss Dreaden? Yes. Miss Glo? Yes, Mr. McManis. Yes,
017Miss Peterson. Yes. Thank you, Miss Pittz. Yes, Mr. Thomas. Yes. And Mr. Shaw? Yes. Motion has carried. Moving back to our regular agenda. Miss Boy, is there any uh open uh open public records act requests? Yes, we did respond to two between June 20th and July 1st. U Martha Divo from virtual rehab, she requested physical therapy information from the May 30th, 2025 uh occupational therapy RFP and the May 30, 2025 speech therapy RFP. Um and those records were supplied. We also received a request from Ed Lubadera and I'll ask for forgiveness for his pronunciation and he wanted the history on the reference project. Um he wanted the bid tabulation including past unit prices, names and addresses of uh biders along with the previous award of contract specifying who won the project whenever it was last
018bid upon and this is for reference only. He said the bid the current bid is not open yet. They're asking for the bid results from the last time uh the bid was out and then he gave me a for instance and he he was looking at the championship rings for the track. Uh we did compile that information and submit it. Thank you M. Moving on toformational items. Do we have anyformational uh items tonight? Unfortunately, they do not to disappoint you. I have one. Okay. Um in everybody's uh folder um there's a and I sent it out on on an email as well. Um there's a list of tenative dates um for the county school board meetings um this year coming up. So um for reference so you can make plans um as we move into
019the next uh school year. Uh so you can get ready for county school boards. All right. Um that's all I have for that. Moving on to old business. Anybody have any old business? I I have a question. I know it's old business. I know we we approved the uh audit of our IT. Is there any progress or any update that can be given on that? We don't have any additional information. Um Mr. Thomas, but I will check tomorrow and I'll find out where we are and I'll report back to you. Thank you so much. Anybody else for old business? Um, Mr. President, this is um just just a curious question. I know usually uh the board does participate in the various events that the township had. Um this past 4th of July, um the township
020had the school board had a table. Now, we don't usually have a table uh and and it was unmanned. Uh and I'm just uh I'm just curious as to how did that happen because the board was not apprised of that and as it turned out uh the table you know we had men bring out tablecloths tent and there was nobody there chairs and tables nine tables nine chairs thank you miss because Miss did come there also but I'm just I'm just want us to be aware that u when that we do have the township events and if the board is going to plan to be there that the board should be made aware so that we can prepare for it. Yeah, that yeah and I was there with you as well. Uh so so um
021we did man the table but it was something that we showed up and were surprised to see. Yes. If I may, Mr. President. Um that was one of the um applications that we had but uh during when the communications committee met that was not one of the events that we picked in order to be able to be set up at the communications committee. I'm sorry. Oh, marketing committee. Okay. So, yeah. So somewhere in in the lines of communication that somehow that got set up and you know we got to make sure that all those lines are are communicated properly. So that way you know our district employees don't set up the uh tent for you know because if nobody would have shown up then we would have had a table with nobody there and they
022would have wasted their time. It looks odd too. But else was a caveat. Uh Mr. because I was there at at early in the morning from 4:00 on just to make sure that everything went according to standards of the district and to make sure that our employees were well represented. So I was there that whole time. It wasn't like they was no one was there. I was there to make sure that everything went according to But my point was that the board didn't know that point but but but you know I just wanted to let it abandon them. I was there um all day that day. But on another note, the Fourth of July uh event went off without a hitch and the high school overall was a great uh venue for the Fourth of
023July fireworks for the township. So, we did have a great great celebration for the Fourth of July. So, that was a a great time for everybody in the community. Um, do we have do we have anything else for new business? Okay, moving on to your favorite part, public comments. Thank you, Mr. President. The Winswood County Board of Education highly values the input of citizens and making the important decisions that affect the children of our community. We believe in the rights of citizens to observe board meetings. To ensure that all of our citizens have the opportunity to attend schoolboard meetings and offer comment and to ensure that the board can conduct the important business of the district, we ask that speakers follow the guidelines for making public comments. The board secretary will recognize those individuals in
024the audience who wish to make comments. We'd ask you respect the following procedures. All members of the public attending schoolboard meetings must treat each other and the board with respect. Please state your full name and town of residence. Please limit your comments to four minutes. In the event that you have a question that cannot be answered, please submit it to the board with your name, address, telephone number, andor email address where you can be contacted, and your question will be answered within a reasonable time. Lastly, individuals offering citizen comment are not permitted to make personal attacks on any district employee, board member, other testifier, or member of the public. Thank you. Thank you, uh, Mr. Long. You're welcome. Can I have a motion to move into public comments? Motion, um, to move into public comments.
025Second. Uh, all in favor? I miss, we have anybody signed up for public comments? Yes. Um, Tiffany Olen. [Music] Hello. Hi, my name is Tiffany Austin and I'm from Cville. Um, we had the uh pleasure of actually sitting next to the um Winslow board members and met a few of the board members. Um I'm a part of Kingsway International and we actually have a table at the uh June TV event and um one of the uh programs that we have is our bully stoppers program. Um and just by you know sitting with uh the board members we had an opportunity to share with you guys what it is that we do. Um and we really like very much to be able to present um our program within the Windlow Township schools. Um we do a
026lot in regards to youth development. Um bringing parents and youth together. Um we did actually have the opportunity to do an assembly at the uh school number six which was very wellreceived. Um I actually had just finished our little clip of the participation that the uh students had. Um and one of the things that a lot of times we we look at bullying and um violence and we don't necessarily connect the two. Um, and I know all school districts have a mandate to talk about bullying prevention, but one one thing that doesn't always happen is that individuals don't necessarily connect bullying, sometimes um the violence and mental health issues. And so what we do collectively is really look at those so that we can get to the root cause issues of that maybe the children
027may be having in the home or other issues that are going on so that we can actually be a support to wrap around services that your schools already have access to but they may not necessarily have the resources um that are needed to connect the dots. And so that's where an organization like us comes in. We're a community- based organization. that we've actually been doing this as my husband and myself. Um, we've been working with, excuse me, with youth for probably over 30 years. Um, and this is just our passion. Um, it's something that we know that our youth, not just here, um, in the state of New Jersey, but across the country. We talked to plenty of people and, um, we really just want to, we have a packet of information that we have
028available of the services that we provide. It's classroom. It's also plays. We do um assemblies as I mentioned before, but it's really looking at the different schools because all of the schools have different needs. Um we've worked with middle schools, we've worked with colleges, we've worked with adult education. So, um a lot of times we have young people who are bullied um and they grow up, they've never addressed it, and now they become adults that either bully or they're having mental challenges. And so we just want to have the opportunity to be able to present to whether it's this board um but also of course the individual schools so that we can meet the needs because it's we don't have a cookie cutter program um because like I said all schools are different. they have
029different needs and you can have hit reports that say that there's no bullying, but if you have reports that show that there are other um violent or acting out from youth, that's typically something else going on. And so we have the opportunity when we talk to young people where they may not talk to teachers because that's a different level of authority. We this is basically our uniform, right? So when we go into a school, we present ourselves as someone that they can actually approach. And so they feel comfortable talking to us. They feel comfortable being able to share their information with us. So that then again, we can be the advocate for the schools. And so where they may not necessarily talk to the teachers, we give them that push back to make sure that
030they can um and that they should, but we want to be that sounding board, that in between of bringing together the families, the youth, um their parents, because a lot of times there's things going on in the home and they're not going to tell anybody. So we have when we have the opportunity to talk to young people, um we typically get the story [Music] I'm assuming that's more time. But again, I just wanted to present that, Miss Austin. Yes. I'm happy to take any information that you have so that I can pass it on to the administrators. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Austin. Norman Ol. You're the silent partner. That concludes those that have signed up. Anybody on No. Okay. There's nobody else signed up for public comments. No. And nobody waiting. Correct. Um, correct.
031I'll ask for a motion to adjourn public comments. Mr. President, I move that we adjourn public comments. Second. With that, I will We have a voice. Oh, yeah. All in favor? I I I thank you. Executive session. Thank you, Mr. President. We do have a need for an executive session tonight in accordance with the requirements of the Opal Public Meetings Act. We will be adjourning into executive session on July 9th, 2025 at approximately 7:35 p.m. The significance of July 9th is that it's the day before my birthday. of the nine exceptions that we have. I I did I mention that of the nine exceptions that we have, we'll be utilizing item eight uh matters dealing with employment uh and terms and conditions of employment with respect to the district's chief school administrator. And I would
032anticipate that we would be in executive session for approximately 45 minutes. All right. Um, do I have a motion to move into executive session? Mr. President, I move that we move into executive session. Second. All in favor? No. This is a roll call. It's a roll call. Miss Dre. Yes. Miss Gordo. Yes. Mr. McManon. Yes. Miss Peterson. Yes. Thank you. Miss Pit, yes. Mr. Thomas, yes. And Mr. Shaw, yes. The motion has carried. [Music] So he got the phone. The funny part.