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NutriServe Food Service Management Company was recommended to continue as the district''s food-service manager for the next school year at a flat fee of $18,100, according to the documentation presented. The board also heard a BCIP return-of-surplus resolution required by the state Department of Banking; the administration said Oakland will receive $2,285 returned and that money will be used to offset next year''s bill.

The board approved a series of routine purchases, warrants, and personnel items (personnel and substitutes for 2025''6 and summer contracts for assessment and related services). The board approved the district''s amended Collingswood''Oakland purchasing manual as attached to board documents and authorized temporary facility requests and related applications for summer state approval.

Student food-safety complaint and district response: during public comment a fifth-grade student, Arturo Treadwear, described repeated problems with cafeteria meals, including finding hair and \"plastic\" in food and described testing an alternative-milk recommendation. Arturo urged the district to \"switch to more nutritional options such as alternative milk options without dairy for people who are lactose intolerant.\" (student comment verbatim). The board and superintendent acknowledged the concern. Dr. McDowell said the district will form a summer advisory group of parents, nutrition specialists and other stakeholders to review food-service menus and safety procedures and implement changes where appropriate.

Administration also presented other procurement items: a renewal of a five-year Pitney Bowes postage lease (year four active), purchasing updates, and an approval to place an old piano on the govdeals.com auction after an unsuccessful reverse bid. The business administrator said she will present a full list of bills for ratification at the August meeting after closing the books for the fiscal year.

Votes at a glance (motion summaries):
- Consent finance and contracts package (items 10.01''10.19): motion carried (board approved routine financial statements, purchase orders, warrants, NutriServe contract, BCIP return, and purchasing manual).
- Personnel and summer assessment package (items 11.01''11.11): motion carried (contracts and summer staff authorizations for assessments, substitutes, and stipends).
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The superintendent summarized three columns of the KPI report shown to the board: last year''s outcomes, the internal goals set for this year based on that historic data, and the current status. Using the district''s K–5 universal screener (DIBELS), she reported a schoolwide increase from 62% last year to about 69% this year, a seven percentage-point gain on that measure, and said in many other indicators the district exceeded the internal goals or came close.

Dr. McDowell cautioned that the current results are not a guarantee of how students will perform on the NJSLA (New Jersey Student Learning Assessments) when those results are released and noted the state''s data are embargoed on release; district staff must first analyze them internally before public dissemination. She said the district will share initial, internal findings with board members and the community and then publish the formal state comparisons once the NJSLA reports become public.

The administration also described the MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) interim assessment work that the district began this year. Officials said they expect MAP scores to align more closely with the NJSLA than the district''s previous assessment platform did, and staff plan to correlate MAP and NJSLA results over the summer to check alignment and inform next-year placements and interventions. The district said the change in assessment platforms triggered re-evaluation of prior results and helped staff target resources differently this year.

Enrollment and graduation context: the superintendent said the district currently has 273 students (up from 269 the prior May) and previewed graduation counts: 180 seniors enrolled this year, with 178 expected to walk at commencement. She added the class of 2025 earned roughly $4 million in college scholarships and that about 170 of the 180 seniors have already received offers to postsecondary institutions.

The board was told the district will present a fuller public primer at its August meeting and the formal district test report in October once the state provides full results and the district completes its correlation work.","Superintendent reported K–5 reading gains on the district''s internal screeners, explained limits of the results as predictors of state NJSLA scores, and described plans to correlate district MAP assessment results with the state test this summer.","actionData","errors"]

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Board approves financial, personnel and contract package; district plans food-service review after student complaint

Superintendent: early school-year KPIs show reading growth; district will compare MAP and NJSLA results over summer