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Board members carried votes on a number of consent agendas by roll call. The minutes for the June 9 meeting were approved after a late motion; the roll call recorded affirmative votes from most members with at least two abstentions recorded. The policy consent package (three items), the education consent package (four items), the human-resources package (19 items) and the finance package (38 items) were each approved by roll call during the meeting.

During the finance-consent discussion, a board member asked about an item identified as a donation and whether it funded a specific sport or general uniforms at Pascack Hills. A board member raised concerns that, during the schools' recent mascot transition and related orders, one school's uniforms were printed with the mascot name (\"Broncos\") while the other school's apparel used the school name alone (\"Valley\"), and that those orders were placed without stakeholder input. The board member said the district may be approaching a uniform-replacement cycle and asked that when new orders are placed, student athletes and coaches have a say in jersey wording and designs.

A district representative said she would find out whether the donation covered a specific sport and indicated she would follow up. Board members discussed that uniform cycles typically last about three years and that coordination between both schools and stakeholder input would be appropriate when the next ordering cycle begins. The transcript does not show any formal policy or procurement change was adopted at the meeting; the remarks were discussion only.

The board then moved to executive session; a board member stated that the board did not expect to take action after the executive session and closed the public meeting.

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Mr. Phillips said the district will begin distributing MacBooks starting the week of July 21 and will begin with seniors. He asked families to complete required forms to avoid distribution delays.

On staffing, Phillips announced two new supervisor hires: Dr. Jessica Nuzzi, mathematics supervisor (previously approved at the prior meeting), and Kiara Kupiak, who is to serve as supervisor of world language, ESL, music and family and consumer science; Phillips said Kupiak was present in the audience. He also said all instructional positions for the start of the school year are filled and that only a few leave-replacement positions remain open to be filled later in the year.

Facilities work described by Phillips included: the Park Academy program moved into Emerson and staff are preparing that location for September; the district took bids for renovations to the Pascack Hills auditorium and for the district's milestone renovation program; Pascack Valley is completing cafeteria upgrades and HVAC work, and kitchen repairs are starting after approvals from inspectors and insurers with the goal of reopening in September; back parking-lot resurfacing and striping are under way; Hills roof projects are finishing and field-lighting replacement is beginning.

Phillips said the district is reviewing procedures and policies with new administrative leaders (Cindy Kirk, business administrator and board secretary, and Dr. Mark Russo) to improve internal operations.

The board approved the human-resources consent agenda, which included 19 items; the roll call recorded affirmative votes from board members present, and the HR consent passed without further amendment. The action was listed on the meeting's consent agenda and approved by roll call.

No public comment was offered on these items and no additional operational decisions were made at the meeting beyond the consent approvals.

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The NJGPA \"is designed to measure the extent to which students are graduation ready in ELA and mathematics,\" Russo said, adding that the ELA component is aligned to grade-10 standards and the mathematics component is aligned to Algebra I and Geometry standards. He told the board the assessment has been a graduation requirement for the last three graduating classes and that the district is awaiting official state guidance for the class of 2026 and beyond.

The nut of Russo's presentation was the district's reported rates of juniors meeting the district's established cut score (reported as 725): Pascack Hills: 81.7 percent in mathematics and 90.6 percent in ELA; Pascack Valley: 88.4 percent in mathematics and 91.4 percent in ELA. Russo said those headline percentages are \"consistent with students' performance in the past and ... above state averages.\" He emphasized the district reports subgroup results only for groups of 10 or more students to protect anonymity.

Board members asked for clarity on subgroup definitions and on the meaning of year-to-year changes. When asked whether students identified as having disabilities in the presentation meant those on an individualized education program (IEP) or a 504 plan, Russo replied that, \"students with disabilities are classified in this context as students with an IEP or a 504, or in some cases both.\" He cautioned against labeling year-to-year movement \"statistically significant\" for small subgroups because small counts can cause volatility, and said he prefers to look for multi-year trends.

Board members also asked whether curricular changes such as the district's move to a \"Geometry First\" sequence could explain the jump in mathematics performance at Pascack Valley. Russo said Geometry First is one of several concurrent changes and supports that could affect results and that it is difficult to isolate a single cause from a single year's NJGPA data. He said more clarity will come when the district can compare cohorts on Algebra I results on the NJSLA next year.

Russo said the district will provide a more comprehensive testing presentation later this summer or early fall that will include NJSLA, AP, and other standardized-test results and that he and the new math supervisor, Dr. Jessica Nuzzi, will analyze the data and plan supports.

The presentation noted several observations: subgroup performance generally tracked with prior years, there was a dip among Hispanic/Latino students at one school that district staff will monitor, and small subgroups show higher volatility. Russo thanked teachers and cited district supports such as the Math Center and Writing Center.

The district did not take any final policy action on the NJGPA at the meeting; Russo said staff would return with additional analysis and recommendations.

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Board approves multiple consent agendas; members raise concerns about athletic-uniform decisions

Interim superintendent outlines summer hires, MacBook rollout and facility repairs

District reports strong NJGPA results; board urged to track subgroup trends