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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: sjM33bW2dsw):
- 00:08:31: Meeting Opening, Roll Call, Executive Caucus Motion
- 00:11:10: Executive Session: Personnel Matters & Attorney Advice
- 00:33:21: Reopening Public Session; Acting Superintendent Appointment Vote
- 00:36:36: Returning to Executive Session; Grievance Discussion
- 00:37:16: Presentation Time After Long Executive Session
- 01:11:58: Reopening Public Session; Acting Superintendent Introduction
- 01:13:38: Newly Appointed Acting Superintendent's Introductory Statement
- 01:17:32: Student Representative Introduction; Grievance Resolution
- 01:20:27: Student and Staff of the Month Presentations Begin
- 01:20:57: Bradley Elementary Student and Staff Recognition
- 01:25:58: Thurgood Marshall Elementary Student and Staff Recognition
- 01:29:32: MLK Middle School Student and Staff Recognition
- 01:36:38: Asbury Park High School Student of the Month Recognition
- 01:39:20: SSDS Report Introduction, Public Participation Begins
- 01:41:36: Public Comment: Sean Hamilton - Superintendent, Contract, Staff Cuts
- 01:45:22: Public Comment: Meg Watkins - Education Association Contract Status
- 01:47:59: Public Comment: Danielle Petruchi - Contract Impact and Concerns
- 01:51:08: Public Comment: Michael Ajac - Contract, Staff Cuts Concerns
- 01:53:09: Public Comment: Edley - Contract Impact and Community Investment
- 01:56:51: Public Comment: Deborah Loren - Happy Parent, Staff Contract
- 01:58:31: Public Comment: Kevin Strickland - Soccer Pitch Agreement
- 01:59:58: Public Comment: Susan Mahm - Taxpayer Concerns, Student Enrollment
- 02:03:59: End of Public Participation, Superintendent's Report Omitted
- 02:04:24: State Monitor's Report Introduction, Tentative Budget Discussion
- 02:05:34: Finance Committee's Presentation of Tentative Budget
- 02:16:25: Acceptance of Minutes, Revision to Calendar Discussed
- 02:23:17: Monthly HIV Report; Consent Agenda Approval Process Begins
- 02:24:15: Consent Agenda B1, B2 Approval; Number 7 Abstentions
- 02:27:38: Amending Consent Agenda; Use of Facilities Questioned
- 02:36:37: Consent Agenda C1, C1A, C2-C3 Approval; Fees Discussion
- 02:39:29: Removing Custodial Fees Language, Superintendent Search Meeting
- 02:46:31: Formal Motion for Special Superintendent Interview Meeting
- 02:47:55: Good News & Meeting Adjournment


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All right. Good evening, everyone. We're going to get started. Um, all right. In accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act, the Asbury Park Board of Education has provided adequate notice of this meeting by sending a notice of the time, date, location, and to the extent known

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in the agenda of this meeting to the Asbury Park Press and the coaster on January 7, 2026 via email. Copies of this notice have also been placed at the administration building, district schools, Asbury Park Municipal Building, Asbury Park Police Department, and filed with the city clerk on January 7, 2026.

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Our mission statement, the Asbury Park School District will provide all students with a comprehensive and progressive education where everyone possesses the skills and character to succeed in a diverse evolving global society. Mrs. Brown, would you please do roll call? Miss Glassman,

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Miss Gman here. Mr. Laraka here. Dr. Msud, Miss Morris, Miss Ramos, Miss Ricks, Miss Lenski, Miss Acriman. Thank you. Um, now going to entertain a motion to

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go into executive caucus. I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. Miss Lassman. Miss Gman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laka. >> Yes. >> Dr. Makud. Miss Morris,

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>> Miss Ramos, >> Miss Ricks, >> Miss Lenski, >> Miss Aman, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> Whereas the public open public meetings act allows for the exclusion from discussion of the public portion of a meeting of certain matters as outlined

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below. And whereas the Asbury Park Board of Education wishes to discuss such matters made and will make such discussion public when a proper conclusion has been reached. Now therefore, it be be it resolved that the Asbury Park Board of Education will hold a closed executive session on this date,

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March 26, 2026 at Asbury Park, New Jersey, for the purposes of addressing personnel matters and to receive uh attorney client advice. Um

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that would be eight. We will be in executive session for a short period of time. No formal action will be taken while in executive session. Mrs. Ricks, could you please report to the deis? Thank you.

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I'd like to make a motion to reopen the public session of the meeting. Do I have a second? Elsa. >> Miss Glman. >> Miss Gman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laka? >> Yes. >> Dr. Max? >> Yes. >> Miss Morris? >> Yes. >> Miss Ramos? >> Yes.

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>> Miss Ricks? >> Yes. >> Miss Lenski. Miss Acriman. Yes. >> Thank you. Um, at this time I'm going to turn it over to the board attorney. >> Sure. Thank you. Um, board members, this

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evening, um, I received a call from Dr. Les Richens, the executive county superintendent, who advised me that he has reviewed the proposed agreement for, uh, Mr. Ruiz to serve in the capacity of acting superintendent from March 26,

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2026 through June 30th, 2026. Um, Dr. Richens advised me verbally this evening prior to the start of this meeting that he has approved the proposed contract between the district and uh, Mr. Ruiz for his service as

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acting superintendent for the dates that I previously mentioned. And Dr. Richens indicated uh verbally to me this evening that he approves the contract and that the board can move forward with a vote this evening. So that's where we are.

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>> Thank you. Um so I would like to entertain a motion to appoint Mr. Edwin Ruiz as acting superintendent based on the statement by the attorneys board attorney >> and board members. Um, just so

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everyone's aware, the contract, uh, the salient points of the contract is there's a salary of $215,000 pr-rated starting this evening from March 26th until June 30th. >> Mr. Rice, can I just uh add one thing

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before we the motion is that he's continuing as um in his position as curriculum director also just so everybody's aware >> the contract that was approved did not mention uh the director of curriculum position. However, it's assumed that those duties will be either subsumed uh

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or assigned elsewhere. Do >> I have a motion? Do I have a second? Second. All right. Comments, questions, discussion. Roll call, please. Miss Lassman,

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Miss Gman, >> yes. Mr. Laka, >> yes. >> Dr. Mox, Miss Mars, Miss uh, Miss Ramos, can she vote? >> That's what I thought. >> Yep, that's what I thought. I was just

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double checking. Miss Lenski, Miss Acriman. Yes. fix. Thank you. And before we we continue with tonight's business, we are um I'm I'm going to make a motion that we return to executive session to complete the

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remainder of our agenda items. I did. Mr. Glassman just to go back uh sorry this is the vote to go back to executive >> all in fa all anybody saying yeah sorry all in favor thank you

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>> for the members of the public the board's going to retire to close executive session to discuss personnel matters including a grievance it's expected that the board will be in executive session for approximately 20 minutes after which time we'll return to this room the board will not be taking

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any formal action in executive session. To the extent that any formal action is going to be taken, it will be done out here in the sunshine. Perfect. Oh presentations. Hallelujah.

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other. >> Good evening. Um, I'm going to make a motion to reopen the public portion of the meeting. Do I have a second? Second. Uh, roll call, please. Miss Glassman. Miss Gman here. Mr. Laraka here.

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>> Dr. Moxud. Miss Mars. Miss Ramos. Miss Ricks. Miss Acri. >> Miss Lenski. Good evening everyone. Um during our executive session, we came back out to take a public vote um to

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appoint an acting superintendent um to serve and um because our current acting superintendent is is away um on on medical leave. So we had to appoint a super an acting superintendent

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um and the board took a vote and Mr. Edwin Ruiz the current head of our curriculum and instruction uh was appointed to take on that role. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. I have some statements I prepared. Um good

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evening, President Arian, Vice President Lazinski, members of the board, staff, families, and the Aspbury Park community. Thank you. I'm deeply honored and humbled to be here with you tonight as the newly appointed appointed acting

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superintendent of schools for the Asbury Park School District. As someone who has had the privilege of serving this district as a principal and most recently as director of curriculum and instruction for the past 11 years with over 30 years in education, this moment

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is both professional and deeply personal. As a product of the New York City public schools and the son of Dominican parents, education has always been deeply personal to me. I'm a I'm proud to be bilingual and Spanish, and

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that part of who I am has shaped how I connect with students and families. This also reflects their strength. Thank you. This also reflects the strength of our own community here in Asbury Park where many of our students are multilingual

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learners. I understand the importance of honoring language, culture, and identity and ensuring that every student feels seen, supported, and empowered to succeed. While we recognize this moment, we must also be honest about the reality in

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front of us. We are stepping into a time that requires urgency, clarity, and collective responsibility. We are facing a significant budget challenge, and with only a few months left in the school year to address it.

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At the same time, I recognize that my role in this moment is a unique one. I've been asked to serve during a period of transition supporting this district over the next few months as we work through immediate challenges and as the

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board continues this process to identify the next permanent superintendent. Not me. Just want to make that clear. Okay. All right. I see that this uh not as a limitation but as a responsibility to provide

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stability, ensure continuity and help position this district for a strong and successful transition to its next chapter. But I want to be clear about one thing. I will not let this moment define us. We will define how we respond to this

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moment. And we will respond together. This district has never been about one person. It has always been about a community, a family working together to do what is right for children. That will not change our next several weeks. Over

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the next several weeks, we are going to have some difficult conversations. We will need to be tr we will need transparency. We will need trust. And we will need to work collaboratively. Every decision we make must be guided by one question.

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what is in the best interest of our students. Because at the end of the day, this is not about budgets on paper. It's about children in classrooms. It's about making sure every student in Asbury Park has access to opportunity, support, and a future they can believe in. I believe

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in this district. I believe in our educators and most importantly, I believe in our students. To our staff, your work matters and I will stand with you. To our families, your voice matters and I will listen.

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And to our students, you are the reason we're here and you will remain at the center of every decision we make. I'm ready for this work and I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve. Remember, our students are watching and they are

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counting on us. Together, we will not let them down. Gracias. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Ruiz. We have uh one more introduction tonight. Um beginning tonight, we have a student representative joining us from the district, and I'm going to let her

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introduce herself. my journey. I'm a sophomore at Edmond Park High School. Thank you very much for joining us. It really means a lot to us to have you here. I think before we move on with the agenda, we have a a walk-on agenda item

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and I'm going to turn that over to the board's president to address the resolution for us. >> Thank you, Miss Acriman. Um, can I get a motion to uh grant grievance number APA 2026-00001?

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>> Oh, second. >> Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. Roll call, please. Miss Lassman. Miss Gman. >> Yes. Mr. Laka.

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>> Yes. >> Dr. Maxud, Miss Mars, Miss Ramos. Oh, sorry. >> Yep. Jesse is not. >> Okay. Miss Rick. >> Yes.

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>> Miss Lassinski. >> Miss Aman. >> Yes. >> Thank you. All right, we'll move on to the presentations um uh for student of the month and staff of the month. your pictures. Excellent.

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All right. Good evening. All right. So, we're going to start with our presentations to our students and staff of the month. Um, and I would like to start with Miss Zaki Orbe, principal of Bradley Elementary School. I need my glasses. Tomorrow is the 25th

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anniversary of my 25th birthday and my eyes are changing. Good evening everyone. Um, I would like to start by announcing my student of the month. First, I'm going to ask if Alicio

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Sanchez Mah can stand up with his family. I'm going to also ask family. Hey, Elisio. Dad. I'm also going to ask if Miss Ebony Bryant can come forward as

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well. This one's going to be tough. There's going to be some tears. Thank you, Miss Mike. I didn't realize you were here. In the words of Miss Ebony Bryant, Alicio is truly one of a kind. He is a

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bright, kind, and energetic young man who comes to class each day with a big smile and an eagerness to learn. Despite his small stature, his presence is powerful and impactful. He he consistently impresses us with his outstanding vocabulary and thoughtful

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contributions. Any teacher would be fortunate to have Alicio in their classroom. He brings joy, curiosity, enthusiasm, and enthusiasm to the learning environment every day. It is students like Elicio who remind us why

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teaching is such a rewarding profession. Damo Alicia. The reason why this is a little bit difficult for Miss Bryant and Miss Micah was Elisio's last day here in Asbury

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Park. His family has made the tough decision to return home. And so, Elisio, we love you. We wish you lots of luck in your new school. You'll be amazing.

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Mom and dad, thank you. Thank you, Alisio. Thank you to his family. Thank you, Miss Bryant. Thank you, Miss Micah. Next, I would like to introduce Bradley Elementary School staff member of the month, and that is Mr. The students refer to him as Mr. B. I used to call

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him Mr. Bertton until I learned last week his name is Mr. Burton. So, Mr. B, if you can come to the floor. And Mr. B has never corrected me. He allowed me to call him Mr. Bertson this whole time.

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I met Mr. Berttonen almost two years ago during an interview for the position of um physical education teacher. Mr. B has a history in the district. I believe he was a sub at the high school for many years. And during his interview, the one

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thing that stands out was his promise to be dedicated to the students of Asbury Park. And what I've witnessed for the last two years was exactly that. and this his staff members I mean his colleagues also feel the same way and here are just a few words from some of

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his colleagues. His enthusiasm is contagious and his ability to relate to our students is something we really need to see. Our students love to go to PE and it's largely because of him. Another teacher

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said he is so hands-on with my students and he has a way of getting the kids involved with gym. Another staff member said, "Mr. B goes above and beyond every day to ensure all students feel supported, valued, and successful." And

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one last person said, "Mr. B always has such a positive attitude towards students and staff." And I'm here as a witness that they're all true. Every morning he greets me with good morning. Is there anything that I can do? Let me know. He's so awesome. And Mr. B, thank

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you for being such a wonderful addition to Bradley Elementary. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next up bat, as they say in baseball, Dr. Lauren Schultz, come on up. Proud principal of third kindergart.

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>> Good evening everyone. I am the proud principal of Than Marshia Elementary School. And as I say every board thing, hope you've been paying attention because we are on the map to success at TME being motivated, accountable, and prepared. And tonight's student of the month exemplifies all of those pillars.

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Before I introduce her, will her fifth grade home room teacher Mr. Hamilton, please come up and join us. This evening's student of the month is a fifth grade student who is very dedicated and who's

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contagious in the most positive way. Is always smiling. She is a positive role model to her peers and she's always willing to help those around her. She serves as a peer helper in class. She is Thood's reigning best dress student. All

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of the staff members too, I will say. And she is ultimately just a joy to have as a learner in our school. We love her. Appreciate all the hard work you're putting in this year. And we know you will go very far in middle school next year. Her beautiful family. Miss Ava

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Henderson, recognition is all over. And family, if you want to come up, little brother, come on up. >> There you go, sweetie. I got you. I got you. Congratulations,

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Ava and family. Thank you. And now for Thood staff member of the month. This staff member is someone that I have personally had the privilege of working with as a teacher in this district myself and as principal for the last few years. She was described by her colleagues during this month's

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nomination as someone who pours their heart and soul into everything that is done in our school. She is so passionate about creating a love for the arts in our upper elementary students. Whether it's one of our concerts, one of our multicultural celebrations, or a school

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program honoring a schoolwide recognition or event, she is always there willing to help, going above and beyond, volunteering hours and hours and hours of her own time to truly let our students shine on stage. Miss Dalton,

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please come up and accept your recognition. And special shout out because for this year's Black History Month program, Miss Stton single-handedly taught fifth grade students how to tap dance for their performance. So, it just speaks to her layers of talent. Miss Dalton, we

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appreciate you. >> This is for you. And I'm right in the middle. Thank you everyone. All right. Next up will be our middle school principal, Mr. King Monor. Good evening everyone. I'm going to

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start off with my staff of the month. Uh I don't I don't believe she's here, but I still want to give the recognition. Miss Parent Dunazelle is MLK's ML and ESL bilingual teacher and a proud alumni

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of Asbury Park. Miss Perry Dunzel has spent nearly three decades pouring her heart back into this community. For her, teaching isn't about accolades. It's about the daily opportunity to impact

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the life of young people. She possesses a rare gift for maintaining high standards while building relationships, proving that discipline and love can go hand in hand. Beyond the textbook, she

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teaches the whole child, offering a safe harbor of grace and excellence. A devoted wife and mother, she models a life of purpose, showing her students that perseverance through life

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challenges always results into something beautiful. Thank you for your service and commitment to our students. And this was uh written by staff, but as the principal of MLK, it was a

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pleasure to receive uh Miss Parent Donazelle. She brought structure, organization, uh, supported bylaws for ELLL to make sure everybody, uh, everything was in compliance. But more importantly, she would take 20 to 30 students at a time

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during lunch for her lunch. And it just brought a peaceful atmosphere to our cafeteria, but yet gave a a safe house to our students in our ESL program. She goes above and

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beyond the call of duty and she was such an asset uh to me this year at MLL. Thank you. MLK. Our next uh young lady I believe is not in the uh house this evening. Actually, I saw her uh preparing for her softball

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game and she said, "Oh my goodness, I have to pitch and play first base today. means to be leads by example showing perseverance, discipline, respect in all that he does.

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This recognition is a testament to Alice's hard work, character, and Alexand sorry, hard work, character, commitment, and continuous growth. He is a valid member of our school community and

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deserves the recipient of this award. All right. Well, making This student of the month, uh, 10th grader Dylan Mononttoya. Dylan is an exceptionally deserving

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candidate who positive impact on Asbury High School community is evident each and every day. He is consistently uplifting presence, frequently stopping by our guidance office to check in and is always greeting staff with a genuine smile. His kindness, respect towards

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others set a tone for those around him. Dylan has applied to the more uh Mammoth County vocational schools next year for this upcoming uh to pursue carpentry and eagerly awaiting his decision this decision. In this meantime, he's been

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working alongside his father, demonstrating a strong work ethic, responsibility, and dedication to his future. His commitment to personal and professional growth is both admirable and inspiring. Beyond his academic and

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and career aspirations, Dylan is a valid member of our soccer team where he exemplifies leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship. He consistently goes above and beyond to support his peers, whether helping classmates understand material or translating for Spanish-sp speakaking students to ensure

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inclusivity and connection within our school community. Dylan's compassion, leadership, and unwavering willingness to help others make him a standout student and a true role model. His presence continues to welcome support and positive school environment. For

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those reasons, I wholeheartly agree with the decision of making Dylan Mononttoya our March student of the Um good um evening board members. Um I gave you a copy of the SSDs uh report. Um we couldn't do the actual presentation because the technology is

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out, but you do have a copy of the actual presentation. If you have any questions, you can email or I can do it next month. But I just wanted to give you a copy of the presentation. Okay. Thank you. Just go through it with on the paper. No, no, no, no, no. Sorry. I'm not I'm

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sorry, Mr. Jack. Oh, okay. You are all set. Thank you so much. All right. Um, next we have public participation. In accordance with board policy 0167, the Asbury Park Board of Education recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and other matters

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of importance and provides members of the public with the opportunity to express themselves on school matters of community community interest. The public comment portion of the meeting is not a question and answer session and all public comments shall be directed to the board president or the presiding officer

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of the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make public comments must be recognized by the presiding officer and provide his or her name, municipality of residents and group affiliation if applicable. All public comments shall be directed to the presiding officer and

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are limited to 3 minutes in duration. Members of the public who do not follow the foregoing rules and/or interfere with the orderly operation of the board meeting may be removed from the meeting. Good evening everybody. My name is Sean Hamilton. I'm a fifth grade math and science teacher at the Third Marshall

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Elementary School and this is my 26th or 27th year here in Asbury. I reside at 84 Creek Road, Kingsburg, New Jersey. Um, I had three things on my list, but I'm happy to say and congratulations, Mr. Whis, because my first point was we need a superintendent to continue stability

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in this district. So, thank you board uh for appointing a very qualified person. Um, I've had a great relationship with Mr. Whis and he's always been here for our students. So, thank you for uh taking away a paragraph and thank you for adding the stability for this district. So, I know we're facing

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challenging times. Secondly, I'd like to talk about the contract. The district is filled with excellent, dedicated, and qualified staff. Simply, we need a contract. The terms of the contract were overwhelmingly ratified by the staff. This included give backs by

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the staff as well as salary increases well below the county average. It's a win-win for both sides. Yet, the board turned it down. Now, we're nearing nearly a year without a contract. That's both disrespectful to the dedicated staff as a clear path to continued

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instability. This is not good for our children. Kicking the can down the road doesn't provide any solution to the issues. It just gets more expensive. I urge the board to reconsider their rejection of the ratified contract. And lastly, I'd like to address some things

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I've been hearing around uh by a group looking to put the district back on track. And while I see their vision to put our district back on track as some suggestions, I am concerned about them. We are hearing about a calling for a 30% cut in staff.

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Where do you find 30%? I have no idea. Anyone who's been through our school, we are bare bones. If you could find extra staff in our buildings, we could use them. Thank you. They're calling for a 30% cut in staff, and in reality, it it would just destroy our district even more. In addition, another suggestion

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was to consolidate the district students into one school, the high school. Again, it sounds great on paper to save money, but in reality, that suggestion is a disaster waiting to happen. We saw the chaos when the middle school grade students were shifted to the high school

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combining 12 and 13 year olds with 17 and 18 year olds. It was a nightmare and I'm glad that the district switched it back. To suggest that one building can handle K through 12 again is a recipe also for legal issues. As a parent, I

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wouldn't want my 12-year-old daughter with 17 and 18year-old boys. There's no way to keep those children separated considering our buildings are so old. There is no new design to keep those entities separate. It's just a fact of the blueprint we have in our buildings. So, I would hope that the board would

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consider that if this suggestion comes up again. And once again, our black and brown students are being used as dice in a crafts game. All in the name of saving money on paper. If the groups want to help move this district forward, hacking staff is not the way. it is that we are

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bare bones at the moment. Done. Okay. Want to thank you for my time and I urge you to stand up for our students and make decisions based on our students. Thank you for allowing me to speak. Good evening everyone. Again, welcome Mr. Ruez.

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Good evening everyone. Welcome Mr. Ruez. Um I am Meg Watkins. I am currently a teacher in Thug Good Marshall, but I'm speaking on behalf as the sector of the Asbury Park Association, Education Association. Last month, I stood here and asked you to vote on our contract,

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and it was not voted on, and we are now at the point of an impass. We have been working without a contract for the past school year, and this is unconscionable. We must get it resolved now. We are dedicated, hardworking, and reliable. Many employees have worked here at least

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10 plus years wanting to improve the integrity of our educational system and to meet the needs of our children. This can be seen through the interactive programs, schoolwide engagements, and community events that are familyfriendly. And I know that I've

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seen many of you come out to those um activities and events. The contract was agreed upon by the negotiation committee and should have been voted upon on in December of 2025 board meeting. Where I stand, the employees have given above

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and beyond. I've watched for the past 15 years how this district has been decimated. Superintendent and administrators have come and gone using this district as their launching pad with benefits. While loyal personnel must search for work elsewhere. At one

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time, there were 650 members working in the Asparish Park School District, and now we are less than 300. That's approximately 55% in staff cuts. Over the years, we accommodated the board by adding days and time to the contract. We

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have agreed to changes in our insurance policies, and this time, we will receive less than the county average increments. There is no more to give. Rather than go into arbitration, wouldn't it be financially beneficial to vote tonight on our contracts? It should be noted

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that our administration, many of whom who have worked alongside for years, received their contracts. We are asking for that same stability and fairness. It's time for action. It is time for our contract. But once we go to an impass officially, then this deal is going to

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be off the table. I thank you for your time and attention and I look forward to working with you all. Thank you. >> Good evening, Madame President and members of the board of education. My name is Danielle Petruchi. I'm a resident of Middletown and a learning disability teacher consultant here in

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Asbury Park School District. I stand before you today to speak about something that affects not just our children, but the lives, families, and futures of every single staff member that works here. This year, I was actually attacked for bringing up concerns I had about the contract. But

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I, too, will not be silenced. And now, I don't have to fear retaliation anymore. Since July 1st, 2025, our staff has been working without a contract. That alone creates uncertainty. But what makes this situation even more difficult is that there has been no salary increase since

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2024. Even more concerning is that our stipen pay when we work in summers after school extending school year that pay hourly pay has not changed since 2019. Think about that for a moment. That is

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precoid. There is nothing that you can purchase that doesn't cost more now. Just in the past year, the cost of living has steadily climbed. The price of fuel has gone up, making it more expensive just for us to get to work each day. Basic groceries, rent,

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property taxes, interest rates, utilities, healthcare, everything costs more. These aren't luxuries. These are necessities. In case anyone is not aware, our salaries as educators increase each year based on our years of service, our

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performance, and our levels of education. Most of us are still paying for our own student loans to be considered qualified to do this job. I have no shame in saying I'm 47 years old. I still pay a student loan and I'm about to send my children to school to

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college and take out more loans. Yet, despite all of this, the compensation for the work we do, the value placed on our time, our effort, and our dedication has remained the same. We still show up. We still care for the children as if they were our

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own. We still care about the future of this district. I live in Middletown. They are in the same crisis right now. And I'm a property taxpayer as well. I am going through the same thing. This is not just about numbers or property taxes. This is about considering the

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people who make this district run every single day. It is it is about valuing these educators, the support staff, and the professionals who who dedicate their time, energy, and hearts to the students of Asbury Park. We are not asking for

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anything unreasonable. We are asking for fair compensation to educate the children of the city that you live in. We are asking for movement, for progress, and for the contract that demonstrates that this district values its employees as much as we value the

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children of Asbury Park. Good evening. I'm really just here to say hi to the journey. Hi Journey. Just kidding. Um good evening Mrs. Acriman, Madame President. Um I'm here tonight to speak about a few topics. By the way, I'm I'm uh Michael's Ajac. I'm the dean

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of students at the high school, also the uh APA vice president. Let me start over. So, good evening, Mrs. Arian. I'm here tonight to speak about a few topics that are very concerning. One, the members of this union, which I represent, have been working without a

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contract for nearly a year. We ratified the contract and agreed to its terms by an overwhelming majority, and the board voted against the terms of the contract. In addition, we have not had any follow-up meetings or any true correspondents to talk about the contract and the issues the board has

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with it. This puts a very sour taste in the mouths of those who work here each day servicing the students of Asbury Park. I'm here in front of you this evening asking you to meet so we can hash this contract out and move forward. Another major cause for concern is the

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potential for cuts in this district. This district's staff has been decimated to the point where everyone, including the administration, feels that we are truly a skeleton crew. When a staff member leaves or retires, very rarely are they replaced. So, for anyone to

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stand up here and say the staffing has not been adjusted accordingly due to lower enrollment, certainly does not have their facts correct. As a taxpayer in the town I live in, I understand the burden of taxes. Each town has its own set of issues when it comes to taxes.

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None of us here tonight are immune to tax increases, inflation, or any other economic issues. I'm asking you to offer an equitable contract to the employees of Asbury Park School District so people can pay their bills, have pride and trust in the board, and represent this

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district to help ensure the children of Asbury Park are receiving a sound education. Thank you. Good evening. Uh, good evening, Board President Acriman and members of the board. Uh, my name is Edley and I'm a resident of Union County and I'm a

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speech therapist in Asbury Park. I'm here today to talk about the fact that we're still without a contract and the impact it has on all of us. Um, we come to work every day, some of us driving from long distances. I myself drive 84

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miles a day. Um, doing our best and giving our all to the students we serve. As I stated previously, we're seeing improvements in our students academics and are optimistic about where we're headed. As gas prices increase, inflation continues to affect everyday

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necessities, and the cost of health care has almost doubled. For those of us who could not risk changing specialized doctors to move to the new New Jersey educators plan, we're still being told that we don't deserve fairness and equity in the form of a contract. We're

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all taxpayers um who have to deal with increasing taxes. Most of us are still paying student loans. Um, and we come to work and have to face wealthy taxpaying residents who feel like they should be exempt from their contributions to the

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students of Asbury Park. Our students deserve the same investments other districts get from their communities. Instead, we get told what teachers don't deserve and that our students aren't worth the investment. Uh we have had to read um some nasty

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things about us on social media sites and honestly it's sick. In today's polit political climate, communities like ours have to deal with poverty or increasing housing prices due due to gentrification. ICE agents who target our families

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affecting the students who make up the beautiful cultural diversity of Asbury Park. and not wealthy residents who'd rather invest in luxury apartments and reap the benefits of the city by the sea instead of helping us make the district what I know it could be. I'm sick and tired of trying to convince the

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community that our students are worth every tax dollar that our kids deserve an equitable education free of the polit political manipulation and backdoor deals. When the wealthy rob back, it's called violence. Right? I'm

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prepared to fight for our kids, fight for the families who feel they don't have a voice, and to fight for the fair and equitable contracts we deserve. I'm sure every board member and administrator here is making enough to live a comfortable life where you can afford the necessities and can indulge in the day-to-day pleasantries.

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While we have to work two or three jobs to make ends meet and to get by in today's economy, I've been hearing rumblings about the goals to cut a percentage of our staff. I want you to to know that by doing that, you are knowingly and deliberately

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sabotaging the district and the future of our children. As board members, we are elected to represent the children and the families of Asbury Park, not the interests of the community who gives us more help than they do to tribal schools who benefit from the tax increases. Am I allowed to finish, please, President?

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Thank you. Um, who benefit from the tax increases? I'm looking for my part. and uh the city council who continues to approve development in areas that are exempt from funding and supporting our children. You took an oath and abide by a code of code of e ethics. I know and

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trust that you all will do the right thing. Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Deborah Loren. I'm a parent of a student in this district. Um, a lot of you on the board I don't even recognize. The reason I don't recognize you is because I am happy in

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this district this year. Um, I have seen a lot of positive change in the district. And you want to know why I'm happy? It's because of the group of dedicated teachers and staff that you have here. They are phenomenal. and they

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deserve a contract apparently, which I didn't even know they'd been working without until this very evening. And I'm sorry that I found out this way because I don't read the paperwork all the time. I what I hear is from the teachers and

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the kids. I don't read the agenda every single month. Um, but I come out here when my kid needs something and apparently he needs this dedicated staff. Um, and you guys need to vote on contract apparently and you need to do

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it soon because they're not happy. And where would all of you be without teachers? Exactly. Please, whoever you put in that seat next, please make sure that they are here for the children. If Mr. Ree

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doesn't want to stay there, whoever you put there next needs to be for our kids, for our families, and for these folks behind me. So, uh, my name is Kevin Strickland. I live at 11:09 Second Avenue in Asbury

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Park. And what I'm going to talk about here in a moment is dwarfed by the issues that you guys are facing. So, I apologize for that in advance. Um, we've been working on this agreement to try to get the uh soccer pitch built, which was

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donated by the US Soccer Foundation for two months now, and we're not making any progress. This seems like lowhanging fruit. It just seems like this is something you can decide to do and get it off your plate as you can focus on more important things. So, I just ask

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that you make this a priority. I'm sorry. That's all I have to say. Stella, I just ask you that you uh make this a priority. That That's all. And if you need my help, I'm willing to sit on a committee to be part of this. So, it's not I want to throw it over the fence,

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but anything I can do to help, you know, please let me know. >> Hi, my name is Susan Mahm. I live at 1302 Bridge Street. I've been an Asbury Park resident since 1998 before it was a thing. I mean, it's a while.

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Um, I want to I want to start by saying I'm really happy to have the acting superintendent. Um, there is another group that needs to be accounted for. It's the taxpayers.

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Okay? I'm for the teachers. I love you guys. I'm for the students. I was a student. I love my teachers. But the taxpayers have to be accounted for as well. And I know that you're going to present the tenative budget tonight. I have a

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few things to say. In the past seven years, the school tax levy nearly doubled from about 19 million to 38 million. That's in seven years. But the student enrollment has declined.

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So, the tax levy doubled. Student enrollment declines, which means what? Which means we're collecting more money per student now than we did 7 years ago. But that's not having the impact you

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would think it should have. And this has nothing to do with the teachers, so don't don't yell at me. I'm just looking at numbers. test scores remain significantly below the state average with the district district ranking near the bottom

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statewide in both math and reading. As soon as as soon as we're done, I'll meet you there. But excuse me, all the comments directed to the district and to the the board and if everyone in the audience could respect her time. Thank you so much. The current

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rate of our students graduating after four years is roughly 77%. That means one of one of out of every four students is not graduating on time. When you add the fifth year, that number gets better, but in four years it's only

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77%. 25% of students are currently absent districtwide. Now, the previous superintendent when he gave his absentee numbers, what what did he say? He said, "We have like a 98 90 92%

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attendance rate." That doesn't talk about chronic absenteeism. The way the state talks about chronic absenteeism is a student who is absent at least 10% of the school year, which means

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districtwide, Asbury Park has a 25% absenteeism rate. 33% of Asbury Park graduates go to college while the statewide average is 77%. I'm not saying everybody should go to

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college. That's not what I'm saying. But what I am saying is that less than half of our graduates are going to college than the statewide average. Why? So what I'm saying is your time is up.

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Give me more. >> You can finish your thought. We We've given >> We're raising the budget. We're raising the budget. We're raising the budget. We're collecting more taxes. We're collecting more taxes. Throwing money at whatever is happening in Asbury Park is not helping. We've already proven that.

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We need to look and see what's wrong and fix it because it's not fair to the students and it's not fair to the taxpayers. And one more thing, if you were collecting all this tax money and the students were getting a stellar education, you would never see me in

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this room. So, thank you very much. I appreciate that. There any other comments? All right. Hearing none, we're going to close the public participation. We thank everyone for their comments and for coming out tonight. We very much appreciate it.

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Move on to the superintendent report. Mr. Ruiz, I know it's a quick turnaround, so I just want to check with you if there's anything you wanted to discuss. >> I do not have a superintendent report for tonight's meeting. >> Understandable. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're now going to move on to the state monitors report.

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Uh I'll generally defer to uh the finance committee chair on uh the conversations at the finance committee meeting and comments on the tenative budget being introduced or approved tonight. Uh just one comment on the process the tenative budget um is just

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that it's tenative. the the final bud budget is adopted at a public hearing which is scheduled for May 6th. Um it's submitted to the the county office which is a which is DOE. It's this it's a satellite office in the county for DOE

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for a technical review. So school budgets have uh statutes, administrative code, there's there's laws and rules governing the the mechanics of a school budget. Um, so that's what the county office does is is they review that ahead of the public hearing. Uh, so but I'll

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defer any further comments to uh the finance chair. >> Thank you, Mr. Laraka. Did you have a presentation for us? >> Thank you. Yes. Uh tonight the finance committee is going to be asking you to

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uh approve uh a very tentative budget. The idea that uh as Mr. voice said final approval will be in May. Be another meeting with um with public meeting with

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even more detail uh prior to that so that people can can respond. Uh I'll lay out I'll again lay out the facts. Some of them uh a number of people have have referred to. Our

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enrollment this year is uh 1,220 students. We are going to need to rightsize the district based on our overall enrollment and we're going to have to have

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conversations and develop what is an anticipated future enrollment and what what that could mean for the district. As it stands right now and the work we've been doing on the budget,

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the budget you'll be approving tonight uh hopefully approving tonight reflects a $7 million deficit. uh to break that out uh a little bit uh in some things I've mentioned before

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actually $2 million increase in health care expenses for employee healthcare insurance almost $4 million in an increase in charter school payments. seems like the the reimbursement amount

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that that the state has initially sent to us has uh increased by $8,000 a student and we're looking at uh getting uh some clarification on that. Uh I also mentioned energy bills as everyone's

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experiencing. I'm sorry I didn't I didn't compare the the bills this this year to last, but uh they they've skyrocketed. We've lost a one-time state incentive of $450,000.

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We have a loss due to uh the failure to sell two buildings. The parent center which is currently up for sale and the maintenance building which we're we're still waiting on an EPA

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clearance to have those specs. We received the clearance um and as I indicated last week, my office is in the process of finalizing the bid specifications. So that that will go out and we have approved as a board for a commercial

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uh real estate broker who get an RFP to uh to assist us in in getting as many bids as possible. Then with regard to how the state formula

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works there um we received a loss of a little over half a million dollars in state aid this year. Uh thanks to Miss Brown has gone through the the the budget once. Obviously,

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we're going to be going through things uh a number of times since and has already been able to make some reductions to get us to to where we are now uh in light of some uh uh some guidance from the board. For example, we

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we have removed the the new maintenance building that was planned from the budget to reduce the budget $500,000 there. you're you're just going to see a budget with that deficit. How is it going to be

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addressed? Unfortunately, there there's really just one major approach and that is to address the appropriation side, the expenses in the past and and it's been referred

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to and some of you know about the state legislation as two. There there was the board relied more heavily upon uh tax increases and uh and there has been

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um have been significant tax increases. the state uh or rather the um the city school tax has gone up over the last few years 24% 23%

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37% 24% and then last year uh 40% totaling uh $11 million. Even if board members want to

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solve the deficit problem by significantly raising taxes, the approach is not is not available. It's not it's not legally available. the ending of

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uh S2, the fact that this district is paying its local fair share, actually more than it, what is in this budget currently is a 2%

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tax increase, which is the state standard property tax increase. um what we are doing, what we will continue to do, what Mr. Rise will start doing

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later on tonight probably um we are looking at all the data with regard to scheduling efficiency of instruction. Can there be in efficient instruction without harm to instruction? And we have to look at

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every position that's a service position in evaluating what to do. The other bad news is to get the district

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on financially sound footing. It is not we're not really here to to blow smoke. It is going to take an extra year there. We are we have contracted with engineering group. We are looking at

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every aspect of facility usage, facility equipment. Um, but that report will not be produced by these professionals until midsummer, which is why we we're going to have to

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continue to address this problem, not just after May when a budget is approved for next year, but continue to address it. And it's going to take next year as well to have sound financial footing. There are

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no other there there's no stop gap measures available with a 2027 balance budget. We look at uh appropriation reduction,

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expense reduction, potential facilities um uh being reworked or consolidated, the district ultimately will be on stable financial footing. And with that structurally

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sound budget, we can then seek additional funding sources that can be sought and directly put toward student learning, perhaps in ways we haven't to address some of the other issues that have uh that have arisen

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tonight. It's extremely difficult decisions ahead. We're open to listening to almost anybody with regard to potential

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solutions as we look through potential solutions who might be someone to partner with us, who might be somebody that uh uh somehow is providing a degree of funds. all everything open. That's

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where we are right now. If we do it, it it sounds depressing, but if we do it, uh I'm confident as we get through this budget and next year, our students

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can thrive, our staff can be proud of the work they continue to do, and the district will thrive and not go anywhere. So, thank you.

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What uh questions from the from the board at this point? >> I don't think we have any questions. I think I would just add that it's not just about trying to find a solution for this year. It's about finding a way to make the district

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sustainable going forward because the trajectory that it's on is problematic. And one of the things that I haven't seen and that we believe can help us is putting together a forward-looking plan, one where it's not just about solving

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the problems of today, but figuring out how we're going to keep things going in the future. And I I think this board is particularly well suited because we have all of the major stakeholders represented on the board. Um, and so I I

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look to the board for us to work together. to to work with the district to get through the very difficult decisions that we are facing. So I thank everyone in there in advance um for

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for that. Um and I think that's that's it. Any any other questions or comments from the board? All right. Well, thank you very much, Mr. Laka. Thank you very much, Mr. Voice. And thank you, Miss Brown. All right, moving on to acceptance of

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the minutes. I'll move to accept the minutes. Uh, A210 A B C D. >> I second. I second. I have one uh correction or comment on

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it if I may. On the uh closed meeting on the 17th, can you just make a note about the conflicted individuals that left during that disc that one discussion? It's just a note to con to to clarify that the conflicted board members had

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left the room before the discussion took place. >> Motion to accept and I have another one >> on the uh regular uh special meeting. Miss Lzinski, just um for purposes of clarity, um I suggest that the motion be

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made on the one that we just talked about um with the edits to be made to include those individuals that left the meeting. Um because as it stands right now, Thank you. >> All right. I I'll uh amend my motion.

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And then there's one other thing I wanted to mention to accept the minutes um a the special meeting uh February 17th. B the close session held ex excuse me the special meeting the public session on February 17th. We did talk

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about the eval CSA evaluation process overview that that night in public. So I just wanted to make sure that was noted. uh special meeting uh close session for February 17th that during the one

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discussion the um conflicted board members left the room before the discussion took place and C and D as they were a second comments or discussion

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all in favor I do take a roll call is Rex. Okay, then we're not doing it all in favor. I was shut down. Sorry. Roll call, please. Miss Glassman. Miss Gman. Yes. Maka.

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Dr. Matsud. Miss Morris, >> I wasn't in the meeting. Can I vote on it? I just said yes. >> You should abstain from the meeting that you weren't here. Sorry. >> Which one was that one? Dr. Matsud

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from which one? 10 A MB A and B Miss Morris. What? Sorry. Let's just clarify it. Yeah, I got you. Thank you, Miss Morris.

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Uh, Miss Ramos. The closed part of the 17th was where I have. Okay. So, yes to 10 A. I've stayain on 10B. And then yes to 10 C and yes to 10D. I think I

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did that right. Yeah. M Ricks. Yes. on regular session minutes and I am abstaining on close session minutes both B and D. >> Oh, do you? Oh, wait. No, I you know I'm not even part of that

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piece. >> Miss Yes. Thank you. All set, approved. Uh, next item is uh revision to the 2627 calendar. Can you just let us know what the the changes? Uh, yes.

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They put in July 3rd as the July 4th holiday, but the district is already closed. So, you're not giving that to the district. >> Is this >> So, you took you took away a day. >> I sure did.

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All right, >> I'll second comments, discussion. Voting on the calendar. There's a revision to the calendars. the top line in the center noting that July 3rd the district's already closed. So, it's just a clerical update. Okay. All right. Motion to approve the

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amendment to the calendar. Can I get an all in favor? >> I already did. Moved it. >> I'll make a motion to approve the calendar. >> I already moved it. I already moved it. We've had comments. Second it. No, I already moved it. We have a second. We

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had a conversation about it. And now I've been told by council that I may call for an allin favor vote. So all in favor say I. Any opposed? Okay, this is in stereo now. Any

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abstensions? None. Motion carries. Thank you. All right. Um, next we have the monthly HIV report. Miss Jackson Buyers, I am pleased to say we have none to report this month. >> Wonderful. Thank you so much. All right. Next on the agenda um

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is um do we want to try do a consent agenda for Okay. All right. Um first up is consent agenda agenda agenda to approve um item B page B1

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items 1 through 10. Do I have a motion? I say I'm sorry. Consent agenda to approve B1 and B2 items 1 through 10. Miss Ricks, will you move that again? Would you move that again?

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Comments, discussion? Miss Glassman, Miss Gman, >> yes. >> Mr. Laka, Dr. Maxud, >> Miss Morris, Miss Ramos, >> yes, >> Miss Ricks.

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Turn your mic on, please. And please, Mrs. Bring it down. Thank you. I am voting no on B1 item 3 A and B.

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I am abstaining on number seven item A. I'm sorry, item B. >> Mr. I I don't want to interrupt you. I'm just not sure if you're done. >> Sorry. >> I'm just not sure if you're finished. I I wanted to say something, but I don't want to interrupt you.

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>> Yes, on everything else. So, now I'm done. >> Thank you. Um, Miss Brown, before you move on to the next person, I believe that Miss Ramos may want to abstain on item B2, number 7B, like boy.

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Okay. So, I abstain on item B7 7B. Miss Senski Lenski. >> Yes, >> Miss Acriman. Miss Acriman. Um, I'm abstaining from uh page B2, item 7B. Thank you.

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Okay. Uh, sorry. >> Item 7B. >> And just for the record, that was an abstension by Mr. Laka on item 7B on page B2. Just so the record's clear. All right. Um, moving on to the

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remainder of the agenda. Shall we can I can we separate the um one use facility? I had a question about that and we could um all right. So can I have a motion on for consent agenda approval of items of

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page C1? Is this agenda C1A? C2 CC2 C1 number four where it says TBD is the new one. We have the tenative budget on its own page. >> Yep.

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>> What page is that? C1. Go to your C1. >> It's just an extension. >> It's calling it. But it should be C1A. >> C1. I think it should be C1A. >> C1A. Yeah. marked that C1A just for the record so that we're clear.

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>> Thank you, >> board members. Uh for this next item, we're noting the page that follows C1 in your packet. We're noting that for the record as page C1A,

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which is the tentative budget. >> But there's uh isn't there still an agenda item? Uh >> so on page Yeah. So page C1, we're striking item four on page C1

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and it's being replaced by page C1A, which is also labeled number four at the top for the tenative budget. Just to be clear for the public, page C1A is the proposed tenative budget. They have it. Yeah. No, I know. Just to Well, I don't

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think it's it's not marked. Yeah. Right. So, the motion is going to be for an approval of consent agenda pages C1, C1A, C2,

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and C3 encompassing items 1 through 8. Do I have a motion? Items 1 through 7. I'll make a motion for items 1 through 7 and the You want to do the additional

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page C1A? Yeah. Items 1 through 7, C1, C2, and then there's C1A. Correct. I already state the motion. The motion is for consent approval of pages C1,

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C1A, C2, and C3 encompassing items 1 through 7. I'll move it. I'll second it. Comments and discussion.

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I had a question about the uh use of facilities uh number B. Um, it's uh I have it scribbled all over cuz I didn't get it's C it's 7 7B number 7B. I guess it's number three. Um, so

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this use is for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for every week until June. The use of the high school gym. A lot of lot of nights. Well, I was saying it's uh every night.

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Is this uh you this is the first time they've done this every night in the school? I'm just concerned because of the amount of uh use of facility amount and stuff that isn't there anything else going on at the high school they have different events or no not at all from now to the end of the school year there's nothing

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going on Barb when we talked about it with uh Mr. Jabino, he stated that any things that happened uh with the school would take precedent over the the um

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the use this use that's uh we're voting on for item B. >> So, >> no, I understand that. I didn't know if there's anything scheduled already that >> there may not be, but if something comes up prior priority >> that I understand. There's just

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um the other question I had is there's nobody watching the door uh during these events because um I I went to one Saturday and actually the door was open to the high school. So I just wanted to make sure that they realized that somebody has to let individuals in and

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out. It can't be unsecured. Is there terms of use somewhere with PAL? because that would be under the terms of use. Barb, what you just stated >> on Saturday, it would be the dance academy that would be there. So that's

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why, you know, they would need access. That's >> there yet. It was earlier that that day. I I went earlier. They weren't there yet. >> I'm just I just want to make sure that the door is secure for any event. the door is locked and he'll stand like

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right there and let him in and close the door. They lock the doors locked because you have also have the dance academy on the third, you know, on the fourth floor. >> Okay. Can't hear you, Wendy. I'm a little confused by the way this is

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written because it says to wave a facility fee of the 14,400 but then parentheses custodial fees and I thought that everyone was paying the custodial fees even though we were waving facility fees. So I'm lost

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here. >> So they're asking to wave the room fees. That's it. Custodial fees are not included in there because we do have somebody on staff. So custodial fees, >> well, there's no dollar amount next to

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it. I mean, I can have the secretary remove it, but they're only asking to wave the facility fee of $14,000. That's it. Right. But I think what Miss Glassman's saying is when you read the the write up in the agenda, it references that we're waving facility

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fees of 14,400 with custodial fees in parentheses thereafter. So I think it needs to be corrected >> amount. I can have her read >> because it looks like you're we're waving both facility and custodial fees the way it's written. >> I will have her change that in the

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future, but she would have put a dollar amount next to custodial fees. But moving forward, if there's no custodial fees to be waved, it will not be on there. Yeah. No, when the the facilities fee the facilities form is clear and it it it shows zero for custodial and then waiver of the 144. The agenda item

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though, I don't think is quite clear. And then I mean we have no other costs associated with this for 48 nights. Okay. So, may I ask that the item be agended

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by crossing out the words custodial fees and then it's clear that you're waving only a facility fee. So, we'll we'll all right. So, we're going to um I'm going to withdraw my motion

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and make a new motion. The new motion is to approve by sorry let me say this. Do we have any other comments on consent agenda C1 through C4 or C3? No. I'm going to withdraw my motion and

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restate it as follows. A motion to approve consent agenda C1, C1A, C2 through 4 through 7A. So 1 through 7 A is the motion. I'm moving it. Do I have a second?

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Roll. Uh comments or discussion? Roll call, please. There was motion to withdraw the original motion and it's C1 to C3. C2B C1 through C2 items 1 through 7 A.

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Sorry, Ivy. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, roll call, please. We have a second. We have a first. I first I I made the motion. We had a second. >> Thank you. >> I apologize. I'm sorry. Miss Acriman, are you going to bring up um

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7B separately tonight? >> Yes, it'll be a second motion so that we can clarify the language. Thank you, >> Miss Glassman. Uh, no as to C1,

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C1A as it relates to college achieve and no as to C14 and C1A as it relates to the tenative budget and yes as to everything else.

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Miss Grossman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laka. >> Yes. >> Dr. Moxud. Miss Morris. Miss. Ramos. Miss Ricks. >> Yes. On everything except uh two on C1.

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I'm abstaining. >> Miss Lassinski. Miss Acriman. Yes. All right. I make a motion to approve page C3, item 7B

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to remove the parenthetical custodial fees after facility fees of 14,400. Miss Morris seconds. Comments or discussion? Roll call, please. Miss Glassman.

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>> Yes. Miss. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laka. Dr. Moxud. Miss Morris. Miss Ramos. >> Miss Ricks. Miss Osinski. Miss Acriman.

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Yes. No other business. >> Go ahead. >> Can Can I do the scheduling for the some scheduling for the permanent superintendent search? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> You actually also remind the public

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about the the upcoming session, >> right? We do have Yeah. the uh the consultant with the New Jersey School Board Association will be in this room 6:00 p.m. uh this Monday night to discuss the

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process to take input from parents, students, community members as to what you envision for the district for that particular individual to be, what what skills and experience they should

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have. There's also a link that uh you can fill out an online form. Uh we've had separate ones for uh administrators and uh teachers if you missed my understanding that this is the

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last one. You can you can go to this one if you're you're interested in uh in getting some of that input as well. Okay. Now >> all set >> this coming Monday, right? Yeah.

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>> Yes. This Monday the 30th. >> Right. six here in Bradley. The consultant also gave me potential dates for

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when he would bring the deliver the applicant files. probably have some kind of discussion and dates when we could conduct the first round of interviews.

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uh Wendy that this is the best I could do uh for you on the I I'm assuming there'd be about 10 applicants that the group would pick. You want an hour for

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each, which would make for very long night on Wednesday, May 20th. and all day on Saturday May 23rd went Wednesday May 20th in the evening starting at 5:30

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and we'd have to do four at least three maybe four applicants that night and then six on Saturday with with a lunch break. Um

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Saturday we'd probably go 9 9 to noon have a bit of a break to neither day. Anybody else got a >> Yes. >> Um, all right. So, the first round's not not working. How about Wendy? if I have

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one Monday, Monday, April 20th for the uh the consultant to come down and it's possible there if he comes and delivers and explains the process, would you be comfortable getting that

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information afterwards? So, we could try for that. At this point, can everyone then block Monday evening, April 20th, >> and uh I'm back to the drawing board with regard to

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>> Sorry, D. >> Oh, >> I had May 20th and May 23rd for interviews. is he offered me uh April 20th is when he'll arrive having graded the applicants and explaining to

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us our our rubrics and how we can go through grading the various files. So if we can if you miss that I think that's more more content we can get it to you. Uh but

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>> all right then let's take the next scheduling piece offline. Let's let's do it by email. >> Then I got to go back to him. >> Yeah. Sorry about that. >> First round. Sorry guys. So right now just April 20th. >> April 20th. >> Please uh block that.

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>> Yeah, let's go with 6 p.m. >> Okay. We'll need to notice that as a formal board meeting. >> U Miss Arian. >> Yes. I'm conflicted so I don't have to attend those interviews. >> Correct. Mrs. Ricks, you and Ms. Ramos

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are are both excluded from the the superintendent search process. Yeah. So, April 20th at 6 p.m. will be a meeting of the unconlicted the non-conlicted board members to meet with the NJSBA the NJSBA consultant who is assisting us

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with the superintendent search process. So, Mrs. Brown, that'll if you could notice a meeting of the board of >> I do hold off. We might have to do 5:30. So, I'll I'll get a hold of you for the 20th. Yeah. Yeah. I'll send it out then

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if All right. How about this? >> So, we're all set. just >> 5:30 on April 20th works for the the the majority. >> Uh yes, and we I get the information. Uh I'll let me talk to the consultant. >> Yeah, that's okay. We'll just get the notice out so it's done as quickly as

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possible >> and then I have to go back to get whole new dates on >> um so this is a motion to have a special meeting to meet with New Jersey school board's rep for superintendent candidate interviews.

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Is he available? April 20. Do we need a motion to that for that? >> Yeah. All right. So, we'll make a I'm making a motion to hold a special meeting of the board of education on April 20th here at

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Bradley Elementary at 5:30 p.m. to meet with the New Jersey State Board of Education Association to um meet and begin the process for reviewing applications. I'm making the motion. Do we have a second?

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Roll call, please. Miss Glassman. Miss Glassman. Miss Gman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laka. Dr. Makut. Miss Morris.

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Miss Ozinski. Miss Acriman. Thank you. All right, I'm going to make a motion to adjourn the meeting. Do I have a second? Oh, I'm so sorry. Any other business to discuss?

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Uh, Mike, please, Mrs. Rick. Just a bit of good news that our fourth grade students are participating in a poster contest uh sponsored by the Mammoth County Board of City Commissioners. Motion to adjurnn.

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Second was by Miss Morris. All in favor? All opposed? Any abstensions? The meeting is closed. Thank you to everyone for coming.