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Good evening. I'd like to call this meeting to order. This is a regular session of the Boonton Township Board of Education held for the purpose of transacting appropriate board business. In compliance with Chapter 231 Laws of 1975, the notice of this meeting was

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advertised in Mars Candy Daily Record. Copies of the agenda of this meeting were correctly posted in eight public >> Mr. Barnett. Here. Mr. Brenner. Here. Mr. Cavanna. Mr. Gent. Mr. Hintz. >> Here. >> Mr. Johnson. >> Here. >> Ms. McBryde.

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>> Here. >> Mr. Mills. Mr. Rosenberg. >> Here. >> Uh also present, me. Dr. uh Mr. Corticino is not here. You have a quorum. >> Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Um since Mr. Corticino is not here, I am

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going to just read his commendation. So, congratulations to our RVS Falcons that were caught soaring for the month of June showing respect, owning their action, acting safely, and reaching for excellence. Geo Gia Bori, Luca Liberatore, Colton

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Harris, Matthew O'Leary, Damien Tong, Kelly Sheplosky, Donnie Vishnub, Riley Lowe, and Collette Arlix Swart. The Boonton Township Board of Education gratefully acknowledges the generous donation of a trumpet valued at $100

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from the Seminario family and a flute at $100, piccolo, and oboe oboe from Joanna Olson, grandmother of Jay Olson 1927 and Kay Olson 1932 to the Rockaway Valley School Instrumental Music Department.

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So, these are all alumni. These instruments will be added to the school's instrument inventory, providing students with continued access to music instruction when needed. Rappahannock School extends its sincere appreciation to Seminario and Olsen for their support

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of the RES music program and its students. Thank you, Principal Murray. >> I get four minutes. >> Oh, sorry. No. Okay. May I have a motion to approve board business items one and two?

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>> I'll move. >> Second. >> Any questions, comments, or discussion? The questions on the adoption of board business motions one and two, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those say no. Any abstentions? >> I. >> One abstention. >> On BB1 and two.

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I vote yes. I wasn't here. >> Now, Mr. Murray. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> I already like the report, but uh So, facility-wise, um certified uh safety mulch was delivered and installed on the playground and project fit area at the back of the school, and necessary repairs were made to the

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equipment as needed. The boilers uh fire alarms inspected and the stage and upper gym floors were refinished. It's for the summer school. 2025-2026 audit, the auditor will be here the week of August 10th to to

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conduct our field work. 2025-2026 school year. We are in the process of closing financials and getting ready for the visit. The summer roof project is well underway, is progressing on schedule. So, they have substantially completed the upper gym, and are currently working on the lower

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roof, which covers the hallway and locker rooms. Um I have a meeting tomorrow morning with the architect and the roofing contractor to get an update on the project. As of now, they are on schedule for completion date sometime before July. Summer cleaning is well on the way.

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Supplies are being delivered. As the rooms are cleaned, they are being distributed to the room. Um we're waiting to do a full clean up after the ESY and summer camps are done. So, one of them next week, the other one is

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Um supplies are being delivered. Received mail. So, one of the bigger items is that about the bus routes. So, I mentioned in committee finance committee just recently sent the memo out to Mr. Picatinny that all the the

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contracted bus routes had to be re-bid through educational service commission. Um we had done a bid in the past with that joint bid with Kinnelon because with the two districts together, we could tier our buses, we get a better price on contract. So, as a result of Kinnelon school

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district changing the start time, it affected the tiering of the routes between the two districts. Therefore, we had to go out to bid again instead of renewing a route at what the CPI is every year. But, if we were to renew the old bid, had everything remain the same.

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Okay, so um >> From the bid, they're done year to year, is that correct? >> No, you can keep renewing bids because the state gives you a CPI that that contractor are only allowed to increase. So, >> But, we're not locked into anything with Kinnelon though if they're kind of backing out of it.

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>> Well, I can I can get into that. So, so when we did a joint bid, we did it to try to secure a price. Before that, we weren't we kind of got away from the joint bid, but we did the tiering because when a bus contractor has to has to bid on both routes, they would take into consideration they could use the bus even though we weren't

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a joint bid, they could use the bus three times for you know, the middle school, high school, and the middle school and the elementary school. So, um collectively with the business administrator a of years ago, we said, "Let's do this together so we can reap some of the benefits." But by them changing, we lost a tier.

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So, as a result, our bid prices came in about 300,000 over what we planned for. Theirs came in almost 3 million. So, after like getting like >> A million over? >> over the the current year's bid. The current year if if we had renewed.

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So, ours came in 600 and some odd thousands and they're only spending 300. >> And they would >> So, they they you know, when they got wind of the million dollars, again, I I don't know the dialogue that happened between that services and uh and uh the district. I tried to get a

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meeting set up, but uh the services only did the meeting. They changed their elementary time map. Okay? They didn't They didn't change the whole time map. So, what happened was the bids were rejected. It was you know, we said for that kind of pricing. We'll have to see

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by what happens with the re-tiering now of some of the routes that we can, you know, get a better price on. So, those are going to be opened by the services commission next week. So, I'll report back I find out. I don't think certainly not going to go back to what I budgeted.

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Um it'll be less than what It'll be less, but hopefully less than what because the contractor Now, the the other thing the other problem that it created was more more so their routes than ours is because it was a competitive bid. All the routes are bid. A bidder has a choice of bidding the

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full route or maybe the morning route. So, some of the bids came back where you have one contractor in the morning and same route, a different one in the afternoon. That's That's a logistical nightmare. So, now when you call when something happens when the child isn't picked up, you know, the parents will contact who

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they call. Um we'll see what happens. I'll let you know. It's just a situation where I have to kind of look at a lot things you know in the through the budget through maybe consolidating some routes. Districts have an option of getting

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parents asking parents to wave transportation for the year. You know, if there is a life event you know, we can make an adjustment for that but what that provides us with is information valuable information that will allow us to say, you know what? We have so many children that won't be riding the bus, they won't need it. Now

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I'm safe and consolidate those routes knowing that we have to overload buses sometime you know, 54 passenger buses. You know, for efficiency you have to tear your buses and you have to have ridership. And that doesn't mean that you have people riding the bus. For some of the

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high school you have enough children that get their license they they drive to school and get them off the bus. You have sports, they ride in the morning, they don't ride it or ride in the afternoon. The same way here for the after school sports. So you might be driving behind a bus seeing it empty but certain days it might be full

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and might be So one savings way would be to eliminate routes but consolidate save some to to lessen that load. Hopefully the bids come in low we can save money that way and then you know, again there are other options more drastic options at the end that you

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can look at staffing, you can look at implementing some friction program where we're only requiring and dating busing for elementary students who live more than 2 miles for high school or 2 and 1/2. Anybody else is all courtesy busing. So

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technically you can rebid it with just the ones you mandate or charge parents to uh to to ride them up to the high school bus. It works successfully in some districts. We did it once in the past when the budget failed. Then we went back to courtesy busing. So there there

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are some options and again I'll report back to the committees as I have information available. >> So I think just to recap I think we're probably looking at something that is at worst $300,000 maybe at best $500,000. >> 300,000 or something.

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>> So, you won't get to the 300,000. >> It's going to be in the in the middle uh >> I'm saying 600,000. >> In the middle. You're going to be in the middle somewhere. >> But, wait. >> So, 300,000 >> No, 360,000 renewed plus, you know, a little extra in there knowing that it was rebid or

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probably come in >> No way did we know that. >> He didn't just know it was coming from that. >> So, what happens when you rebid it? >> It will >> It's really on the open market. If if somebody was renewing it 2% a year, 3% a year, now's the opportunity to go back to market value.

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So, I think combination of that and the fact that the tiering is no longer available. Price reflects it. You know, no contractor that wants the bus sitting in the parking lot all day. And you've got the driver with the baby and doing all this stuff. They make money when they're running the bus.

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>> What's the deadline for figuring out stuff for next year? >> Probably April. >> When do you get to do this stuff? >> What happens with Usually have it done by now. >> Usually Usually in the middle of August we'll have I mean, the bus passes get

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out to the Harrison really like towards the end of August. So, between now and then we'll we'll know what the bids are. And then at one of the future meetings we'll have to approve whatever whatever turns out to be. Otherwise, we don't have a bus. So, we really have no other option. There are no other districts

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nearby that probably have to bid that you can tier buses with and use. The contractor can't bus here and then go with them because they have their own bus company. Uh Mountain Lakes is the one in this district. Boonton is in a different district. And Wanaque is the closest one that the contractor

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we have a long list. And you'll also get contractors to come in all of this. Could be a new contractor or could be South Jersey that bids on prices going up. So, I didn't I didn't analyze all the bids, but they trust the service commission. They look at

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how we can save money by putting things together for the package. I'll I'll report out later. >> So, they got a big contract 2 years ago, but it continued to be renewed? >> So, the gas company was limited with the limit of the CBI at 3 and 1/2% 3 and 1/2%, but once one of the parties left

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the agreement, you know, in this case, we're on the open market again. And even if they renewed some theory, that's still the prices are still going to go up. Well, the reason the reason they you know, that was my question, can we renew? And no, because >> Plus >> It's all new It's all It's all new how they left the contract It's a direct bid contract now. We're

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We're on the free market too, I know too. >> The the contracts wouldn't renew our routes, you know, unless they they were to agree with anything. >> So. >> So, did you say the elementary they changed that time? >> Yeah, and I didn't look at all the time. I don't know what their start times were, but I just know that, you know, in

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the 20 years I've been here, the conversations I've always had with the BAs in a lot of don't mess with us. >> Right. >> And whether or not the superintendents were told I heard that there were those discussions, but there are also a lot of discussions about start times and how it affects education and

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you know, BAs are the are the money people they they buy they only advise and uh it's the result of that. >> Yeah. >> Everything everything Well, that's the thing is if fuel costs and insurance costs exceed CPI and and the contract

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doesn't want to lose business, they'll renew at the CPI. But now they have to go out to bid now to make any adjustments. >> All right. >> Page 50. So, uh referendum planning, the architect is communicating with the DOE.

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We've met several times at facilities committee. We're waiting for the PBC letter. They told us that it would be uh sometime this week. And before the meeting at 4:55, I got the email that we received the letter. Um I didn't have a chance to get ready for this, that uh

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to So, we go through it, but I did forward them to the bond council and the financial advisors. The architect asked them tomorrow or tomorrow we'll really dig into it, but we're all looking at it. Couple things have to happen, few things have to happen between now and

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obviously November if that's the choice of the board. It's going to They have to decide collectively whether it's going to be But once we see the tax impact and all that, one question what what question is that can be decided in committee once I

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have the information to get to you. Then the board has to pass a formal resolution. So, that prompted discussion in facilities committee. Since we didn't get it by tonight, there was no there were no approval. We couldn't approve the ballot question. We didn't have the information.

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So, we we need a special meeting to do that and still stay on track either next Wednesday, 22nd I believe, or the following Wednesday which On that would be a resolution to

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accept the PDC letters and then the next step is they initially final final approval of the process. And you would have to know the questions so that bond council can develop the bond for the

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the ballot question. So, between now and now and next week, hopefully we seek consensus on questions so we can be guided by the bond council. With that flying colors. Right? So, if you guys you know, have a little

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bit of a discussion, check your calendars do it for next week. You can get it as special >> to ask me anything right now? >> Yeah, I would say it's I mean if you get a consensus that everybody has >> Is there enough time when we do it in committee? Is there enough time to have a small group to think about the

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choice that I said you need more time >> Sure. Well, I would say do it in committee so you can keep it in you know, you you you're not bound by a specific time that has to be out of advertising or any kind of work. You know, work with the committee to figure out if you're in favor of one or two and then you might have a consensus.

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>> We have the committee set up. We have We have no committee set up. >> Yeah. >> That's what we were thinking away. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we have to we have to we have to put it on >> I think we should hold that facility. >> Can you do something about the facility on a hot basis? >> Well, the whole board should decide the question.

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>> Yeah, we're not the actual facility. >> Yeah, they're not aware of this. >> Well, what you're I think what I'm saying is is that if there is a consensus, there will be a formal action >> Yeah. >> at that meeting. You know, because if you wait till the next week to have that discussion formally at a meeting,

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you won't have time to prepare a resolution. Then you're going to have another meeting just to approve the resolution. So, all I'm saying is when I get the information to you guys, look at it and you know, any direct direct back to me so you can't have a

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joint discussion and see it. It's like if everybody's, you know, has about having a single question, it's a gift and I can give you the direct I can give you the one council direction, but I also want to have a discussion with a meeting being prepared to have a couple of voices so you can have that

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meeting. So, if you decide to have a discussion at that meeting, take that resolution. >> So, this is several committees that we can and and discuss. >> Yeah, I'm not just saying it once. Yeah, but the facilities my essential part definitely affects finance and

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>> And then when we do we will have a good idea of, you know, where we are to discuss it as a board. >> Well, I think we need two weeks now. I don't see the only problem with the meeting >> I I can't make it this time. >> I was going to say, what's the difference of in in the meetings or at a meeting if

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you advertise in the meeting or two board meetings where we can all >> I I if you guys 20th night, that gives a lot enough time to do all that stuff and you still The only The only reason they picked the July meeting was so that they could do that if we had them in hand. Was you have to have 75

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days before the election to get the three questions out. We didn't have a We had too late of an August meeting. So now that there's going to be a special meeting, you have a little bit of breathing room to get that done and still be on track to to get language done, get it approved, and

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send it off to the town. >> So we're targeting the 29th? >> That's the one. >> That's the best thing >> That way people have to schedule a meeting with the schedule committee. I don't submit to the >> And once everyone's feeling a meeting as a committee, then >> Oh, you didn't see the board getting together and

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>> Or the board getting together to discuss it as a >> Yeah, you have the advisory a lot of discussion meetings. Once these things are done. >> I think we do. I think we do a lot >> Just schedule the meetings over there. >> I think I'm done with the meetings personally.

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>> Okay. All right. >> Okay. >> And let's see. Now the other question that was kicked around was the civil issue of you know, about communications. I know that the board discussed it, the committee discussed it. Um

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to have either Either do it, you know, ground you know, grassroots either build cells or do do public relations. As a result of discussions after board meeting, we were asked by additional firms out there

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they issued a formal request for proposals. Five were solicited for firms that I was able to find. Two were received by the July 7th deadline. Um one firm had extensive experience with the public school referendum and the other one public school but not on

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the referendum. Um Proposals were sent out to the facilities committee and they go forward about sending it right to the board. So we'll have the two proposals that we received. And and really since it was a formal process, you have to make a decision on something.

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You either approve it or or not approve it. So a lot of work and effort went in on the bidders to not bid it to you. Proposals submitted as part to comply with our RFP's. You know, they'll be looking for

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submissions to the board. So because the board's decision they're going to have come prepared with a resolution to make a recommendation for the board to approve. And then you're not really delaying anything because I think we're proposing to go anyway.

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So the board really has to take formal action. Again, we had discussions about running it through the yard that does a professional service this is what the board do with the master plan this is what it is. That's all I have. I'd like to technically discover

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a lot of ground and just distill some things that have to be done to get you right to see the the dates the board would be looking for presentation to the board now. >> Thank you so much. All right. Open session number one, the first public comment period will be limited to agenda items only. Second

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public comment period will be open to any topic. Please be mindful that public comment periods are available to enable the public to give comments and feedback to the board. Personal matters and day-to-day operations are not appropriate subjects for board meetings. These can always be most effectively

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resolved with the appropriate staff members or administrators according to the chain of command concept. Questions may be directed to the appropriate school personnel and board group email. Please state your name and address for the record and all comments are limited to 5 minutes. Do you have any questions

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or feedback? All right. We're going to go on to the Mountain Lakes Board of Education. >> All right. Um it's been a minute since I gave an update. I didn't make uh this week's meeting, so these are a few weeks old, but there's definitely a few minutes to

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go through. So, first one dating back to I think it's been a while since the late April meeting. They went over their budget and update. Um they're seeing 21% increases in benefits uh medical and dental over the year. So, their total increase in the budget

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was $1.5 million just for that. Just medical. Um so, they increased the tax levy to help cover it. They're not shedding staff, but they're also not adding staff. Uh they were adding a new SLO um that will help cover and make

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sure all the schools have an officer in them. Uh but other than that, they're not shedding staff. Um Ms. Manjaly, um this is the trio providing an update on the wellness summit by the breakout sessions and key speakers to the

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high school students on anxiety, stress, bullying, and other social challenges. Um in the June meeting, they had presentation by Mr. Santos and Mr. Posner on their AI plan. Um it has four main areas in providing

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clear expectations and reasonable AI use, support teaching, learning, and operation efficiency, protect student privacy, safety, and academic integrity, and ensure consistent district-wide guidance. Um there was also presentation of Dr.

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Suresi and Mr. Sico on STEM. Um so, they went through their K through 12 district goal. We had it There was a K through 12 district goal on STEM, and they showed how they integrate disciplinary approach um in grades 10 through 12 in the district. So, they talked about uh what

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work was done in the past school year, but also the vision for the future. This year was kind of laying the roots the uh sorry, the uh groundwork for STEM and then they'll um they're going to have more in the coming years. Um

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they had an update in the second June eighth month social emotional learning. They use the castle framework and they're going to be with a specific vendor to help the social emotional learning called uh Panorama. Um they had presentations a good

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presentation by Mr. Solorz um both secondary outcomes. Um few highlights from the bag apparently now uh standardized testing is back. 11% of schools are requiring a test score. The IB is mandatory. Um so that's coming back for a while they weren't

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doing it uh standardized scores. Um public life trips are increasingly competitive. Um the new value of prestige. And I think they had a total of 10 applications per student uh with 56%

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This is what it costs uh students. And the balance between public and private went back to about 50/50 and last year it was more public than private uh but that's kind of shifted back this year. Um

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and that's it. It was the update of facilities. They're doing some updates to the best fuel in the entire building. They got a wild building. And Sorry. We should get through the meetings. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> New Jersey school boards?

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>> No, I didn't see this one. >> Thank you. Morris County school boards? >> No, I didn't >> All right. Thank you. Educational Services Commission? >> We didn't get this one. Watchung Board. >> Okay. Summit. Uh New Providence SEPAC? I don't think there's any updates by there.

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>> I sent a couple for you to return. >> The New Providence Education Foundation Jeff's not here. Uh the Home and School Association. So, we are planning for the whole town and our guest community September 19th, Fall Festival from 3:00

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to 5:00 p.m. here. I've just secured pony rides for the kids. I've secured gym teacher to do some games and bounce houses. I'm working on um health ins and some fall themed things and we will also have some tours of the

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school at that time as well as some indoor games for older people who may not want to be outside in the heat. Or if there's bad weather, we'll move it indoors. So, that's the big thing. The secondary thing that we are working on behind the scenes is still firming up our lunch program. So, we have

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outsourced all of our lunch to local vendors. We've picked all the vendors. We're just firming up menus at this juncture. And they should be out in the next 2 weeks. So, they're using a hot lunch program where parents can order at the beginning of every month.

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But, profit generation will be going back to the HSA and to give more cultural enrichment and more arts here in the school and program. And then, there's a reduction in the fees and actually how much the meals will cost substantially less than the

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caterer we were using. So, that's really the high-level update. Plus, it's more nutritionally dense food. So, that's all I know from the HSA. Township of Boonton, please. >> Okay. Good things to report. On July 13th, Township Committee awarded the

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contract for the new Doolittle's Landing Playground and the target installation date is in September. Summer recreation camp started on July 6th and continues through August 7th. Campers can still sign up for upcoming

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weeks. Email Kristen at recdirector @thetownship.com. Effective July 1st, there are new e-bike laws in effect. The police department has details on the new laws or check www.nmnbc.gov

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for more information. Uh the Morris County 4-H Fair is running from July 24th through July 26th at High View Farm, Sandshore Road in Mount Olive.

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Uh more information can be found at www.morris4h.org. And the last is the Township's 250th fireworks spectacular is Saturday, July 25th, rain date July 26th at the RVA

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Fields. The event starts at 6:00 p.m. with a DJ, food vendors, uh pizza truck, hamburgers, dessert truck, and kettle corn, and family activities before the fireworks at dark. So, that concludes my report.

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Thank you so much. So, we're on to facilities, please. So, as John just spoke about, um we did have a facilities meeting on Monday evening. Uh again, just to recap, there were two

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proposals submitted from the RFP process. Um we had a questions that we need clarification on. Uh we received that information yesterday on Tuesday. Uh we also spoke a little bit about the

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update on the thank you letter and then the need for special board meeting later in this month. So, um just going back to the RFP process, John, do we need to vote on that this evening to get everything moving? >> Get it moving.

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>> Okay. So, I guess I'm just going to open it up to comments from or or questions from the board on anything we to that process, going over the two proposals. Thank you. >> Can we talk about the specifics more in

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close? Generally, can you speak about it? >> Well, we Yeah. >> It is specifically contract related or >> Is that >> What's involved in putting in the contract? >> All right. Just after

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>> We can discuss about the the companies and how the votes are coming out. I have I have something to say in that case. That's the way to go. >> You know, can we discuss the increase options to go with the firm or not? >> We will discuss the voices.

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Discuss the proposal and we can vote. >> So, that's why it's going to be a hard vote. >> Let's get a close. >> Yeah. >> Okay. You have a motion to approve finance motion 139. >> Do you want me to read the report first? >> Oh, I'm so sorry.

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>> That was stupid. Thanks. I read this now. >> He He basically gave us >> Yeah, we read it in the meeting meeting now. >> Thank you. >> I'll read the report again if you like. Provided this is somewhat vague in the meeting. Tonight. I don't believe we can make a decision. So.

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>> All right. Thank you. All right. We have a motion to approve finance motion 139. I'll move. There a second? >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? The question is on the adoption of finance motion 139. This is a roll call. >> Just want to check if that this is

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payment for this is >> Yes. >> Mr. Barnett? >> Yes. >> Mr. Franklin? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cavana? >> Yes. >> Mr. Griffin? >> Yes. >> Mr. Johnson? >> Yes. >> Mr. McBride? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mills? >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosenberg? >> Yes. >> Mr. Perry?

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>> All right. Personnel we met last week. I'm sorry. Can I ask one more question? It was finance one through nine, but >> It was Oh, I'm sorry. No, it was It was three. I'm sorry. It was 10th. >> Perfect. Clarification. Perfect. Thank you. Sure.

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Um in terms of personnel we met last week, we're approving things and stipends for coaches for softball, basketball, a stipend for RCI data analysis this summer. We're approving um yearbook advisors, and then summer nurse, and some school

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psych evaluations with summer as well. So, may I have a motion to approve personnel motions one through seven? >> I'll move. >> I'll second. >> Any questions, comment, or discussion? Question is on the adoption of personnel motions one through seven, and this is a roll call.

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>> Mr. Porter. >> Yes. >> Mr. Grant. >> Yes. >> Ms. Havana. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kinchler. Yes. Mr. Johnson. >> Yes. >> Mr. McBride. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mills. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosenberg. >> Yes. >> Mr. Perry. >> Yes. >> All right. Programs.

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>> Program committee met on July 9th. Um we talked about three main topics. One was math halfway. We talked about the number of students that are in math and going to the each parents. Um we talked about Chromebooks. Speaking of budget challenges, we had

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challenges upgrading Chromebooks. So, we were strategizing on which of the Chromebooks to sunset. Um we were going to try to keep going because it was becoming too expensive, but other things are getting difficult. Um so, we went through with an option

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there. Um and then we talked briefly about maybe possibly changing the school department. >> No. Mr. Grant. Um policy. >> Mr. Kinchler is about to talk about policy. >> Where is I don't have it on my agenda. I'm sorry.

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May I have a motion to approve uh program number one, please? Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> All those opposed? Any abstentions? Okay. Sorry.

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Superintendent Zurek. Policy. Uh really no report. We did not have our meeting. Uh this is just the final motion to approve this policy that was on the first reading last month. Thank you so much. May I have a motion

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to approve policy number 9321? >> So moved. >> Second. >> However, yeah. >> I get that as a motion. >> Questions, comments? All those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> All those opposed, say no. Any abstentions?

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All right. >> Some travel quicker than others. >> Governance? >> Not next, it's the last one. >> Okay. Open session number two. Second public comment period will be open to any topic. Please mind be mindful that public comment periods are available to

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enable the public to give comments and feedback to the board. Personal matters and day-to-day operations are not appropriate subjects for board meetings. These can always be most effectively resolved with the appropriate staff members or administrators according to the chain of command concept.

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Questions may be directed to the appropriate school personnel or board through email. Please state your name and address for the record, and all comments are limited to 5 minutes. Any questions? All right. Old business to come before the board? New business?

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>> That's a question that that's new business. Uh are we planning to do request this particular board policy this month or next month? >> Yes, so Ken has our >> sent out last week and he was updating Mr. Adams in his district. And then

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we're to work on ours by August, I believe. Haven't heard from that. So, once we get through with the approval process with the referendum, we'll shift towards that. If you have any suggestions or input, please share them in committee. >> We can vote on that.

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>> Sounds good. >> For another item of business, um we should look at it immediately and plan it out right now. >> Okay. >> Like post, definitely don't do it now, but post November. Um we should start to look at it cuz I think we'd be in the final year, you know.

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>> I think this is the final year. >> Yeah, you don't want to And public they've done it a year before and they're kicking mayors off and starting again. So, it might be good to kick that off and think about it again. >> Great idea. Thank you. >> Sure. >> Um we received the demographic study

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back, so we're part of the proposal that we do a virtual with these up in Somerville. So, uh next meeting, which would be the August 19th meeting, he's passing out the demographic data. So, we'll have them exactly. And then the board of ed will see them.

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>> Just because we're talking about other initiatives, does anyone have any feedback regarding continuing education that we want to see upcoming so I can start steering heading that over the next few months. Any topics of particular interest or area of need you think?

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You don't have to answer this second, but just start thinking about it so I can start >> If you don't have the calendar >> Pull up New Jersey School Boards and see what different offerings ethics, governance, policy >> Should we have anything around the school nurse home?

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>> You like to do this one? Ask. Let's see what we can do. >> If that was if we were to drop New Jersey representative page for that group of people And I'll see if I can get it from Dr. Pierre and then distribute it and we'll go from there. You can The summer is

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probably not the best for us, but for the fall I'd like to get something aligned so we can still achieve our certification. That's true, too. Yeah. Yeah. What's going on? Good for your business. Any other new business to come before the board?

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All right. May I have a motion to enter into first session? Is there a second? All those in favor? Yeah, for the purpose of contract we will be taking action on a vote regarding PR firms for the referendum.

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When we resume there will be no other formal board board action. Good. Thank you all. I did We did it all in camera. Oh, I did? All those in favor for Okay.

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So, all those in favor say I for moving into closed. I'm sorry, baby. Hi. We forgot to ask you this. Yeah, all those in favor say I for closed. Okay, thank you. And if just we entered from closed session.

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Motion. Do this motion first, right? >> Yes, you can do that. >> Okay. So, we need a motion for that finance motion number 11. May I have a motion, please? There's a second. All those in favor of this is a roll

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call, right? This is a roll call, though. >> Mr. Porter. >> No. >> Mr. Grant. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabana. >> Yes. >> Mr. Indelicato. >> Yes. >> Mr. Johnson. >> Yes.

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>> Mr. McBride. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mills. >> Yes. >> Mr. Rosenberg. >> No. >> Motion carries. You have one other motion for the board business. I'll read the motion for the board.

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>> Yes, please. I don't have Is it board business today? >> This would be board business, both three. Uh that the board approves an ad uh communications committee. I'll make a motion for the board to approve this committee. >> I'll move.

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>> I'll second. >> All those in favor? >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Should be called later. >> Uh those are presidential appointments, so Let's see. You can find the board members to elect. Mr. Farmac and Mr. appoint me.

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>> Sounds good. Thank you very much. All right. Um We're done, right? >> Yes, I thought we lost the quorum for a minute. >> Yes, may I have a motion to adjourn? Second. All those in favor? >> Aye. >> Aye. >> Aye.

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Yes. >> Mr. Cole.