like to call this meeting of the Delano Township Board of educational order first a moment of silence thank you flag salute I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with
liberty and justice for all the you have to do saring inar stone you would your support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the state of New Jersey that will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same and to the government establish United States and St under the authority of the people so we God I should make do Sol swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of the member of the
Board of Education that I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of that office that Pur the best of my I Eric MOS do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state
of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States in this state under the authority of the people so held beg God I Eric MOS do solemnly swear that I possess qualifications prescribed by law for the
office of a member of Board of Education and I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of the office according to the best of my ability so it help me [Applause] gu roll call please okay Mr M here Mr
bar good work Mr SL Mr J sorry she said Mr C here Mr Hopkins here M luga here M Stone here reading and statement of adequate notice
exhibit a notice of this meeting pursuant to the open public meetings act has been given as follows advertising in The Courier Post on January 19th 2025 posting on school bulletin boards in the main entrance stores on January 15 2025 filing written notice with the
clerk of Delano Township on January 15 2025 and filing notice on the district website www.an.com on January 15th 2025 obviously there's only a couple action items on our agenda tonight and
then we are going to be going into executive session to be trained uh by the njsba on seeing the applicants that we have for our superintendent search and feedback on the uh community and
staff events that were held by njsba as well uh but before that with this uh being meeting we'd like to open up the meeting for public comment on agenda items public participation during the Board of Education meeting is governed
by policy 0167 the Board of Education welcomes comments from members of the public concerns about the school district should be addressed the appropriate staff members prior to being brought before the board please note that the board may be hearing your concerns for the first time and may not be able to address those concerns during
the meeting online forms for public comments have been provided via Blackboard connect to all district recipi as well as posted to the district website president or vice president should read the comments from the online form during the board meeting members of the public may also participate
virtually all participants start out muted May unmute themselves while recognized by the president or vice president I don't know why we got to change that because that's I was going to say y got to yall got to change that all right
public comment on agend agenda items Mr templon any public comment on agenda items you're a public today so I he i' ask you know all right seeing nobody like to move on to the resolutions close the
meeting for public comment like a motion to approve items A and B in the resolution section Mo moves by Mr vargan seconded by miss slin anything you'd like to say about
these resolutions Dr Fitz thank you very much I'd like to say this to the board I want to thank you for your support as we move through this process of responding to our houch visit the staff all of work as well as the local staff of teachers
they work collaboratively and cooperatively with us and we have prepared the document uh that is a uh detailed document and it makes for good reading to see where we have come from
where we are and what is yet ahead of us to be done and so our work is not complete yet but we are lining up well for our school district to be a successful and a great school district and I just want to thank you as a board
for the patience and working along with us as we had to bring staff on and make changes are there any questions or comments on the resolutions what is the responsibility of this board in
monitoring this District plan that's a good question you have a responsibility to ask questions we're going to be monitored by the count probably in cycles of every six months okay but they
can monitor as often as they like and that we should not pause do not pause on anything that we promise to do by dates and time but feel free to ask questions as often as you
like and if you'd like for us to make if you'd like for us to make periodic reports just give us that date and we can I think it would be very helpful that what what I appreciate in this document was the reflection upon the list you soring and what didn't get
addressed so I am suggesting that at least initially we go every other month with a formal report um I think it's very important for this board to Tren these documents really read them outline it make even a chart um with the dates
don't want to be in a position for the next time and this happened and really taking into consideration Mr Marini's guidance and support when he was the interim County Superintendent respectfully I would wait 6 months for the review I would ask them to do 3
month reviews initially just to make sure and ensure we are on track thank you I want to follow up with what Joanne said I'm all about like just with my responsibilities what's the deadline so
are we saying 3 months out are we going to expect a update on like April 30th and Then followed up with the final update at the end of the school year in June like I want us to have dates I when I
met 3 months I me the county office superintend and I was suggesting here we get report every other month that's what I was referring to every other month so if I recall March April would be April 3 right or April 15th so if you want to make it April
15th and then it would end with June 15th because that kind of follows the school year I just think when we let leave a blanket like say like hey every other month we need follow so if we can say April 15th and we to expect that and then June 15th that would be greatly
appreciated because whatever we set up and whoever our new recipient of superintendent States the course of our expectations right I'm open to that as a smart I think that's a good idea to put on there with the uh the 15th
when when we request the thre Monon from uh cusac the county level who is present during those meetings from the from the county so the county comes here middlex comes here what's from us as a school is it during
the day it's going to be during the day so it's your admin yeah it's going to be during the day it's going to be with the with the superintendent my staff here you know in terms of principal the business office and the rest is it out of the norm for a board member to be
attending it's not it's not out of the norm for a board member to be in in attendance but you're going to really be silent because they're going to be doing walkthroughs with us looking at what we said we were doing looking at data
looking at information that uh we are compiling and they will be asking about what progress you're making will any of those happen over the summer I don't know what their schedule
will will be so you'll give us to they let you know like we just went through this so of course they just showed up hey we think we're coming to see you next week and they show up Tuesday do they give you like two or three week notification no or will they I always
want to get all the information CU in 6 months I got to make sure our new guy or a new person I I have to tell you I'm going back now three years in my previous two uh school districts we didn't have to do
two so we don't know you're right I don't can you just inform to keep either the president orp when I he any other comments or concerns on those two
items um Jo I'm sorry you say just under what for U Mr Boulder what is a data collection officer what kind of data is being collected Phil would you like for me to take this one yes please
okay the state of New Jersey is collecting all kinds of information student grad attendance data okay drop Dropout data
we have probably about 15 data sheets that we have to enter information on about our staff certifications okay it's all Inc compressing in terms of collecting data and what they're doing you have to be
mindful the state now is is grinding that data to a granular level that they can literally see what's going on in your District we looked at the data of our children and because you have such small
numbers we can actually see the kids by name you know if we want to we can see that kid okay so we then they grinding it very fine I think it's a wonderful idea I think it's the great person um I
get excited to to to for the full circle with children are struggling maybe academically emotionally the interventions the home life all of it so I really look forward to that's stuff that's done within my
department um we at it as well all that stuff kind of comes through us all the state reporting like right now we're working on crdc stuff yeah so it's there's questionnaires that we have to send to the state all the time for example the one I just filled out even today was
about connectivity with each of our schools and the student body what's provided to them what they have at home things along that nature that's stuff that I even had to turn in just today so it's it's I think it'll
help so when we if when we do get that group set up Mr Boulder should be on that strategic plan looking forward all he would is the data itself really he just reports that data when it
comes to the decision making all right this is a roll call B Mr yes Mr VAR yes Mr SL Mr J yes Mr CER yes Mr
Hopkins yes Miss LCA M St motion passes thank you I think we're going to hold old business and new business for our regularly scheduled meeting on uh on the 20 6 my initial
email I was reading next month instead of this month so I apologize I sent out a correction on that you'll have the attorney here doing Cod EV yep okay at this time I'd like to move to go to Executive session uh to
discuss the upcoming superintendent search no action will be taken after we get out and how long will we be an hour and a half we'll be about an hour and a half but again no action will be taken
after by Mich L seconding by all those in favor please signify by saying I I opposed obain motion carries [Music]