Okay, we have a few upcoming uh special presentations. On uh April 27th, we have the 2627 school year final budget presentation and hearing. On May 11th, we have the presentation for the annual
persons of the year uh for 2026 in cooperation with the combined PTAs and the Dville Education Foundation. On May 18th, we have uh some Riverview students and staff. On June 8th, we have the Valley View and Special Services students and staff along with Valley
View athletics county champions. and June 8th will be the uh 2526 goals recap and goal setting and board self-evaluation review. Um now we'll move to superintendent comments.
Thank you. Just a couple comments here. I want to remind everybody that the county did deny our emergency withdrawal, emergency reserve withdrawal, which is um to me very disappointing and it's also very hard to
kind of understand. The whole purpose of the reserve was to put the money in there from leftover monies from 2425 to help us with this unfunded increase in our health benefits that started on January 1. So, if you recall, we spoke
with the county. We had conversations with them in the summer and we talked to our attorney. We talked to our auditor. Everybody agreed. Now, they're they're denying they're going to deny our withdrawal. So, that's $300,000 in the in the reserves that you not that you
can't use it in future years, but this is a pretty tight year and that's what we wanted to do. but it was it was denied um by the board by the um county. Um calendar update. This memo went out to the public on Friday. It's posted on
the website. Um we are just going to do basically what made sense. We used three days. We're going to cut off the we're going to just end school on Friday the 19th of J of June and it'll be an early dismissal day. We do have eighth grade
graduation on Thursday the 18th at Mars Nolles. So Thursday the 18th of June and Friday the 19th of June will be early dismissal days with the 19th being the last day of school. This has all been updated on the calendar. There's really no need for a board approval because it
already says it in the board approved calendar that that's what we could do. Um so that's why we didn't go through with another another uh approval. um couple green team events if you guys want to mark it down. Um April 22nd, 11
am if you're around at the oaks, which is a really nice event. Um our students from Valley View, the green team goes to they go to the Oaks, they work with the retired folks there and do some plantings. Uh the mayor usually attends. We usually have a board member of two.
It's a really nice day. I always make sure I'm there. So, April 22nd, 11:00 a.m. at the Oaks. And this year also with the in cooperation with the town green team on April 24th at at 11:30 a.m. at Muriel Heapner, there'll be a
presentation because they're going to be planting a tree there. So April 24th, 11:30 a.m. Muriel Heapner Park and April 22nd, 11:00 a.m. at the Oaks. Remember, we have the persons of the year. the uh b the voting will end uh
it's the 27th of April and I have a meeting already scheduled for the next day with Dr. Coohl's and one person from each PTA and the foundation will decide who the winners are and we'll announce them at the next board meeting after that. Um Jessica Sidell
um sent me an email and said she's no longer interested in being the head nurse. don't usually say anything about something like this, but I wanted to just bring attention to how what a great what great service she's done to the district for a few years leading us through if you recall
the the um co no I remembered co the rabbid bat too. So a lot of tough stuff. So, she's really was uh uh very instrumental in getting us through both things. And um
remember we opened every day, every kid the first day. So, uh Jessica was a big part of that. And um I felt like it needed more than her just not being on the list of approvals. So, I just wanted to point that out to everybody. Um all right, couple Danville Education
Foundation events that you might want to mark down. Spring Fling, May 16th at XGolf, 7:30m. So May 16, XGolf, 7:30m. The movie night, it will be September 11th at Gardener Field. And you might
want to mark your calendars for the annual golf outing at Null Country Club, October 8th. So October 8th, the golf the golf outing, Null Country Club. September 11's the movie night at Gardener Field and the spring fling. May
16th, 7:30 p.m. at XGolf. And that's it for the superintendent comments. >> So, Dr. Forte, we uh came to the conclusion that it's not worth trying to repeal that uh um denial to use the uh emergency funds.
So today the three of us met and it's it's hard to it's hard to appeal it if if we feel like we could make it without it. So we met today and we're confident we're going to make it without having to get to 300. If we
couldn't, I'd say we don't have a choice. It's going to be a hard sell if we do it, you know, and then put all that back in reserve. So, let's let's just say that money can be used for a couple reasons. It can be used for an insurance thing, right? Supposed to be,
but I guess you can't sometimes. And it can be used for like a security issue, anything like that. So, down the road when you need to replace the cameras, something like that, because it's a pretty big expense. The last time it was like 700,000 for all those cameras, maybe can go towards some of that. So,
it's not like you'll lose it. You'll be able to use it somewhere some other day down the road. You can also um if you have a big budget increase, you can use that in the subsequent year. So you could say and you don't need approval for this. If you're having an increase in your health benefits, you could take
that 300k to reduce the the one-year hit to the taxpayer even though they already paid the 300, right? Because it's in the bank. You can use it. Let's say you have a million dollar increase. You can use 300,000 of it towards that million.
So there's a way to do It's not going to go to waste is my point. >> So based off of what you're saying, if if you don't mind, um Dr. Moore, uh based off of what you're saying, then the upcoming budget, this is my interpretation of what you're saying,
and please correct me if I'm wrong, the upcoming budget where we were given that waiver to increase it by another 7% could now be red be reduced by 300,000. Not for this next year >> in a in a in a future year.
>> In a future year. So it could be the subsequent year. >> Correct. >> If we do not use any health insurance waiver in the future year, you we can utilize that $300,000 for insurance waiver. I I don't understand why the government
or the department of education is making this so complicated. I really think that um you know we're doing everything we can for the interest of the children as well as the staff but at the same time we still have to be cognizant of the
taxpayer especially with that 31% increase in health care benefits that we are going to be experiencing. So I mean this should not be that hard. common sense should apply if a district is fiscally responsible and has the ability
as well as the wherewithal within their reserves to be able to subsidize some of those increases without putting all the burden on the taxpayer than we should. And frankly, I want to take that letter and um and bring it up up to my
legislative committee which I'll I'll uh address later during the good of the cause or governance. But yeah, this is a clear example of maybe the Trenton can, you know, see this clear example and then maybe utilize something to clear up the language and uh make it a little
easier for districts. So >> the one the one thing they said is they don't want you to rely on this. This is where it gets really complicated. They don't want you to rely on reserves for a recurring cost. Right? Now the you have
to think about the thing in totality, right? If you're in the state health benefits plan only, you don't know what your increase is when you make your budget. Like the districts that have it still, they don't know how much their increase is right now. They tell you budget for double digits. What does
double digits mean? 10%, 30%. That's what they're saying now, right? Double digits. So th this is why I find it even more troublesome because for a district like ours who is fiscally conservative and has done the right thing of putting
money in reserves and and living like within our means, this is a perfect reason why to use it because it is a one-time thing. We've already fixed the problem. We just needed to get through the year. But I just don't know can we can we uh die on the cross here if we
don't really have to have the money. That's the point, you know. >> Well, and I think you basically touched on the the wording of it because there's only so much we should be budgeting for for healthcare, right? It could be anywhere from, let's say, 10 to 20%. But
if you're suddenly seeing 30% increase, I think that extreme value should be justification enough for us to be able to use our reserves because that's an unplanned event. It is not hopefully not a recurring event. And if that's the case and that's a completely separate
issue, but bottom line is if we are planning and budgeting for 10 to 20% then any extra ordinary circumstance we we should now be elude allowed to use reserves to protect ourselves. >> I think that what I think that the
hidden reason is they're expecting another 30% hit. That's the problem. So if you do if you do take the money now, what do you do the next time? You know, that's what they're saying. They don't want you to use the reserves to plug a hole because according to the group,
right, is that it's they're going to they're going to feel like some districts, if you've been reading about it, right, like it's this is not a Denver thing. This is an everywhere thing. I put it in chat GBT yesterday and said, "Please tell me all the districts are in a fiscal crisis." And it it's unbelievable how many, right? So
they're um what what they don't want to happen is like another Lakewood situation or another Tom's River or a Jefferson where they're where they're actually borrowing money, right? They don't have the money. They're borrowing money from the state. Um so I I still
think if you take the if you take it in totality though, just for us, and you don't think about everybody else, I get it. I get some other districts might not do it the way we do it. But if you just take it in totality all the circumstances and just consider us to me it's the perfect reason to use the 300
grand, right? It just makes sense. It's a one-time thing that we already corrected, right? Just to get us through a time that we didn't know. So, >> and the one final statement I will make is that if Trenton does believe that there might possibly be another spike in
health care um cost, then shame on them because that means that they are now uh aware of the possibility of it and they're sort of ignoring it or and letting all the districts brunt as well as the taxpayer brunt the additional
costs of health care which seems to be a a statewide epidemic as well as a national epidemic. make for my opinion. >> They they already put out something the beginning of the month like April 1st saying that they're expecting at least a double digit increase. So they already
know it's going to be big again. I don't know. I mean double digits, right? I mean let's just face it. If we got 10% this year, we would all been cheering, right? 30% is what we got. So they're they already know it's going to be double digits again. >> Just one quick comment on this. The the
ironic part about it is I feel like we consistently as a district who does the right thing financially gets screwed by the state >> because in addition what the other thing you can use out of this is for a school security improvement that would be
approved automatically. Well, we did that the right way and budgeted it and did those things already, right? So, if you play games and try to switch stuff around, which every other district seems like they do, or they wait till their roof's leaking or they wait till they have to do these security improvements
and they leverage it on debt service and everything else, then that's what they end up doing. They bring it to the taxpayer. So, unfortunately, I do feel Mr. came the same way that like we consistently try to do the right thing and consistently run into these barriers that the state has created only for
boards of education, not for municipalities, only for boards of education are all these rules in play. We're elected the same way as the council is elected for all these municipalities, but for some reason we're under a set of guidelines that are completely different from what we can and can't do. So, I mean, they could
float debt tomorrow by a council vote, right? We can't do that, right? So consistently it feels like there's these rules in place for you know boards of education but somehow they're different across the board for you know other uh you know municipalities. So I agree with you. I think that it's worthwhile to
bring up. It's like we got to start pulling back on some of these roles and letting the boards of education do what they have to do and if they're they're doing the wrong thing then the constituents in their town should vote them out. Like that's the easy it's it's very obvious because that's what would happen with the council if it happened. So, I'm not sure why it seems like they
want to put all these uh restrictions on us, but and they have over the years. It's over and over. It feels like there's more and more burdensome. When you get together with your legislative committee, there's a lot of good information being discussed here that this may exist, but uh we're not
aware of it. You know, what is their criteria to define an emergency? Because when you get a 30% increase in costs, you know, from my business perspective, it's a lot of money and that's an emergency where you got to all of a
sudden put 30% in a health care benefits. And this has been going on for years and years and years. It needs to be uh a thorough examination of of the cost, the components of of that cost with the brokers, what the commissions are, what they charge, etc. That's a that's a big big problem because I I
called Dr. Forte after I read the letter. I was very disappointed and I didn't like the content of the response. It really didn't give us a good reason of why. But as as always, our
administrators here have found a uh a solution and uh we're moving forward. All right. Uh, assistant superintendent comments, >> kindergarten update. So, right now we're still at 185. Lake View has 86 students,
Riverview 75, the flex zone has 17 and possibly seven that will be regrading for a total of 185. So, just keep you updated, but it has slowed and we'll just keep watching to see if we're going to have 10 or 11 sections next year. our
summer uh Dville Accelerated Learning Academy. The registration is open. The program runs from June 29th to July 23rd and you can find the form in the Friday folder or on our website. I think that even the schools have sent it out as well. So that will be starting along
with ESY. And uh finally, our blues and beyond program at the in the eighth grade at Valley View started on Friday was the kickoff concert and today started their instruction and it was nice to uh see the students getting are participating
in that program. They really do like it and see a lot of value in it. This concludes assistant superintendent report. >> Okay, business administrator's comments. >> Just one comment. The New Jersey uh school board association conference for
October begins October 19th through October 22. If you're interested in attending the conference this year, please uh email me and uh we didn't make reservations for everyone and I would need confirmation uh by September, but
we'll remind you again. Thank you. All right, at this time we'll open for uh public discussion. This portion of the meeting is open to any individuals for the purpose of addressing resolutions on the agenda or matters that they find is important to the board of education and is governed by policy
0167 and we'll open at uh 748. All right, seeing that uh no one's here in person or online, we will close at 7:48 as well. So, we have old business, no action to
be taken. Uh the following resolutions have been recommended by the superintendent of schools, so the board of education for approval. Under A, we have the treasurer of school monies and board secretary reports. Under B is the uh report of student enrollment and the
report of the health office. And C would be the minutes for March 16 and March 23rd. And then we'll move to uh new business action to be taken. Um I'd like to move
for approval under item number one. A, B, and C. A head custodian um position. Uh, and then two resignations. Under item number two, we have the attached employment contract for Dr.
Charles R. Miller as the assistant superintendent of curriculum instruction for 2026 2027 school year. Uh item number three is the updated master staff list. Item number four is the approval
of the revised substitute list. Item number five is the approval of the list of staff for the uh ESY program and DALA and child study team work for summer 2026. Item number six is to resend the
appointment of Janelle Campos as a substitute teacher. Item number seven and 8 and nine and 10 and 11 are leave of absences. >> I second.
>> Any uh questions or comments? >> I just want to congratulate uh Dr. Miller and we're excited to have you on board. Congratulations. >> Yes, congratulations. We're we're glad you're here. Uh thanks for for coming and uh introducing yourself and we're
excited to to be working with you in these upcoming years. I don't know if anyone else has any other. All right. Roll call. >> Miss Delos? >> Yes. >> Miss Asterino? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cass?
>> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson? Yes, >> Mr. Kim. >> Yes, >> Dr. Moore. >> Yes. >> Welcome aboard. >> We know. We know >> she was that confident. >> All right. So, under instruction
program, uh, Mrs. Eststerino, can you take us through that? >> Sure. Um, I move to approve the following resolutions under INP. Uh, first is the extended school year ESY program to run from June 29th, 26
through July 30th, 26, Monday through Thursday. Um, and this will be at Lake View Elementary for districts who have their have it required by their IEP. And then also that the board approved the attached list of field trips. >> I'll second.
>> Roll call. >> Mr. Delos? >> Yes. >> Miss Asterino? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cass? >> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kim? >> Yes. >> Jackore? >> Yes. And under governance, Mr. Kim, can you
take us through that? Sure, I'd be happy to. Uh, I'd have the pleasure of motioning, uh, and hoping that we approve the following resolution, which happens to be the nomination of Dr. or Mr. Dino Capello for the Morris County
School Boards Association 2026 Irene M. Lefave Excellence and Boardmanship Award. Whereas, Mr. Dino Compello, a resident of Denville in Morris County, has served a total of 11 years on the Denver Board of Education, demonstrating a sustained commitment to effective
school governance. And whereas Mr. Capello has made a meaningful and measurable contributions to student education, consistently focusing on improving achievement for all students while supporting initiatives that promote student wellness, including
mental health awareness and anti anti-bullying efforts. and serving as a liaison between the board of education and many community organizations to strengthen partnerships. And whereas Mr. Capello has demonstrated exemplary
leadership both on the board and within the community by actively supporting students and family through families through involvement in organizations such as the parent teacher association, volunteering volunteering at school events and participating in community
service initiatives, including local drives and outreach efforts. Through his continued engagement with parents, staff, and community members, he has fostered positive relationships and strengthened the connection between the school district and the broader
community. And whereas Mr. Capello has shown active and effective involvement in school governance by providing thoughtful input and informed decision-making on district policies, curriculum, and operations. He has served on key board committees including
finance, facilities, policy, negotiations, instruction, and personnel offering oversight and guidance on critical matters. He has also participated in student uh superintendent evaluations, goal setting aligned with district policies, and
collective bargaining negotiations addressing salaries, benefits, and staff working conditions. And whereas Mr. Capello has demonstrated a commitment to ongoing professional development by maintaining his status as a certified board member through the New Jersey B
school boards association and participating in workshops and training programs offered by NJSBA and other professional organizations. And whereas the Denver Board of Education wishes to formally formally recognize Mr. Capello for his dedicated
service, leadership, and unwavering commitment to the students and community of the district. Now, and therefore, be it resolved that the Denville Board of Education hereby expresses its sincere appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Dino Compello for his distinguished service.
And be it further resolved that the board secretary is authorized and directed to submit this nominate nomination resolution along with all required application materials to the Morris County School Boards Association for consideration of Mr. Dino Comp
Capello for the 2026 Irene M. Lefave Excellence in Boardmanship Award. I'll >> second. Any comments or questions? >> All right, roll call.
>> I'm surprised he uh got nominated considering he didn't show up tonight. Got lucky, huh? >> I think this is how we snuck it in, you know. So So he doesn't object in any way. >> I don't believe he was aware.
No, it's a it's a great I uh thank you guys for putting it together for him. He uh is welld deserving and hopefully he is a winner of the award. >> I agree and I want to thank u Miss Garowski. She was the author and the one who spearheaded this. So, but I think
it's definitely deserved for uh Mr. Capello. He's he's done a lot to this. Uh he's got such an incredible relationship with the admin uh with the union as well. So, uh, you know, that's, uh, truly amazing to see and, uh, I want
to thank him for all the contributions he's made. So, >> all right, roll call. >> Mr. Delis, >> yes. >> Miss Asterino, >> yes. >> Mr. Cass, >> yes. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mr. Kim, >> yes. >> Dtoore,
>> yes. And now we move to finance. Uh, Mr. Anderson, can you take us through that? >> Sure. If there are no objections, I'd like to move under uh finance D items number one and two as a block. This includes uh the board to retroactively approve the uh out of district placement
for a student as listed in the agenda. And then item number two is for the board to approve the agreement with behavioral therapy associates to provide psychological consultation services for a student at the cost not to exceed $2,960
for the 202526 school year. I'll second. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Delos. >> Yes. >> Miss Asterino? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cass? >> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kim? >> Yes. >> Dr. Moore? >> Yes.
Now we'll move to operations. Mr. Cass, can you take us through that? >> Glad to. Under operations, number one, transportation. No actions to be moved tonight. Number two, building and grounds. I'm asking the board to approve the attached quote from EI Associates in
connection with the Riverview annex electrical service upgrade project in the amount of $36,000 paid from capital reserves. I'll second. >> Okay. Roll call. >> Mr. Delis? >> Yes. >> Miss Estino?
>> Yes. >> Mr. Cass? >> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kim. >> Yes. >> Jackore. >> Yes. Now we'll move to new business. No action to be taken. Under personnel. Uh
item number one we have a uh under A there's vacation day and A and B there's vacation day cash outs and C is some professional development. Under two is the updated uh master staff list. Three is the revised substitute
list and uh four is the update list for uh ESY DAL and the child study team work for summer 2026. I'll second. >> Uh, no action. >> So,
>> thank you. Anyway, >> um, under instruction and program, um, Miss Estino, can you take us through that? >> Yep. We will be asking to move following resolutions. uh workshops and expenses, professional development workshops for
staff members and uh board members payable through the professional development account also the attached list of field trips. >> Okay. And under uh governance uh Mr. Kim. >> Sure. Uh for the next meeting, we will
be uh reading the first or motioning for the first reading of policy R56000, student code of conduct revised. Um I do have a question about that. Is this a product of the committee's
recommendations for changes to the student code of conduct based off of uh uh like changes for HI and and other stuff? or is this uh a statemandated policy revision? >> This is a regulation revision from the
work that we did. So this is based on what the committee discussion uh and then we took this through IMP and now we're going to put it on for first reading. >> Thank you. And and there may be uh further uh revisions and additions as we
go along. All right. So, under uh finance, it doesn't look like we have anything. Um, so for uh operations, Mr. Cass, can you take us through that? >> Yes, we got a couple items on here. Under building and grounds, going to be
asking for approval for the attached MOA with CCM for the 2026 2027 school year. Item 2.2 is to approve the attached service agreement proposal for the building automation systems from automatic temperature control services
for ATC in the amount of $12,638 for the school year 2026 20 27. Okay. And that uh brings us to the uh good of the cause and uh Mr. Mr. Kim,
did you have some some things to talk about under uh governance? >> Uh yeah, so I wanted to use good of the cause to give an update to the board with regards to a meeting we had with Senator Buco. Um I along with three
other board members from different towns um presented some slides. Um, now before anyone tells uh gives me uh you know a pat on the back or anything like that, I will honestly say I was more of a bystander than a active participant. But
uh the major issues that were discussed were uh S2 funding. Uh so I'm glad we talked about that today. Uh but I also want to talk about um HIB. the the HIB was a major conversation with Senator
Buco as well as virtual instruction uh and being a little bit more flexible with uh use of uh virtual instruction in school districts. uh the main conversation around S2 and funding and
school finance was that that is a very hot topic in uh in Trenton right now and if we were to try to create a task force or something like that it would be met with deaf ears and everything else because it's being talked about
constantly. Um his recommendation to us as a as board members was to maybe start grassroots campaigns, work with other associations such as the super superintendent um uh association
as well as the business administrator uh estrators uh uh association as well as new um New Jersey school boards the the parent c um parent organization uh and our topic should be very focused with recommendations. It should not talk
about broad issues and really have a focused message about specific things and um and possible solutions that are very specific so that that that way we might be able to make some progress. So, one of the thoughts I might um one of
the thoughts I had tonight was maybe taking a copy of that letter and showing Senator Buo and say, "Hey, listen. Here's an example. Our hands are tied. We, you know, we're, as Mr. Anderson said, we're fiscally responsible and yet we're still being rejected on something
like this and now we're forcing the taxpayers to pay that extra 300,000 when we're trying to find ways uh to one uh pay for the budget and still not uh break the bank for every taxpayer. So, those are uh some of the recommendations
that he made uh to us as a committee. The second thing that I'm really proud of was the uh conversation about HIB. Um, as I mentioned in previous meetings, this is not something that only Dville has seen, but also other school districts. However, other school
districts were more complaining about the the the burden on the administration as well as all the paperwork and the processes that are there. And it seems like that burden and those those um
things that school districts have to do um often don't really get anywhere. It's just so much paperwork with not a lot of results. And and the one one example I made was that you know students still feel like uh they're not being helped
even if it's not a hip case or it is a hip case, they're still being threatened and stuff like that. So his recommendation was or the recommendation that we presented to him was creating a task force uh specifically around HIPP and he loved that idea and he is going
to author uh a bill to start a uh where he's going to recommend to start a task force to look at HIP again and seeing if there's ways that we can reform HIPP whether it's the the paperwork process the administrative process so that it's
not as big of a burden on administrations and districts, but also hoping that we can try to get some results as well, specifically with regards to victim safety uh or them them feeling safe as we've discussed numerous times here during our board meetings.
So, um yes, that uh and that was already co-sponsored or uh seconded by another um representative. So, that's the latest update and uh yeah, super excited about that. It's a great idea to have a legislative
committee and also uh sharing the membership with other school districts get different perspectives. I'm sure there's a lot of commonalities and some differences too. Um, did the health care crisis, which isn't just this time, this is going back to when many, many, many
years ago, um, did that come up at all? And I'm sure it's a statewide issue with the government employees as well, just a a national problem with, uh, the lack of health care in rural areas and the cost of medication.
>> Yeah, that actually was brought up. I'm sorry if I cut you off, but yes, that uh healthcare was brought up and we've had um extensive conversation around that and I think that's when you begin to see a lot of the politics. You know, apparently um or he alle he allegedly
had spoke to the governor to say, "Hey, you know, there are unions that are willing to do certain things with health care." Um and he brought that to um the governor's uh governor's attention. uh and I don't know if it fell on deaf ears
or you know what the politics are involved with regards to that but uh nothing was mentioned during the latest uh um speech that she had. So you know I really don't want to get into the politics in specifics. So yeah I I don't
uh I don't know or nor do I have a it seemed like he had no good answer for that. >> Yeah. I mean, if I was running for office, I mean, that'd be a terrific pe thing to have on your platform about reforming the the health care costs in in in the state.
It's probably, you know, nationwide, too. But, uh, those of you uh, John Parisian, it hasn't shown up for a long time, but he had this hypothesis that uh, we'd be running out of money at some point. And if those healthc carees like you said is there a guarantee it's not going to be 30% again when we do a
budget again or going to be less or more. So uh we're just putting more and more money into that along with the uh the salaries and everything. So we we have to do and everything. So it's just a lot of money is already spent and you're not going to have the money for a lot of these uh extracurricular you know
the nice to haves that make our district excellent. >> Uh Mr. Kim, how how was the decision made to go to Senator Buco and not Senator Pacio? Out of curiosity, was that just I mean I know it's a Morris County thing, so I know both of them are
in Morris County. >> Yeah. U Senator Buco actually happened to be at the awards ceremony for the unsung heroes. And so that's when um board member um Jessica Diko who I
believe is a part of Washington Township board uh she she's the chair of this committee and she spoke with him along with Aura Dunn. So she that they they have she has a wonderful relationship with them u right now at this point. So
yeah. >> Excellent. Thank you and thanks for uh sharing the slides. It was uh really interesting to see. I think the cost versus revenues slide is like staggering. I think it's something we've talked about over and over again as Mr. Cass said, but when you really look at
it broken down by state employee health benefit plan, salary inflation, and then the tax levy, obviously with our 2% cap, it uh we've said it for years, but when you look at that graph, it really is staggering to look at, and you realize that, you know, the reality of balancing
a budget there, it only comes like Mr. Cash, to your point, like you can't even cut enough programs to make it happen. the the only thing you could do is one thing and it's the thing I think that we fear the most in Dville because of um
how important our people are and our staff are and what we've seen the benefit of having the right student to teacher ratio and just the incredible staff we have and obviously you know it's becoming more and more challenging so u appreciate you uh uh updating us
and giving us uh the information and and being part of that because I think it's hugely beneficial because the uh the state is a big part of uh what can help us out a little bit here. >> I'm just going to tag on one more thing. I don't know if you all had a chance to
see Dino's uh article that uh I gave it a quick peruse. I have to spend more time looking at that was an excellent study and u it shows you the difficulty in in school funding that's just been terrible for some districts. I mean, I
never thought I'd see the day when you have districts declaring bankruptcy because they don't have enough money. Now, I don't know if, you know, there's some malfeasants when when they got all that big money in and all of a sudden it's been taken away, but when you slash budgets like that, it's it's terrible.
It really affects the community. So, a lot of problems down there in Trenton with the same cast of characters running the show for many, many years. Dr. Moore, can I make a comment and unrelated health benefits? Uh June 8th
uh board meeting is originally scheduled for to begin at 700 p.m. That board meeting is packed with school presentations, goal settings, and uh the regular agenda. We are proposing to
begin the meeting at 6 PM instead of 7 PM. If everyone is in agreement, we can um advertise the calendar again to make that change. And we'll probably begin at 6:00 p.m. with executive session. 6:30
we can begin with a regular um working session and presentations. And then Paul, Dr. Paul Pedo from New Jersey School Board will be in the district at 7:30 for goal settings. >> Any uh thoughts or
objections? >> Um I am perfectly for that. Uh last year we tried to have that as a retreat format. So I don't know if that's still possible and anything to have uh Dr. Forte stay as long as possible. I am
definitely a four. >> Thank you. I'll advertise uh and reapprove the calendar. Any other uh committee reports? Okay. Board highlights. >> Dr. Capello nomination. >> Dr. Miller.
>> Dr. Miller. Dr. um Mr. Capello. You're you're still here, Dr. Forte. >> Mrs. Grosski, can we see if Dr. Forte is still getting a paycheck as well? >> Maybe you shouldn't, right? All right. So, we have uh the honorable um Dr.
Miller, we have Mr. Capello. What else? Anything else? Good. Maybe if uh Dr. Forte's paycheck could be spread amongst the board members, you know, uh we'd be happy to uh we'll spend more time here in the board.
>> All right, we're going to move on now. >> Highlight could be um the meeting with Senator Buco perhaps, >> you know, at least highlighting that we're out there. We're trying Would you would you just send me like a like a
oneline sentence of recap of what you did and I'll put that into Friday? I think it's a good thing too. >> I'd be happy to. All right. So, uh we'll move on to uh the open comments section. Uh this portion of the meeting is open to any individuals for the purpose of
addressing resolutions on this agenda or matters that they find is important to the board of education and is governed by board policy 0167. and we'll open that at. All right, seeing no one online and no
one in person, we will close it at 8:16 and we don't have need for executive session. So, uh I will move for uh adjournment. >> I'll second. >> Yay. Any
nays? >> Anyone want to stay longer? No. Okay. >> 8:16.