reached portion of our meeting where we do the pledge of allegiance. If we could all rise, I guess we're jumping right into the um the board goal action plans and uh um the timeline. I don't know if we can
look at maybe the timeline first if that could come up. I don't know if you had a chance to to take a look at this. I I emailed you guys. Um just just some thoughts on it. Um, sorry about the uh terrible quality.
Now that I see it, I realize it's probably not the best uh slide created, but you guys all know that already that I I don't do a good job with that. Okay, thanks. Um, so it's divided in two. It's the it's the uh CSA evaluation
and then the second one is is the goals. So I'm just wondering if you wanted to take a look and uh Dr. Cullis, if you want to take a look at that as well and see if if those are uh agreeable um dates, then we can get it into something that's a little more uh codified and I
think it'll be easier for us to keep track of this stuff going going forward. Some of these I got sort of direct directly from uh Dr. Panero's um calendar. I just pulled out the relevant parts of it and and used it that way. Um
any thoughts on it? Does it does it look reasonable? Does it make sense? >> Yes, that looks good. >> Okay. So, then we can just get some uh uh I figured once that was done, we could sign actual dates to that. We can do that another time so we can get it um
up and running that way. Um if that's let's let's move to the uh the next one which is the goal setting process. So this will be a little different because we we haven't really set formal um times in the past. It runs from 26 to 27
because we haven't finished yet. So the idea would be that we would um uh present the board goals in July which we're doing today. Um and then um we we could do district goals um in August if
that works for you, Dr. Collus. >> It does. I gave the revised and we can review those and approve them in August. >> Okay. And then um for both uh the the board and the district goals, we could present the action plans in September,
beginning of September. >> Yes, that works. >> Okay. All right. And so then um the updates would be roughly for those that action plan for for um both the uh
um district and and um board would be like something like October update, February update, and June update. Um how does that sound? >> That works. If we receive the NGSLA
scores back, I think October 31st is the deadline for presenting those. So, it either have to be the first meeting of October or the first or the meeting in November. But we I'm sure we can work that out as soon as we figure out the when the scores come back.
Okay. And then um what we would do is um we would sort of start this process again May 2027 to begin to look at uh district and board goals. Um and I was thinking maybe uh what we could do, this is my idea, so you guys can tell me what
you think, but we could start that in committees. That way we're in smaller groups and we're able to begin to sort of discuss that, you know, well in advance. Um how do you guys feel about that? Um and then uh from there uh we'd bring
it to uh to the board to discuss um and uh as well. And then um let me see uh there would be a final report um to the public on our district and board goals for uh 2026 in June of 2027.
And that's pretty much what we've done in the past, I believe. So, I don't think there's anything different there. And uh seeing if it's possible if we could try and get um like a pre-goal setting workshop together. Um maybe not
maybe not the first meeting in June, but maybe in June uh depending on on Dr. an arrow's um availability, but to try and make that a little bit more as as he one of his suggestions more workshop like instead of just trying to cram it in. So, we'd have to talk a little bit more
about what's scheduled that month. But if we could try and get maybe a meeting that or an extended meeting where we're spending um a more significant amount of time in in the goal um uh setting
process. And then um then we have the uh action plans and and basically it was it's just a repeat of of what we're already doing now in in 2026 is we'd uh um we do the action
plans uh the goals and then um present those action plans in in September uh both the board and district. So it's the same as before. Does that uh sound the right? I can kind of put this all together on something a little more um
uh you know formal looking. Um I may actually there was a suggestion well I can we can talk about after uh uh in between meetings but uh I'll put it together in something and see if it if it looks good. All right. So then let's let's move on to the uh the next one
which the uh um board goal action plans. And I figured we wouldn't do a lot today and um with that uh but maybe if we could just get started with with some of the um you know lowhanging fruit maybe or something like that because without
uh Don and James I wouldn't want to do a whole lot um with that. But we are getting close now to um uh when we need to to kind of finalize these. you know, we're going to get up
against September pretty quickly. So, the first one, if we could move to the first slide. Um, this is our first board goal. Um, and, uh, the the objective was to continue strengthening board governance practices
through board workshops, research, advocacy, and strategic planning related to educational, financial, and operational. And uh this is just brainstorming stuff that we had had from the last meeting. Um where we uh we
talked about identifying and participating in professional development opportunities individually and through board workshops. Uh the second was to research, review and formalize AI policies. And the third was uh research, review and discuss
healthcare. So wi with the first one um I did uh reach out to Dr. Panero and he gave me some dates. Um and what I was thinking uh what we might be able to do is uh um try and pick two workshop
topics for for just 2026 and then we can pick two for for 2027 at a later date. um he was actually kind um to um [clears throat] uh sort of a tailored suggestion. I mean
we can go off script and come up with some other topics if you want but based on his time with us he had uh suggested a a few of them. uh one being um if you got that um if you were able to look at
that PowerPoint that I had sent out um there's a public relations and communication workshop he could present on um there's datadriven decisionmaking uh board governance communication and committees he also has goal setting here
but I think that's probably best reserved for the um the workshop retreat um I know he mentioned he didn't put it in in this document that he sent, but he also mentioned that workshop on possibly um
uh what was it? Uh reading an audit effectively as a board, which sound sounded interesting to me. So, I'm just wondering uh what kind of topics uh we'd be interested in, at least just for the first half, the 2026, if we could come
up with two. any any thoughts on what you'd like to um hear him present on or uh that we'd be able to um kind of work through? >> I like data driven decision-m definitely. I think that's a strong one. Um
and then the financial one, I know it's not on here, but I know we talked about it. I mean, I think that's always helpful. Um even for especially for those of us that are not on finance, um I think it's it's it's re it's just really really helpful detail. So th those would be my two suggestions. I
mean communication you know is always a thing. Um, >> so datadriven decision- making and uh I'm sorry >> and then the like the finance one the one the audit like reading an audit you know the the that kind of finan what what I would kind of financial literacy
for for for board members >> right >> any other thoughts anyone else have some ideas either for for this time. I mean, you can throw out stuff for it's, you know, it could be um for for the second half of the year as well if you want,
but uh I I like the public relations and communication. I like the data driven decision- making. Um my only thought on the I like the, you know, reading the audit, but if we're going to do them first half of the year, second half of the year, we probably could push that
one to the second half of the year because the audit's not till later. So just an idea. Any other thoughts? So, uh maybe what I can do is um touch base with uh um Dr. Cullis and and Mrs.
Garowski with the dates that Dr. Panero sent to see if we can find um meetings that would work best for those. And um it's looking like um datadriven and public relations are the the the
go-to ones for this um this half of a year. But I'll kind of hold off a little bit and see if I can get um James's input and you know if if if Don's up and running, you know, between now and then and get his his input as well. >> Sorry, one other suggestion because if
we're going into a negotiation year, they do they do a labor relations one. So that may be really helpful >> and that one would be better at the beginning of the year since we start negotiations in October. >> Dr. Moore, were you thinking of two for
the year or four for the year? I >> was thinking four for the year. So So two uh this half and then two in 2027. Again, I think the the goal setting one is more for the retreat um kind of thing. So, I
figured we could hold off on that. The nice thing about these two is if you guys do them then you you have you can get that certified that board you know that certified board um and then the also the certified board members which is something you know I had I had done I think and you know I guess it was me and
Don had done previously. So you know it it occurs to the board it also occurs to you all individually. So Great. All right. Well, that was that was basically um all all I had and feel free um to to reach out
if you have some thoughts about it or, you know, change your mind or come up with a topic. Um I think the advantage of this is that we can we can use this in a way that isn't stretching our time too thin, but to to learn. So, if there's any areas that um you feel like
um you'd like to grow in a bit or a weak on, just just let me know. And I think he could still probably tailor something for us. Um all right. If uh if there's no other um thoughts or or questions
about that, we can move on to uh the next special presentation which is the uh full uh year hip report. Okay. So this is our annual student safety data system and HIV report. So we
do report on all of the incidents that may have happened when it comes to violence and vandalism as well as our HIV. So substance abuse cases, we had three weapons, zero, harassment, intimidation, bully, we had 13 confirmed
HIV cases, 18 investigations, and three predeterminations. Predeterminations are an examination by the administrators that look at the report and determine even if that incident happened and was
found to be true and corroborated that it still would not fall under HIB, it would fall under code of conduct. So that there are three of those. Vandalism, one incident. Violence, four incidences. Report of suspension and of student with
disabilities for reasons other than violence and vandalism, 11 cases. Actions that were taken, the police were notified 12 times. Uh we always notify them if there is any type of vandalism,
violence, anything uh related to physical assault or any uh concern that that might have happened. We always notify inschool suspension 24 and out of school suspension three.
the HIV trainings and programs. We ran 42 trainings, 137 programs uh schoolwide included teaching and learning and sessions, student relationships, safety, parental support, physical and emotional environments, and morale in the school community. Those
were our topics. preparing for next year, restorative justice training, revision of our code of conduct regulation, and parent awareness about our HIV and code of conduct or changes and how those relate and how they differ. Just to do some comparison from
past reports so you can put it in context, I put what our results were for 2425. Again, you can look up down the list. Uh in 24 we had five and 25 26 we had 13. our population did go up a little bit but I just wanted to put it in context
what percentage of our population that was so in 2425 it was.3% of our population were involved in an HIV uh incident and 13 students which was 7% uh in for this year HIV investigations
uh predeterminations we had more predeterminations in 2425 we had more investigations so events that went beyond the predetermined detmination and went to an investigation this year and less pre
predeterminations. Substance abuse, we typically only have zero. For this year, we had three, but this was one incident uh that was reported just three people were involved. For weapons, we had none. This year, vandalism, we had one.
Violence, we had four that represented two incidences. Two members were involved for each in incident. And then of course the police notification, the inschool suspension is much higher. As you can see this year, we really did try to hold the line at
Valley View with our uh incident of racial, you know, if someone was using racial racial slurs. We followed the policies a little closer and there were more inschool suspensions this year. Uh and out of school, we had
three and that represented two students. One had multiple days and the other had a single day. School comparisons, I put 24 to 25, 25, 26 for each of the schools. As we expected, most of the incidents happen
at Valley View. Adolescence is typically the time that we see those cases. We don't see a lot of that. You'll see mostly zeros at the elementary level. We did have one or four confirmed cases this year. I did put the number of students just to again put it in
perspective of students that we had. And then uh the same for Riverview and Valley View. So this in Valley View we had seven out of 599. So slightly up in cases and also slightly up in number of students. The investigations you can see
how that also increased predeterminations. Uh we had fewer predeterminations across all three schools this year. That means that if that they went to an investigation stage and were not decided prior that it would not meet the
standard for an HIV uh substance abuse again most of these are all zero as you go down weapons vandalism violence and violence consists of anything where there's it could be pushing it could be an actual hitting uh
but that like I said there were two incidences at Valley View that were reported Okay, this concludes my presentation. Does anyone have questions? >> I do actually. Um, on the substance abuse, where was they? I know it was one
incident. Was there were they vape? Was that a vape? Was that vape or that? >> It is, but um tobacco does not qualify under substance abuse. It has to be uh a controlled substance or THC, marijuana,
um anything like that. The police will actually not respond if it is cannabis marijuana. They will not because it is legal in the state even though it's under age, but they will not um file anything for those. So they did not go
any further than what you see here are our our uh consequences but it was one incident and yes it was it was a vape with uh cannabis >> and on the police notified I know that
that doubled this year. Um, is that just kind of an indic, but you know, but violence was down. So I guess I guess my question is is that Yeah. I mean, is that indicative of just a bunch of more serious serious incidents? >> Well, we we did notify them 12 times,
but there they followed up. There were no additional uh consequences with the police on any of those cases. So, we just inform them. If we think there's any issue, then we let them know and they make the decision whether or not they are going to take it
to the legal route. But zero cases went to a legal route. The data that we have on this report is going to be our baseline data that we're going some of it is to follow for one of our district goals when we're looking at
reducing our HIV numbers and repeat offenders. We're going to be using this as our baseline data to start. I guess if there's no other uh questions or comments, you could move into your
comments if you like. >> First, I'd just like to say thank you and I'm very excited to start as a superintendent and to represent Denville. Uh it's a wonderful town and a great school district. I'm really happy to be working with uh my new partner, Dr. Miller. Uh we've already started,
we've had three weeks together. We have a lot of ideas of ways that we can improve our programming. So, it has been a nice start to the this the year. Even though we don't have students, we are already in full swing planning for next year. We have our back to school nights prepared. So, Riverview is the very
first week, Thursday, September 10th. Valley View is I'm sorry, did I say Thursday? Yes. Valley View is Wednesday, September 16th. and Lake View is Tuesday, September 22nd. Uh the revised 2627 district goals will be on August agenda for approval and I
sent out those for board uh review. I did rewatch the June 8th meeting and tried to incorporate all of the comments that I heard from all of the board members into the language. So the goals are a little longer than they have been
in the past, but I think it encompasses what everyone brought to the table. I did include some some assessment possible assessments including for the HIB using this report as one of the starting points uh for assessing whether
or not we're going to meet that goal. This concludes assistant or excuse me concludes the superintendence report. 13 years of that [laughter] >> and uh then we'll uh we'll welcome Dr. Miller who can uh engage us with his
first uh assistant superintendent's comments. >> Hold it. >> Okay. Again, I'd like to say it's a pleasure. Uh good evening everyone. Uh it's been a pleasure uh beginning here July one. We've definitely hit the ground running. I've been learning a lot
from Dr. Cas. Um, I'm here to report uh kindergarten update. As of today, uh, Lake View has 98 students. Uh, Riverview has 94 for a total of 192 students. Thank you. >> All right. Um, we'll move on to uh,
business administrator comments. >> Um, we do have the auditor coming on the week of the 27th. Um other than that I have no other comments. >> Okay. So uh we'll uh open up for public discussion. 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 can open that at uh 7:55. >> [clears throat]
>> Okay, seeing that no one's on Oh, would you like to make a comment? [laughter] You'll get another chance later if you like. [laughter] So, seeing that no one has come forward in person and there's no one online, uh
we'll close at 7:56. and we'll move to old business action to be taken. So, I'd like to move for approval the following resolutions under old business. Under A, we have the treasurer of school monies and board
secretary reports for June 2026. Under B, we have the report of student enrollment, the report of health office for June of 2026 and the 2025 2026 fully year hip report. Under C, we have work
session and executive session for June 8th and regular session and executive session for June 22. And I'll do roll call. >> Mrs. Zidellis. >> Oh, I I'll second. >> You want to second? I'll second. Right.
[laughter] >> Mrs. Zidellis, >> yes. >> Uh, Mrs. Asterino, >> yes. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mr. Capello, >> yes. >> And Dr. Moore, >> yes. >> And now under uh new business action to
be taken. Uh, Mr. Capello, if you could take us through personnel. >> I would be happy to. Uh, if there are no objections tonight, uh, under personnel, I would like to move items 1 through 7. One includes resignations, retirements,
uh summer help, uh part-time and um uh school psychology, so sorry, school psychologist um approvals. Number two is the master staff list, tabs one and 14 for the 2627 school year. Number three
is the attached list of substitutes for the 2627 school year, tab 15 only. Number four is uh we're approving the list of staff for the ESY, DALA, and CST uh for summer 2026. Five, uh we're approving the revised work rules for the
director of maintenance and security. Number six, we're approving the uh revised work rules for the assistant to the director of transportation dispatcher. And number seven, we are approving a leave of absence for an employee under uh FMLA uh and also uh
further approving uh leave uh for that employee commencing November 30th through February 26 of 27 and approving uh leave for that same employee anticipating a return to work for the 27, 2028 school year.
I'll >> second. Okay, if there are no comments or questions, >> I just wanted to congratulate uh Mrs. Figaro. She has been uh a custodian at Lake View for a really long time. It's been very dedicated to making sure it's
a clean environment for the students uh and has been very dedicated to Denville. So, good luck to her and her retirement. Roll call. >> Mrs. Zidelis. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Asterino. >> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Capello. >> Yes. >> Dr. Moore. >> Yes. And under instruction and program, if Mrs. Estrino can take us through that. >> Sure. Got a long list here tonight. Um, I move to approve the following
resolutions under instruction and program. and that is that the board approve the district 2026 2027 remote instructional plan. >> I'll second. >> Roll call. >> Mrs. Zidellis, >> yes.
>> Mrs. Asterino, >> yes. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes. >> Mr. Capello, >> yes. >> Dr. Moore, >> yes. And under governance, if Mrs. Sadellis, you could take us through that. >> Sure can. Um, I move to approve the
following resolutions under governance in the 2026 2027 board goals which I would like to read into the record. Goal one, as a means to address emerging educational, financial, operational, and legislative challenges. The board will seek to enhance its effectiveness
through professional development, policy development, strategic planning, and advocacy. Goal two, research and decide on district planning for future enrollment. Provide clear recommendations for the board. Goal three, prioritize transparent communication, stakeholder engagement,
and increased awareness of board initiatives and decisions to strengthen trust and collaboration among the board, district, family, staff, and community. Uh, also number two, policy first readings for the policies listed within
the agenda. >> I'll second. Okay, if there are no questions or comments. Roll call. >> Mrs. Zidellis, >> yes. >> Mrs. Asterino, >> yes. >> Mr. Anderson, >> yes.
>> Mr. Capello, >> yes. >> And Dr. Moore, >> yes. And under finance, Mr. Anderson, would you mind taking us through that? >> Sure. Under def finance, I'd like to move uh item number one, which is our
checks list. Item number two, which is our federal grant application for the ISSA application. Um item number three is for the uh federala application for fiscal year 2027. Item
number four is to approve the attached revised meeting calendar for 2026. Item number five is for the board to approve uh an out of district district placement as per the student's IEP as listed in the agenda. Item number six is for the board to approve the agreement with Dr.
Elizabeth Clearary uh to provide additional physical therapy services for a student as indicated in the agenda. Item number seven is for the board to approve the attached settlement agreement for a student uh as listed in the agenda. And and number eight is for the board to approve the discard of uh
several pieces of old equipment as listed in the agenda. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Are there any questions or comments? >> Roll call. >> Uh Mrs. Zidellis. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Asterino. >> Yes. >> Mr. Anderson. Yes. >> Mr. Capello. >> Yes. >> And Dr. Moore. >> Yes. And under operations, Mr. Anderson, would you mind going through that one? >> Sure. Under E operations, if there's no objections, I'd like to move under
number one, transportation. That's for the board to approve the attached procedures for designated exempt drivers for student transportation. And item number 1.2 is for the board to approve shared services agreements with the the following school districts as listed in the agenda.
second >> with the uh 1.2 uh with the shared services with school districts. Is that just is it the uh the routes that we um um we share the the the bus the buses and
the bus drivers uh that we that we currently outsource with with these other districts or what is that? Sometimes we sometimes we don't we don't always use all of these every year but these are the districts that we sometimes coordinate with. So like
definitely little learner we always do rock away. So we do have some runs that we do typically like sports we might pick up a run for them but not like their everyday student run but it might be a field trip. So if they
ask these are the that we might and we also do the same with them. If we don't have anybody then we go to one of these districts and say can somebody pick up a sport run or something like that. >> All right. If there are no uh
additional questions, comments, we'll go to roll call. >> Mrs. Zidellis. Yes, >> Mrs. Asterino. >> Yes, >> Mr. Anderson. >> Yes, >> Mr. Capello. >> Yes, >> and Dr. Moore. >> Yes. And now we'll move to uh good of the
cause. Any uh well, we haven't even we haven't met as committee, but are there any any committee issues that uh anyone wants to talk about? All right. Should we go to board highlights?
>> Let's see. We have our board goals and our HIV school student safety presentation data presentation. Any others? I >> think we'll just have two for this time unless you want to bring up another one
>> other than the Riverview stove being discarded. I think I can't think of anything >> because it's something's melted on it. >> Oh. [snorts] Uh, so what are I'm sorry. What are the two highlights? What are we saying? >> And the HIV.
>> Okay. Goals. Yeah. And then both of your first meetings. I think that's a highlight. >> All right, there we go. All right, there's nothing else. We'll move on to the uh open comment section. 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 uh 806 and see no one's online and this is your
last chance. Nothing. >> All right. Uh, seeing that there's no one uh in person that wants to come up and share or talk or any of that sort of thing, we'll close at 8:07.
>> I'll move to ajourn. [laughter] >> Second. >> Uh, yays. >> Yay. >> Any nays? [laughter] All right. Uh meeting adjourned at 807.