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you say it that's it good for you good for you I'm sure you had everybody wants to come with me everybody wants to be my friend now me with you of come on [Music] how are you how's everything huh Alex Sister Mary hi nice to meet you how are you he already told me he's already logged in he said I'm in but I don't know well I think he means the zoom link I sent him so watching is live if you can all right let's log in once you get him logged in I want to see how to be heard okay I'm thinking this is what talking about he means he's in who sent the link me I sent that okay so you're logging into well if you theost there I'm the host okay so I guess he's waiting waiting where there he is I can't hey Mr G Y what do I need to do so hold on G what I want to do is I want point that mic onto the computer when he speaks okay so it needs to be when is he going to speak turn whenever you need him to if he needs to say something thing I'm going to try out my virtual quiz tonight oh boy Jeff onam 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the doctor Tuesday like oh just get me up here yes okay you're so you're good wait find her you here here yeah you don't need to mute when you speak make sure'll be good much he came home little prce realiz that your bks are showing do you mind or do you want tode can we not that there's anything there no no I know but it is your it's possible our meeting on on Monday or Tuesday just found out a couple days ago just just let you know okay that's what we were talking about we didn't know nobody's got their mic on right for what e e e e e e I call the meeting to order at 6 o'clock pm. the New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provin pro provisions of the act the east Rutherford board of education has caused notice of this meeting by having the date time and place thereof provided to the record in South Bergen night newspapers to have published and posted in the vestibule of the burrow Hall and Public Library copies of agendas are available 48 hours prior to said meetings in the board of education office and are posted on the east Rutherford school website www. erboe.net please stand for the flag salute and remain standing for a moment of silence in honor of the members of our Police Department fire department First Responders and Armed Forces I pledge aliance 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 thank you usually nobody's here roll call Miss Caruso here miss kie here miss Mena here Mr Sanders here miss shamley here Mr B here and miss laruso here our fire exits are located at the front and out to your left um before we do the uh students we're going to do our recognition um of retiree Karen delinsky uh can I have a motion to accept the rec the recognition and appreciation for Karen delinsky so moved second uh roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss meta yes Mr Sanders yes Miss Shenley yes Mr bka yes Miss Lisa yes it's out of okay I'm gonna read the resolution um East Rutherford Board of Education in recognition appreciation for Karen delinsky resolved that the East rather Board of Education hereby extends its profound gratitude and admiration in honoring the distinguished Services of Karen delinsky administrative assistant to the superintendent whereas Karen delinsky has Faithfully served the east Rutherford board of education for an extraordinary tenure of 30 years and five months beginning her career as a par professional school secretary and culminating as an administrative assistant to the superintendent and whereas throughout her Decades of service Karen delinsky has demonstrated a commitment to Excellence working tirelessly alongside numerous administrators most recently with superintendent Giovani a and CASRO to ensure the efficient operation of the East Rutherford school district and whereas Karen delinsky M Karen delinsky meticulous organization of essential documentation and Adept management of ad administrative processes have been indis indispensable to the district's success embodying the highest standards of professionalism and dedication and whereas her warm demeanor friendly smile and Readiness helping hand have left an indelible mark on colleagues parents and community members alike fostering a spirit of collaboration and Good Will throughout the east Rutherford Public School community and whereas Karen delinsky has consistently risen to meet challenges with Grace and determination always prioritizing educational excellence and well-being of the district's children and families and whereas her departure marks the conclusion of a remarkable career characterized by distinction dedication and heartfelt service leaving a legacy of inspiration and admiration within the east Rutherford Public School District and now therefore be it resolved that the east Rutherford Board of Education formally acknowledges and celebrates the unparalleled contributions of Karn delinsky expressing her deepest our deepest appreciation for her steadfast dedication exemplary service and cherished friendship throughout her career and be it further resolved that this Proclamation shall be recorded in the official minutes of the East Rutherford Board of Education as a permanent tribute to Karen delinsky exceptional career and service to the Comm be it finally resolved that the east Rutherford Board of Education extends its heartfelt best wishes to Karen delinsky for a fulfilling and joyful retirement with every success and happiness in all her future endeavors this resolution shall take effect immediately adopted this 23rd day of January 2025 hold on you gotta hear you or how about here let me get you I'm okay good with this realiz this is gonna be short and sweet I'm not a speaker God bless you all that you are um but thank you these F the Board of Education Mr Jean CASRO I cannot thank you enough um for all your guidance and support throughout the 10 years that we did work together all these administrators are amazing you're very blessed to have them all in your District let me tell you Sharon Alex Tom coin I know forever we started pretty much together right Tom yes my family thank you for coming all the ways they they traveled far to come here and surprise me and all my friends colleagues um my this is my extended family this these for the school district for 30 years these are my other part my family and thank you all for coming you mean the world to me and I will miss you all so on behalf of the board I want to thank you I know that you have made a tremendous impact on this district and I heartfelt thank you and I wish you the best of luck in whatever comes next Mr Jun wants to okay say something can you hear me Mr Veri yes you can great so I I what do I say right 10 years Mr linsky's been with me uh she's considered family we have been through so much together um she made me that much better of a superintendent she kept me in line she's my work wife of course but I will tell you that going through curriculum policies and regul ations um our our um comprehensive Equity plan which is a very lengthy report the Civil Rights report that we have human resources running Human Resources um a person that was able to run three departments but just one person uh Karen delinsky um I I I gonna miss her greatly we've been through three qack reviews together fires evacuations uh Cur um security matters sport school bond referendum passing it going out three times doing all the L work behind the scenes uh working through construction um walking me back off the ledge many many times Transportation matters uh you name it she's been there she has really never ever SK SK to beat but one thing that makes her different than the rest is she truly understood me and as a superintendent one of the hardest things to do is to find that just right person just like we children just the right book right just the right fit well she was the right book for me um she was able to help guide me move me along the lines but she knew me like I said as a person she knew about my health she knew about um everything even in my own individual family um which really helped me to help ground me and make the very critical decisions that I needed to make throughout any given school year and 10 years is a long time together and we didn't even get divorced which was pretty good after 10 years but I I would be remissed if I didn't personally and publicly thank um the boards of Education in the past to align Karen to me I appreciate that uh the current board and all the support but one thing I want to personally thank is the delinsky family they have shared Karen with me day in and day out Mr delinsky I know you're out there Mike um I I I took your wife away from you many many month many weeks and days and hours and a lot of times Karen and I were communicating at 2 o'clock in the morning 3 o'clock in the morning 5:30 in the morning Karen was always available Karen didn't know any vacations holidays weekends uh there was no hours for Karen delinsky um and she will truly be missed um it's G to be very big shoes to fill um but I will tell you that I might be losing an administrative assistant but I am gained a friend for life and um I will miss you deeply without getting emotional Karen but I will definitely miss you and uh hope to be in touch with you after 18 days when we can talk thank you for everything your professionalism well said she said thank you I don't know if you heard that yes I did e e e e e at this time we will hear from our student representatives for the okay good night you guys thank you oh okay good evening at this time we have our National Junior Honor Society 8th grade Representatives returning with our monthly school report to the Board of Education we have Miss Diana wowski representing fa school and Mr aush chodie will read for Lincoln and McKenzie I don't think the mic is on I think it's working yeah on January 3rd students and staff participated in a winter wonderland pep rally the afternoon was filled with school spe and friendly grade level competition congratulation to the eighth graders for winning the event of the day thank you Miss Muse and Mr Cito for putting this together f n f school's National Junior Honor Society induction took place on January 14th at 6m in the F school gymnasium we are very proud to have inducted 56 members into the njhs this year congratulations wild cats special thank you to Mr tanel for coordinating this event Mr and Mrs schard took their band choir students to the Civic Center on January 14th for a wonderful music performance all attendees enjoyed the afternoon of singing along to the songs that were performed the Annual Spelling be will be held on January 24th Miss be was very excited to be hosting this event along with her judges miss petritis Mr tanell and Mr Cito students in grades six seven and eight will be participating in this event Miss Muse and Mr Caro are very proud of their student council members for publishing the first edition of the Wildcat newspaper they also participated in a community service event at the local food pantry for the holiday season social studies teachers have been incorporating lessons on Martin Luther King Jr and inauguration day into their classroom lesson plans all students have been very busy discussing these events which take place in the month of January Lincoln School continued the tradition of the holiday celebrations by taking part in the winter wend week during the week of December 16 students participated in activities coordinated to our Visual and Performing Arts Department concluding with the H holiday hot coco social on December 18th we were also treated to a special performance from the F School band and choir of their annual holiday concert thank you to all of our staff and PTA volunteers who helped out as well as the Performing performing students from F school for the amazing show January 9th sh sered as the professional development day for the staff Lincoln School staff were collaboratively to focus on curriculum integration and development while ensuring alignment of instruction plans to both outcomes and student achievement now that the new year has turned we are continue We are continuing to our standards driven support both in the general classroom and our win classes to help better prepare learners for the spring assessments teachers are targeting standards based on an array of data points to help Drive instruction and programming throughout the practice Lincoln leaders are focused on drive or motivation this month at our monthly meeting we we reviewed those expectations and celebrated December students of the month I will now read MacKenzie's news McKenzie school provided professional development sessions for teachers and staff on Thursday January 9th on a one session day kindergarten to second grade teachers would science coach Dr K PRK teachers integrating P PSD students in general education preschools by by Dr Lee and Miss crtical third grade practice njsla preparations math professional development with math coach and Ela teacher Mr County McKenzie school continued with our after school tutoring program on Mondays and Thursdays for eligible students schools closed for Martin Luther King Day on January 20th students celebrated Dr King with mil lessons and activities within their classrooms first grade classes will be going on to the ER Memorial Library for the annual class trip to get their library card during morning announcements mcken McKenzie School third graders start the day off with announcements that include student and staff birthday shoutouts in addition to uplifting shout outs for additional amazing happenings throughout McKenzie school every Friday McKenzie celebrates our golden ticket winners for their outstanding Behavior and being great citizens at the end of the month McKenzie will have their Ro assembly to highlight our students of the month and selected character education class classes of the month McKenzie school will have Wildcat Fridays for the rest of the month where staff and students will be wearing school spirit gear that concludes our January 2025 monthly report we'll be back in February and in February we're going to have an additional piece we have a video clip that F school has put together together with some highlights and pictures of some of the events that are going on within our school to share with you thank you sounds very exciting okay so at this time I'm going to open to public comment opening com public comments on any agenda items state your name address for the record address the board president each person wishing to speak will have five minutes anyone wishing to speak will given will be given the opportunity to do so okay okay seeing none I close public comments committee reports uh Mr verace thank you madam president members of the board uh just a few things I want to report on since last week pf2 approval of District use of facilities application we received an application from the East Rutherford uh Recreation Department on January 21st for use of facilities for McKenzie Lincoln and Fa for uh baseball and softball we have dates starting in February until March till the end of March on to finance items F5 the approval of the financial reports for December 2024 our Treasurer um has reconciled our our accounts and we're in good standing F6 approval trans for report for December 2024 uh once again the district is where we need to be in terms of trans of internal transfers for the month F7 approval of agreement with delt T Group New Jersey Inc for the 2024 2025 school year I know there have been um some questions this is just a backup an alternative to Kelly education uh we're not the only District but many districts uh suffer trying to find uh adequate substitutes and this is just another vehicle another vendor uh that we can utilize in the future if we're ever short-handed and Kelly education cannot come through so that's the reason for Delta t uh f8 is the approval of investment to insured uh he sweep uh reciprocal deposits so with this with F9 what we're what I'm I'm sorry not F9 f8 sorry is we are we are asking the board to approve we are taking give me one second I'm going to go to the resolution is we're asking a motion to approve the reinvestment of funds from the general fund specifically that these funds originate from the capital projects account we have various accounts so the capital projects account and the interest rate that we're going to earn on this is 4.25 right now the interest that we're earning on the general account is in the area of 3.7 so we're earning about half a percent more so uh I did my research spoke to some U my colleagues and they highly recommended this so I'm I'm asking the board to to support the decision to reinvest the spe these specific funds which are from the capital projects uh at a higher interest rate uh F9 is bills list number two thank you Mr Banker again as always and F10 is the approval of providers for tuition extra ordinary Services contract and agreements for the 2024 2025 school year this is where Bergen County Special Services it is not to exceed $1,360 for a teacher of the deaf and heart of hearing for the for the remainder of the school year any discussion yeah sure you have a question yes regarding the delta T how much of a layover like a how often do we use their services in comparison to Kelly because they both do similar things right corre from my understanding yes so do we use the Delta frequently or do we use Delta more than Kelly no we we want to enter into an agreement with them so we can use them as an alternative so if Kelly can't come through we can go to delta T oh so we have not utilized them before okay to my know I don't know we've had like prior going back in time I and I know that we had like uh for nursing Services one for a while it was like exclusively that and I think it is just I think it's just like backup in case we you know through Kelly it's not yeah could be for power professionals uh ltc's bcpa so they have uh a variety of professionals if if needed yes we have not contracted with them so far this year no not this year' done so in the past but not this year so it sounds like they offer more services than Kelly does right that I can't say yes or no I mean I know Kelly is our primary provider of substitute teachers and our AIDS um so like I said we are using delta T as really as a backup Kelly education so if Kelly education can't come through and delta T says yes we have uh a vast amount of let's say power professionals say power professionals absent we can call Delta T instead of using Kelly education is it frequently that we don't have enough Subs through Kelly does that happen I don't have that data in front of me how I mean we do the best we can yeah I mean the fill rate is pretty high yeah but um especially for par professionals and um in our self-contained classrooms we don't always get um coverage for those AIDS because the experience is very specific for those classrooms so delt T has uh staff that's trained in that area so that if we ever need to pull upon them to cover those classes when we have PS that are out we can utilize that service but yes it's difficult sometimes to to to fill the the sub um you know AB the absences of our teachers and our professionals so this is a backup service that and also for nursing as well we have one medically uh fragile student who requires nursing Services if that agency that we contract with does not have a nurse or that nurse goes on vacation and they can't find anyone then the owners falls on the district to find backup services and so um this gives us another um Avenue to explore if we ever need those services okay thank you madam president I just have one question also um with the delta T is is there contracted rates uh I I don't is there an attachment I didn't see anything yes there are are rates depends on the position yes yes yes all depends on the position as correct I don't see an attachment yeah I didn't see an attachment I was just wondering like because we're approving the agreement is the agreement in here or pull that up hold on if seven is yes no because right now I'm because I think it was there and then because if I'm looking at my computer it says your au Authentication to the server has been lost it we may not have I see our full I see two attachments oh um okay I don't know see the positive negative balances in the building of ground report yeah I know sometimes that happens you know sometimes hours not to exceed 750 hours so yeah they sent me two different things one was just for power professionals and then sent then they sent me another document with more information with other I I mean I can share from personal experience that I've utilized them and they've been Mr coin you uh approved the you reviewed the contract you know normally what I'll happen is you guys will authorize it up to the amounts and then I'll look at the contract and I haggle with them over some of the legal terms that's in there uh which is fine to do if there's a problem that we won't we won't sign you what I mean and I have haggled with these guys over over the years on things like indemnification and um you know you have to have all the background check language in there and all that kind of stuff so um you know that's normally we've done it with them and what's the other nursing um b b the Pediatrics okay yeah so if if there's a problem it won't it won't get Sol okay thank you anything else just can you uh somebody tell me what is the cost again for delta T it depends on the position oh okay but it's but 500 why I right 750 hours $7,500 and do we know Kelly's substitute what do we paying Kelly substitute again do we know that offand no like a service fee for this like are we no adulty no no okay no for example I'm finding something power professionals $28 an hour one to one teacher Aid $28 an hour they have registered nurses $58 an hour job coach uh ldtc so they have different positions and and the hourly rate for 2425 prepare for our school district ABA therapist all that anything else okay thank you Mr verace you're welcome um superintendent report uh Dr King doson okay so this will be very brief uh student enrollment to date McKenzie school 381 students enrollment went up by two F School 239 students enrollment remains steady Lincoln School 174 uh we lost three students uh total of 794 students um all fire drill and safe uh security drills were completed for the month of January uh in regards to harassment intimidation and Boolean uh there are no invest there were no investigations so there's really nothing to report out there um we did receive oura accountability profile file um report uh that was embargoed for a while but it has been released to the public so when uh superintendent Jin Casper comes back he'll go over that with the with the board in in more details and that ends the report thank you any discussion okay thank you uh correspondents to members of the Board of Education we had two this month um oneon-one 14 an email from a parent regarding homeschooling and extracurricular activities and then on 116 we got Anonymous letters to the board um which was a Personnel matter um adoption of Prior board meeting minutes upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves the following meeting minutes December 5th 2024 work session meeting minutes December 5th 2024 work executive session meeting minutes December 19th 2024 public session meeting minutes December 19th 2024 public executive session meeting minutes so much again roll call Miss Caruso yes yes Miss CLA yes Miss Mena yes Mr Sanders yes Miss Shenley um yes to the December 5th meetings and I have to recuse from the December 9th not 19th meetings thank you so recuse or abstain I think we just do abstentions on that not recusals no because I have to do the same so that's that's why I was asking okay Mr Banker turn Mark either either's fine um yes on December 5th uh work session and executive session and obstain on December 19th public session and the executive session okay thank you and Miss laruso yes to the December 5th meetings and abstaining from December 19th okay well we do have enough both pass so we do have a majority superintendent resolutions upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves motion S1 through S6 S1 approval of fire and emergency drill report S2 approval of enrollment report S3 approval of harassment intimidation and bullying monthly report S4 resolution affirming the superintendent's decision relating to an alleged harassment intimidation and bullying incident report dated November 4th 2024 um S5 resolution affirming the superintendent's decision relating to an alleged harassment intimidation and bullying incident reported dated November 27th 2024 S6 approval of school safety data report period 1 sep November 1st 2024 to December 31st 2024 so second any discussion roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss KY yes Miss Mena yes Mr Sanders yes M shley yes Mr B yes Miss laruso yes uh curriculum committee Miss shemy thank you madam president upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board here right approves motion C1 C1 approval of student field trips and transportation requests for the 2024 2025 school year so moved second yeah second any discussion roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss quy yes Miss yes Mr Sanders yes M shy yes Mr B yes Miss laruso yes and that concludes my report thank you uh Personnel committee Miss Caruso thank you Madame President upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves P1 approve the Kelly education substitute list P2 Personnel actions P3 approval of travel expenditures and P4 motion to re resend the acceptance of resignation from or I'm sorry bashera second any discussion roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss kie yes sorry Miss Mana yes Mr Sanders yes Miss shamley yes Mr B yes and miss laruso yes and that ends my report Madam president thank you community relations committee oh no sorry physical facilities committee Mr Sanders yes thank you madam president upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves motions pf1 approval of monthly facility calendar February 2025 pf2 approval of District use of facility applications second any discussion Tom can you just confirm did what did we say if we're coaching but not on the board for that Recreation can we vote on it or do I have to recuse do you benefit to like do your team well I would coach one of the team that would be yeah I would recuse we got plenty of votes yeah same how many people my husband's on the baseball board which was this for facility is application so for you guys well this is just for baseball and softball so three no that's the calendar doesn't matter because all those have already been approved so we can approve the calendar we just can't approve the facilities application so we got four V are you affected okay you're on the board Mike's on the board on the board so we got four votes still okay so that's fine all right small town I'm telling you and if we have we have four conflicted we'll just do doctor necessity and vote on it so it's it's fun okay okay roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss colie yes to pf1 and I will recuse from pf2 Miss MAA yes to both Mr Sanders yes to both Miss shimley yes to pf1 and I have to recuse from pf2 Mr B yes Mr laruso yes to pf1 and I have to recuse from pf2 okay thank you that end my report thank you uh community relations um Miss colie thank you madam president upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves motion cr1 approve first reading of new and revised bylaws policies and regulations second um any discussion oh hold on Mr G G wants to speak Mr J on can everyone hear me yes yep okay great so I just want I just I did touch Bas with Erin today and I didn't realize forgot Julian my apologies that you were the chair on that one I did reach out because I was doing a couple of things before the board meeting this evening but one of the things that had come up was the policy I believe was 5116 which happens to be the electronic devices currently after speaking to the administrative team we are quite happy with what we have here where students could bring them to school but they're they're T either left in their locker or away during the course of the school day during instructional time and then of course on their way home to and from to and from school they're able to utilize is that I know that there was um uh some input regarding you know parents using tracking devices for their children to and from school I know trusty men um um Mena had brought that to my attention as well as some other board members um definitely heard and understood so after discussing that with the administrative team we're going to keep it intact because it is not mandated that we change it so we're going to take that off that was taken off of the agenda for your approval this evening um as well as AI we got some more information regarding some of the AI information after discussing with the administrative team we just want to just iron out a couple of other Kinks that are there after speaking to uh supervisor bardi of Technology his head of technology and also honing in on other school districts we are waiting uh again to pass it so I removed it from the policy listing so you will not be approving those two uh policies and regulations as well so one would be electronic communications and the other one would be a i everything else is good to go thank you um any other discussion okay roll call oh you second thank you but I believe she did did you second second yeah I was gonna give it to you but roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss colie yes Miss Mena yes Mr Sanders yes Miss shimley yes Mr B yes and Miss Luso yes and that concludes my report thank you uh finance committee Mr Vana thank you madam president upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves motions F1 through F10 F1 approval of bills list number one January 2025 F2 approv approval of payroll December 2024 F3 approve and accept the amended application for individuals with Disabilities Act for the 2024 2025 school year F4 approval for authorization of write off of inactive student Food Service balances as of January 13 2025 F5 approval of financial reports for December 2024 F6 approval of transfer report for December 2024 F7 approval of agreement with delta T Group North Jersey for the 2024 2025 school year fa8 approval of investment to ensured cash sweep reciprocal deposits F9 approval of bills list number two January 2025 F10 approval of providers for tuition extraordinary service contracts and agreements for 2024 2025 school year second any discussion I have a question is for the bills list and it's nothing I think I know the answer to this we the verbiage Aiden Lou is that for the transportation I yeah I did I just wanted to confirm thank you yeah and I was gonna I was gonna ask a question about that too seems like do we have more children this year that are that have chosen to go out of District as opposed to staying here and by law if they apply we can't say no to them okay so yeah I'm myself and uh M Barone were aware of it bani so we are being Forward Thinking and budgeting for that next year what we currently have and to add a few more students because we just don't know yeah so yeah it happen to see about five five or six it has gone up since uh on my arrival so it's something we have to offer to them and they're mandated okay thank you you're welcome anyone else okay roll call Miss Caruso yes Miss colie yes to all but under F1 I'm going to recuse from check number0 33356 sh can you say that again 0o 3 33356 thank you Miss Mana yes Mr Sanders yes Miss Shenley yes Mr Banker I think I'm on that list I I actually am as well I have to back up I'm sorry we'll mark it down as a recusal on those yes please yeah yeah yes on everything else okay so you have to recuse from I know number is Miss mena you have to recuse from F1 just they just whatever they're check number it what is it 0333 86 and then and then Mr bank is okay okay and Miss Luso yes to all recusal on F1 check number 033 380 okay okay you have enough okay thank you um any old business any new business oh it's not on here sorry technology sorry do you have a technology report Miss Mena thank you for asking Madam president I do for technology the information security program plan the district continues to proactively evaluate all appropriate District Technologies to ensure the safety and security of our data and information systems planning of scheduled maintenance and improvements for the 2425 school year is ongoing including meetings with our consultant to schedule scans and testing Protocols are continuing to be updated to best meet the security needs of the district and scans are nearing completion budgeting for the 25 26 school year is underway initial meetings were held to discuss all anticipated purchases renewals um ET to support District infrastructure programming and Technology needs as we progress through the budget cycle the technology team continues to ensure the technology and support needs for all students and staff are considered when evaluating items and services for purchase the 2425 school year sees the continuation of the annual technology fee to help support technology programs within the district all students throughout the district will need the fee to be satisfied alongside their acceptable use and damage agreements in order to use and take possession of District owned technology the district has added pay school Central as a payment servicing provider for these fees and parents are encouraged to create accounts for all district financials if they have not already done so the district continues to use Genesis to share and collect data from families through the forms portal to allow for efficient and paperless Communications forms are updated annually to account for new information the district continues to evaluate varying technology platforms to help support productivity efficiency and instruction within the district and that concludes my report Madam president thank you thank you any discussion okay thank you Miss Mana um no old business no new business um I'll open again to public comments opening public comments on any agenda or non-agenda items state your name address for the record address the board president each person wishing to speak will have five minutes each anyone wishing to speak will be given the opportunity to do so yes hello uh good evening Happy New Year to you all uh welcome Mr Sanders good luck to you okay Mr Jan CASRO I hope you're feeling better if you're not listening to this why not we need your name and address oh Paul Weiss thank you 207 River Renaissance thank you um two to three weeks ago um some of us who are school crossing guards were about to leave our post when uh those of us who have school buses uh when a second bus arrived with preschool children um we were not aware of this so um whether it was an oversight in notifying uh the police department who would trickle the information down to Tammy and then to those appropriate busing guards who are involved with the buses or whether there was a lack of communication somewhere along the line um I just want to make that that clear that uh anytime there's anything going on with transportation that involves uh the police and the crossing guards please uh notify the police department because we're all here for the safety of the kids okay thank you thank you okay at this time we're going to adjourn to Executive session um we may be taking action when we return from um executive session um resolved that in accordance with Section Eight of the open public meetings act chapter 231 the board has the authority to adjourn to close session to discuss matters pertaining to Legal Personnel negotiations attorney client privilege student matters said matters will be made available upon the determination by the board that the disclosure of any minutes will not detrimentally affect any right or interest of the board the board expects to return to the business portion of this meeting in approximately I'm going to go with an hour I just say we'll be back in approximately one hour motion mov second motion all in favor I any opposed yeah because they're probably gonna stay can somebody bring that card of stuff there we go oh don't live could take care guys I returned my laptop I returned the on your transition data where everything's going on Mile because we're shutting down the right direct access yes so remind me again so we're going to send out districtwide what what you guys need to do and we're going to work one what every every one of you I'll work with each one to make maybe maybe with this excuse we'll clean it up I'm just afraid I'm afraid to I'm afraid to she'll be fine that's off right so you guys are GNA sit here long as that microphone off yes microphone all right spe [Music] How It Ends yeah e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e okay sorry do we have can you confirm that we have volume now can you hear me now yeah said okay all right so I'll do that all over again all right we have a walk on resolution f11 be it resolved upon the recommendation of the superintendent that the east Rutherford Board of Education approves the agreement with Varsity Tutors for schools from January 207th 2025 until May 16th 2025 not to exceed $3 38,768 again we were in there for an hour discussing Varsity Tutors again um so this decision again does not come very lightly um we want our teachers to do the tutoring we value in-person tutoring uh Mr Jean CASRO has stayed in numerous times in our meetings um that if it weren't for the teachers our test scores wouldn't be as good as they are okay so that being said at this point we feel like as a board we have exhausted every route that we possibly could at this point we've asked teachers to come forward numerous times we've reached out to the association to offer 65 um an increase in pay for the tutors um without getting any responses back we looked for companies that would come to the school to offer tutoring they could not accommodate us um so at this point we are bringing it up again for a vote because we want to see our students get what they need and if they need this tutoring to succeed I feel like this board that's the de that's the way we have to go um any other discussion no roll call Miss guso okay so before I vote do I support online tutoring absolutely not however I had wished the the teachers came forward even with the additional hourly rate I wish we were told no one came forward I wish they had so I'm here for the kids I'm here for the teachers but I'm here for the kids also and at this point kids need to be tutored so my vot is yes Miss colie yes Miss Mana Mr Sanders yes Miss Shenley yes Mr Banker yes and Miss laruso yes walkon resolution passes 70 okay um at this time our next Board of Education meeting will be held on Thursday February 13th 2025 at 6: p.m. uh motion to adjourn sove second all in favor I I any opposed motion adjourned