Remember the eighth grade [Music] test I wouldn't get. We stopped testing in fifth grade. We weren't tested again. Maybe that was it. But I was the only
person in my eighth grade class. Even better than all of like the smart kids in like the advanced language arts class that I wanted to be in like Yeah, I got a perfect 12.
Oh, it was the best. And I remember sitting in there and my caption was one [Music] person like all these people. I was too
[Music] standard at the URI, which I then lost after my first year. the raspberry. Although I was hesitant and scared, I sniffed it and I and I touched it before I ate it. Did you get a raspberry was better than the mango?
You don't like mango? Go taste that mango thing. I spit it out. The one that Which one is the mango one? I'm going to say the orange one. There's two more. I want to try it. It tasted disgusting. I thought the one that was key lime was
not key. I love key lime, but there was a green one that I was like, is this either pistachio or key lime? Pistachio. It was, but it was the flavor was like not pistachio. Let me check it. It was like a jello. What's this one? This one. This one. Pistachio.
I didn't like What's this one? Oh my god. You're ruining them all. This thing is terrible. Destroying everything. I don't want to be rude. Oh, you show up. It's like a joke.
Yes. This one makes me uncomfortable. traffic. Yeah, it was like taped up there. This is where this one's better. It's also a larger.
But also too, you're in a middle school. These things could become weapons during class. Well, you've got middle school boys. Of course. I don't want to husband. I do like it
and that's what I'm putting into I want to give you a treat. The regular monthly meeting of May 1st, 2025 on I don't see the red light. We don't see the red light. Did you see
me? Thank you. Can't wait to watch the beginning of this. The regular monthly meeting of May 1st, 2025 was reconvened and called to order at 7:37 p.m. at Thomas Edison School, Eugene Evans Public Meeting Room, room
1937-01, Fairone Avenue, Fair, New Jersey. There are three members of the public in attendance. Roll call, please. Mr. Baldski, here. Dr. Berlini, present. Miss Brown here. Mr. Aaliyah present. Miss Felovich presoy
present. Mr. Santana present. Miss Yerman present. Mrs. Maym present. We the New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of the public bodies at which any business affecting
their interest is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this act, the Fairlon Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date, time, and place thereof distributed to the persons on the approved list posted in the board of education administrative office and sent to the Bergen record in the Herald's
News. The announcement posting for the regular monthly meeting along with the date, place, and time thereof will distribute on January 24th, 2025. Yet items that were discussed during the closed session of May 1st, 2025 regular monthly meeting may have included
personnel matters, student matters, legal legal matters, negotiations under grievances, and tactics and techniques utilized in protecting public safety and property. The results of these discussions will be made public as soon as possible. Please join me in the flag salute. I pledge algiance 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. Dr. Dianio, um I will defer the floor to you for superintendent comments.
Thank you very much, Miss Mrs. Mayan. Um, I just have two updates uh to recognize our students uh this evening. Uh, first, we have an athletics update on some topics that we've actually talked about most recently um, including the board retreat this past Sunday
morning. Uh, so we are excited to share great news from our high school athletic department. We are proud to announce the launch of our girls flag football program and the United track programs for this spring. The Flag football team
kicked off their season on April 23rd with a thrilling onepoint victory over Indian Hills High School. [Applause] The excitement didn't stop there. The other night, the team played their first
ever home game in school history at Sasso Field. In front of a great crowd, the team secured a solid 33-13 win over Dover High School, making it a memorable moment for our school and our athletes. The team is being held
being led by coach Brian Wallace, Fairlon High School Cutter alum, class of 2009, as well as assisted by our head girls basketball coach, Tara Harris. Their leadership and dedication are helping our athletes build a strong
foundation for success. This is the first season of our girls flag football program. We thank the board of education and we thank our administration and our staff for launching this. This is going to be really exciting opportunity for our female student athletes. So, we wish
them the best of luck this season. Our unified track team is now up and running and is being coached. Do you like how I did that? Yeah. Um and and is being dad jokes and is being coached by
members of our high school physical education staff. Head coach Nicole Schultz, a Cutter alum from the class of 2008, and assistant coach Terresa Milniki. The coaches and teams have been working hard and they are gearing up for
future events later this spring. These new additions to our athletic offerings are a wonderful opportunity for community building and we are eager to see our athletes succeed in the season ahead. We're excited to see how the programs will grow and look forward to more great moments to be able to
share. And then last but not least on the theater front, uh our drama program, uh we have some really exciting news to share. our Fairlorn High School uh student junior
Mihal Girtler, who portrayed Sophie and Mama Mia just a few weeks ago, received an honorable mention for outstanding female identified performance in the prestigious Paper
Mill Playhouse Rising Stars Award. So, congratulations, Miha. [Applause] As described by the Papermill Playhouse, the Rising Stars Awards were created in 1996 to encourage and reward exceptional
accomplishments in the production of New Jersey high school musicals. This statewide recognition program celebrates excellence in high school musical theater. We are incredibly proud of Mihal's accomplishments and thrilled to see her talent and hard work recognized in this way. An honor truly
welldeserved. We would love to share this great news with all of you and we're really excited for Mihal and the whole drone program. So congratulations [Applause] again and that concludes the superintendent report this evening. So this evening we actually do
not have any committee reports because we have not had any committees since last week when reports were noted. So, I am going to um open the floor to public comments. This portion of our board meeting is
specifically for comments on resolutions listed in tonight's agenda. When speaking, please state your name and municipality of residents. Specify which resolution you are addressing. Limit your remarks to three minutes. State law prohibits board members and administrators from discussing personnel matters, student discipline, or other
confidential issues. Please note this is not a dialogue or Q&A session between speakers and the board. While we may not immediately respond to or to every comment made this evening, all input is carefully considered and helps inform our decisions. Responses may come through emails, reports, board
statements, website updates, or after the comment period closes. Thank you for your participation in our school community's governance. The floor is open. that you hit that center button um and just sign in and sign in. Okay.
Well, I'm just here to support my daughter. She is um uh getting ready to get a club going in high school for health professionals. So, we were under the impression that it would be on the agenda to be discussed
tonight or was that So, tonight's agenda actually is very specific to ensuring that all of our staff um is approved. If you would like um if you haven't already done so, present your uh club to are you
a high school? Yeah, I go to Fairon High School. So my recommendation would be that if it it is not currently on our agenda, if you want to wait a couple of minutes until our agenda items are complete and you're welcome to share with us or if you would like to send me
an email and CC the superintendent. So what I would ask you to do is um you're happy to we're happy to have you stay. Um the as Mrs. Mayan mentioned, tonight's agenda is very specific for personnel. So, we have another meeting
that's coming up later on this month. It is very possible that whatever your request is may be on that agenda. I'm unsure and unclear about, but you could certainly stay, speak to us afterwards. You could email me and I'm happy to be able to look into that for you. Yeah, I was under the impression that it was
already approved by the principal and it was supposed to be presented to the board. So, that's why we were here just to And just so I know, what's the name of the club? Hosa. Um, Health Occupation Students of America. Okay. All right. So, we could certainly follow up. Okay. All right. And and we'll circle back around. I guess next time we'll we'll
confirm whether it'll be the on the agenda. Yeah, absolutely. And then can you just tell me your last name again so I could follow up? Um, my name is Leah Deasis. Can you spell your last name for me? D E space A.
Perfect. We'll follow up with you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your time. Anyone else regarding agenda items? Is there anything on the Google doc? There is not. Okay. So, the floor is closed and I will now open up the
floor to board member comments on agenda items. Mr. Santana very briefly on 8 A as an apple uh as confirmed by the board of attorney I do not have a conflict but uh since I am a member of
the rapurn association uh there could be a perceived conflict so out of an abundant of of caution I will abstain from voting for 8A A okay, the floor is closed. Can I get a motion for 5B?
Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Baldski, yes. Dr. Berdellini, yes. Miss Brown, yes. Mr. Aaliyah, yes. Miss Fabelovich. Uh 5B, right? No.
Miss Casoy. Yes. Mr. Santana. Yes. Miss abstension. Mrs. Maym. Abstain. Motion passes.
Can I get a motion for 7B, D, E, F, H, and J? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Bodski? Yes. Dr. Berdellini? Yes.
Miss Brown? Yes. Mr. Aaliyah? Yes. Miss Velovich? Abstain on 7J. 7 J. Right. J is Judy. Thank you. Miss Casoy. Yes. Mr. Santana.
Yes. Miss German. Yes. Mrs. Maym. Yes. Motion passes. Can I get a motion for 8B? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Mr. Baldowski. Yes. Dr.
Berillini. Yes. Miss Brown. Yes. Mr. Aaliyah. Yes. Miss Fabelovich. We're voting only on 8A cuz I heard 8B. Maybe I misunderstood. 8A. Oh, there is no 8B. Yeah, that's why I want to make sure. Abstain.
Miss Casoy. Yes. Mr. Santana. Abstain for the reasons noted. Thank you. Miss Yur. Yes. Mrs. Mayan. Yes. Motion passes. Can I get a motion
for 9A? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Baldowski? Yes. Dr. Bolini? Yes. Miss Brown? Yes. Mr. Aaliyah? Yes. Miss Favllovich?
No. Miss Casoy, yes. Mr. Santana, yes. Miss Yerman, yes. Mrs. Maym, yes. Motion passes. This portion of our board meeting is specifically for comments on any matter. When speaking, state your name and municipality of residence.
Limit your remarks to three minutes. State law prohibits board members and administrators from discussing personnel matters, student matters, or other confidential issues. Please note that this is not a dialogue or a Q&A session between speakers and the board. While we may not respond immediately or to every comment made tonight, all input is
carefully considered and helps inform our decisions. Responses may come through email reports, board statements, website updates, or after the comment period closes. Thank you for your participation in our school community governance. Although our board agenda does note board member comments first and public
comments second. Um that is typically not our standard practice. I Leah correct. I'm going to allow you if you so choose um you can share your topic with us at this time. HOSA is um an international organization
where students um have the opportunity to compete at events that the organization hosts. Um these events um are based on many topics in the medical science and health industry. So for example, dentistry, um bio biio
medicine, chemistry, there are various types of topics that HOSA um gives the opportunity for students to participate in. Um and by starting the HOSA chapter at Piran High School um I would like to
give students opportunity to um participate in these events and also HOSA can offer scholarships to certain students. um by applying for a scholarship in a certain medical area um
they can receive a certain amount of money and yeah OSA also offers many volunteer opportunities to students who are looking forward I mean um who are looking for more experience um in the
health field and as the as a Feralon High School chapter um we're planning on hosting all kinds of events um that allow our members for students to volunteer. So,
um we we were thinking of um organizing like bake sales or um hosting research labs. We were also thinking of hosting athletic events or cultural events and we were also
thinking of corp giving corporate sponsorships. um so that students who are interested in both health and business can gain more knowledge from that. Um thank you. Thank you so much.
[Music] Anyone else? Okay. Um anything in the Google doc? There are no comments. Okay. The floor is closed. I will now open the floor to board member comments on other business. The floor is
closed. I know. Um upcoming meetings May 29th is our regular monthly meeting at 8:00 PM at the Memorial Middle School. Please note prior to that meeting will be our um education of the whole state of the
union address. Um our following monthly meeting on June 26, 2025 is our regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Edison School Eugene Ambanta public meeting room 19.
Um, can I get a motion to recess back into close session? Someone make that motion. Second. 7:54 p.m. Thank you all so much for your time and for joining us. All in favor?
Um, we will not be there will be no um board action done enclosed. Um, so have a good night.