attendance. Make a roll call, please. Mr. Baldski, here. Dr. Bertoini, present. Miss Brown, present. Mr. Alias, present. Miss Fabelovich, present. Miss Casoy is absent. Mr. Santana, present.
Miss Yerman, present. Mrs. Mayan, present. We have a quorum. 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 interests is discussed or acted upon.
In accordance with provisions of this act, the Feralon 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 and Herald News. The announcement posted for the
regular monthly meeting along with the date, place, and time thereof was originally distributed and advertised on January 24th, 2025. Please join me in the flag salute 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, good evening everyone. Um, just want to have a moment to say a few words. Uh specifically uh the other night, the
graduation Fairlon High School uh was absolutely tremendous and just a really wonderful conclusion and testament to the amazing work of our students, of our staff, of our the support of our community. Uh that was just a a
beautiful ceremony. Uh and fortunately the weather somewhat cooperated with us and we were able to pivot and do a really nice ceremony at night and it got nice and cool for everyone where it was tolerable enough and uh it was just a special night. U so I just want to thank the entire staff and the faculty here in
Fairlon and the community. We've had a tremendous year and uh it's really just a testament to everybody working together and uh being able to support our students. I have two other updates this evening. uh one in particular is related to the HIV self- assessment
results uh that are reported out annually by the department of education. These results are actually up on our district website under our HIB page. So tonight I am discussing the school self assessment for determination of grades
under the anti-bully bullying bill of rights act for the 2023 2024 school year. We're always a year behind with those results because this year just concluded. So those self- assessment results from the 2425 school
year will not be published until next year once it goes through the Department of Education. So the annual assessment that's required under the NJ DOE provides important insights into our HIV prevention efforts across all of our schools. I'm pleased to report that the
Fairlaw Public School District received an overall grade of 72 out of 78 points, representing continued strong performance in our anti-bullying initiatives. All schools scored consistently between 67 to 74 points,
demonstrating effective implementation across the district. Our notable areas of strength include perfect scores district-wide in HIV investigation procedures show uh showcasing through adherence to proper protocols. Eight of
our nine schools achieved perfect scores in curriculum and instruction indicating strong integration of HIV topics across our academic programs. Our HIV programs and initiatives also performed well reflecting our comprehensive preventative approach. We've identified
focused improvement opportunities in school level incident reporting procedures and training consistency across our schools. These findings have informed targeted improvement plans that include enhanced curriculum integration, streamline digital reporting systems, and expanded staff training initiatives.
For the 2526 school year, we continue to implement district-wide initiatives to standardize our reporting procedures, enhance communication, education, and expanding digital citizenship curriculum for our students while improving data tracking for intervention effectiveness.
Overall, this assessment confirms our strong HIV program, but also helps us do a self assessment and identify the areas where we definitely need to continue to evolve and grow and improve upon the strong foundation that we have here. The complete report for the HIV self-
assessment as I mentioned earlier is up on our district website. And last but not least this evening we have a resolution where we are as superintendent of schools myself and the administrative team is recommending a candidate for acting athletic director
for the fair public schools. So I'd like to tell you a little bit about our candidate who is here with us this evening and later on this evening um after board approval I will ask him to say a few words. The Fair Lawren Public School District proudly announces the
appointment uh recommendation of Mr. Mike Escalante as acting director of athletics supervisor of health and physical education for grades 9 through 12. With an extensive school administration, athletic development, and physical education health
background, Mr. Escalante brings a wealth of experience to the role, instilling confidence in his ability to lead. He is poised to make a significant impact on our Fair Lawn community. Mr. Escalante, who is a native of Northern New Jersey from Glenrock, brings a
wealth of experience to his new role. He joins us from the North Halen School District, where he serves as principal of High Mountain Middle School for the past two years. Under his leadership, the school was recognized twice as a US News best
middle school. Prior to this experience, Mr. Escalante was the assistant principal of Glenrock Middle School and High School. He was also the district anti-bullying coordinator. His collaborative efforts with administration, staff, students, and community members led to the successful
imple implementation of various initiatives, including the daily operations of the new 6 through 12 building structure, a rotating drop schedule, a revitalized middle school teaming model, a fitness elective course, and a wellness center for
students in grades 6 through 12. Before becoming an assistant principal, Mr. Escalante played a pivotal role in his area of expertise as a physical education and health education teacher, as an anti-bullying specialist, and a
coach for Glenrock High School. He served as the head lacrosse coach in his coaching career, leading Glenrock to three consecutive North Group One sectional finals and two league titles. He was named Jacobson Division Coach of
the Year twice in his tenure as the head lacrosse coach. Mr. Escalante also served as an assistant football coach in various capacities. Mr. Escalante received his mers of science and educational administration from the University of Scranton and a Bachelor of
Science and Physical Education from Springfield College, known for its prominence in health, wellness, and coaching. He played college football for Springfield and received the Norman C. Keith Scholar Athlete Award as well as the outstanding senior in physical
education and health education award and the Diane Potter award for demonstrated academic excellence and commitment to physical education profession. Mr. Escalante's approach to student development is holistic and he is committed to collaborating with students, staff and community members to
provide Fairlon students with the best possible education. His dedication to lifelong health and wellness and education-based athletics is in perfect alignment with the Fairlorn Public School's mission to foster every student's intellectual, social,
physical, and emotional growth. I am excited to welcome and present the recommendation for Mr. Escalante for the board of education this evening and we look forward to hearing from him tonight. Welcome, Mr. Escalante. And that concludes the superintendent report.
This agenda item provides an opportunity for committee chairs to present brief summaries of proceedings from their most recent committee meetings. These reports are forformational purposes only and reflect activities that have already taken place. This is not an appropriate time to introduce new business items or
engage in extended discussions on topics that should be addressed through proper channels. Committee chairs are reminded to keep reports limited to three minutes maximum based on the written meeting minutes. Focus only on key actions and discussions from the most recent meeting. Reference when the next
committee meeting is scheduled. Avoid introducing new business that has not been properly vetted through the committee. Submit any written summary reports to superintendent and board secretary for to for inclusion in the minutes. I believe the only committee meeting we had this month was shared
services. So I will defer to you Mr. Santana. Yes. Thank you. Um I will read uh my notes because um the minutes are not uh ready yet. Um the
we met on the sheriff services committee met on with the boro uh council representatives and the mayor and the bor manager on uh June 10th. The meetings the meeting started at 4:35 p.m. One member was absent. Um we discussed the special two contract
renewal. Uh there was some language change um because we want the SLO to be uh more visible around the school um area. Uh the revision was supposed to be sent to the superintendent uh the same night of the meeting. Uh we
had consensus for the revision and the addition of the agreement for tonight's meeting. We do have agreement. It is not prepared yet. The council actually has to resin the agreement that they had approved and approve the new one with the new
language. We will approve it at next month's meeting. We'll move that forward. Do not um we discuss the vehicle maintenance. The board is happy to keep it running for the next um for the next 10 years. Um
am I was that accurate? Okay, just checking. Um we discussed uh additional uh turf fields um they're um too expensive to do all three
but we discussed suckerman and kamin um for the 2026 budget um unless we get grants so we are planning for two uh bleachers for TJ on Sasa field go that's going to have to wait the district will
start the next phase of priority prioritizing Cadmus fieldhouse uh building uh storage facility. We were we were not at the point where an audit was ready uh to build that structure um borrow would let us know by the end of
the month. um health insurance. The the bureau brought that topic uh that that topic was not scheduled but we discuss it uh as a as a courtesy to the to the council
representatives. The borrow wants to partner with us to save money. Dr. Dishio uh credited uh the BA and her office for getting getting us some huge savings for next year and Miss Manuso informed uh the bor manager Mr. about providing uh claims information
the borrow since the bureau is facing a huge health costs according to the bor manager uh we also discussed uh installing blinking lights around our schools Dr. Denishio asked what about what is the process to implement this from the bal perspective. The may the
mayor stated two important things to know. The council can only order three annually. They cost about 5,000. I have a minute to finish. They cost about 5,000. Uh um there will have to be some kind of traffic study. They don't
work uh when there are too many. uh they become white noise and there needs to be a traffic study and the the bureau can only conduct like I think it's two traffic study every every week or two. So and we also um are under the understanding that the the the board of
education will have to pay for the blinking lights uh you know and they they agree that they will do the the maintenance. Okay. Mr. Kerr uh will send uh will send a list uh to the safety committee uh and they will provide
recommendations. Mr. Kerr suggested that our representative uh in the safety committee Miss Favlik bring up any safety issues which I as a chair uh person already communicated uh with to Miss Favllic according to our policy
that we would like um any traffic issues to that come up to be discussed in that committee. We also discussed the issue of enforcing our regulations at Sassoffield. We have an issue with um certain members of the community not
being respectful of SAS field going there and doing whatever they they want. It cost a lot of money to maintain that field and we don't want any vandalism. We don't want any uh littering. We don't want because then we will have to for we will have to be forced to lock it with a key and not allow people to use it
unless Mr. Santana, if you can just wrap that up. Thank you. Unless they they have um unless it's a a border approved uh event. Um um Mos Mosca Field right next to the parking lot. It's a burrow property. It
has draining issues. Um we asked them to address it or uh to donate that little park to us so we can address the issue. and they said they're going to talk about it and to see if they will donate it to us with certain conditions. I
brought off as chair the issue of bike safety because we have uh a lot of issues with um middle school boys driving their bikes in the middle of the street playing chicken and causing safety issues to drivers. So, this is something that was uh sent to Miss Favll
to the uh safety uh traffic committee so we can address it. And I also asked the burough council to see if the cops can address it and maybe confiscate the bikes and wait for the parents to pick up because we need to make some tough decisions and someone have to uh send a
message that safety comes first and we should reward the the students that are doing the right thing and riding their bikes. The problem Thank you, Mr. Santana. 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 and limit your comments to three minutes. State law prohibits board members and administrators from discussing personnel matters, student discipline, or other confidential issues. Please note that
this is not a dialogue or Q&A session between speakers and the board. While other while we may not be able to immediately respond to every comment made tonight, all input is carefully considered and helped inform our decisions. Responses may come through emails, reports, board statements,
website updates, or after the comment period has closed. Please thank you for your participation in our school's community governance. The floor is open to the public. Anything on the Google doc?
There are no comments. Anyone? Okay, floor is closed. Um, I'm going to open the floor to board member comments on agenda items. Dr. brittle as a former athletic director I know this is can be a very challenging
position and and most um very challenging most new ads don't have significant administrative experience which you do have so I think this is going to be very helpful as you assume this role dealing with students parents coaches etc so I just want to wish you good luck
miss so I want to talk about the policy uh the first read our 2460 uh one it is number 12 on our agenda I think 12 I'm sorry 11 12 yes so there's
a couple of concerns about the policy page five can you hear me okay I'm not sure page five uh part two it says parent initial referral says when a parent makes a request for the evaluation to determine eligibility for
services. Part A, it says the written request shall be received and dated by the district recipient. Who is the district recipient? Can it be a particular person in the building so that that person will always receive it and it will be dated and everybody's on the same page such as a building
principal. I don't know who would be the bright person but district recipient could be anyone and they might not understand what exactly to do. So, is there a way we can change that building recipient to someone that has a title of
some sort? So, I'll ask you to ask all of your questions first, Miss Felvich, and then we would be able to provide a response. MF Franco is prepared to respond to those questions. Okay. Um, number second concern, second concern is very little. Page three has an extra line
after the three schools. If there could be a please remove, there's no reason for that line. Um then I have another concern on page one. Uh page one, part two. It says uh part D and E is the same
thing as part I. I really don't understand the difference between part I and part D and E. If it's not necessary, maybe it can be removed from the policy. The next thing is part B. It says broadcasting a child a child's fine
information on the district uh on the school district cable television station. We don't really have a television station for this district. So, can it be removed because obviously that can't be done. Uh the next thing it says um part G it says public service
announcement in the local newspaper. We don't really have a local news unless it's Fairland uh Fairland News but we don't really advertise there. So who would be the local newspaper and if we don't do that can we please remove that? Another thing is I speak Russian
fluently and I read Vnik and Sputnik which is the two Russian advertisements in Fairlon and part F says public service announcement on local foreign radio stations or cable televisions and I assume like media forms we don't have
that can that be removed or do we do that? I don't know if you do that, but I don't think we do. And if you don't do it, can we please remove that as well? Um, and that's that's all my concerns about the policy. The only thing else I wanted to mention, okay, I'll come back
a second time. So, I'll just start off um on responding to this if we can. Uh in regards to the the most recent part for page one, number two, policies are written in a way to be able
to reflect changes in the future because the end of the number two it says including but not limited to um it in the regulation. Yeah. Right. It's all it's all prescribed there. And so that allows for that flexibility
should something change in the future. we don't have to advertise and notify in those venues but in the future if that venue is available then we don't have to go back and revise the regulation. So uh I'll turn over the other questions to
Miss DeFranco in terms of the pro uh provision of another line. I mean we can certainly take that out. it's there. Sometimes we have other schools that non-public schools that um arrive um and therefore an extra line is just included there
just in case that occurs. Um we also have to the point of district recipient that was in the previous regulation that was approved by the board. The reason why it is written that way is because we wouldn't want to deny a parent to drop
off a referral or a potential initial referral. So, they could bring that into a school secretary, a a teacher, a building principal, um therefore any member of district staff, district
recipient. So, that's why it's written in that capacity. I wouldn't want to make it specific because then it might limit our child fine responsibility and therefore that's why it is written in that way for this regulation now and that's why it was written that way in
the past right so some so de and I some say uh schools some say non-public school and some say hospitals or other agencies and again to Dr. Dianio's point um it's can be as appropriate including but not
limited to part E has the hospitals non-public schools as part I I'm sorry it has it lists the same thing the same it lists non-public schools it lists hospitals it lists clergies so what's
the why are you listening it twice it's just it's it's part of what Trust estate recommends for child find responsibilities. Right? So D and E are explicit to child find and I is just mailing of information letters and
that's what distinguishes the difference from a special education standpoint. Child find. Okay. Anyone else? What is child find? I'm just going to h I'm going to I'm going to ask that everybody just hold off. We don't have a back and forth if and that can be on your next question.
Anyone else? Go ahead. Um, so 11 DDD, uh, the approval of the Fairone Education Association, MOA, is up for approval this evening. I'm happy to
report that it is in before the end of the school year. And I thank I thank the teacher association. I thank I thank my team for doing such a phenomenal job in in making sure that that we got it done
and it was a smooth smooth process and and it's a it's a Can I say how many years? Uh yes. Okay. It's a five-year deal. So, um I think that's the longest I ever heard that there was a uh a teachers contract. I think that's phenomenal. Uh
I think it's fair to everybody and um again I appreciate working as a team to make sure that everybody was able to um to meet the needs of the teachers paras ancillary teachers as well as the
board of education and I thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you Mr. Santana. Yes. Thank you, President. Um, I just would like to take to thank Dr. Dunio and the central office for answering all the several questions that I had prior
to the u to this meeting. Um, I'm going to recuse myself from 7 A1. I'm going to abstain from 7B4. Um I for for a for 8 C I really um wish to
uh I know it's up to the district but I I really like when um if if we are able to provide an option for any employee who depart the district to uh strongly consider completing an exit interview uh
just so we can have at that, you know, moving forward. Um, please bear with me. Um I I in in regards to 11M um
I would like the education committee to uh discuss the um the program um our program with um Bergen Community College for the for the two-year associate degree. Uh we would I would
like to for us uh to discuss the progress, the cost, and if we want to make any changes moving forward being that it's $150,000 a year. Um for 11D, uh do we need a doctrine of necessity
being that five of us are conflicted? Uh is there a doctor of necessity needed for 11D to the chair Mr. Bore uh attorney if Okay. Cuz um I recall uh the last time
we had a doctor of necessity. I did state if we can have it every time we need to vote on this. And I remember if I recall correctly that I was told we need to have one each time we're going to vote on something like this. Sometimes I have photographic memory. So
that's what I remember. Uh he took 30 seconds for my time. Can I reclaim my time? 30 seconds for my three minutes. Thank you. Um, in regards to 12A that the policy, uh, I just want to say to the board, I I
appreciate, uh, the board members, um, comments, but this is a mandatory policy and it is a best practice to have, like the superintendent stated, to have a part a policy that is general. That way, we don't have to go back constantly to change it. All right. My my concern my
only concern with this policy is that um that we do have uh the proper staff that speaks the languages that are represented in our student population and community and I'm confident with our excellent uh work of the central office
and superintendent we do. I'll go back a second round. Anthony, I just also wanted to extend a welcome to Mr. Escalante. I know with your great background, I'm excited to have you here and I'm excited to see what you do for
the schools and you have my support. All right, Miss Brown, I just wanted to piggyback on that and just say welcome and we're excited to see what you do with the student athletes. Okay, Miss Sevelvich. So my first
question is what is child find material and how is that different than mailing information letter? That was my first question. My second thing is I I respect that we want more people to receive the recipient for the page five the district recipient but it also could be given to a substitute teacher and they might not
know exactly what to do with it. If they could list like three or four positions that would be okay to re because as a parent if I looked at this I would not know who would be okay who would not be okay to give. So I think regulations is important for everyone to be able to be
understand where what to do. That's the whole point of regulation. If they could I think it would be great if you can have one or two people in each school that are designated like with the position obviously so that it will be clear exactly who's to give it to.
Anyways, thank you. Nothing else. That was all you had though? Okay, Mr. Santana, I just would like to know if um if we need to recess to go into close
session uh by any chance to discuss uh AD for any update. I just would like to know if if the superintendent is okay for any short brief quick update. You asking what specific are the are you at? Yeah. The
agenda item I I said it 8 D as day. Thank you. I'm sorry. No. Uh there's no reason to go back into executive session. I'm confident in all the recommendations that are being put forward. Okay.
Miss Yerman, in my previous uh statement about the flea agreement, um I forgot two necessary groups of people which are the power professionals as well as the school nurses and I thank them as well.
The floor is closed. point of information. Can the can the board can the board attorney answer the if we do need the doctrine of necessity? Let me say this. Uh I would say that this is belt and suspenders under law. And I think I mentioned this. The SEC
has confirmed that folks conflicted from the negotiations process, including NJA members, once there's an MOA that's been signed, recommended here, ratified by the Education Association, you do not technically need to invoke the doctrine.
Um, I think that we've got one prepared here. We have adopted it previously with regard to sidebars. Um there is no downside in providing belt and suspender uh legal support for members to make
sure that there are no ethical questions. So do you need it legally? No. We've prepared it. I'm happy to u put it on the agenda uh so that it can be voted on prior to the MOA being voted on tonight. Okay. So layman's terms, we're going to
have it even though we don't need it. Thank you for the translation, Madam President. Got you. Dr. Dianio, um I'm going to defer to you to answer some questions. Um just in relation to Miss Favvelvich's uh comments, additional comments
regarding the point person comments are noted. Uh the administration will take that under consideration and then I will just turn it over to Miss DeFranco to just uh briefly explain Childfind. Childf find is a provision under IDA
which requires school districts to make sure that we are um properly and readily and as soon as possible identifying any sort of students who may have a potential disability. Um, it is part of
the provision for us to receive funding under IDEIDA and we need to be sure that we have that posted on our website, which we do, and fulfill the provisions of this policy. Um, which we do. Um, we do receive, um, phone calls to our
office, um, emails, um, and letters do get sent out from my office to from to parents who have, um, questions about this. So, Child Find just makes sure that we are identifying the students who need to be identified in a timely manner.
And what's the difference between mailing information? Miss Fell, I'm that was my question. I I know we're going to I promise you they're all going to get answered, but we can't have a back and forth between the leadership or the administration and the board. Dr. Denisio, are can you answer the other
questions, please? Uh, as far as the other questions, we've taken that all under consideration and this is the first reading, so the administration will follow up accordingly. No, my question was mailing information letters versus child fine.
What's the difference between the two forms? It's it's the same. It connects to the child fine responsibilities. low um identification and referral connects to what we need to accomplish
under child fine. So this policy is connected to that point of clarification ma child fine and mailing information is the same thing. I just want to make sure I understood correctly. It's mailing information about childf find and how if you are a
parent you can and you are suspecting that your child might have some needs. what resources you can find from your local school district or any other uh health agency. Just to use layman's terms again, um
there is specific information that is provided by the state and federal government through childfind. So there's information that's specifically childfind and then information that's distributed from us regarding special education related services and the
process for referral. So they're actually different documents. You have childfind and then you have the documentation and process for fair school districts. So they actually are two different but they all fall under child find. It's
just two different types of documents. I understand I I understand where you make I I understand your confusion. I really do. I also think it's important Nope. Totally understand your confusion. Everything falls under childf find but you're going to have the documents that are specifically childfind documents and
then there are mailings that are specifically from Fairlon school district on our process and procedure which does fall under childf find but there are documents or the district's documents on ours. So they can be considered the same thing. They are not
the same thing. Gotcha. Child Fine goes to every district, but Fairlon may have their own and Ringwood, I'm going to use my own district. Ringwood has their own paperwork. So, they are technically different documents. They are providing similar processes, but they are different.
I at least I asked first. Miss Yerman, you went, did you not? Oh, we're done. I lied. Okay. Are we done with questions? I did close it.
All right. Can I get a motion? Okay. Can I get a motion for six A through D? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Baldovski, yes. Dr. Bolini, yes.
Brown, abstain on 6B. Yes. On everything else. Mr. Aaliyah, yes. Miss Fabelovich, abstain on 6B except no on WS 2024 2022-07.
Mr. Santana. Yes. Miss Yerman, abstain on 6B and yes on everything else. Mrs. Maym, yes. Motion passes.
I am going to read in 6E resolved by the board of education. After review and consideration of all relevant information, including an opportunity to be heard by the board, the board determines that the student involved in residency case R042024
has not and does not properly reside in Fairlon from September 2024 through to and including the present date and the board authorizes the removal of the student immediately. Can I get a roll call, please? Can I get a motion? Second. I need
motion. Motion motion. Second. Second. I thought I heard Joe said so move. That's why I said second. Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't hear that. Mr. Mr. Baldoski. Yes. Dr. Bolini. No.
Miss Brown, can you clarify how we're voting? Yes. And no. I Yes. Is the removal of Okay. So, yes. Mr. Aliyah. Yes, Miss Favvelich. Yes,
Mr. Santana. Yes, Miss Yerman. Yes, Mrs. Mayhem. Yes. Motion passes. Can I get a motion for 7 A through E? So
moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Baldowski? Yes. Dr. Bolini? Yes, Miss Brown. Yes, Mr. Aaliyah. Yes, Miss Favvelich. Yes,
Mr. Santana. Recuse myself from 7 A1. Abstain on 7B4. Yes. On the rest, Miss Yerman. Yes. Mrs. Mayhem. Yes. Motion passes. Can I get a motion for 8 A through O?
So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Baldowski? Yes. Dr. Berlini? Yes. Miss Brown? Abstain on A D. Yes. On everything else. Mr. Aaliyah. Yes. Miss
Fabelovich. So no on 8 A1 8 A C4 8N. No on 8 A1 8 A C4 and 8N. Yes. Thank you. Mr. Santana, can you call me last,
please? Miss German. Yes. Mrs. Mayhem. Yes. Mr. Santana. Abstain on AD1
and AD2. AD1, A2. Yes. On the rest. Motion passes. Mr. Escalante. Congratulations. Welcome to the team. Go ahead. I'm gonna ask Mr. Escalante to come up to the podium to say say a few
uh words. Great. Thank you so much. Um, thank you again for the warm welcome. Uh, I'm I'm very excited and humbled to serve as the acting athletic director and supervisor of grades 9 through 12 physical and health education. Like Dr. Denisio
shared, uh, throughout my professional journey, uh, starting as a physical education teacher and coach and assistant principal and principal, um, wellness and athletics have been a true true passion of mine and I'm super excited to do so here in Fairlon. Being from Glenrock, I know Fairlon has a very
rich history. Um, and I'm looking forward to building on that and throughout the interview process and conversations with Dr. Dio and his team. Um, I'm really excited to work with them to ensure for a smooth transition and most importantly working with the student athletes and coaches and staff.
Um, I'm really really excited to be here and I I plan to be here as soon as tomorrow. So, um, if you see me in the uh on campus or in the facilities, please be sure to introduce yourself and say hi. Um, I'm really looking forward to working here and and go cutters. Thank you.
Thank you. And I I know that sounded like that may have been a joke, but he's actually going to be here tomorrow. So tomorrow is congratulations, Mr. Escalante. And once again, welcome. We're very excited to
have you join the team. Can I get a motion for 9 A through E? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Baldowski? Yes. Dr. Berlini, yes. Miss Brown, yes. Mr. Aaliyah, yes. Miss
Favllovich, yes. Mr. Santana, yes. Miss Yerman, yes. Mrs. Mayan, yes. Motion passes. Can I get a motion from
10 A and B? Yes. So moved. Second. I think that was it. I did it. Roll call. Mr. Baldowski? Yes. Dr. Bolini? Yes. Miss Brown? Yes. Mr. Aaliyah? Yes. Miss Felovich?
We are in 10. Correct. Yes. Mr. Santana, it's community school. I know. Okay. Yes. M. Yes. Mrs. Maym. Yes. Motion passes.
I am going to just adjust for us. Uh finance the um updated doctrine will be you want to do that first? Yeah, let's do let's do the doctrine as uh 11D
and then the MOA will be noted as E. 11 DD is the doctrine. Yep. And E is the memorandum. Noted in the doctrine, it does state all the names of the current
um education professionals giving you the right to vote on the MLA. Can I get a motion for 11 C through E G
through E? So moved. Second. Second. Second. What the? We can rock paper scissors for it. No, because you got the so moved when he said yes. Roll call. Mr. Bowski? Yes. Dr. Bolini?
Yes. Miss Brown? Yes. Mr. Aaliyah? Yes. Miss Favllovich? So, no one on 11 C 11F. That's a Mr. Santana. Can you can you escape me, please?
Miss Yerman. Yes, Mrs. Mayhem. Yes, Mr. Santana. Um, recuse myself from 11C
and on 11 DDD. Just for the record, uh, I am not a member of a teachers union. when I got elected uh to avoid conflicts, I stepped down for my membership in the teachers union. Just for the record, are you voting yes to that? Yes.
Motion passes. Can I get a motion for 12 A and B? So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Bowski? Yes. Dr. Mr. Berlini. Yes. Miss Brown. Yes. Mr. Aaliyah. Yes.
Miss Fabelovich. No. On 12 A and 12B. Mr. Santana. Yes. Miss Yerman. Yes. M. Yes. Motion pass. Okay. Public comments. This portion of our board meeting is specifically for
comments on any matter. When speaking, please state your name and municipality. Okay. Um, please 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 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 respond immediately or to every comment made tonight, 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 to the public. I saw that I and then I saw that I threw you off. Hi, good afternoon with Maiva Fairlon. I
just want to first and foremost say thank you. I mean congratulations to all of our seniors who graduated on Tuesday. I believe amazing ceremony. I watched it from home because it was incredibly hot. Um I also want to say that our seniors did amazing job with how
they presented themselves. Yet while I was watching the ceremony, the stage was not what I expected from the adults. We're expecting children to behave. We're expecting children to abide by laws. But yet that stage looked like a party. Like I understand it was hot. I
understand it was uncomfortable. But as adults, we should respect the children who took four years, worked extremely hard and respect them. And it goes not just on a stage at the graduation. It goes everywhere. We're expecting our
children and we have these laws, regulations, um the handbooks and we're putting so many restrictions yet the adults continue to break them. Let's take for example taking pictures in school and then posting them anywhere. Our children have well they don't have
the right to take any pictures yet the adults go in the in schools and take pictures of our children. I have repeatedly spoken to the administration. I was here on stage and I ask you please
stop taking pictures of my child. You do not have permission yet. Here it is. I opened a publication of Fairlon and I saw my child's pictures being posted once again without my permission. Why
are you as adults breaking every single not it's not a law, it's a um policy that you're creating for our children. Yet all of you are breaking it. Why are you taking pictures of my child? For what reason? Why are you taking pictures
of other children and posting it for your own benefits? For what reason? I do not understand this. My children like my child and other children get reprimanded and what happens to you guys? Nothing. Like I think it's atrocious that my child's privacy is not protected. It is
your job to protect my child's privacy. It is my job as a parent to ask you to tell you and how many times do I have to tell you stop taking pictures of my child. You do not have that permission. I have never signed that release form
yet. My child's picture is published in your publication. So, I do need an explanation why. Why does the board members why does the administration continuously take picture of our children and post them for their own
benefits and in publications without our permission? Thank you very much and I hope you have a fantastic day. Good evening everybody. Um, my name is Bashana Tinski. Municipality is Failon. And I'm here tonight as a concerned
citizen, a mom, and someone who believes that the future of a children's education deserves nothing less than professionalism, accountability, and ethical leadership. Let's start that we all seen a former board member who chose to walk out of a public meeting shouting the word loser
in a room with children pre present. His outburst was so unprofessional and jarring that a child sitting nearby was visibly frightened. That is not leadership. That is emotion. That is not emotional regulation. It is certainly not the model that we should be holding
up for our children. When the former um board member resigned, 14 community members applied to fill that vacancy. 10 of them were interviewed. That process took time, energy, and resources. And now that same person who disrupted the process wants
to return without accountability, without evolution, and frankly, without understanding how out of touch he has become. This isn't about one moment. It's a pattern. It's a pattern of entitlement, emotional volatility, and disrespect for fellow board members,
community voices, and democratic process. Let's not forget that he challenged the outcome of a democratic election, belittle belittled newly elected members, and continues to present himself as the only one capable of leading this district despite resigning
in disgrace. Let's be clear, leadership is not a lifetime appointment. We have term limits and elections for a reason. It's time for new voices, new perspective, and emotionally intelligent leadership that reflects the values we want our children to grow up with, respect, maturity, and innovation.
I would also like to bring up a separate but equally um serious concern, which is an abuse of ethics by a current board of education member who is currently running for council while still serving on the board of education. This is a clear conflict of interest and a blatant
disregard for ethical boundaries. If you're on the board of education, your focus should be 100% on our children and our district, not on launching your next political career. Using a board of education seat as a stepping stone for personal political gain, is a betrayal
of public trust, and it violates the very principles this board is supposed to uphold. So tonight, I'm not just here to speak out. I'm here to demand better. Better leadership, better ethics, better representation for the children and families of Failon. We need a board of
education that is future focused, not fixated on preserving power for the same individuals who've shown us time and time again that leadership shouldn't look like. To anyone running for office or considering running, this isn't about resumes or the years served. It's about
how you lead, how you behave, and who you serve. And to the voters of Failon, I urge you to pay attention because our children are watching, too. Thank you and have a good evening. Is there anything on the Google doc? There is one comment.
Aiden Maloney, Feralon, New Jersey. Dear board members, my name is Aiden and I spoke at board meetings before when I was at Memorial Middle School. I was ninth grade class vice president this year and my favorite thing the
ninth grade class did was our freshman dance and game night in March. Thank you for your helpful input into the question I asked about 9th grade honors English and social studies courses at the February 27th board meeting. I watched the April 24th board meeting and I had a question tonight. I heard that there is
going to be consideration of putting American Sign Language in the 2627 budget. Will there be an LLD and resource American Sign Language courses available for the 2627 school year? Thank you very much. All my best Aiden.
Um hello Aiden. Um I know he's watching. He's definitely watching. Aiden's one of our favorites and we miss you. Um but we are exploring it. So, it is something that we are definitely exploring. So, this is really great feedback because we'll consider that for sure as we're
exploring the American Sign Language program. We're going to do some research next year on the program and hopefully be at a point where we can make a recommendation to the board of education for the following school year. The floor is closed. I will now open the floor to board
member comments on any items. Mr. Santana. Thank you, Madame President. I just want to commend um the young um the young people of our town uh that I have seen in the community, you know,
riding their bikes uh the the proper way, you know, wearing the helmets, uh riding their bikes, uh not in the middle of the street and following the the traffic pattern and and just being safe out there, you know, being being
ran over by a car and and and being hit by, you know, a 5,000 uh pound vehicle is is is um it's very serious, cost a lot of money, and no parent or child should have to go through something like that. So, congratulations to all the
parents out there who are teaching your children how to uh you know, ride their bike in a safe manner. So, we have to commend uh those children for doing that. Uh I will be attending board meetings uh riding my bike uh weather
permitting with my helmet on. Um I just want to thank our I just want to thank our teachers uh for everything you do. Um the the uh the memorandum of uh the memorandum that was voted to tonight
uh in my view is not enough. There's no money. There's not enough money to pay uh people for dedicating their life to teaching our children. Uh teaching requires um uh a true vocation, compassion, and dedication. And helping
our children uh meet and exceed the standards is is wonderful. But me as a p as a as a father having a child it's having a p a teacher that actually cares for my child uh it's as important as
making sure that they achieve a high levels. So from the bottom of my heart I thank all the teachers you know and let's not forget we have a high percentage of teachers who live in this town. So God bless all of them. Um I would like to know uh madame board
president when are we having our policy meeting in July which was promised uh when we when we had the um the board retreat you you promised to schedule a policy meeting in July so all of us together can revise the zero the zero
policies there's no schedule July meeting to revise the zero policies uh and we should schedule that pronto as soon as possible. Um, I want to congratulate our 12th graders uh for graduating. If you're old enough to
vote, register and vote. Um, I go a second time. Um, Mr. Santana, just to respond to you, unfortunately, Matt Lee um left um NJSBA. So, the dates that we had given him are no longer possible and we are waiting
for another field rep. So, at this point in time, the July and August dates that we did have, I have to wait till we get another field rep because he did a really nice job really processing all of that and working with us on that. And that's what we had talked about wanting to do again. So, as soon as we have another field, right now I'm working
directly with the director who doesn't do uh board trainings. Uh Lisa, so to piggyback Aiden on the American Sign Language, which I wasn't going to even talk about, um my son took um two
semesters in college with American Sign Language, and you can actually find his um he read a book and and I actually came across it on YouTube. So, it was kind of, you know, exciting to see that he actually, you know, was learning learning the language. Now, whether he uses it now, I don't know, but we're now
using it. We're now using it for my grandson and communicating with him so that he he knows what we're trying to tell him. And I think it's a would be a great asset to the students in Fairon in many different ways. And I look forward to the day that it will be implemented
within Fairone schools. Thank you, Ed. Two quick comments. Why did you say like that? First of all, I want to thank the union representatives. Troy is here tonight and Lisa and Joe. Uh it was a very I
think successful and cordial discussion. We've only we were able to do it in five meetings and now we have an agreement for five years. So I want to thank everyone for their participation and their uh their behavior during our meetings. Uh and second of all, I do want to make a general statement that um
I don't believe there's anyone on our current board current board that goal is not the education of our students. I do not think that anyone here is selfish or self-promoting. No member of this
current board is that. So, I I I do take exception uh to the comments about our current board and I do want to thank all our board members for looking out for our students and our staff in the Fairland schools. Thank you.
Anyone else? Okay, Miss Oh, sorry, Mr. Baldski. Thank you. No, I I just want to take a moment um and thank the nerd out board secretary here for uh getting us the minutes from June 1925.
The first meeting of the Fairlon Board of Education was a hundred years yesterday, June 25th. Um they met informally for the first time at uh the Washington school uh Berdan
um which was I found out to be Fereralon school number three. Um and I simply want to recognize the district for our century of leadership of guidance of being trustees of the assets of this community for the education of our
students. Um, we have served, the nine of us here, on a distinguished amount of about 200 individuals. I counted the number of members that have served on the Fereralon Board of Education over the past hundred years. Um, and it's roughly
about 200. Um, Mr. Bant served for a third of that time there. Distinguished career right there. Um, but I simply just want to note that our community of Fereralon was founded on
education and I I think everybody here takes it very seriously um with my time. I I simply want to read the first nine members into the record um to recognize them because what they started aundred years ago when they were first appointed and elected um I don't think they could
have expected what it to would be today. um especially considering the budget for the 20 or for the 1925 school year was $39,000. So, uh to to simply recognize the first nine
members, we have Cornelius Slinger, Harry Jones, Floyd Carlo, Ernest Burke, William Calf, Robert Smith, Frank Knoff, John Christie, and Albert Acri. um all
men at the time. The first woman would serve in 1931. Wow. So, ready for the next century of education in our district. Thank you for finding these minutes. Um and thank you.
Uh Mr. Santana. Yes. Um going to say something very serious as I always do. Um, I'm tired I'm tired of anti-semitism. I'm tired of hate. Um,
I would like us as a board to have a policy that directly uh bans any form of hate and anti-semitism. I understand we have policies that that address harassment, bullying, intimidation, but I think in
our community in in our specific community in in with our demographic, we need to protect all residents and all students and all people in this town. I would like the buildings and grounds and the education committee and the chair
the chairpersons are right here. So I'm I'm respectfully through the chairs respectfully requesting that the topics of having a anti-semitism policy and hate be discussed in your respective
committees Mr. Baldaskki Mr. Bertoini because there's no place for hate. We have a lot of signs that said there's no place of hate. There's no place of hate in furlon. But I would like us to have a policy that says no one should be uh um
disrespecting uh citizens of furlon just because they happen to be from Israel or just be because they happen to be Jewish. It is wrong. It is wrong. And we need to send a strong message. And as the only person of color in this board of education, I'm
asking you not to delay discussing this. not to delay discussing this. Okay. Um my heart goes out to the the people of Israel. Israel was bombarded by an evil regime.
I I'm praying for all the residents of Feron who have friends and family members in Israel. You're not alone. You're not alone. Anybody can speak perfectly, have the perfect sound bites, but you know what? This is the real time
when it comes when when it matters. Who's going to be there for our community? And I want all of us to be there for our community. Not just talking, you know, making nice sounds bite, but doing things that actually matter. No one after the graduation, no one should have been made felt
uncomfortable being yell at and being made uncomfortable after the graduation just because they happen to be uh Jewish. This is wrong. We need to respect one another. We need to not put people down just because from where they from. I
stand with all of our residents. I stand with the Jewish community and I condemn strongly any anti-semitism or hate and we need to have policies that specifically address that so people know that we mean what we say and we say what
we mean. Thank you. Mr. Santana, if you would just you could do it right now. Please make sure you send an email to Mr. Beldowski and Dr. Berlini. As I always do, I will. Thank you, Miss Favllovich. So, I want to congratulate the class of 2025.
I also believe and since our board now realizes his past practice doesn't exist, I would like to make a motion. I'm making a motion that any former board member can be can be on stage for the moving up ceremony or graduation if their child, grandchild, stepchild,
niece or nephew will be graduating of Fairlon schools. They just have to email the um email the the president of the board and the superintendent a week before Second. Any
former board member can be on stage for the moving up ceremony or graduation. If their child, grandchild, stepchild, niece, or nephew be on be on stage, they
have to just email the president of the board and the superintendent a week before the graduation. I I I second. Okay. Uh okay. So, um might need an a amendment or toend.
Yeah. Um so, it's parent grandparent. Well, I'm sorry. That's what he's clarifying. That's what you're saying. Can can we amend it to say specific to or to only this group of people like I
don't want to see it saying well I have a a cousin of a brother and all that like I want it to be specific to those that group of people okay so if somebody comes to you say I come to you and I say my little cousin's graduating
and there would Nothing. Okay, that's fine. Thank you. Appreciate that. I don't know why I'm so negative tonight, but I have to be negative again. I I do appreciate what you're suggesting in in general, but I think there is times where a board member may
resign um or end their service in a negative light. We may not want them on the stage with other board members. So, I'm um I I I agree in general, but I've been on the board now for three years, and there's
some issues that have occurred in those last three years where board members may have resigned or or um not ended well, and I don't know if they should be on the stage. So, I appreciate what you're saying, but in this situation, I would
have to vote no. Mr. Santana had his hand up. Yes. uh grandchildren and and and children and stepchildren I'm okay nieces and nephews that's too much it it is already our practice to allow um for
board members uh former board members to sit on stage for the high school so best practices said that whatever is a practice that we have should be part of our policy so I see the logic but I think this should be referred to a committee for discussion because that's
our proper procedure but um I do agree with Dr. Bertilini. Um even though I believe in forgiveness, I do think uh there have been and there could be uh acts that are unbecoming of
a board member which probably makes former board members ineligible for that honor. But I do recognize that um you know uh we we shouldn't be uh questioning someone's uh service just
because we happen to to disagree on certain views. So I wouldn't want to take that privileges privilege from anyone even even people who have uh offended me in public without forgiveness. Um so I think this should be referred to a committee. I think we
should um have everybody opine on this. I'd like to make a subsidiary motion. I'm going to ask you to hold off for one second. Mr. Santana, you are um recommending that we refer to committee.
However, you made a you were the second on the motion. So the only way Miss Felvich could do that is if you guys resend that point of a clarification. I did a motion a while ago for our board meeting u me for like a summary of our
board and it was referred to the whole committee. Unfortunately it never made the meeting. We never had a discussion. I mentioned it once and it was just moved on. So therefore I'm not referring it to a committee because it was supposed to be discussing like at a retreat. Unfortunately when it was never
discussed at a retreat. So there's no reason for me keep referring to a committee. And according to Robert's rules, it says that if it was referred to a committee, it must be on the agenda and there must be a written explanation of why or why not the board agreed or
disagreed with the idea. Okay, Miss Brown, you can continue then. So then I'd like to make a subsidiary motion to move this towards the proper committee to have further discussions before we make a decision. We did that point of information. We did
that before. It didn't work. So why we keep doing the same thing again. We didn't we didn't discuss it and I waited for four months to discuss it last time. So we keep referring that's just bearing information. That's not fair.
Information too. I I asked that we have a policy a a committee of the a policy committee meeting of the whole. So we take care of the zero policies. This will be a zero policy. So we don't there's no committee there. There's no
committee to refer it to because the committee is right here. It's all of us. So we don't need uh we don't need the New Jersey School Board Association representative to be with us for us to update policy. We could just pick a date and update the policy. That's our job.
Call the question. Madam President, can I get a roll call on which states that any former Board of Education trustee may sit on a moving up or graduation ceremony stage
for a child, a grandchild, child, a stepchild, a niece or a nephew, and they must email the board president one week prior or at least one week prior and the superintendent. Can I get a point of clarification? If this is
voted down, it then can't go to one year. Okay. Roll call, please. Mr. No. No.
Miss Brown. No. Mr. Aaliyah. No. Miss Fab. Yes. Mr. Santana. Yes. Miss Yur. Yes. Mayhem. Abstain. 43. What? Wait. One year. No, that's not what they're saying at
all. Okay, moving on. Wait, point of clarification. 431 votes yes. That becomes yes. Oh, it failed. Oh, okay. for any board of ed trustee. Um the process has always been if you'd like to
sit up there uh for graduation of the high school, you may with your spouse or partner and reach out to central office and or board leadership or all and anyone else.
Okay. Can I borrow that? Our upcoming meetings for July is the regular monthly board meeting 7:30 p.m. on July 24th, 2025 at Edison School, Eugene MBanta public meeting room. Our August meeting will be August 28th,
2025, 7:30 p.m. Edison School Eugene and Bantam Public Meeting Room. And then our September meeting will be September 18th, 2025 in the regular monthly meeting for all September. It's at 7:30 p.m. at Edison Eugene and Bant public
meeting room. We will be moving into a closed session at this point in time. No action will be taken. Um, can I get a motion to go into closed? So moved. Second. All in favor? I Have a great
night, everyone. Let's take five.