##VIDEO ID:APKiqgeq8yo## e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e I now I can read all right good evening everyone thank you for coming out despite of the cold weather it is 7:29 approaching 7:30 so with that being said the public has been duly informed of this meeting in accordance with chapter 231 of the public laws of 1975 by posting at least 48 hours in advance a notice on the bulletin boards in Stevenson and Church Hill schools a notice to the Township Clerk and a a notice to The Herald news and the progress please join us for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance 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 all right at this point Ryan I'm going to forego the president's report and turn it over to you thank you Anthony um before we honor our Cardinals of the month which we're excited to do thank you guys for coming I just want to make one announcement um thank you to everyone who participated in our greenout day on January 14th staff and students all wore green to honor the memory of Mark Ibrahim who was a second grade student at Stevenson who passed away back in 2021 mark would have been a a fifth grader this year his favorite color was green hence the green out day and thank you to the generous contributions of our Fairfield Community we actually were able to to collect over $1,200 for the mark Abraham scholarship fund if you don't know what that is at the end of the year we will select one sixth grade student who best exemplifies the characteristics of Mark which were kindness joyfulness selflessness and he was always eager to learn unfortunately I did not have the opportunity to meet him but I've heard wonderful things about him the selected student who wins the scholarship will be honored at a board meeting and will receive the scholarship money upon graduating high school so thank you to all of you who participated uh In This Very worthy cause and and now let's get to why you are all here which is to honor our Cardinals of the month so I'm going to turn it over to our Stevenson principal Dr Michael [Applause] trabo how about now okay good evening everyone the Cardinals of the month um represent it's a it's a student who um goes above and beyond and we look at all of our students go who go above and beyond on to make Stevenson School a better place by demonstrating characteristics such as honesty Integrity kindness and hard work we would now like to recognize these outstanding students parents please feel free to take pictures representing kindergarten Mrs Carnaval representing first grade Mrs barah and representing second grade Mrs [Applause] Goldsmith okay we'll start with September kindergarten Cardinal of the month was Selena Mauk but unfortunately she's not here tonight with us so we could give her a rounds of Applause our first grade Cardinal of the month for September was Valentina petul come you want to take a picture [Applause] our second great cardinal cardinal of the month for September is Gabriel [Applause] auro okay for October for kindergarten the Cardinal of the month was Allison mataco [Applause] the cardal of the month of first grade for [Applause] October and the Cardinal of the month for for second grade is um was Anastasia [Applause] Ki okay so the Cal of the month for November was McKenzie litz [Applause] um the Cardinal of the month for first grade November Sophia [Applause] Peno and November's Cardinal of the month for second grade is B Buffa de [Applause] DEC is annab [Applause] annab we would now like to invite all Cardinals back up for a group picture stay up stay up yeah yeah going take a group picture the board is coming down if you just give them a minute wait wait wait wait are we're gonna go stay stay stay St St absolutely okay I how about another round of applause for all of our students thank you once again thank everyone for coming out we really appreciate it and uh like we've mentioned in the past it it brings us great joy to start bringing parents and uh students out to celebrate academic achievements so thank you all very much uh that picture is most likely going to make it to our social media page so if anyone has any objections before you leave just let Wally know otherwise it'll be on our social media post so thank you very much and students congratulations well deserved at this time we're going to take a one minute recess for those that don't want to stay for the remainder of the meeting please make your way outside and thank you again for joining us we look forward to seeing you in the future good job congratulations good job so cute which one I don't see it is I'm so proud of you sweetheart keep it up sweetart so proud of you they're all everybody literally every everybody we stand up and go everybody thank you you know what one way one way of getting parents to stay is doing at the end not a I mean it's really not terrible like if it's something pressing feel feels Hi how are you ice to meet [Music] you we may have to go there you have a great night thank you wow thank you guys for staying and it's just us just like that well let me start up by saying thank you all for coming out tonight we greatly appreciate apprciate it and uh facing the harsh weather out there is a true Testament to how much you care about the kids in the district and and we're we're grateful to have you um I'm going to keep my president's report brief this evening uh I would like to just mention the CAG event that happened last week it was phenomenal Megan and her team did such a great job and with the help of HSA supporting it and actually helping pay for it they had the uh a speaker Tom kiring come in last week and he was phenomenal uh and and I keep emphasizing how important it is to come to these events even if you don't have a child in uh special education or that's uh receiving special services and his book um disconnected which I bought that night and have read since then is unbelievable and I can't tell you how much I related to it having a 14-year-old on how much cell phones and technology are distracting our children it's it's real it's happening I see it I see it with the kids that I coach the kids that I'm around and again thank you to Tracy and Jill for putting on such a great event thank you for Megan and her team thank you for the ehsa for helping promote it and pay for it it was truly a great event and we look forward to many more in the future um before I move forward I would just like to take a second and say Ryan thank you for acknowledging green out day and Mark uh it's an important part of what the community has gone through in the past and I admire you for keeping that tradition alive so thank you very much I appreciate it uh with that being said we're going to go to our business administrator's report Wally I just have one uh one topic um yesterday the NJ doe released the budget software for 2526 uh that allows the district to begin the budget entry process uh Mr guper and I have been meeting with regards to the budget proposals that we have been receiving from Administration and we plan to meet with the finance committee in the near future to discuss our budgetary plan for the district So within the next month or two we'll have some numbers and and um some concrete information great thank you Wally that's a great segue to board committee reports uh this meeting our our committees will be approved uh so at this point we do not have any committee reports but we want you to know that the board has made the decision to to take our committees and the leadership in those chair positions and meet with the administration and the superintendent on a bimonthly basis to really being in touch with go what's going on in the schools and with that being said although you see some names on different committees this year know that that the possibility of that changing is likely due to availability so for example um un Finance uh Miss yandoli was on Finance in the past she had a a job that uh required her to be tied up basically from 8 o'clock in the morning till 6 or 7:00 on most nights since then she has moved on and she's pursuing bigger and better things so she has more availability so with that being said the availability of the board members will kind of dictate who is going to uh be in those meetings to make sure that we always have board coverage and we can always communicate to you guys exactly what's going on with each individual committee so with that being said if anyone has any comments on agenda items only M sterney anything you sure you're the only one here do you nothing okay okay like to close that portion of the meeting mie motion have a second second roll call Miss jendi yes Miss Street yes Miss alai yes and Mr D Pascal yes the following Finance motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this item agenda items 1 through 4 will be voted upon in one motion I so move may I have a second second roll call Mr andoli yes M Street yes Miss alai yes and Mr Dees yes the following administrative motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items one through two will be voted upon in one motion I so move uh there is a there is one thing on two a be it resoled the Fairfield Board of Education approves the preschool tuition rate for the 25 26 school year in the amount of $4,000 we um apologize for the typo please disregard is so move we have a second second R Miss jandoli yes Miss Street yes Miss Al yes Mr pcal yes the following ssds investigation hi report motion is made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda item one will be voted upon in one motion is so move have a second second roll call M jandi yes M Street yes Miss alai yes and mresc yes the following Personnel motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items 1 through 12 will be voted upon in one motion I so move may I have a second second roll call please miss chandoli yes Miss Street yes Miss alai yes and MRC yes the following curriculum program motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of school anything placed on this agenda items 1 through three will be voted upon in one motion I so move may I have a second second roll call please miss chandoli yes Miss Street yes Miss alai yes and M yes the following policy motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items one through two will be voted upon in one motion I so move I have a second second roll call Miss Shandi yes Miss Street yes M alai yes Mr dcco yes at this time I'd like to open the floor to public comments on non-agenda items only again miss sterney anything with that being said I'd like to close this portion of the meeting next meeting be resolved the next meeting will be held in person on February 20th 202 5 Public Work session beginning at 6 p.m. followed by executive session with public session resuming at approximately 7:30 p.m at the Fairfield Municipal Building may I have a motion for adjournment motion second second roll call M chandi yes M Street yes Miss Al yes M Ste yes ladies and gentlemen thank you very much have a wonderful night thank you thank you