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I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands nationy and justice for all. The New Jersey open public's meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice and to

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attend the meetings of public bodies of which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provision of the act, the portly board of education has caused notice of this meeting to pub to

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be published on February 18, 2026. Published on the district's website, www.fle.go, no.com. Published in the board's designated online media outlet, newspapers, the record, and the Star Ledger. filed with

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the clerk of the burrow of Fort Lee and mailed to all persons, if any, who have requested said notice. Please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and may be broadcasted on local TV and on online at a future date. The Open Public

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body present to discuss or act as a unit upon the certific [laughter] >> here. >> Miss Cot Mr. Lopez, Mr. McTier, Miss Perez >> here, >> Miss Richtor >> here, >> Miss Moral

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>> here. >> The board will be convening to executive session to discuss legal personnel and other confidential matters. The [clears throat] board will reconvene in public session at approximately 7:30. May I have a motion to go into

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executive? >> Motion. Motion Richtor, second Perez. All in favor? Any opposed? Any abstensions? We are now in executive. >> Okay. >> I aliance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. [clears throat] The New Jersey open public's meeting law

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was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provision of the act. The Fortley Board

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of Education has closed notice of this meeting to be published on February 18, 2026, posted on the district's website at www.lbboe.com, published in the board's designated online media outlet newspaper, the

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record, and the star ledger filed with the clerk of the burough courtly and mailed to all persons, if any, who have requested said notice. Please be advised that this meeting is being recorded and may be broadcasted on local TV and

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online at a future date. The open public's meeting act allows for participation at board meetings and defines meeting as any gathering with a cororeal or by means of communication equipment which is attended by or open

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to all of the members of a public body held with the intent on the part of the members of the body present to discuss or act as a unit upon the specific public business of that body. Roll call, please. >> Miss Buyers K. Miss Curry here. Mr.

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Goslin >> here. >> Miss Cotang here. Mr. Lopez >> here. >> Mr. McTan. Miss Perez >> here. >> Miss Richtor >> here. Miss Morat >> here. >> The board convened into executive session at 6:30 today to discuss legal

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personnel and other confidential matters. Miss Collazo, will you begin by sharing your superintendent report? >> Yes. Thank you, President Morurell, and thank you to everyone joining us tonight. I am so happy to announce that we are we have a little bit of change of

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pace tonight. We have two eighth grade students from Louiswis F. Cole Middle School, Sophia Ruby and R.J. Cardona, who are here to share highlights from their schools. So, Sophia and R.J., take it away. >> Good evening, members of the board of

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education, administrators, teachers, families, and guests. My name is Sophia Wi and this is Robert Cardona. We are proud eighth grade students at LFCMS. Over the past few months, students and staff at LFCMS have accomplished so much both inside and outside of the

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classroom. Tonight, we are excited to share some highlights, achievements, and memorable experiences that have made this a successful and rewarding spring semester. Thank you for the opportunity to be here and we hope you enjoy hearing all about the great

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things that happen at LCMS. >> Market period 3 attendance celebration. At the end of each market period, the middle school has a celebration for those students who meet the criteria for excellent attendance, which includes both presents in schools and tardies. On May 20th, 196 students at the middle

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school celebrated their market period attendance with ice cream sundas during the lunch period. Field day home room winners. The middle school field day was a huge success. Students participated in games such as tubu war, the 60R dash, and the water

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balloon toss. There was also a trivia portion of the field day in which students answered Jeopardy like questions. This year, Miss Shimon and Miss Blear's home room were the seventh grade winners and Miss Panagi and Mr. the church's home room were the

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back-to-back winners in 2025 and 2026. Both home rooms will have a pizza party this week. A few weeks ago, the middle school celebrated all of our clubs, sports, and music programs. During our second annual pep rally, the pep rally kicked off a

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special musical performance by our student led band, DJ Arian, and Gabby Rose on the saxophone. Miss Crystal Vargas served as the coordinator and MC of the event. Staff members participated in a very competitive round of musical chairs in the Whitney Houston challenge.

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All of the students who are in clubs on a sports team or a member of one of the music programs were recognized during this event. The pet family celebration day wrapped up with a students versus staff basketball game and for the first time the students beat the staff. [laughter]

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>> Wingman [clears throat] visits visits. This year, our wingman students visited all the elementary schools and the intermediate school. The wingman students also worked with the middle school students during two pilot advisory sessions. At their visits with

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the students in grades four through six, the Wingman students ran sessions that taught about the importance of building strong relationships and communication in the classroom. They also have conversations with students about what they think are the most important factors in a successful

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school. At the end of every wingman session, there is a moment to answer reflection questions that wraps up their learning for the day. We are proud to work with over 900 students across all four elementary schools and intermediate school.

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>> Spring spring sports. This spring, the LFCs track team had a great season with their new coaches, Miss Cummings and Mr. Moreno. As the season progressed, they saw great improvements in their athletes, continuing to get faster and stronger each week. The boys relay team

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made up of entirely eighth graders. They were able to run in under one minute, which is very impressive. Select athletes participate participated in championship meet where both boys and girls placed fit overall. The LCMS softball team had a great season. The

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girls finished the season with a 8 and2 record, winning most of their games by 10 or more runs. The Louiswis FCO Middle School baseball team enjoyed a successful season, finishing with an impressive record of eight wins and three losses throughout the season.

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The team demonstrated hard work, sportsmanship, and dedication as they scored a total of 79 runs while allowing while only allowing their opponents to score 34 runs. High note Festival and Dory Park. On May 27th of this year, the middle school

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music program competed in its annual high note festival competition where students performed pieces of music from their spring concert for feedback and critique from the note from the high note festival judges. After a long season of hard work and dedication, each

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ensemble, including the chorus, orchestra, seventh grade band, and eighth [clears throat] grade band, received a superior rating, which is the highest rating possible. students celebrated by going to a park to Dhy to Dhy Park the next day.

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>> And last but not least is our eighth grade trip to Philadelphia. On June 1st and 2nd, the eighth grade students travel to Philadelphia for an overnight class trip. During the trip, we visited the Philadelphia Zoo, Eastern State Prison, and the the Rocky Steps, the

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Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Museum of the American Revolution, and the the Writing Journal Market. The trip gave students the opportunity to connect what they learned in social studies class to real historic sites and

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artifacts. Students also enjoyed spending time with their classmates and shapes to create lifelong memories. >> Thank you Sophia and R.J. and thank you for sharing what's going on at the middle school. And as you could see, it's not just the high school that has exciting things going on, right? We have

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a lot of things going on in the middle school and that's just in the last month and a half. So hopefully we'll hear more from middle school students next year, but you did a great job. So there was no need no need to be nervous. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Diaz is the proud principal right

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now. So [laughter] um and now I'd like to welcome Mr. Chris uh Noel, assistant manager of bicycle and pedestrian programs for Easy Ride and a founding member of the Fortly Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee along with Chief um Matthew Hinsy of the

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Fort Le. They are going to be talking about some really um new and important legislation that is going into effect starting July 1, uh regarding ebike regulations. So, we invited them here tonight um so that

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they could speak to the broader community during a public board meeting. So, I will hand it over to Chris and Chief Hinty. >> Hi, good evening. Um who's doing the clicking? >> Um Jason Jason can do it. Jason, if

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you're out there, just click next slide. So, you'll just say next slide, Chris. >> Okay. Uh I'm putting on animation like Okay. >> He can hear you. So just tell them what to do. >> So yeah, my name is Chris uh Chris Bell

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and um yeah, I covered my roles. So um the easy ride is to say the school coordinator is part of New Jersey and so we we actually have a lot of programs to offer. We'd love to collaborate more for the you know school district. Um but uh

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you could go ahead next slide. Okay. So primarily um we're here to talk about ebikes and new ebike law tonight which goes into full effect on July 19th. So just some basics in case um you know it needs to be filled

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in. Feel free if you're watching at home to take screenshots of any of these slides. I have to go quickly. So um there there are really these three main categories of ebikes or e-tos now and the low speed ebikes have pedal assist

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only up to 20 miles per hour and now there is an age limit of 15 m of 15 years old and they require license registration no insurance and you can see on the top left there it looks like a bike with a battery on them so it has an adjustable seat then there's

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motorized bicycles that do have pedal assist they go a little bit faster. They do also have a throttle that allows them to go up to 28 miles an hour. Um, and those are very popular long delivery runs, but have to be 17 or older uh to register, get a license, and ride those.

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And then e- mode. So, these are the ones that tend to be more popular among our students. Um, and they have a throttle but no pedal assist. They can go faster than 28 miles per hour and they look more like a motorcycle because they have a bench seat on them. So that's an easy

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way to distinguish that. They may have pedals, but because they don't have pedal assist, the pedals are not really that useful. And again, 17 plus to legally ride these and license, registration, and insurance. Okay, go ahead. [snorts]

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And we click. [clears throat] So you click through for this slide. Click all the way. So there are um you know license requirements. Keep going. And there is a process for getting your license which is very similar to getting

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your driver's license. Now there's one more I think on this slide. And um it actually uh includes knowledge vision tests uh practice riding and a road test to obtain your license. And as far as I can tell you can't actually get your

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license yet. The NG NBC Motor Vehicle Commission is not ready yet. Okay. Go ahead. Click. Okay, got it. Click. So, regarding registration really like if you want to do the, you know, do things

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the right way. It's it's a little bit convoluted, but you need to get that license. Then you need to get insurance before trying to register your ebike. And then when you go to do that, you have to show them you only eBike, which means you need to have the proper

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paperwork. Um, and you know there are different forms that they accept and [laughter] then you have to schedule an appointment and it seemed that they're not currently accepting appointments yet and I have a feeling there's going to be a backlog that's going to go beyond July 19th. I don't know how they could

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possibly register everybody everybody who has them. Um, and so keep checking this website um on the on the website that's listed there. You can sign up for updates and hopefully you'll get an email that says when you can start making appointments.

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So go on ahead. >> Okay. So, um I've seen some kids riding these now. So on the left, [laughter] so these um I'm not really sure what to call it. It's like a electric mini bike or a an electric pocket bike. I think

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these are not actually able to be registered. This is more like a toy like those pocket bikes or mini bikes. So we have to be uh we have to be alert for these as well. Oh, if you see students writing these switch,

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go ahead. And so, um, on the earlier slide, I mentioned helmets. So, now on any of these devices, you you need to be wearing a DOT approved helmet. And these are heavy and they're more expensive, but they're more protective. And there there are a few

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different styles, but um you know if if our students are riding ebikes or emotos or even adults, they need to have the helmet with a sticker on the back. Okay, go ahead. Um and then also there is a no passenger

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rule in New Jersey. So the bike is not designed to accommodate other, you know, multiple riders. You can't have passengers legally on on your bike. And it's also really recommended that if you're looking into buying an ebike or an e- modem going forward that you

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purchase it from a local bike shop because then you'll get all the necessary paperwork to get it registered and they'll make sure that it fits you. It's suitable to you. You have warranties that maybe you could bring it back in for tuneups and maintenance and they know what they're doing at the bike

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shops. So I should mention that you know um there are modification kits that you can purchase online and you can tamper with the ebikes that you have to make them go faster but then that uh like voids any registration can't register

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them um after that. So, uh, continue, please. Okay, you could go. Well, okay, I'll just mention this briefly. It does seem that there are cases showing up where now parents are being held liable for

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incidents that have involved their kids. So, we'll we'll see what happens. Some of this legislation is being written, you know, as we go along, figuring things out here. But in many cases, it's it's the parents who buy the devices for their kids. So, um, maybe we'll see a

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little bit more responsibility being placed on parents. Okay, go ahead. So, I'm not going to go over all of this. I just wanted to mention that um, one thing that's a complicating factor is that each municipality is kind of developing their own kind of

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[clears throat] uh, consequences for how they're dealing with um, you know, people riding ebikes and eic. And so, there's a whole range of of kind of efforts that are being done. So it could be starting at just education, providing warnings, right? This is regarding the

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police department. Um then maybe fines, then uh empoundments. Some municipalities are going straight toward fines and empoundments. Uh Ridgewood uh they're doing really neat kind of community outreach program where they started the bicycle junction on social

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media like an education series. So there's a lot happening out there and I think that municipalities and police departments are going to learn from each other on what works and what doesn't. You could go ahead. So then some municipalities are attempting to ban riding e devices like ebikes, e

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scooters, these things on streets, which I I uh uh I I don't know I don't know what to say about that because I think it's not legal for them to do that. um especially if it's a registered device and in this case in Randy it's a county

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road but I think municipalities are some of them are trying to see what they're able to get away with um and we'll see we'll learn you know as we go here so go ahead all right so I'll mention too there are resources for parents who are interested perhaps this could become

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part of school curricula even um there are courses that you have to pay for that are online ebike training for teens you know you could take to screenshot out this. Um, and uh, it's kind of like preparation for the license test if you're going to, you know, actually go

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through the process of getting license, registration, insurance, but is very useful. Anyway, um, my colleague took the first course and it took about four hours and you get a little certificate and he said he learned a lot from it. Okay, go ahead. And so I'll mention that

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the the new ebike law does not apply to electric scooters at least. Yeah, low speed electric scooters, which are the top two that have the green box around them. So, they only rope to 19 miles an hour. Um, there are ones that go over 19 miles an hour like the one in the red

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box, but that's those are not legal. They're not street legal. And there are no age restrictions, no license or registration as of now. But we'll see because there are risks associated with these as well. Um, and again, I'll point out that only one buyer per scooter. So

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around Fort Leo, you see students riding these without without helmets and also multiple multiple kids on on scooter. So you know uh they're kids so we kind of expect that but we see this happening and so go ahead you can click and I'll

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mention a little bit about the battery basics. So you can click ahead here. So if if you have an e device or you're thinking of purchasing one make sure the batteries are ULcertified. There was just a, you know, there are fires periodically. There was one in Leonia.

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Thankfully, nobody was injured or killed or anything like that. Um, but you want to treat your battery like your like you treat your smartphone, which I assume that you treat very well because they're so expensive, right? So, keep them cool

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and dry out of direct sunlight. Use the original charger only and also try not to overcharge them. Do not charge overnight because they can get really hot. And check them often for anything like cracks, swelling, or damage. If you

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notice any damage, take them to Home Depot where they'll recycle them. If it starts getting hot or emitting odors or making any noise, call 911. That most likely means a fire has already started inside and the batteries burn extremely

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hot. So, we need to be serious about the batteries. Okay. Go ahead. Next slide. If it's stuck, you could hit escape and then jump back. Sometimes it'll stick to the slide. Okay, there we go. So, um, this is kind

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of like my thoughts. You can click ahead a little bit here. So in order for the law to be really effective and for us to manage the [clears throat] issue I think that uh we really need like many things for things to be effective we need a

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holistic approach which really takes leadership creativity and collaboration between all of these uh entities. So the district, school leaders, the PD and the municipality. And so there are things that each of these entities can do, but also in in conjunction with each other.

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So um regarding the district, there are policies that can be passed regarding ebikes specifically, but also about active transportation. And I think it's a good idea to kind of h have a set philosophy about wanting to promote active transportation yet doing it

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legally and safely. and also maybe setting goals in there as well like having a certain percentage of kids walking and riding bikes to school by certain date and school years. So procedures in terms of especially uh drop off and pickup, you know, making

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sure that kids arriving on foot or rolling to school uh can do so safely, that they're maybe separated or protected from parents who are dropping off their kids, you know, all the all the vehicle traffic. And also I encourage leaders to observe

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um the students arriving to school. So what are they riding on? Who is riding what? Right? And then engage those specific kids individually. Encourage them. Um if they are doing everything right, you know, maybe reinforce positive behavior. If they're wearing

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their helmets, they have bell, they have lights, there are things you could do, positive reinforcement. If if they're not, you know, doing everything right, then discuss that with them. You now know who they are. who can engage parents. Okay. For the police department, of course, they're they're

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already going to be doing these things, but in conjunction with the school and the district, I think um so like you would decide would the police be allowed to come onto school property and confiscate some devices that may not be registered or um you know not suitable

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obviously for that particular age. So that's something to discuss that some municipality no no sorry some school districts are prohibiting the parking of any e devices on school property and I suppose if something appears the police would come and take it. So then as far

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as the municipality goes, passing or strengthening policies like to complete a green policy um that and then also improving [clears throat] our infrastructure for those who are rolling and walking. So that way we don't have you know e- scooter riders or ebike

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riders riding on the sidewalk and mixing with pedestrians which is a danger or riding out in the road where especially higher speed higher traffic roads where they're mixing with with vehicles. So this something that the municipality can work on in conjunction with the other

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entities. Okay, so go ahead. Okay, there we go. So now um how can Easy ride help? So well I wanted to point out that you know Fort Lee is a walking school district. It's not a busing school district. But if only 20 or 30 or 40% of the kids are walking to

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school, is it really a walking school district? So then we have to to we should measure right how many or what percentage of kids are walking to school? Why is why there why isn't there a higher percentage of kids walking to school? Can we make it safer? If we're calling the walking school district, we

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should try to encourage it and make it safer for people to do it. So easy ride can help by helping to implement walk, bike, and roll to school days that if they're done routinely can become walk, bike, and roll to to school buses. So at

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Ben Franklin Middle School in Tina, they just started one and we've been helping them out. And Pierre Pont Elementary School in Rutherford now has a bike bus and we help them out too um by doing some safe bike skills classes first and then coordinating with the local police

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to make these things happen. And then with these things we can really regulate the students very well. So what I mean is um you know like you don't allow ebikes on these on these like bike to school days maybe e scooters but then we

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can make sure require that every student is wearing their helmet. We can do bike checks. Um the helmets are fitted properly. We go over how to ride on the road and ride together with adults even with police. So at in TAC we have police a police escort and we actually take the

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whole lane and ride to the school. Um and you know in Montlair and South Orange people with they've been doing that for a while. So then the district can adopt a safe route to school policy which I can share the model and examples of this. So these promote walking,

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biking, rolling school while at the same time protecting the district from liability. So I think we would like to encourage more kids to walk, bike and roll. [clears throat] I mean that's up to you of course but we don't want to you know open them up to greater danger.

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So that's a really good idea to adopt that policy and then um so easy run can help implement walk and bike audits. So these are where we kind of assess typical routes that students take to school or to and from school and

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identify you know risks and dangers and make recommendations. We put these in school travel plans that then have the recommendations which you could seek to implement and um I mentioned presentations at all of the schools but we haven't been at the elementary schools yet but in addition we do safe

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bike skills classes and we can do them during the school day after school and those things can lead to safe routes to school recognition for the individual schools which then uh can really be helpful in applying to grants which can then help to implement the

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recommendations in school travel plans. And so I'll just mention to that everything that we do at Easy Ride is free and I don't get uh anything any extra pay out of it. Okay. So it's like I just figure we should be leveraging you know what Easy Ride has to offer.

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Like I work at Easy Ride because I want to see these things implemented in the in the world, right? Um okay, you can go ahead and I'll mention this very quickly. So, um, the Fort Lady Mayor's Active Transportation Advisory Committee, um, was accepted to a program

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to get a a walking audit of Main Street. And so, this is on June 24th. Um, you can scan the QR code or go to that that link to sign up. You can participate in this. The members of the public, school board, everyone can participate in it. We're going to do a walk of Main Street,

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assess the challenges and opportunities, and then this will, you know, make observations. This will go into a plan that will have recommendations that we can use to then maybe apply for grants and improve the walkability and bikeability of Main Street. And a lot of kids will do walk along Main Street on

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the way to school on the way home from school. So I mean I would love it if some uh you know school board members and school leaders would join us on this. Okay. And then the last slide is just my contact information. Okay.

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Oh, thank you. Thank you everybody. Thanks Chris. Um, it's Chief Vincy here. Thank you to the board for inviting me tonight and apologies I do not have a slide deck but uh [laughter] not as long as Chris. Uh, just a couple things from our perspective here. Like Chris said, the law is very very new,

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probably born out of some some horrific tragedies throughout the state. So that's unfortunate that it took that to get to where we are. But uh we are seeing children and adults throughout the burough riding unsafely. So, to the parents that are watching this, please uh if you go back and if you took

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screenshots of Chris's, uh classes of bikes, uh if not, there's definitely some on our social media and then we can probably push that out in the near future again as as school comes to an end. Uh be aware of what you're giving your children, especially if they're under that that [clears throat] boped

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age, which is 15 because you know my age remembers the [laughter] defining mark 15. uh if you're if they're under that age, every class of ebike and or e scooter is bound to the same rules of the road as a as a bicycle and and a car. And that's what we're seeing

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happening is most often not we're giving these a parent of a teenager also a 10, 11, 12, 13 year old child, a ebike, an e scooter, even a bicycle, but that's more prominent now the e the e the e e- motor uh versions. And they're they're they're

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not realizing that they're moving faster. uh they're moving uh with cars or against cars, against pedestrians. Not their fault. They're just not educated enough to know that they're bound by the rules go. So parents were police department's trying to do the education component. We had a couple

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assemblies through the juvenile bureau. Sergeant Turner was in all schools. Uh we had Chris at the high school for parents to try and get some of this information out. So we're just trying in schools, but we got just about a week in a little a little bit more than a week before school's out and then we'll be in full summer mode. Uh, so it'll be hard

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to get the information through the schools to you. So, please uh check all that information. Like Chris said, go on that motor vehicle permissions website. There'll be updates as the law comes to fruition in in July. Uh, wear a helmet. That's the most important thing if they're going to be on there. Another

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big issue we're seeing is that there's aftermarket tinkering. So, if they're buying a class low speed, they're putting aftermarket [laughter] batteries or aftermarket motors in there and it's going faster. Again, this is all safety component. The 13-year-old's not going to be in tune to realize that

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they're 20 miles an hour doesn't seem like it's fast because they collided with somebody who were a person that 20 miles an hour is fast. If they're not aware of the rules of the world, they get themselves or someone else seriously injured. So, it's really just a safety component from the police department trying to get the education component

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put into place before we start doing the enforcing component. We really don't want to be out there enforcing, you know, 12 year olds or 13y olds, 14y olds, 15 year olds. Eastwood we want everyone to have fun but most importantly to be to BC. [clears throat] Um I know we have did the safe walk to the high schools Chris said we did we've

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done that in years past so I I know the district has that the police department [clears throat] partakes in that every year with the high school but want to push out the other schools. We're always happy to hear our part on that. Uh again just uh I wish everyone a happy most importantly safe summer as we come come

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to [clears throat] the end of the school year. which parents is please be be aware of the class of ebike that your or scooter. I know the law doesn't apply to these scooters, but they go just as quick. And so, uh, know what your your child has and [gasps] come, you know, be

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aware that they they they're subject to the law, but more importantly that they may be doing things [clears throat] unsafe out there. I see it every day. You know, their kids are coming to school. They're on the sidewalk, off the curb, they're jumping on and off. They're they're in and out and [clears throat] out of crowds. Everyone's trying to get someplace fast.

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I get it. Uh but uh they just don't have the training to know the rules of the road. So we're trying to stress that as much as possible all of our interactions right now leading up until starting the legisl the legislation. So thank you everyone. Have a good night. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Thank you Chris. Thank you

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chief. Um that was a really important that's really important information to share with our families as we we're in the nice weather season um spring heading into summer and our summer break because we know our students are going to be out there um on their bikes, their ebikes and their

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scooters. So we wanted to make sure that families were aware. Um as we approach the end of the school year, which is coming quite quickly, I just want to congratulate all of our students and staff on a successful school year. um to our families uh for your support. Um the

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2526 school year was was again another successful year. I hope everybody has the opportunity, all of our families, our students, and our staff has the opportunity this summer to relax. Um and we will see you all in September. So on behalf of the entire school district,

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have a safe, healthy, and enjoyable summer break, and we'll see you in September. And that is the conclusion of my superintendent report. Thank you, Superintendent Colasso, for your superintendent support. Thank you

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to Sophia and Aar. He did a phenomenal job. Thank you to the chief and Chris for informing us. Um, and on that note, uh, do we have any committee reports or liaison reports?

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The curriculum committee met tonight at 5:30 before we went to executive session. Um just a brief preliminary discussion on some revamping of the five-year cycle of state standards for

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certain subject areas as well as um keeping an eye on interesting courses for next school year and the years to come at the high school. Thank you.

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>> Uh the policy committee met uh last week on June 10th and we uh continued [clears throat] discussions on the facilities usage policy and also discussed the policy on absences. And as a liazison school too, I I just

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want to congratulate school two um and principal Brennan and Superintendent Colazo. I attended the um moving up ceremony today and it was just it was a really great experience. The students were fantastic. They I had no idea they sing during these things but they did

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and it was a nice surprise and really cool. Um I was honored to be there. So congratulations to all those students and parents. Uh special thanks to PTO school 2. I know they're very active. Um I'm getting messages about things they're doing all the time. So

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congratulations to them as well. Thank you. So, I don't have a committee report, but I would like to thank Mike Raptory of the athletics department for providing the board of education to the uh sports awards night and celebrating all those

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great athletes and their achievements. Also, uh congratulating our families and all the coaches that are involved. want to reinforce something that uh coach Raptor said and we've come a long way in Portbe

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athletics. Um and uh it's it's awesome to celebrate uh their achievements and I think we're just we're just getting started. Mhm. >> I look forward to many uh great things to come uh in the years ahead and great

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job by all the coaches Mike and families in the and the islands. Um also didn't have the opportunity to say this while Chief was present, but um one thing that I did notice this year is the

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presence of a lot of frosting guards in our town. And I think that the police department did an amazing job building these vacancies and putting a lot of folks at very important uh crossbones. And I think that when it comes to safety, that's that's critical. I know

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that these positions are really difficult to fill in other municipalities. And uh I I think that our police department did an amazing job at at at putting people in some of these important crosswalks. Uh and and they're highly highly visible. I know this was a

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brutal winter. We mentioned we've mentioned this before um you know earlier in the year, but thank you very much to all the crossing guards doing an amazing job in some really difficult uh weather months and and even that it's pretty hot out there sometimes in the

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morning. Uh so thank you for for a great job. >> Any other reports? Okay. So, moving on. Before I open up to the public, we have Okay. >> Sorry. Okay. Um, so before we open up to

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the public, we have one walk in that, uh, board attorney is going to read. >> Thank you, Madam President. Uh, this is item 7B. Therefore, be it resolved that the Fortle board of education hereby disenrolls the following non-resident

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student from the Fort Le public schools is student ID number last 4 uh 2087. [laughter] >> Okay. Thank you. Does any board member have any comments

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on tonight's agenda? None. Okay. Moving on. May I have a motion to open the floor to the public? >> Motion. >> Motion. Ra. >> Second. Curry. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Any extensions?

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Okay. If anybody wants to come to the podium, they can. Okay. Can I have a motion to close to the public? >> Second. >> Motion. Rictor second curry.

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Okay. And can I have uh moving on to resolutions? May I have a motion to approve items 1B through 7B? >> Motion. >> Motion Curry. Second. Rtor. Roll call, please.

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>> Miss Curry. >> Yes. Mr. Gosling. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Cotay. >> Yes. Mr. Lopez. >> Yes. I abain on seven. >> Miss Perez. >> Yes. Miss. Richtor. >> Yes. Miss Moral.

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>> Yes. May I have a motion to approve items 1, B, and G? >> Motion. >> Motion. Cotang. >> Second. >> Second. Perez. Roll call. >> Miss Curry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gos. >> Yes.

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>> Miss Coten. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lopez. >> Yes. Miss Perez. >> Yes. And I'm very excited. [laughter] >> Miss Rtor, >> yes. >> Miss Morz, >> yes. May I have a motion to approve item 1 CR?

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>> Motion. >> Motion. Ra. >> Second. >> Second. Coten. Roll call, please. >> Miss Curry, >> yes. >> Mr. Goslin, >> yes. >> Miss Coten, >> yes. >> Mr. Lopez, >> yes. >> Miss Perez, >> yes. Miss Richtor, >> yes. >> Miss Morell,

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>> yes. May I have a motion to approve items 1F through 22F? >> Motion. >> Motion. Curry. >> Second. Coten. Roll call, please. >> Miss Curry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Goslin. >> Yes. >> Miss Coten.

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>> Yes. And gratitude to the business office for >> Mr. Lopez. >> Yes. >> Miss Perez. >> Yes. Miss Rtor. >> Yes. >> Miss Mor. >> Yes. on everything, but I abstain on 19F

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and I'm saying no to 20F. May I have a motion to approve items 1 P through 12P? >> Motion. >> Motion Rita. >> Second. Coten. Roll call, please. >> Miss Curry, >> yes. Mr. Gosling. >> Yes.

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>> Miss Conte, >> yes. >> Mr. Lopez, >> yes. >> Miss Perez, >> yes. >> Miss Rtor, >> yes. >> Miss Morell, >> yes. May I have a motion to approve items 1 P? >> Motion. Cotang. >> Second.

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>> Second. Go. Roll call, please. >> Miss Curry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Goslin, >> yes. >> Miss Cotay, >> yes. >> Mr. Lopez. >> Yes. >> Miss Perez. >> Yes. Miss Richtor. >> Miss Moral. >> Yes.

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>> Yeah. Waiting for you. Okay. So, yes. [clears throat] >> Moving on to old business. Anybody have any old business? >> I guess I just have a question. Now, that was the second reading of the policy committees. So, we you're going

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to redo the committees now. Send out a new interest form or something. Uh yes. >> Okay. >> Um now that it's passed, uh we'll it takes effect as of July 1. So uh I will send out the forms again

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and you can fill them out and send them back to me. Um because this is our only meeting in June, I will email them to you and you can just email them back to um the board secretary and then he will give them to me or just email them back

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to me. Any new business? And on that note, can I have a motion to adjourn? >> Motion. >> Motion RTO. >> Second. >> Second. Lopez. All in favor?

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>> Any opposed? Any abstensions? Good night, everyone.