test. Test again. We're ready to start the public portion of our meeting. Um, we had one piece of public correspondence uh since our last meeting and that just came in today from Jenny and Steven Bitter uh expressing a
concern about cell phone usage in Glenrich High School and the Glenrich Middle School. Uh, I responded to that. I mentioned that there is a bill pending in the legislature right now that would require all districts to have cell phones and other internet uh have cell
phone policies that also would apply to other internet connected devices. Uh the governor in public statements has said he favors a bell-to-bell ban on cell phones. Uh and um he is interested in getting that legislation passed and signed uh before he leaves office. So
the inauguration of the new governor will be on January 20th. So sometime between now and the second week in January, we expect that that bill in some form or other will pass the legislature. And so uh we have to wait and see what it says
and what it mandates us to do. Um so it will either be uh in favor of all districts just having a policy without being prescriptive about the policy um or it will be a btobell ban. Um and that was the only piece of public
correspondence. Uh the president's report. First of all, um we would be remiss without recognizing the tragedies that have happened in the past week. Uh the shooting at Brown University as well as the tragic shooting in Australia on
Bondi Beach of the participants in the Hanukkah celebration. So I would ask right now for a moment of silence to remember those killed, those injured, those traumatized by those incidents.
Okay. Thank you. Um, as I mentioned, the legislature is in the lame duck session. Um, there are significant education related bills currently under consideration, including bills concerning school consolidation, regionalization,
charter school accountability, and school funding, uh, which will have direct effects on Glenidge. Some may get through the legislative process before the end of the session in early January. Others will be reintroduced in the new session. Inauguration day is January
20th. for incoming Governor Mikey Cheryl and Lieutenant Governor Dale Caldwell. And now um I also before we get to uh something that is very important tonight, want to remind you we sent out a survey about qualities, desirable
qualities for our next superintendent. I hope that you um will fill out that survey. Uh students, you two uh members of the community, we sent it out. We will send it out again tomorrow in case you missed it. Please um fill it out,
return it to us uh so that the board can understand the desires of wishes and desires of the community with regard to the best qualities for a successful next superintendency. And finally, um this is the last board
meeting for 2025. Um as you know, the board is reborn again every January. Uh and is our time to say a fond farewell and thanks to our colleague Heather Yarus Ramos. Um she has been on the board for is it three
terms, Heather? Four terms. Four terms. Okay. Four terms and has served on numerous committees including those that she is currently chair of which are finance and curriculum. Heather, I know I will miss you. We've been together a long time, you and I. Um
we'll miss your presence in our discussions, your questions, your trenchant observations. Um as many of you know, Heather is also an educator and um has brought that valuable perspective to our discussions and so we
have some things for you tonight. Um and I will start but we have more than just this. This is a plaque. >> Okay. of your service. And we also have some other names.
Now that the board won't be and a card and little celebration after afterwards. Yes. So, uh board members, I wanted to give you all a chance to say a few words to Heather if you would like. It's voluntary. Uh may we go around Ray, you can you you have the honor. um as as
the most junior member of the board, you were very welcoming in my first year and thank you for all your wisdom and knowledge and it'll certainly be missed. Thank you so much. Uh uh uh really the sorry really
the uh the and um uh uh really thank you um uh sorry uh for challenging uh um uh sorry for
challen challenging uh the school's curriculum and um uh really getting to where um or sorry
really getting to the uh the Thank you very much. I have so many things I didn't even know what to write in a card because there's a the list is long. Lots of good questions, lots of good
debates, lots of good insights. So, I'm going to try and in part continue that tradition. >> Okay. Uh, and I've said my piece, but
Heather, I will just miss you. Um, you know how I we've been through several superintendents together and uh all kinds of changes, of innovations, of happy times, times that aren't so happy.
You have made them all better, uh, we're neighbors. I'll see you. We'll meet. We'll miss you. I'll see you again. But thanks for everything you've done. Four times is a long time. >> Thank you so much. I echo everyone here. I appreciated your questions and your
your challenges to um our group and and making us all think a lot harder and appreciate your experience as an educator. It's been very insightful and very informative for me and I've I've learned a lot from you. So, I appreciate it very much. Thank you.
>> Okay, your turn. >> I mean, I I don't think there's anything new I can say. I mean, we're neighbors, too. So, I'll also see you in the neighborhood probably tomorrow morning. But um you know I just remember when I was first coming on the board how patient you were with my questions and
and you've just been a terrific asset and I feel very lucky that to have served alongside of you >> and administrative team and attorneys you also get a chance to weigh in. >> Um thank you Heather. You um you were
great as we proposed some crazy curriculum changes. uh even recently and um it's been great working with you. >> Thank you, Heather, as chair of finance committee for always asking those prying and digging questions.
>> I think I'm just going to chime in because I I was skipped the first time around, but um >> there No, no, it's fine. >> There aren't many people who will ask why until they actually get the answer, and you do. and I I just appreciate so much you digging deep. Um, also no one
has mentioned your lack of a poker face and I think particularly during board Zoom conversations that um level of expression and reactions was just really helpful and and humanizing to the board even before I was on the board. So, thanks.
>> Okay, >> Google had to keep those off my face and it was unsuccessful. >> So, you still have to finish up the meeting. Um, but we wish you well. We don't know what you'll possibly do with your Tuesday nights.
>> Um, probably every now and then. Um, uh, thank you. It's been a largely a rewarding experience and part of that was having board members that were willing to listen to other people's perspectives so that we, you know, it wasn't a painful process to come to
consensus on the whole. Thank you. >> Okay. Thanks to all, especially thanks to Heather. Uh we will go on now. The the um president's report is finished. Uh superintendent's report.
I'm going to walk around with a microphone. So, congratulations to the soccer team. Yay. I actually have some deficiencies and learning about the soccer playoffs.
Co um coach Hill and John Mr. Lawler had to sit me down and say it's too soon to honor them at the meeting after the sectionals. So they mapped it out for me and um they told me that you guys weren't done yet. You weren't done yet.
You had a mission and you were going to do it. And then I saw Mr. Ayeni on Monday after the weekend of the state championship and he was doing bathroom duty. So how how high he was and then
doing bathroom duty and I I said to Mr. Ayeni um so the soccer team this is this is amazing. He said yeah these are the these are great kids. So, um, I heard that you were at
the town hall. They trumped the board of education. They got you first. So, I'm a little annoyed about that. And, uh, Mr. Ian told me you got a proclamation. I was like, "Wow, a proclamation. I don't even know what that is, but okay, you
got a proclamation." So, now I got to do better than a proclamation. So, I was thinking, what could I do for the boys soccer team? So, I made a limick. So it's educational. I'm teaching you something. Five stanzas. Okay, we're
going to give you a limmerick here. So there once was a team called the Ridgers. So grand coached by Ieni with grit finally planned. They stormed through the state. Sealed fate at the
gate. Crowned champs ultimately best in the land. So let's give it up for the boys soccer team. And uh I'd like to call up coach Ayeni so he could say a few words about his team because he understands soccer a lot better than I do. But I can write a
limbre just >> I definitely can't top that. Uh thank you guys. Um I want to thank the board um administration Mr. Hill. I've been harassing Mr. uh for the six years here of um constantly asking for more games, more fields. He's always doing that for us.
Um I put a lot on his plate. He's always response. Um the boys, very thankful for these guys. They've been through a lot uh over the past three years, particularly this senior group. And uh to see them put in that work and accomplish what we've accomplished is uh is pretty awesome. It's not easy uh to
get that far. And as a small group, one school uh to finish in really top 25 in the state of New Jersey is is pretty awesome. Um on our crest, on our shield, it says uh Labour Omnia Vincent, which stands is Latin for work conquers all.
And you know, that's our motto. Um whatever goals we set, we put that work in. And that's a that's a life lesson, right? Um it takes, you know, they're going to graduate and they move on to the next level. Um but that aspect of work conquering all doesn't die out. it it goes with them to their life, to
jobs, uh one day parenthood, uh to be a spouse, all of it applies. So, uh it's been a pleasure. It's been fun. Um I'm looking forward to doing it again next year and the year after and so on. So, thank you. >> And very quickly, uh coach is far too
humble. Um, but obviously he preaches everything he just said is everything we value in education based athletics. It's what we do. It's soccer is just the tool for the life lessons that this group of young men are learning and have learned is just is one step on a lot of their
bigger journey. But let's give a nice round round of applause for coach for being byj.com uh our Essex County Coach of the Year. Um and and on top of that, coach is a big part of our student athlete, our
cash committee, our student uh health uh mental health committee. He does so many things that go above and beyond, and we are grateful for him. Uh boys, I I know this year was fun. You're you're a great group. You're easy to root for. You're
all good kids. Keep that going. just keep doing everything that coach that your families that our community takes pride in and you're going to go really far in life. So, thank you very very much. Okay, can the uh boys soccer team assemble over here so we could get a
great photo? I don't want the town to up me again. I need a good picture of the soccer team. What? Oh, I went I beat the town. >> That was a mic shot. >> Okay, thank you.
Can you Can you take the picture? It's going on the web page. I could probably sing. >> Oh, I'm gonna Can I get in the picture? very much. >> My favorite part of this job is celebrating the students.
Thank you, soccer team. Thank you guys. And I always like to celebrate. I'm going to celebrate a group, a club that has never been celebrated at a board meeting. And when I found that out, I was a little sad. I talked to Kevin George and I said, "You got to come to
the board meeting. You guys do some amazing stuff." So, let's give it up for Model UN. I'm going to let Kevin George tell you what model UN is, but of course I wrote a limick for them, too, because I was
not going to, you know, let them not have the fun here. So, here you go, Molly people back here. Oh. Oh, really? Oh, great. >> Okay. There once was a model UN crew whose delegates knew what to do with
research so tight they debated all night and brought home the awards they were due. Let's hear it from my UN. >> Okay, Mr. George, you want to talk about your program?
>> Thank you. Um, following boys soccer is going to be a tough one. Uh, but I'll give you my best. Um so Model UN for anyone who doesn't know we simulate the United Nations. So basically the kids come here every Monday night um from 6:30 to 7:30. Um the officers that are
here with me now get here at 6:00. Um they do research topics of you know international importance. Um they go to conferences. Uh most recently we went to Ruters. Uh we spent a weekend there and they debate hours and hours and hours. They represent a country. Um this year
we were Egypt and Brazil at uh Ruters. Um we're going to be going on another conference in February to uh Philadelphia. Um and I have a few officers here I just want to mention real fast. Um Grady and Cherry are
outgoing senior officers. Um we have Beia uh who won an award at the the most recent conference. hates it when I mention that. Um, we have um our two co-presidents. Um, Ellie um has won awards at five out of seven
conferences that she's done at Model UN, which I' I'd have to check my notes. She probably already knows. It's It's got to be like a record here at Glenrich. um and uh her co-president Aalia, who has been a driving force in everything we've
done this year, including a big fundraiser. Um they asked really quickly. They they motioned for a 40 sec 45 second speaking time. No, you don't want to do it anymore. They I guess they're intimidated now. Um but they just wanted to they wanted to let
everyone know that Model UN has been important to them in their lives. Um, and I think that most people know that know these people uh and see them every day like can kind of see the effects that what we do in model has had on them like the ability to speak, the ability
to um engage and to uh discuss and come to conflict resolution and and so on. Um so I grateful for the opportunity to tell you guys what we do here tonight. Thank you. >> All right. model you. We need a photo. >> It could never be more valuable.
I know the students and parents might have homework to do and maybe the board meeting now. This is a great time because the next up is the discussion of the annual audit. >> Or you can open
Thank you. >> I know. It's nice for me. Uh and now we'll continue with the rest of our meeting which is um the report on the annual comprehensive financial report and auditors management report
presented by Alex Berez. I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly from L uh Lurch Vinci and Bliss. It's all yours. >> Thank you for Thank you, poor president. Um I would be very impressed if there was limmerick for the audit too tonight.
But um Alex Burice from Lurchy and Bliss um here to present your 202425 audit. Um everyone should have received two documents. The first being the annual comprehensive financial report and then the auditor's manager report.
Uh the auditor's report has three opinions in there which are all considered unmodified. Unmodified opinion is the highest level that can be received. Um, the audit contains no material weaknesses or any significant deficiencies.
As far as your general fund fund balance, um, as of year end, June 30th, 2025, your fund balance increased from approximately 7.8 million to 9.2 million. But of the 9.2 million, there
are restrictions. The first is your excess surplus of 2 million that was generated in your 2425 audit. That 2 million will be in your 2627 budget as a budgeted revenue. There is an additional 2 million that was
generated from your 2324 audit that is used in your current 2526 budget. uh approximately 3.3 million of capital reserve that is restricted for capital projects that are in your long range facilities
plan. 700,000 in your maintenance reserve which is restricted for any required maintenance projects. 61,000 is unemployment reserve restricted again for any unemployment claims.
7,700 is your year-end incumbrances. Those are the open purchase orders that were open at year end 2425 that roll into your current year where the goods and services were not received. 31,000 then was used in your current
2526 budget to balance that budget. And lastly, your unassigned uh which could be used for any purpose of approximately 1.1 million. That is your 2% max with any allowable adjustments that the state allows you to have. Um so overall you're
you're in a good position financially. As far as uh recommendations, there was two recommendations in this year's audit that were discussed in detail with management. Um there is a corrective action plan on the agenda tonight that does address those two recommendations.
Um if there's any questions on fund balance or the recommendations, I could take those at this time. >> Board members, any questions? as auditors, do you have a feeling about the continued viability of the 2% tax
levy cap? >> Um, I know with the increased, you know, healthc care costs and special ed education cost. Um, and the state actually increased 4% a couple years ago. Um and we're hoping that you know they do increase it because 2%
uh you know 2% cap when their costs are going up over 2% you know it's becomes tight on the budget. >> Thank you board members. Any other uh questions about the audit or u ambiguities in district financing that
an auditor could answer. >> Okay. Thank you very much. congratulate Barbara on another, you know, fine audit this year and the administration for allowing us to come in to do the audit. >> And we will give our thanks to Barbara, our BA, Barbara Murphy, who I know worked with you and your um office to
get the audit done and to make sure that our books were in good shape. Thank you so much. >> Thanks. >> All right. Uh we finished to go to any other comments from superintendent? >> No. >> All right. We have come to the first public comment period for public comment
uh on agenda items only. Uh those of you who've been with us before know the protocols, but just to refresh, if you have a question or comment, please step up to the lectern. Uh please sign in, identify yourself, confirm your Glen Ridge uh residency. If you're
representing a group, please let us know what that is. If you have something in writing, please hand it to Miss Murphy so that it can become part of the record. And you have uh two minutes in this public comment period. Uh Kristen, will you be able to um time it? My
colleague Kristen will time it. So, are there any questions or comments related to the agenda? Hello. Uh, my name is Griffin Kim. I'm a senior. I grad or I'm a graduated senior. I'm a freshman now. I graduated last year. Um, I want I'm pretty sure
the uh SWAT codes being drawn would be on the agenda. I haven't quite checked, but I'm going to assume they were. Um, I want to use that topic to ask about a couple things. Uh, this town, at least from my experience in our school systems, there's been a lot of hate
perpetuated in sometimes direct but often indirect ways, such as drawing a SWAT on something and then moving on. And it's not just directed towards um, Jewish people. It's often, as I mentioned in August, directed towards queer people, especially queer people. there's a lot
of uh slurs being thrown towards them in general. And in my entire how many years? 13 years in this town, I've not seen really anything substantial done to combat that. And I
was wondering if anything ever will be done to combat that because I know that you make statements and I apologize if that sounds confrontational, but I do mean to be a little bit confrontational. um you make a lot of statements like in the email you just sent out about um
trying to confront these things in these ways etc etc but I don't believe these are translating to any actual um results because like in my entire I'm just even going to limit it to high school cuz co doesn't count that was middle school I'm going to limit it just
to four years of high school I've seen swatskas drawn here there and everywhere I've seen them scratched into music stands I've seen them scratched into desks I've seen them scratched into chairs. I've heard slurs towards queer people being thrown around. I've heard just like I've heard I've heard the n-word screamed in class. I've heard a lot of things, seen a lot of creepy
teachers. I think we all know about creepy teachers based on recent events. And um I might no longer be in this district, but my sister is and she's here for 4 years. So I would like to request and honestly I know that's my
time. I'm going to keep going a little bit longer and honestly demand a little bit that something actually substantial is done because this town has a veneer of being an idyllic little neighborhood but in reality it's far from that and
this town is inseparable from its school system. So I think this is a best place to make the appeal. Uh do your jobs please. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Other questions or comments? All right. Uh, as you know, there's a second public comment period for
questions or comments on agenda related items or other items uh related to the running of the schools. Uh, so we'll continue with our agenda. Um, we have it is the only meeting of the month. So, we have committee and liaison reports. We'll start with our
student rep. Hi. Okay. Oh, yes. Um, so for my report, winter ridger day will be held this Friday, December 19th, 19th during the last two blocks in the main gym. This event will introduce all winter sports teams and their players.
In addition, the senior versus staff basketball game will take place during rider day. Um, the student council will be selling candy candy cane grams which will be delivered alongside Christmas carols performed by the chorus next Monday. The high school drama department will present their production of Almost
Main this Friday, December 19th at 7:00 p.m. and again on December 20th at 2 p.m. Um, congratulations to all our all group or all state athletes from the fall season. From girls soccer, we have Yara Sole and Grace Sutton who got 13
from all group one. And for boys soccer, we have first team Max Flecher and Alex Douli for all group one, second team Gabe Herz and Ryan Law, and third team Chris Cabrera. And lastly, congratulations to our new basketball coach Grace Cannon on her first career win. The team defeated Bloomfield with a
final score of 34 to 19. >> Okay, >> board members, any questions for our student rep? >> All right, Ray, you're up. >> No updates? >> No. Okay, Heather, final chance. >> Sure. I am I'm going to start with
finance because it's shorter. Um finance committee met was it last week? We met recently. Um and we talked about how um the grants that uh Barbara applied for and one last year uh resulted in about a million dollars going back into cap
reserve. And so now we have almost 2 million in capital reserve and we'd like to spend it. Um particularly we're concerned about uh federal financing and how that might reduce state financing and whether that they might claw back money we have in our account. Um so the
idea is to spend it on roofing because uh it needs updates particularly at the high school. Uh we also talked about the audit which you um heard about um and we also heard a very very draft budget go. there's still information that needs to
come out. Um, yeah, that's where we are right now for finance. >> Okay. >> Uh, we we had a very long curriculum meeting. So, we talked about AI and student appropriate use um and how um
staff is responding by um doing more in-class writing. Um, we talked about how staff has used AI and where it's been helpful as well. We also talked about um we talked about special ed and the special ed audit and where we are in
that and we talked about um how sort of what we're doing for writing it's called it's PLASS which are like present level of academic performance basically and how that's by law now it's be required to send to the parents ahead of your IEP meeting but kind of edits to that
process kind of standardizing it for Glen Ridge or giving teachers what would call a prompt so that there's sort of more uniform feedback, you know, so it doesn't just depend so much on who you have. Um there's been discussions about what we should be using paraprofessionals for. Um and the next
focus is going to be sort of on um updating how IEEPs are written, possibly focusing more on skill-based versus contentbased goals. and that um sort of maybe including portfolios as part of that um present levels of performance or
IEP meetings as evidence encourage kind of the idea of more PD and coaching to sort of norm it so it's a more uniform experience um and not so dependent on who your um child study team member is. Um we were updated on grading process at
at the high school and sort of making them consistent and um teachers collaborating within their departments on norms and the followup to that would be sort of breakdowns of summitive informative assessments for um different um departments. Uh we also talked about
the changes um to the middle school math program and the um work they're doing to prepare um all students to start algebra 1 and 8th grade. uh in particular um identifying students who need additional support and sort of um actually this is like I feel like this is in the book I
read about like I'm going to editorialize about Finland, what they do best and sort of the extra um tutoring of being available at the end of the day to bring those students up to where they want to be which I thought was great. Um, we also talked about the virtual high school and how that is exploding
the budget and um efforts to maybe limit the access to that as well as the um desire to offer um business classes to the high school and exploring that as well as exploring um different spaces in the high school and how they might be
utilized more effectively um for the interests our students have currently. So that actually is everything. >> Thank you Heather. Darius, anything from you? Okay, Anthony. >> So, this is the report for the
superintendent search which is ongoing. The second round begins, second round of interviews to the candidates begins tomorrow and continues over the next four days and uh into the uh first week of January. Um, so we
have several candidates, five I believe that we are looking at right now. Um, the final round possibly will be in the second full week of January. Actual dates will be determined, but um um the search is going well. The
candidates are strong and and I think uh by the time we're done, we'll have uh someone good in place. >> Okay. Thank you, Joslyn. So, just a a quick update on Ridgewood Avenue School. Um, their next HSA meeting won't be until the new year,
thankfully, the 9th. Um, they had a holiday market um where students could purchase holiday gifts for their families and friends, and the Ridgewood birthday celebration occurred on the 22nd of November. So, if you haven't been able to check out the video with
historic photos of uh Bridgewood Avenue School over the past 125 years, um that's up online. My other updates are for the Glenidge CPAC, the special education parent advisory group. Um they've been very busy this past week
having an evening presentation on a dyslexia toolkit by Dr. Greenberg, who's the um Orton Gillingham specialist at our school. There was also a monthly coffee meeting on the 11th. Uh the next coffee chat will be held at Sko Cafe on
the 8th of January. And on Saturday the 24th of January, they are planning to have a former Glenidge employee come in, Sandy Russo, to do a two-hour long presentation to parents on how to advocate with confidence and sort of
preparing for your IEP and understanding your your child's progress reports and using those to help build towards their success in schools. So, lots happening there. >> Okay. The Glenidge uh Community Association, which is formerly known as
the Glenidge Diversity and Inclusion Association, has not met since I last reported out. I know that they are awaiting the um design the 501c3 federal uh tax exempt designation uh because I feel that that is important
to their mission. So, um, with luck and, uh, you know, action by the federal government, uh, they will have that hopefully by the spring. Tricia, >> there's no update from the middle school high school um, HSA. There wasn't a
meeting because of the respective holidays um, in November. The next uh, middle school, high school HSA meeting is January 16th at the um, train station. Okay. Thank you, Duval.
>> Yes. Um for the communications committee, we'll be trying to schedule a meeting for uh hopefully before the break. I know Winnie's on that. Um Forest Avenue Home and School has been very busy this month. Um last week for
an enrichment program, su students enjoyed a live animal show from a group um an exotic animal rescue organization called Eyes of the Wild. um which is actually in Hunteran County. Um and a um
the the organizer of the group came in to teach the children about the wildlife and about their efforts for rescue and brought along a walabe, a chinchilla, an arctic fox, a tortoise, and a few other
animals. And apparently it was a huge hit. Huge hit. Um today, uh Forest Avenue hosted Lights of the World Celebration in connection with the holidays. Um and tomorrow they will be hosting their winter concert. So it has
been one thing after another. Um it'll calm down uh a bit and then uh they'll be meeting again in January on the 13th um for their regular um monthly meeting. >> Thank you, Kristen. Uh Lyndon has also been very busy the
past few weeks. Uh uh their two GP committee hosted a Santa and snowflakes photo su photo shoot last month. It was um fundraising success for them and they are also still running um their fundraiser with Minted for holiday cards. If anyone has procrastinated and
not ordered their cards yet, there is a code that you can I can give you that will um Minted will donate a portion of the sale back to back to Lynon. Uh Lyndon is collecting scarves as part of their three schools one vision season of giving initiative that ends this
Thursday on the 18th. And they're also in the middle of a toy drive for human needs. They'll have a collection bin for both of these at their holiday concert which is also scheduled for this Thursday evening. Uh the home and school supplied a hot cocoa bar for staff
during conferences and they also brought in breakfast last week to celebrate their governor's educators of the year winners. Um, sorry. At their November meeting, they presented um bylaws, some prior bylaws
to be reinstated. Those will be voted in um voted on at the their January meeting. These bylaws were posted on the homeless school page, which is on the Lynen Avenue School website, and they were also sent out via email to all parents prior to the November meeting
for review. Um they are still looking for a chairperson for their discovery committee. And then looking forward, they are planning to kick off their spring playing in January and their next family event will be a bingo night on
January 30th that will happen at the train station. And for Gas Lamp, the Gas Lamp players just wrapped up their holiday performances with A Christmas Story, the musical, and also Frozen by the Gas Lamp Kids Workshop. Next up on the calendar is the Gas Lab Teen Mainstage production
of Public Works Public Works 12th Night Musical. Those performances are on the calendar for the end of February. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. Uh we finished with that. Uh we now will proceed um with
minutes. Uh Jocelyn, would you move the minutes? >> I move item M1. >> All right. May I have a second? Second from Ry. Does anyone have any changes to the uh minutes of exec session regular session from October
28th or November 18th? >> All right. That's being the case. Barbara, would you call the role? >> Miss Akin Wandi. >> Hi. >> Mr. Bonnet. >> I. >> Mr. Dad? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dorenzi? >> Yes. >> Miss Gotautle?
>> Yes. >> Miss Graham? Yes, >> Miss O'Neal. >> Dr. Yaris Ramos, >> Miss Ginsburg. >> Yes. Motion carries. Okay. Uh, next to the administrative items. Uh, Kristen, would you move the administrative items?
>> Yes, I move A1 through A4. >> Okay. Um, any changes to uh I shall May I have a second for administrative? >> Second. >> Second from Jocelyn. Uh, any discussion on the administrative items?
All right, Barbara, would you call the role? >> Miss Akiwandi, >> I. >> Mr. Bonnet, >> I. >> Mr. Dinard, >> yes. >> Mr. Dorenzi, >> yes. >> Miss Gotautle, >> yes. >> Miss Graham, >> yes. >> Miss O'Neal, >> yes.
>> Dr. Yaris Ramos, >> I. >> Miss Ginsburg, >> I. >> Motion carries. >> All right. Uh, moving to personnel. Anthony, would you move the personnel items? >> I move uh items P1 through P14 in the
main document and items P3, items D and E and items B12, item C on the addendum. >> Okay, may I have a second? >> Second. >> Second from Jocelyn.
Sorry. Um any questions or comments? Uh J any questions or comments on personnel items were discussed by the board in um exact session. >> Hey Betsy. >> Yes. >> I made an error. I left out
uh on the addendum item P1. >> It P1. Okay. So the motion includes item P1 on the agenda. Uh moved and seconded with that consideration. Uh, no. Barbara, would you call the role? >> Miss Akin Wandi. >> I.
>> Mr. Bonnet. >> I. >> Mr. Dard. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dorenzi. >> Yes. >> Miss Gotautle. >> Yes. >> Miss Graham. >> Yes. >> Miss. O'Neal. >> Yes. >> Dr. Yaris Ramos. >> Hi.
>> Miss Ginsburg. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. Thank you. I'd like to congratulate Jared Nardiello who happens to be in the audience with his family. Um, welcome to administration. >> Thanks so much and thanks for coming.
>> All right. Uh, curriculum. Heather, would you move the curriculum items? >> Sure. I'm going to move C1 including the additions on the addendum of LM and N as well as C2. >> Okay. Um board members, any comment on
items. >> I have a second. >> Second. >> Second from Okay. Doesn't appear to be any comment. All right. Barbara, would you call the role? >> Miss Akin Wandi. >> I. >> Mr. Bonnet. Hi,
>> Mr. Denard. >> Yes, >> Mr. Dorenzi. >> Yes, >> Miss Gotautle. >> Yes, >> Miss Graham. >> Yes, >> Miss O'Neal. >> Yes, >> Dr. Yaris Ramos. >> I >> Miss Ginsburg. >> I.
>> Motion carries. Okay. Uh before we move the business items, I would draw your attention to B3 on your agenda. um a monetary donation of $1,000 from the Hundth Monkey Foundation to go to the Glenrich High School Music and Arts
Program. So, thank you to that very generous donor. Uh and with that, um Heather, would you move the business items? >> Sure. I'm going to move B1 through B6 and then B7 and B8, which are on the
addendum. >> Okay. Thank you. May I have a second? >> Second. Second from Kristen. Uh, any further discussion on business items? All right. Uh, Barbara, would you call the role? Miss Zakinwandi? >> I. >> Mr. Bonnet.
>> I. >> Mr. Dod. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dorenzi. >> Yes. >> Miss Gotautle. >> Hi. >> Yes. Abstaining from item B1C. Miss Graham.
>> Yes. Uh also ex abstaining from item B1C. >> Miss O'Neal. >> Yes. >> Dr. Yarus Ramos. >> I. >> Miss Ginsburg. >> I. Motion carries. Okay. We've come to the second public comment period for comments or questions on agenda items or
other items pertaining to the running of the schools. Uh the protocols are the same. Are there any questions or comments? Do I need to sign in again? >> No, we we know who you are. Thank you. >> I mean, I know it's packed today, so might get confused. >> Yes. Really?
>> All right. Um, so I just want to add on a little bit more to what I said before. Sure. >> Just because like I think it's important that it gets said. Um, I want to look each and every one of you in the eyes because I think it's really important
that we understand that as like adults, it's our responsibility to set an example. We tell our kids in Ridgewood and Lynen and Forest and probably Central now, be like a by or be an
upstander, not a bystander. Be a buddy, not a bully. That's something that all of us have to do too. um inaction is I in my opinion a massive reason why a lot of the problems in this town are able to propagate. It's because we get
complacent and we look the other way and we just allow things to happen because it's not my problem, right? I think that's and I mean on a grander scale in the country, but that's a different discussion. like just each and every one of us. The reason that a lot of stuff like I said before swatska is being
drawn everywhere, slurs being thrown in hallways and in classrooms. The reason that those things aren't often aren't getting reported I assume or getting action is because the students don't believe that reporting it to the system will do anything to help them because in
cases where it is like I in in my freshman year I'm not going to name names obviously but there was a kid who said the um the fsler towards queer people he said it in class it was reported not nothing disciplinary happened substantially cuz he went right back to saying it for the rest of my
time knowing And I think that's a really important thing to note that if the students do not believe that there are systems in place to help them and that those systems will actually do anything substantial, the they're not going to get reported
and it might not make its way to you, but it's still going to happen. And like there needs to be something done to build trust actively. And people can't be sheltered as much as they are currently just by the guise of, "Oh, there that's just a kid saying it."
Because kids are saying things, but those kids are going to be adults soon. They're still going to be saying them if nothing's done to change it. And it needs to start with the adults making changes and going down. Thank you. Goodbye. >> Thank you. Uh, other questions or Bless
you. Other questions or comments? Okay. Uh that concludes the uh public portion of our meeting. We have some unfinished business in exec session. Uh our exec session ran over a little bit and uh in the interest of the guests
that we had here tonight, we came into public session, but we will need to adjourn briefly back into exact session. So with that, uh we've concluded our business. We'll make no further resolutions tonight. Um, board members, may I have a motion to go into exact session? >> Motion
>> moved by Anthony. May I have a second? >> Second. Second from Trica.