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. Good evening again and
welcome, welcome. Pursuant to the open public meetings act, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as follows. by having the time, date, and place of the meeting posted on the bulletin board in the administration building April 2nd, 2025. By sending a copy of the meeting notice to the Star
Ledger newspaper and the local source on April 2nd, 2025, and by filing a copy with the township of Hillside and Hillside Public Library, April 2nd, 2025. Roll call, please. Misseday, present. Mr. Estraa. Miss Hargrave,
present. Miss Horton Gerven, Dr. Mr. Howard present. Mr. Okai, Miss Parks, Mr. Shapiro, Miss Best present. Okay. Thank you all for coming out
tonight. Um, we will jump right into it. I believe we will jump right into it. Um, I believe we have a few announcements and acknowledgements before we hear our superintendent import report.
Peace and blessings. Good evening everyone. Good evening everyone. Good evening. All right, we can wake up. It's a nice warm day. It is a nice day. Seasons are changing. [Music] So, we're going to begin by doing two
acknowledgements this evening and both coming from one of our elementary schools here in the district. There are many times throughout the course of our daily interactions as educators that we sometimes need to
stop, take a pause, and make sure we take the temperature of our young scholars. And we never know when it's our time to step up and acknowledge that they may be in distress, may need a hug, smile, or just a kind touch. And recently, one of our staff
members found one of our scholars in distress. And tonight, we wanted to take a moment to just acknowledge and they say, "Give you your flowers while you're still here." Just acknowledge one of our great staff members here in the district and give her her flowers. So, Principal
Alvarez, Board President Best, if you would join us in welcoming one of our staff members, and I'll let Principal Alvarez do the do the honors. [Music] Good evening, everyone. Good evening. As Superintendent Glover mentioned, we did
have a student that was in distress, and I would like to take this opportunity to show our gratitude to Miss Lorraine Gardner. [Applause] [Music]
Thank you so much. Would you like to say a few words? Well, I would just like to say thank you. Thank you to our superintendent. Thank you to our
uh president of the board and also my principal of hurt and looker. Thank you. [Applause] [Music] Okay. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you.
So, every month we like to honor our scholars who do things and we could actually spend the whole board meeting honoring our scholars and honoring the great work that they're doing in our district. And one of our scholars from Herd and Looker recently received a
recognition from Union County. And you know, it's it's always warms my heart when I get that email or that that shout out from one of our principles about the great work that our students do in the classroom. We know that there are so
many talented young people in this district in so many ways, but when they get recognized throughout the county, that stands out. And one of our fourth grade students, our student Joam Wei in under the leadership of Miss Williams, his fourth
grade teacher, won the third place in the fourth grade category for the Union County Arbor Day poetry contest of 2025. And just to show you how confident this young scholar is, he he came and asked, "Can he read his poem to you?" So, you
know, of course, you know, students first, right? So, let's give you your honor and then we're going to let you read your poem. Is that that's fair? So on behalf of well this is from young writers of Union County but on behalf of the board of education board president
best superintendent Glover and principal of course teacher Miss Williams and all the staff members congratulations on your [Applause] accomplishment. Give me this. Let's get a picture and then we're going
to let Come on. right here. [Music] Congratulations. No, let her stay with you. Want to hold this for you? There you go. You want to hold this for your brother?
All right. An arbor of trees by Jotham Eli Ray. I don't know what I will be with some majestic trees. In autumn, they're golden and vibrant. In winter, they're graceful but silent. In spring, they get a lot more strong. In summer, they're
great. Am I wrong? The bark on trees are similar to armor. The day dedicated to trees is the Lang word arbor. Apples and oranges are where some of trees grow. Trees give us oxygens that let our lungs flow. Red or green, big or small, there
are so many different trees and great to start them all. [Applause] [Music] Can we give our young scholar a standing ovation, please? [Applause]
Family members come up because anything our students do, our family should join us. Family members come up as well. We got a couple more pictures. You see one of our family members who says she's going to be I don't I'm here. Older brother, grandfather. Appreciate you. Appreciate
you. Let's get one more picture. Just here for the cause. I like it. [Music] President Besso. [Music] Congratulations. Good job.
Thank you. [Music] It was a good thing. That's why we do what we do every day. all day, even when you're tired. That's the reason we get up. That's the
reason why it's important to have a certificated educator in the classroom. You see, she's taking time out of her schedule to be here and she's smiling just as proudly. I see you over there. Stand up. Come on and stand up, Miss Williams. Stand up. Yes. Everyone's deserving of a moment because
he's here because of a teacher as well as the power of his family and connection. I'm always mindful. It's a nice evening. You want to get out before it's dark. I'm mindful of my report, but I think it's important that my comments
tonight resonate as the importance of why we do what we do. So, here we go. I intentionally tonight bolded a section of the mission
statement. I'm going to let it resonate for a second because I'm coming back to this. And this is intentionally geared towards every individual who sits in our audience today who will watch this live or watch this once it's been uploaded in
its recorded form. Strengthens character, cultivates innovation, fosters leadership. Strengthen strengthens character, cultivates innovation and fosters leadership. New pathways, new
possibilities. Are we creating passive learning environments or are we creating learning environments where students are actively participating in their environment? What is your why? I just shared that my why as an
educator is to make sure that young scholars have the opportunities that some of us may not have had or we may have had, but they can even do it better. And I don't know how many of us when we were fourth graders would have had the would have had the courage to stand up in
live TV in front of an audience and read their poem. So, I think about that's why we do what we do. Our five priority goals, if you don't know them by now, you should, but you will because you'll continue to hear
them. Our core values that are on the shirts that we wear, on the logos, and the conversations that you hear at the top is always going to be students. A space that we understand we have to get better is our communication. And I say that we have to get better because many times things get lost in translation and
what we may mean to say or what comes what's in our heart may not always come out of our mouth and operate with a sense of integrity. I'm coming back to this slide because there were some things that happened in our district that speak to about how we develop character and
operate with a level of leadership. This year we invested in leader inme and leader inme is an organization that is being used throughout the country. But one of the proudest moments when I walk through the halls and I think if you walk outside of this door you might see
the banner for hillside innovation academy but many of our schools are participating in the leader and me but I recently walked in the AP Morris building and when first graders want to tell you about their leadership skills you know you're doing something right.
We expect it out of our middle and high school students. But when a first grader grabs you by the hand and says, "Come on, I want to take you someplace and show you something." And it's an engaging conversation with a six-year-old, that speaks to how we are
talking about building leadership. That first grader led me, engaged in a conversation with me. That's a result of understanding how to apply certain strategies about leadership. When you walk into many of our
elementary schools, which are far far outperforming what their peers across the country are doing in leader and me, you begin to understand that the the program that we've invested in is working. Principal Alvarez, Principal Graham, Principal
Davis could all share the stories of their students and how it's built stronger leadership characteristics and some of those students who may have been deemed troubled students. I'm harping on this for a reason because if we don't live by our mission, if we don't understand what we're trying to do, then
we're just doing things and everything we do has to have a purpose. Even sometimes when we have to come down a little harsh on our students because we understand that if they follow this mission and our vision, they will become those scholars that we know they are
potentially capable of doing. becoming strengthens character. Every day that a child gets up between 6:30 and 7 o'clock and has to walk or get dropped off and engage in the engage in
the teaching and learning environment. We hope we're building skill sets within them that make them better human be human beings speaks to their character. But we too as adults have to be the role models to define that because students
are really watching us. They watch what time you walk in the door because how can you chastise them for being late if you're late? They watch how you engage with your peers, your colleagues. How can you tell us not to fight when we see you
fighting? Character starts with us as adults. An innovation. I said this last board meeting. I continue to stand by this. The jobs of today are not the jobs that are many of our students will be engaging in. I would love for all them
to say they want to become educators, but the reality is in this information age of technology and other resources, our students are going to be engaged in career pathways that requires them to be critical thinkers and maybe do things a
lot differently than how we did. So innovation has to be at the forefront of the work that we're doing. But innovation costs money. And so in order for us to put forth an innovative environment, there are certain sacrifices we as adults have
to make. You'll see where I'm going with this. The portrait of a Hillside graduate. How many folks in this room are Hillside High School graduates? And I know from my time of being here that those who are graduates like most of us of our high proud of our high
school, it means something to be a comet. Appreciate that. But it also means it has memories. It has a longlasting memory imprinted in your head. If someone asked you what was the
key attributes of you when you graduated from high school, Miss Smith or Principal Graham, you would probably I must had to catch myself. You would probably talk about the fun times, but did you talk about critical
thinking? How we communicated? Like that's what we want our students to be able to do to be innovators. I think everyone who raised their hand who's a graduate in the room has been innovators. Whether you sat on this board as the board president, former board president cook, whether you
sat you sit now as a principal of a school, you thought about being an innovator. Whether you use your beautiful voice to sing to audiences, Miss Smith, I can continue and talk about it. I go down this path for a reason. I
keep saying you'll see shortly these pictures of our some of our current students. I think about what do we want people to say about the portrait of a Hillside graduate. One thing I can say about Hillside is we're diverse. As we enter into the month of
May, first and foremost, as a child of a military veteran and many military veterans in our family, we salute your service to this country. For all those who celebrate
their Haitian heritage, those who celebrate their Jewish American heritage, AsianAmerican and Pacific Islander heritage, we say we salute you. We appreciate you. And we also understand that throughout this
time, many of us are dealing with a variety of mental health challenges. And one of the areas that our new director and I constantly communicate about is what are we doing to make sure our students and our staff are mentally safe and know how to connect and make the
right outreach. It's not always perfect. However, we understand that we have to do better to make sure that we're paying attention and tapped into the mental health needs of our students and our staff. Speaking of mental health, sadly, many of our young people
are turning to drugs. Whether you call vaping or marijuana use drugs, it is. And under the age of 21, it has impacts on your brain. So this Saturday, we're asking all folks to come out and support our
state of emergency to address and discuss marijuana use, vaping, and our young people. It's not just for Hillside students. It's for residents of Hillside and others. There's going to be a panel of folks who are coming to talk from the mental health standpoint, the legal
standpoint, the academic standpoint, and then the solution standpoint. And I think that's the most important part. our academic goals. I'm not glossing over them, but you should know I'm by now committed to memory. You'll see a slide in a few
minutes that talks about them. As a superintendent, we've been pushing and promoting our love of learning, love of reading. If you're reading 20 minutes a day, you should know that 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week, exposes our students to 1.8 million words in a school year. I say
that again. Just 20 minutes a day, not reading the same book. Although many of our kids love those novels that they have, but exposing your students to as many words increases their vocabulary. When I was a classroom teacher, I used to tell my students, "If you resort to cursing, then I haven't done a good
job." So, your homework assignment is to read a couple chapters of the dictionary, and hopefully you find some synonyms and antonyms for those words that made you frustrated. That's the, you know, we all could probably learn from that, myself included. This is an accomplishment that I'm proud
of. Thank you to my director of data, Miss Tumelli, for sharing this number with me because I was counting in the 19,000. We've given two 21,474 books to students this year.
Now, we didn't charge them. We had a celebratory event that took place on April 17th. Beautiful event. Many folks were there from the community. Great partnership. But we're committed to
making sure that children have books at home. Now, when they get home, they should be reading them. And that's where you come in, parents. Make sure that they're reading them. I continue to put this little note up there for everyone to understand and note our priority
goals that we just mentioned previously. This is not a hillside. This is a governor policy that will be going into effect. So parents argue, discuss, debate, but cell phone ban policies are coming and I know it's going to have an
impact across primarily one of my schools in the district. Be prepared. This is another shout out. Um hopefully you saw in the paper recently that we were recognized as being one of the districts in the state where we had
21 of our Hillside High School seniors received the New Jersey syllabi literacy. If you don't know that certification is one of the highest certifications a high school student can receive because it means they are mo they are
multilingual and it's important to shine. Now, I later found out we probably should have had about 51. And why that number is important, a little over 50, because I saw one of my neighboring Union County districts had 51. You know, we're are kind of competitive playing field. And I figured
that we could have top that. And we're smaller than Planefield, too, right? If I'm not mistaken. Planefield High School, that is. So, next year, I'm sure we'll have more. But congratulations to our students as they demonstrated proficiency in French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese and Spanish. And they can
actually take multiple tests and receive multiple seals of biiteracy. I also want to stay along the same line of communication and give a lot of shout out to many time many times in our work our multil- language learners are cast
to the side especially our newcomers those who have just recently arrived to the United States. I'm proud to say that after several years of watching many of our students just struggle and stay in that first level of
learning, Hillside is actually showing some of the most significant growth in across the state of New Jersey. It's all 600 districts where we now have a score that's comparable to their peers across those higher performing
districts. So given the chance, given the right supports, we've hired more ESL teachers, hiring another one hopefully, we are able to give our students the right resources they need in order to be successful when given the chance. That goes back to why it's
important for our country to be mindful that not everyone comes in here to be a criminal. They do come in here to better themselves and contribute. So shout out to our director, Mr. Perk for making sure that we're continue to be mindful in the in
the resources that we use to support our multil- language learners. I slowly went through all this because I'm about to make a comment and give some facts to help you put some things in perspective. This past four weeks, Dr. E
and I have been doing our best to develop a balanced budget, one that was reflective of innovation, leadership, and character. We've made some hard cuts, some decisions that both Doc E and I
have painstakingly kind of scratched our head. It's like, how are we going to do this? And I have to give him credit because I I know he says, Glover, you're crazy. We don't have the money for this. Like, we're going to find it. We'll figure it out. We're going to figure it out because I can't stop giving our
students access to literature that's diverse. I can't stop hiring teachers that's going to make sure our students are prepared to take a certification exam. I can't stop having our students participate in e STEM competition and
poetry competitions. I can't stop. So on May 7th, We'll be having our budget conversation, but I want to just give you information to talk about and think about prior to May
7th. A 2% tax levy for the Hillside community. While we don't ever like to see ourselves raise taxes and we haven't done so in the last we've done it once in the last six or seven years, this is what it equates to. Of the 3,100
students that we service, it equates to approximately $2322 per child. $2322. And what do you get for that when you say you're a taxpayer, especially if you have children? This is just a small
little list of the things. Those home libraries, our students received about 15 to 16 books. If you do the math and just say on average $10 per book, that can quickly tells you about how much that would cost. Students to science partnership where they work with professionals in the career in the
area of science. The field trips that many of our students used to have to pay for, no longer do they have to. The e STEM competitions where we took first, second place. those extracurricular activities,
especially in the area of sports, and we've added more extracurricular sports in the elementary and middle school spaces. I'm committed to not reducing a a reduction in force, which means riffing anyone. our partnership
with Apple and Amazon. High impact tutoring so that you don't have to pay Hunington Learning Center, Silvin infusion of visual and performing arts, a band, and when you see their new uniforms that they're going to receive,
you're going to be proud to see them marching down the street. Dance and theater now in our middle school. So, we have a pathway from middle school to high school. mental health supports, social workers in every school where we didn't have that previously. Certifications courses where
our students are be able to get real world certifications before they even graduate. Coaching and professional development, hands-on learning. I can go on and on. Folks, the $23 that we pay per child doesn't nearly cover all these things, but we're committed to making
sure that these things don't go away. I want that to just resonate with you because as we talk about what our students are doing with that, this is what our students are doing with that. They're moving the metrics in the right direction. What do you mean, Superintendent Glover? Recent New Jersey
Department of Education came out and showed that Hillside Innovation Academy heard and look elementary school in Ola Edwards, three of our seven schools here in the district moving in the right direction. That doesn't get reported on channel 12 news or ABC CBS, but I'm
going to report it for you. High impact tutoring designated for those students who were one or more grade levels below and not likely to meet NJSLA, the state assessment that they began taking when they began the
school year. Of the 152 students who participated in high impact tutoring, which ends this week from just about everyone, we now have about 31% of those students, remember, who were one or more grade levels behind when they walked in
in September, 31% of them are on track to be proficient. Now, my quick math says if I do the 31% of them plus the other 20 or so percent that were already proficient and growing, that's going to be over 50% of our students that should demonstrate proficiency. go back and
check the records and see how that performs and it should be even higher. Math has been a struggling space for us. But again, of the 151 students who receive math tutoring during the course of the day, 28% are on
track. That would be a significant growth point for us here in Hillside. There's some data points that will definitely be available, but it's important to show that when you have students walk in and they're not on grade level and they walk out and they're going to be successful, it
speaks volumes. The school that I want to shout out is because they had some great tutors and staff and and the teachers and the staff collab collectively collaborated to make sure was W. WK has had some struggles over the years.
And I'm pleased to say that if our students perform up to their standards, what they've been practicing, WK is going to set a new mark. And next year, this slide is going to look very different, celebrating. State New Jersey
says that attendance rate should be around 95%. And if you think about historically where Hillside has been, we have definitely made sure our students are coming to school. We're over 94%. Some of our schools hit a little higher, but the fact that our daily average is over 94% means that when we have CUSAC
next year, we will be in a better space under the leadership of several members of our high school. And I say leadership of several members because it's not just the principal alone. It's the vice principles. It's the front office staff. It's the educators in the classrooms.
76% of our seniors have already committed to post-secary higher education. 61% of those students are accepted four-year institutions as their next space of learning. The attendance rate is 14
94%. That's pretty significant for our high school. And that's really significant for our high school. I don't know what you're bribing them with, but I'm excited that they're coming. and which means they're also committed to to graduating. So remember I said
about people love their high school. Think about that when people talk bad about our high school. And 14.6% of our students have committed to two-year institutions which is not a bad thing if they can go for free in Union County that's saving them money. So any
postsecary work I'm excited about. So this is my little statement. You know I'm a former athlete. So practice makes you practice you practice and you'll be ready for game time. We've had about 140 days of practice. It's performance time. Our budget meeting will take place
on the 7th. What time are we doing it? 6 or 6:30. 6 o'clock. 6 o'clock. We'll be posting an advertising. That's next week, as a matter of fact, folks. So, please come forth and hear more detailed information. Madame President, community, I thank you very much for
hearing me and my superintendent report. I turn the mic back over to you. Thank you, Superintendent Glover. Um, there was a lot of information that he provided to us and I hope that we all um can acknowledge the hard work that not
just he is the superintendent but the teachers, the building principles, the staff put into every day to our into our students because we are seeing progress. So, I I I hope everyone understands and appreciates the work that Superintendent
Glover and the rest of the district does because we are moving in an upward and onward way. Um, now we will May I have a motion to go into public comments? Motion.
Sorry. Is there a second? There is. All in favor? I I residents are requested to state their names, addresses, and subject matter. In the event it appears the public comment portion of the meeting may exceed 15 minutes, the presiding officer may limit each
statement made by a participant to three minutes duration. Issues raised by members of the public may or may not be responded to by the board. All comments will be considered and a response will be forthcoming if and when appropriate. The board acts that the members of the public be courteous and mindful of the
rights of other individuals when speaking. Specifically, comments regarding students and employees of the board are discouraged and will not be responded to by the board. Students and employees have specific legal rights afforded by the laws of the state of New Jersey. The board bears no
responsibility, nor will it be liable for any comments made by members of the public. Members of the public should consider their comments in light of legal rights of those affected or identified in their comments and be aware that they are legally responsible and liable for their
comments. Are there any public comments this evening? Good evening everyone. Aruna Mthther 133 Silver Avenue and teacher at WK. I just wanted to um remind everyone that the daddy daughter dance is still on for May 31st. Um get your tickets at
the WK main office. It's pretty much it. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Kimberly Cook, 242 Wins Avenue. And I'm just here to remind our seniors that the Hillside Education
Foundation scholarship applications are out and we are starting to receive applications in and it goes to May 25th. We decided to run it longer because we know a lot of other uh organizations were requesting that applications be in.
So, I just want to remind parents to uh have your children apply. All students are welcome. And I want to say thank you to Miss Candy for allowing me to uh read over at Little Bears with the Scholastics program. Those kids really rock. I don't know who was reading to
who. I think at the end they were really reading to me. So, I enjoyed that. And I also, you know, sometimes we don't thank people enough, but I want to thank Mr. assultters because there were two families that were coming to me even though I was a former board president
and they were at Woods in and uh he stepped in helping those families and I'm happy because I see them smiling now and they are happy with the Hillside School District and willing to stay and give the district a chance. So congratulations to you as well. That's
it. Okay, I'll take back to you. Good evening everyone. Shireina Del Ross, 63 Clark Street. I don't even know where to begin. First, I want to thank Superintendent Glover for bringing the Scholastics Real and uh my books every
day to this district because it was a huge success to the parents, to the staff, and most of all to the students. And I want to thank the board members, those that were there and those that couldn't be
there. Joanne Given, thank you. Horton Given, our president, vice president, our president, Laana Best. I want to thank all of those that came out and supported this activity. It was
wonderful. The in festivity was great. It was hot. I was praying that it didn't rain and it didn't. So, we thank God for that. But I thank all the parents. I thank all the teachers. I thank all the principles. I thank everybody that was
involved in this, the team, um, Miss Tracy and Miss Planters and Dr. Bevere and Miss Beverly. Thank you to everybody who helped with this cuz it was a labor of love and it was for the children. When I say it was for the
children, I mean that's what it was for. So, I thank you so much for letting me be a part of that and have a good night. Oh, and we thank you too, Miss Rolls. James Bevere, director of curriculum instruction. Or I can lift the mic. Come
on. Uh, quick thank you. Uh, tonight my resignation appears on the board agenda. Um, I want to thank some people. Uh, I'm not being chased out, thankfully. I'm going to be ascending to a
superintendency. So, uh, that says a lot. Thank you. That says a lot about where I'm coming from. Uh, the first people I really want to thank are the families for giving us such tremendous kids to
work with. Without those kids every day and the enthusiasm that they show up with, uh, the achievements wouldn't be there. We wouldn't have a platform to jump off of. Uh, I want to thank the teachers. The teachers are the backbone of this district. They come to work
every day. They have a challenge in front of them that they meet every day. When I got here 5 years ago, we had just gone into COVID. Uh it was a curveball to everybody. The teachers in this district showed their resiliency. They
stepped up and they performed admirably and they did their best every single day. I want to thank the administrators in this district. They're they they show up for these kids. They support these teachers. It's it's a thankless job. A lot of times they look at test scores
and and they wonder what's going on, but it's about progress right now, not proficiency. And I think Mr. Glover's report showed we're making great progress. I want to thank Miss Cook. She's here somewhere. She hired me five years ago. I appreciate it when she was
the board president. Thank you very much for all the support you gave me even in the dark times. Uh I want to thank President Best for continuing that support for always being an ear for me when I need when I need it. Uh I want to thank the board of education for
allowing my zany ideas that a lot of times come to you through board reports that you you know give us or give my department my supervisors the ability to implement so we could work harder for our children. Doc, thanks for always giving me a gap code so I could spend
some of that money. Uh, most importantly, uh, I want to make sure that everybody knows clearly where I stand, that the superintendent is the right man for this [Applause] job. I've worked for a lot of
superintendents in my career, a lot of them. I've never seen one that can walk the hallways and every kid knows his name. I've never seen a superintendent as hands-on with the curriculum, with the budget, with personnel as he is. And
that's not a bad thing. He knows everybody in this organization. He's not just the right man. He's a good man. And I need people to understand that. He is a good man. And they are not easy to find sometimes in this
business. When I had my stroke three years ago, he took care of me like I was his own child. I wouldn't be going to become a superintendent if it wasn't for Mr. Glover, the lessons he taught me. He showed up here on a hot summer day in
August and I remember he walked down in my office and he said, "Dr. Bever, can you come down to my office for a second?" I said, "Sure." New boss ran on down the hallway, sat down in that office of his for about two hours. He asked me questions. Turned me upside down, inside out, asked me questions I'd
never been asked before. I remember driving home that night calling my wife saying, "I think I'm going to get fired. I think this man's going to fire me." No, he didn't. He taught me. He taught me lessons, taught me about
watching the budget, knowing what to know about the curriculum, how to interview people, how to talk to people, how to interact with kids, how to be visible. I'm not ascending to the principal to the superintendent job that I'm going to without that man right
there. I I'm going to close with these thoughts right now. Hold on to him with both hands because if you don't, he slips out. Someone's going to scoop them up real quick because good men and great educators are hard to find. Thank you
everybody. [Music] [Music] Hi again. My name is Lorraine Carnegie Gardner. I live at 1563 Leslie Street. Again, I thank you all. I just want to ask the young man
and his mom that I assisted in school. They just walked in. So, I would just like for them to come forward so you can see who he is. Can you come [Applause] forward? I'm just meeting his mom. I
spoke to her last evening and we had made arrangements to meet in school tomorrow, but after this came up, I said, "Can you make it tonight?" So, she made it and I'm so glad you came and as I as I testified in church on
Sunday about the incident and everyone told me that I was his angel because he came straight to me. So, I just want to thank everyone and this is my child and this is my
sister. Amen. Thank you very Thank you very much. [Music] Tahhira Hardy, 1455 Liberty Avenue. I'm just here to announce that Valley Optical is in collaboration with Anthony
Salters and we will be providing vision service for the students here at Hillside Innovative Academy. Thank [Applause] you. Thank you. Motion to close public
comments. Motion second. Anybody? All in favor? I Okay. Okay. Now, now we will have our committee reports by Vice President Horton Given. Good evening,
everyone. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. That's so much better. All right. So, now we're going to ask our board member, Hargrave, she finance I can move it. Let me Good evening.
Um the finance committee met on the 23rd of April and we discussed items 1 through 7 on the finance agenda. Thank you board member Hargrave. Now we're going to
ask board member Aguiti buildings and grounds. Okay. Nothing for buildings and grounds. So we'll move forward to education and we're going to ask Dr. Howard if he would move education.
Good good evening everyone. The education committee also met on April 23rd to discuss items 1 through 15 on the agenda. Thank you, Dr. Howard. I will move I'll move policy. I'd like to move
items one on the under and I'm sorry report. Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I'd like to report out that we met on last week, which date was it? The 23rd to review the second readings of the
policy for number one A through O. Thank you. Thank you guys for that. Can I have board member Hargrave move labor relations to report out on labor relations? Sorry. The labor relations committee met on um
what was that? Tuesday the 23rd and we discussed items 1 through 22 on the agenda on the labor agenda. Thank you board member
Hargre. Thank you for President Bess. Okay. Thank you. Um, now I would like to have a motion to go into executive session. Motion. All in favor? I be It resolves pursuant
to the open public meetings act that the board of education meet and close executive session at this time to discuss matters relating to personnel, labor, contract negotiations, attorney, client privilege. The board will reconvene in public session at the conclusion of the closed session. The
matters discussed in close session will be disclosed to the public as soon as the need for confidentiality no longer exists. Thank you.