All right. Good evening everyone. Welcome to a meeting of the 10 Central Regional High School Board of Education. Please be advised that this and all meetings of the board are open to the public and media consistent with the open public meetings act and that advanced notice required therein has been provided. Meeting notice was also
posted in the boardroom of the upper school campus sent to the courier news star ledger express times and the hunter county democrat and sent to the clerks of Delaware township east damwell Flemington burrow raran township and readington. The public will have an
opportunity to be heard as shown on the agenda. Can I get a roll call, please? >> Mrs. Dugen, >> here. >> Miss Gong here. >> Ms. Gray >> here. >> Dr. Halpern >> here. >> Mrs. Kellogg >> here.
>> Ms. Lacasta >> here. >> Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Rothell here, and Mrs. Santangelo >> here. >> Thank you. >> All right. Please join us for the flag salute. I pledge algiance 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. >> Would anyone like to volunteer to read the district mission statement tonight?
Anyone? >> Sure. >> I'll do it. >> Okay. Is that okay? >> Thank you. There we go. 100 and Central is an innovative educational community dedicated to the intellectual, social, and emotional safety and growth of all students. While fostering curiosity and
promoting wellness, we aspire to create powerful learning experiences, establish strong partnerships, and serve as contributing members of society. >> Thank you. All right. Next, we would like to move to approve the regular and executive session minutes of the
November 17th, 2025 meeting. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> All right. And a roll call, please. >> Um, I have a comment on >> Oh, sure. Go ahead. >> So, I wasn't going to bring this up tonight, but since someone took the unusual step of putting the full president's port report verbatim into
the meeting minutes, I'd like to make a few comments. Through the open public records act request, I've reviewed correspondence from Thursday, September 18th between administrators, teachers, and association leadership regarding the professional development policy implemented by the student life and
program committee. I did not discuss deliberative information at the September 29th meeting. I discussed the implementation of a policy that was inappropriately enacted by four members of the student life and program committee. Once a policy is implemented,
the information that that policy exists is no longer deliberative. >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Dugen, >> yes. >> Miss Gong, >> yes. >> Miss Gray, >> yes. >> Dr. Halpern,
>> yes. >> Mrs. Kellogg, >> yes. Miss Laccasta, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rothell, >> yes. Mrs. Santangelo, >> yes. >> All yes. Motion carries. >> Thank you. The board acknowledges receiving
correspondence and that correspondence will be maintained on file in the office of the board secretary. Next up will be the president's report. As this is my final president's report of the year, I want to take a moment to reflect on what this board of education
has accomplished. This board moves forward deliberately and responsibly, always keeping the students of Hunan Central at the center of our work, often while navigating constant resistance. Despite that, meaningful progress was made, which includes implementing the
board of education handbook, establishing clear expectations and consistency for how the board conducts its work, conducting a comprehensive review of district policies. The board of education is first and foremost a policymaking body. Until 2024, Central
was one of the few districts without a formal policy committee. The work com completed by this committee over the past two years has been both impressive and essential to ensuring the district operates effectively, legally, and with long-term stability. Increasing transparency with the
community through new communication practices such as the president's report and the board newsletter. Formalizing the committee process and ensuring compliance with required procedures. Board action flows through committees and this year all standing and ad hoc committees included full representation
of board members with diverse perspectives, something we haven't always seen in the past. In addition, any board member could and oftentimes did engage with any committee to provide input. We ensured that every voice was heard, establishing clear board and
district goals through an iterative and inclusive process. We developed goals that reflect the specific needs of Hunter and Central. This work was validated last month in the student representatives report when a top concern identified in the student climate survey, long-standing issues with student bathrooms, directly aligned
with one of the district district's stated goals. That alignment matters and it gives us a real opportunity for action. Providing strong fiscal oversight, which prevented the district from entering into nearly $300,000 in school-based service contracts. Through board review, we discovered the district
was already receiving higher level wraparound services at no cost to the students. This allowed us to both save money and reinvest in internal staff resources. This is a clear example of the value of board oversight and of stepping back to see the full picture, ensuring ongoing compliance with laws
and regulations that govern school districts. A critical part of this effort was having board counsel present at board of education meetings consistent with bre best practices across many districts. We are grateful for Mr. Trent's guidance and legal expertise. His ability to explain not
just what the law requires, but the why and provide detailed legal reference was invaluable. As volunteers, we rely on that support to keep the board focused, informed, and effective. Notably, this is the first year the board was not engaged in new litigation. This year marked an engaged and informed board of
education. Our responsibility is not to seek the easy way, but to govern in the best interest of students in the community. We did so by following the law, asking difficult questions, and making decisions rooted in long-term stability. That is the work of a functioning board, and that is the
standard we upheld, and I'm proud of the work this board has accomplished. So, thank you very much. With that, I will turn it over to the superintendent. Thank you, Lisa, and good evening, everyone. It's good to be together again before we have our winter break in the district. Tonight is one of the meetings
I think we all look forward to because we're honoring our students and our staff. I'm going to keep my report brief tonight to be sure we can give enough time and attention to our honores. I'm also going to switch up the order of my report. I have asked Bronwin Downey, one of our student representatives to the
board of education to give the student rep report first. A critical part of Bronwin and Alexis's role is acting as a liaison between the student body and the board. And with so many students in attendance tonight, I want to be sure that Bronwin has the opportunity to
report out while her peers are here. So, Bronwin, I'll pass it over to you. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. My name is Bronnani and I am one of the student representatives for the board of education. And tonight, I'm going to be reporting on student life here at
Central as we close out the 2025 year. In student news, Central enjoyed the first four and a half days of their Thanksgiving break immensely with the class of 2027 council holding their annual vote for which teacher would dress up as a turkey on the last day before break. Business education teacher
Mr. Joyce was the lucky winner. And I'm sure he has much to be grateful for considering his popularity among the students that wanted to see their teacher decked out in the latest turkey fashion. In less stylish but still important news, our academic counselors have been hard at work preparing every grade for their futures after high
school with Central's early college planning night on the evening of December 3rd for all 9th and 10th grade families and the upcoming college planning night in January for all 11th graders. As for us seniors, many of us are beginning to submit all of our regular decision college applications
with help from our college and career counselor, Miss Nectarline. For the seniors who have submitted binding early decision applications earlier this fall, many will be finding out if they have been accepted into their top choice colleges this week. And as you can tell, winter break, which begins with a half day on December 23rd for students,
cannot come soon enough. Still, the art, music, and theater departments have been keeping December lively as we enter into the holiday season. Our junior and senior theater students had three awesome performances of this year's 1112 play Arsenic and Old Lace on November 21st and 22nd with their cast understudy
performance at the matinea show. To see more of the Thespian Society, we encourage you to come to the Thespian and Triam Let It Snow case on December 19th at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater. All performances will be accompanied by live instrumental music and lots of
holiday cheer. As for concerts, HCRS's instrumental and coral music programs had their holiday performances on December 4th and 10th, playing and singing songs like Slayigh Ride and Last Christmas. For the future class of 2030, students and teachers highlighted the wide variety of music programs Central
offers in our annual date of music right before Thanksgiving. Finally, Central students in the PALS, Equips, and Able programs also held their third annual stars showcase on December 5th, which featured lipsync, comedy, and dance performances from students of all
abilities. As for sports, we are once again shouting out Molly Dome for her incredible placement of ninth at the Brooks Cross Country Northeast qualifier and then placing 26th at the National Championship in San Diego this past Saturday. Congratulations again on these
incredible accomplishments, Molly. Additionally, our boys ice hockey team has had a strong start to the season, beating out Hillsboro, Southern, and Pingry with their next game being tonight at 8:30. Lastly, while basketball season will officially kick off tomorrow with our boys team playing
at home in the fieldhouse and our girls team at Ridge, both teams plus unified basketball and cheer kicked off their first annual hoop pass this past Friday to celebrate the incredible year ahead. On November 19th, Alexis and I continued our conversation with the September
student representative candidates to review the results of the poll surveys that had been sent out, discussing both the results of the survey and how to improve it to get the fullest picture. For example, when it came to the phone policies, majority of students reported that their teachers have a process for a
phone-free environment. So, our follow-up question is going to be which process these students prefer. And as for crosscampus passing, 36% and 26% say they strongly agree or somewhat agree respectively with the idea that they can get to class in time in the seven
minutes. Our candidates then discuss stratifying between those who have cross-campus passes and those who do not to allow us to see if there are any significant discrepancies discrepancies with the new procedure. Along with feedback about the results, we were able to hear some solutions to some of the
biggest issues that were brought up. For example, after seeing that 30% of students had trouble finding a bathroom, candidates suggested adding a location rearch resource like a map on the website to make students feel more comfortable as well as having uh various signs around campus. Overall, for the
next poll survey, we will be breaking down question responses by stratifications like grade levels and other conditions to get the precise feedback we need. And this week on December 18th, we will have our next student admin lunch with respondents of our year-round open suggestions forum. Here we will discuss the most brought up
topics including bathrooms, Chromebook policies, and the cross-campus pass policies. Thank you so much for listening to our very long report tonight, and we hope everyone is having a great holiday season. We can't wait to continue sharing the passions that students have for Central throughout
2026. Thank you. Thank you very much, Bronwin. And I'm looking forward to our next student lunch this week because I'm really looking forward to delving into those results and seeing what we can do together to team up and and make it a better educational experience for everybody here. So, as I said before,
the December Board of Education meeting is one of my favorite meetings of the year because it really is spectacular to see so many students here. I would like to ask Mr. Grant to come forward to present our student and staff recognitions. I want to ask our students and families to stay through the
complete presentation of recognitions and we'll take a short pause after to allow those who need to leave to exit and our board of education members. I'm going to ask you all to go to the front row so you can see the the honores. Keep
an eye on me. >> Okay. Okay. All right. Thanks. >> All right. Good evening. As Miss Kangalooi Hayes stated, uh this is one of our two nights of the year where we get to honor students and staff. Um before I pass it on to Dr. Hall, uh I do
want to say this is also a great opportunity to thank you. Um, you students and staff are the are the folks that people outside of our small school district here uh interact with. You are the ambassadors for the rest to the rest
of the state uh for our school. Um, so thank you for what you've done so far and what I I know is is coming ahead. So, thank you very much for being again those great ambassadors as well for the accomplishments that you're going to be recognized for tonight. Um, so we have tonight kind of broken up into four
parts. I'm gonna pass it off to Dr. Hall first who's going to honor uh folks from the curriculum and instruction area and then Mrs. Moss who's going to talk about some of the accomplishments um through the activities programs here. I'm going to stand in for Mr. Spencer and
represent athletics department and then I'm going to wrap it up with the governor educ educator of the year awards at the end. So Dr. Hall, it's all you. Good evening everyone. Uh we're going to start off with our English department
and recognize some of our excellent teachers and then some just really exciting student accomplishments within that department. So, first if I could invite up um Miss Bow, Miss Kenya, and Miss Freeman who
come on up seat. She's been very very busy and has been in demand at some conferences. So, Miss Freeman was invited to present at Drew University on crafting confident writers in the age of AI, uh, which is really
just a a an awesome topic. um and ran a workshop there at Drew University as well as presented on AI and English language arts at the NCTTE conference um on using AI in writing instruction.
Correct. So, she's in high demand, but we going to we're we're not going to let her be out of here all the time. We got to keep her close. So, thank you All right. Next, we'll recognize Isabelle Schroeder.
Is Isabelle with us? Who as a high schooler is already a published author and recently published her work in the World Aquaculture Society magazine. Congratulations. That's a huge accomplishment.
And then Brandon Delid. Is Brandon here? Brandon's not here, but he also is published um and he published in the Curio Academic Journal, also apparently about aquaculture, which is which is exciting. I want to read both of these
articles. Um, next we have um a number of accomplishments with our music department. So, first I'll invite up Jillian Botti, Abigail Black, Jacob Fishman, Adriana Lope Piccolo, Carly
Perin, and Luke Schnout who were among students from 57 schools to be nominated to perform with the Honors Ensemble at the TCJ Honors Choir. which is a phenomenal
honor to be invited to uh to perform with that group. Congratulations. All right. I feel like we're going to see these folks over and over and over again um because they are just getting honors all over the place for our music department.
So we also had um a number of students who participated in the day of music um hosted um with middle schooler or they performed for middle schoolers um around our sending districts in an annual day
of music and we have a bunch of folks who participated in that. So I'll I'll share their names. So from our band we had Sarah Casta Lano, Carly Ri or Carara Richie, Bronwin Downey, that name seems
familiar, Edy Hodniki, Eva Graiano, and Katherine John. We also had from our orchestra Ca Cadence Zwick and Jason
Theodore and Coral Adriana Lo Pakolo, Sam Govern, Caitlyn Osborne, and Aiden Goodman. So, thank you for sharing your uh performance with our future um
performers and inspiring them. So, congratulations And thank you. And finally, we'll recognize McKenzie Miller, um, who's one of our music teachers. Miss Miller received one of only five
inaugural scholarships to attend a Midwest Clinic of International Band and Orchestra, which is the world's largest largest instrumental music education conference, um, which had over 18,000 attendees from
all 50 states. So, congratulations. Thank you. Okay. So, next we're going to shift into our uh broadcasting and business department. So, we've recently launched here um a
podcasting studio and our 12th grade student Lucas Reid um is now famous in the history of Hutterton Central for being for launching our first publicly broadcasted podcast called The Devil's
The Red Devil Rundown. Is Lucas here with us tonight? All right. So Lucas writes, directs, and edits the show where he interviews faculty and students from Hunter and Central. The
first two episodes of his podcast are available on our website in the HCTV section. Thanks, Lucas. All right. Next, we have Warren Ferman Stewart.
Is Warren here today? So, Warren is a business wiz and he was in the top 10 students of the New Jersey Stock Market Game Challenge. So, if you're looking for uh information on stocks, uh Warren is is the the go-to
person for that. Next, we'll recognize math teacher Kathleen Carter. Miss Carter is also in high demand at local conferences and recently um was invited to present at Brookdale College in Linraftoft at the American
Mathematics Teachers New Jersey fall conference in November. Um she is also our local expert in uh in digital calculators and testing and all of those kinds of things too. Goes >> go Desmos. Yes.
>> All right. Next, I'm going to pass it off to uh Miss Christine Moss, who's going to share uh our student activities uh recognizes. Hello. I'm going to invite all of our
honor society students to come on up if you're representing any of our honor societies today. We have a whole bunch. It's okay. Don't be shy. If you want to shake the president's hand and the superintendent's hand and then just come stand over here because I
have a couple different things to read off. What? >> While they're doing that, uh, let me tell you about their accomplishments. So, our National Art Honors Society, Triam Honors Music Society, Rocappa Social Studies Honor Society, and World
Language Honor Society all inducted new members this semester. Come on. Yep. Keep going. Going to take a nice picture. These students showcase immense talent and aptitude in the corresponding subjects of art, music, social studies, and world languages.
Congratulations to all our new inductees on their academic accomplishments. I have two more things. So stay up here just in case you're in this one. All right. Spanish uh National Honor Society. Anybody representing the Spanish? Okay. I'm still going to tell you about
the great work they did. All right. So, the students and advisers of the Spanish National Honor Society were formally recognized by the Pulsera Project for raising almost $7,000 in 11 years for communities in Central America through their bracelet sales. Still going on now. Uh, the Pulera project extends his
thanks and appreciation by creating a custom hand embroidered banner for 10 central 10 central Spanish honor society which you can view on the student activities Instagram. Uh, students in the science national honor society have qualified for the regional national science bowl this
February. Sarah Bonsel, Carolina Gondo, Ryan Aluri, Phil Cassens Cassansv, and Sam Mukerji all pass eligibility exams to compete. Victoria Graco is the team's coach. If you want to come on up for the picture,
uh, best of luck as they prepare for their competition in February. >> You want to get a picture all together? Thank you guys so much. Congrats. >> All right. Now, we're going to call the students who uh really march to the beat
of their own drum. Our marching red devils and the color guard. Marching Red Devils, come on up. And we're going to do the same thing. So, shake and then >> we'll take a nice picture. Okay.
Congratulations. >> So, the Marching Red Devils achieved second place at the competition at Hillsboro High School. They also won best overall effect at that competition, a testament to their ability to wow us with every performance. Throughout their season, they performed at several high school stadiums, including our own, at
every home game and even at Metife for a competition. They also welcomed middle school students perform with them in the stands for an evening, showing them exactly how welcoming our environment could be here when it comes to marching band. They finished their season strong with fifth place at the Robinsville
competition. Their final score was 88.6, making it a solid showing to conclude their fall season. Congratulations. We're going to invite our speech and debate team to now take the floor and our adviser. I'm joined.
So, our speech and debate team travel and as well as host competitions here. They have several different competitions that I'm going to highlight um at this kind of midpoint of their season. They're not done yet. Okay.
All right. So members earn recognition from the National Speech and Debate Association through points and degrees. Each new degree represent hours of learning, practice, and improvement by your students thanks to dedicated coaching. Our coach of the speech and debate team is Adam Leonard. The
students who earned degrees of distinction by the National Speech and Debate Association are Alexandra Agdagba, uh, Neil Casaw, Katherine Mle, Navnet Yajlli, forgot they're here, uh, speech and day
team participated in the Philipsburg fall spooktacular. And at that competition, Arth Copper and Lindseay Rodriguez placed second in the novice parliamentary debate. Sarah Bonsel placed seventh in the varsity original oratory. Henry Shop and Neil
Kulsa placed second in the varsity parliamentary debate. They also point Got a few more for this. They also placed in preliminary rounds during the ADL
CFLs fall kickoff competition in Leman Lakes, PA. So, here are the students that praise in the prelims. Um, novice Congress, Hannah Keley. Uh, debate prelims, Sebastian Buso and Edward Gardner. Varsity Congress, Jason Pi.
Varsity speech prelims in Exempt speech, Leanne D. Vera, Brian Calero Apario, and Daniela Marrez. Uh, varsity original oratory, Sarah Bonsel, Shelby Manning, and Zara Melik. Uh, debate prelims varsity, Vivaru, and Nav Yadlli.
Congrats. Perin Arya placed fourth in the Randolph Fall Classic Cong in congressional debate. And just this past weekend, the speech and debate tournament, uh, they competed at the Summit High School tournament. Katherine Mle came in second place in the Lincoln Douglas Junior
Varsity. Annayia Aned earned fourth in Lincoln Douglas novice. Axa Anad was a finalist in this category. Henry Shrop and Neil Kasa came in first place in the parliamentary debate category. Um Nikita Veleni, Zoe
Calderon, Aki Nambalot, Yseph Nim, Adithia Baiu, Raj Ryan Anzel were all also finalists in that category. Uh Chinme Cassup and Vivan Buu placed sixth in the public forum junior varsity division. Ean Patel and Jaden Patel came
in fourth in public forum novice and Satvicava and Thomas Ela were finalists in that same um division. Uh the speech and debate team will be hosting a winter invitational later in January here at Hunan Central. Congratulations to the entire speech and debate team as they
continue their season. Congrats. Good job. I'm sorry if I butchered your names. All right. Next, we're going to call up uh the group whose achievements took center stage this semester. If we could bring up the cast and crew of Arsenic
and Old Lace. That's the 1112 play. Cast and crew. >> Did the whole thing. Whole thing. It was not got the whole thing yourself. All right. Congrats to the cast and crew. >> It was truly a production to die for.
>> They killed it. >> Really knocked them dead. >> Seriously, it was a wonderfully funny, dark comedy highlighting our talented students. Um, congratulations on your multi-ight performances and we can't wait to see the school musical. Uh, just for a general closing to wrap up our
accomplishments. Um, from food donation drives, clothing drives, toy drives, charity fundraisers, our clubs and activities have made this, you know, fall season a true season of gratitude. They've used their communities to help others and improve our school community. Uh, so we're very grateful for your support as we continue to expand these
initiatives. Thanks so much. So, as principal, yes, you're walking down the hall and you see the flyer for arsenic and old lace on the wall. You you stop and look, make sure everything's all right. But no, it's fantastic. I'm going to step in now if you don't mind for um Mr.
Spencer who's away at a actually a convention right now. And when I have the the athletic teams come up, if you don't mind, stay up there and we'll have you guys all at once. So, I'm going to go from the bottom up here on the sheet. So, if I can have the field hockey players, field hockey, come on up.
Getting my hand shaking in if you guys go down to the end there. >> So, field hockey had a great season coached by Jen Spanzo and uh we have a number of award winners here. So, if you guys want to take it all the way down the end. So, Megan Smith. Megan Smith up
here finished was a first team allconerence award winner, first team all county and third team all North Jersey. So congratulations Megan. Phoebe Sultis, second team all conference and second team all county.
Caitlyn Caitlyn Paul honorable mention along with Mia Sans. Mia, congratulations. Field hockey, gymnastics. We have a couple gymnasts here.
>> All right. Two award winners. Come on, Kalista. >> So, Kalista Dei Yoga along with Isabella Yuzan were allaround state qualifiers. All around. Again, you have a number of apparatus that they compete in. They
were fantastic. So, congratulations, Kalista. They're coached by Alexa Perez, girls tennis. I see Will Daly. Come on up, coach. And also, Abby Nuli. Abby. I'll be with second team all conference
this fall for girls tennis. Congratulations. Girls volleyball. Volleyball. Come on up. Girls volleyball is coached by Kevin Jones. And uh honores tonight Alex Shedlock.
Alex first team all conference and third team all group four in the state. Ava Strunk, first team all conference. Mattie Bruner, first team all conference. Paige Tamino, second team all conference. Mia Euro Urekco, pardon me, second team all
conference. And Olivia Garbalino, honorable mention. Congratulations, girls volleyball. Football. Football. Come on up. So, two of our members uh couldn't make it tonight, but we have Odin Patinsky. Odin, congratulations on second team all
conference. We also had Declan Joyce and James uh gaining a first team all conference. So, congratulations Odin. Boys soccer, come on up. You have a good number of the starting group right here. As you can tell, they
had a great season this fall going pretty far in the state playoffs. They're coached by Mark Woodward. Um and we have up here first team all conference Dominic Panakone, Grant Fry, Colobby Townsen, Chase Reinhardt. Second
team all conference um Dylan Makowski, Brian Grub, Colin Decar, an honorable mention, Ryan Peron. Congratulations, girls soccer. Come on up. Girl soccer. Give a little shimmy that way.
>> Girls soccer also had an excellent season. A number of our award winners are here. Uh we have a first team all conference Lauren Fasinelli and first team all conference Kaylee McMman. Madison Tar and Samantha De Leoner up
here. Second team all conference and Cassidy Zwick. Honorable mention. Congratulations, girls soccer. I don't believe any of the uh cheerleaders sneak in while between the time we met. Cheerleading team, I just want to mention that Lauren Betagley and
her their crew uh for the fall. They won the Hunter and Warren Sussex Game Day Champions and also Skyland Conference Game Day and Traditional Championships. So, congratulations to the cheerleading team. And last, but certainly not least, the
girls country cross country. Come on up. Uh, girls cross country coached by Dylan Martin. They won a 10un Warren Sussex championship and the division championship. They also had and as uh it was mentioned earlier in the report. So
Molly Duray who is not here tonight still probably traveling back from San Diego who finished who was a group four state champion. Um, also all county uh team championship as well. First team all state group four and as mentioned
earlier qualified for the nationals out in San Diego and finished 26th. But the rest of the team is also up here as well represented by Gabriela Wandre, Sonia Hunselman, Bren Hamer and Aubrey Hamill. Congratulations.
You got them all. Got them all. Thank you again. As I mentioned earlier and also the rest of you too, you are great representatives for Hunter and Central way more than any one of us can do. So, thank you very much for doing that. Anytime people come throughout the state hear about Hunter and Central, uh they
mention, you know, students like you who've won awards in other areas as well as athletics on on the fields and on the courts. So, thank you very much and congratulations. You can have a seat now. You want to do another? >> All right.
The last piece I had, if you don't mind, real quick, and students join me in this. Um, we have two great awards that take place every year for governor educator of the year. There are two different categories. One's for educational services professional and
one is teacher of the year. And tonight, neither of them were able to make it tonight. I apologize, but definitely Oh, Maria snuck in. Get it down here, Maria. >> Come on. Come on. Come on. Good. Get up there. I'm sorry. Maria had car trouble earlier and we're pushing her to
the end here and I didn't see her sneak in. So, Maria Amore. Maria Amore is a highly effective teacher in Spanish and French. Think about that right there. that is considered by her peers and students as an expert in the field and supportive adult in our school
community. Maria has taught both language courses as multiple levels including AP Spanish language and culture as well as stairs which is a Spanish class for students with cognitive challenges. She has incorporated student centered approaches such as personal scrapbook in Spanish
where students collected artifacts as a keepsake in memorial memorializing their learning. Maria is also at the forefront of you utilizing AI in the classroom along with virtual reality. The exceptional lesson designs have been brought to other teachers by way of
Maria's role as an instructional design assistant where she works with colleagues in a collaborative environment as they look to incorporate dynamic learning into their own place. Outside of the classroom, Maria has made a positive impact on the culture of the
school community and her work as the adviser of the how do you pronounce that? >> Frankly club. >> The Franklet Club. Yep. >> French honor. >> The French honors society, member of the AI focus group and a chaperon and field trips and facilitator various
professional development opportunities. Overall, Maria is an outstanding member of our school community. As one nominator stated, Maria is very kind and patient with her students, treating every student with genuine respect and warmth, which creates a safe and
encouraging environment. Hunter Central is fortunate to have Miss Mar Miss Amore as an excellent teacher for our students and an influential colleague for other staff members. And I have known Maria for about 20 years now. She is one of the kindest souls you'll ever meet and I
am so happy to be able to represent present her as teacher of the year at Hunter and Essential. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. Get up there. >> Our educational services professional of the year was I don't think Lucy were you
able to make it? Nope. All right. Um so Luchia Fabers known all of us by Lucy. Lucy is an outstanding PAR professional who works closely with the students and staff members within our multi- language learner program. Lucy assists in classes that range from English as a second
language to environmental and earth science to biology to US history. As one nominator stated, Lucy makes a consistent effort to learn the course content herself in order to better assist students. Aside from the content,
Lucy works to learn how certain strategies benefit certain specific students. She is very proactive in assisting students before students get frustrated. As another nominator stated, Lucy makes every student feel supported,
valued, and capable of success. Multiple teachers and administrators have benefited from having Lucy work with our students and serve as an excellent resource in both the learning environment and in the social emotional support that is critical for populations
such as a multil- language learners. She also serves as a model professional for others in the field. Hunter Essential strives to be a safe, welcoming and effective learning institution and Lucy is the embodiment of that goal. We both
staff and students are fortunate to have Lucy as part of our program and again she couldn't make it tonight but congratulations Lucy. >> Pardon me. All right. >> Okay. Congratulations again to each of you. Um I also want to thank our
teachers and our staff as well as our parents and family members for your support. Um we know this success does not happen alone and we're grateful to be partners with you in your child's educational journey. I wanted to I didn't plan this, but then as I was standing there, I thought it'd be great to do this next part while everyone is
still here. So, please bear with us just a little bit longer. Um, next, we wanted to highlight our recently revived Hunter and Central School Foundation staff grants. You'll recall that Jim Finn previously attended a board of education meeting to provide us with an update on the school foundation, which is a
registered nonprofit organization separate and distinct from our district. The foundation board and school staff exe officio uh members have worked very hard to set up a grant process for certified school staff. The foundation
recently went through its first round of grant applications and is excited to be awarding 10 grant awards which you'll see on tonight's agenda. We received close to 20 applications for the grants which made it very difficult because they were all very good. Grants were
reviewed by the foundation board and the exeicio members and then formally approved by the foundation board. We have a wide variety of grant projects as you'll see on the agenda tonight. And we do have a few of our grant recipients here tonight to share information with you about the grant project. So I asked
our grant recipients to come here just to give a brief overview so you can hear the amazing things that are happening in our school. So we're going to go in order. First up, Mirha Paula. Good evening uh president members of the board of education Dr. Kanglo
administrator and distingu pa I am deeply grateful to the hunter do central school foundation for supporting my grants celebrating culture of building communities at huntero central high school. These grants support the
Spanish heritis month celebration and year around student lake cultures and initiatives that promote inclusion and leaderships across cultural and understanding on a student share that participating in these initiatives help
them feel seen valued and proud within our community. Thank you for the foundation and the award for your continued commitment to enriching the educational experience of all the students. >> Okay, next. Oh, she knew Carrie Kelly,
one of our counselors here. >> Hi, my name is Carrie Kelly. My partner Samantha Billy could not be here this evening, but I'm here to describe to you positively promoting career clusters. It is a collaboration between counseling services and the departments who cover
21st century life and career education courses. Working together, we will bring awareness to and highlight the 18 career clusters and various post high school pathways for our students. Our mission is to promote curricular and practical
connections to career options by fostering partnerships, raising awareness, and promoting activities that showcase these passions into practice. Thank you. Thank you, Carrie. And next, we have Casey McMahon, one of our science
teachers here. Hi, I'm Casey McMahon. Um, the grant that I proposed was an award for the rental of a star lab system from Raran Valley Community College. So, uh, we will be renting it next year for the astronomy course. There's two semesters.
I'll be renting it, um, one for each semester. Um, it's basically that super fun blowup dome with stars inside. Um, so instead of traveling to the planetarium, we will bring the planetarium to us. So we're going to really fund for that for next year. Okay.
Okay. And continuing in the science department, we have Victoria Graco. >> Hi everybody. I'm Victoria Graasso and I wanted to express gratitude on behalf of my environmental science classes and myself. Um the grant will provide the funds for our courses community service
project during the second semester in collaboration with our local watershed raren headarters and college board's AP with we community service organization. Our AP environmental science classes will conduct water quality testing and imple implement floating wetland system
in the pond right behind our football field. Uh we hope that this project promotes uh improved water quality in our palm, increased biodiversity, and provides students a hands on sustainable engineering um opportunity. And we're
very very excited to do that this year. Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving over to family and consumer science, we have Moira Robertson. >> Hello. I want to thank you um first of all the foundation for taking the time to read through all the applications. Um
my application was um I asked for funding and I received it um for the purchase of a Brother embroidery machine and this is going to allow students in um interior and sewing concepts to explore modern textile embellishment,
custom fabrication and branding applications. The addition of this equipment will support cross-disciplinary projects, foster career ready skills in fashion and design technology, and expand opportunities for personalized
project-based learning that reflects current industry practices. Thank you so much. >> Okay, next we have Heather Beam from our Achieve program. Thank you very much to the foundation for this great opportunity. Um, this is
for my independent community living class. Our program is for students 18 to 21 and it helps provide real world learning experience and life skills. So, the project is going to allow my students to get a uh heat press that is
automated and um we'll take, you know, sweatshirts and t-shirts and hopefully participate in some hands-on learning experience from designing and producing shirts to marketing and selling them. We're really good at that selling. Um
anybody we're usually sold out on most of our items uh which our students really have a lot of fun with. Uh through this process our students will build skills, teamwork, quality control, customer service and also developing financial literacy skills, budgeting and
pricing. Uh students apply classroom learning in meaningful ways using math, art and computer skills. funds raised will support our community activities, our personal spending. Uh each time we go out, students get a small stipen to
help with some of their um personal purchases and cooking. So, we use all of our funds to go food shopping and cook in the classroom. Um but we wanted to thank you for the very generous grant and we look forward to making some
t-shirts. Okay, next up we have Suzanne Franken. Hi, I wanted to thank you also for uh the approval for the grant money to replace several of the raised bed gardens in our school vegetable garden which have begun to fall apart. Um,
additionally, we add seats for students who have some physical impairments so that they may sit and participate in the gardening efforts. So, thank you. And last but not least, we have our business teacher, Kevin Hardy. He's making his way down here now.
Um, so first off, thank you for uh the Grant Foundation for picking uh our field trip for one of these grants. So, starting this year, our sports and entertainment marketing classes were given the opportunity to attend the New York Jets sports business day at Metife Stadium. On this trip, 80 students were
given a tour of the facility and heard from business professionals throughout the New York Jets organization. Uh they were able to learn from people who work in marketing, management, finance, sales, and networking throughout this uh professional sports industry. The grant's going to go to offset some of the costs for this field
trip uh next year. So, thank you again for your generosity. Thank you all again. Uh there are a few grants on here. The the folks couldn't be here tonight, but really amazing amazing ideas and projects, and we're really excited to see them come to fruition. And students, I hope you get
to benefit from these great grant projects. So, thank you all again for putting in the work and the time and for your passion and your dedication to our district. So, I think now we can clap one more time. I think now we'll just take a pause because I know many of them told me they have to get home to study or do
homework. Um, so we'll let everybody who needs to leave leave and then our board will transition back to the table and we will move this Okay, it seems like most people who wanted to exit did exit. So, I'm going
to continue with our report. I don't have that much more. I just a few more updates for you all. Um, so here in the district, we've been preparing for the 2026 2027 school year. Believe it or not, as you will see on the operations and transportation section of the
agenda, we have begun our budget planning process. One critical part of this process and also a metric as part of this year's goals is a revision of our long-range facilities plan. This was included in last month's agenda, and you will see again on the agenda tonight
steps that we are taking to revise and execute our long-range facilities plan. You will recall that this is a five-year plan that serves as a strategic roadmap for maintaining, upgrading, and expanding district facilities. Our plan includes major renovations and upgrades
for our technology, engineering, and design or TED labs, fashion, sewing, and interior design classrooms, and our culinary kitchens and classes. Additionally, we have committed to planning for the addition of more turf fields for our physical education
classes and athletics. The long range facilities plan also includes a major renovation for this auditorium. Beyond these projects, we have also incorporated HVAC and roof replacements and security enhancements for in entrances and sidewalks as well as
roadway and accessibility improvements. In addition, as I noted in my report last month, we have our 2026 2027 school year calendar for your approval this evening. This calendar was developed in collaboration with our education association, the school improvement
panel leadership team and our K to8 sending districts. Based on the feedback we have received, our students will be starting prior to Labor Day. This will allow us to have graduation on June 17th prior to the state observance of Junth. Tonight on the agenda, you'll see an
action item on the annual comprehensive financial report commonly referred to as our district's audit. I want to congratulate and thank Heather Spitzer, our business administrator, Maryanne Stokes, our assistant business administrator, and all of our staff in the business office for the clean audit
for this past school year. We have no recommendations or action plan. Looking ahead to January, we are very excited to begin to meet our class of 2030. We will host each middle school to speak with eth grade students. We will
I'm sorry, we will visit each middle school to speak with eighth grade students. We will also host our annual openhouse and scheduling information night on January 15th. Current parents and eighth grade parents and students are invited to attend starting at 6:30
p.m. to explore elective offerings, speak with teachers, tour campus, and there will also be a special presentation for our eighth grade parents and students. More information will be sent out soon, and I hope to see some of you at the event. Continuing with looking ahead to 2026,
I'm happy to share that we have secured new dates for our strategic planning sessions, February 17th, March 11th, and April 14th, all starting at 6:00 p.m. We will be reaching out soon to those who had originally, excuse me, RSVPd, and we
will also be sending out invitations to our community again. Our strategic plan will set the vision and goals for our district for the next 5 years. As I as I have said before, it is so important that we all have our voices represented. Students, staff, parents, and families,
community members, and business partners. I hope you'll join us as we continue to look ahead to 2026. I want to recognize and congratulate the three new members of the public who were recently elected to serve on our board of education. Congratulations to Nicole
Bryce, Marisella Wallace, and Vernon Williams. We are looking forward to welcoming you and working with you next year. I also want to honor and thank our outgoing board of education members, Sue Dugen, Claudia Gray, and Rebecca Peterson.
We have resolutions for you on tonight's agenda, which we will get to momentarily, but I still felt compelled to thank you for your service to our district. Claudia, although we only had this year together, I've greatly appreciated your perspective as a parent in the district and your desire to learn more about how our district operates.
Sue, I'm grateful that I had the opportunity to work so closely with you in your time as president and when I first became superintendent. I've sincerely appreciated both of yours as well as Rebecca's perspectives and your support and I am confident in saying that you've made an impact here at Central. Thank you again for your
service. As we close out this year's board of education meetings with tonight's meeting, I hope you'll be able to continue to move forward with a focus on our mission and our goals. It it is important for us to remember that our actions and communication serve as
models for our students. I take this part of my role with great seriousness and also with great pride. We are showing our students the importance of leadership, understanding, and inclusivity. With that in mind, I want to make two clarifications from prior board meetings. First, I want to clarify
information about the October 27th meeting cancellation as this came up in the last month's meeting. Lisa did offer an alternative meeting date of November 10th, which was two weeks after the original meeting date and one week prior to the already scheduled November 17th meeting. Because this new date was still
not prior to due dates for reports and because the board was so willing to allow for interim approval of critical action items, we kept the november 17th meeting date. Additionally, I also need to ensure you all and our public that the student life and program committee
meeting minutes that have been previously caused in called into question are accurate. I have tremendous respect for the leadership team and I know that they take the pro I know that professionalism, excuse me, that they approach their roles with and the pride that they take in their work. And I felt
it was important for me to share that tonight. As a board of education, you all have worked through some very complex issues together this year. Lisa cited many of them this evening. I said this to you all in a prior update. While we have had times where we did not all
land on the same action, we have continued to work through it together to allow the district to provide the best educational experience possible for our students. Moving into 2026, I hope we carry the sentiment and ultimate goal forward. Thank you for all of you for
your service on the board. Next on the agenda, we have our Hib and suspension report. As you know, there's no easy segue to that action item. Um, but these are HIPS that were presented to you in last month's executive session. And before I conclude my report, I just
want to wish our students and families and our staff a happy holiday and a relaxing and enjoyable winter break. And I'll turn it back over to you, Lisa. >> All right. Thank you. At this time, we'll move into our first uh public residence forum. This is for um an
opportunity to speak on any of the items on the agenda. We have our second residence forum at the end of the meeting where it's open to any items. So, if there's anyone that's interested in speaking on the agenda items, please come forward. Good evening. Rebecca Peterson Raren
Township. I'd like to congratulate all the students and staff recognized tonight. And I would like to discuss the information related to item G7. Nicole Bryce, Vernon Williams, and Marisella Will Wallace won the election for the three seats on this board. So,
congratulations to them. During the September board meeting, Miss Wallace came to the microphone. I rate that members of the public had discussed their dissatisfaction with the behavior of some candidates throughout the election. She then berated Mr. Trent, the board attorney, for not shutting
that down and oddly threatened him that he would not be reimbursed somehow for his gas mileage any longer, which was bizarre. While Miss Wallace was incorrect regarding her claims at that time, she was correct that there are limitations on a candidate's use of the school district to campaign. And I
believe uh that that is where they have run into a problem here. Because the Wallace, Williams, and Bryce campaign spent more than $19,000 on their campaign, they had to file an R1 form with the New Jersey Election Commission. Form R1 is a detailed
breakdown of the campaign's income and expenditures. The R1 form signed by all three candidates and Maryanne Rampula under penalty of perjury declares that the August 15th that on August 15, 2025, the campaign made a financial contribution
expenditure in the way of campaign materials to the HCRS BPA. The BPA is the band parent association, one of the many nonprofit booster organizations that make central sports and extracurricular programs function.
And this is quite apt tonight as you saw many of the families here tonight. Parents, family members, volunteers, and community members provide significant contributions to the boosters via both direct and financial direct financial donations and their time. These school
programs of sports and extracurriculars are not sufficiently funded to operate without the tireless work of these boosters. So to see one of those booster groups be used and abused for the political desires of a few members of this community is disheartening. Unfortunately, the actions of the well
Wallace Williams and Bryce campaign have the potential to go well beyond the violation of the school policies. The VPA, like most of our boosters, is a 501c3 taxexempt organization. Under the Internal Revenue Code, 501c3 organizations are absolutely prohibited
from directly or indirectly participating in or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of a candidate. Violation of this prohibition may result in revocation of the taxexempt status and/or imposition of excise taxes.
It's really unconscionable for the candidates to put the BPA at risk in such a manner. And though it may be hard for them to believe, there are parents who support the BPA and who are part of the BPA that did not support their candidacy. Yet, the booster's hard work and financial contributions were put at
risk because of this self-deing. So, I'm hopeful that the BPA can take whatever steps necessary to protect their tax exempt status in the face of this action. the BPA should not have to pay for the actions of the candidates and it's not acceptable for them to be
put in this situation. I I doubt that our district boosters are high on the IRS investigation priorities. Uh but it would be beneficial for all of our boosters to be vigilant about guarding against individuals who wish to use them for improper purposes.
I hope to see these candidates apologize to the BPA and to all school boosters for the wrongdoing and prepared to hopefully do better in the future. Thank you. >> Thank you.
Is there anyone else? Nope. Okay. Seeing none, we're going to close out the first residence forum. We're going to be moving to our organizational items. So with that, we would like to continue the recognition
um of our three board members, starting with Mrs. Sue Dugen. Um she has been a board of education member from 2023 to 2025. She has been both president and vice president in 2024. She sat on the operations and
transportation committee uh for 2023 and chaired in 2024. She was part of the joint transportation committee as a member in 2023 and chaired in 2024. She was uh part of the policy committee this year in 2025. Student life and program
this year 2025. She was also part of the uh ad hoc committee for negotiations in 2025. Superintendent search ad hoc committee in 2024. student discipline ad hoc committee in 2024 and uh was the New Jersey School Boards Association
alternate in 2024 as well as the Hunton County Educational Services Commission representation um or representative rather in 2023. So we thank you Mrs. Dugen for your service. Next up is Claudia Gray. Um, so Claudia
has served on the board for this year 2025 and she was part of the personnel committee in 2025 as well as the Hunton County vocational school district liaison alternate alternate as well. So thank you Claudia for stepping in and we appreciate all your perspective and
everything that you did as well. And then last but not least, we have Rebecca Peterson, who was board member from 2023 to 2025. She served as operations and transportations committee member in
2024. She was on the joint transportation committee in 2024. She was policy committee chair 2024 and 2025. Communications committee member in 2023. She was the HCAA negotiations for the ad
hoc committee in 24, negotiations ad hoc committee member in 2025, student discipline ad hoc committee chair in 2025, New Jersey school boards association delegate in 23 alternate in 25 county board I'm sorry county school
boards association alternate in 24 and the legal RFP ad hoc committee member in 2025. So, with that, we just want to thank you, Rebecca, for all your hard work and dedication as well. Thank you. Uh, moving on,
>> I'd like to just say a few words about Sue Dugen because I got to work with her at um the uh joint transportation committee as part of the operations and transportation committee. So, I just want to thank her for her creativity, her ideas, and her optimism. Uh, I won't
forget that. and uh leading the joint transportation committee uh as part of that uh overall negotiations and uh she managed to get the committee members to reach consensus and help carve a path forward and also want to
thank you for allowing me to do a report out for the committee uh when I was a first year board member. So, thank you and good luck to you. >> All right. Thank you. Um, organizational item number four is recognizing the election results which is Nicole Bryce,
Marisella Wallace, and Vernon Williams. So, we congratulate them. And then number five is our new school calendar. And number six is the HIB report, which was addressed by the superintendent. So, with that, we would like to move items one through six. Can I get a second?
>> Second. >> Thank you. Can I get a Oh, there I guess are there any other comments before we move on? I I'd just like to um just make a quick comment to to say um you know reflecting on the last three years. I've learned a
lot about the school and and the way the school operates and um it's pretty amazing for our students and our staff, the opportunities that you know the school can offer. And so I'm really proud of the school I because you know without coming into this board position
you'd never really know how hard everyone's working to to make this so successful. So, um, you know, I just wanted to say thank you. I think that, um, one of the most exciting parts of my three years was working together with the board to unanimously
hire Jessica as our superintendent. And, um, you know, with her on the wheel, taking the wheel, and with the great staff that surrounds her, I think that the school is really set up for for long-term success. So, thank you. Good luck to the uh welcome to the new school
board members and good luck to everyone. >> All right. Thank you. Um anyone else? >> All right. With that, can I get a roll call, please? >> Miss Gong? >> Yes. >> Miss Gray? >> Yes.
>> Dr. Halpern? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kellogg? >> Yes. >> Miss Laccasta? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Rothell? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dugen? >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Santangelo. >> Yes. >> All yes. Motion carries. >> Thank you. All right. Next up, we are
going to read out our committee reports starting with the student life and program committee with Leslie. >> Thank you. So, SLMP committee did not meet in the month of December due to lack of topics. We did however have a request come up afterwards um for the
overnight field trip for wrestling which we did provide interm approval. Therefore, I'd like to move item number one. Can I get a second? Second. Second. >> All right. Any comments on the action item?
All right. Seeing none, can we get a roll call, please? >> Miss Gray, >> yes. >> Dr. Halpern, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kellogg, >> yes. >> Miss Laccasta, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rothell, >> abstain.
>> Mrs. Dugen, >> yes. >> Miss Gong, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Santangelo, >> yes. >> Majority, yes. Motion carries. >> Thank you. All right. Next up is our operations and transportation committee. Jessica, >> uh, the operation and transportation
committee met on Tuesday, December 9th. All committee members were in attendance, and I received no questions in advance of the meeting. Um, items 13 through three are standard organizational items that are approved annually or monthly in order to conduct the day-to-day business of the district.
Auditor BKC presented the 2024 2025 audit report. The district's revenues increased by about a million this fiscal year driven mainly by the general fund tax levy which remains under the 2% cap allowed by the state. Operating expenses
fell by approximately 68,000 and total expenses decreased by just under 2.8 million. The district ended the year with a surplus of just over 3.5 million which was added to the capital reserve fund allowing future projects to proceed
with less taxpayer impact. Our enrollments continue to decline and this past year that was by 119 students in the budget review. No findings or recommendations in the audit highlighted strong internal controls within the business office. Once again, we thank
Mrs. Spitzer and the finance team for that. We are also seeking approval for the purchase of five low mileage buses through successful bids with the Hunton County ESC. This increases our fleet size to roughly 47 and reduces our reliance on the current need to rent
buses. The district is refunding the capital reserve account with unused contingency funds andor unused allowance on four capital projects that are now complete. The 2026 2027 budget calendar is presented for approval and noting that some date time frames could be
adjusted based on the schedule of the newly elected governor. District is requesting to appoint David Ruven to provide the representation in an ethics complaint against a former board member. He is specifically appointed only for this case under the established parameters.
As recommended, we requesting to authorize SSP architects to provide professional services for 15 capital projects as outlined on the agenda. The committee discussed the concern of concerns brought up by our student representatives in regard to bathroom concerns that emerged from the recent
poll survey. It was noted that the issue was less about physical renovations and more about bathroom access during lunch and non-class times as was as well as custodial limitations. And this was sort of discussed earlier as well. Um, we greatly accept donations from HC School
Foundation for 10 activities outlined in the agenda and showcased earlier tonight. With that, I would like to move items 1 through 10. >> Can we get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Any comments on the action items?
Okay, seeing none, can I get a roll call? >> Dr. Halpern, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kellogg, >> yes. Miss Laccasta, >> yes. >> Mrs. Rothell, >> yes. But I will recuse myself from check number 84248.
>> Mrs. Dugen, >> yes. >> Miss Gong, >> yes. >> Miss Gray, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Santangelo, >> yes. >> All yes. Motion carries. >> All right. Thank you. Next up is the personnel committee. who we met on
December 9th and in attendance were Jessica Kangelo Hayade, David Bailey, Jessica Rothell sitting in for D Kellogg, Claudia Gray and myself. This month represents many of the standard action items that we see almost every month which includes appointed positions of varying levels, personnel appointment
changes, professional development courses for staff, volunteers, and leaves of absences. So with that, I would like to move items 1 through 20. Can I get a second? Second. >> Thank you. Any comments on these action
items? Okay. Seeing none, can I get a roll call, please? >> Mrs. Kellogg? >> Yes. >> Miss Laccasta? >> Yes to 1 through 15. Yes to 17 through
20. No to 16. Okay. Mrs. Rothell. Uh yes for 1 through 15 with a recusal for number nine in action or number 14 number nine. Does that make sense? J14
number nine. Um and yes to 17 through 20 with a no through for 16. Mrs. Dugen, yes with 1 through 15. I'll do a no. Um, abstain for 16 and then yes for 17
through 20. >> Miss Gong. >> Yes. >> Miss Gray. >> Um, yes to all except number 16. No. Can I say it that way?
>> Dr. Halpern. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Santangelo. Yes to all but number 16 is a no. >> Okay. Um number 16 does not pass. The rest pass. >> Thank you.
>> All right. Next up is the policy committee which did not meet in December. The two action items on the agenda were discussed at the November committee and board meetings. These policies and regulations are second reads. So I would like to move items one and two. Can I get a second? Second.
>> Thank you. Any comments on these action items? >> All right. Seeing none, can I get a roll call, please? >> Miss Lacasta? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Rothell? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dugen?
>> Yes. >> Miss Gong? >> Yes. >> Miss Gray? >> Yes. >> Dr. Halpern? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kellogg? Yes. >> And Mrs. Santangelo. >> Yes. >> All yes. Motions carry. >> All right. Thank you. And last up is our
additional business. Um I don't think we have any other committee member or liaison reports to report on. Um is there any additional board business which would be something that we would want to see in the next committees?
Okay. Seeing none, we will close that out and we will open up our final residence forum. This is for any topics of discussion. You can please come up and state your name and municipality. Good evening, Scott Cohen, Raron Township. Um, just a quick note and
commentary from the cancellation of the October Board of Ed meeting on a go forward basis. I hope that the board when they're considering the schedule for the sessions that are taking place for the benefit of all community,
students, administration, staff, etc. that when the agendas are put out at the beginning of the year for when those meetings are going to be held that those meetings are held to or an alternative date is provided within the same month.
Uh per Oprah request uh it seemed quite clear that communication between the board of ed president and the superintendent were made on October 10th that there wasn't going to be quorum for the October 27th board of ed meeting.
That's 17 days prior to the date that was scheduled. It seems with technology, with doodle tools and other meeting tools that to find a date that's an alternate date could have been satisfied certainly within those two weeks. We know that board of ed meetings don't
have to take place on a specific day of the month. Certainly in the past when we've had board of ed meetings cancelled due to snow or other circumstances, every attempt has typically been made and done that there's another meeting
date in that given month. So I hope going forward that this board can figure out a way to accommodate. Obviously conflicts and issues arise. That's human nature. But at the same time, it's owed
to the public. Again, it's not required the board of ed meet every month, but that has been our standard and our benchmark and the community's expectations. So, we hope that going forward in the future, you'll do everything you can to possibly have another meeting in that given month
where there has to be a cancellation for some given reason. Thank you. >> Thank you. Sandra D'vor, Raritton Township. I would like to thank Mrs. Dougen and Mrs. Gray for their time on the board. A special thank you to Mrs. Peterson for her time
on the board. Unfortunately, the majority of her time was spent defending herself from an unverified allegation brought by Maryanne Rampula. Mrs. Peterson was publicly persecuted and badgered at the majority of meetings only to discover that board members,
administration, and former board attorney Alicia Anella all colluded to remove Mrs. Peterson. This shows the lack of character, morals, and ethics of all involved. To those who stood at this podium and berated her, you are just as guilty. That Vernon Williams is what you
call reprehensible. Not as you have stated towards Mrs. Santangelo and Mrs. Peterson regarding board decisions. Vernon Williams, Nikki Bryce, and Marisella Wallace. Your victory is not one is not an honest one. You ran on lies when you knew exactly what was
going on. and Vernon Williams, who claims to be a reverend and a man of deep faith and compassion, bearing false witness against Mrs. Peterson, is shameful. Everyone should be appalled that our tax dollars were used as part of this collusion to remove Mrs.
Peterson rather than funding academics. As you saw from the previous meeting, test scores are down with English language arts down 13% and algebra 1 well below the state average of 37 as we are at 24. Only a few years ago, we used to compare central scores against
ourselves. But now, we are hoping to achieve state levels, which is pitiful. The focus needs to be on educating students, not the indoctrination. Mrs. Peterson was robbed of her time on the board. The students and community were robbed of her knowledge and legal
expertise. Despite these obstacles, Mrs. Peterson was extremely successful in bringing board policies into compliance while being fought every step of the way by Dartha Kellogg, Lorie Bllefeld, Noel O'Donnell, Sandra Gong, and Ellen Hellprin. In January, a new board
president and vice president will be elected. The three new board members ran on doing better. Mrs. Kellogg is not doing better in either role. She c she has shown she can't be objective as she conspired to defame Mrs. Peterson's character based on an unproven
allegation has multiple ethics complaints, including one with probable cause, in addition to just recently reading deliberative bo deliberative minutes at a public meeting compromising the board. These are not behaviors of a leader. I would strongly urge all new
parents to 100 and central to watch board meetings from 2021 to the present time to see what Vernon Williams stands for. for he is a strong supporter of past superintendent Jeff Moore. Vernon is quoted at a 2021 board meeting, "People have been socialized to
marginalize and inreparably harm others and ourselves out of ignorance and hatred. Racism negatively and adversely impacts all in various ways. As a person of color, it robs us of our humanity and opportunities to succeed unhampered due
to ingrained systemic inequities. As whites, it robs you of your humanity by your difference and silence, denying you of opportunities to benefit from cross-cultural relationships, ultimately resulting in our fear of one another and preventing our ability to collectively
advance. With all due respect, Reverend, you rob all black people of their many successes with that statement. Do we trust him to be fair and unbiased as a sitting board member? And I would encourage East Aml residents to consider filing an ethics complaint against your
board of education rep Dartha Kellogg as it has now been revealed in those Opid legal bills that she conspired to remove Mrs. Peterson and the public legal documents state she wanted to publicly humiliate Mrs. Peterson. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Hello, my name is Cole Costigan. I'm from Readington Township. For the past four years, I have worked to establish a club that gives students a place to discuss current events, exchange ideas respectfully, and experience true diversity of thought. This year, with strong student interest,
we submitted an application for a Turning Point USA affiliated club called Club America, intended to be inclusive for all interested students. Mr. s who volunteered to be our adviser for club America. This club application was submitted with the help of myself and
reviewed by Miss Moss. I was informed that there would be a meeting on November 21st with the principal, Mr. Brandt and Superintendent Kangalloi Hay to review the application and provide feedback and if approved, they would then be vote it would then be voted on at the December board meeting and Mr. S
would also be approved as an adviser at that meeting. Since November 21st, our application has not been formally denied, but there has been a repeated back and forth communication and with delays regarding to the club's name. I was told that the club pref that the
school preferred, I use the name Young Republicans, implying it would be less controversial. There is an existing Young Republicans club, though it is currently inactive. Yet, other non-curricular clubs are allowed to operate under the names that reflect their purposes and identity. Club America deserves the exact same
treatment. With the unproductive back and forth, I decided to email the principal and the superintendent directly on December 5th with Miss Moss added on the email to clearly outline my intentions and goals with starting this club. A week later, a whole entire week, I received finally
received this response, but not from Mr. Brandt or Superintendent Kangallosi Hay, but from Miss Moss requesting a meeting date with a date that I was unavailable at. With this very close date, close to the board meeting, which is today, December 15th. Following that, I sent an
email to the board on December 13th to address the situation and make them aware of it. Superintendent Kangalloi Haid finally responded my email after that. At the same time, we are receiving no administrative report in our efforts to move forward under the correct name, which prevents us from accessing
curriculum structure and resources provided by the national organization. Placing restrictions on our club's name while other clubs are not restricted, raises serious Equal Access Act concerns. This federal law passed in 1984 exists to ensure student led clubs are not discriminated against based on
their political or philosophical viewpoints. This is not about politics or controversy. This is about fairness, inclusion, and providing a space for students to feel supported, express their ideas, and engage with different perspectives. Club America is intended to foster cross-pollination of opinions,
diversity of thought, and even civil debate. This process began way back in October and ongoing communication throughout November and December. Yet, we are still stalled. I feel the process has been unnecessarily drawn out and I have prepared a timeline that outlines the process and the actions taken and the
feedback received to ensure everyone is on the same page of what has happened and I will be distributing copies of that via email to the board after I'm done speaking. I respectfully request that the board approve Club America tonight. Otherwise, I will be concerned that with that delay and the requirements constitute a viewpoint
discrimination based uh based on previous feedback, I expect that the application make it onto the December agenda. Thank you for your time and your consideration. >> I just wanted to make a comment um regarding Cole's statement. So,
I guess my understanding is that you're asking for us to approve something tonight, which you know, we're at the end of the meeting. But what I would potentially suggest is seeking some legal advice from our attorney possibly in executive session if we could do that
and with a potential possible action afterwards. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you for that. Sorry. Rebecca Peterson, Raron Township. I certainly hope that uh that Club America
can be approved uh because deny that club to deny that club would be viewpoint discrimination which is not permitted by law. Um I see that your executive session this evening includes pending anticipated litigation. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to formally request that Miss Kellogg
finally begin to recuse herself from internal board discussions related to any litigation involving the 2023 board's actions against me and the ongoing fallout of those actions. After tonight, Miss Kellogg will be the sole remaining board member from 2023. I have long asserted that Miss Kellogg should
have been recusing herself from executive sessions related to my case due to her personal animus and actions. She has chosen not to recuse thus far. The school ethics commission has held that a conflict of interest arises when a school official has an interest not shared in common with the rest of the
public. Involvement in litigation is one of those issues that can create a conflict of interest requiring recusal. A board member need not be a named party in the litigation for this conflict to attach. A conflicted board member's mere presence in executive session when litigation is discussed has been
sufficient to warrant a penalty of censure. And if you have any interest in reading any cases related to that, I would look at C71-20 and C68-20, which were decided in February 25th, 2022 on the school ethics commission website.
Going back to the 90s, the state has recognized that when a school official has a conflict of interest of which the public is aware and that school official goes behind closed doors when that item is discussed, the situation creates a justifiable impression among the public that their trust is being violated. You
might ask why I think Miss Kellogg has a personal interest outside of that um whole public humiliation thing. Um I recently did an OPER request, open public records act request to the Office of Administrative Law related to my case because I was curious why so many people
showed up to the courtroom at the oral arguments in September when the time and date were not published. Interestingly, 2023 board member Lori Blfield sent an email to the OAL asking whether the argument would be open to the public. Thereafter, the OAL received multiple
phone calls inquiring about the oral argument to the extent at which uh the OAL got additional security for that date. And while that answered my initial inquiry, the remaining response to the OPER request was alarming. Between April 16th and October 31st of this year, Miss
Kellogg did six OPER requests related to my case, seeking quote, "All filings by all parties associated with the docket number, including petitions, motions, responses, filings, judgments, rulings, stipulations of facts, interrogatories, discovery, pleadings, agreements,
emails, and correspondence." Oddly, one of those six Opas also sought information specifically related to Jerry Rhymer. Miss Kelloggs. In addition to those six OPER requests by Miss Kellogg, there were two additional OPER requests filed
with the exact same language, which was unique. Um, and one was filed by 2023 board member Bruce Davidson, and one by his, I believe, his wife, Miss Angel. Miss Kellogg's interest in that case and any future litigation goes well beyond
that of a neutral board member. Aside from being stalkerish, uh, filing eight or even six Opas in a span of less than seven months, evidence is a very personal interest in the outcome of the case, particularly since the case was in the hands of the judge. Contrary to the
online experts, there was no settlement to discuss and no action for the board to take. Perhaps this could have been explained away if Miss Kellogg had devoted the same level of interest and focus on the district's other lawsuits, but she doesn't. Miss Kellogg's link to future litigation will be greater and
have more personal impact than the case before the OAL. So for the good of the board and the district and now that the public is aware of Miss Kellogg's personal interest in this matter, she should begin recusing from executive session discussions regarding any rel
litigation related to my cases. Thank you. >> Thank you. Is there anyone else interested? >> Yes. Hello. Good evening. Uh Jeff Dugen, Raritan Township. Um so I'll be brief. Uh as we approach the
end of the year, I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to all of our board members and our superintendent. For the countless hours you have dedicated to supporting our students, staff, and community. As the spouse of a current board member, I can attest that this position involves an extraordinary
amount of engagement, commitment, and effort, and all of it voluntary. From the late nights spent in sessions hours after board meetings have ended, the numerous committee meetings in between the monthly board meetings to
occasionally having to dedicate entire weekends to make the strategic decisions that are important to the success of our school district. Your time, energy, and dedication, most often given quietly and again voluntarily, make a lasting difference in the quality
of education and the future of Hunter Central High School. On a personal note, I want to thank my wife, who had no idea she'd be speaking tonight, to thank her for her passion and service to the board. I don't think either one of us expected her to be an elected
official, but three years ago, she decided to put words in action and run for the school board. Throughout her tenure as board member, often dealing with unexpected twists and turns and rocky roads, she was able to help enact many of the positive changes that she
set out to make, which is something we should all strive to do. If you want to make a difference, gather your thoughts and ideas, step up, take action, and you too could be a board member. Thank you for your time. See you later, honey. >> Thank you.
Anyone else? >> Okay. So, seeing no other speakers, we will close out the final public session and we will move into executive session where we will be talking about pending litigation. Um and also will we I'm
sorry attorney client as well and hibs and personnel and uh we're thinking maybe an hour uh and we might possibly come back out with some action. So with that um can I get a second? >> Second.
>> Okay. And a roll call. >> Mrs. Rothell. >> Yes. Mrs. Dugen. >> Yes. >> Miss Gong. Yes, >> Miss Gray. >> Yes, >> Dr. Halpern. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Kellogg. >> Yes, >> Miss Laccasta. >> Yes,
>> and Mrs. Santangelo. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, everyone. I'm a rookie. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Thank you for coming. >> Sure. Absolutely. Thank you, sir. >> You're welcome.
>> Thank you. >> Oh, you're all >> She is. So, like that. >> Sorry. It's a cute. >> It looks like like a little Santa.
Okay. >> Okay. So, I'm going to make a motion. >> First of all, >> guys, no more. I'm going to rec uh make a motion to reconvene into open session. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Second. >> Okay. And all in favor say I.
>> I. >> I. >> All right. So the issue on the table is the um request from a student Cole castigan. Okay, thank you. Um and so um we talked about this and sought legal advice in
executive session. So we have three choices. One, we do nothing. Two, we do a resolution approving the club um constring his information as a grievance. or three, we do a general resolution of support for the student
organization without consideration of viewpoint. So, do we want to open that up for discussion? >> Yes. >> Can I ask a question about those three possibilities? Yes. >> Um, does that mean that they don't have
to complete the application? I don't think so. I'm just not clear from the three options. >> Option number >> yours is >> I'll talk >> here. >> So option number two approving them as an organization would mean that they're
you're kind of supplanting the application process from moving forward beyond what it already has based on the timeline. uh constring the students attendance here as a grievance to the board pursuant to policy uh 5710.
>> Right. But my my question is does that mean that that they do not ever have to provide any of the things that the school thinks is lacking? >> They'd be approved based on on the action of the board. >> I hear that. I'm asking though. I'm not sure >> if the school has a reason for wanting a
charter or wanting a something. Okay. and they are because because the school has been whatever negligent in not approving it quick enough or not rejecting it quick enough then it means that the charter doesn't matter that they're just going to get approved without the charter.
>> That that would be what what option to >> there isn't an option to to to essentially say um yes we approve it and they will provide those things after beginning to be a club. I mean theoretically you could do a resolution saying so
>> I believe that we need to have a motion and a second before we can debate. So I think we have to pick someone has to pick one and make a motion. Correct. I >> I think this discussion is the chair has invited the discussion on the topic. So I don't know we have a resolution yet. So I think we're okay discussing it
before getting to the resolution. But >> um >> so I got it. I think we could do that though. Um I think we can if just say for example right we wanted to approve it we can certainly say that with the understanding he's he's done the application and they're looking for one
other outstanding item because again at the end of the day I don't think they can deny the club but we still want to complete information you know all the information >> exactly okay >> the only concern I have is you know again who's then deciding whether
there's an issue with that if you say we're going to we're going to approve it contingent upon the organization submitting the charter or anything else. >> I think it's kind of good faith. Okay. >> And I think it's a high school. It's not We're not talking about a, you know, military operation.
>> I agree with that. Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, where does everybody land with that? If we were to do the resolution to approve with that understanding and construing all this
information as a grievance, where do we land on that? >> Well, I think there are some things that uh Mr. Cole Costigan has to do, which is just settle on a name. He can name it whatever it's reasonable, whatever it
is. Club America, TPUSA, whatever it is. Um, but you know, the staff has to decide how things are done. We're the board. >> Correct. >> So, I'm going to defer to the staff to get it done quickly. You know, let him
pile that one last piece of information, whatever it is, a charter, the number of members. He's got an advisor, so he's on the road to, you know, getting this thing done correctly. >> Okay. Thank you, Jessica Rohell.
I guess I'm still not sure what it is he's missing. If the application was submitted and and the meeting was set, do all clubs get asked for all of these things that he's being asked for? That's what I'm confused about.
>> Do you want to answer that? >> Yes. So, it reached the application phase. Level one is with the supervisor preliminary review. Then it goes to review with our principal, principal Brandt. That is where if there's missing information or they have clarifying
questions, that's the questions come up. So that's kind of the phase we're at right now. Some some clubs don't need follow-up because everything, you know, they have everything. Some do. So right now we do have a couple clubs in that position
where we're waiting for clarifying information, which is why there were no clubs on for approval in December. But were any other clubs asked to not um choose the name that they wanted for their club? Because I think that also created a delay it seems.
I don't know. I think that might be inaccurate to say. The communications I've seen was asking to if they were interested in filling a club that we had already had board approved >> because it's been empty or I shouldn't
say empty, inactive for a few years. No, I understand. But I think the maybe there was a miscommunication because the two clubs are completely different. >> Yeah, there there may have been. >> And I think they might have assumed that that was they were similar, but they
weren't. >> Yeah, there there may have been. >> Right. >> Which is why I encouraged the meeting >> for for the whoever applies for the club and with the supervisor and >> principal. But I think I think the student had communicated clearly what he was looking for as well. So, I'm not
sure where the confusion is, but I understand. Okay. Um, who's next? Ellen, you already spoke or you do you want to make it official like where you're landing? I think I made my sort of my statement is I think we should we we should go
ahead and and support and um you know if there's no major nothing major why I mean there's nothing nobody has flagged anything as being pro controversial. Okay. So I don't see any reason why we're standing in the way.
>> Okay. Thank you. Um, okay, Leslie, >> I'm gonna oversimplify it and say I agree with Ellen. >> Okay. Um, Sue, >> yeah, I I think um I agree as well, but
you know, he should have to complete all the paperwork like everyone else and make sure that all the expectations are laid out clearly. >> Okay. So then are you agreeing with Ellen and Leslie with the resolution with the understanding that that will be
done and we could still move forward? saying that there's there's a student grievance happening right now. >> Uh >> you can say whatever you >> I think >> well I have a question then. So for the chair you just said a move forward. I
didn't understand that last part. So move forward. What does move forward mean? meaning what Ellen was just talking about where that we would have a resolution with the understanding that this is satisfying a grievance and so we're going to approve it with the understanding in good faith that he
would provide any outstanding documents in addition to his application that he's already filled out >> he has to do what all other presidents do >> correct yes so Sue
Yeah, I agree to that. >> Okay, Claudia. >> Yes, because I don't think it has to I don't think it should have to come through the board for approval. He should have he once he's completed what he has to complete, it should be approved immediately. >> Okay. And D,
>> I have concerns with the board usurping the administrative administration's authority on this. I think we're all saying the same thing that he needs to complete the application which in my opinion means that the administration should be allowed to continue to work
through the process because that's what they're trying to do and they've identified the places where the application isn't uh sufficient right now. So I don't see any situation where this board would not approve this club
in at the time where this application is complete and the administration has had the ability to do their due diligence and work through the process that exists um and that exists for other clubs. So, I don't know
why this particular situation um is different and and why the board would take take the word of the student over the word of the administration in in this
particular case and and take an action that the administration isn't currently recommending. I don't I I I disagree. I don't think anyone's taking the word of a student over the administration. The concern is
we can all determine very easily whether the data he gave us is accurate or not. But it seems this is getting delayed unnecessarily. Well, I don't >> especially given the legal advice that we just received, which was there's very
little, >> but but >> they're always approved, >> but they're always approved through the process that the administration goes through. Um and you know there there are liability issues as far as making sure
that the clubs are operating consistently that the administration is responsible for. Um and again I I feel that moving forward with this before the the administration is recommending we
move forward with this is overstepping the board's role at this precise time especially since we received the timeline while we were in executive session and I don't believe any of us have actually had a chance to look at it discuss it with the administration and
get an understanding of exactly what happened. >> Does anybody >> can we do something where we basically say, you know, we approve but there has to be a meeting between the supervisor
>> saying is like you still have a gap. Sorry. You still have a gap of information that you need to >> Yeah. and and I'm at this this teetering place of where I have zero desire to dive into Jessica's operations,
>> but I also feel like we have a responsibility to ensure a students are supported, but b that we are consistent and fair and I don't know that we have visibility into understanding from the moment you're at the start line to the moment you get to
the decision. What have the last I'm gonna make it up. What have the last 15 clubs looked like? And why does this feel and from that student's perspective their feeling is their perception? And so I I agree with actually what everybody's saying is that we're at this teetering place of don't dive into daily
operations and do what's right for the student. So >> what what would Jessica not what would the superintendent say to Christine Moss at this point in time?
We're taking over. That really is the next step. What What is being said to Christine Moss who is the person who's working with the clubs? If I read all the emails correctly, >> that's correct. So I I just again be
cautious to avoid like anything that could be construed as evaluating staff. I know we're not at that point, but just bear that in mind. >> I think we're just we're I think she's just trying to understand the process like >> right. What would what would be said to the staff members who are at the next
step? >> Truthfully, I think to do something if they're listening now or they watch it, it's probably disappointing for them to hear. I said this earlier tonight. My my leadership team is the utmost
professionals, very talented individuals. They're busy individuals as well. Um I trust them. I haven't been involved in this process until I've had to get involved recently as you know. Um I mean one consideration you could you
could maybe talk about not to put another consideration on the table. Um, but as you know, we have used interim approval in the past, although we don't technically need to approve the club because it's it will likely be approved. We could still follow those same
formalities and I would be requesting interim approval from you all once once the meeting has happened. It's gets to the I think ultimately we all have the same goal. it gets to the same place, but it allows um my team to follow their
process and be equitable with the other organizations that follow that process as well, the other clubs that apply for for approval. And after hearing this conversation tonight, there's definitely a sense of urgency, a little more of a sense of
urgency. So, I kind of like that. >> Okay. All right. So, what do we think about that interum approval? >> What would that motion look like? >> Sorry. Would um would that inter basically
would that be the second motion that we talked about? basically saying that we support the Equal Access Act um but that we're allowing the process to play out and um would entertain uh an interim
approval when the process is complete. Is that essentially what we're talking about? >> Well, I don't know if it's when it's complete though, >> right? Is that >> I think it's almost complete to be honest with you. Um I do think the
process is almost complete. So I think there just needs to be a meeting for a few clarifying questions and then you know we're ready for approval. So as opposed to um waiting until January our meeting on January 26th I would be reaching out to ask you all for for
interim approval so that they could begin their work as a as a co-curricular activity before that time. >> Right. Okay. which might be a good compromise given that he was under the impression that I guess he mentioned he thought it would
be on this agenda. >> Yes. >> So it's not this agenda per se, but it's not >> it's close to this agenda. >> Correct. It's not January 27th. >> I think it's it's good. Yeah. >> Right. Okay. As far as the other part of the resolution, I would leave that for you all to decide what you want to do,
but I understand you wanting to, you know, come forward and and, you know, show your commitment to the student and for the Equal Access Act. >> Yes. Does that is that clear, Kyle? >> Give me a moment. We'll see. >> Okay. All right. So, we'll just wait a
minute for him to draft it up. when it gets worse. >> All right. Don't feel any pressure. Good. Okay. Okay. Is everybody ready? I'm going to
read this out. So, I move to pass a resolution as follows. Whereas a student appeared before the board expressing a grievance regarding the district's failure to approve the application for Club America as a student organization. And whereas the board supports the equal
access of student organizations regardless of viewpoint. And now therefore, be it resolved that the 10 central regional board of education directs that the administration complete the review of Club America application, and be it further resolved that the
board supports the district's interim approval of Club America upon submission of all information required for the district's review. >> Do we really want to say that this was an official grievance?
Yeah, that doesn't sound quite right. >> Yeah, I I thought I thought we talked through what what the official grievance process was and that this didn't really meet that definition. I mean, I'm comfortable with everything if you take that first part out. >> So, there's no reference to the policy. Grievance is being used in a more
generic form. Um, so I don't think we're recognizing this as a grievance under policy 5710. Um, so you could certainly change the word grievance to something else if the board wants, but there's no reference to 5710 in here. >> You want to say it?
>> Okay. >> Okay. So to your question, student appeared before the board expressing concern, expressing >> Well, I mean >> I mean he
he showed up to say like, "Hey, can someone listen to me?" Like I that's very oversimplified, but >> but I think expressing a grievance is he's expressing his grievance, right? It's not a an official policy grievance. Could you reread the
>> Whereas a student appeared before the board expressing a grievance regarding the district's failure to approve the application for Club America as a student organization. >> Kyle, is there another word for
grievance? I don't like upset. >> I guess they don't want to use grievance because it they don't want it to um coingle with the policy. Okay. Okay. So, oops. Frustration.
>> What about concern and delay? I like Ellen's suggestion. >> Delay is fine. >> Concern and delay, right? >> Okay. So, that's Ellen's suggestion. Concern and delay. Good. Okay. Do I need to read it? I guess >> do it again.
>> All right. >> All right. I'm going to reread it with the new language. >> Okay. So, I move to pass a resolution as follows. Whereas a student appeared before the board expressing a concern and in delay regarding the district's failure to approve the application for
club America as a student organization and whereas the board supports the equal access of student organization regardless of viewpoint and now therefore be it resolved that the 10 central regional board of education directs this directs that the administration complete the review of
club America application and be it further resolved that the board supports the district's interim Approval of Club America upon submission of all information required for the district's review. Can I get a second? >> Second.
>> Okay. Uh, no further comments probably, right? Okay. Roll call. >> Mrs. Rothell, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dugen, >> yes. >> Miss Gong, >> yes. >> Miss Gray, >> yes.
>> Dr. Halpern, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kellogg. >> Yes. >> Miss Laccasta, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Santangelo, >> yes. >> All yes. Motion carries. >> Okay. So, do we move to meeting adjourned? Is that what we do? So, we >> more business.
>> Was that something else? >> No. Okay. So, we are going to move to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor say I. I. I. >> Thank you. All right.