Okay, Jonathan should be here any minute, so we'll go ahead and get started. Okay, welcome to the Kilan Board of Education tenative budget meeting for March 18th, 2026. The New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right public right of the
public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings. publicities at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with provisions of the act of education has caused notice of this meeting to be published in the suburban trends on December 28th
posted in the public library filed with the clerk posted on the district website No executive sessions required. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Okay. Our first item agenda is routine matters where we have to do our annual
ethics training. Yep. You're >> good early evening. Thanks for inviting me and don't mind the early evening. I can go home for dinner even while you keep right here doing your work. Busy time of year though. But thank you for having me. Um as most of you probably
worked with Charlene in the past is wonderful. She is retired and enjoying her next chapter. So I' happily joined New Jersey school boards in October. I was in education for 31 years prior to that. So I do have a sense of sitting in
board meetings quite a bit but not behind that table. So the learning curve was a little bit more but ethics is a good example. I didn't necessarily know that. Um I know that most of you are seasoned. So as I go through the presentation I'll keep that in mind a little bit. You're going
through intense new board member training. So if if there's something you can follow up, I'll leave my cards here. If there's something else that you would like to know or if you want to slow me down or stop me, just do that. Okay. All right. So, let's jump in. And I do encourage if you if you want to ask
questions um along the way, that's fine. Um you probably know your time better than me. So if the questions, Gene, I have a feeling if the questions start going too long, you'll probably say, "Hey, we have another part of the meeting to get to." So I'll look for your cues as well. >> All right, let's jump in.
Okay. So, we always do this disclaimer uh when we start it out. I'm not an attorney and even our attorneys who can provide count advice to you all because we have an attorney of the day. We have a legal department and you know, no hesitation there. But, um this is not
official uh legal advice. So, um it's information. Uh ultimately, your board attorney is your board attorney here? Oh, good. Because I always keep saying board attorney is the one who really should make this decision. And sometimes they're like what's your job? But uh I help and then you conf you affirm with
your board attorney. So the ethics act uh from 1991 it's essential that the conduct of members of the board um hold the respect and confidence of the people that uh well voted for you to be sitting behind that table. So uh you know we want to make sure that uh we maintain that faith
that they put in us as board members or in you guys as board members. Uh, another piece of it is that um, board members and school administrators have to avoid conduct which is uh, in violation of their public trust. Um, and even something that might give the impression of being unethical is
important. So, we'll touch on that a little bit here and there [snorts] for that. I like to share when I was an administrator, it's just a quick little anecdote. Um on Thursdays, uh bunch of administrators used to play basketball. And so we had an athletic director who would order the practice jerseys or at
least t-shirts for the students to all, you know, the players to all uh practice in. And so when there was extras, he would give them out to us, but the business administrator wouldn't take one. I said, "Why won't you take a shirt? They're awesome. They have the whole schedule for the year on there." My business administrator said, "Because
it doesn't look right." I said, "What do you mean it doesn't look right? It's a nice shirt." And he said, "No." Um, it's possible that someone might perceive that the vendor is purposely doing an overruns. Those those those t-shirts were overruns. Don't worry about it. We they're overruns. What are we going to do with them? So, the the BA was like,
you know, that doesn't look right. What if he's doing overruns on purpose, the vendor? So, that was my first taste of what uh really the fine tuning of of or you know, the fine nuances of ethics really can be sometimes. So, appearance of of even possibility of impropriy is important to keep in mind. So, this is
just I'll go through the quick ones quickly. There's a commission that is made up of nine folks. Two school administrators, two school board members, and five non-school officials. They've had trouble in recent years filling the school board member um the two schoolboard member ones. So, you can
always reach out and see if they're still looking if you're interested in that. Um the commission will hear will read cases and then make decisions on them regularly. Uh here are the so it's an accountability act as far as the ethics is concerned. So um
accountability means so mandatory training helps board members um whether in whether you're a new board member first year, second or third year there's governance training at four different levels. So that's mandatory and school boards provides that and um so that's
one aspect of the accountability piece of it. The code of ethics uh you're you're held to the code of ethics. It is a good idea to refresh these. You'll see you'll hear about some new cases this year. So, I'll provide some new examples that you wouldn't have heard last year because they're all from 2025. So, to me, that's sort of the fun part for
those who've sat through this quite a bit. Um, and then for all school officials, board, and of course, this uh central office and others, disclosure statements. So, annually those disclosure statements have to be completed. It's really just a statement that asks your sources of income. So,
that's available in case uh there has to be some kind of investigation as far as conflict of interest. um you'd be surprised that that sometimes is a is a an area that board members slip up on and sometimes it just means you didn't get around to it, but uh it can be tricky sometimes. So if if your BA is is
saying, "Come on, get that in." That's why it's very important. Um next slide will tell you what your timeline is for that. And then prohibitive acts of course, things [clears throat] that you just can't do. So we'll discuss some of those things. So the train the training that is mandatory, first 90 days, governance one, that's for the new school board members. And then each
subsequent year, you take a deeper dive. If you're in your second year, it's finance, student achievement. Third year, policy, labor relations, and fourth year are legal updates because that would mean that you were um reelected, you've already gone through the full governance training. Uh you know, maybe every five years or so that
could be updated and then you might be asked or expected to go through it again. But for now, if you're reelected, you just do governance for which is an annual legal update. And those change, too. So, those can be interesting. There's the uh 30 days of being sworn in that you have to complete that disclosure statement that I mentioned.
And then returning school officials have until April 30th to file. Uh okay. So um this closure case numerous financial disclo I mentioned this already. It's just uh even just so in this case a board member inaccurately completed her disclosure statements and
didn't include a business organization in which she and her spouse have an interest. I did a deep a deeper dive on this and it wasn't malicious as far as you would just you know when you read it you go I think that was just a mixup. So they they received a that that board member received a re a reprimand. So in
the next slide I'll tell oops we're going to do the ethics first then I'll tell you the levels of reprimands. So that was important. A reprimand means that um you're issued a letter from the commissioner's office that um said to remind you of the ethics requirement. All right I'll go through these quickly.
Maybe I'll just like read the the yellow parts. So they're A through J are the tenants of the code of ethics. Um so that's in the big blue box. And then the standards on the bottom are if someone were filing an ethics violation against someone, they would have to satisfy the evidence that's called for in those
standards. So hopefully you won't have to worry about anything like that and then do that kind of investigation. But that's how that works. So that I won't get into the stuff on the bottom. Again, that's just the evidence in case someone does file uh an ethics charge. they would have to satisfy those. So, A is to
uphold and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations. That's pretty straightforward. B, that you make uh decisions uh to meet the needs of all children. Um we remind board members regardless of their ability, race, creed, sex, or or social standing. And we remind uh board members
that u you might campaign with a specific issue. Um, and it it could be an excellent one and one that's near and dear to your heart, but once you're at the table, um, you serve the needs of all students and um, that doesn't mean you weren't concerned prior about all students, but what it does mean is now
the decisions are based not on necessarily um, any kind of I don't know factions. It has a negative connotation to it, but you know, you had a position before you got on the board. You still have to think now in terms of all students, maybe not, you know, a specific issue that you were campaigning
on. So, see I'll confine my board action to policym, planning and appraisal. That's pretty much the stay in your lane sort of uh ethics um tenant and um that you'll so policy that's self-evident planning could mean strategic planning. It could
mean the goals that you set for the board uh participating maybe in district goal setting as well and appraisal is the evaluation of the superintendent. So those are the the main ethical responsibilities. Um those are the responsibilities of the board and in an ethic through an ethics lens it means that um those are the things the board
members will focus on. >> Can I ask you a question? So you know language is being [snorts] precise is very important. You said participate in setting. I thought the board with the superintendent or the CSA uh the chief school administrator set the district
goals. Uh so board >> sets district goals with the because that's how the the CSA is appraised >> by the district goals. So we don't just participate. I mean it's we approve them. So we have to work very
collaboratively. Obviously I'm not going to set a goal with the for the CSA that can't be attained. That would be yeah we'd also be shooting ourselves in the foot because we're reelected based on our ability to meet the goals we set. So, but I just do want to make sure that
people understand that that we do set the goals with the superintendent so that we can then appraise him in this instance and that we are communicating to our community that these are the goals we've set. This is what drives they're based off our
strategic plan and this is what drives basically the board business for the year. >> Yes. >> It's kind of how it's how this board works. >> Okay. >> Thank you. clarification. Oh, not to administer to the schools. So, uh board members their oath is to
carry out their responsibility as outlined through much of today and uh not to administer the schools. The board is the the superintendent is the how the board is uh is the what uh E I will recognize the the authority rests with the board of education and
make no personal promises nor take any private action. So again that's just highlighting the idea that you know you're here as a unit and that um you you don't have um concerns on the side that you're advocating for individually here. uh refuse to surrender my independent
judgment sort of a similar thing to special interest or partisan polit political groups uh to use the schools for personal gain. So a lot of ethics thing just comes down to is there some kind of gain you'll hear me say that a little bit later that a board member gets from a certain action and that's usually like the defining moment if you
get it if a board member has some kind of um gain that maybe someone else wouldn't have uh the same access to as someone on the board. So that'll be clarified a little later. G I'll hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needlessly
injure individuals or the schools. Uh in all matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff and aspirations of the community for its school. Confidentiality is is really important for board members. I personally I think it must be a
challenge because um there's so much information and even at home you have to be careful about conversations you might have with people. I did hear the story once about how a board member was concerned about I guess maybe it was a hib and expressed that to his wife felt bad for somebody and then a student
overheard it and then not in a malicious way did repeat it and uh so it could be something as innocent and maybe even well-intentioned as that. So confidentiality can be a challenge. H I will vote to appoint the best qualified personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of
the chief administrative officer. So the superintendent um makes the recommendations to the board and uh the board is gives careful consideration to those recommendations um and and then votes on it. I'll support and protect school personnel. protect school
personnel might sound a little bit uh dramatic, but I to put it maybe in more layman's terms, what it means is um that the actions or words of board members uh wouldn't want to u in some way undermine
a staff member or somehow um impair them to do their job. Again, there will be examples of many of these later. In fact, all of them in one way or another. Um, I'll refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and we'll act on complaints at public meetings only after failure of an
administrative solution. So, and that's the chain of command ethic. So, what that means is So, another thing that might be tough for board members, you're out and about in public and someone stops you and they express a concern because not everybody understands the clear delineation between board members
and I being a board member and being a person. Sorry, board members are people. being a board member, being a civilian, let's say, you know, it's like when you walk out of here, you're taking off your cape and you're you're a civilian again. And so, um, the the best get out of jail card I can think of for a board member who gets sort of, you know, trapped at
the grocery store is to say, look, did you talk to so and so forth? So, you know, if they bring up that it was an issue with a school, have you spoken with the principal? And then, um, you know, so, you know, how the chain of command works. I guess ultimately based on MC bylaws if there is an appeal
process and somehow um people a person might appeal past the superintendent's decision I guess that's what it means thereby we'll act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution so um I'm not sure if all bylaws suggest that that
appeal process is possible but um that's just one thought I u can extend that okay ethics complaints I mentioned it there's 180 so that's the tenants yay Okay, we got through them. A through J. Um, there's a 180day window. If someone's going to file an ethics complaint, they have to require the
section of the act and the factual evidence. That's pretty much what I was suggesting on those slides. Any person can file a complaint with the e with the state um commission with the ethics commission. Um the SEC will consider whether the facts and circumstances
would lead to a reasonable a reasonable person to believe that the act had been violated. I do like that. Um there's up to a $500 fine if someone is frivolously filing. So I think that's necessary because these you know complaints can be
yeah perhaps somebody is doing a complaint to you know just to annoy somebody or harass them in some way. So at least they have to think twice about it and make sure that they consider the evidence is there. All right. Penalty sanction reprimand. That's a rebuke by the commissioner. It's um it's not a
formal resolution, but it is uh it's on the record in that you'd be contacted. I I say it that way to um sort of differentiate it from censure. So censure is the same thing except it has to be read in public. So um you know that that might be awkward for somebody.
So if if the commissioner decides censure, that means that um the decision by the commission is then read usually by the board president at the meeting. It becomes part of that record. So we don't want to be censured. Then it gets a little more uh dicey from there. Suspension can be 30 60 days maybe more.
And then removal, immediate termination from board membership or employment if it's an administrator. Uh advice of council defense for penalties. So um I we always suggest talk to your board attorney to get um you know clarification before an action
that you might not be sure of could be in violation of ethics. Um, but and of course your counsel should give you good counsel, but there are four things if you're going to say, "Well, I asked the attorney, the board attorney, and I got advice and I still got in trouble anyway." Four things still have to be
true, though. All four. The approval has to be received prior to the action. The individual who offered the advice or approval um possesses the authority to give you that kind of um um advice, counsel. All pertinent facts and circumstances have to be disclosed. So
they have to have the whole picture to give you advice. That's true of anybody. And then the individual actually complied with the advice received. So um [clears throat] sometimes or or you might see a violation get knocked down from one to the next if they if someone
can actually argue um well that they received advice from council and those four things are aligned. So may let's say you're going to be censured, maybe you just get a reprimand. All right. So what I'll do is I'll go quickly through these. I won't read them. I'll just sort of tell them as anecdotes. Um, and I
won't do them all. Uh, so this one is interesting in that a board member told the public that the board was uh talking about reducing instructional time by 40 minutes a day, but the superintendent had explicitly uh told the uh board members it was in everyone's best interest for them not to share that
because it was going to be uh something that could come up in negotiations, which is legitimate. I mean, you you know, that's how negotiations work. Um, and yet somebody uh revealed that and that caused a big stir um and some complications and people started worrying about maybe jobs and all. So
that that was something that the commission thought should be censured. So that's that one where it's read in public. Um and then this other one, this is one of those like real simple ones that could be an oops. a board member sent an email out from their uh specialed parents organization and um it
it used the board member's school address, you know, email address. So that can happen because sometimes, you know, they just populate pre-populate and all. So that worries me. But someone was still reprimanded because in doing so it created a justifiable impression that um maybe the board member was
acting on the you know in the capacity of of a board member and not one of the parents. So apparently that's pretty tricky. Uh let's go to the second one. Uh 15 year 15 plus year board members. That's somebody who has a lot of experience. Um
they Yeah. So they usurped the authority superintendent was looking to u discipline u make a disciplinary recommendation and uh for a staff member and a board member uh went to their house got a letter of explanation from that person who was homesick or maybe so
upset something to that effect and um then brought it asked the BA to make copies share it with the rest of the board and not include the superintendent. So you could just see that's what just a mess. Um, so, oops. Uh, yeah. So, that was a suspension for
60 days. By the way, those links are live in what you receive and just, you know, you could double check that tomorrow or something in case you ever want to just go back and check any of these cases firsthand. You can click on those in the presentation that I think you'll get digitally or you might have
gotten digitally. Um, and Caitlyn, if if they're not live for some reason, just let me know. But yeah. >> Okay. uh recusal versus abstension. So, uh it it can be pretty straightforward, but
sometimes it's it's it's something that uh gets lost in the sauce. So, recusal is when you have a conflict of some sort and you shouldn't be voting. An abstension is more if you don't have enough information or you weren't at a meeting that you you know, you you uh didn't get the information or maybe uh
you're voting on minutes and you weren't at that meeting. But it's the kind of thing where you feel you don't have enough information, but um so you abstain. You don't recuse. Recuse is more along the lines of when you have to disqualify yourself because there's a conflict of interest. So it could be family member in the district. Um you're
voting on something that affects a family member, you're out of the Yeah. So there are examples later. Um I I just talked to someone today and it was interesting but some a couple board members in a district abstained from voting on the budget and you know so if
you're invoking well I didn't have enough information that's problematic on a couple of ways but I encourage board members if they don't feel they have enough information to to get it you have the right to ask for that information. um that district has a new approach now.
So, relationship definitions. Um this can get confusing. So, ultimately, uh I I always recommend that um there's a list somewhere in here that uh lists every possible definition of a relative.
Typically, it's if you're an in-law, that's different than if you're somehow bloodrelated, but that's what constitutes a relative. And then you have to take that into consideration when there's confusion. I always suggest people, you know, you can check the checklist, but you can also speak with your board attorney who should know it
inside and out. Uh, but a relative is a spouse, civil union, domestic partner, or parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. I think you get the picture. Um, if there's a blood connection, that's a relative. Um, it doesn't. Yeah. Okay. All right. We'll come back around to that a little bit
later and there's a little bit more discussion of it. uh advisory opinion. So, you can as board members request that the ethics commission uh give you an information. So, if there's something coming up and you want to take action, but you're not sure about it, you can check with your board attorney, but then
you can also go to the commission. The challenge there is how long it might take them. So, if you're talking about something you want information on pretty quickly, that might be a challenge. Um but, um some of the cases or the yeah, the instances I'll share tonight because I guess technically they're opinions,
they're not cases. um you'll see that they're very useful. Sometimes uh if the commission says, "Wow, this was a great question," they'll they'll share it uh publicly. Advisory opinion. So then the other thing is if you do ask for we have our little police officer there. Um and I
guess the metaphor is if a police officer pulls you over, you don't speed away after they've given you a warning. Um so if the advisory gives you their opinion, you wouldn't want to then say, "Okay, I don't agree with you." And then do it anyway. It doesn't they don't track what you do after that, but it it
can come back around for sure. And so the idea is if you go to that trouble and they go to the trouble and just listen. Okay. Um so again, there's I don't know eight to 10 there, but I'm just going to pick some and I usually bold them so I know. But for example, can a board member hire a district
teacher to tutor their child? Um the idea is yes, they can. But any vote that might touch on um that teacher's world, like let's say the teacher is going to get a stipen for something, that board member while the teacher is tutoring the
child would not want to uh vote on that. When the teacher is not tutoring the child, then the the conflict is gone. So, it's really just during that active time. Can a board member who is a member of a collective bargaining unit participate
in matters related uh to the local union? Um so collective bargaining unit within the town. So can a board member sorry for this one. So I'm going to come back to that one
because some of the others later talk about the uh collective bargaining issues. I don't know why I'm freezing on that one. Uh a benefit. So yeah, before I was talking about conflicts. So if you receive a benefit uh or there's a perception of receiving a benefit um
that uh someone else couldn't get, but you you you know, you have that access to public uh you can use your status as a board member that would be considered a benefit. So a board member in one case spoke during the board meeting about how he was running for general assembly. He
was using his position on the board to solicit support andor votes for his personal campaign. So that's that's using your position and your access let's say uh for personal gain and it's not part of what the board is doing as a unit. Uh prohibitive acts recuse yourself if
there is a benefit to you uh school official or your immediate family due to those there. So, um I won't read through them all, but if you take a quick look, you you get the idea of how um if there's some kind of business interest that, um your board position might be in
conflict with uh position to secure unwanted privileges. It's kind of what I was just speaking about. Financial involvement that may impair objectivity, service or employment that may prejudice independent judgment, gifts, financial gain, other considerations. um shall not represent any person party other than
the board district in matters before the board. It's not a conflict if not acrewing a greater gain than any others. Okay. So this one is a board member has a direct or indirect financial interest with votes on or about the law firm that provided her with free representation in
the defense of an ethics charge. This one is kind of complicated. I'll try to keep it simple. If the if the uh law firm that serves the board um provides legal service for a board member and in that case it was defense of an ethics charge then they can't vote
on anything pertaining to that law firm because they received free um counsel from them. So that board member should have recused there was a censure in that invol in that case. Uh so this one's on the bottom. a board member was promoting his nonprofit to the parents and his community as well as
to the staff and teachers. So, uh that was a conflict and there was a reprimand there. The determining factor is that the public's perception and not the school officials belief is what matters. So, the board member might uh not have felt that that was the intention, but it's the appearance that can be an issue
as well. Okay. Okay. So, this is the one uh the board member used or attempted to use his position on the board to secure unwarranted privileges, advantages or employment for the two others. Um so, this was one where there was a wrestling coach whose pos whose job was not um
posted. It was not an open position and a board member was lobbying for two really good, I guess, recreation wrestling coaches uh to be hired to replace that person. So, you know, you're not in a position there. It wasn't posted. So you're clearly
advocating um for a different interest. And so that was problematic. The respondent sent the resumes of the others, so the two people he was advocating for to the AD and submitted an an email advocating for it. So there was a reprimand there.
Okay. So in this one, the respondent introduced herself as a board member and then proceeded to promote her nonprofit. I think we kind of touched on that a couple different ways. So, um, that can be a gray area, but in this case, it was promoting the non her nonprofit. And then, uh, yeah, the respondent
should have listed the nonprofit on the financial disclosure form. That was the real issue. So, that was censured. Board member was conflicted, was involved in the personnel committee discussion that involved the superintendent's employment. The respondent violated B. There was no evidence showing what the board attorney told the respondent to do or not to do,
uh, nor whether he disregarded such advice. So um the advice of council defense couldn't be used. There was a censure there. Okay. And then just to pause for a second talk about um the relative piece of this if the relative already works in the district. So you may not hire the
relative of a board member or chief school administrator. So that's pretty straightforward. But if the relative already works in the district, those things apply. So if the relative already works in the district, an administrator may not exercise direct or indirect authority over their relative. A board
member may not take part in employment matters concerning the superintendent or supervisors in chain of command between the relative and CSA. So that would typically mean teacher. So um and then you might have to dig deeper in that when it comes to supervisors.
A board member may not take part in the search selection or vote to hire a new CSA and post hire evaluations uh and contract discussions if um a relative already works in the district. Okay. So, um committee assignments. So,
this is one where I could see it getting a little uh complicated um and and confusing and maybe h maybe happen more than you might think. So, you cannot choose the chair committee members nor be on any committees that remotely touch upon or directly relates to the family
members's employment. So let's say um it's a technology uh department relative works in the technology department board member should probably not be if you have a tech committee probably should not be on that and again anything else that might directly relate to that employees uh job
any vote relating to that. Okay, so this chart um [clears throat] took me about a day to figure out, but if you look at it just as the results on the last two columns, participate in negotiations and vote to ratify the contract. So this is specific to
collective bargaining. So it's sort of like a syllogism. If [clears throat] this and that, then this. So the first one's super straightforward. If relationship to the board member is immediate family member or relative uh and that person works in the district, then they cannot participate um oh and
they're not in the public teachers union, but they're in the district. Uh participate in negotiations, no, can't vote to ratify the contract either. That's pretty straightforward. And the other one is if the relationship to the board member is self or immediate oops family member um but doesn't work in the
district but does work uh is a current member of a statewide public teachers union then that is a conflict when it comes to voting for the contract but you can participate in the negotiations. And then the last one is um relationship to the board member is a relative but
doesn't work in the district, isn't a member of the teachers union, you can participate negotiations and you can vote to ratify the contract. So that's a whole lot. It's almost like a syllogism. Uh campaigns and collective bargaining. Um I think the best way to talk about
this one is just to say that um think of it as um so if you were part of a community group and then you got on the board based on you know uh a philosophy or part of the work that that group did that doesn't
once you get on the board you say okay great for them um but I have to remain objective now that I'm on the board. It's the same kind of thing. So you can get support uh even in a campaign um a board member campaigning or or soon to be board member campaigning can get the
support of an association um and not have to recuse for the collective bargaining and um voting on the contract. That surprised me at first, but the idea is it has to just be once you're on the board, your objective and um of course the appearance if it
appears that there's advocating going on specifically from that person for that organization that could get a little dicey. Um so in in a number of different cases when it comes to so it goes the other way too. Um if a board member was
uh supporting the union during a negotiation um and and then got on the board, they would similarly uh have to, you know, just maintain their objectivity. If there's money involved, like if there's financial support, then you talk to your board attorney and just
figure that one out. Volunteering in schools. So again, this can get complicated. I'll try to keep it simple. You just don't want to be in imshed in the in the district or in the schools. So you shouldn't have like a leadership kind of situation in the
schools. Um you can be on the PTO. Um so that that's a volunteer position that you can be but I I think in some districts they call them liaison. Um the involvement you can do the reading you know so it's Dr. S. It's you know an
international reading day you can do that. So you know field trips board members can do all the things that um you know parents can do as long as they don't get imshed into it. They shouldn't be handling money. um they shouldn't be directing staff or even students. I guess if you're on a field trip, you're
going to direct students to get on the bus, but um so it's just a matter of not feeling imshed, that you're not exerting power in any way. And then of course when you're um being a parent volunteer, you avoid speaking, you just don't ever want anybody think you're speaking on behalf of the whole board. The president
determines who has the right to speak on behalf of the board. So um you would want to avoid that. visiting a school. It's a uh it's a good situation for everybody if um you let the superintendent or know and then the superintendent can maybe let the princ
principal know. But if it's a regular thing, again, I I defer to you your relationship. But if it's a regular thing, then you know, you're going to a monthly meeting and it's all square and it's not an ethical issue, then of course, you know, you can go. It's it's implied. The principal knows you're coming. But it is a courtesy. Um you
know how schools can be. Oh my god, so and so's here. What's going on? and it gets a little bit distracting, a little dramatic, I guess. So, you know, when in doubt, just let the superintendent know. They might give a heads up and then it stays like that. And then once you're in a building as a as a board member, again, you know, um even if you're there
uh for a board reason, you don't discuss board matters. So, yeah, stay on point with the purpose of your visit. So social media, social media, you know, it's the bane of many board members existence because you know you can't ne well I don't want to
editorialize too much and I want to keep time in mind. Um there are enough cases that we can go through but the idea is um social I'll jump right in. So um this is a disclaimer that the commission itself has suggested board members use.
Okay. So, uh, if you have, you know, for your social media profiles, let's say, the thing is though, you still have to be ethical and you still have to be careful of not speaking on behalf of the board whenever you're posting something. And so, the disclaimer can be there, but it doesn't mean that now you can say
whatever you want to say. You still have to be careful. >> Yes. Um, here's just a couple examples. Staff members expressed concerns about what was going to happen to the Oh, this one. staff members expressed concerns about
what was going to happen to the material that they were teaching in their classrooms based on the respondent comments to social media. And apparently one board member um I I know the quote that to me is more powerful than reading the paragraph there, but the quote was the board member said um history I agree
100% history books first then the library. So that's an individual board member responding to something that was posted by a parent group about books. So, you know, like vetting books, there's other words for that, too. So, the idea of a board member, an individual board member saying, give me
six weeks because I think that was part of the quot give me six weeks and then we'll get to those books. So, it's like, yeah, no, you're not taking action for the whole board as an individual person. I think that person um maybe they were new and needed more training. Uh and then there's another one in there, board
member uh referenced the board and board matters throughout the throughout the post and used we to discuss board members. So that's really tricky too. So you know avoid the royal we um and speaking on behalf of the board. These are some resources that we have.
Why is that thrown in there? Oh okay. I I thought there were many more. Lucky you. Um yeah. So these are some resources and lots of and some links. So when you get the presentation have it digitally at any time you can click on those and
access more information. Um I I don't expect that people would go in and read the dozens if not hundreds of cases each year. Um but we try to highlight a few here that are reminders of some important aspects of the ethics cases. And um yeah, so depending on the kind of time you have, we can chat a little bit
about anything on here, but other than that, I just want to say thank you for inviting me. Thank you for the work you do. And um I look forward to working with you going forward. But are there any questions? Okay. So, I left my cars with Caitlyn, so there's one for each. And um if you
do want to contact me, we can do that. >> Thanks, Paul. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> All right. Take care. >> Yeah. Okay, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks so much, Paul. Nice to meet you. Thanks for coming. Yeah.
>> All right. Anybody have any any uh anything to add to the wonderful ethics training? >> When in doubt, leave it out. >> Call me first. >> Yeah. Don't post.
>> I think I do just have a question for um Dave based on that. What would you like? I Paul kind of made it sound like there would be a culture within our group based on what the superintendent wants like if we are in the schools for meetings for things. Do you want us to
>> I'm sorry I hadn't done that in the past. If if um what I found worked is if there's some contention then I need to >> because then it always could be looked at that hey somebody's here and do I
have to be concerned as far as posting I've dealt with that in the past as well and um former board members were very clear on their post I do not speak for the board so no matter what that social media post
is if you're ever going to take to it, if something somebody puts on there really, really offends you or they attack you personally or your family because things happen, if you respond, you know, I can't tell you what to do, but if you choose to, be sure to put it,
I do not speak for the board. Just you. >> And then don't speak for the board. >> Don't because you can say that and then speak for the board and then you'll get in trouble. That's his point. I find that if I'm what I do for Dave is
if I'm emailing a teacher or I'm communicating with anybody, I always just shoot him. I forward him just so he sees it when I'm even if it's a parent and it might be a contentious issue or just something going just so he has
awareness too. That's been my um practice. not like oneoffs like I'll text Caitlyn I have a quick question about this and she'll text me back you can ask Caitlyn or central office certainly Amanda if you have a curriculum question but I almost always
when I email anyone I always copy Dave so if I email the athletic director about an athletic question I copy Dave when I do Caitlyn I copy Dave and that's just so he can see that he has visibility on my communications most of
the time if I have a question I go through the department the committee chairs and somebody or I just go through Dave but specifically for anyone new that's how I do it and as a parent I have one I'll just talk to a teacher
directly I talked to Miss Suffin with my son once during math but then when it got to a point where I was meeting I copied Dave just so he knew I was going to the the middle school to meet with my son's teachers about my son that had nothing to do with my
But when I came to that level, I copied Dave. It wasn't just so he knew and that everybody that way would come back to me while she was trying to use her board position. So he could see that was, you know, I worked it out first and then when I set the official meeting, I copied Dave. So
you absolutely can advocate for your kids, but if you have to step it up, I would highly recommend you copy Dave after it goes above the teacher if you have to do that. Anybody have anything else that they want to add?
>> I like what he said about, you know, if you're at Stop and Shop or, you know, at the at the ball game or whatever and you're sitting there and somebody's like, "Hey, what's going on?" Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You know, and I think the recommended answer was like, well, did you talk to the and then just go
through the chain of command there? um and not start going down the road of like, well, that's not what we're going to do the, you know, because that's not social media, but it gets around pretty quick. >> Yeah. You just listen and you go then you say you should use the chain of
command. Yeah. >> Anyone experience that, Frank? >> I experienced that daily. Yes. I just listen. I nod my head. I say you should go through the chain of command and I also point them I think we do a great job keeping our
uh meeting minutes and other information on the website. Do me a favor before we do anything. You know, please go to the website, educate yourself. It's all there appropriately, you know, raise this through the correct chain of command. This is not a board of education issue or superintendent issue.
Go to your school principal or your school teacher and if it does get escalated, we'll we'll take it at that time. And then, you know, most of the time you're just stuck listening for a minute and politely pointing them in the correct direction, which publicly available information and chain of
command. >> I agree. I also ask them if they have do you have feedback for us. Oh, this is a problem. If you see something you recommend better, please email me. I mean, we've gotten some great ideas
from community members. So, I always look for new ideas. We're certainly just seven people up here. So, eight seven elected. So anyway, anything else on ethics? Be ethical out
there. Okay, let's move on to superintendent report. It's a segue into the April 28th public meeting uh board presentation. Thank you, Mr. Miller. Thanks, Matt. Miss Lawler, come on over.
All right. So, this is a a group effort and while Yes. Oh, it's still Oh, that's a great picture. >> No, not yet. Okay. So, while I'm stepping on wires, my name and Miss
Lawler's name are on the front. It's truly a group effort. Mrs. Trumpetta is here. So, there's Mrs. Trumpetta. Um, we involve our building level administration, we involve our central office administration, and then of course the full board. Uh, as Mr. Panero
shared during his presentation, it could be an overabundance of information, which you know, and the finance committee, I believe, met three times this month. So, and and necessary. That's why I always tell folks in the public, being an elected official is
work, and it's not paid, and sometimes it's not fun. So here comes our preliminary budget. So our revenue sources and financial position, this is just a fiscal outlook. We know typically because we talk so
much as a board and um while I've always done that throughout my career, I have to say here as a united group, we do it quite often and it's and it's positive because it tells a story all the time. We're constantly telling a story like a book.
So what you're voting on here tonight is the total revenue for 2627. So that motion represents the total revenue. And yes, we are going to 2% or at least that's what we're proposing. And on the the first uh line there, you have the
the 2% tax levy. We put the dollar amount. So that's what the tax levy represents. So, when we're taxing and our our uh community members, it's an $849,000 change. We'll just say $850 for the argument sake on the levy. The total
levy assuming approved tonight and then move for county approval and then to the uh to the April 28th public meeting. On the levy, you have 43,35,944. Okay. But uh and to Miss Lawler's credit, she wanted to show all of our different revenue streams below and you
see line by line what we're doing exactly. So from the long range facility plan, what we're withdrawing 1.1 million, uh budgeted fund balance 554,000, our estimated prek tuition of 168, estimated miscellaneous revenue,
state aid, and so forth, right on down. So, our total operating budget, if approved, is 51,476,943. That's what we're voting on tonight. The total end. And our job, when I say our, I mean
central office and then with building administration in conjunction with the board is to balance it because every school district has a school budget. And just like our home budget at the end of the month when you have all your big bills, this is no different, but just on
a much much larger scale. So you're trying to budget and manage your expenditures and your revenue. And we need to balance that out and all the numbers need to work in the software. So what's our financial position and impacts? So we just got done talking
about the levy. So the 2% 849,000 our cap reserve of 1.1 million that's earmarked for our capital projects and we will be presenting those. The 2425 audited fund balance of 554,000. What we didn't budget but we know we
have is the health benefit waiver which will acrue over the next few years. Um we did use this I you know I I can't thank Mrs. enough that during a negotiation in July I believe so our budget present our official budget
presentation last April was the end of April he figured May June two months went by quite a bit happens at the end of a school year we get into negotiations in July and it was Mrs. Leonard who said, "I think folks around
here forgot that the board drew down on $757,000 last year." So, I know with my arrival in 2022 and um this is my fourth budget cycle with our with our district, we've
had years of riffs, not replacing, but I look at it as not only balancing the budget, but also being efficient and thorough as per the state. It's nice to have a little wiggle room, but sometimes you really need to be efficient and thorough. So, we do that from our transportation end. We watch that in
play this year. We do that with our buildings schedules and as I've always said, the budget dictates the schedule. A schedule does not dictate any budget. So, um I just want to keep reminding people that last year the board did
approve that increase the tax levy almost doubled or we would have had a hole last year. So, we're not doing that this year. Our healthc care uh benefit waiver is1,334,719. We will sit on that. As we all know, we
do have several facility needs and we're also looking at a possible joint agreement with the township in the future for a multi-purpose turf field. That would be almost the half cost just for us. So, if there was a time where we
felt that um and and I'd recommend to do something that we need for our facilities major without going to a referendum or a vote um that would be the time, but that's the only time the time to use that to draw down while always an
option. I really don't think it is because you can't you're constantly chasing that hole. Then when you look to the right side, this is what we're committed to CBAs and contracts, right? So, we were very successful working with Mrs. Suffin and the KA last year. We are
required to meet the 3.3 contracted increase. We're still in negotiations unfortunately with the KAA. So, what we are budgeting is 275. That's where we are. Non-affiliated meaning all central office staff deemed central office staff is 2.5. Class 3es,
SRO's 2.5. where we got hurt like everybody else and I'm sure all you have to do is put on channel 12 health benefits 16 and a half% we have to budget 19% because we need a little bit of wiggle room in there just in case you know life
happens people change benefits they might come in as single people get married now I have a family they have a child we have to have that number so that's why we benefit there but if you really look not budgeted with the waiver and if you look across to the health
benefit cost. There it is. So the reality is big pharma needs to be brought in. That that's above me. That's above any board of ed. And it's just the field we play in right now as unfortunate as that is.
Did I say that right, Miss Lawler? >> Okay. So, our state aid now, um, we had a plan and I did not race any staff specifically for tonight, so I will not
speak to, um, positions and buildings and assignments, but I will say there will be a reduction in force. I will say we are not replacing some positions, and most of them aren't even here right now.
But despite all that, that helps in balancing. I'll also say that as we look and Mrs. Trombetta, because sometimes I'll have an idea and I just throw it on the wall. But then I'm fortunate enough and the district's fortunate enough to have somebody like Mrs. Trombetta um who
I can't give enough credit to, that goes into the scheduling format. And when we start doing that, and that's why I always tell principles, no matter where I've ever been throughout my time, please don't make me walk in your building and start looking because once I see I'm the kind of person I I can't
look away. So yes, reductions are not pleasant and I don't like ever to have to uh tell an employee anywhere that not based on your performance but based on numbers. But at the same time, no one
anywhere with a successful business in a successful business model would have overhead if they didn't need it. So much of what we continue to do is become efficient and thorough. Might not be popular, but trust me, and I'm saying
this now, I'll say it on the 28th of April. We haven't lost a step, but that is where we are. We had a plan. We were hopeful. Now, the county told us in December, anticipate a 30% decrease.
We waited. Governor, new governor backs up her address. But I watched her presentation and I felt pretty confident. So I did tell the building principles and central office admin in a budget meeting, um, let's just stop right here and let's be hopeful. This is
with us flat. This would be our last resort in balancing out what we could do, could not do in those confidential meetings, I'll say, because they were confidential. Um, unfortunately, we lost 21,000. Not a
lot of money, but it's 21,000. So, we dipped. And that's why a couple years ago, um, during a uh when Councilman May's Veterans Day with the Blackhawk that we have here in November, and a couple folks got me about the health curriculum and ah, give up the
state aid. And I told them then, and I'll say it forever, you need every penny of it because we're not a township that has ratables. we don't generate revenue, we're stuck. So, our total income for state aid for
next year is 3.2. That's where we are. And again, I'll take every penny. We need it. So, the debt service management, that's where we are. Our aid is 181,000. Refinancing the bonds. Our board remembers that when we did that with um
our interim BA and our total net impact Here on this pie chart, we wanted to just give you we wanted to add dollars for perspective within the $51 million of where it goes. This is just a breakdown.
And of course, you know, any school district, not just here, your largest costs are always personnel, health benefits. That's where it is. Everything else is very minuscule even though some
of the dollars look large. >> Yes. Thank you, Miss Lawler. And as Miss Lawler just said, um, a lot of our personnel is embedded throughout throughout the lines. Anybody have any questions so far?
Okay. So, what are our capital projects budgeted? So, right now, and again, we're once we vote, this is where we're moving. KHS renovations, boys and girls bathrooms, they're original, right outside the cafeteria. You see that cost
there, $265,000. Phase two of the auditorium upgrades that will be electric and lighting, $260. On the outdoor, there's already a a paved or paved um patio area. We want to
cover that. We want to add electric lighting walkway out. So our students and our staff, you could use it for instructional outdoor learning space and for during cafeteria or study hall. Students could go outside even if it's raining. Whatever the weather, our kids, as we all know, all you have to do is go
to all the buildings. Unless it's like ultra cold or ultra ultra rain, they're outside. And that's that's a great aspect of our community that our kids do not want to be indoors. So why not give them more outside the art room
relocation due to um phase two of the culinary arts program 75,000 the art room storage is 27 the paving walkways uh down at Spiro's field from the team room and in the practice 60,000 and the
walkways at Kil and PRM 13,000 again capital reserve cannot be used with personnel so I understand because I've lived it elsewhere where We're making progress. We're making gains. And yes, the auditor was here in January and gave the audit
and said how much better we have been doing. But that comes from a lot of hard work and hard decisions. And obviously, we'd want to upgrade all our buildings in one fell swoop, but we can't go out for a referendum. We would fail miserably. So, you have to do it piece
by piece. And this is how you do it year over year with a plan. So, cap reserve again, it's in statute, cannot be used on staff. Now, facility upgrades in the operational budget, staff line,
the Spiroof field flag pole, the gym floor resurfacing, all KHS, and the exterior building signage out front. That's all coming out through fund 11. when we're looking at our infrastructure, transportation, and security. So, transportation, we're in
year two of a three-year lease for the 54 passenger bus. And obviously, we're we are uh consolidating all our routes. And um thanks to the transportation department and Mr. Shivas, we were able to condense even in Stony
Brook and Ke. And then thanks to Mrs. Utell and Mr. Mongan, when we changed times, we even were able to do a little bit better planning with our staff. So might seem small. I'll take the little victories. They're big to me. District security, we've done a lot. So I know
that Mr. Shivus is still uh you know, he's very aggressive in things that he'd like to do. But for right now, for next year, Cisco Keel unified PA system for the second floor and uh expansion of the alarm keypad at KHS. We have other projects obviously that we'd like to do
but right now we're going to sit tight and those come out of operational and then capital outlay technology infrastructure Mr. Jenniselli in the back has done quite a bit in the last four years. Um so this is what
we're looking at and also Mrs. TR beta on the educational technology side of it the oneto one to continue on so we don't get stuck in that cycle of where we have nothing new for our students and then when you're talking about Chromebooks then you're talking about learning
spaces with the interactive touch displays at PR and KHS and then the network maintenance which is a big one and that's something that we have to do year-over-year can't just let you can't walk away so when you're talking about technology and you're talking about infrastructure you're talking about
security facilities. Those are things every year any board and any township should always move forward with. That all comes out of the operational budget curricular and programmatic. So what are we doing programwise? What's new? So K5
in the core areas we're doing mathematic foundations. It's year two of three. We started this last year of takeoff literacy screening and dibbles statemandated screening system. HMH core K5 instructional resource for ELA and
cursive. So, Mrs. Donaldson, you should be very happy. Uh, and but you we all see that cost, but that's where we are and uh we're committed. And then social studies, and choir ed, thank you very much, Mrs. Utell. I know who's here. That all comes out of the operational
budget as well. Secondary programs and elective. What are we doing for our new culinary arts? We put in a $25,000 line. Tech arts, which is engineering, robotics, and woodworking. We brought back woodworking
for this year. Last year, we started budgeting, and then engineering and robotics is brand new this year as part of the uh pathways that were developed and created. Arts and media, expanding digital media, ceramics, and broadcast production, and then advanced math.
I'm not going to say it out loud, Mrs. Trump. I'm about to order you, Mrs. Suffin. I won't say it but you know math is the necessary evil. AP stats for six years and algebra 1 uh for three. So we are hitting on all cylinders. Uh
what's our roadmap? So we want to continue to enhance the K12 programs, the schedules and the resources. We're going to continue our research with the EIP and the PSEG program for HVAC electric and then obviously our boilers and the boiler. And I know that
we're going to schedule our walkthroughs, but when you see the boiler, the one boiler in in PRM, it looks like something out of a a horror movie that that and it's original and enormous. Um, it's a big concern. strategic operations, further investigate consolidation,
possible reduction of courtesy busing, and then community collaboration, continue that back and forth with the township as far as the multi-purpose field because I will say that if that's something we're going to do in the future, and we're committed to it. I've done that before, too. It's a lot of
work. It's a lot of oversight, and we can't just wait year over year when we have multiple facilities that are in need as well. So, I'll put that on the town. They know where we are. If they like to do this, they have until next budget to make that decision. If not, we're going to have to move forward and
figure out some other things aside from the field. Um, before I I I guess I could go. Thank you. But, um, in case anybody's wondering or anybody has any questions, I'll say tonight, I'll take questions later. I'll take questions tonight. I'll
take questions all the way to April 28th. And then after April 28th I we move forward. It's the end of year. Is that anything you see in any school budget at a fund 11 operational? Yes. You can make a decision meaning the
board my office and the admins to say if you know it's tight and you're closing a gap and you want to talk about staffing or those items. Yes, the board has a
choice and we did actually remove a few items out of once we realized about state aid and had to make a a final very difficult decision. Um, we did remove some items out of fund 11, but in the totality of fund 11, if I'm adding up
right or if I'm remembering right, I believe it was about $580,000. That wasn't close. Wasn't going to do much. So, thing that I always knew but that I listened to loud and clear in the years
of 2020 and 2021 online watching and observing is that you need to have a plan here and it gets real easy and simple to not continue to move things forward and make those hardline decisions. And this is also why we did it last year. We pul we drew down on the
the health benefit waiver and the bank cap. So somebody asked me a few days ago, well did you anticipate anything? Absolutely. I wasn't going to talk about it all year. I gave everybody options. We talked about a high school schedule. We talked about Stony Brook. We talked
about courtesy busing. How many more options would you like? Those are all options. So, there's no easy way. Like when I compared courtesy busing to PRM sports, right? The board has hard decisions.
Every board has hard decisions. But that's the reality that you can't just continue to draw down because you're just expanding your debt. You never get away from it. So I do intend I'll say this on the 28th that um once our books are cleared with
our auditing firm, I do want to sit down, bring them in maybe to a finance meeting. Okay, here's where we are. Here's our contracts. And again, we're not alone. I'm just trying to get ahead of it or think out of the box. What's your projections? What does it look
like? You know, the one variable that we can't we have a hard time addressing is is obviously health benefits. That's out of our control for everybody. So, if that was a little bit more controllable, if we knew it would, hey, on annual you're going to have an increase of 5 to
8%, okay, we could deal with that. The other piece of this is we're in year 16 of former Governor Christy's 2%. and take a look at all the contracts and that's not just Kolan that's
everywhere and so it's only a matter of time and I think you do me a favor bring me my phone real quick and just so so everybody has this understood and I'm not saying this as a negative
but I will share this Just bear with me for a moment. I have it in a picture. Okay. So starting in the 13 14 school year, which is a long time ago,
negotiated contracts here have always been above 2%. Always, every year. So I'm not people need to live and we live in New Jersey, which is the fifth highest tax state in the nation. We know
that. Um but this goes to this is above us. This is more the governors or now governor, right? Something has to give somewhere. Whether they increase our tax levy to give us a
little bit flexibility, whether they talk about state salary guides, whether they give those of us in tier one options to move or folks that stay a long time, maybe they revisit seniority because this is where that seniority bill I I don't mind saying it out
public. Should have never went, Governor Christie, that was a fight he should have never died on. Never. Because when you're in times like this, then you want to really look and that's the idea of the evaluations. It's not a matter of how long you've been somewhere. It's about the job. And
everything has an expiration date for all of us, me included, superintendents as well, all the way down. Not just that. We not just talking about teachers, we're talking about everybody. So, um, yeah, that that's where we are. It's not doom and gloom. I don't feel
that way at all. Actually, I feel pretty good. Um, but for some folks it may be, you know, they may not be too happy. I don't know. I do know that unlike the last board meeting, so if you have any friends or you're talking to people in the neighborhood or what have you, when the
the chatter starts, I'd say this. Unlike the board meeting in 2024, I will not have a back and forth with people. So if anybody intends to come to meetings and say, "How could you this
this this?" when it's talking about schedules, come to the May tri forum that Mrs. Trumpet is running that all the building principles will be at as well as Mr. Zeleleski and special services and guidance and you'll hear it. And then I think what really happens is
once you uncover that and you continue to these discussions and you say to yourself, okay, we want some flexibility, but how much are you spending across the board? You have to make hard decisions. So, um, that's where we are. Again,
we've done a lot of work. We've we've tried to limit the impact as best we could. We are where we are, but we're no different than anybody else. And yet, despite that, we're still making a lot of progress. So, it's not like we're losing programs. We're actually gaining programs. It's not as if we're not
buying resources and not supplementing security technology, ed technology, our facilities. No, we are. So, it's not all doom and gloom. It just means sometimes you can't afford the house you live in and you have to figure it out. So, that's what we're doing. But, uh, I'd be
happy to answer anybody's questions. Anybody have a question? I don't know if there's any questions online. Anybody have anything? I mean, our admin, some of them are here tonight. They could attest to our meetings. I don't anybody anything
any of our board members. Okay. Well, I want to thank everybody. I want to thank the board for the last two months of me being a very big needle with things. Uh I don't mean to. I'm not trying to uh impact your personal lives. I want to thank Miss Lawler. I know this
is our first budget together. You did an excellent job. I know sometimes I could be a lot. And I want to thank our admin team for making hard decisions behind the door and having those discussions. So that's it, Mr. President. That's all I have.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> I would like to uh also reiterate Mr. Mango and thank all of the administrators um and the central office staff because there was a lot of work that went on and also the finance committee members because we uh we
talked a lot about different ways we could figure this out. Um there were some hard decisions that we had to make. Um and what the board did was we kept in mind what we were trying to do for our students and the kind of excellence that
we're trying to provide them. K through 12. So, we made those decisions based on that. That was what our guiding principle was and that's how we did it. Um, and I'm I'm actually I know some of them were hard decisions, but I'm really proud of the work that everybody's done.
Um, sometimes that has to happen, but I do think um what we did we did as a team and I really appreciate that because at the end of the day, we're all going to be here together. So, okay. So, we're moving on to to
committee reports. The committees besides finance for budget committee didn't really meet. So we'll we'll follow up with that on the next meeting. Um so we'll take petitions and hearings of citizens for agenda items if there's
anybody see anybody from the community. Nothing online. Okay. All right. Then we have finance, facilities, and security. Mr. Pepe, you want to just I can read it for you. It's we're just going to approve the attentive budget as indicated in the um
the schedule and then we just also the the maximum travel amount as indicated sorry in the agenda not the schedule and then the travel and related expenses reverse reimbursement. Then we have on the next page the cap reserve. We're going to withdraw 1.1
million and as already presented for the items um that we've identified for the budget for next year. Um so can I have a motion to approve those? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> I think we've discussed it pretty
extensively. Any questions? Okay. Um personnel. >> Oh, sorry. Sorry. Yes. Could you pull the board, please? >> Thank you. Mr. Eisenhire, >> yes. >> All right. Mrs. Geyser, >> yes. >> Mrs. Leonard. >> Mr. Myers? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Pepe? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Pella? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Donaldson? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Um, then personnel. Again, we have items one through three. They're as listed. Um, reduction of force uh for uh
termination of employee number 631. appointments as indicated here in the agenda and then co-curriculum um instructions uh the game day workers uh we are adding to them. Can I have a
motion to approve? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Can you pull the board? >> Thank you. Mr. Eisener, >> yes. >> Mrs. Geyser, >> yes. >> Mrs. Leonard, >> Mr. Myers, >> Mr. Pepe? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Pella?
>> Mrs. Donaldson? Yes. >> Thank you. >> And then for education, we just have the uh resolution for FAPE as indicated in the the agenda. Can I have a motion to approve, please? >> Motion.
>> Any discussion? Okay. Can I pull the board, please? >> Okay. Mr. Eisenhire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Geyser. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Leonard. >> Mr. Meyers. >> Mr. Pepe? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Pella? Yes. >> Mrs. Donaldson? >> Yes. >> Thank you. Okay, unfinished business.
>> I just want to thank Mr. Zeleleski for his work on that on the motion we just approved for education student activities for our incoming program next year here at the high school and we had a lot of discussion throughout the last bunch of months both in central office and and in committee. So wish you a lot
of luck and I appreciate the work that you did. >> Yeah, thanks for the initiative too. I think it's going to be I really do appreciate it. Um new business? No correspondence. Nothing
petitions and hearings. No board comments. Anybody have any comments? I think it was already kind of a lot of work. Seen enough of you guys. I'll see you next week [laughter] and the week after. All right. Executive sessions not required. Have a motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion. >> All right. It also