##VIDEO ID:a3DW3pBgra8## so good can everybody please stand for the flag salute in accordance with the open public meetings act adequate notification of this meeting has been provided by advertising in the record and posting notice in fough Hall and the superintendent's office I hereby call to order the public meeting of the Little Ferry Board of Education Thursday January 16 2025 at 7:02 PM can I have a roll call pleasei Mr Benelli here Mr fos here Mr Canan here Mr meing here M vzo here Mr borac here Mrs Patel here Mrs Bradley here M Augustine all right we have a quum Madam president thank you the resolved that the little fairy Board of Education approves the minutes of the regular public meeting held on December 19th 2024 and the reorganization meeting held on January 7th 2025 do I have a motion second second Mr belli yes Mr pitro yes Mr pan yes Mr mey yeso yes Mr VOR yes but obain theight all right uh Mr pel yes M Bradley yes will that open it up to Mr parado to provide a superintendence report right like we have a pack house which means all our students of the month are here so we are going to start with our November month Lu congratulations R is a b modle student she's always on task always goes right to work and puts forth her best effort in everything she ever takes is a serious is serious and respectful engaged in her quiet way she contributes greatly to the class who amazing her kindness Happy Spirit we her we would so focus on remembering November yeah we're going to P you all all right one sec all right so now for our December students of the month in grade five have teachers in grade five had the problem to say about KY she truly cares about her success in the classroom she takes her assignments and academic responsibilities very seriously she is focused responsible and always good nature she's helpful in kind and embodies the qualities of a model student congratulations us out later us good all right our great six December through of the month is G and teach great had the following things to say about guel he consistently works hard in his studies and always tries his best he's always willing to assist his peers he's always respectful toward his teachers and classmates he sets a positive example for other students with dedication and kind congratulations that our grade seven December the month Julius G conratulations the great heav had the following things to say about Julius he respectful student his teachers and his peers he is ever responsible when comping his schoolwork getting to his post for safety control and being gial to program he is very involved in many school activities and always participates in class have it and our grade eight December soon the month Katie C teachers in grade8 had the following things to say about K she has shown tremendous and confident in herself to take on new challenges that have led to academic social and emotional growth she has shown to care for her peers by assisting them with their classroom she participates in her student government activities that have provided positive impacts congratulations everybody got everybody that's amazing all right continue on um our hit report for the since our last board meeting is Washington school has zero reported and Memorial School has zero reported uh want to make sure that everybody uh received in the Middle School the notification about the home Squad uh which is something initiative that we are starting need more information about it we will be put posting that on the website we'll be sending out those selections uh South a is underway girls teams I'm going to make based on the halftime score so nice job girls and our boys also won their game tonight so they are still at attention for the championship which um will go probably later this evening South P wins then it will go to a total point uh outcome or margin of Victory rather also on the agenda tonight is Michelle Soro our professional from the district who has announced her retirement 30th so we want to wish her the best and this is typically where I turn my report over to the student representative uh but she's played a hard game today and uh I think she stayed for The Voice game so she was a little bus she'll have a report next month our report great thank you Mr parado um and let me just quickly say before I turn it over to Mr Gomez uh my favorite part of coming out of the executive session at 6:30 is walking into the room and sort of seeing who's here and last week happily overwhelming because of the size of the families the parents pursued in the month but you guys have last month's Fe this is really overwhelming and um and so of course congratulations to all the students of the month it really is an honor um but more importantly congratulations parents I see parents grandparents uh Excellence starts at home and you're doing something right and keep doing what you're doing and congratulations to you as well so thank you we are GNA trans transition now to our regular board meeting you're welcome to stay but we know it gets a little boring so we will not be offended if you decide to leave so thank you for coming and if stay great but if not have a great night you than you have a good night congratulations all right uh so now I'll open it up to uh Mr Gomez for the board secretary report good evening everyone uh so today we met with our auditor and received our exit briefing uh we received the draft of the audit uh the final copy should be ready send to the board shortly um and the order will be here in February's meeting to present uh the audit to the board so we finish that Milestone um we have been preparing a couple of different bid packages one of the bid packages is for the replacement of the univent in the building building that has been delayed due to the manufacturers being forced to change the refrigerant that they use in those EV so that should be though out in the street by the second week of February we're also working on another large vid package uh we'll also be M with machos Our Food Service uh provider uh to discuss when we will be moving the kitchen from the annex over into the cafeteria so we're scheduling that now Service uh I'm not going to bother you with the counts but at the end of December we have made a profit of $7148 for the month of DEC since September so in my December was days 14 days and the meal counts are up just like the other so um and our financials were completed once again on time so we are have financials completed through December 31st so that's all I have mad president thank you Mr G we'll now open it up to committee reports um Mrs Phila for Education um this month we begin the year assessment in math and Ela to gouch student progress their results will inform targeted interventions such as pull out support rise and shine before school sessions and win period go Bo these strategies aim to enhance students sucess in the second half of the year and improve NJ that's the end of thank you um I now going to ask Mr per to provide a brief Personnel updates is not here uh under this uh Personnel committee meeting we discuss with the board two new hires that are on the agenda tonight one for program for middle school and the other the replacement for third grade the we also discussed the administrator's contract which is expiring at the end of the year um inside Health was also discussed moving from FR help which is also on this agenda we've started going that Direction this year we're the full change uh going forward uh in September or really in July 1 this and um that was it great thank you Mr Benelli for fin uh Mr Gomez actually touch right Mr Gomez stle your thunder Mr mey for policy well at our meeting on Monday we follow following Poli 112 harass p553 7441 electronic surance build grounds discuss policy alert 234 St thank you Mr Mrs for transportation um regarding expansion we also did not have a meeting this month uh we are still awaiting a couple of approvals to get out FID for the new Washington uh Mr vorc for the Bor liaison report great uh fight for the Bridgefield Park Le aison the reorganization meeting was the same as ours last week so um [Music] next Mr Mr Canan for njsba delegate uh nothing to report great we'll now open it up for public comment on agenda items only guys I got a question it says look like we're going out to it says on here that we approve going out to B to the the the agenda item is saying that we are ready to go oh okay so you need a resolution just to be able to actually go to bit so this is saying when when Ry and Legacy tell us we're ready board agrees that we're ready we don't have to wait for another meeting to approve and the so we've got a couple of projects going on this summer The you event we have to wait to see what the how the bids come back they were what we're budgeting and then yes anyone else comment on agenda it all right so I just for the board uh for we need to make an edit on do B4 Z4 um the rate was put on similar to last year the they were released I want to say released like yesterday before so instead of it being 325 it is 350 for the registration which brings the grand total to 1123 I believe 1123 24 uh 25 24 yeah so um I just want to make that edit and J that great we'll now take a block vote on F1 to F4 D1 to d11 with the update to D4 P1 to P9 fa1 C1 C2 and P1 do I have a motion Mo second second the motion thank you all right Mr berelli yes Mr fos yes Mr pan yes Mr mey yeso yes Mr bisac yes Mr Batel yes Mr Bradley yes resolutions we'll now open it up for public comment on non-agenda items um it's more of an FYI but as you may or may not know that over they've gone out to bid by the town for the um redoing of the intersection by the library they're take some land off the library and I don't know if that's going to cause any issues with coming to from school it sure is it sure her is we don't have any details yet on start dates uh Mr Callahan uh our school security officer has been keeping us updated uh there's nothing to give out to staff or uh the community at this point because we don't know hours of operation we don't know how they're going to close roads or make it one ways uh but we are aware and we are now on the library I was just passing that yeah I'm on there as well um but yes we're aware of the project and we are prepared to communicate that out when we receive more information um but to your point just because it's obviously a public meeting um similar to when they had load work last time um we do our best to keep everybody in the loop but sometimes doesn't know exactly how it's going to operate because it's when they're County projects they come sometimes and they set up when they want to set up we are sometimes have to deal with it in real time um so we let people know but we can only let them know when when we know anyone else any public comment no do I have a motion to adjourn motion