All right. Can everybody please stand for the flag of America notification of this meeting has been provided by advertising in the record and posting notice of this meeting in Burough Hall and the superintendent's office. I hereby call to order the
public meeting of the Little Fairy Board of Education, Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 7:01 p.m. Can I have a roll call, please? >> Mr. Belli, >> here. >> Mrs. Fulli, >> here. >> Mr. Fitro, Mr. Pan, Mr. Mey, >> here.
>> Mr. Luzo >> here, >> Mr. Forsac. Mrs. Patel >> here. >> Mrs. Bradley >> here, >> Missich. We have a four. Be it resolved that the Little Ferry Board of Education approves the minutes of the regular public meeting held on
November 20th, 2025. Do I have a motion? Second, >> Mr. Bernelli? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Polei? >> Yes. >> Mr. Mey? >> Yes. >> Mr. Luzo? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Patel? >> Yes.
>> Mrs. Bradley is absent. We'll now open it up to Mr. Parapado to provide his superintendent report. >> All right, we're going to start with students of the month for November, which is our uh noble classmate,
which is integrity leadership for the month of November. So, first student of the month in grade five is Britney Estrada. You are the recipient of our first challenge today. Congratulations as
well. Say up here. Teachers in grade five had the following things to say about Britney. She is bright in our classroom each and every day. She is always happy and smiling and her positive attitude just everyone around her. You're smiling right now.
She is constantly respectful to both her teachers and her peers. She sets a quotable example on how to treat others. She is dedicated, hardworking student who always puts forth her best. Congratulations. It's a Tuesday. This guy is a Thursday. You get the smile from
I see the family. All right, congratulations. our great six November student of the month for Noble classmate Christiana. Come on down six at the bottom things to say about he joined our school this year as a new
student and adjusted remarkably well. He learned class routines and expectations quickly. He made new friends and built positive relationships with classmates. He is a hard worker who always tries his best. He brings a friendly, well-mannered personality to the
classroom each and every day. Congratulations Here you go. That way. Okay, perfect. Our rating seven November of the month for
Noble classmate Anderson teachers at grade seven have a lot of things to say about energy. He's a great class participant. Comes to class with most positive energy. He's always willing to work with any classmate. He comes to class with most positive
energy. I apologize misread that. He is respectful to his peers and his teachers. He is very supportive and uplifting to all his class. Congratulations. Excuse me. Our grade eight November student of the
month for noble classmate is Soha Gandhi. Congratulations. >> The following things to say about Soho. He's an excellent student. He is always very thoughtful and considerate of his peers and his teachers. He is extremely hardworking.
He is dedicated to understanding each and every lesson. Congratulations. That is uh our first four for four students of the month since the beginning of the school year. And ironically, I believe you all got the wrong date, correct? And had to get a
phone call this morning about the right date. So maybe that's the trick. Tell you last minute everybody shows up. They all received the letter with the 18th and >> but they're all here. >> All right. New strategy.
So P report for the since our last board meeting is zero out Washington zero memorial. Um I'll leave the holiday down there. Uh Liberty School across the street. If you have driven to buy at all look to
your right, your left are coming. You see a lot of steel being put up. The gym uh section has now been complete. They are moving along right on progress right now, right on target, which we're very excited about. And we will be looking as a district to be running a topping off
ceremony that'll probably be held during the school day. Uh just because of timing and time it gets dark out and whatnot, but that we'll be looking to do in the middle of January. So, we're looking forward to putting another sticker on our progress meter chart and starting to show that we are moving
along. So, we will keep everybody updated with that's pretty much it. All right. And now it is time for our student representative report by Miss Tyler. Crazy. I'll be back.
>> All right. and got last week. Congratulations We'll also be using other Right. These are being told
if you have Check them out. Finally, the eighth graders shadow one day. Our last great job as usual. Um, I will give Mark credit because right before we start the
board meeting that was on and it just turned on right now. yourself. It was just a sign that you didn't need a microphone today because you weren't loud enough and the the unit did not kick on today for your report. So, great job and this president that was our
report. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Farado. Um to the families here, I want to congratulate everybody, the families and the students. Um we are going to continue with our meeting. It it is a little boring. So, we will not be offended at all if you guys wanted to leave. But
sending our congratulations again and to AJ in particular. God, I watched you grow up during kindergarten few years. Just really heartwarming. And Jamie, you're just an amazing mom. Just from
a heartfelt congratulations. I love you guys. >> All right, we'll now open it up to Mr. Gome to provide the board secretary report. Good evening everyone. So fiscal uh we completed November's financials on time. Uh we have started our preliminary
2627 budget. We will be having meetings with the administrators is where they present their budgets to myself and the superintendent. In January uh we the board will be accepting the annual comprehensive financial report which goes over all our finance prior year.
We'll also be accepting the corrective action plan. So good news is when I got here we had eight findings. I took it down to four and now two. So I think next year we will have perfectly audit. Uh food service we had
five less serving days than we did in October between the holidays teachers convention. But so we received a subsidy from the federal government of $44,543. The profit for November was $14,557. Profit year to date is $61,91321.
So we're still pacing to match it last year. We're probably going to beat it. So that program is running very well. Infrastruct numbers. The other thing that we submitted today, which is it's called the application for state school aSA
report. So this is the report that's used to establish our state aid for 2026 2027. So that count was performed on October 15. So I'm just going to give you the big picture
number. So it's the total resident students. It's not necessarily everybody that's in the building includes everybody every student that we're responsible for whether expenses here or tuition. So last year we had 1,140 total
resident students. This year we're reporting 1,13. That does not include the prek because the prek we got a separate pot of money for that. So we're we're up in the building. We're up from 839. We're up
862 students. That was on October 15th. I was down. So more students, more stated. So, thank you for my report. >> Thank you very much, Mr. B. And just a
reminder that all of the revenue from our food services program is not safe, we reinvested back. Um, all right. We'll now open it up to Mrs. Bone to provide a personnel report. We met earlier this evening and we just discussed decisions that need to be
filled and moving teachers around the future. >> Power professionals. >> Power professionals. Sorry. I don't want to. >> Yeah, we're not getting rid of par professionals. Sorry. Great. Mrs. for education.
>> Yes. Math teachers in grade six to eight their math professional developments portrait of night virtual for December is no double classmate who centers on
integrity and leadership. Students learn to take responsibility for their actions, resolve conflicts peacefully, and work together to support one another. The goal is to build a sense of community where students act in honesty
and encourage their classmates. Rise and shine for intervention is going strong well with over 50 students receiving math and reading five times a week. Great. Thank you.
>> Mr. Manelli for finance. >> We met prior to this meeting and working on the 26 27. >> Great. Mr. Millie for policy. >> We met earlier this evening uh about library material policies freedom to
read act. On August 13th, this year, the Department of Education issued guidance to assist school districts in implementing the freedom to reap effective December 9th of this year. The act requires districts to adopt the
policy procedure for curating library material. Establish criteria for removal of the library. Provide matching census attempts spending by allow.
>> Great. Thank you, Mrs. Patel. transportation um we did not have um and then as far as expansion goes Mr. Earra provided his update discussed the um the steel that was being installed
but um and it was also put in his sw newsletter but the work uh that's coming in the next couple of weeks and has recently been completed as well. The footings and foundation concrete have been poured waterproofing has been applied. Storm drainage and manhole
installation is complete. Underground piping installation is complete. Underground conduits have been installed. The vertical steel beams are being installed. The horizontal steel beams which will become the floors will be completed over the next few months.
Um and the footings and foundation that's all done which is incredible. The entire base of the the building is complete. Um so we are moving in a rapid speed. It's what we promised. It's what we've certainly been delivering. Uh but if you have any questions, I just want to keep pointing you to our um web page
and continue to ask questions and you are welcome to ask us questions uh at board meetings as well. Um okay, so it looks like Mr. Borsk, Mr. Fus, and Mr. Pinan are all out. Um does anybody on this board have um any burrow news? Um
any Rachel Park news or NJSBA that they'd like to provide? Okay, we'll now open it up for public comment on agenda items only. No comments. So, we'll open it up to a block vote on F44 to F47, DO185 to DO1
1999, P128 to P137, FA8, C21 to C22, PO9, the PO10. Do I have a motion? >> Second. Mr. Bernelli, >> yes. >> Mr. Polei, >> yes.
>> Mr. Fitro absent. Mr. Nan is absent. Mr. Mey, >> yes. >> Misuza, >> yes. >> Mr. Cor is absent. M. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Bradley, >> yes. >> Resolutions pass. >> Great. We'll now open it up for public
comment on non-aggenda items. Okay. Do I have a motion to adjourn? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Second.