All right. Can everybody please stand for the flag salute? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under Godis
andice. In accordance with the open public meetings act, adequate 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 Ferry Board of Education,
Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 7 o'clock p.m. Can I have a roll call, please? Mr. Bernelli, here. Mrs. Fulli, here. Mr. Fros, absolutely. Mr. Cananan here. Mr. Mey, Mr. Visuzo here,
Mr. Borisk, Mrs. Patel here, Mrs. Brad here. We have a quum. Be resolved. The Little Ferry Board of Education approves the minutes of the regular public meeting held on June 19th, 2025. Do I have a motion? Second.
Mr. Bernelli. Yes. Mr. Polei. Yes. Mr. Fro. Yes. Mr. Penan, yes. Absent. Mr. Luzo, yes. Mr. Lorisak is absent. Mr. Patel,
yes. Mrs. Bradley, yes. Motion passes. I'll now open it up to Superintendent Parado for his report. Uh, just so the board's um aware, the HVAC uh project is is definitely behind
schedule. Um I don't have a completely accurate timeline for you right now, but delay in uh delivery time for the actual events is becoming a problem. We do have a meeting scheduled Monday with them. So
I'll be able to update the board, but I am it's not looking promising that it's going to get done before the end of the summer. So whenever the contingency plan ends up being, I will relay that to the board. Uh the bathroom job is well underway. um on track about yeah I would
say 65 70% done oh you you got it um they are going to be laying tile next week and then fixtures the floors in the kitchen tremendous that was those were all done the hallway floors are repaired so that is um good to go and the
construction at Liberty is on track and on schedule and we are awaiting our DCA footings and foundation permit to allow allowed us to do footings, foundations, and retaining wall. And that's my report.
Thank you, Mr. We'll now open up to Mr. Gomez for the board secretary report. All right. June financials will be ready for August meeting. So, normally June, you got to wait for all the bills to come in, but we will be closing probably a week earlier than we normally do. Uh
we're pretty far ahead of paying bills. Um, it looks like I hit my number, what I predicted, but we're going to end up in surplus for the end of the year. So, we're really good shape. Um, terms of food service, I just want to get your big picture number. So, this year we served 85,710
meals versus last year, 66,270. The subsidy for June was 32,000. Very short month. Profit was $7,964 profit for the year. $219,332.7.
Is that again, John? No, this is Yeah. Okay. So, from September to June 219,2 last year we're at a buck and a quarter. That's great.
So, when do we have to? No, that's pretty convoluted. We're only Well, I'm only allowed to keep three months on hand at any given time. So, we are working with the architects on the kitchen. That project is not going to get done either this summer, but that's
also because it's it's become a little bit more than just putting. Now, there's no deadline except them yelling at you to actually spend it because it's it goes to surplus and then you can always pull out. But, um yeah, they've been pretty ownory
about what you can spend it on. They've been tightening up on that. So, Thank you. Um, Mrs. Bulli for personnel. Mrs. Beluso for education. Yes.
The classrooms are still filled with learning with summer learning academy and extended school year. Analysis of end of year benchmarks and preliminary NJSLA results are on the way. Once again, we
are thrilled about decreasing in chronic obsessive by over 16% in two years to 9.8% putting us behind the same. That's thank you.
So, just to reiterate that to the board, I don't know if you were able to hear that over the fans. So, unofficial unofficially, we came in at 9.8% 28% for chronic absorbed which will give us the full amount um as well as a huge huge um
improvement from what we were. So I just wanted to make sure that they they were able to hear you over the fin but that that's a big deal. So in previous years it was like 23% that to 9%. 10% unofficial. So like and the reason I say
nonofficial is because we're so close. Yeah. So you know but 9.8 is is is going to be somewhere around there. That's amazing. It's really a testament to really the advent team, the teachers. It's been a constant thing, but and and to the parents, too, because they have to get here.
Yeah. All right. Mr. Benelli for finance. We did not meet Mrs. Patel for transportation. We did not meet this one. Mr. Boris. Oh, apologies. Uh Mr. Fros for the Rich Park Police Center. Yes.
Few things. So, um, Bridgeville Park um had meeting yesterday that was a uh it was a training for the uh board to talk about its goals, a goals meeting. Um, and to date we've already completed
their the superintendent evaluation and the board evaluation. And I bring that up that it's middle of July. We probably should do ours before the end of this like we could push and get it done so we can send superend the information. Yep.
And so you do it right online. It's takes probably about 45 minutes for each one of those. Um does that have to be done by the board president specifically? Is that something? It gets done by everybody and then we let two people put consolidated like I I've done before. You guys have done it.
we can help I can help someone consolidate whatever you decide to do it and then you it takes a score it goes from one to five um and then you get an average score of everything right the computer usually does it we take all the the comments and we kind of put all the
comments together on each of the topics talk through it so you should do that for and then do our only by which board and we talk about what we think as a board we're doing good I did mind for but couldn't make yesterday's meeting, but I did participate in the in the
process and give feedback. Um, I just think it's good. So, as we're going through next year, it's good to talk through where we think we're good, where we think we need to improve as a team. And I think it's also required by QAC. So, I want to make sure that we get it done so we don't get dang right. Is that
correct? Am I right? Yeah. 627. Yeah. You just Yes, that's all. Great. Thank you, Mr. Press. Um, Mr. Fan for NJSBA.
Uh, the SBA does not need. Um, since there's no public, we can skip right over to a block move. Okay, we're going to take a block vote on F29, F30, DO 105 to D120, P80 to P86,
FA6, and C13. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Sorry. Motion. Who second it? Thank you. Sorry about that. Mr. Belli, yes. Mr. Polei,
yes. Mr. Fitro, yes. Mr. Pan, yes. Moso, yes. Mattel, yes. Mr. Bradley, yes. Do I have a motion to adjourn? Motion.
Second.