##VIDEO ID:D-n0Fsq_Xik## he e yes they need to make donations and stuff a my goodness christas good evening tonight is January 7th and we have our annual reorganization meeting Miss Al evich could would you read the sunshine statement and announcement of purpose of meeting I hereby make the statement to indicate compliance with the open public meetings act known as chapter 231 of the public laws of New Jersey 1975 which became effective 90 days after enactment January 19th 1976 notice of this meeting was given by providing the location time and date of this meeting and posting of the same on the front door of the Board of Education offices by delivering copies of the burough Hall and the matachin public library the home news and Tribune and by filing a copy with the burough clerp as prescribed by this law thank you now we love the flag salute we theard me do the no not yet sorry there's a there yes she is here I Chris derflinger do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey I will bear true faith and aliance to the same and to the governments established in the United States under the authority of the people so help me gu I CHR do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of Representative to a board of education and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me Miss alvich roll call Mr bot here miss cheum here Mr deringer here Mr glasberg here Dr Johnson Marcus here Miss Colleen here Mr lifton here M thresa here Dr spner is absent not here at this time Mr SS also not here thank you I see just kidding I see Dr sper on her way in just called the moment so we should probably do the oath of office yes the roll call so just pause the roll call where you are Miss sure thing your is Right Dr out here do oh they're s you oh that's right right in front ready I Deborah spner to solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that it will be of true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States under the authority of the people so help me God I'm sorry yeah I Deborah spner do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of Representative to a board of education that I and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God okay you can finish the roll call okay Dr spner and then Mr sorry and Mr sus he has let us know he won't be here thank you okay announcement of the election results Deborah spner 4,473 Nadia cheum 4,45 and Chris derflinger 4,3 74 now we will have the election of the board president you have blank for uh blank piece of paper to write down the person that you will be voting for Nom first right nominations okay nominees first um I'd like to nominate Dr johnon Marcus as president second second the nominations get seconds not sure if they do I don't think it needs the second it doesn't need the second okay you have no choice okay so there's any and there's no other nominations okay so I guess we still pass the pass the Ballance yeah okay once you've written down your votes just pass them to Mike is it is thank you um Dr Johnson Marcus media cheum voted for Dr uh aelan Marcus Johnson Chris derflinger Dr Johnson Marcus uh Shen bot Dr Johnson marus Brian glasberg Dr Johnson Marcus Alicia Colleen Dr Johnson Marcus um Dr Johnson Marcus Dr Johnson Marcus doc uh let's see Jonathan lton Dr Johnson Marcus and um let's see Dr spner Dr Johnson Marcus unanimous thank you thank you thank you colleagues congratulations you take the chair oh I take the chair all right um oh so I I have to say a thing um so I am deeply grateful to my colleagues for the honor and privilege to serve our community as the president of our Board of Education this is truly an exciting time in our district as we undertake a once in a generation investment in our facilities that reflects our shared commitment to provide the best possible learning environment for all of our students we will continue our collaborative work to ensure that every student has Equitable access to resources and feels a strong sense of belonging in our schools we are dedicated to maintaining an excellent inclusive curriculum and to fostering a supportive environment for all of The Talented professionals and Educators who make our district so special this is a community effort and I am so very proud to be a part of it thank you all very much for this honor of a lifetime all right so I do things now right yeah yeah the face so I will would like to um call for a nomination for the vice president of the Matan Board of Education Mr glasberg uh I'd like to nominate Mr derflinger for vice president all right and and in keeping with custom no second no second necessary all right so now we do uh well you got to ask if there's any more nominations are there any more nominations see there you go thank you any other nominations no all right thank you so much and now we shall take the vote pass by the same method same method passing to you this time all right o well to me oh not Mike oh I really am in i d Mike who gets it do you get the uh the the votes Haan get the votes I think believe it'san oh okay so pass your down to that was Mike's job for the year that's it Mike is like I'm good I've done my part the thank you oh o the red folder all right all right do we have them all I think so all right start counting oh Lord spoiling the votes already all right got it all right one two three four five six seven eight Perfect all right Mr lifton for Mr derflinger Miss cheetah for Mr derflinger Miss spagner Dr spagner apologies no worries for Mr derflinger Mr glassberg for Mr derflinger Mr derflinger for Mr derflinger Miss khen for Mr derflinger Mr bot for Mr derflinger and Dr Johnson Marcus do I call myself Dr Johnson Marcus for Mr derflinger thank you so with that uh congratulations thank you very much uh thank you board colleagues as as Dr John Mark is so eloquently put um I'm so honored to serve this community in this school district having graduated from a touin high school having been in a career of Education my entire life um it just feels right and and and good and solid to come home and to be a part of this educational conversation at this table so thank you so much and I look forward to supporting Dr Johnson Marcus's leadership thank you thank you Mr Jinger all right at this time the meeting is open to the public on all of the previous items seeing no comments and I don't believe we have any presentations or no presentations tonight Dr thank you I've already given my remarks Dr Caputo do you have any repacement just congratulations for me welcome back first of all happy new year but then obviously congratulations to um Dr spner and Mrs chetam and Mr derfler on your election to the board and to Dr Johnson Marcus and Mr derflinger into leadership positions of the board um looking forward to working with you in everyone throughout the 25 uh calendar year thank you and we have no committee reports because we have not formed our committees as yet for this year any old business from the board any new business from the board we are once again open to the public seeing no comment we move to approve the minutes of the Board of Education meetings uh December 10th special business meeting 1 Special business meeting 2 and the board meeting and then I do roll call do we have a second you ask for a second second oh can I get a second Dr spner are there any comments or questions are there any comments or questions all right seeing none roll call please miss alich Mr bot yes Miss cheum obain thank you Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson varus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes motion carries all right at this time we are at the recommendation of the superintendent of school at this time the board will take formal action on the following items often times it may appear to members of our audience that the Board of Education takes action with very little comment and in many cases a unanimous vote before a matter is placed on the agenda at a public meeting the Administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the superintendent of schools if the superintendent is satisfied the matter is ready to be presented to the Board of Education it is then referred to the appropriate board committee the members of that board committee work with the administration and the superintendent to assure that the members fully understand the matter when the committee is satisfied with the matter it is presented to the board of education for discussion before any final action is taken only then is it placed on the agenda for Action at a public meeting at this time I'd like to move Personnel items A1 through 14 I believe it's 16 sorry am I looking at 16 yes thank you should be looking at the blue copy all right A1 through a16 is there a second Mr deringer any questions or com comments all right Miss Ali okay Mr bot yes Miss chetam obain thank you Mr derflinger yes Mr glassberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lton yes Dr spner yes motion carries all right at this time as Mr sus is not here I'd like to move the finance items just confirming the number B1 through 7 is there a second Dr spner any questions or comments about the finance items Mr glasberg I just wanted to highlight um item seven the resolution in there um which includes um some items that we received Rod grants for and it includes um air conditioning in the uh Edgar school cafeteria uh kitchen space that was originally part of some things that were going to be done in the referendum and then it was not in the referendum ultimately um but is able to be completed through this process here and uh you know thank you uh to Mr Harve for working to get those grants and um for helping to make us eligible for them so it's great that that's included here thank you so much Mr glasberg for the clarification on that item always appreciated Mrs aliov roll call please okay Mr bot yes Miss chetam obain thank you Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes motion carries all right thank you Mrs alich um next we have policy items I'd like to move item C1 through three uh do I have a second second Mr bot any questions or comments on the policy items all right roll call please thank you Mr bot yes Miss chetam abstain thank you Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg uh yes on one and three um yes on the second and third items on number two and no on the first item of number two all right thank you very much Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes motion carries thank you so much um Mr derflinger curriculum or am I not supposed to call you this because we have no committees just kidding force of habit I know all right uh next up we move curriculum items D1 1 through 4 is there a second would you like to Second Mr derflinger I will second I feel like you want to any questions or comments on the curriculum items I just want to point out real quick um that we are approving tonight the uh fifth grade outdoor education trip with adjusted dates that came out in uh Miss aso's Bulldogs brief but um want to point out that we are approving those tonight and thank you for returning to a 3 day trip for the fifth graders that's very exciting opportunity uh and I also want to point out that we are approving uh curriculum guides tonight which wraps up a very lengthy process for the curriculum uh supervisors and um for Miss Herzog so thank you for your hard work in getting all of that done thank you Miss Colleen in especially highlighting the camp Mason trip I think that date change folks probably should read their Bulldog briefs every single time but that date change is quite important to note um and it is promising to be a very exciting time thank you so much uh any other questions or comments on the curriculum items all right wonderful Mrs Ali evich Mr bot yes Miss chetam obain thank you Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lton yes Dr spner yes motion carries all right thank you so much we are at the reorganization part of our meeting where we move to set this regular meeting schedule for the Board of Education which we all have copies of here and I believe are available online as well as all of us adopt the njsba code of ethics um I believe I am to read them all aloud and then we will second and vote Etc thank you so much all right so the board member code of ethics number one I will uphold and enforce all laws state board rules and regulations and court orders pertaining to schools desired changes should be brought only through legal and ethical procedures number two I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools which meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability race cre sex or social standing I will confine my board action to policym planning and appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them number four I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well-run number five I will recognize that Authority rest with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action which make compromise the board I number six I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends number seven I will hold confidential all matters pertaining pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needlessly injure individuals or the schools but in all other matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff the aspirations of of the community for its schools number eight I will vote to appoint the best qualified Personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer number nine I will support and protect School Personnel in proper performance of their duties number 10 I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and act on such complaints at public meetings only after a failure of an administrative solution so that is the New Jersey school board's Association code of ethics for board members and may I have a second please Mr deringer all right and then any questions or comments on our calendar and or our code of ethics I I just want to say with the uh code of ethics none of us are perfect um but I really can't imagine a group of people trying harder to to follow these ethics we all get into gray areas um because we we live here and many of us send our kids here um but we try very very hard to adhere to the code of ethics and I think we should all be proud of that those efforts there absolutely 100% agreed any other comments or questions wonderful thank you so much uh Mrs Ali evich roll call please Mr poot yes Miss chetam yes Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lton yes Dr spner yes motion carries all right at this time the meeting is open to the public but seeing none Dr joh Marcus just kidding I figured I'd wait to hear I was remiss earlier when we completed the Personnel section yeah item A9 the board just accepted the retirement of Joan defino and Joan has been a um uh she's been here for 31 years as a lunch Aid and mrin has postively impacted the lives of thousands of matachin students whether helping students in the cafeteria or supervising their recess activities misso was always there with a kind word and a helping hand her dedication left an enduring mark on generations of children and we extend our heartfelt gratitude to Mrs Delino for her years of service and we wish her the very best in her well-earned retirement thank you so much Dr Kabuto congratulations to M defino on her well-earned retirement all right and we are open to the public but seeing none we turn it right over to announcements Mr bot are you still holding this uh we have our oh we do have a new person student Bo oh just kidding I'm sorry missa this is my first day we may not have included that on the reorg agenda so we'll remember for next year to always include the student report but m is ready that's this a perfect time for that perfect thank you sorry about that all good all good Congratulations by the way way thank you um just want to say welcome back from hopefully a wonderful break to everyone I hope everyone had a great holidays there wasn't that much that's changed so far this year since it's like the fourth day of the school year but I can give an update on a couple of the clubs specifically in the high school just to try something different so today I did go to the National Honor Society meeting for the junior class as um someone who's a senior officer of senior class right now it was very exciting to see like a lot of the students who wanted to go up and get um officer roles cuz they were doing nominations for the junior year so that was great and the robotics team's preseason concluded and now they are kicking off into their fresh new season ready to learn the game of the year so looking forward to that as well consumer bow I don't know if you guys are familiar with the competition but our school has a team and we just um completed our briefs and we're ready for our comp competition in February and for mock trial we had our first scrimmage over the weekend even though we don't announce official winners and stuff because it's just for practice but we did pretty good and the track and Fields um boys and girls team did um amazing over the weekend they had a couple of meets I think the girls did win their division and the boys came first in their division so that's awesome they have another meet on Friday and let's keep cheering them on thank you thank you so much for your time wonderful thank you thank you so much Miss sha and now we turn to announcements from Mr bot correct am I good is that where we go you're not throwing her into deep end are you she's she's unaware of the practice a slow transition slow transition Perfect all right I will provide some updates and announcements so let's see first uh from the uh let's see from the Edgar Moss uh PTO nothing new uh they've got a bunch of stuff uh prepared they're working on fundraisers for the spring but they have uh they've said stay tuned uh and they will uh they will have some stuff ready to go uh from the PTC uh primarily you've got the council fundraiser on May 2nd uh so please save the date uh Project Graduation will be holding their raffle sale they're already talking about graduation um that might be worse than Christmas in October but it's early let's get ready for it a Project Graduation holding their raffle sale uh graduation lawn signs will be on sale this week uh and Project Graduation will be hosting parents night out at Hy parlor uh dine donate and that will be on January 31st uh when it comes to uh the uh when it comes to Edgar uh we've got the girls girls that brunch uh fundraiser which is February 9th and tickets just went on sale I believe yesterday uh which is exciting and uh matachin High School I was lucky enough to sit in uh for the PTO meeting for Mr sus yesterday uh and they are excited about upcoming fundraisers uh for for the high school as well that benefit the entire benefit the entire District uh we have the marking period ending uh we should be mindful of that so marking periods end next Friday uh we get into third marking period on the 21st I believe uh and so everyone should be mindful of uh marking period's ending Mr that first fundraiser you mentioned jumped up on us quickly May 2nd what was on May 2nd May 2nd is the PTC fundraiser so they're saying save the save the date uh they don't have more details of it but you know they do a great job every year very considerate and thoughtful uh about how they uh orchestrate that event and still in sort of save the date mode gotcha sure thing and congratulations again to Dr Johnson Marcus Mr derflinger great representatives to carry the torch forward thank you Mr bot sure it was a nailbiter I didn't know if you two were going to get it I I was on Ed Edge of my SE edge of my seat all right um at this time I would like to make a motion for the board to go into executive session do I have a second Mr glassberg all in favor do I do that yes all right all in favor I I I enough all eyes are you going to read are you G to read the thank you and good night no no no read the you have to read the be it resolve I got it I got it I got it be it resolved pursuant to the sunshine act NJ S10 cool and four hyphen 12 and 13 that the Board of Education will now meet an executive session to discuss matters that are confidential and when they are no longer uh confidential the matters discussed will be disclosed to the public as soon as the reason for confidentiality no longer exist that was a curveball thank you Mrs Ali evich and at this time I say thank you and good night good night you're not do any public business wait wait we don't expect no we do not expect to return I have to say that okay so folks we're not coming back thank you for watching e