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here yeah we are live all right I'm going to call this meeting to order could we all rise for the flag salute Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all and will we all remain standing for a moment of silence for all those In
Harm's Way all those victims of the fires hurricanes and all those um military overseas and thank you and we're good we'll do statement advance notice the notice of requirements of the open public meetings Act
of the state of New Jers Jersey have been satisfied by the inclusion of the date time and place of this meeting in the notice of regular meetings adopted by this board on January 6th 2025 such schedule and meeting of minutes is posted at the municipal building the Mount Olive Library the Board of Education offices and the six schools and was submitted to the Daily Record for publication on January 7th 2025 and was filed with the clerk
of Mount Olive Township on January 8th 20 2025 I direct that this announcement be entered into the minutes of this meeting and Miss shik will take a roll call please Mrs Aquino here Mrs fanton here Mrs fera here Mrs Fitzgerald here Mr gardano Mrs Mendez here Mrs Nares here Mrs O'Neal here Mr orillo here and I will take a a motion for the approval
of the minutes um Miss figurer would you approve the minutes or motion please sorry I'd like to make a motion to approve our minutes do we have a second second and do we have any questions or comments from the board NOP seeing none we'll take a roll call please Mrs fera yes Mrs fanton yes Mrs Aquino yes Mrs Fitzgerald yes Mrs Melendez yes Mrs Nares yes Mrs O'Neal yes
Mr orillo yes and do we have any Communications or petitions from the board or for the board no anyone any board members all right seeing none we will move on to the superintendent report I just have some friendly reminders tomorrow night we have our third installation of our David Nash parent series and we had the topics all about cyber bullying and the use of AI so we hope to have everyone join us um just like last time the invite was shared with um the public via email
and certainly if you have any questions to reach out Miss to Miss Jackie Bellow she have more information but that is done virtually so no matter what the weather is um you'll be able to join us and you'll get the recording of the meeting following the actual meeting tomorrow and just a friendly reminder to our families that we actually have a PD day this Friday February 14th so schools are closed all right any questions from the board for the superintendent's report okay seeing none we'll go
to Personnel committee report sin quino thank you excuse me we have a presentation tonight would you like to do that first uh Dr B before the reports yeah okay so welcome we have our audit uh Auditors with us and they're going to present to the district and the board good evening thank you so much for the opportunity I just want to say um I'm here to present the 2024 budget working with Nicole and her team has been an absolute pleasure this year um couple things
I wanted to point out if you would care to indulge me so there are a couple things I have to I'm required by law to tell you about there were two comments in the audit um both of them were what I would consider to be immaterial but if you want to look at the small report right there all the way in the back four members you should all have right there were excuse me I mean to it can you speak a little I'm sorry oh jeez all right thank you so much you would think I'd be good at this you know that's okay so there were two
comments uh the the first first one had to do with some of the district work papers agreed to the Assa report there were s immaterial differences uh between the work papers and what was reported uh they were IM material at the end of the day um this number is something that we flushed out with Nicole we're aware of it we're moving forward and we're going to uh take a look at that a little earlier on our side and we're going to audit that in real time before the submissions which is I see a question uh which is which is kind which is the best way to approach it which we are starting to do this year so that comment will
not happen in the future um M Miss Shan could maybe explain that a little further for the public to understand you know what that caveat means um which one the comment on the Assa yeah with the Assa translates to for oh the Assa is the application for state school aid this is um a report that's due uh by the first week in December it accounts
for the district's enrollment in District by by grade level by special ed by regular Ed by our free and reduced lunch counts uh the number of students who are um elll uh English as a second language and what that comment refers to are uh the in District work papers that were used to report the numbers to the state okay yeah so basically what what we're doing in
the future is that while m is is going and completing it we are going to audit that in real time so that we can make sure our everybody's you know eyes are dotted tees are crossed and we get all of our uh papers in order and we sign off on that before we submit it to the state rather than doing it subsequently which is typically what what we would do um so again and and if you look at the numbers the the errors were were were very material so not a major thing um the second comment talks about net cash resources in the Food Service fund basically the thought behind
this is that the food service fund is supposed to be a self-liquidating we shouldn't be charging our students more than it costs to run it unfortunately with the state of the world the federal government state government has been giving out massive amounts of money for food service and I have this comment in pretty much every school district that I have um and after talking with Nicole and her team uh we've already figured out ways to spend this money and and and use that so we don't have the same issue next year and to say an issue we have more money than we should it's really not an issue it's just something
I unfortunately have to make out of um so now that I talked a little bit about the comments I did want to just kind of go through the overarching results of the audit the financial statements uh that's done on exhibit C1 you don't really have to to go through it uh in short we collected more than we thought we were and in short we spent less than we thought we were so that's a good thing fund balance went up Surplus went up and why that's important to the district
I did you know speaking with Nicole I understand that we did have uh a referendum that did fail in the not too distant past that's important because we have the ability to make fund balance and to fund some of the reserves for some of these things that will come up right if there's a roof that needs repair we maybe went out to referendum and thought we were going to put in a new roof but we have to have money set aside so we do that through two you know a capital reserve account there's also a maintenance Reserve account and last year we had a beginning balance of 4.8 million and we actually stashed away $5 million
uh we did spend some of it this year but there's $7.2 million left over which is important because if we do have aging you know infrastructure to take care we don't have a choice to not fix a roof right like the kids need a roof that works they have to have a place that's safe and to have that money is always the best thing to happen because you don't run into a situation where oh gosh we didn't budget for it how we going to pay for it um it's really important and and I you know spoke at at length with Nicole and her team about this and and that was part of the
plan and we be part of the plan moving forward um but overall that's that's really it you know I'd like to keep these things relatively short and sweet if there was stuff for you to know about I would tell you about it there were the two comments honestly nothing that I'm very concerned about I I know we're going to get rid of both of them next year and um yeah I just want to thank Nicole and her team you're in you're in good hands and one thing I did want to say is you know we did have a lot of turnover in the Ba's office and I have a lot of clients
that are not blessed with a team that has come in uh it's very tough to find good qualified people there's a lot of school districts out there and a lot of Aging people who just want to they're done with it they want to retire they want to collect their pensions and there's a lot of places that are struggling to find good people so thank you Nicole thank you any questions board members do you have any questions yes I have um in the certainty that we are
living today uh in terms of of federal um funding M uh especially for food uh for our kids um is your company or uh any efforts behind the scenes uh preparing plan b or any recommendations that if that happens because it's if it's going to happen it's not going to be in a year is going come in Fast and Furious that you could then reach out to
the this that you are doing the Audits and and provide them uh recommendations or plan of action I had this conversation with Nicole earlier day I mean on the day that the our president came out and said I'm freezing all federal funding I mean my phone lit up like a Christmas tree I mean I had calls from every single District about you know we have federally funded teachers how are we going to pay payroll like what are we going to do we have the lunch food we have you know I have Boards of Social Services that want to know about Medicare and Med you know
Medicaid and tanif and Section 8 um and and it was there was a lot of craziness a lot of wildness but once people really broke down what he was saying and the state did actually a great job of coming out and saying that he is that the the administration is not looking to take away those things they were looking more for the other stuff that we're seeing all over the news today um but but yeah I mean we're very in tune with what's going on we have you know 75 school districts 125 local governments equally as many authorities throughout the state we're very in tune
with this and I definitely add Nicole to my list of and Nicole will reach out when when when that becomes a thing um we will you know donate that information as it comes in but I think you know the heart of me tells me that that these programs you know these are they're not going to I mean there's social back stops I mean I don't think that that's going to be the case and if it is the case I think we're going to have a lot bigger fish to fry yeah um yeah but but yeah I will definitely keep everybody a breast of that and and use
us I mean we see everything from all the different school districts so we do get a lot of different um insight into these things thank you of course you have any other questions from the board I have a couple maybe more like bounce between you and Miss Shing so for the S Food Service um fund balance so part of that falls on to the fact that you know we had budgeted years prior with regards to co then Co came we
had these you know funds that were allotted for Food Services you know the government gave free funding for the food services so part of that is contributing still to the carryover yeah I mean those those funds are still contributing because they were sitting there and we're if we're we're still you know we're not running a deficit so like the only way to get rid of that is to either spend it and and a big problem is when you're buying equipment for a school Food Service it's not that easy to it comes up it's not that easy to spend that much it has to be on Food Services right it very specific wine item
right so you want to get a new Walkin freezer you can't just go to Best Buy and buy you know you got to order one it takes time there's supply chain issues so um I know Nicole has definitely looked at ways to spend that and um that was going to be my other I know we've discussed in finance but maybe we several pieces of equipment in all of our kitchens between freezers and countertops and ovens um and we're still working toward it we're all we're also going to be charging
off some salaries for our um our lunch AIDS and our custodians that service the cafeteria directly we can also charge off a portion of our utility bills based on on square footage so we we have we have great plans to spend it but you know to Matt's point it's easier said than done because we're Bound by contracts and purchasing laws and things need to be vetted through but we're um we're on a good path it's a great comment to have right like oh my
God God we have too much money like and we're not price gouging our kids here right we're not like it's not the Assumption they make these laws and these rules and these comments that like okay we don't want you generating but it really it doesn't take into the whole world and what's happened like we're not price gouging our students for fun and that's the point that I think we want the public to understand that you know it we're not trying to take away we're not trying to you know price point where our food services and
you know items which are a third party vendor you know is being harmed or penalized and the items that Miss Shonen named are items that would have required replacement anyway anyways you know so the look is to utilize funds that are an overage in a a smart and conservative manner 100% okay and then I also just want to add um M and her team um also um tour our um food
facilities across the district and the different buildings and you know we transferred over to a new food service um company this year and they've been really helpful as well as identifying those certain areas that we do need to improve upon and that's what on the list and certainly we're going to be moving forward with and then I kind of also wanted to speak to that you know the additional funds that we found in our fund balance in terms of you know our planning for the future is also in you know with the mindset that state aid is not going to
be the overage that we had last year we're now coming to a point where we're flat so we're not going to have that extra funding you know so again the district we're doing you know the the smart things to plan accordingly you know but to to also know that $7.5 million isn't going to you know add a whole another Wing to building it's going to be patch jobs and and that's you know obviously if that's what you want the referendum is unfortunately the only way to go about it but you
need to have money God for something happens you know and certainly I just want to Echo that point that you know as a district um since the you know failure of the referendum we had made conscientious decisions and um strategic um steps in order to address the immediate um needs of our buildings as you see that we're replacing um roofs we're addressing HVAC because certainly those are the you know most basic entities for the Safety and Security of our students and you know certainly we're very fortunate from a financial standpoint that we
are making these strategic decisions that were able to put aside money and um spend it towards items that are in dire streets any other questions all right thank you so much see you next we so um Dr B before I move on to committee reports anything else I think that's all I have just those reminders and schools close on Monday just
FYI weekend and do not know when the snow days are going to happen if any this week so just the the weather whisper over there better a psycho person all right now it's Miss mrs's thank you the Personnel committee met on the 4th of February and all committee members were present we discussed the buildings and grounds reorganization plan in Greater detail three supervisor positions with correlating job
descriptions were reviewed by the committee the responsibilities of the new positions of Maintenance supervisor buildings and ground supervisor and custodial supervisor were discussed as well as any Associated costs Mr Moore updated the committee on the actions the district is taking and order to remain in compliance with the new title 9 information from both state and federal government and he also updated the committee on several reoccurring
monthly Personnel topics thank you follow up that Mr quino I Madam president um what was the time and I apologize for this to the meeting what were the time frames that we're looking at to post for those supervisory positions um we are looking to post within the next um couple weeks okay super and then I I think from a funding standpoint um the bulk of that money for those supervisors coming from the previous supervisor salary but um we do have to find a little bit other money somewhere else um for one of those positions as well so but it's it's not it's nominal and we'll get back to the
full board with that when uh Dr bji and Mr Moore are done with their uh with their assessment of everything thank you any other questions from the board no okay seeing none we'll go on to curriculum and instruction committee report miss ferera good evening we just met uh from 5:30 to 6:30 here at the board office in attendance Where Mrs Fenton Mrs O'Neal Mrs Aquino Mrs mcdermit Dr Bia and myself we had
two special guests join us this even this evening um our Ela supervisors Jenny and Leah and we received an update from both Elementary and secondary Ela supervisors uh we also discussed um the details were shared with us rather for the upcoming PD day this Friday the 14th we discuss the junior National Honor Society um we
also discuss the leap three-year plan that stands for the language instruction educational plan and we concluded our meeting with a discussion of field trips our full notes will be available at our next meeting do we have any questions from the board I see no have any question I feel I'm ready to go next unless has any questions that's why that's why I'm ready
ah and I have a question are any of the items that were in CNT were are they action items at all oh right yes we updated the field trips we're we're focusing upon those are happening this month of February and we're going to be looking at the ones later in the school year at the upcoming meeting so we that that was adjusted follow with that M presid I did ask Dr ban and she gave me a great explanation as to why the actual dates of the field trips were on there for a safety reason that the board had instituted that last year and I just asked
her if the board in our in our updates if we can get you the exact date so she agreed to that so she will to follow so the so the public so the public understands um if there's any minutes or notes in terms of the field trips post sing We publicly for the safety of the students and what um you know Dr jodano is referencing is whether the dates are listed or not so for the board members we'll be able to see what dates they are publicly we're not going to list those simply it's just the month and the year obviously you just want to
make sure that at the end of the day smart no one knows when our kids are going to his field trip that's all like the safety of our students first priority so okay any other questions nope okay seeing none now we will move on to finance and operations Miss V hoay okay um yes so finance and operations met uh last week on the 4th at 5:30 in attendance was myself Miss
ferera miss showning Mr orillo and uh I believe that was it um first things first we will actually be having another meeting because we just love our finance meetings so much on the 19th and that one is um focused completely on the budget really getting time to just focus on um the preliminary view of the budget how it's coming together all of the line items Etc so that is February 19th at 4:30 um one of the items that we
did discuss in our last meting was the track resurfacing at the high school it was very exciting you guys we had like touch and feel samples of turf it was very exciting I'm telling you our finance meetings you're missing out um we got to take a look at that see um you'll see the costs there the difference between the two types really trying to compare and contrast what's going to last the longest materials Etc um and then one of the items that we talked about is the um lease agreement with e-risk as well um you'll see
tonight that is an action item we are actually going to be removing that uh this evening we still have a question or two and we are not ready to vote on that tonight so um that's just one edit for later when we get to the action items um and that about I feel like that's a good and then you guys obviously saw the audit tonight so I feel like we probably took up enough of your finance and operations time any questions Madam president y on the minutes um how much is
left on that Mr mso's P that the committee is going to put for board approval at the next meeting um let me see we have it was um it says contract responsibilities through June 2025 said there was money left can I answer that yeah yeah because I don't have my notes written there's $20,000 remaining thank you so his his work that will happen between now and June 30th will be about 6 to n hours a month super thank you I have a question um so you were
looking at the turf um at the stadium is it just the stadium I've been i' I've been hearing some concerns about the Dome as well have about the turf in the dome yeah okay Miss Shing so y we are oh I'm sorry I was going to say we are um doing some Patchwork on the Dome there's some sections and we're taking care of that yeah thank you and just to reiterate the um the turf that we're looking to replace in the field is I don't know Mr arzillo do you want to talk about the turf that we're I heard you
were pretty excited about it too no pellets dist and the durability of this so the turf that we're looking at is I want to say the next generation of turf in which we're trying to eliminate a lot of the you know well the pellets which any parent who has a kid in sports how vacuums thank you so I do have a question and maybe you can answer this but a curious mind so those
pellets were actually for um shock absorption has a different layer it's just not pellets it actually looks kind of like pH techology half inch layer of like Styrofoam under and do we know what it's made out of by any chance I would just you know what here's my doesn't get I don't need you guys to tell me this but can we just speak one at a time for the sorry sorry Genie my my concern is like the pias sure um and the you know all the plastic so if you could just
really into that because I you know especially in the dome it it bothers me that the circulation obviously isn't as good as an outside facility um um can I answer that Miss Fenton so certainly that was Paramount as far as when we're looking at it that was a no-go really from the Forefront that we wanted to make sure that anything that we're going with is absolutely safe for our kids so that was the only ones that we were willing to look at so and certainly we also wanted to look at the next generation of
the the safety of it just because the pallets are not necessar safe also the heat that um gets off there so we looked at all these different entities and you know um our director of facilities did go on site visits to look at these different types of turf so we're really excited about that we're moving forward with a particular brand and typal type just because it does from a health standpoint safety standpoint it checks off all the boxes excellent thank you it's also a 12E warranty right yes we warranty right yeah how um and for those
that don't know the Blades of you know synthetic grass we'll call it are are shorter smaller um the one question Miss Shing I know maybe this is a takeaway do we know how much life warranty is left on the turf in the dome it just seems that that Turf gets more use which more wear and tear which may be why it's starting to break down a lot more um I don't know that answer but I will certainly get it for you no problem but I will tell you as you know that Dome
is super popular it it is used really I didn't know that all the time it is always when the few times that we were closed or delayed openings that was the most important emails going through what's going on with the Dome is it open I'm getting questions so it's it's a lot of use and this might be a takeaway for our buildings and grounds it just popped into my head if exactly the question to the vendor is will the life of the
turf last longer if we only allow turf shoes which means they don't have the hard cleats on them versus a Turf which actually has a rubber more of a rubber so smaller you know um turf or how I put it spikes and actually on the flip side it's actually better for you know students athletes um injuries prevention and joints that may be a takeaway though whether or not that is a way to look at things I don't know certainly we can
engage in conversation I know right off the bat you know the enforcement of that um it turns because we use so many outside groups y that it's not obviously if it was an in-house thing that we can certainly dictate as far as how we want to enforce that but certainly since we rented out to so so many different organizations a lot of tournaments that you know who's going to man that who's going to oversee that and you know but certainly we can engage in conversation no yeah or maybe not a mandate but a suggestion and and maybe the overall
question is does it benefit extension you know extended life of this asset we have it's a you know large chunk of money that we're looking at and if we're looking at a 12year warranty you know we want to make sure the warranty is not voided and you know that if there's any way to extend that life of the turf too I mean it's a big conversation we're all having okay well maybe that could be added uh to the contract that when we
rent uh the home it could be added in some way to the agreement that they're signing yeah and inhouse we can then established yeah maybe the first question is if it is beneficial yeah I agree with you I think first things first we should just ask the event ask the person sing it what what shoes should be worn when we get go from there first for sure I think it's a good you know a good starting point Madam president real quick have we talked about from for Mr Sher um since you're doing the high school field have we talked about the Middle School field
starting with the high school okay so that's on the radar of the Middle School field yep okay thank you anyone else that we Tak up turf turf turf I told you it's an exciting topic all right with that we will move on lost my place there to policy and governance and Miss Melendez yes uh we didn't a meet we are meeting on March 5th however later on in action items we have policies that are going
to be a second reading this time Madam president real quick can I just and I'm not going back to ask questions I assume with all committees all action items were approved by the committee for board consideration can we start putting that our minutes at the end just say all action items were approved by committee for board yep recommendation for full board vote something like that just we know sure and I will remind everyone as Miss uh Fitz Charles stated 9.1 is going to be pulled yes correct very and do we have any board subcommittee or parent uh teacher
Association Liaisons anyone present that did any board members attend any uh meetings oh we have Miss figurer and I received a report from Mountain View let me just pull it up sure okay so Mountain View couldn't be here tonight but I did get
a text on behalf of them okay so they wanted me to share that they recently had the cookie kit family event over the weekend that was a huge success families pre purchased cookies and then came to the school and and decorated them um they also have coming up for March read Across America they'll be hosting a family book club with two nights of events for families at Mountain View and those dates will be to uh will
be announced they're to be determined as of now any questions um and board members I've been trying to update calendars as I see items um I think I just put the steam event for Mountain View on your calendars um and reminder for sandore if there's anyone who hasn't they're having their read Across America um we should have all gotten the signups um I do have a report for cpeg and I will read it off from Amy she said um she's
sorry she'll be unable to share our updates in person this evening um so she's asked um miss m Fenton and myself if you could share for the next few meetings um cpeg is the special education parent advisory group here in Mount Olive it's a new jersey code driven parent Le group that lead that works collaborate with the districts on systematic concerns regarding students with special education needs they met in January 14th via Zoom the meeting was
was a parenton meeting and it was to have a midyear check-in with all of the parents um they had a good turnout and had a robust conversation on different uh parent concerns within the district um they're assisting the parents on ways to navigate the chain of command to express their concerns within the district so whether it be going through their um their teachers going to the building Vice principls um um in principales guidance or directly up here to
the board of bed office they wanted to remind the parents of sub District events coming up they want to remind them of the uh superintendent Spotlight they reminded them of the anti-bullying workshops there's the navigating the DDD system that was held on January 15th um they said their next meeting is actually tomorrow February 11th at 7 o'clock via zoom and the directors of special services have a district speaker coming to discuss behaviors and behavioral support practices within the district um um
and then on March 11th they will be having um they're very excited to have Lily caparosa a special education attorney um she's coming to speak on special education law and the rights and protections of students with special educational need needs um and she said thank you for sharing her report and any questions no Dr Bano do you know who the guest speaker is then for them tomorrow with from the district or she said that the director dors
of special services are having a district speaker come um it's I believe our is Miss Bella or is it in our attorney I think is it Miss um clean oh no I just said they're coming to discuss behaviors and behavioral support practices sure BCB District yeah maybe just interesting so anyone cpeg has a meeting tomorrow night as well um that is all I have Nash is DAV and Nash D Nash is tomorrow at the same time okay so
we're going to have multiple screens going and also but just remember that the David Nash one you don't have to attend that time the meeting will be recorded you do have to sign up to get the recording now right okay we have another uh citizens advisory Academy is tomorrow also at 7 p.m. and that uh tomorrow is in grading policy for those parents that are interested and is the mountolive high school um uh is a man olive High
School and is the grading polic here but remember that uh this program uh you have to sign up for him so if you were already accepted for this session so please feel free to attend and if you are interested in the future so reach out to Mr James kfia our security director do we know how many people we have registered for the citizens advisory it's 25 25
are registered yeah yes okay all right any other questions no okay seeing none I have nothing for president report oh hang on I do have one thing for the Middle School oh actually a couple things for the Middle School um the man Olive middle school PTO also met I believe last week um the biggest item is that their Tricky Tray is coming up it is a their biggest event of the year um that is on March 28th at 5:00 p.m. this year it's going to be at the chandelier there's dinner um but you
need to register before March 14th so just a note for everybody and then also just a note for e8th grade parents eighth grade t-shirts and lawn signs are on sale now that sale runs through April 15th and I think we're um for 8th grade the um shout outs or announcements were already due for the yearbook yes that's been yes absolutely and then I think the PTO sent out the pre-registration or purchase for the um Tricky Tray right
yes everything is all online now there's a flyer with a QR code and you can register and then if you want to buy extra tickets that's there as well perfect anyone else before I skip ahead no okay seeing none we will move to the public comments on action items members of the comment uh the community may comment on any action item prior to board discussion please state your name and address for the record all comments must be respectfully presented abusive
comments will not be tolerated and please just um direct your um comments to the board um and the mic is yours and note 9.1 is being uh Ted or removed from the agenda for now action items going once going twice all right seeing none we will move on to the approval of monthly expenditures and reports um we'll take a motion to move those uh Dr J Dan
thank you m president the recommendation of the superintendent approved the monthly expenditures and reports 6.1 to 6.8 second and do we have any questions or comments from the board no okay seeing none we'll take a roll call Miss Shonen Dr Gano yes Mrs Aquino yes Mrs fanton yes Mrs fera yes Mrs Fitzgerald yes Mrs Melendez yes Mrs Nares yes Mrs O'Neal yes Mr orillo yes
all right and we will move to Personnel action I am Mrs Aquino thank you I'd like to um make a motion upon the recommendation of the superintendent to move Personnel action items 7.1 through 7.19 second and do we have any questions or comments from the board no okay seeing none we'll take a a a roll call please Mrs Aquino yes Dr Gano yes Mrs fanton yes Mrs fera yes
Mrs Fitzgerald yes Mrs Melinda yes Mrs Nares yes Mrs O'Neal I abstain from anything with the last name Humphrey and yes to everything else Mr orillo yes all right we move to curriculum and Technology Mr Speaker R upon recommendation of the superintendent I'd like to make a motion to approve items 8.1 through 8.5 second any questions or comments from the board no I think we
we address the field trips all right seeing none um we'll take a roll call Mrs fera yes Dr gardano yes Mrs Aquino yes Mrs fanton yes Mrs Fitzgerald yes Mrs Melendez yes Mrs Nares yes Mrs O'Neal yes Mr illo yes all right and we will move on to finance and operations Miss fitzerald upon the recommendation of the superintendent I'd like to make a motion to approve
action items 9.2 through 9.8 second any questions or comments from the board no okay seeing none we'll take a roll call Mrs Fitzgerald yes Dr gordano yes Mrs Aquino yes Mrs fanton yes Mrs fera yes Mrs Melendez yes Mrs naris yes Mrs O'Neal yes Mr orillo yes all right and then we will move
on to why like my computer's going crazy okay um administrative action items and U Miss Melendez recommendation of the superintendent I present the motion uh to approve items 10.1 through 10.3 second I got it first smoke I don't think you did I think I think M got that did get that all right any
questions from the board no okay seeing none we'll take a roll call Mrs Melendez yes Mrs Fitzgerald yes Mrs Aquino yes Mrs fenon yes Mrs fera yes Dr gordano yes Mrs Nares yes Mrs O'Neal yes Mr orillo yes all right we will move on now to public comments students parents employees and community members May comment on any item of Interest pertaining to the Mount Olive School District please state your name and
address for the record all comments must be respectfully presented abusive or obscene comments will not be tolerated and the mic is open yes hey we know that guy Tony stachi 6 nor Road flers it's very nice to see you all again too I must honestly tell you I miss you all I really do miss you you too I know you have a lot on your plate I know that from experience and I hate to give you something something else to think about but I
think it's important I want to talk to you about the scoreboard now the reason why I want to talk to you about it is because the only person who really knows the history and the facts is Dr jodo because he was on the board at that time and I want to make note that uh with the history and the facts I want to give you I'm not disparaging any organization or pointing any figure uh figure anybody because it's it's not productive but we have a sleeping giant
there that we have to discuss and do something about the history on it is very simple at one point in time back about almost four years ago now we were approached with the idea of putting up this scoreboard we were going to use about $4 or $500,000 of taxpayers money but we were told at that time that that scoreboard was going to be paid for by a corporation around here that never materialized so now now the Education
Foundation which is a very fine organization came to us and said look we'd like you to purchase that and what we will do is we will go out and get sponsors and advertisers and what have you and we think we can generate upwards of $300,000 a year and we will pay you X percentage for the cost of that for so many years until it's paid off
well we were kind of skeptical about that thinking that well gez we don't know if they're going to get that kind of money and what have you but and I in particular objected to the First Agreement simply because the last article in that agreement said once that that we they paid us off for that all the revenue that got they that they got from that went to the Education Foundation we got nothing so we rejected the first
agreement then we we negotiated came back and so finally they came back with a second agreement we said okay we'll give it a try but at the end we when it when it was all paid off we would then have the greater percentage of Revenue that came in for that now it was it was great it was going to be good for the Education Foundation good for us we can use the money coming in we rent a lot of our facilities now we get some good Revenue and and boy we can certainly use that
money for programs so we really have to start thinking about what we're going to do with that so I have I have some suggestions for you first of all we have to dissolve the agreement with the Education Foundation they just don't have the manpower to be able to go out nor the expertise to go out and and sell the advertising second of all there was a point in time and I don't know if it still exists at this time that I believe there was supp supposed to be
a supervisor of the scoreboard and have some students be groomed and and you know on how to operate the scoreboard and they can they they can operate the scoreboard uh but now we have to teach them how to do some advertising ads and things like that and they can certainly do that I mean if you recall when you looked at that LED screen up on up on the pack I mean they they did some magical things on that thing they can do that they can do uh some nice ad but
what we have to do is now we have to go out and uh I'd like to make this suggestion first of all you got to go if you don't have one now get a supervisor pay him a stiping we pay stiens for everything get a group of kids it's educational teach them how to do it and what have you so forth let's get ready to do it then what we should do is have that supervisor and I believe it's Sparta I'm not sure but Sparta does the same thing get in touch with Sparta
see how they operate that scoreboard see how they get their advertisings they're doing very very well with it I believe it's Sparta uh could be jeffon but I believe it's spart and that's that's our first start because we have to come up with a with a structure of what we're going to do and how we're going to do it the second thing is we have to go out and get an advertising agency we do not have the expertise we do not have the manpower to go out and do it they will be able to go out and get the sponsors get the advertisers get the messaging that goes on there and we can start
to make the ball rolling you get this thing going we have to get some more generate generate some more Revenue coming in and we have a sleeping giant there it's doing nothing yes it shows a uh a burst of fireworks or something when we score a touchdown but you know it's about it we paid a lot of money for that thing it's time to give the taxpayers back their worth so I I suggest looking into that and getting moving on that thanks thank you you thank you Dr bansa did
you want to comment or wait till the end I would like to have some time to kind of reflect on that because there's a lot of nuance here so yeah okay anyone else from the public who would like to come up and speak anyone all right seeing none we will close out public comments one more time all right um old business M of the
board May comment on any item of top or topic that was previously discussed by the board anyone board members I do MREs yeah just following up um we did discuss the the special ed audit and I know we have a Public Presentation with Miss clean I know we have our second meeting is is Miss Peterson coming to do the board training can we look as it possible you think maybe the first meeting of March we can discuss that all right super at some point I think the public needs we need to put that out we need to have that have that done
sorry I'm making a note said Marchman yeah okay pref the first lach meeting she's available anyone else for any comments no okay we're going to move on to new business members of board May introduce any new topic or um item for discussion anyone no oh there you go Miss Melendez um from the um
Citizen Academy right the presenters they presented some of them uh some concerns um especially um in resources that maybe uh the administration could take a look at that uh in terms of Transportation uh safety for elementaries uh in the BS right um they mention that possible more AIDS at least three
aids for three specific uh bosses that um it could be very helpful for the security of the kids um and also in the facilities um they mention also well after uh Mr Mazo uh contract maybe is up uh to look uh for Possible having in the district a full-time Carpenter and a full-time ageback uh person um because there is
a lot of projects that we do um so just clarification is that coming from a like a participant in the or who where is this in general the discussion was in general yes so from the participants this or and the and the presenter a conversation an exchange during the presentation okay yes and who are the presenters again just curious uh Transportation I can't remember the name mski
very nice red hair pat patty yeah yes uh Mr uh de okay we as a followup that we did talk in Personnel about uh Carpenter and and HVAC per and all that stuff so we do we currently we have three agac people in the district yes we already have three agac individuals still have the contract out yeah yeah and then we just approved tonight the certification training rate for the boiler yeah and then someone who
did comary work um just resigned about a couple months ago so that's is we're just looking for someone and a kind of maybe twist off of that or piggyback off of that just again Food For Thought I know some of the board members have you know talked and is there any room or opportunities for maybe some of our students to have some apprenticeships in house off of those um hbac training electrical I know we have some students students right Mr Sansbury that go over
to votch for the certification or the but I know after that there's been difficulty finding apprenticeship for some of them if maybe down the road or we we put it out on the the table I'm not saying today but and it would also maybe bring them back in house then for that work study time frame just ideas it could be option two too if we if we adopt that they can do stuff like that work study yeah sorry I was talking
to misson next to me just spewing ideas out at you in the middle of meting I I would suggest perhaps with Personnel if you want to share those ideas um put through the committee with through the committee and then we can have a conversation about that maybe be long certainly that's typically how we kind of run through the process anyone else I do and you can put on their bus AIDS still M I didn't know I was your secretary
you're not but you're the chair of the committee I'm just saying I can he yeah I think there's some followup Clarity we have on some of them he's going to provide you the I'm sure a that's absolutely I'm not I'm just listen trying to kind blur board comments with new business here all right any other new business all right we'll move on to board comments all right board members and administrators members of the board make
comment um make any comment just our interest having to do with Mount ol school district and we'll talk start down there Dr Tiano thank you madam president just one little thing I heard the eighth grade dance uh went off beautifully and like just to thank Miss wilky and uh and the VPS uh that she works with at the middle school I heard it was uh everyone was happy to see all the administrators of the middle school there so congratulations to them yeah and and tonight if we got early enough the wrestling section's on
we're moving on moving on one actually faced fair oh nice oh really was the bigly and then more than likely we wrestle on Wednesday at so that was for those in the public that was the quarterfinals of the state sectionals that we hosted this evening is that correct sem oh quarters and semis okay and and will that be hosted here Mr Sansbury no wday because
the higher rank okay so Wednesday at Philipsburg in the second round today so it's probably by the time we got Mee all right so that and that's for the you know school not the individuals I know it was a big deal all right anything else anything else Dr Jordana good I do want to pck you back on the seventh and eighth grade dance um not only were there a lot of Administrators there that we're very thankful for but the parents who put in a ton of
of time and the students to decorate and chapon and man the snack tables and the photo booth was great the kids really had a blast I know it's a lot of work it does not go unnoticed and we appreciate you um and then also congratulations to our Mount Olive high school cheerleaders they just came back from Florida had a great showing really looked awesome I got to see their routine it was lovely so congratulations on an excellent that was the yep it was and they looked fantastic so congrats to them that's
all I have Miss mandes um I the last weekend even with the weather uh there was a robotics competition that a couple of um our Al night were volunteer also was host at the manol high school uh for an special award um and also the um Air Force ATC Bingo was
schedule right Saturday oh Saturday it's coming Saturday okay okay I was looking for that I I'm not sure what is it then yeah um yeah but other than that so that's it for today Miss I misso sorry I just want to thank the CNT team as well as Dr Bania for um seriously considering our field trips and we had a a lively discussion about it that we're going to continue at our next meeting so I appreciate
appreciate our team and Dr Ben second Miss f um I actually quite a few of us went to the Muslim Heritage Festival and it was absolutely spectacular the food the the vendors every the culture was just beautiful um and that's about it I but I think RC don't they have an event coming up no um no I'm sorry um J
see they no robotics robotics thank you did they did they well the the big competition is coming up in March March yeah it's March or it's March March they have a roll out coming out in a week or two because they're six week build is complete so they roll out on Saturday and they'll unveil the two robots from Team 11 and team 193 the Mid-Atlantic Championship uh is in the first weekend of March is it first
okay I knew something second Saturday are we hosting that Mr stanbury yes yes so for the public that can't hear Mr stanbury over here um we're hosting robotics Mid-Atlantic competition on March 7th and 8th you said 7th 8th and 9th 7th 8th and 9th oh about 4,000 Spectators and they're looking always for volunteers so parents Shar up and go over there because they need people it actually is a very easy volunteer gig
it's very fun I just encourage also parents to bring their students their kids with them it's just what a great way to look at what they potentially can do as they get older so it's not only about whether or not if your child participates it's about just seeing the wonderful work not only are students but students across the state do and so it's really just gratifying to see you know what the future holds and very exciting yeah I'm done okay we'll swing over to Mr I really don't
have that thanks look at that he wins the prize answer there you go get the sticker M fig I just want to extend my congratulations to our high school cheerleaders to uh uh in addition to what Mrs ferel said yeah Mrs O'Neal congratulations to the cheerleaders and um I was also glad that we got a curriculum and Technology discussion going about the field trips everything that
leaves me okay um I mean everybody said everything I also wanted to recognize I know our swimmers to have some individual um you know recognitions bowling had some great recognitions track and field always always winning taking home a lot of awards um also wanted to mention last week I attended the women in sports um ceremony and celebration so we hosted um girls varsity WR wrestling hosted um I
forget which town Hillsboro we had a triy meet right and then afterwards we had a whole ceremony one of the interesting things that was asked to me was why did we have both the female and male senior students speak and what I think we fail to remember often is we should also show praise because there are males that are very supportive of female athletes and you know Title 9 as we were discussing that you know Mr
mois look um going for more research and training on some of the new regulations was enacted initially for the purpose of equality in funding for women in education which also then blew the doors open for women in sports girls and sports so you know I want to make sure that we recognize our male counterparts that are always supportive of us um out there without um you know where would we be um and to you know Echo also this week coming up is um I think next
week are are all district choir uh concerts so please look on be on the lookout for those um throw them up on people's calendars if you you need some reminders of that um that's dist there's a band choir um in Orchestra as well um and before next month I believe in end of March we will also have our Middle School um is it end of March Mr Queen the Middle School um Musical coming out or is that may that's oh that's later
okay I'm totally wrong on the dates um and that's about all I have right now you just reminded me of something yeah at our all district Coral concert at the high school next Wednesday that you mentioned y the Mountain View fifth grade is having a bake sale so come and get your goodies to enjoy while you're enjoying the performance a good idea my word your your your dealer's over there
specific anyone else all right other than that um and I also want to say Mr stachi thank you for your comments um we're gonna follow up on much of that because Dr bie and I did actually speak a couple meetings ago about following up with the Ed foundation and just one piece all funds my understanding and we'll look at the contract that the Ed Foundation collects has to be go back into student programming whether it's in the format of
um scholarships at the end of the year but I do agree that engaging them for more participation as um a partnership is definitely needed in in the works and I do believe they're also due to report their financials out to us um they're supposed to be on an annual basis as well is my understanding so there's definitely more of a deep dive to put that in the Forefront for conversation and for Action actionable items going on there um and with that I will take a motion to go into close
uh confidential session do we have a motion so moved second okay be resolved at the board meet in confidential session for the purpose of discussing um Personnel matters of client attorney privilege um pending or anticipated litigation um and I think that is all on the list um be further resolved that matters discussed in confidential session be disclosed to the public when the reason for confidentiality no longer exists action may be taken um all
in favor we are now on confidential session
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uh can I have a motion to adjourn this meeting so moved second all in favor I I okay thank you