Good evening. Welcome to a meeting of the Mount Side Board of Education. In accordance with the state sunshine law and state regulations, adequate notice of this meeting was provided by mailing a notice of the time, date, location, and instructions for accessing the meeting to the Union County Local Source and the Westfield leader. Filing the
same with the Burough Clerk, posting the notice at the main access door of the Mountside Board of Education building and on the Mountside Board of Education website. These meetings are reserved for board deliberation and for review of items contained within the agenda. The board reserves the right to vote on
action items. The board welcomes the participation of interested individuals. We encourage questions about specific school practices, incidents, and events to be brought directly to school administration. Public notice will be permitted at the beginning of the meeting for agenda items only. Each
participant is asked to give his or her name and address prior to making the statement. In addition, time will be allotted at the end of the meeting for public comment on any item. Speaker shall limit their comments to three minutes. Roll call, please. >> Bill Dylan,
>> Michael Goodwin, >> Dana Wietro, >> yes here. >> Jordan Heyman, >> here. >> Vivian Koopo >> here. >> Candaceiano >> here. >> Carmine Bennis >> here. >> At this time, can I please have a motion to go in executive session? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I
>> I post 633. will be back in 1 hour. It's freezing in here. >> Always. >> Good evening. We are returning from our executive session. If you can please stand to serve us. I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Can I please have a motion to approve minutes from November 11th?
>> So move. Yes. >> Any comments or questions? >> Roll call, please. Dadro Jordan Heyman, >> yes. >> Vivian Poop, >> yes. >> Candiciano, >> yes. >> Carmine, >> yes. >> At this time, oh, we do not have any correspondents at this time, I would
like to open up uh the floor for public participation on any item that we will be voting on tonight. Seeing lots of people with nothing to say, that's fantastic. All right, we're moving on. We are going to combine um we're going to go up together. >> That's right.
>> Here we go. Stand people. Make my way here this way. Everybody can hear me. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Uh for those of you that do not know me, I am Christopher Kenny, the superintendent of schools. I am very happy to be here to
talk to you tonight. Uh in particular of several momentous occasions. Um I just want to make sure this doesn't fall. Okay. We are here tonight to do several things in the superintendent report as well as the president's report. We'll
start off and make a mention that we have a a guest tonight that we would like to honor, a prestigious man that has given service above self. All right. Carmine Venice, for those of you that do
not know, has given time and effort to this board of education beyond measure. When you look at the county, when you look at the state level, there's not many board of education members that go ahead and
dedicate themselves in the amount of years and the amount of effort that he has done for us here at Mountainside. Uh we'll start off and give you a little bit of a uh little picture, right? So again, you can see Carmine has done some
pretty particular special work with several different boards throughout his years. He's even served on the uh Union County Regional Board of Education. So, back before Mountainside uh was its own special little district,
we had a regional board of education which Carmine served as a representative for Mountainside. Uh he survived several contract. How many the contract negotiations a lot? >> A lot. >> Yeah. All right. A lot. Uh referendums.
uh three three three four three three referendums. >> So built up the the district to where the infrastructure is sound as well as you know we've all been through it but he survived as a board member through a pandemic. So for years to come he's
going to you know we're going to be able to look back and thank him for his efforts in those tumultuous times. Um, as we look, you could tell about his his efforts as this quote really sums everything up very well. As a member of
the board of ed, he has found that the new members as well as old are willing to come together, compromise, reach decisions regarding what's best for children. The electronic meetings have been suggested, but through thoughtful exchange of information, our plan to
make decisions to promote quality education leading to highly accomplished state test scores in environment that's socially friendly and conducive to learning. More pictures of what it's all about. The man, the myth, the legend. Remember
that? That's a nice picture up there, huh? 1962. Uh for those of you that don't know State College, now known as >> Kane University. Uh there's Carmine in his uh counselor years.
>> Guidance suite. >> Guidance suite. >> Pictures of family, a family man that he is. And we thank his family here tonight for lending us Carmine for those many years and hours of service that uh he dedicated to us. So thank you to uh
Carmine's family. So, Mr. Venice, on behalf of the superintendent of schools, the staff, the students, you've been selfless service to us. We thank you for your service. Uh, I'm going to step aside because there are other people that would like to speak to you on your
on your service. Without further ado, we're going to present you with this first and then we got a little something else for you. Well, >> thank you. >> Tree of honor there for you. Be nice. >> Thank you. Um, Mr. Vince Carmine, for
your 21 years on the Mountainside Board of Education, we thank you endlessly. Your profound knowledge of education has been tremendous, a tremendous asset to our district. Your strong beliefs in the value of education were truly admired and have been a
monumental impact on all of us. You advocated passionately when needed yet also listened thoughtfully as our board went through many changes over the 21 years. Thank you once again for everything you have contributed and bought to our community. We truly
appreciate it. So from one president to another Jimmer van 457 Bay Lane. It's different over here. Whenever change needs to happen, someone must be first to charge in. The
community should always remember that the course of this board changed for the better because of Carmine Venice. He set in motion the events that were to come by asking the tough questions, standing on principle, challenging the status quo, and whenever possible, shedding
light on issues of concern. His courage helped to inspire Kathy Jacets to run for the board, which in turn inspired me. When I first ran for the board of education, there were five candidates for three spots. Carmine was the only incumbent running. Of course,
he was elected because he was easily one of the most widely visible members this board has ever had. He would walk throughout the town daily, attend church and community functions, and talk face to face with members of Mountainside for all of all ages. Fun fact, during that
election, he happened to be campaigning in my neighborhood and stopped to talk to me while I was mowing the grass. The residents were always comfortable approaching and engaging him, as was I that day, because we all knew that he knew the value of communication.
Over my time on the board as president, Carmine was always to my right, was almost always right, was always listening, always thinking, always considering. He was a resource and sounding board to me whenever I called.
Once I was fully vetted by his lovely secretary, Miss Venice, and a conduit from the board to a large and significant portion of the Mountainside community. It should not be lost on or for or taken for granted by anyone the immense value
that Carmine brought to this board of education during his tenure. He was the biggest champion of what the all the new board members were trying to achieve, spreading the word about our efforts whenever he could. I will not forget and will always be grateful for how he
embraced Chris and I, the two new and slightly rebellious board members. He always considered our new ideas willingly and with an incredibly open mind. He supported me, challenged me, and encouraged me every step of the way. This board truly is not where it is
today if Carmine was not a part of it. And in some cosmic karmic sense, I believe that Kathy, Chris, Dante, Jeanie, Kate, and I, and Kathy were the manifestation of the very very ideals that Carmine had started fighting for.
Carm Carmen, I want to wish you and Mrs. Venice all the best in your future endeavors. And I want to personally thank you for all the time and wisdom you passed to me through all these years. Thank you. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RUBAN. UH,
CARMINE, this is the resolution that will go ahead and approve tonight. Um, if you would read that during the >> Okay. >> uh, actual. >> Okay. Uh, so I'll hand this to you as well, and it'll be read out when we
approve that particular resolution. A copy for you. You said when or if we approve. Just checking on that. >> You say when or if we approve that resolution. He's not done yet. >> Okay. >> So, um if I could have your assistance
on this the um I lost the click here. >> We're going to move on to our accolades for our students and go ahead and move on to our Veterans Day celebration that we had had. For those of you that don't
know about what we do here at Mountainside, we reach out to our students to go ahead and write about a particular topic. This topic for Veterans Day was how are you showing patriotism and supporting your
community. So within that we had several particular participants submit submissions and here tonight we are going to recognize their efforts. So without further ado when your name is called please come up and get your
certificate. We are going to go for third place in sixth grade. We have Miguel Ribero. MIGUEL, CONGRATULATIONS, MIGUEL. Third grade. Sorry, third grade. Third place. In seventh grade, we have Amelia
LEE in eighth grade. Third place, Jack Kane. JACK. All right. Second place, sixth grade, Lincoln Moore. Is Lincoln here. Second place, seventh grade, Aurora
Kleinbog. Congratulations, Aurora. Second place in eighth grade, Declan Flynn. Congratulations. Now, our first place winners in each category. Uh, first place sixth grade, we have Matthew
Wargan. Matthew, come on up. CONGRATULATIONS. And first place in seventh grade, Luchia Diamond Luchia. And finally in eighth grade, Nathan Ford, first place, NATHAN. But one of the particular things I want
to let you know is they had to read out their submissions in front of all of their peers. And let me tell you, they are phenomenal aators. Uh the inflection in their voice, the passion as they spoke, they meant every single word of what they wrote, which was very
heartfelt to everybody there as well as the veterans. So I thank them for getting up and making their speeches. They did an awesome job. So again, a nice job for our pat. And our final recognitions tonight, as we do every month, we have our
Mountainside Trailblazers of the month where we recognize our students both in Beachwood and Deerfield for pillars of character for displaying what we consider the best traits that we could ask for here in Mountainside students.
So what we do is we ask teachers for nominations. Myself and the principles meet to go ahead and decide who gets those particular awards for that month. Trying to rotate in Deerfield between 3 to 5, 6 to 8, you know, giving people uh
that particular breakdown. So tonight, let's talk about our trailblazers of the month for December. In Beachwood, we have a young lady who's a force to be reckoned with. All right. She completes her work. She's always, always doing the
right thing. She serves as a positive role model for all that are in her classes. She does the right thing. She often knows what to do next before the words come out of her teacher's mouth. She's a wonderful helper helper in
class. She's an absolute pleasure to have according to her teacher. and we are only very pleased and honored to eventually watch our shore to heights beyond measure. So tonight we recognize
our Beachwood Mountainside Trailblazer, BRINLEY DYKE. YOU GOT IT. And our Deerfield Mountainside Trailblazer of the Month is a gentleman who stands out amongst his peers. Always
strives to do well academically. He's always respectful, greeting everybody daily by name and continuously, according to the principal, makes positive choices amongst his peers. For that we recognize tonight our Deerfield
Mountainside Trailblazer for December, Joey Alavia. All right, I'm going to finish up my particular superintendent's report by saying uh please come back in January to hear about the state of the district
where we'll be reporting with administrators on where we are and what we've done in the past couple of months and where we're going in the next half of the here. Uh we'd like to welcome Miss Brooke Burick as the new business administrator. Soon to be uh tonight we
have our new soon to be special services supervisor here with us, Miss Amy Giaio. So we welcome her to the Mountainside staff and again the Mountainside staff and students. Such a wonderful I'm going to call it trimester because we're
actually at the end of the trimester. It's been such a pleasure to watch everybody, you know, perform. The teachers, the students, uh, when I tell you, I mean, I'm in the hallways all the time. The amount of hells, the high fives that I get, I love every minute of
it. And I I I am so blessed to be here uh with you guys, wishing everybody a happy holiday. And uh, be safe and be well. Thank you. All right. So, before I hand it over to our BA, my last part of my president's
report is a huge thank you to Dana. Come on up. Your guidance has provide that you've provided our district are beyond measures. You always knew how to make the numbers work, even using a bit of magic at times. You will truly be
missed. Here you go. THANK YOU. AND NOW FOR A BA REPORT. >> You want to dismiss or no? >> At this time, you're free to go. >> Okay, then. We know you have homework. You have to go read.
All right. CONTINUE NOW. DRAIN the bang that. >> All right. We are going to continue. Um and now we left the um budget calendar on there because we normally do the budget
calendar in December. However, we didn't want to have do a calendar for Brooke before she started. So, she will in January share a calendar with you. Obviously, the state sets most of the deadlines, so she'll abide by the
deadlines. Um, but I didn't want to set presentations for her until she's actually in the district. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, Berkeley High Court, uh, Mr. Dylan's not here, so we're going to move on. >> Okay. So, I'm going to make the motion
to approve under administration items 1 through five. So moved. >> Second. Any comments or questions? >> I always have questions, but I I feel like we just said we were going to fasttrack the meeting, so maybe I'll just save them for later. The quick one.
>> Save it for the next. >> Perfect. >> So there you go. >> All right. So before we do roll call, >> I was just trying to draw them out. Trying to draw them out. >> All right. Car wants out. Okay. So I'm going to read the resolution. Whereas
Carmine Venice is a resident of Mountainside, New Jersey. And whereas Carmine has been dedicated member of the Mountainside Board of Education, committing himself to providing for the educational needs and success of students in Mountainside School District. And whereas Carmine has served on the board of Mountainside Board of
Education with distinction from April 2004 through December 2025. Wow. Including over 21 years as a county school boards association delegate. And whereas during his tenure, he has
contributed significantly through his service on the budget and finance building and grounds and negotiation committees as well as in his recent role as the mountainside senior citizen liaison. He has been instrumental in the successful settlement of numerous union
contracts and in the oversight of district improvements through referendums that upgraded Mountside schools. And whereas his steadfast dedication and leadership leave a lasting legacy as a fiscal responsibility, support for staff and
service to the Mountainside community. Now therefore, be it resolved that Mountainside Board of Education hereby recognizes Carmine Venice for his exceptional contributions to the students and staff of the Mountainside Public Schools and expresses its sincere
appreciation for his long-standing service to the community of Mountainside. And be it further resolved that the Mountainside Board of Education extends its best wishes to Carmine for continued success, good health, and
happiness in all the future endeavors. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Of course you can. >> Just get closer to them. >> Okay, I will. I will. I will. Um, I'd like to thank the people of Mountainside
for electing me and I always try to do my best for the students and I've been very fortunate. I've worked with great boards. We go back to Jim Rean and his group and
I see many of them sitting here and this present board. They they're a hard they're hard workers really. You have to work with them to see them operate. And we're not we didn't become one of the five top elementary schools in the state
just like that. It was hard work. These people had many meetings that you don't even know about behind closed doors. And uh sometimes we disagreed, but we always compromised. And we came out on the
floor, we agreed. and we may not have liked the decision, but we did what we thought was right for the students of Mountainside. So, I say thank you many times and I really appreciate it. The
administrators who worked with us, the teachers, all the other people that you don't you don't see and they they're always giving us information. They're always helping us. They're always trying to improve the
district and there's so many people that want to live in Mountainside. It just doesn't happen that way. Uh that's the best I could say. I could go on and on. Very much to get out,
right? It's a It's a long day. She for me. No, every day is a holiday. But but right now, uh I appreciate it. Everyone that I met over the years, I really do. And uh I had no regrets
otherwise I would have been gone in after 3 years. I mean that and uh and one group came on better than the other. And uh here we are. And I really was shocked when I walked out here. I didn't expect that. I'm a low profile person. I
I don't like a lot of fanfare and nobody even gave me a clue was going to happen. I mean that and so I appreciate everyone and thank you my all some of my grandchildren of well we
have 11 but we'll have 11 here but uh and all four daughters are here and they all went through the mountainside schools and they all are doing okay right now they really are and uh >> I can go on but I'll stop but thank YOU
AGAIN YOU ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> DANA CEDRO, >> YES. >> Jordan Heyman, >> yes. >> Vivian Puko, >> yes. >> Candaceiano, >> yes. >> Carmine Venice, >> yes. >> May I please have a motion to approve under budget and finance uh items 1
through 13. We should need Carmine. >> He should go first on everything, right? >> All the motions. Go first. >> Okay. a second. >> Any comments or questions? >> I'll just as always anytime Watts shows up here and and is doing something for
us, it's just worth saying thank you. >> Correct. Thank >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Roll call. Any other comments or questions? Roll call, please. >> David Weedro, >> Jordan Heyman, >> yes. >> Vivian Pubo, >> yes.
>> Candiano, >> yes. >> Carmine Bennett, >> yes. Can I please have a motion to approve on the personnel items 1 through six? Unless he's going to do it. >> Go for a second.
>> Second. >> I'm so used to saying that. I have not. >> Uh, any comments or questions? Roll call, please. >> Dana Catro, >> Jordan Heyman, >> yes. >> Vivian Puko, >> yes. Gandiano, >> yes. >> Carmine,
>> yes. >> Can I please have a motion to approve under curriculum item number one? >> So move. >> Any comments or questions? >> Roll call, please. >> Dana Guy Pietro, >> yes. >> Jordan Heyman, >> yes.
>> Vivian Poop, >> yes. >> Candaceiano, >> yes. >> Carmine Venice, >> yes. I please have a motion to approve I the under um items one and two under policy. >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Any comments or questions? Roll call, please. >> Dana Pedro, >> yes. >> Jordan Heyman, >> yes. >> Vivian Po, >> yes. >> Candiano, >> yes. >> Carmine Venice, >> yes. >> Okay, let's move on. Um, old business. >> Moving on to new business.
>> It's your last shot. New business. You got any for us? >> No, I don't have a report. >> All right. >> Committee reports. Did you go to any meeting? >> No, I didn't go ANY SLACKER. >> He's done.
>> I'm done. >> Any other uh committee reports? Okay, moving on. Uh public participation. This is your time to come up to the podium. Um state your name and address to discuss anything you would like to discuss, whether it's Carmine or anything about Mountainside.
Hello everyone. It's odd to be back here, but wonderful to be back here. Christopher Minkx, uh, Mountainside resident. I have a question about policy 7510. Explain all.
It's confusing to me. I I just I I can't I can't shine Jim shoes. I've not prepared anything for you, Carmine. And all I can say is you were always this the sage advice, the years and years of experience that you shared with us that that we you were a
resource to us that we could always tap from. Um you treated us with such grace and kindness and and welcoming when we first came on the board. We certainly were a bit rebellious. I think it probably needed it a little bit, but you were right there with us and and honestly in the 10 years I served on
this board proudly. You were a big part of what made every day of participation so joyful. You truly did. Uh it was it's an honor to know you. It's an honor to have worked alongside you and it's a something that I'm truly proud of all that we were able to accomplish together. So God bless and God speed. Um
but uh yeah, a life worth living is is a life that uh everyone can take a a measure of uh of education from and and that's that's yours. >> Maybe you'll come back for no I I
>> would soon run for federal office. Thank you very much. I respectfully I would really like to have a discourse with the BOARD ON 7510. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU so much for all that you've done for the board. Um I I'm still in shock that
you're not running again. I I couldn't believe it when you said you weren't. I I Are you sure you guys run? >> I totally did. >> I thought you got tired of me. >> Never. Never. Never. um you've always just brought so much wisdom and I I've always you've always
just since my first day on the board have always been supportive of me and now you're leaving me and I'm the oldest one on the board now senior >> I'm a yeah but you're you're we will really miss your wisdom knowledge and everything that you bring to the board.
>> Thank you for your nice comments. >> Dante Joy at 1113 Silven Lane. I didn't prepare anything, but I can't let Chris and Jim get up here without um the best thing I could say is if Mountainside was Star Wars, you'd be our
Yoda. >> You always kind, patient, and at the end you provided us great advice. A lot of times you kept us on track. You're wealth of knowledge and you know, it was great serving with you and really appreciate everything you did. Congratulations.
>> Welcome. Thank you. My car. That's my Oh, Kathy Jacets drive. I I I couldn't have done it without you the first two years. They were brutal. I kind of came in with a bull in a china shop and he was there to support me, my foundation, and from
there the rest of the board grew. and the changes we made. And if it wasn't for you, sweetheart, we would not have any of this because you were the most amazing force to be reckoned with in such a kind way like my fellow board members had said, and your grace and your dignity
just transferred to all of us, and I cannot thank you enough for the many, many years of your support. >> I have to say one thing until Kathy got on the board, I couldn't even the first uh term, I couldn't even get a second until she got on the board. Then it was
a different group of that. >> It was unbelievable. >> Yeah, we kind of >> we moved so many mountains. >> We all did. >> And the referendums and I never thought they would pass. >> Absolutely. And we're sitting in it right here. >> And it was unbelievable what the majority of the vote was.
>> It was amazing. It was an amazing run. It was an amazing run with amazing group of people. And thank you so much for all your time. >> Love you, sweetheart. >> Well, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for coming back. You inspired me. >> What? How come you are third?
>> I know. Okay. Carmine. I was going to let Jim >> speak for me. Oh, Genie Mintosh. Oh, Genie Parker. 370 Rolling Rock Road, Mountain Side. I have two names. >> Not allowed to use my guess. Um, I
honestly Carmine I I thought Jim was going to speak for all of us and I for once have not very much to say except for that if I start I will not shut up. Um, but working with you was just it was
a great learning experience. Um, I think I probably drove you crazy enough times with stomping my foot and wanting my way and you always just calmly kind of let it go and told me what your opinion was
and it often often almost always shaped and framed the way I thought about things. When I thought it would be one way, you came in and said, "Ah, how about this?" And like you said, it would always become a compromise. I would like to say that um Kathy and Carmine
probably are the two board members in this town that faced just nearly insurmountable odds when they were on before any of us got here in dealing with some really horrible serious issues. And the fact that those two
stayed for Carmine for as long as he did, Kathy for 10 years. Yeah. See, Carl, we all cut out after 10. But um if it were not for him and for him getting Kathy here, this district
would be in my opinion would look a lot different than it does today. And um I'm glad that you guys that he stuck around that you guys get to you know got to work with with him and you know you shared your wisdom. But anyway, Carmen,
I love you. >> Um and good luck. Congratulations. >> Don't run away. >> If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't know about half the people. We didn't go any further.
>> That's the over here. >> You gave us the fun investigator. >> Yeah. So, my job was to just dig up dirt on anyone who was giving us issues from contractors to
um biders to if you wanted information. >> Thank you. >> On on a candidate, >> that's all I'll say. She was the one. >> Well, thank you. >> She was thorough. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thanks, guys.
>> Thank you. >> Oh, here we go. >> Oh, you think I'm going to talk longer than you? >> Janet, NO LONGER always in my heart. Carmine, I need to thank you from the bottom of my heart for having the confidence in myself and
this district that you gave us over my time here. You know, you always led with your mind. You didn't take the emotional side of anything. You looked at all sides of a situation and you've really helped to guide me, guide the board, and
everything decided that what we did to make it the most meaningful and most impactful for our students, for our staff, and for this community. So, I thank you for having the confidence. You talked to me many times about believing in this person who lived south of the bridge and that they could come up to
you in county and make a difference. And I appreciate that confidence you gave me and what I know you've given to your fellow board members over these years and what they will continue on and you may not be a part of the board anymore, but your influence and your impact will last a lifetime.
>> Thank you. Thank you for your rain and you did a good job. Sincerely, I was in the right move. >> I I wrote something, too. I wasn't going to say anything, but I I thought we were going short meeting, but if we're all we're all tacking on, I got I got just quick, so so deal with it.
All right, Tommy. Mountainside loves it traditions. Cop trots and tree lightings, newcomers, pinewood derbies. We love our institutions and our history. Burrow Hall, Community Pool, OL Route 22, Beachwood, and Deerfield. But as I see it in this town, for this
district, and for our families, there's no one who better embodies it all than Carmine. And in my seven years on this board, we've been able to turn to Carmine as a contextual reference on the history not only of Mountainside Schools, but of New Jersey education on high.
his memory, his anecdotes, your relationships, his perspective have been so greatly valued by all of us that it's actually rather impossible to articulate just how large an impact you've had on this community and and our our board. So instead, I'll simply say thank you,
Carmine, for your consistency, for your dedication, for your sense of humor, for your time, for your energy, for your opinions, even when they may have been opposite of mine. and thank you for thinking about all of our children and all of our taxpayers when you attended
hundreds maybe thousands of board and committee meetings. You are a genuine mountainside institution. Uh we all owe you a debt of gratitude for your service to our burrow and we'll miss you up here. But I think it's safe to say that if you get bored on a Tuesday at any point next year, there will definitely
be open seats out there and we would welcome your participation at any point. >> I just want to compliment you. We were never so well informed on Governor Livingston until you got on that board. >> Yeah. Well, you know, where's where's Mike? We we we had we had plenty to talk
about over six hour meetings. So, the report sort of wrote themselves. >> What time the meeting got down to six? Well, you know, we we threatened to walk out at midnight. So, I I think they carry on past midnight. Yeah, >> that's what >> No, you you do a good job on it. I
appreciate >> Well, thanks for So well, >> you always asked a good question, so I knew we had to have the right information. >> Uh Carmen, I just want to say thank you. Um you we got to see a lot of eye to eye together because when I would be in
executive session remaining so calm and cool and collected you and I WOULD SHARE MY OPINIONS. You always stood by my side because you knew where I was coming from deep down in education since we've been down that
road for a number of years as educators. So you were always supportive. You went through a lot with this district. I want to thank Mrs. Venice, especially also during co because it was really fun for you to get him up on the screen every
week or every month and have to conduct meetings that way. So that was I'm sure you love those days. Um but in all honesty, I mean the board is going to be very different without you. You've really laid a great foundation. You are
um as from one true mountain to another. you really are uh the definition of a true mountainsider. So, thank you. >> Well, we all tried. We did. And and this boy didn't become a number five as one of the top five school districts, but
you people met it that way really. And you were the great one on curriculum. That wasn't my special day. I'm being honest. >> Okay. Anyone else? Okay, we do not have a second exec. So at this time, can I please have a motion
to adjurnn? >> The last one. The last one. So move. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. >> All right, this concludes. Have a happy and healthy holiday season. We'll see you in January.