Good evening everyone. [clears throat] I'd like to call this meeting to order. This is the North Brunswick Township Board of Education regular public meeting. Today is Wednesday, February 4th. Could we all please rise for the flag salute? 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. [clears throat] >> Mr. Carter >> here, >> Miss Aeda >> here. >> Miss James >> here. Mr. Lori
>> here. >> Dr. Patel here. >> Mr. Singh >> here. >> Miss Singha >> here. >> Miss Toth here. >> And Mr. Wen >> here. >> We have a quorum. >> Thank you. The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of
public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the open public meetings law, the public notice of this meeting, which included the time, date, and location, was distributed by 3 PM [clears throat] on
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 in the following manner. Posted on the bulletin board reserved for announcements in the board office 25 Lynwood Place North Brunswick mailed to the Home News Tribune Star Ledger NJ.com and the clerk
of the township of North Brunswick and delivered to the nine duly elected board members. Well, good evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> It's great to see a full house for our first regular public meeting of the year. So, I welcome all of you to our
board building. Um, we encourage any and all to come out to our meetings and hear the happenings going on within the board and our school district. We do have a lot to cover tonight. We have a lot to celebrate. It's great to see uh
students, staff, parents, family members. So, before we start our presentations, I will turn it over to Superintendent Zakowski. >> Thank you, Madam President. Good evening everyone and I want to wish the millions of viewers that are watching tonight. So
we have millions of viewers welcome to our board meeting. Uh our first presentation is from a longtime staff member, a wonderful staff member um at the high school MBTHs. Recently the township runs a for in honor of Dr. Dr. Martin Luther King, a
wonderful program. And this year's recipient was, [clears throat] I was very thrilled to learn, was our own Darthy Lamar, our science teacher at the high school. And she won the human rights uh award uh given out by the township. And u so we were I was very
impressed and and always always impressed with Miss Lamar. And so we thought it would just be appropriate that the board would give her full recognition uh as well to honor her for her uh tribute by the township. And without further ado, I think someone who
could speak even better on her behalf who works with her on a daily basis is our high school principal, Mr. Michael Neller. Mr. Neller, if you want to come up and we'll [applause] Thank you. Good evening. >> It is my pleasure tonight to speak about
one of our uh science teachers at the high school, Mrs. Darthy Lamar. Do you want to come up? >> Absolutely. [laughter] [applause] got a line, but you know that [laughter] >> Darthy joined the MBTHs staff over a decade ago after beginning her career in
the New York City public schools. She is a longtime public resident or North Brun whose two children, Xavier and Zarya, both graduated from MBTHs. at MBTHs. She is a member of our science department where she currently teaches
courses such as biology and environmental science. She holds her students to high academic standards to promote their growth and success in school. Outside of the classroom, she has been very involved in various clubs and activities, including in the past uh
advising our mock trial club and Black Cultural Alliance. Currently, she is serving as the class of 2026 adviser, preparing the seniors for their final culminating events of their high school careers that are coming up this spring.
And she is also serving as an HBCU collegebound mentor. She is part of a group of educators at MBTHs who put together the first ever trip designed to provide our students with the opportunity to visit and to consider admission to historically black colleges
and universities in the Mid-Atlantic states and is actively part of the planning process for this year's upcoming trip in the spring. For these reasons, Mrs. Lamar was recognized by North Brunswick Township as the recipient of the doc Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Human Rights Award this past month. Our school district is lucky to have Mrs. Lamar serve the community through educating your preparing them for the future. You are truly deserving of this recognition. [applause] [snorts]
We have a resolution that we'd like to read for you. Permanently will go into our board minute. Be it resolved by the board of education, township of North Brunswick, County of Middle Sex in the state of New Jersey, that the said board of education
recognizes the outstanding efforts of Dorothy Lamar, science teacher at North Brunswick Township High School and expresses its sincere appreciation for her dedicated services and meaningful contributions to the students of North Brunswick. And whereas the board of
education of the township of North Brunswick extends its warm appreciation and heartfelt thanks to Miss Lamar for being named the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Right Award recipient. Whereas this award stands as a wonderful reflection of Miss Lamar's steadfast
dedication as a member of the North Brunswick Township School District that demonstrates the vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through her daily actions impacting the life of others. Now therefore, be it resolved that public recognition and accommodation be
given to Dorothy Lamar for her unwavering compassion, selflessness, and outstanding generosity impacting the students of North Brunswick Township. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be entered into the official minutes of the board of education, that
a copy be presented to Dorothy Lamar as a token of the board's appreciation and gratitude. Congratulations, [applause] millions of >> Bella, thank you for making me sound so wonderful. [laughter] >> It's I'm so happy to have received this
award, to have been honored. I'm glad that it is still recognized that it's not only important of what we do, but how we do it. Um, I see some of my present and former students in the audience. So, I want to say that I push you because I know that the world that you're going to be entering is very
challenging and I want you to be as prepared as possible. So, I want to do my part not only making you great in your content, but also great people. Um, thank you to Mr. Neller, all of the school's administration, uh, Dr. Zikowski. I want to also especially
thank Miss Gamble for creating the H.B.CU. CU collegebound program that has allowed me to fulfill a passion beyond being a content specialist. I love just pouring into our students, our children of North Brunswick so that they can be
great like I feel my children were were made to be great by being students here in town. [applause] Yeah. Thank you. our athletic director, Mr. Shawn Morell. Mr. Morell, [applause]
WELCOME. Nice extra mile. Thank you all for being here. Um, we will get certificates to the athletes through the high school. I think it'll be a little bit easier at this particular time. So, you will get yours um through the athletic department. All right. I'd like to honor the 12 athletes
here today and a couple of the teams who have uh shown great accomplishments over the fall season. We like to thank their coaches for all their hard work. Parents for all your support, um all those late nights, all the driving that you're doing and all the uh listening to your student athletes or your sons and
daughters come home and tell you all about their successes and or failures. So, we appreciate everybody. Uh today, I'd like to start off by calling up coach Megan Carroll for girls soccer. [applause] >> [applause] >> Hi everybody. I'm very proud to be the coach for such
a great group of young female athletes. Each player is an asset to the team. However, the three being recognized today impress not only me as their coach, but also the entire greater Middle Sex County as well. Uh starting with No, who's a senior and a team
captain. Uh she's been a varsity starter since she was a freshman. She's consistent, driven, and has a great work ethic. Because of this, she elevates her teammates around her. I have loved to watch her play the past four years, and the team is really going to miss her in the center of our fields next season.
She received all state recognition in 2023, 2024, and 2025. All white division in 2024, all blue division in 2025, and all conference all GMC in 2025.
Marcela is a technical as well as tactical. She's a versatile player, has moved in a multitude of positions throughout the season. This has made her recognizable to other coaches in the GMC. She leads by example, and the players around her emulate her positive
attitude and poise on the ball. She received all state recognition in 2025 and 2024 and all blue division in 2025. And last but not least, we have Amy Sordo. Uh she's our starting goalkeeper on the varsity team. She's become a very
dynamic voice in the back and has shown leadership qualities from the net. Amy leaves all she has in the net and on the field when she gets to go on sometimes. Her tenacity is admirable. She received all state recognition in 2025 and all
blue division in 2025 as well. Uh to conclude, these three girls are more than deserving of all these accolades. They are exemplary young women in their own ways and are wonderful representation of North Brunswick athletics and North Brunswick Township. Great job, girls. CONGRATULATIONS.
[applause] That's all right. You can send it to >> just a little [laughter] [laughter] [clears throat] wait. >> [snorts] >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, coach. Congratulations. >> Next up, we're going to introduce boys soccer. Uh, just a little bit about boys soccer this year. They had a tremendous season. Um, they were Central Group four sectional champions. I think they shocked a lot of people by putting it
together at the right time. All the coaches and all the players knew that they could do it. We had some conversation beginning of the year. there was some excitement about what would happen if this team started to play well at the right time. Um, so we knew that coming in and it was great to see that they they followed through. They were also made it to the uh they
were group four state finalists. First time in how many years, coach? >> 27. >> 27 years. Okay. Got to that final game. Um, outstanding accomplishment this year for these young men. And I think most of their losses, if not all of them this season were by one goal. So they were
certainly um a challenge no matter who they played. and they played a lot of talent this year, a lot of top ranked teams in the state of New Jersey. So, congratulations. And coach Rohal is the New Jersey.com coach of the year as well. So, congratulations, coach. [applause]
You can get coach Mononttoya and coach Corino to come on up, too. Don't be shy to the other coaches. You know, you guys were instrumental, too. Thank you so much. >> I'd like to first thank uh Mr. Morurell, the athletic director, and the uh
training staff at the high school and the administration at MBTHs allowing me to high school. Um also like to thank Coach Mononttoya, my JB coach, Coach Gino, my freshman coach, Coach Harris, who's also a volunteer.
um coach part of the coaching staff and then my brother who's also part of the coaching staff and volunteers. The team's final record was 15 and 10 this year. So the 2025 boys soccer team are Central New Jersey Group four sectional champions as well as group
four state finalists as Mr. Morell had said a feat that hasn't been done in nearly 30 years in this story program. Uh the team is compromised by uh is comprised of 17 seniors and seven juniors. A group of seniors I actually
had coached as freshman four years ago as a freshman coach. I'm certainly not surprised standing in front of you today speaking about their performances and outcomes from the fall of their senior year. I knew four years ago this was going to be a very special group. So on
our state final run this year, it felt refreshing to show Montgomery the door in the first round after being eliminated by them last year. Also beating high school soccer powerhouses like Monroe, Marlboro, Hunter and Central, and the defending state
champions from last year, Southern in route to the state finals. This special group of players will always be appreciated and remembered in my life for the efforts of this season. They've laid the groundwork for the future teams and players to come through this
celebrated program. I'm going to talk about a few players too that earned some postseason alolades. Uh that would be Peter Cassf got all county, all division, and uh all state recognition. He's a team captain, scored six goals,
five assists. He's the heart of the team. He told me before the season that uh he was going to bring this program to new heights, return it to a glory, and he did just that. He's an athlete of his word. Peter Kassu's play and awareness were vital for us to have the game go
our way. He has an innate ability to make others around him lift their level of play to an elite level. He was a commander of the midfield and controlled the flow of the game. He led the way in the game against Hunter Central for our first sectional championship since 1998.
He's a one-of-a-kind player. It's Peter Cassu. [applause] Next guy I'm going to talk about is Joshua Bonsu. He also had gotten all county, all division, and all state. Uh he scored seven goals, had four assists
in the season. Most, if not all, the teams feared this player. He's the first person that every coach would ask about was my number seven. Started the season the way he started. He started this season the way he started his career here at North Brunswick with a hat-tick. Freshman year it was against Monroe.
This year it was against our rivals New Brunswick in an opening game of the season in route to a five nothing victory. Headed he's headed to Stockton University next year to play where I'm sure he's going to leave his mark on the program. He's an absolute monster in the midfield. THAT'S JOSHUA VANSU.
>> [applause] >> AND THE FINAL PLAYER I'm going to talk about today is William Tom. He made all division this year. I was trying to get him into that conference team, but he missed it by one spot. Uh captain for our team, an anchor for our defense, the
only player amongst this senior group to play all four years of varsity. And although he wasn't on the stat sheet a lot this year, he was largely impactful every game. A leader on and off the field for players to look up to and model themselves after. Other teams
needed to know where Will was so they can go where he wasn't. But that was impossible. He was everywhere. From communicating commands to his fellow teammates and defenders to shutting down some of the state's premier goal scorers. will help will help shore up
our defense and bring teams to a scoring halt. He will be taking his talents to Montlair State next year where he will be make where he will make an impact right away for that soccer program. [applause] So team soccer team, come on up. Join
us. ALL >> [applause] >> RIGHT. Something [laughter] down on this Now I think we got one problem. Jesus. >> Great job.
[applause] Thank you, coaches, and congratulations. Uh, girls tennis cannot be here today, Coach Fitzpatrick, but the girls tennis team did win the white division sportsmanship award, so we congratulate them. Uh, next up, Coach Grimes from the cross country team.
[applause] Grimes is here a lot. every season now. Coach, >> thank you. Uh uh good evening. I wish I was coming up before soccer because that's that's a tough act to follow. Crazy. Uh this is coach Rusky. She's uh
the parent apparent. She's going to take over for me next year. We brought her on because we had to make some changes and we had to bring back some enthusiasm and fire to the cross country program. And she did just that. Uh girls, come in here real quick. PLEASE. [laughter] [applause]
SO, these two young ladies uh took charge and made all division. This young lady right here is Gabriella Fuarez. She's a junior junior captain. She lost all of last spring this summer training. Uh could not have run due to a bad hip injury. So, make it back and make it to all division. It's pretty impressive.
For distance running, you you can't sit. You can't just come back and get right to it. It takes months to get back. Somehow, in 30 days, she got back to full strength and really great. I like most importantly, she was the most enthusiastic person on the course. After running the 5K, she would cheer every
single person in without taking a break. I don't know how she did it. Talent is walking up here right now. So, but yeah, she's going to be the firepower that coach Rusty gets to work with. They're a great young squad going back next year. So, she'll be their leader. And the very well-dressed young lady right here is our senior captain Shanti. She um spent
the entire season injured, but she ran to a point to make all division. She had a bad knee, a bad calf, bad toes, every little shot. I don't know, man. I lost track, but she never quit. Didn't miss any time. And she led by example and just fought every single time. A lot of
the courses we ran on were very hilly and rocky, so not having your legs steady underneath it was very difficult to do. to make all division. Doing that just shows you just how tough and tenacious he is. Well, actually, well, the team won't miss her. >> The team won't miss her a whole lot.
[applause] >> I know. >> [snorts] [applause] >> Next up, coach scip for football. [applause] Mr. Thank you, Mr. Morell. Uh, Ruhan, Zach, and S. Come on up. THANK YOU.
>> [applause] >> I WANT TO THANK DR. ZAKOWSKI AND THE BOARD. I also want to thank Mr. Morell for not making me follow the uh soccer team after the season I had. Um I do want to thank uh the soccer team and coach Grimes recent uh state championships and making North proud. So
congratulations to you both of you. [applause] Uh my three players uh not only were the captains of our team, also the first people to ever volunteer for any community service in the town. So yes, the season wasn't our best, but when you
have guys like this, you can make anything really work with within a team. You have guys that are leaders, guys that help around the community, which we're always very proud of. And not to mention, they're very good students. Um S, we're going to start with S had a great year. Uh first off, all three all
conference, all division honors. Um S tied the school record for receptions in a season with 53 and is also in the top 10 for receiving yards and receptions in school history. Still has another year, so it's going to be even better for next year. SAME
[applause] big man, Mr. Ruhan. Ruhan actually this as of this morning signed to commit to play uh football at Lockhaven UNIVERSITY [applause] school great football school and we're proud of him for that. Um not a lot of
guys can say they started 30 games in their career as offensive lineman. Ruhan did. Uh so we're really going to miss Ruhan and congratulations to Ruhan and his FUTURE SUCCESS. [applause] LAST but not least, the side pot legacy, my man Zach, my nephew Zach. Uh Zack uh
finishes his career uh top 15 tackles all time. He's actually I can't believe I'm even saying this for a scot, but he is top 10 passing yards in a season. He's a sip. He was never a quarterback, [laughter] but he did it as as a linebacker. Threw for over 1,000 yards
as a quarterback. And anything we asked for, Zack, he did. Uh great linebacker. uh great on offense and great everything he ever did in this. And the one thing I could say again as a season, these guys have great careers. You know, especially, you know, Sal one more year,
Uhon, Zach, awesome, awesome football careers at North Brunswick. Zach is in the midst of about three or four schools that he's going to land and his football career is not over yet and I know that. So thank you and CONGRATS [applause] your pictures. [laughter]
>> Not too close. >> [applause] >> And lastly, we have our head coach, Coach Brian Mueller for girls volleyball. [applause] >> Good evening, everybody. Uh, Cadence Green, can you please come up?
[applause] Cadence Green earned all division. Cadence is a senior this year at the high school. Uh, Cadence has been a part of our program for the last four years. She's been on the varsity team for the [clears throat] past three and a two-year start. What makes this honor even more special is that this is not
even her main sport. So, all her work and hard work and dedication in the summer and the offseason to gaining this in a sport that's not even her main sport speaks so much to her. Uh, I can't wait to see all those honors that she racks up in the softball season and what
she does next year. [applause] >> [applause] >> Thank you all again and uh we look forward to a productive winter spring season. Thank you. [applause] You're up. >> They're not staying for you. [laughter]
>> Yeah. Oh my stay for my report. Yeah, >> it's so good. >> [laughter] >> It's so I'm going to tell that you came.
[clears throat] I didn't see [clears throat] I would super >> Yeah. Yeah, she [snorts] >> am I on? >> You're on. >> You're on.
Um, as required by the state, uh, New Jersey Department of Education, uh, school districts are required to report, um, on what is called a violence and vandalism, uh, report, which can be found on pages 19 and 20 of tonight's agenda. Uh, what we are uh, presenting
tonight is from reporting period 1, which the state uh, starts July 1st and ends December 31st. Um, we will be back uh this summer on reporting period 2, which is the second half of the school year.
I could do both. >> All right. Well, that would be great. Thanks. >> Oh, there we go. Um, so we are required by the state of New Jersey, as you can see on page 19, to provide a sideby-side chart comparing this reporting period
one to the prior year reporting period one. Um, this is generated by each school. As the district's anti-bullying coordinator, I oversee each school's anti-bullying specialists um who work with administration to input the data
into what uh the system that you see here on their chart. Um I do want to point out as you can see um what these numbers also show and I'm I'm going to provide a little bit of context as well in the first row the incidents which do
include HIV confirmed. Um although we are seeing a we did see a slight increase um of less than 10 from the prior school year again uh we our reporting of HIV confirmed actually went
down um out of that 67 which includes all those types of incidents there were only 12 HIV confirmed as opposed to 20 the reporting period one from the 2425 school year. So although that number slightly increased in other incidents,
our HIV confirmed number actually went down by eight. So I thought that was important to share. Um we did decrease in other incidents leading to removal um by almost 100. And again to give some more context going back two school
years, we're down 180 of those types of incidents from two years ago total. So we continue to decrease. Um HIV alleged uh is 12 for those who may and again sometimes it gets confusing like what's HIV alleged but what's confirmed. HIV
alleged is any HIV claim that is reported by a parent or a staff member. Um that meets at least on its surface what could be HIV according to the state definition. um if it and then the uh
school anti-bullying specialist is required to uh investigate. It may not be founded but and that's what these are. These are ones that were submitted that on the surface met criteria that could be HIV but once investigated were not. Um so the other numbers there show
our trainings. The thing with our training the first half of the year is a lot of it is procedural and all of our anti-bullying specialists, we don't have any new ones this year. So most they've already received the types of trainings that out of district offers like uh New
Jersey law firms offer for us. Um they've already attended. So you'll actually see this number increase in the spring because there's more trainings available. HIV programs we continue to increase and those are also listed on pages 19 and 20 for you to see. Um I did
put here although we're not required um I do like to again like I said add some context again 12 of the HIVs were confirmed 12 were alleged they were not founded or unsubstantiated and nine were actually preliminary preliminarily
determined predetermined to not meet even uh to invest to meet any criteria to possibly investigate. That does not mean that code of conduct was not applied. it meant that it was conflict. So that's where that number comes in.
Oh, sorry. I got you. Thank you. I do include um in my presentation just to show some of the trainings that occur during reporting period one. A lot are offered um with either virtual or in person. Uh legal one offers a lot that
our specialists do attend. We do beginning of the year schoolwide. I do anti-bullying specialist training. Um, Mr. Miser and I actually do substitute training on HIV once a month um with any new substitutes. I also meet um with my
anti-bullying specialists one-on-one uh every quarter as well. So, we go over their cases, we go over questions they have um plus our general meetings of all of us together. This is not required in our report. However, I do like to present um each
reporting period. We do offer other trainings related to student behaviors because we know just because it may not meet the definition of HIV, we do have conflicts. So we do provide just so you know for the most part these are all our own trainings that we offer in
districts. Uh very few uh some are out but I wanted to show you that these are primarily all ours that either our administration put on um or that we bring vendors in. And then pages 19 through 20 do list all the HIV programs that our schools were
involved in um for the first part of the year. And we do see a lot of these are repeated. We could carry them throughout the whole school year. And reporting period 2 is January 1st to June 30th. So we do see some more because that's 6 months as opposed to four months that
they're in school. This presentation will be put on our website under our anti-bullying info page. All the links are there. Um and my HIV specialist also share them out with parents frequently um for any questions uh or concerns or just basic resources
for parents. Um I'm happy to take any questions or comments. Does anyone have any questions? Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and thank you again. See you tomorrow.
>> Thank you. >> I do have a When is the uh next date of the report? >> July. >> July. Okay. [laughter] >> All right. Well, thank you. We appreciate your presentation, Miss Kea,
every year as you do this. Um, so we will obviously approve um all of those numbers and the presentation later in our agenda. Um on behalf of the board, we I know a lot of our um honores left
for the evening, but um we really appreciate having a full audience, everyone coming out, and we are super proud of all of the hard work our students, you know, put in during the classroom every day, but also um they showcase their talents on, you know, the courts and fields that they play on,
too. So, it's great to hear all of the success that has gone on with the fall sports and we look forward to having the winter and spring um later this year. So, at this time um we will move to more
business on our agenda. Um Mr. Wen, would you please take item six, meeting minutes? >> Yes, Madam President. I would like [clears throat] to make a motion to approve the following board minutes. Conference regular public meeting minutes December 10th 2025
executive minutes December 10th 2025 and reorganization minutes January 7th 2026 >> Thank you. >> Is that Mr. Carter? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh all in favor. Anyone opposed? The minutes are accepted.
>> Thank you. Um assuming we have no communications this evening, Dr. Dr. Zakowski, we can jump to um item number eight, reports, and we can jump to your administrative report. >> Thank you, Madam President. Good evening, everyone. Again, um as you
know, today's February 4th, and it's really our um January board meeting. We're kind of our January issues. We're wrapping up the month of January here on uh the first Wednesday of February. And I say that only because January was
board appreciation month. and um you know quite often it's take it's taken for granted the amount of time and effort and uh work that's being put in by boards of education and I could only and I see it throughout the state but I really specifically experience it here
in North Brunswick after many years as superintendent now coming back and I just thought I would take a uh a few minutes to read a uh proclamation. It's not a board resolution because they didn't write it for themselves. It's a proclamation developed by um Miss Kea,
Miss Hawk, and myself. And I I just want to read it and then we're going to give each board member in in um in recognition of all the work that you do for the district, for the community. So, be proclaim tonight uh that the board of education is recognized for their
outstanding efforts and we express our sincere appreciation for their dedicated services and meaningful contributions to the students of North Brunswick. And whereas the school board members of the school district generously devote their time, energy, and expertise in service
to the public uh acting as dedicated volunteers committed to the success and well-being of all students. And whereas school be board members serve as stewards of the community's trust by setting policy, overseeing district operations, ensuring fiscal
responsibility, upholding high standards for public education, and working collaboratively with administrators, educators, families, community partners to promote equity, fairness, opportunity, and continuous improvement for every learner. And whereas their
leadership, advocacy, thoughtful decision-making directly impacts student achievement, staff support, and overall quality of education provided throughout the district. And now therefore be it pro proclaimed and will ask the board to accept their own appreciative
proclamation that New that the school district expresses its deepest gratitude appreciation for all school board members for their selfless volunteerism, steadfast leadership and unwavering commitment to public education. And be it further pro proclaimed that the
students, staff, families, and community of the school district recognize and thank all of our school board members for their dedication, integrity, and service which strengthen our schools and help shape a brighter future for all. So this is proclaimed even though it's
February 4th for the month of January. So thank you board members. And if I would ask my colleagues, Miss Hawk and and Amy, uh, Miss Kea, if we could hand these out. And I'll start off by giving the board president. >> Thank you, Madam President. >> Thank you.
>> And if you could Rosa and I know, Miss our madame vice president, >> thank you for all your service. >> Much appreciated, Dr. Z. >> You got it. >> Thank you,
>> Mr. Carter. Congratulations. Thank you for >> good job many service. [laughter] >> Dr. Mattel, >> your win. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
>> Working with you. There you go. >> All [cough] thank you. >> And so, thank you again, board members. Uh it truly is appreciated not just by me as a superintendent as I happen to be a board member that a non- voting board
member but uh by the staff uh it was highlighted for example today madame president you were able to come to see an ELLL celebration board members we see you at all the celebrations I s Mr. Carter at the township celebration of Martin Luther King. I miss their Singh
and all other board members are constantly out and about and we really appreciate that. In fact, we asked many of the um teachers and staff members invite get me the invitation I could get it out because this board really enjoys not only being board members because they make a difference but being part of
the team going out and giving value to all that's being done. Uh so and I think [clears throat] Mia you might even uh validate that right when you were honored by the township many board members came out to see your because you're part of the team as Grayson is
and so on. So thank you again board members and uh we truly appreciate all that you do for us. Speaking of appreciation and and honor in the month, this begins our Black History Month. Um, as you know, started given credit by Carter Woodson, President Ford. You may
remember him short term uh after President Nixon, he kind of proclaimed February as US uh for the US as February being Black History Month. [clears throat] I just wanted I saw Miss um uh as we honored Miss Dorothy Lamar.
She was for a long time ahead of the Black Cultural Alliance. Uh she's no longer doing that. She's doing so many other things, but they are having, and I know all of you experienced it. Friday night, February 27th, they're having their BCA uh um program at the high
school. So, we we'll send you reminders, but I just wanted to give a shout out to our millions of viewers that, you know, it'll be a good night uh to continue and wrap up all the culminating activities that we do with our students throughout this uh his uh history month, Black History Month. Uh also, I'm asking the
board members um tonight and even our community members, you know, we have a uh consent agenda and this came in just today. So, I said I would include it in my report, but then ask the board after you do a consent agenda to do another motion. But let me just talk about it. We're going
to ask for approval. 20 North Brother Township High School students were asked to participate um in the arts for technology program and attend the Harlem Fine Arts Show 2026 at the Glass House in New York City. It's all paid for the educa it's on a Saturday. The
educational arts and cultural event held in recognition of Black History Month will take place Saturday, February 21st. As you can see, we don't have a full board meeting. So, we wanted to make sure that we approve the transportation and of course the chaperoning and and the permission for our students to go.
Admission is it's out of state travel because New York is out of state. Um and admission is fully sponsored and students will be accompanied by our school chaperon, Miss Reddia Gamble. she is our vice principal and there'll be a few other uh um chaperons that will
approve, but we just want you to know that our vice principal uh assistant principal at the high school will be there to coordinate all that and um the the bus will be departing at 8 a.m. and returning by 4 p.m. And so we'll ask you to make a motion, but that's just another and we typically don't like
doing that because we have a consent agenda. We build the agenda. However, this came in today and I really wanted to not disappoint uh Miss Gamble and the children and and have a chance to go see a wonderful I think an art show and you know cultural relationship to the Black
History Month celebration. Um, continuing, I just want to know, we just had the fall awards, but and next month or so, we'll have the winter awards, but what a winter. Our girls wrestling team became twotime wrestling GMC champions
when we were cancelling. I cancelling snow. We're doing trips. It was a snowy Saturday. 6:30 in the morning, the girls boarded a bus and I had to make a decision. I said, "You know what? It's in East Brunswick. they'll wrestle, kick some, you know, and win the darn thing and
then get back safely. And they did, thank goodness. And they was two-time girls wrestling and we'll be honoring them in the winter. But just a great shout out. We put that out in the bo BOE connect and our communications and also we saw um our coach Grimes and he was
also highlighted. He was a keynote speaker at the MLK awards um for the township, but we're going to be bringing him I know we have millions of viewers. We bring him back up here again. He's a We won the group four winter season state championship. Part of his MLK
speech at this awards I mean at the township uh program was really an inspirational speech spoken like a true coach about never hearing players say they can't. And although they had a few injuries, and I think I reported this to the board with a few injuries, we still
went out and won the ran a great race, team weight race, and they won a group four state title in Tom's River. And uh his speech around MLK and the celebration really tied into a common theme of always focusing on your dream
and never saying you can't. So, what what a pleasure to hear him speak. And he's not here, but we'll bring him back in the winter. But congratulations to our our group four winter track team. Um I also want to thank I see you the uh the very prestigious executive team here
of the MBTA. I see yeah you're still part of it. uh [laughter] Jen um and uh you know there you're missing a few but I just want to thank them and the board of ed we are focusing you know as we
look at benefits and health care and all you hear is 35% increase 24% increase I just want you to know the board has taken a a a focus on the cost but not in a a pathway of saving money although the
idea is of course we use taxpayers money as wisely as we can. But a focus on wellness and it's been driving costs down for North Brunswick, therefore allowing us to run our programs, run our district without paying those escalating
costs that seem to be going all over. Um, and everybody seems to be subject to them, whether they're in a joint insurance fund, god forbid, in a state health plan. sorry, you know, because it only went up 33%. But that's another story for another lecture. But we are in
a self- insurance program that we've been monitoring our funds and and you know, Miss Hawk and her team monitor every penny. Did I say that? Every penny. And and um I have to sometimes say stay away, step away. We're going to
be okay. And our staff has done a we really went into this as a collaborative effort. and the board did two separate trips at night talking about creating a wellness partnership at a new health center in South Brunswick. It's a South Brunswick border of ed building. We're
going to run a pilot program. Uh we're near signing the uh the the um agreement. Remember, it's two phases. There's a managing care part of it, which we think is a critical piece. They give our employees help us with directions and keeping them on top of
their screenings and top of their health pathways and of course the convenience and maybe another center where in a case of emergency or for convenience they will be able to use it. Now it's uh it's a pilot so the board is focused on no one's being forced to go. It's just
another opportunity. And why did we ask the NJA uh MBTA folks to come and visit? And they came, by the way, I don't think we've ever, you've ever seen me 7:00 a.m. We were there 7:00 a.m. in the morning and our breath was coming out because it was so darn cold. And we did
a tour before the center opened up. And we were all impressed, not only the cleanliness, but the convenience and possibilities really with a just one focus of continuous wellness. And uh it can't happen unless we look at this uh health care as not a problem of uh cost
escalation but a a problem of focus on wellness. So we certainly get uh our staff uh doing the the right tests and and staying focused on their wellness. Therefore, at the end of the day, uh we'll continue to be, as I mentioned, so many increases, but our our self-
insurance of all the funds that we're been involved in, ours will be the less least amount of uh raise to our self- insurance. And the way it works with self- insurance is that uh we we don't pay a premium, we pay actual costs as people use services. So, using the right
services on the right plans always help us. So because every dollar that we save keeps our staff well, but we also able to reinvest it back into the uh programs and uh students of the district. So I want to thank them here and thank you
and thank you board for entertaining the idea and helping out with that initial investment. Um and I do also I know our president wants to talk probably a little about our the program today and Dr. Elvis was there and of course Miss Kea. We had a wonderful program for e
our ELELLL students, our English language learners at at um LP and I know we're gonna give a shout out to our ELELLL teacher Sabika and I'll let you talk about it. H I don't want to take your thunder because I asked our board president to come and say experiences. We had over a hundred people in this
climate come and just be there for their children and uh trust the school that this was a celebration and it was really moving and I I was very proud to be there and I know uh they were they felt very valued having that program and having representation from the
superintendent's office and also u our central office and of course the board. So um without with [snorts] I think that's it madame president we'll uh end my report for tonight and thank you again board and I know the recognition comes a little late but this is our
really our last uh meeting for January. So thank you again. >> Thank you Dr. Zakowski. We really appreciate the recognition tonight. Um and you know we obviously I think I could speak for the group that we all do this because we truly care. um it's a lot of time and a lot of effort but you
know we really enjoy it and we make a great team and we're lucky to have the support and the partnership with you all as well. So thank you. But just to touch on um the end of Dr. Zakowsk's report what he had mentioned um I was honored to attend the um ELLL Valentine uh
breakfast at Livingston Park. Um and Miss Sabika Husten who is an LP elelll teacher um ran the program and we were just welcomed with open arms. It was such a nice program. There was probably
100 plus families that you know people in the in the gym. Um you know I whenever Dr. Dr. Zakowski mentions, you know, something to us. I always try to make an an effort to come, especially, you know, during the workday. All of our schedules are very busy and sometimes the events that we get invited to, we're
not really too sure what we're walking into, especially, you know, you know, me not having a child at that school or children in general. I just try to get to as many events as possible to see what it is about. And I kind of walked in blindly if I'm being honest. And it
was just red and pink and families and kids and Valentine's and it was such a nice program. You can tell how connected their school community is with the ELLL population. Um h how the connection between the teachers um the staff
members, the administration and these families. So, I do want to just give a shout out to Sabika because um she had welcomed us with open arms this morning and you can really see how much um she loves this community and how much she
loves this program. So, Sabika, if you're listening, you absolutely, you know, blew us away today and you did a great job and we look forward to attending more of your events um in the future. So, congratulations to the entire um LP team. Um, so with that
being said, we will jump to our student reports for the evening. We have Miss Brockman and Miss Montero. Feel like it's been a while since we've seen you guys, so I'm sure you have a lot to update us on. >> When I walked in, I was just talking to
Dr. Patel and Miss SHA about how it felt like it's been like forever. It doesn't feel like the first meeting of the year at all. It feels like it just feels so weird. >> We missed you. >> Yes, [laughter] definitely. Um, but it has been an incredible incredibly busy month. Um, I think probably our biggest our busiest one this year. Um, so to
start off our like week coming back from break, we had our winter prep week. So students participated in theme days like pajama day, twin day, and blue and gold day. And we held our winter pep rally where the winter athletes were celebrated. [snorts] And the sophomores won their second
straight spirit cup. I think that they have won for the past two years straight, which is incredible. They might win all four years, but we have not won once, the senior class, so it's low. [laughter] Um, the technology club hosted a hackathon where they competed to code their own video game, which sounds
insane to just think about. The class of 2028 held a successful trivia night with over 20 teams participating. It was a really fun event, a lot of energy. My team lost by two points, so I guess I got to come back next year and redeem myself. And the class of 2027 and 2028
will be hosting a pocketbook bingo and basket auction this Friday evening. Tickets are still available for anyone interested in attending. It's another very high energy event. Very fun. So, if you have the time and energy, you should definitely stop by. Um, Painted Words held their annual coffee house event and
it showcased how talented and creative some of our students are at the school. um Alchemist um theater company performed their successful run of theater review 2026 and now they're in the process of getting all the people to audition for the spring musical that's
going to be held in April and SGO hosted the annual talent show which know Vision one and the band Hush came in second place. >> That's all. Thank you. >> Nice. Thank you. Madam President, I may add, I almost forgot. Um, me and Graceland, um, I think tomorrow is the
wellness fair at the high school. I didn't put it in my and I I I have it down in my calendar, but I didn't put it in my report. So, do you have any update on the wellness fair for us? Like, I think it's at six o'clock at the high school. >> It's at 6 o'clock at the high school and it should end around 7:30, I think. >> Great. And so, we'll be there. And but
prior to that we you know the high school team boys team basketball is playing a undefeated team in Middle Sex County. They're known for their mayor not their basketball [laughter] but we're playing the Matuchin Bulldogs tomorrow night
>> at our gym at Raiders nation. So all be there root against Muchen. [laughter] >> Let's go Raiders. >> What time is that? >> 5:30 varsity start. I wonder which side of the stands Mr. Bush will be sitting on. [laughter] >> Very good question, Mr. Bush. It's a
very as a as an NBTHs graduate, it's [laughter] a very very difficult question indeed, and I will not answer it. >> We'll see the billing reports. [laughter] >> Thank you for your report, girls. What is the uh play, the spring play? Do you know? >> Um, we don't know yet.
>> I guess we'll find we'll find out closer to >> Great. We're looking forward to hearing about that. Thank you. Uh so at this point we will uh move to our committee reports. Uh at the beginning of the calendar year we have our reorganization
which we had earlier in the month of January and then we restructured and moved around some of our committees um with some incoming board members, outgoing board members. So um I will announce and we will do reports um on
each committee. So we will start with how about Mr. Carter who is continuing to chair business operations. >> Uh sure. Thank thank you madam president. Uh the business operations committee met on Wednesday January 21st. Uh we received status updates on the
construction management services RFP related to the referendum. Uh the latest update on the rod grants which are substantially complete. On the agenda tonight you'll find the following items. [clears throat] Finance item 3E related to the purchase of a new heating heated holding cabinet
for food services and finance item 3F related to the purchase of a new school bus. That concludes my report. >> Thank you, Mr. Carter. Um, we have Dr. Patel who is stepping in and chairing our negotiations committee. Thank you
for stepping into that role. We do have negotiations uh coming up. So, not too much to report yet, but anything you want to add at this time? >> Not at this time. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, Mr. Lori, HR, thank
you for stepping into that role. We're lucky to have you there. And I know you have a report for us today. >> Thank you, Madam President. The Human Resources and Community Relations Committee did meet on Tuesday, January 20th to discuss various personnel topics. Uh for those on tonight's agenda who are either retiring or resigning,
the board thanks you for all of your service and wishes you well. There are new staff and many new substitute staff on tonight's agenda. We welcome them to our district and we look forward to having you work with us here in North Brunswick. As of our committee meeting, any remaining or new vacancies for the 2526 school year continue to be posted
and can be found on our website, our social media pages, and posted in each of our buildings. for any open teaching positions, alternate route and traditional route candidates are both encouraged to apply. We also discussed these vacancies along with current and upcoming leaves of absences and how these positions may be filled either
with daily subs, long-term subs, or sixth period teaching assignments. Mrs. Keet shared that she'll be working with our administrators to attend at least four virtual job fairs coming up this winter and spring, one of which is this month on February 19th. We have several staff members on our agenda tonight who
have earned additional credits to qualify for a degree level change and we congratulate them on that achievement. The committee also discussed an update regarding the new pathway to the profession award and Mrs. Kea will be meeting with the final candidate to finalize the award and next steps towards acceptance of a full-time
teaching position for us uh for the upcoming school year. Additionally, Mrs. Kea and Dr. Dr. Ellis will be working with a company called Leadline Line, which is a staff recruitment platform that helps promote the district, attract more qualified candidates, and hire staff more efficiently by building and
maintaining a strong pool of applicants for current and future openings. Our contract with leadline can also be found on tonight's agenda. And then lastly, Mrs. Keer reviewed the district's required bianual violence and vandalism report for the period of July 1 to December 31. That report is on tonight's agenda as it was presented earlier this
evening. That would conclude the report. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lori. We have one of our legacy education committee members who stepped up to be chair this year. We're lucky to have Mr. Wen as the education chair. So, I will go to you for your report.
>> All right. Thank you, Madam President. I'll hold you guys captive for a little bit. The education committee met on Wednesday, January 21st as well. In the areas of the assessments and grants, we discussed the NJGPA retakes which were completed in fall of 2025. These were in
math and ELA. A number of students passed the retake and any students who did not pass will now need to go through the portfolio process. We also received an update to uh project achieve which is an early intervention program for math for grades one through three. We are also pursuing the high impact tutoring
grant which is looking to fund their third cohort. Uh this grant is for a maximum of $160,000 and we are uh we would continue to partner with Imagine Learning for uh whom we work with during the initially awarded and completed grant in the area of curriculum
instruction and technology. Our ELAsocial studies supervisor Mrs. K. Dwyer shared with us some updates uh from the fifth through 8th grade ELA task force update and this is that there was a focus on science of reading and writing and changes were made in courses
based on the MAP and NJLSA uh NJSLA results um focusing on fluency, vocabulary, background knowledge and writing. We also had an update to the impact grant which we we applied for in the summer of 2025 and this grant was appro uh was for approximately 198,000.
The grant team met with Lynwood and NBTMS uh leadership in September of 2025 and then in October to notify them of the grant. Task forces were created to review vendor materials and there were vendor presentations on December 1st and 3rd.
The staff were grouped to evaluate the vendors in specific areas and through a thoughtful process, a vendor was selected. A pilot process with these new instructional materials will cover grades 5 through 8. Training took place uh I think it was uh today or last week.
Um and starting on uh Monday, February 2nd, there will be several steps in this pilot including community outreach walkthroughs and a final review. If it's favorable, then we would look to purchase these materials for academic year 26 to 27. We were also presented
with a great opportunity for our AVID program. A tutoring proposal was shared with Ruckers uh by Ruckers University Honors College. Students would come on site to the high school to support our AVID students. So, more details come to fi uh come in the future. Looking
forward to a few months, we are excited for the district arts festival which will be held in the high school on Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 p.m. So, put that on your calendars today. And finally, an item of note which is in our agenda under curriculum instruction section one item O. We have six NBTMS
students who were accepted into the Middle Sex County Arts High Program. These students had to audition for the program back in December. These students will be taking courses ranging from visual arts, photography, and vocal music. Congratulations to these students. And that concludes my report. >> Excellent. Thank you, Mr.
>> Madam President. May I just add and um thank you uh Mr. W. Um I met today with the uh middle school grade uh subject area leaders and Miss Evelyn Jenzano who's been teaching ELA for us for a long time. I just want to say, you know, Miss Dwire gave a report on the new ELA
program and she said, "Make sure Dr. I want to give you feedback. It's the best program she's ever been involved with. >> So, just why I said I would let the board know and she gave me permission to give uh that feedback. So, perfect. >> Excellent. Yeah. >> Thank you for sharing. >> Uh Vice President James and I have the
honor to um be exophysicios on each uh committee. So, we uh equally serve on our committees. So, we're uh lucky to be a part getting all the information that's being presented on a monthly basis. Uh our last two um quick mentions
and reports. Um we h also have Mr. Labori who is uh serving as the liaison to New Jersey school boards and Middle Sex County school boards. I don't know if you have anything this evening, Mr. Lori on that. >> Really quick, Madame President, I know that their uh new board member training
sessions. Uh one was held in January. There's another one coming up this month in February. Our two board new board members did attend in January. Uh there's a women's leadership conference coming up in March if anyone is interested in signing up for that. And there's actually a county school board's meeting tonight. >> Yes.
>> So uh I'll have to get scoop on uh what went down. I do know that Senator Gop Powell is going to speak. Yeah. >> Uh which is always uh >> lots of interesting information coming out when he speaks with us. So more to come. >> Definitely. There's also another event in another training I believe in March
aside from the leadership of the women's conference. Um, so I'll get the the date on that um because I was emailed about that. Great. >> Um, perfect. Thank you. And then, um, Mr. Singh, uh, is stepping into the liaison
role for the mayor and township council. Um, so, congrats on that. Any updates this evening on, um, the mayor and council? >> Not as >> Okay, thank you. >> Thank you. More to come then on that. All right. I think that wraps up our committee reports for the evening. So,
Mr. Singh, would you please take item nine on our agenda to approve those? >> Yes, Madam President. I'd like to make a not motion >> to approve the administrative, student, and committee reports. Second question. >> All in favor? Is there anyone opposed?
The reports are all accepted. >> Okay. Thank you, Miss Hawk. At this time, um we we will be skipping over item 10. Um we have reviewed the agenda at our conference meeting last week. Um so at this time we will actually have a
public session on agenda items only at this time. So um if anyone from the public has anything to speak upon for the agenda, now is the time. We just ask that you state your name and you'll be given three minutes.
Seeing and hearing none from our audience, can we please have a motion to close the public portion of the meeting? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Is anyone opposed? >> The session is closed. >> Thank you. Um Dr. Patel, would you
please take item 13, our consent agenda? >> Yes, Madam President. I'd like to make a motion to approve the following consent agenda items. Personnel, curriculum, miscellaneous, finance items one to three, and policy and transportation. >> Second.
>> I'm gonna do roll call on this one. Uh, Mr. Carter, >> yes. >> Mr. Sepa, >> yes. >> Miss James, >> yes. >> Mr. Lori, >> yes. >> Dr. Patel, >> yes. >> Mr. Singh, >> yes. >> Miss SHA, >> yes. >> Miss Toth, >> yes. >> And Mr. Wen, >> yes. >> All the motions and resolutions are
approved. >> Thank you. At this time, we will do the um motion that Dr. Zakowski had mentioned about the um high school students attending the Harlem Fine Arts Show 2026 at the Glass House in New York
City. Um Miss James, would you want to take that motion? >> Sure. I move to approve 20 North Brunswick Township High School uh school art students to participate in the arts for technology program and attend HFAS 18 Harlem Fine Arts Show 2026 at the
Glass House of New York City on Saturday, February 20 February 21st, 202026. >> Second. >> I'm going to do a roll call on this really quick. Mr. Carter, >> yes. >> Mr. Sepa, yes. >> Miss James, yes. Mr. Lori, yes. Dr. Patel, yes. >> Mr. Singh, yes. Miss SHA,
>> yes. >> Miss Toast, >> yes. >> And Mr. W. >> Yes. >> The motion is approved. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> All right. Um, at this time, we can jump all the way to page 24, the last page of our agenda. At this time, we'll have a
public session on any matter. If anyone from the public would like to come up to uh the podium and address the board, this is now the time to speak on any matter. We just ask that you state your name and you'll be given three minutes. >> Yes, please. Good evening, sir.
>> Hello. My name is uh Josh Melisari. I live at six Lynwood Place, North Brunswick, New Jersey. Um I have a daughter enrolled at North Brunswick Middle School as a seventh grader. Her name is Isis Milisari and I'm addressing
the board because I have some concerns about uh her opportunities in the district. Uh she is struggling academically. Um I am not blaming the district for that. I want to be clear. I think her teachers are are doing the best that they can. Uh however uh she is
she's definitely below where she should be and and I understand that she needs to you know come to school more often and finish her assignments more but I I'm really feeling that there's a systemic uh blind spot for kids who are academically struggling in the school
district. I really started feeling this last year. Uh she failed math. Uh to be fair, the the math teacher was sick a good portion of the year and she uh so there was a lot of subs to this uh through the the class that year, but she
did fail the class. When I called the counselor to say, "What are some resources the district could provide to help me, you know, get her back to speed? I was told to go to Magnesium or to the Cambridge Learning Center, which are paid institutions." Now, I have the resources to provide that, but I know
that there are other I'm sure there are other parents who do not have those resources. And what kind of answer is that to pay $500,000 for private tutoring if you don't have that? and you're starting to make friends. Uh, as far as I can tell, there's no
formal like after school program at North Brunswick Township Middle School like there is at uh Lynwood where she could be doing homework and kind of a supportive environment. Uh, nor is there any kind of formal after school tutoring or if there is, my daughter, I guess,
does not qualify uh for it. Um, and I'm really concerned that she is going to keep they uh I know the district's policy is not to hold kids back, but she's going to keep keep moving back but not have the skills and I'm afraid he's going to drop out of high school. Uh, because of the situation, I am looking at charter
schools, which I generally do not support, but I have to do what's best for my daughter. And recently, I went to Central Jersey College Prep. uh and they told me this is the support they provide for our students who are struggling in a similar situation as my daughter which is formal after school tutoring not just
volunteer hours from the teachers who my the teachers this year have done but they're not being paid so there's no expectation that that should always continue so there's formal tutoring where the the teachers are paid and and are supposed to be there uh there's Saturday classes
uh targeted intervention classes as well as summer school for students who don't meet the standards for that last that year. Now, I understand these are expensive things and the chart school is smaller and to put that to scale may be expensive, but I I'm really not seeing any of those kind of programs here in
the district. So, I am asking the district and the board to consider not just the kids who are obviously going to go to college, but kids who are really academically struggling. >> Uh, Miss Can you um reach out to my office? Um, and I I would like to
continue this conversation and and talk and I do appreciate you coming forward publicly to let let us know about this and and we could talk in a uh setting and we can involve the principal and maybe sit down. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. So, uh, this Miss
Ellis, can you give her give us the office line, my office line, too? Yeah. >> Thank you so much for coming out. We appreciate that. We look forward to hearing about the continued conversations around that. Mr. from Malisari. Anyone else from the public?
>> Good evening. >> Good evening, Miss Heric. >> Uh, Jennifer Heric, Jed School. Not a negotiations here. I come in peace. [laughter] >> So, 30 years ago, I was hired as a sixth grade teacher at Jed. And as you can see, I'm on the agenda and I'm not going to get emotional.
I just want to say thank you to the district for all of the opportunities um for the security that my career has provided my family. Um things are very different than they were in 1995. But something that has never changed is
that I'm proud to have been a teacher in North. >> I appreciate it. >> And um before I leave, I would be remiss as the MBTA vice president to not mention that uh the LP Valentine's Breakfast and Tomorrow's Wellness Fair
were both sponsored by the MBTA. [laughter] Thank you so much. All the best to all of you. Thank you. >> CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] >> Thank you for mentioning that, Miss Heric. It was seriously a wonderful event to attend. So, thank you for that.
>> And I have to admit, Miss Pastor did in our meeting today tell me that they did sponsor it and I overlooked it in my notes. So, I apologize. Not I wasn't holding back from it. So, thank you. >> Thank you and congratulations on your retirement.
Anyone else? Okay. Thank you all. Seeing none, can we please have a motion to close the public portion of the meeting? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Is anyone opposed? This session is closed. >> Thank you. At this time, we do have some
closed session items of business to uh get to, so we will go into close session. Whereas section 8 of the open public meetings act chapter 231 PL1975 permits the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances and
whereas this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances presented exist. Now therefore be it resolved by the North Brunswick Township Board of Education that the public shall be excluded from discussion of and action upon the hearing the here and
after specified subject matters. The general nature of the subject matter to be discussed is as followed. Number one, personnel matters. Number two, financial matters. Number three, negotiation matters. And number four, student
matters. It is anticipated at this time that the above stated subject matter shall be made public at such time as the need for non-disclosure no longer exists. This resolution shall take effect immediately. Can we please have a motion to go into close session?
>> So moved. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Is anyone opposed? We can go to close session. >> Thank you guys. Thank you very much. And the only thing is my kids. >> I think I think we caught that live. Dr.
WE ARE LIVE. [laughter] >> DON'T SAY THAT LOUD. >> All right. Well, we uh welcome back everyone. We will [laughter] return to open session. So, can we have a motion to return to open session? So, moved. >> Second. >> Second.
>> I'm sorry. Let me collect myself. All in favor? [laughter] >> Does anyone oppose? We are back in session. >> Thank you. We have one item of business to get to. Um Mr. Labori, you have a motion for us. >> I'd like to make a motion, Madam President, to approve the termination of
employee number 9209 effective January 15, 2026. >> Second. >> And I'm going to do roll call on that, please. Mr. Carter, >> yes. >> Mr. Sepa, yes. >> Miss James, yes. Mr. Lori, yes. >> Dr. Patel, >> yes. >> Mr. Singh, yes. >> Miss Singha,
>> yes. >> Miss Toth, yes. And Mr. W. The motion's accepted. >> Thank you. All right, everyone. Great first regular public meeting. It was nice to have a full house tonight. Um we will see you all next month. Uh well
actually later this month I should say. Um so at this time can we please have a motion to adjourn our meeting? >> Second. Oh, sorry. [laughter] >> That's okay. Second. You got it. >> All in favor? Anyone opposed? We are adjourned. Thank you.