Hello. Okay, we good. We're good. Yes. Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming out this evening. Pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, NJSA10 col4-10, adequate notice of this meeting has been provided
by advertising such notice in the Home News Tribune, the Asbury Park Press, the board office, the schools, and on cable vision channel 118 and Verizon FiOS channel 24, and by filing such notice with the township clerk. Notice has also been provided that as of March 1st,
2026, future meetings notices will only be published on the district website. This meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, February 17th, 2026. The board will take formal action on payment of bills and other agenda items. Mr. White, >> the Old Bridge Township Board of
Education acknowledges that the law of the state establishes that members of the public, including members of the board, have the right to record public board meetings using audio or video recording devices, provided that the active recording does not interfere with the business of this public board meeting. Therefore, the board makes it known that any such recording is to be
considered the private recording of the individual and in no manner represents the official record of this board. The board therefore takes no responsibility for such private recording and completely disavows any future use. >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Dantuno >> here.
>> Mr. Dunn >> here. >> Miss Joy >> here. >> Miss Mone >> here. >> Miss Richard Patterson >> here. >> Mr. Slade >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Solicowski >> here, >> Mr. Venetas >> here, >> and Miss Francisco >> here.
>> We have a quorum present. >> Can everybody please stand for the pledge and then remain standy for all. >> Please remain standing for a moment of silence. Move the board of education acknowledge
the death of Janet Mary Kernan, retired benefit secretary, and Sally Anne Barber, retired bookkeeper, and Alyssa Voss, par professional assistant, and express its deepest sympathies to their family and friends. >> Thank you.
Christina, I think you're on for code of ethics. >> The board member will recognize that authority rest with the board of education and make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board. >> Okay. Can I have a motion for the
approval of minutes? >> Motion. Richard Patterson. Second. >> Any discussion? Roll call. >> Mr. Dunn, >> yes. >> Miss Joy, >> yes. >> Miss Mazone, >> yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson,
>> yes. >> Mr. Slay, >> yes. >> Mr. Solicowski, >> yes. >> Mr. Vanitason, >> yes. >> Miss Dantuno, >> yes. >> And Miss Francisco, >> yes. >> Resolution one for approval of M minutes passes. >> Okay. Recognition. Move the board
approve the retirement of the following staff me members with deep appreciation for their years of dedicated service to the districts. Karen Keats, Madison Park teacher, 31 years. Tracy Gambino, C uh Carl Samberg Middle School teacher, 20 years. Diana
Marcha, athletic secretary, 23 years. Robin Wolf, uh, middle teacher, a middle school teacher for RTI, 21 years. Carolyn Hower, Obridge High School Spanish teacher, 26 years. altogether totaling 121 years. Congratulations to all of you on your retirement and good
luck in your future. So, I apologize. I skipped our report from our very wonderful student rep. So, I'm just going to take a second go back to that. Jordan, I'm sorry I was moving so quickly. Thank you for being here.
Good evening everyone. I hope you've all been well and safe during these times and more importantly staying warm. Uh I know I have been. A lot has happened in Oldbridge High School. So let's get started. First, the student senate successfully hosted their biggest event
of the year, Nights Out. Over 200 high school students came over and enjoyed a great night of food, music, activities, and friends. A special thank you to Mayor Walker, Senator Henry, All-American Ford of Oldbridge, Dr. Duca and Duca Chiropractic, the Friendly
Sons, and of course, our amazing PTSA for their generous donations. Looking ahead, we have some great events upcoming. This Friday, the 20th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the Chinese Honor Society will be hosting their Lunar New Year gala. The Sweetheart sore
hosted by People First and MFA is tomorrow after school with proceeds of the event benefiting the Oldbridge Animal Shelter. Finally, on March 4th, the Black Student Union will host their annual soul food event with the Muslim Student Association hosting an IFAR night the following day on March 5th. We
encourage everyone to come out and celebrate these great events. Moving on, our winter sports teams have continued to compete and perform at the highest levels throughout the seasons. The boys and girls basketball teams have been in great form of late and secured spots in the GMC conference tournament
and are looking forward to the state tournament as well. Our bowling team has advanced to the state semi-finals, continuing an incredible season, while the ice hockey team plays their final home game tomorrow at the municipal complex. The swim team finished off a strong year with multiple nights winning
titles as the boys and girls indoor track team both had strong showings at their GMC Conference Championship meet. The teams took home multiple individual and relay titles, while the girls team took home the first GMC Conference Championship in 12 years. Great job,
ladies. The girls wrestling team finished second at the GMC Championships, an outstanding finish by the girls. And finally, led by several individual conference champions, the boys wrestling team won their first ever GMC Championship in school history.
Congrats, boys. Last, but certainly not least, the cast and the crew of Me and My Girl have been working hard on what is sure to be a fantastic production. Be sure to come out and support them on March 19th, 20th, and the 21st. I'll be looking forward to seeing you all there. With that, we have a lot more in store,
so thank you for your time and have a great evening. >> Thank you, Jordan. Okay, getting back to our recognition. move the board to recognize Ashley Markle, junior at Oldbridge High School
for being named the 2025 20226 Gatorade, New Jersey volleyball player of the year, the state's highest honor for high school athletics, recognizing excellence in sport, academics, and community service. Ashley led Oldbridge to the
group four state championship, earned first team allstar allstate honors, and maintains a 4.1 GPA. As part of the award, she received a $1,000 grant, which she donated to the Play Unified program, reflecting her strong
commitment to service and inclusion. She has committed to play beach volleyball at Florida State University beginning in 2027. Now, I've had a That was loud. I've had a front row seat uh the last three years to watch um
Ashley and um Coach Hoppman who's here with her uh and certainly Mr. and Mrs. Markle just a tremendous family. Um and although she is amazing on you know on the volleyball court uh what sets her apart is her character. Um she stands
out and um I can't wait to see uh what great things she's going to do in the future. And I was hoping to get to the podium but Mr. Mr. Deino will not allow that to happen uh because I know he has some really nice things to say. So, at this time, our athletic director, Mr. Deino, why don't you come up to the
podium, Ashley, why don't you join him? Come on up, Ash. Thank you, Dr. Sasso. All right. Good evening, everyone. On behalf of our entire athletic department, it is my honor to recognize Ashley Markle as the New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year for girls volleyball.
The Gatorade Player of the Year Award, organized by Gatorade, recognizes the top student athletes in the nation for excellence in the classroom, on the court, and in the community. It is one of the most prestigious honors a high school athlete can receive because of its se uh celebrates not just performance, but character and
commitment. Before presenting Ashley with the frame, I want to share four things that make Ashley truly deserving of this recognition. First, capable and versus willing. There are many athletes who are capable. They have talent. They have skill, but not everyone is willing.
Willing to put in the extra work, willing to lead, willing to sacrifice for the team. Ashley is both. She is credibly capable, and even more importantly, she is willing. Willing to show up early, willing to stay late, willing to do whatever the team needs to help us succeed.
Second, competitor. Ashley competes with passion and purpose. She doesn't shy away from big moments. She embraces them. Her competitive spirit raises the level of everyone around her and sets the standard for excellence in our programs.
Third role model. Younger athletes look up to her, teammates respect her, teachers appreciate her. She represents what is truly means to be a student athlete, excelling academically, performing at highest level on the court, and giving back to the community.
By receiving this award, Gatorade provides Ashley the opportunity to give back by awarding $1,000 grant to a program of her choice. Ashley has chosen to donate those funds to Overidge Unified Sports, continuing to make an impact beyond the court and further
demonstrating her commitment to inclusion and community. And finally, it is nice to be important, but it's important to be nice. Ashley embodies that. Despite her success and recognition, she remains humble, gracious, and kind. That tells you
everything you need to know about her character. Lastly, I want to take a moment to recognize her parents. To the a to Ashley's parents, thank you. Thank you not just for supporting Ashley, but supporting our entire program, our coaches, and our athletic department.
You have been present. You have been positive. You have trusted us with your daughter. And that trust means everything. In today's world, that kind of partnership matters. You have never questioned our intentions. You have never wavered in your support. Instead, you have reinforced our values at home,
stood behind our coaches, and modeled what true teamwork between family and school looks like. Ashley, it is incredibly proud of you. This is a well-deserved honor. Ashley, we have a uh frame for you. Hang
up wherever you'd like. Okay. Okay, we have some more recognition for everybody. Move the board to recognize the Jonas Salt Middle School esports Rocket League team who had an amazing run in the Garden State esports fall finals held at Georgian Court
University. As the number one seed, Salt beat South Amboy and Warren to reach the state championship match. Sulk finished as state runnerup after a tough final against Maurice River Township. Huge congratulations to our players on an astounding on an outstanding season.
Congratulations, Mr. Gordon. Would you want to come up >> while Mr. While Coach Gordon is on his way up with his team? Come on, guys. Why don't you join Coach Gordon at the podium? >> Uh, I'd also like to recognize I know Mr. Reszes is here, principal at at Sock
and so supportive of the team and the program. I had a firsthand look at a recent visit to Sock and uh does an amazing job in there and when I was there, you guys were competing. Uh, you had a tournament going during lunch and so um so I know Coach Weiss is going to be really excited about what you're
building down there at the middle school. So, thanks coach. >> Yeah. All right. Thanks for making it, guys. >> Yeah. Come, come a little closer. Don't be shy. Who's speaking? You guys want to speak for me? Justin. All right. First off, Mrs. Francisco, I we really
appreciate that. I remember when you were walking in the halls, I was like doing jumping jacks. I the the board members are in the building. You got to come check this out because never, you know, you never know what's happening, right? Unless you actually see it. People talk, but you got to see it with your eyes, right? That's one thing I've been doing as far as like just making
videos, promoting everything that we do that's positive with these kids. Make a positive impact on the community. So, it's more than just like making playoffs and going for championships with me. It's more like building the community, making making us stronger and
as as one. So, that's one of the things that we do here at Sulk, right? We infuse it into our lunch program for seventh and eighth graders. So, they have a place to come. They want to come to school. They have some friends now. They make new friends. They keep them out of trouble. Unstructured time is the
worst, right? They come here, they hang out, they get they don't get in trouble, right? But I do have to say thank you uh to a few people. Dr. Hoker is obviously probably the main one. Like this is like Yeah. And Dr. Kandria as well. Um but you
know, they really championed this. This is probably like what almost four years in the making. It's been a lot. It's been a while. My eighth graders, where you guys at? There's a few eighth graders here. So they were here from the beginning when we first started it really at Jonas and when our first
season in the fall we had computers but they weren't even functioning yet. We had to do it remotely. So this is the process every year new year revisit make twi make little tweaks add some things. We do schoolwide tournaments just to bring everyone together. Sixth, seventh
and eighth grades during lunch you know have like 160 people involved boys and girls. So, we do a lot of cool things and that's like the main thing is just like do cool do cool things with the kids, right? That that's keep it simple and that's what we do here. Um, there
are a few all stars I'd like to recognize. Owen, you could say hi. He got voted one of the top Smash Brothers Super Smash Brothers players in the entire state. Owen, he's really good. Uh, and we have
another one that just he's getting an award this Saturday, Nathan Lee. So, his award is not to take anything away anything away from Owen, but he competed in a game called Street Fighter. I'm
sure you guys have heard of that, right? And our league consisted of only high schools and a few middle schools, right? And out of 400 schools, high schools and middle schools, he's top eight in the top eight in the entire state. A seventh grader.
Very proud of you communitywise. And Kell, >> Justin, Gemma. So last year we wanted to build like some more community, not just have
competitive things. So, we did something called community Minecraft, right? And uh these girls and guys headed it up and it's their baby and they control it. They run it by themselves. I obviously oversee a little bit, but they they run
it themselves. It's pretty awesome. Thanks, guys. You make the program. And um none of this could actually happen if I didn't have leadership that allowed me to do this stuff and be creative. Mr. Mr. Res's is the man. If
you guys don't know Mr. Res's, uh, thanks for just letting me be creative and do something cool with the kids. And I know Coach Weiss at the high school talked very finely of Dr. Sasso and we spoke and you're very passionate and supportive. So, we're happy to have you.
So, I mean, that's about it. I don't want to take too much more of your time, but I don't know about the rest of you, but I could surely feel that passion coming out right there for Mr. Gordon when I walked into the building that day and he's like, "Come see it all." And it was it was really eye opening to me to see
the depth of this program because I really had no idea. and now he sends me videos of them at their um matches and it's really cool to see. So congratulations to all of you who are involved and thank you Mr. Gordon. Oh wait, he's coming. >> They're they're awesome. I love those
videos. So great job and thank you. All right, can we get a roll call to approve our recognition? >> You need a motion first. >> I need a motion. I would help. >> Dan tun second. >> Any discussion? I would like to say something. >> Yeah, go for it. First, I would like to
say congratulations to Ashley. That's an amazing honor. Um, and to her parents. I mean, to hear what M uh Mr. Deino has to say about your daughter, that's that's strides to you guys. Um, the accolades that she contributes to the community, to her her teammates, that's that's
really a uh that's a congratulations to you guys. Um, good luck in school. Well, I know you guys you have another year, but good luck in college. um to the Sulk Middle School esports Rocket League. When I first got on the board and when they were talking about the esports program,
I was like, "We have a class that just lets kids play um video games." And then when you got to we got to see the the esports studio and we got to really learn. It's such an amazing program. So, thank you to everybody who makes that that that
program as big as it is and as um as accomplished as it is to the students, to the teachers, to to to to it all because it really is such an incl it's it's it's a voice for kids who aren't athletic. You know, not every kid is athletic and when we were growing up,
you know, if you weren't that athletic, you were like the outcast and this just brings everyone together. So, congratulations to Sulk Middle School's esports program. Um, I know Samberg has a great esports program and so does the high school. So, congratulations to
everyone. Um, but Ashley, you should be really proud of yourself and uh wherever you go. Take that with you because that's your character is is what you are. So, congratulations, >> Madam President. I just want to comment and congratulate Ashley and her
wonderful parents for supporting her because athletics is very important. I I I know that firsthand because I was in your shoes. I played college, high school football, college football. So, congratulations. I know it's very difficult to maintain a great character and education and also athletics at the
same time. So, that means there's commitment on your part and your parents part to see through to make sure you're very best. Congratulations again, Ashley. Mr. Hopman, you're not getting away. Your volleyball program in Albridge has
been amazing. For the last 10 plus years, all I hear is how wonderful the program is, all the accolades, the championships, everything. And that's because of your dedication, your love for the sport, and your fondness for all
the participants. And a coach at your level is so important because you become a role model. Your players admire you. They give their best for you and for themselves. So I want to thank you from the board of education and everyone involved because you come back every
year as a championship coach and giving our kids a wonderful start because when you have championship caliber kids who get into college, that is a direct reflection on you and our community. So thank you Mr. Hop for your years of encouragement and love for our kids.
Thank you. >> But anyone else? >> Yeah, I just want to echo the same thoughts uh but particularly want to highlight uh Ashley, you're not only an inspiration for the students, you're an inspiration for even the grown-ups honestly speaking and the four things that uh you know Mr. Dan Demino spoke
about you really uh appreciate it. Please carry forward like Kristen said. Uh good luck. >> Any other discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Miss Joy. >> With Old Bridge Pride, I vote yes. >> Miss Mone,
>> absolutely. Yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Slate? >> Yes. Bless you. >> Bless you out there. Mr. Zolicowski? >> Yes. Mr. Vangotason, >> yes. >> Miss Dantino, bless you again. >> Congratulations to all. Yes.
>> Bless you again. >> Mr. Dunn, >> absolutely. Yes. Congratulations again. >> And Miss Francisco. >> Yes. >> Resolutions one, two, and three for recognition passes. Congratulations to all. >> Okay. Dr. Sasso, the superintendent
report for us. I will not be offended if you guys want to leave right now. >> It's fine. It's fine. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> No, no, no. You're here. You're here.
Uh, good evening. And first and foremost, I want to thank our old bridge community for always showing up when people need us the most. These past couple weeks have been challenging and I could not be any prouder how our community continues to respond with
compassion, strength, and unity. Moving forward, I'll be aligning my monthly superintendence report to our strategic plan, the bridge to 2028, and our three district priorities, excellence in education, fiscal resilience, and the whole child. This evening, I would like
to briefly highlight a few examples under excellence in education. Um, and I see our uh our uh club leader for the HOSA club, Mrs. Fazio, in the audience. And recently, our high school members of
our HOSA chapter participated in a biomedical debate, applying knowledge from their medical and health science coursework to real world health care issues. This is authentic learning at its best, rigorous, relevant, and directly connected to their future
careers. Thank you, Mrs. Fazio. I also see our math honor society advisor, Miss Abdike, in the audience, and I'd like to thank her and the members of our MOU Alpha Theater, who represented Oldbridge at the Association of Math Teachers of New Jersey conference. Their participation
reflects the strength of our advanced math programming and the high expectations we continue to set for our students. These are strong examples of students meeting and exceeding the academic benchmarks we are working to elevate districtwide.
the whole child. Something that I think we do better than anyone across our schools. We continue to build character, leadership, and belonging. I recently was able to watch Carl Samberg Middle School students and Madison Park elementary school students um initiate a
big brother leadership partnership creating meaningful meaningful mentorships and it was amazing. Dr. Oaker and I had the opportunity to watch um these students from both schools interact. It was great. McDivet Elementary School embraced a great kindness challenge reinforcing empathy
and compassion. Carpenter Elementary School celebrated on the 67th day of school. Yes, a 67 celebration. A new tradition building pride and connection. Um the helping hands peer mentoring program at Cooper Elementary School,
fostering inclusion and peer leadership. And just recently at Gryom Elementary School, we had the opportunity to see an after-school mentoring program that was um absolutely amazing. And these initiatives remind us that when students feel connected, supported, valued,
academic excellence follows. So you can find more information not only on these, but on many other amazing initiatives taking place throughout our district in our monthly district newsletter. and we continue to um you know it's a robust uh
piece of literature that really shows um the amazing things going on um in our district and together we'll continue to raise the bar academically, strengthen financial transparency and invest in the overall well-being of all of our students. That concludes my report.
Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Sasso. Mr. Wyel, do we have any correspondents? No correspondence today. >> Okay. Uh let's move on to special committee reports. Do I have any committee chairs that would like to report? >> I do. So on February 12th, we had a food
service committee meeting um where members of our food staff came with members of the Ponttonian team. Uh we just went over how sales are up, meal counts are up. Uh negative balances are still an issue. Um
we have some promos uh promos going on as of now week two of the Ramadan waiver had been sent out to everybody. Um we're offering both breakfast and lunch for the month of Ramadan. Uh the Google doc was sent out to every single family. Um
we offered to kids across the districts of all age groups. We are also we had bday throughout the elementary schools. I think it's a different day for each elementary school throughout the month. uh where they have giveaways, parfes with local honey. Uh they are regata
creosa at the high school. We are having I forgot what day that is. We have ramen day at Samberg on 227. Waffle day at Borhees on 223. Sushi day at the GNC on 3:23. And then every week in March at
the high school and the GNC, we're doing flavors around the world. So, they have four different areas. Um, and they will be showcasing different meals from those countries. Um, and that's all I have for food service. I don't think we set another menu, another date, do we?
>> We do have one on the calendar, do we? All right. Let me check that. >> Yeah, I believe we do. And I did get um at that meeting there was a presentation that was provided. Um, we did get a revised copy, so I'll be sending that out to the board members to share and uh post on their social media pages if should uh if they choose.
>> Okay. It looks like the next No, never mind. I don't have it in here, but I know there is one scheduled >> maybe April. I know. We'll we'll look and we'll get back to you. >> Yeah, I think it was every other month. So, >> I think so, too. Um, I'm coming for all those days. I'm coming. I want to eat
all those foods. Yeah. Are we invited? >> Except I won't be there for sushi day, but I'll be there for everything else. >> All right. Any other committee report? >> I do. Um, I have two. We had a student services meeting on uh January 27th. Um
Dr. Dy, Miss Adalfi, and um Dr. Tui presented. We tal we had an overview of um inclusive schools week which was December 8th to 12th. And then um they presented highlights of three different schools. Shira inclusive school week's
activities. Some of the activities were um painting unity through creativity. There was a mural in the hallway. There was a lesson lessons in the classroom pertaining to various modes of communication quotes of the day such as believe you can and you're halfway there
different um literature together a far as community readers and being part of your being part of the team which is wearing your favorite sports gear. Uh the other another school that was highlighted was Southwood and they had morning announcements about inclusion
made by students. There was a PowerPoint for the morning meeting with videos and discussions on what inclusion means, a bingo sheet for morning meeting to get students talking to each other and learning about each other's differences and spirit days. Also highlighted was Memorial School. They had an inclusion
pledge. Classes discussed what inclusion means, what it looks like, and what it means specifically to them. Uh strengths badges were awarded celebrating diversity flower and class bingo. and we had a discussion about unified club and unified generation.
Miss Fazio spoke and she presented the bridge high school course offering book for 2627 and I'll just mention the course additions um AP seminar which is English 2 requirement collaborative research
video and media production level three dual enrollment and level four advanced film making and production multivariable multivariable calculus honors it's a senior course introduction to nutrition honors
um and AP cyber security. The information for parents for overage high school scheduling will be on the landing page. And there's a presentation on dual enrollment and early college programming sheets, a tutorial for online course requests and links to
course description and link to presentation that would be presented at a town hall. Um there was a lot of other information, but that's a kind of summary of my Then we had a CPAG meeting on February I was February 11th. Yep.
First we shared um personal stories of Alyssa Vass and that's how we opened the meeting. Um we talked about we talked about um parents had questions. We talked about
um uh what is a CPAG which is how we usually open the meetings. Um, we talked about the p purpose, rationale, and mission. And then Miss Babbittz talked about always looking for liaison in schools. So if there are any schools who do not have liaison for CPAG, they're always looking for somebody to be that
liaison and carry information back and forth. We she followed up on on some questions from last meeting about therapists attending parent teacher conferences, parent notification about multiple absences in classrooms, play unify and
mcdivit and the second step program. We also discussed that um they met with Dr. Sasso twice already and they'll continue to meet with him going forward for monthly meetings. He wasn't able to join the meeting because he was traveling. Um,
and excuse me. Oh, and the topic for the meeting was um, IEPs. IEPs bring up a lot of different emotions, um, coming to terms with having hard conversations for children and every conversation looks different. They provided a lot of really useful
resources. you can go on their website to um look at those or if you want to email me or go on my page, you can do that as well. And she they specifically talked about um uh
which part well getting well getting all questions answered and also um CPAG said they'll they will share the resources for the meeting. They said it's about building relationships, collaborating and trust request. You can also request people who are not required members to
attend meetings and consider bringing the child into the meeting. She talked about communication strategies that were important and speakers who feel understood or more likely to listen, begin the meeting in a positive way. And that was basically we talked about other things. parents brought up questions,
but um I can tell you the topics of the questions, but for confidentiality, I'm not going to um relay specific information, but we talked about um progress reports, the addition of power professionals, unified bowling, funding for students with disabilities who want
to try sports, esports, people or talking about how families are notified about a CPAG, and also support for extracurricular activities and the Camp Robin team program. So, that was basically it for um what we talked about. And I just wanted to
mention that on March 3rd will be our next student services meeting at 7 p.m. You can um attend in person at the admin building, but we are not recording those because of confidentiality and we want to give parents um the right to come and
just speak about anything they feel they need to speak about and create a safe kind of place to do that. So they won't be recorded but we will have notes. Thank you. >> Thank you Margie. Any other committee reports? >> Yeah I want to provide some updates on
the finance and long range planning committee. So we met on February 3rd. It was a closed committee meeting u and PSA came down to present us some long range uh planning options. So as a team we all brainstorm those options and uh uh we
have some ideas of you know we can move forward but again this is long range planning on the side we do also have the budget and you know Mr. Vital is working hard and his team so we're planning to meet again next week I think 24th uh it's again a closed committee meeting and Mr. Vital is going to provide us
some insights into where we stand uh on this year's budget and uh probably Mr. You also have a date uh to come back on the I think it's March 5th. >> We're going to change that. >> Oh, we're going to change that. Okay. So, we're also going to come back to review with everyone. Yeah. Mr. If you
want to add anything further. Yeah. Thank you. >> So, we're going to move that I believe to the day before. Is that correct? The day before we were going to do So, it's going to be Wednesday, March 4th instead. >> Same time, 7 o'clock is fine. >> Yeah.
We can certainly do six. We can do six. >> Mr. Widell, is it true that the governor's address has been moved to March and we won't know our state aid numbers until then? >> That is correct. We were told that the
governor's address was moved to uh I believe March 11th. Um but at this time they have not moved the deadline for the budget. So yeah, figure that one out. So um that's where we stand. That was the
latest update from our county at the DOE. And so uh stay tuned. >> Thank you. Do I have any other committee reports? >> Um, okay. So, I'm just We actually just had a governance meeting right before
this. Um, I know that some of you um out there may have been present at our meeting. So basically we reviewed the policies that you see on the agenda that are listed here um for approval on a first reading tonight uh with the exception of anything pertaining to
charter schools. Obviously we don't need to worry about those and we are going to keep 2535 for further discussion. So we'll be um I'll let Mr. White do that. We're going to administratively move that when we get to that spot. Um but these are the policies that we um
discussed at our meeting. If you don't have this in front of you, it was um nepatism, sexual harassment when considering staff uh resource materials, library material, which is the one we're going to um table for a bit for more discussion and public complaints and one on a general organization fund. So, we
just had that meeting right before. So, I just wanted to share that. Um and I also just wanted to say one other thing. So, at our student services meeting, I know Margie had mentioned that um Mrs. Spazio presented on our course offering book. So, it is on the agenda tonight for
approval and as soon as it is approved, I know that we'll get that right up on the website and I really encourage you to take a look at it because it is a comprehensive, extensive collection of so many amazing classes that we offer at our high
school. Um, so I just wanted to, you know, say thank you to you, Mrs. Fazio, and everybody who comes together to put all that together. And I know you say you enjoy all of that. um planning on how many course sections and who goes here and who goes that and the biggest puzzle in the world. So um good luck and
thank you. All right. Uh so moving on to hearing of the residents on agenda items only. Okay. Seeing none. Moving on to policy. Okay, go ahead. All right. So for policy
we are going to be for the record administratively removing policy 0142.1 C policy 0174 C policy 0177 C
policy and reggg 1570 C and we're going to be tableabling policy and regulation 253. 35 for library material. All others will be um on approved for first read and we'll
move forward on second reading which will come at the March 17th I believe is the meeting. March 17th meeting. >> Thank you Mr. Widell. Curriculum and professional development items one through 20. Can I have a
motion? >> You'll move it. will second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Richards Patterson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Slade? >> Yes. >> Mr. Solacowski? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Venitas? >> Yes. >> Miss Danuno? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn? >> Yes. >> Miss Joy? >> Yes. >> Miss Mazone? >> No. To number one. Yes. To the rest. and Miss Francisco. >> Yes.
>> Resolutions 1 to 20 for curriculum professional development passes. >> Finance items 1 through 11. Can I have a motion? >> Then we'll make a motion. >> Any discussion? Roll call.
>> Mr. S. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sacowski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Venitas. >> Yes. >> Miss Dan Tuno? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn? >> Yes. >> Miss Joy? >> Yes. >> Miss Mazone? >> Yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson? >> Yes. >> And Miss Francisco?
>> Yes. >> Resolutions 1 through 11 for finance carries. >> Okay. We do not have anything under athletics or non-certificated personnel office. So we'll move on to non-certificated personnel operational. Can I have a motion for number one?
>> Antino will move. Richard Patter will second. >> Discussion. Roll call. >> Miss Dantino. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn. >> Yes. >> Miss Jri. >> Yes. >> Miss Mone. >> Yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Slay. Yes, >> Mr. Solacowski. >> Yes, >> Mr. Venetasen. >> Yes, >> and Miss Francisco. >> Yes. >> Resolutions one for non-certificated personnel operational passes. >> Non-certificated personnel other items 1
through six. Can I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Thank >> discussion. Roll call. >> Mr. Dun. >> Yes. >> Miss Joy. >> Yes. >> Miss Mazone. >> Yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Slay. >> Yes. >> Mr. Solowski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Venitason. >> Yes. >> Miss Dantuno. >> Yes. >> And Miss Francisco. >> Yes. >> Resolutions one through six for non-certificated personnel. Other carries.
>> Certificated personnel items 1 through 16. Can I have a motion, please? >> Motion. Done. >> Second. Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Miss Jodri, >> yes. >> Miss Mazone,
>> yes. >> Miss Richard Patterson, >> yes. >> Mr. Slade, >> yes. >> Mr. Solowski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Venitason? >> Yes. >> Miss Danuno? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn? >> Yes. >> And Miss Francisco? Yes.
>> Resolutions 1 through 16 for certificated personnel passes >> non-certificated personnel transportation. Can I have a motion for item number one? >> Miss motion. >> Jo second. >> Any discussion?
>> Roll call, please. >> Miss Mone, >> yes. >> Miss Richard Patterson, >> yes. >> Mr. Slade, >> yes. >> Mr. Solowski, >> yes. >> Mr. Mr. Venetason, >> yes. >> Miss Dantuno, >> yes. >> Mr. Dunn, >> yes. >> Miss Joy, >> yes.
>> And Miss Francisco, >> yes. >> Resolution one for non-certificated personnel transportation has passed. >> Transportation. Can I have a motion for items one and two? >> I'll move. Second.
>> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> M. Mr. Patterson, >> yes. >> Mr. Slade, >> yes. >> Mr. Solicowski, >> yes. >> Mr. Venitason, >> yes. >> Miss Dantino, >> yes. >> Mr. Dunn, >> yes. >> Miss Joy, >> yes. >> Miss Mazone,
>> yes. >> And Miss Francisco, >> yes. >> Resolutions one and two for transportation passes. >> Supplies, equipment, and services items one through three. Can I have a motion, please? >> I'll move it. >> There's only a second.
Any discussion? I have a question. Uh numbers two and three. So now this is the second uh round of bids that we got for the bridge. Correct, Mr. Wisel? >> No, this is not for the bridge. This is for what is called an alfall or a retaining wall. It's in the back of the
high school um going towards the the open field. There's like a retaining wall. It leads out to a stream um in the woods. So this is a different bid from the pedestrian bridge. This one has to go. Um, this has NJD regulations involved because there's a
uh public waterway. Um, so these were bids that were received for a different project. It was the retaining wall outfall repairs. We had three bids come in. Uh, Capella Construction was the lowest apparent. However, upon legal review with Mr. Parton and with uh our
architect, Takarski and Milman, they were missing a um document that they needed signed and notorized. So that made their bid um essentially no longer compliant. It was not the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. So that would leave two bids remaining. C
Coast and SMG Paving both were above our budget for the project. Um so at this point hopefully we can rebid this. It we'll keep the same exact specs and all we need is one form signed and notorized. Um and potentially we can uh
authorize or or approve to the lowest responsive and responsive bidder. So, >> so question, what was our budget for this project? >> Uh, we typically we typically won't share it publicly because uh typically then vendors ask and and want to know. So, I can send you I can send to the
board um what our budget for the project is, but it was much closer to that $400,000 number compared to the 793 or the >> cost estimate, right? >> Yes. >> Yes. So now >> or the 3.5 >> with that missing notorized and
signature page that is is that going to kick them out of the running? So let's say they do come back and send that signed and notorized. Will we then have to rego out and then >> we we have to bid it out. They can't it's not a rectifi you can't rectify with the submission of that one sheet.
So you have to rebid out and go through the process again. >> So now what if they come back and say okay well instead of 400,000 now it's going to be 600,000. they have that right to do so. >> Okay, that sucks. Okay, great. Thanks.
Can I ask a question? Um, and I don't know if you know the answer to this question, but that is a really large gap between the lowest bid and the highest bid like 400,000 and 3.5 million. >> Yeah. And typically uh contractors get
the opportunity to come look at them uh at the space. We did we had a pre-construction meeting. one vendor was there. Um, but typically a lot of times they I think this was 11 different vendors did request these specs. It happens, you know, it's it's a huge
variation, but it it does happen. It does happen more often than not actually. Um, so certainly something we're not going to pretend to uh consider. >> Sure. So just to the original question um for Miss Mazone um we for the bridge
we did have two un unsuccessful um bid opportunities or bid solicitations. They were um both rejected. All bids were rejected both because the budget. Um so now we enter negotiations. We entered uh we reached out to both vendors that did submit bids on the project. Both are um
interested in negotiating. So now we meet um I think we have a meeting set for early March in regards to sitting at the table um with both contractors. They get to essentially give their recommendations or different suggestions on how they can get this project done at
a more cost advantage uh way a solution and then we they have to finish submit a best and final similar to as you would purchase a house and then submit all their required vendor documentation. And if the board is in agreement with that
best and final, we can move forward with the bridge project. Um, but most likely the earliest we would have a potential award would be our March 17th meeting because I think best and finals are due the end of that uh first or second week in March. So, we're we're getting closer
getting closer. >> And there's nothing that we can go back to the state with this on. I mean, it's a it's a hazard for the kids. the kids are then, you know, being transported through the two buildings whether it's in the street or by bus. So there's nothing that the state can come in, you know, step in and get this done or
>> so. So So when you have a emergency contract or ex it's an eent um situation that affects the health, safety or welfare of a child or staff member, what you have to do is make a reasonable accommodation. We essentially did that.
We closed the bridge unfortunately and then we did you know we shuttled the buses. So um we we in any case if say uh a roof caved in or anything like that you just have to address the emergency situation in the least cost uh the least cost effective or the most cost
effective way possible which was closing the bridge in that sense. So there's nothing unfortunately we're following the letter of the law on this uh in Mr. Parton's eyes as well. And so uh we'll go through the negotiations and see what we can award from there. >> Got it. Thank you.
>> I have one question on item number one. I know this is not as big as 400k or 3.5 million, but I see a 30% increase in the paralto web filtering license. Any particular reason? >> So it's a it be it's a 30% increase
because it's actually a 15th month renewal. One of the biggest things and I was working with um Mr. Yanazelli, our director of technology. Uh some of our renewals uh for software or different things that we use and and this is again a web filtering software. They started
and ended mid year, mid fiscal year. Um which is not ideal. I like to have things start on the July 1 to June 30th matches our fiscal year. So in this case, what we were trying to do was just I think it was a February start date or or March. It was like a four we were
trying to get them to to budget or provide a proposal for four months. they weren't willing to do that. They were willing to go to 18 18 months. So, this essentially will start and end in concurrent with our fiscal period. So, it'll end on uh June 30th of 2027
because it it'll be a 15-year renewal. So, it's the remaining of this 25 26 year and then next year next year as well. And then once it finally ends, it'll be aligned with our current fiscal year. >> Thanks, Morty.
Thank you, Mr. Widel, for all that information. All right. Can we have a roll call? >> Mr. Slade? >> Yes. >> Mr. Solowski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Venitas? >> Yes. >> Miss Dantuno? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn? >> Yes.
>> Miss Joy? >> Yes. >> Miss Mazone? >> Yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson? >> Yes. >> And Miss Francisco? >> Yes. >> Resolutions one, two, and three for supplies, equipment, and services passes. Okay. Miscellaneous items one through five. Can I please have a motion?
>> Motion. >> Make a decision. Second. >> Any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call. >> Mr. Salowski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Venitason? >> Yes. >> Miss Dantuno? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn? >> Yes.
>> Miss Joy? >> Yes. >> Miss Mone? >> Yes. >> Miss Richards Patterson? >> Yes. >> Mr. Slade? >> Yes. >> And Miss Francisco? >> Yes. Resolutions one through five for miscellaneous carries. >> Board secretary and board business. May I have a motion for item number one?
There's no motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Mr. Mangitason. >> Yes. >> Miss Dantuno. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dunn. >> Yes. >> Miss Joel. Yes, >> Miss Mazone.
>> Yes, >> Miss Richards Patterson. >> Yes, >> Mr. Slade. >> Yes, >> Mr. Solowski. >> Yes, >> and Miss Francisco. >> Yes. >> Resolution one for board secretary and board business carries. >> Hearing of the residents on any school
district issue. >> Okay, seeing none, moving on to Oh, no. Go right ahead. I didn't see you. Got to adjust, adjust, adjust. Good morning, good evening. It's been a long day. Hi, my name is Alexis. I'm a resident of Oldbridge. I have a couple two kids in
the district. So, um I wanted to come to speak to the board today about a few concerns I have regarding some board of ed members who recently attended a statewide schoolboard summit which was organized and held by the New Jersey Family Policy Center. The board of
member the board of ed members I am speaking to directly include Christina Mazone, Brooke Richards Patterson, and Karen Vena. Um, my concerns are regarding that their attendance violates um what I believe a board me board members ethical and legal obligations to
the Oldbridge School community. The pictures of their attendance was recently published on the New Jersey Family Policy Center social media website. It's easily publicly viewed. Um, this organization is a known political and lobbying group, promoting extremist positions in schools,
including policies regarding promoting religious beliefs in public schools, anti-LGBTQ policies, restricting access to books and curriculums, among others. It is clear your attendance was about politics, not education. The website for the summit
stated that the focus of this event was to disseminate information to sitting schoolboard members on how to advance the group's political goals within the public school systems that attendees represented. The members I am speaking to today cannot claim they attended simply as a private citizen as this
summit was specifically included invitations to local school board members. It is hard to see how you can subscribe to and agree with the policies of this organization and faithfully uphold policies as a board of ed member that treat all students in Oldbridgeidge
fairly regardless of faith, sexual orientation or gender identity without discrimination. You serve and represent a diverse school system and it is important that all board of ed members remain apolitical and represent the entire community rather than a polit
particular ideology. Your attendance appears to violate your oath to the greater Oldbridge public school community and actually violates letter F of the New Jersey code of ethics for board members. I brought copies for you should you need a reference and reminder of what your ethics are. I'm going to read the the
specific uh ethics that I believe is important here. Um this is ethics F. I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for the gain of
friends. And so I have two direct questions to those members who attended this event that I believe each of you owe a response to the Oldbridge community. Your responses are required for transparency and to ensure trust that you are representing all members of the school district. Okay. So my two
questions are what were your goals for attending this event? Do you support the New Jersey Family Policy C Center's policies? And number two, how will you uphold your obligation to represent a diverse public school community if you also support the goals and policies of
this political organization? I will await your response. >> Thank you. if you could please sign in. There's a book on the podium up here. Um for all anyone else that wants to speak as correspondents or for hearing of the residents, please sign in um in the
book. Thank you. >> Okay. So, I will respond to you. Um as most people in here probably read on Facebook, I first of all never heard of what the New Jersey policy group was. I attended a summit and it wasn't just for board members. It was open to the
public. Well, not public, vetted public, but it was open to other people besides board members. It had nothing to do with the LGBTQ um or anything political. And you guys can huff huff and puff all you want because I hear it. But the truth is it had to do with parental rights. And it's
every policy that we have in place already. It was just talking about a bill of rights that was recently passed in a neighboring district. Um what was the second question? So again, it wasn't for the NJ. I I like again, I've never heard of that group
before. I didn't sign any pledge when we attended the meeting or to sign up. I didn't pay to attend a meeting. Um it was I went on my own personal time on because that's where I wanted to attend. um how do I keep a non-political because
again it had nothing to do with anything LGBTQ. It had to do with parental rights and all the policies that we already have in place on our board. We're not going back and forth. I'm sorry that's not the setup of our meeting. It's fine. I I'll answer her question.
The parental rights policies that we have in place we already have in place. They're already approved by our district. So it's neither there nor here. It's it was literally a bill of rights that was passed in a neighboring district just summarizing all of our parental rights policies that we have.
So it had nothing to do with anything that that group stands for. Again, I never even heard of that group. You can believe me. You cannot believe me. That's my truth. And that's all I have to say. >> Yeah. Also would like to add uh I definitely went there. it was as a
private citizen and as a parent of this school district and I also want to know what's going on. That's my curiosity and I was not in favor of anything and again you know all those you spoke about uh I'm not even familiar or aware nothing of that sort was discussed it's uh more
about you know their ideas so there's nothing wrong in giving some ideas and coming to the old bridge yes I'm committed here and by our policies and bylaws that we have on the books that's what I go by not by what I get heard from people from anywhere in the world I
just want to make it very clear I go by the laws that we define here and I'm ethically accountable for what I perform in my role for this school district for every student in the district or anybody living in Goldbridge as a community. Thank you.
>> Yeah, and just to piggyback um what my two co-members said um you know, we're parents first. We're parents first and foremost. Uh we did sign a code of ethics and we didn't violate any code of ethics. Um, if I'm going to attend something on my personal time, uh,
regarding parental rights, I am more than at liberty to do so without violating any rights. Um, you made some outrageous accusations that were political. I've seen that um, plenty on social media. I've actually seen the rumors spread on multiple um, platforms
that I actually touched on last week at the last meeting. Um, and this is just like, you know, just triggered rage, clickbait, um, rhetoric that doesn't even happen. Uh, we were accused of signing some kind of pledge as board of ed members. We
were never proposed a pledge, nor did we sign one. Um, there was never any talk about the LGBTQ community or anybody else for that matter to be excluding. Um, so again, these are just presumptuous rumors that are being
constantly spread about us. on social media. Um, it's not nice and at least you asked, but those were wild accusations that are barley inaccurate. Thank you. Any other hearing of the residents? Okay, seeing none, I will close that.
>> Do we have any old or new business? >> I have new business. Um, the Old Bridge High School Chinese National Honor Society is having their Lunar New Year celebration this Friday. Um my daughter is one of the officers. So I can tell you the hours that these
students are putting into work. They're getting sponsorships from the community. They're getting um it's a free event open to all, but they do ask for RSVPs because they are providing food. Um but the information uh is on their social
media, but it's uh from 5 to 8:30. I know um information went to the with some uh wrong time. I know they plan on sending out a new um information, but it is 5 to 8:30. They're really excited about it.
>> I have some new stuff. >> Thank you, sir. Um I guess this will fall on the old business and this is a question for Mr. Widell. Um we have endured, I believe, seven snow events so far this year. Uh and uh there is a
forecast for a mega nor easter for this coming weekend where they're going to they're saying right now anywhere from 8 to 14 inches of snow um Sunday into Monday. So how is this impacting our budget? Because obviously the more snow
we have the more money we spend and I know that we budgeted x amount of dollars. Could you just advise where we are regarding our snow budget and removal costs? >> Dr. Taso says snow only happens on Sunday, so it can't matter. We still >> No, no, no, no. It's
>> It's happening Sunday night into Monday and it's a mega storm. We are over budget currently. I don't have the specifics, but we are over. >> I'm moving. >> Oh, no to snow. That's it. >> Yeah, we are over budget at this point. Unfortunately, uh again, even if when it snows on the weekend, we still have the
uh responsibility to plow, to remove the snow. Um so, we have been over budget. Um it's something that uh myself and and Miss Flynn uh in my in my office are looking forward to when we do transfers. Um we're addressing it, but we again we're over budget. It's hard to predict
or or hope that and and when my wife told me the uh forecast, I said please don't happen. So I'm crossing my fingers. I'm I'm doing the opposite of wearing your pajamas inside out. >> I'm sorry. Could you just uh explain to the public where the money's come from
when we're over budget? Obviously you have a line item you try to predict the future and if you allocated 500,000 where does the additional monies come from in the event that we're over budget? >> So uh snow plowing is is budgeted out of
our uh facilities and grounds 263 function. Um when you're over budget in that function you have to look elsewhere other accounts even as much as perhaps uh a tuition that wasn't used for a student anticipated placement. Ideally where we try to look for first is any um
available balances in the required maintenance uh lines or whether it's uh you know contracted services to repair make repairs at schools um landscaping or or general grass cutting um or trades materials that are purchased to do jobs. So we look at those areas first. Um if
there's not enough funding uh there you go out elsewhere throughout the entire budget really. So anything's really on the table. Um, but again, you pick and plug and it comes down to, and I'm sure we'll get into it when we we start talking about about our budget in the next few years. We had pretty light
winters the past few years. Um, and and the budget that we had budgeted was was able to be sufficient and then even when it didn't snow enough, you had that extra money and and you could put elsewhere. Um, that wasn't the case this year, unfortunately. And so, this board will have to make the decision going
forward. Do you increase that budget in 20 26 27 and potentially take funds from areas other areas that you need? Um so that that'll be a discussion that we have moving forward or do you hope just for a later winter next year? So
>> Mr. White, could you please provide to the board the actual amount that was budgeted for snow removal this year and where we stand? >> I don't have it off the top of my head, but I will provide out. you can provide it to us so we can understand how far over budget we are and usually you know
whatever was excess will be in our excessive fund balance would carry over to next year obviously we're running a deficit so it's less monies that we're going to be able to carry over so if you can kindly provide to the board where we stand >> y thank you >> I'll bring some fun into the spending
Uh so the Obridge Education Foundation has uh some campaigns and fundraisers coming up on March 7th. Max Challenge down the block on 516 is having a fitness fund and fundraising event. Um
it's a $20 donation. If you show up, break your sweat, break open your wallet. Uh all the money goes towards the bridge education foundation which uh again gives grants to teachers. Um for the third or maybe fourth year we're
doing the lucky charm campaign. Again we it's pretty it's a lot of fun. We had a lot of success with it. Um you'll be getting an email in the um through from the district. Uh basically if there's any teacher, par noon supervisor, nurse, secretary, any staff member that goes
above and beyond for your child, you'll be able to nominate them and they'll get a digital digital uh certificate. Uh those donations start at $5, so you'll be able to recognize uh somebody who makes a difference for your child in the district. Uh you can look out for an
email from the district. And then finally, I have a plug. Kimberly Moscarelloo asked me to plug uh her thing at Samberg. Let me get Yes. The Carl Samberg
presents Disney's High School Musical Jr. uh March 5th to the 8th. Uh they start at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. And there's a 2 pm show on Sunday. I believe it's on our website.
Yes. Yeah. To find it. Okay. If not, we'll put it on the website, but Carl Samber, I've been to it. So, it's the Disney High School Musical. Um, come support the school. Uh, and it's a lot of it's a lot of fun. Thank you. You can hear me. Okay.
Excuse me. Okay. Um, so I just wanted to mention, you know, I've just continued doing some of the school tours. um being a new board member, I've gotten to see now um Shira. I've gotten to um go to
McDivet. Uh Mrs. Bloom, their guidance counselor, raised uh she's raised actually thousands of dollars now by selling used books um and donating them to the food bank. So, I just wanted to give her a shout out and kudos. Mrs. Bloom was wonderful. My son went to McDivet and um so it was very nostalgic
going there. Of course, we didn't have Miss George there, but you know, one of our faves. Um, and we I also went to um Shira recently. I got to hang out uh for a unified play unified meeting um with Miss Jensen. And I really enjoy going to
the schools and seeing the sensory holes. I'm also told that Miss Jensen was to credit for um setting that up in the in the hallways. They look so nice. Um I really enjoyed those meetings a lot. I'm really excited to learn today that we have Unified going to be
happening for McDivet. Um it's something a lot of parents have been asking about and I'd really love to see more people sign up for this in our middle schools um faculty-wise and if there's something that we can entice you with, please reach out to us because it's just such a wonderful
program. I'd love to see for our middle schoolers. Um I want to wish our community a happy Lunar New Year which is today. the year of the firehorse. And I also want to um wish our Muslim
community a prosperous and healthy Ramadan which will be starting tomorrow, tomorrow evening. Um and that's it for me. Oh, you know what? I did want to touch on one more thing. On Thursday, because we were talking about the funding is uh an assembly meeting uh
regarding the school budget committee and it's at 10:00 a.m. So, I didn't get to research all of it yet. I might try to uh see if I can dig a little bit into it to see, but there, you know, there's just people talking about the fact that we could email to have a say in it. So,
it wouldn't hurt for community members to reach out to them regarding our funding. We have a new governor and hopefully a different for, you know, funding formula for our district. And so I just wanted to touch on that in case anybody wanted to reach out to our
local, you know, legislation and have a say in where hopefully our school funding goes this time. That's it. Anyone else? Um Brooke, I'm glad you mentioned that we now have Play Unified at all of our schools. We just completed um exhibit. I
think Dr. Sasso said there is somebody here who is doing that. Is that correct? >> Oh, Dr. Thank you. Okay. I was gonna say I'm like that's not the main thing here. Thank you.
We're very excited to to get that going. So fantastic job. Okay. Well, if that is all, I am going to ask for a motion to go into close executive session and we will not be coming back out. >> M will gladly motion.
>> Richard Patterson will second. >> All in favor? >> All in favor? >> All right, we're going into exec. Thank you everyone for coming out tonight. We appreciate you. Have a great night.