##VIDEO ID:vYAVsTy7M9c## Mr Walsh would you be so kind to lead us in the flag salute United States indivisible andice would i' like to read the Sunshine Law statement all requirements of the open public meetings act have been met for this meeting of the Board of Education of the burough of ordell notice of this meeting has was filed with the record in town news and all persons requesting such notice Mr nutland would you read the mission statement for us the ell public school district is dedicated to the ongoing pursuit of educational Excellence through comprehensive innovation Innovative curriculum and instruction the district is committed to providing opportunities for social emotional and academic Discovery to Foster curiosity courage and character our goal is to prepare our students to become lifelong Learners who are self-directed resilient productive responsible citizens thank you I would like to now open the meeting to the public uh reorganization session items only seeing none I will move to the board secretary's report on election results I will now enter into the record the annual school election results for Tuesday November 5th 2024 official board candidate results three ful year terms Mary Katherine noran 2,638 Jessica Moran 2,22 7 Gregory Darian 32 I would now like to administer the oath as the board secretary to the following newly elected board members Mrs Mary Katherine noran three years Mrs Jessica Moran three years Mr Greg Daren three years would you please stand and raise come forward to be sworn in is the mic on it's it's on Can You Hear Me Ready's okay uh required Oaths for school board members pursuant to njsa 18a colon 12-21 n njs 41 colon 1-1 and 1-3 I will now begin I please raise your right hand yep I I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I I maryg do solemnly swear that I will support theti of the United States and theti of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and aliance to the Saint and to governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I state your name do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs19 colon 4-1 nor disqualified due to a conviction of a crime or offense listed in njsa a 18a colon 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God I maryan do Solly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education and that I am not disqualified as a voter Pur D nor disqualified due toic of a crime or offense listed in njs 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my abili so help me God as Trustees of the orell Board of Education please take your seats thank you and congratulations guess it's over I will now take a roll call of the Board of Education Mr Del Greco here Mrs Downey here Mrs Moran here Mrs noran here Mr nutland here Mrs Walker will not be joining us this evening Mr Walsh here Mr Darien here Mrs Nichols here I would now like to open the floor to nominations for president of the idell board of education do I have a motion I make a motion to nominate Miss Watson Nichols as board president I'll second a motion are there any other nominations seeing none we'll close the nominations and now go on the rooll Mr Mr Del Greco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mrs noran yes Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh yes Mr Daran yes Mrs Watson Nichols yes I would like to congratulate Mrs Dorothy Watson Nichols as the president of the orell Board of Education and at this time I will turn the the meeting over Mrs Watson she gets all the wood thank you uh let's open the floor for nominations for vice president Mr Walsh I'd like to nominate Greg Duran for vice president any other um nominations I'd like to nominate Miss uh Katherine norin any other nominations okay we'll close the nomination the way we're going to do it is in order of uh nominations how it goes do you have pieces of paper or we're just going to do it in public we can do it in public okay so um we have to order we have to vote first on Mr Darion it goes in order of nomination so you go through the r local and the person everyone has to it's for Mr Daran only so y the vote is yes or no okay and then the issue is we don't have um an odd number so if it gets split we're going to have to call our attorney okay I think point of order I think it actually goes to the county superintendent I think that's what we was done in the past okay we yeah whatever it is we'll find out yeah okay on the role for Mr Darien as vice president of the idell Board of Education Mr Del grea no Mrs Downey no Mrs Moran no Mrs noran no Mr nutland uh no Mr Walsh yes Mr Daren yes Mrs Nicholls yes on the role for Mrs Katherine noran as vice president of the Oradell Board of Education Mr Del Greco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Mrs Moran yes Mrs noran yes Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh no Mr Daren no Mrs Nicholls no the votes are five for Mr for Mrs noran as vice president of the ell Board of Education and three for Mr Daren so at this point I would like to uh acknowledge Mrs Katherine noran as the vice president of the ell Board of Education all right you want to seats switch okay moving forward uh we have the code of ethics I would like to do this as a separate motion so we'll do it as we normally do it we will start um think we have eight people 10 so we'll just start with Mr nutlin go this way and then we'll end go around twice so Mr nut you want to start reading the first one it will come this way number six yeah it is hereby moved that the board adopts the following code of ethics developed by the New Jersey Board of boards Association as the code to which each oral board member subscribes keep going yeah read the first one I will uphold and enforce all laws rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to schools desired changes shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools that meet the individual need needs of all children regardless of their ability race Creed sex or social standing I will confine my board action to policy making planning and appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well run I will recognize that Authority rests with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board 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 I will hold confidential on matters pertaining to the schools which if disclos would needlessly injure individuals or the schools in all other matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for its schools I will vote to appoint the best qualified Personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer why don't you just take the last one also I will support and protect School Personnel in proper performance of their duties I will refer all complaints to the chief school administrative officer and will act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution okay um I'm going to call this one separate I don't see lines under it but we're going to call it separate when someone like to make a motion for the code of ethics I'll go ahead and make the motion if nobody else will I'll second second by Mr nutland any questions call a question on the role Mr Del grea yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mrs noran yes Mr nutman yes Mr Walsh yes Mr Daran yes Mrs Nichols yes um it's up to the board if someone would like to make a con uh motion for consent agenda or we can go one by one I make a motion that we have a consent agenda okay uh motion by Mr Daran for consent agenda second by Mr Walsh does anyone have any questions on this consent agenda this is just the reorg items call a question on the role Mr Del Greco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mrs noran yes Mr nutland yes Mrs Walker not here she is absent Mr Walsh yes Mr Daran yes Mrs Nichols yes uh moving into our public uh session we're going to call the roll call but if Mr um aapeli you could put uh Mrs noran and me in the places where we're supposed to be okay and then we'll do a roll call Mr Del Greco yes Mr Daren uh no I'm leaving I have to go oh that's right you have to go so I'm over be here planning board that's why we moved on already Mrs Downey yeah Mrs Moran yes Mr nutland yes Mrs Walker is absent Mr Walsh yes Mrs noran yes Mrs Nichols yes Mr Darion before you leave do you have the um code of ethics that you could sign for me for us before you leave might have hand it a minute I already have it oh you already have it okay all right this is your okay thank you okay open to the public for agenda items only okay not seeing any we'll move to the superintendent report bosos good evening as we start a new year many of our classes spent time reestablishing classroom behavioral expectations and setting goals whether individual student goals or classroom goals at our next board meeting I will provide an update on the district's goals for this year however there are additional projects that are also being worked on outside the scope of our actual goals in the area of buildings and grounds over the break all bathrooms on the second floor were painted and had new mirror installed Additionally the bathrooms in the sixth grade wing also had new lights installed uh we have begun the bid process for summer HVAC work in the area of public relations we continue to work on our new website design which is slated to be launched this winter we are also working on a winter newsletter to be sent out before the end of the month this newsletter is one way we encourage families to register for kindergarten currently registration has been open for almost a month and we have 40 students registered which is a little low for this time of year we do encourage enourage families to register early as it allows us to have an understanding of resource and staffing needs as we work on the budget in the area of curriculum we do have a professional day scheduled for January 20th where teachers will continue to look at data to inform teaching practice this data can include dibles foundations link it our new digital platforms happy numbers Legends of learning and classroom data collection in the area of personnel on tonight's agenda you will find the retirement notification for Mrs Patricia cudy Mrs cudy has worked in the district for 20 years we thank her her for her dedication to the children of ell and wish her well on her next steps we will post for the April 1st opening for that position tomorrow finally as it is School Board appreciation month I would be remiss not to say thank you to each of you for your commitment to the district I know that many believe that being a board member just means sitting through two meetings a month however there is so much more behind the scenes that requires your time and attention so on behalf of the staff and administration thank thank you for your volunteerism and your efforts to make the ell Public School District the best it can be that concludes my report thank you Mr Elli yes I'd like the report that the audit is fully completed and at the next board meeting on the 22nd Mr Bliss of lurch Vincy and Bliss our auditing firm will present the audit um and that concludes my report for this evening it's early is year that's good okay moving forward to minutes we have the review of December 11th any questions or comments please email Mr aell and uh we have approval of November 20th do we have a motion I mooved that we approved in November 20th minutes a second second by Mr nutland any questions call a question on the rooll Mr Del Greco yes to December 11th and abstain from November 20th we're not voting on the 11th we're just reviewing it's just the it's just the it's just the 20th so you're you're abstaining from the 20th yes thank you Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran abstain Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs noran yes Mrs Nichols yes committee reports Mrs noran would you take administrative sure um administrative items I'd like to uh present item A1 which is the recognition second by Mr Walsh any questions we're voting to recognize ourselves basically call the question on the role Mr Del Greco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs noran yes Mrs Nichols yes buildings and grounds Mr Dar is not here we'll be going over committees uh Mrs Nori and I but for now Mr nutland you want to take it yes such you're on the committee B buildings and grounds B1 um I hereby um recom recommend the superintendent that the board of off uh Board of Education approved the following requests for use of facilities school year 2425 in accordance with policy 1330 I'll second it second by Mr Walsh any questions or anything for buildings and grounds I have one question are we um you would mention that we're putting out our the bidding for next summer are we did we decide are we putting the hbac unit for the kindergarten Wing in with the Aires is it going to be one bid no no we can't do that because of the way it was all set up oh because originally it couldn't be that way okay so it's going to be two separate two separate and they're both going out now or just no that's what we were going to talk about in b& G in okay so just the a right now we'll have those at the end of the month okay any other questions call the question on the r Mr Del Greco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs noran yes Mrs Nichols yes uh curriculum Mrs noran uh yes um I'd like to present C1 I'll second it second by Mr Walsh any questions call a question on the role Mr delgreco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mr nutlin yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs noran yes Mrs Nichols yes Finance technology um Mr Del grle you want to take that sure like to bring D1 through D2 do I have a second I'll second it any questions I have a question the uh the donation is that something specific for um it's specifically for recycling um it is a passion project for Mr Werner and he would like to increase our recycling we have one hurdle to overcome in terms of where to put an additional dumpster so this was something he applied for right is it a donation a grant like what is it like it's a grant which can be accept it you actually can apply for it annually okay and what do we have to do with it what are we supposed to be it was written to increase recycling at Orel public school all right any other questions call a question on the role Mr Del Greco yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs noran yes Mrs Nichols yes uh delegate report Mr Walsh I have nothing a report um Personnel Mrs Walker is not here uh Mrs noran you want to take that sure um you have the uh Personnel report in your um pack notes your packet for today the folder it's actually not the packet it's the addendum to the packet um so all the information is there um and I'd like to present it for approval I'll second it F1 F1 for approval any questions call the question Oh Mr delgreco oh call the question on the role Mr Del greo yes Mrs Downey yes Mrs Moran yes Mrs noran yes oh excuse me Mr nutland yes Mr Walsh yes Mrs Nichols yes public relations Mrs Downey were you at the meeting for the new website okay so where are we at with that um as I Shar during my report we we will go we will launch within the next month we've been meeting um Mrs catalo and I weekly with the our representative from AP so will the pr committee see it before like before it's finalized so see that okay um open to the public for anything M Watson yes we s policy oh hold on I made a mistake I'm sorry policy Mr Del Greco sorry sorry about no problem do that on purpose um like uh we did have a meeting on December 18th before the holidays so we did talk about school activity funds uh tutoring and conflict of interest Oprah changes which was mandatory Hib training signoff gender gender identity and expression and then distribution of materials by pupils and staff right so any um which ones are going to be on the next um I think uh Oprah there'll be two on the next one so will they be sent to the board before then or were they already to the whole board no they'll be sent in the next packet okay yeah so some of them are just under discussion but two I think will go on for first reading next time okay sorry okay open to the public sorry about that if you could just state your name for the record and then you can write in the book okay what was your name Andrew Pratt okay uh just a couple quick questions um I have two daughters here here um one of them is 10 years old and she is telling me that not a lot of the watering stations work in the school sorry can you repeat that again not a lot of the watering stations like the refilling stations for your water bottles are working at the school she said one of them's Brown I think the one by the NPR room doesn't work a lot of them are really tough to fill your water bottle I don't know if that's something that you guys have heard or if this is an exaggeration but I haven't heard it so we will look into it okay I know the one by the NPR room like the water bot like it doesn't work so the kids enter for basketball through there and they can't refill the water BS um that's one thing uh second for we have a lot of basketball practices we ran out the gym and uh I feel like in past years the door was always unlocked by the janitor so the kids can come in and out during the basketball normal basketball practice times and it's been uh locked which door are you speaking of specifically by the MPR room but like which one going the main entrance into the hallway oh the yeah the covered one by the basketball court oh the outside one yeah and why the kids are like constantly waiting outside and then we have to interrupt the people that are working in the Aftercare program I don't know if it's something where like the janitors usually they used to unlock the doors around like 5:30 I don't know if you have policies or so we're not going to give you an answer right now I will tell you that security here has been under discussion so it could be part of that I don't want to speak too much but we will discuss it with the superintendent and we will find out there might be a reason for for it I will tell you this though I'm going to ask Mr iell now can all the watering all the fountains be looked at tomorrow yes and if you can email the board about it just to let us know we will have that looked at tomorrow it could be an exaggeration she's 10 so it could be but you know what she makes it sound like it's Flint Michigan it could be the one they use it could be but let's just check them all because why not that's okay those are the only two small things I have thank you you can complain about some other things we're just so happy to have someone from the public here okay okay I'll ask another one this is kind of a bigger topic I don't know if this and we may not be able to answer it no that's fine and you maybe had bigger discussions about this but I know a lot of the softball has come up that maybe improving the fields and I don't know if you guys have there's rumors that there's policies you guys can't put down chemicals to kill the weeds and stuff but the Field's kind of embarrassing I don't know if there's a way to like work with you know the different Recreation committee and the you know different softball and people that use the field to improve it but so we have worked with um SEL before we ran sprinklers I believe for it um if you want to talk about there are def rules about chemicals We cannot put down but do you want to speak to we did um fix our sprinklers um right at the end of the summer so hopefully that's going to help and if you've noticed that we receded um on Center Street we are going to continue receding because part of that is we need some grass yeah we need grass but the the weeds become just by the end of the summer just all weeds there's no grass I don't know if that might be tough if you have a chemical restriction but I mean do we have the chemical restriction in the summer Mr iell we actually don't have a chemical restriction with what we can put on we do well you have to notify you have to stay off for 72 hours yeah so it's hard with school but can we look into it yeah it's more for the summer I think that it gets we'll look into it I know Mr nutland is listening very carefully right now on this because he likes this topic yeah this is his topic if I'm I'm allowed to speak yeah I you look at the middle school gets tons of play but they have grass and not weeds you want to comment Mr nlin uh yeah um I I I I agree with Mr Pratt um you know the fields um you know you go to a lot of other places and they have really some phenomenal places this has the potential to be really a great great field um it also gets to showcase our school and I think that's one of the things for me I'm proud of our schools I love this Auditorium so I would love to see us you know improve upon those facilities yeah I think part of it was that sprinklers not being on so that's been so and we're seating so let's see what happens anything else that's all thank you thanks for coming anything else from our other member of the public any old or new business question yeah so when like over break like that week that first weekend we still had basketball here turn your mic off and the sidewalks were like really icy is that like not something like we're responsible for if we're closed what dat was this the 21st it was a Saturday or yeah it was a Saturday like we still had our kids still had basketball oh and the school was closed for the break yeah the school was closer the break so I didn't know we still clear so Mr iell and I will check with that I mean it's frankly a risk management issue not to have it done yeah bring it up yeah so can you find out if anyone was here did it was it specific sidewalk like all of them I don't know about all of them but on that side of the buildings that center right center okay I meant to do this earlier in my report but I forgot I wanted to welcome Mrs Moran to the board anything you want to tell us why you R in I mean you don't have to be on spot but anything you want to tell us or we're happy to have you I just want to say thank you and I'm honored to be here and work with all of you I look forward to it yeah we met last night and lovely so we're excited to have you any other older new business any reason to go into a closed session anybody okay no closed session close session so somebody else want to do the adjournment I can still do it okay I moveed to adjourn second um I guess we'll just do all in favor I all right so want to keep it it's all your