May I call the meeting of the Parcipony Troy Hills Board of Education to order on May 22nd, 2025 in compliance with chapter 231 public law 1975 entitled Open Public Meetings Act. Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided
as specified in the act in the following manner. A meeting notice was published in the newspaper and on the district website on January 8th, 2025. In addition, the notice of the meeting was posted at the m municipal building in the schools and a copy of the notice
filed with the township clerk and transmitted to other newspapers on May 7th, 2025. The daily record, the star ledger, parcipony focus, tap into parcipany patch and the district website. This regular public board meeting is being video recorded as per
bylaw 168. The recordings of these meetings will be available on our district website and video onthe-go YouTube channel. We ask that you please refrain from using student or staff names in your statement. Professionalism is expected at all times. May we have
the roll call, please. Mrs. Abraham here. Mr. Barios here. Mr. Dvito here. Mrs. Mayor here. Mr. Rya, yes. Mrs. Mrs. Chappelle, yes. Dr. Wright, yes. Mr. Chaffa here. Mrs. Kogan here. Please
stand for the pledge to the flag. I aliance 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. Bless you. Okay. Now, ready for our student committee reports. Mrs. Miss Gonzalez. Good evening. I'm Emma Gonzalez from Parcipony High School and I'm so excited to share this week's past events with you. Our school is so excited for
Memorial Day weekend. We are especially excited with the extra break days. Just as a reminder, school is closed tomorrow, May 23rd, May 26th, and May 27th, next Monday and Tuesday. Luckily for the student council, we get the opportunity to go to Six Flags for our
spring convention. We cannot wait to discuss all of our future endeavors and goals for the state student council next year and we get the rest of the day to enjoy all of the Six Flags rides and food places. The student the PHS student council is so excited. Yesterday was the PHS spring band concert. We are so proud
of all of our players and are so excited to hear their solos at the solo and small ensemble concert. Um, come support our PHS band on June 3rd at 7:00 p.m. This year, Redstock is on May 31st from 12 to 3:00 p.m. with food, music, games,
and gender booths. This year, local vendors include School of Rock, Mathnasium, the Parcipony Public Library, and so many more amazing local communities. Make sure to come out and support our students, local community, and businesses. Right after the band solo and small ensembles concert, there
is the senior awards night on June 4th. Our school is so proud of our seniors and we cannot wait to see how far they've come and appreciate their accomplishments. Additionally, they have their senior prom on June 5th. All of our seniors are so excited. Just a reminder for rising seniors and their parents, the information has been posted
for senior parking and lunch off-campus eligibility. Make sure you attend one of the meeting dates listed on the weekly newsletter and submit um one of the signed off-campus contracts. Anyone that wants to be considered for the Paripony High School Hall of Fame must submit their
nomination to Paripony High School by August 31st, 2025. This special award must be seen through the dedication and service to Paripony High School. Just a reminder for future graduating students, a new graduation requirement is necessary. You must complete the FAFSA
or NJ alternative financial aid application in order to receive a diploma. These forms are essential to a student's future and a great way to ensure that every student has the opportunity and knowledge to receive financial aid. For our Parcipony High School sports, our Parcipony High School
baseball team had a 74 loss on Monday the 19th against Madison, but they have a game tomorrow at Mawa at 4:15. We wish them the best of luck. Our girls softball team had a game against Jefferson on Tuesday with a 5 to4 win. Additionally, they have a game tomorrow
against Morris Tech at 10 a.m. We know that they're going to do amazing. Our girls lacrosse team had a game yesterday against Clinton with a 164 loss, but they have a game today at Hoboken at 4:30 p.m. and we wish them the best of luck. With the end of the school year coming up so fast, our sports teams are
finishing up their seasons and preparing for the fall season of sports. With all the prep, we know that they'll do amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you. And I know you're not Tanish, but go ahead and tell us who you are and give us your report. Good evening. My name is Siobhani Shere and I'm currently a
freshman at Pipony Hills High School. I'm currently running for the board of education liaison filling in for Tanish. Let's get started with this month's Viking report. Beginning with some student council updates. Starting off with some essential student council updates. The student council is currently working on next year's
election for the student council executive board and class office. The candidates have been decided and have been released to the general public on our official Instagram page. The student council will release campaign videos by the end of next week on our Instagram page for students to watch. We will hold
voting on June 2nd. The student council is currently sorting senior letters as well. Moving on to PHHF's events and updates. Here's the highlights from events and initiatives that are happening at Parills. Graduation will be held on Friday, June 20th at 9:30 a.m.
at Parills Turf Field. Each graduate will will receive four white tickets for outdoors and two blue tickets in case of an indoor ceremony. All six tickets are valid for the outdoor ceremony. We are excited to celebrate the class of 2025.
The spring concert features a curricular band, sorry, the curricular bands and choirs of chorus and will be held on May 20th at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Come out to support our talented student musicians. The marching band and color guard held a car wash on May 17th from
10:00 p.m. to 2 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Pipany Oaks Club. All proceeds were used to support the program and it cost $5 to wash each car. The PHS career fair will be held May 29th during unit lunch on the outdoor patio, weather
permitting. Students will have the opportunity to explore job opportunities and speak with local business representatives. And make sure to dress professionally and bring a resume. Now I will be handing it off to Sanja to finish off the rest of the report. Thank you.
Hi, I'm Sanja and I'm also a freshman running for the board of ed liaison. So, continuing on with events. So, graduation bouquets and class of 2025 t- search featuring graduate names are available for pre-order through the com the commencementgroup.com/parson hills.
Orders will be available for pickup at graduation. Customer graduation law signs can be ordered at phhs.givebacks.com. The deadline to order is May 30th. Late orders will not be accepted. Yearbooks are still on sale for $90. Online purchases close at the
end of May. Juniors interested in senior open campus or senior parking must attend one share the keys program session. Upcoming options include June 11th at 6 p.m. at Paribney High School, June 18th at 600 p.m. at Parimney High
School and August 4th at 11:00 a.m. at Parney Hills High School. And for the Parimony Hills athletic updates, everyone who wants to stay updated on Viking sports scores, achievements, and events should follow the Parhill Sports Instagram page at Parills Athletics.
Softball defeated Parimney High 9 to8 to win the Mayor's Cup. Congratulation to co coach Olsen and the team. Baseball earned a 4-2 win over Paribney High to secure the mayor's cup. Great job to coach Bachelor and the team. The following are the upcoming Vikings games. Varsity basketball will take on
Penok High School today away at 4 pm. Varsity softball took on Mendum at 4 pm today at home. And lastly, varsity boys lacrosse face Newton High School today at 6 p.m. at home. And that's the month's PHS report. Thank you. Thank
you. Do we have any questions from board members? I do. Are are you guys competing against each other for liaison? We are. We are. You both did a great job. Thank you. I don't recall ever having quote unquote an audition prior to the election. So,
this is kind of cool. Well, the the good news is the school has two outstanding choices. The bad news is only one person is going to be the liazison, but you guys did great tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Good luck. Absolutely. I wanted to point out Emma sitting over. I got to hear her AP capstone presentation
probably three weeks ago. She did an unbelievable job. Thank you so much. Do you want to tell them about a little bit? Do you mind? Okay. She she worked so hard. She did a great job. Sure. Thank you. You didn't know this was going to happen. No. Um, so I did my AP capstone presentation
on the socioeconomic how different socioeconomic stand uh statuses uh would perceive an a hypothetical implemented sugar tax at Paripony High School. So how I basically measured how different students from different income brackets
would take it if it was implemented and see how if it would be a positive result for Paripony High School. And I did conclude that people in the lower socioeconomic status did see it a lot differently than people in the higher. And they saw it more dramatically than
people in the higher socioeconomic status. But people in the higher it more related to how much they were drinking it rather than their income bracket. So there was like a mixture. That's just a brief recap of the presentation. Yeah, she did a great job. Thank you so much. Messing around.
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Good job. Thank you, students. Have a nice night. You too. Um and I just wanted to recognize we have council vice president Neglia in the room. Thank you for your attendance, Mr. Neglia. Um we
are up to correspondence. Is there any correspondence to come before the board? Uh yes, there is. Oh. Are you going to read? Sure. You want to? No. Okay. Just um just just a brief statement. I informed the board a little earlier uh
this evening. Um dear Dr. Sutter, President Kogan, and members of the board, after a great deal of thought, I've made the difficult decision to step down from my position on the board of education effective at the end of our July 24th, 2025 meeting. Serving on the board for over 15 years has been one of the most meaningful and rewarding
experiences of my life. It's been a true honor to work on behalf of our students, staff, and families, and be part of shaping the direction of our schools and our community. I've had the privilege of working alongside so many dedicated, thoughtful, and passionate board members and administrators throughout the years. I'm proud of what we've accomplished
together, and I'll always be grateful for the friendships and memories I've made along the way. This decision comes as I look to better balance my professional responsibilities and my family life. As hard as it is to say goodbye to this role, I know it's the right time for me to do so. I'll continue to cheer the board on in the
district from the sidelines and I truly wish all of you the very best in the important work ahead. So, you know, thank you everybody. Appreciate it. Thank you for your service, Mr. Chapo. I'm sure we will have more to say in July. Yes.
Um, we can start. Okay. So, the board of ed officially acknowledges your resignation. Thank you. And we are up to unfinished business. Is there
anything? Okay. Um committee reports. Should we want to start? Let's see. Um human human resources. Mrs. Mayor, come to human resources. That's the first one that came up on mine.
Okay. Which one do you want to do? Human resources met on May 19th. Present were myself, Mrs. Abraham, Dr. Wright, and Mr. Ricker, I believe. Um, transportation updates. Our
head bus driver recently resigned. Um, is he's the as the only 12 bus driver on staff. Um, he'd like to continue working as a 10-month driver without the responsibilities associated with the 12-month position. We're currently looking to update the
job description before we post for a new head driver. Um, we're also in the process of creating a new job description for a stipen position as a bus mechanic. An in-house person with the correct certifications would allow us to save money instead of having some
on small repairs and certifications that we currently send out. We anticipate having both job descriptions ready for review before the June 5th meeting. We currently have school nurse positions open at Rockaway Meadow and Lake Parr.
We currently have RNs assigned to other buildings that we can use to fill those roles at each school. We have a total of 23 teaching positions open this spring. Five of them have been filled. This includes eight unexpected resignations for various
reasons since the end of April. Supervisors and building administrators are currently conducting interviews and demo lessons. Do we have any questions on the report? All right. Do you want to give your liaison report too and then we'll move
on? Um, let me go back. Hold on. I got to find that page. Okay. Um, the third annual Nancy Hellberg Memorial Recognition Celebration was held at Mount Olive High School on May 7th. Um, I type up a
summary for you all to read. Uh, I don't have to read it all to you. You know, or Dunn was the assembly woman who was there and she was very um, supportive of the evening. Uh, total funds raised was significant. It is pro it's the highest
we've ever been able to get. Um, Sheriff Ganon was there and he presented to the four eighth graders and they each got $500. 12 grade recipients, 11 awarded including Amelia Marada from
Parcipanies. She was sponsored by Mass Mashio's food service and she received 1500. Um other recipients there um were awarded between a,000 and 1500. It went up that way. There were 12 12th grade
scholarships. There were four different sponsors, five recipients, amounts ranging from 500 to a,000. County College of Morris had offered tuition assistance to three students who'll be attending in the fall attending in the fall which is a great
thing. Um after that was over we had our normal meeting um presentation of board member board member milestones and recognition of individual certificates
10 15 20 25 30 and I'll let Mrs. Kogan um take care of that. recognition of outgoing executive committee members and election and oath of office for the new com executive committee members. Only three districts submitted
for the Irene Lefay Excellence in Boardmanship Award. The winner was Katie Bartnick from Mine Hill. Um and then there was a really lovely presentation to Charlene Peterson. you know, this was her last. I mean, she was pretty she was done, but she was there anyhow. And it
was just lovely how they honored her and people had really nice things to say. Um, you know, she'd been a um unic rep for 12 years, so that's a pretty long time. So, that was just really a nice thing to show the appreciation for
her. Um, anybody have questions on that? Okay. Next thing I have is the delegate assembly. Again, I tried to kind of consolidate. There was a lot talked about. Dr. Pernella has been rehired. He
got a new contract for five years. Um the first resolution um it's to make inter the esports intercolastic sports that they get recognized and they get letters for and you know I don't have to read this to you but it was
overwhelmingly you know yes everybody thought that was a great thing to do because not everybody goes out and does that. This gave another avenue for people. The second one, oh that was the one that took the longest to discuss. It
was addressing the shortage of nurses. Um the proposal was to have language um modifying the the certifications for the nurse. Um and they because they were
eliminating the requirements of holding a bach bachelor's degree and completing a New Jersey DOE approved college curriculum. Um and instead they had to do three complete three classes related to school specific operations. Um there
was a very lengthy discussion. uh a a nurse a school nurse was there and the fear was that not having the full training was watering down the capabilities of the nurse. Okay. So that was that that was really very
controversial and the vote was taken and the recommendations that the New Jersey school board is very vague. you know, they believe that all necessary and appropriate steps should be taken, but it goes short of saying anything just
like with well, I'll go on to the next one. Um, and the vote was taken and it was very close. Um, it passed by one vote, which was pretty pretty tight. Um, resol resolution four was Oh,
anybody have questions about two? No. Resolution four was by kitten kitt my mouth is not working today. Yeah, that one. It's um attendance uh regulation should include state excused absences
for students who are completing steps necessary to enter the skilled trades professional union. And we do have that for um students going into the military. They have that. So that that really wasn't anything that was really, you
know, hammered over. But again, the recommendation was so vague and I even got up and said it just says the students should be be permitted a limited number. And I said, well, why can't you just say they can be permitted a number be permitted state excused
absences by putting that limited number? What what is that limited number? But they didn't think that was anything. The both of all of them the language that they adopted was very vague and um I was
told that it's easier to lobby when they have vague language. Um that passed 96% and then they swore in the new New Jersey school boards association officers and the meeting was adjourned at 11.
So all of these are recommendations. It still really has to go to the state to decide on these, right? Before we actually have anything to discuss here, right? Right. And I brought um the delegate assembly handbook if anybody wanted to look at it. I mean I just gave
you a brief overview because you know every other word would have made you crazy. But it was very interesting you know to hear people's perspectives. This obvious question I'm thinking the handbook might have it in there. There's there's a one, two, and four. I guess they pulled three. Yeah. Yeah. The other
Yeah, cuz I was surprised that that too. They they get a lot and some they just don't bother to bring forward to the It's just funny that they've had it that close to bringing it forward in here. But, um, those were the main ones. I think the one that drew the most discussion was about the nurses. Yeah.
So, we'll see how that shakes down. And that's the report. Thank you. Um, Mr. Bario's policy. uh policy met on May 19th, 2025. Uh in attendance, myself um Mr.
Chappelle, uh Miss Kogan, Dr. Maloney, and Miss Benos. Um on the um on the agend or on the notes here, there were a series of policies that uh we went through had a comprehensive
review of all these policies. Um and because of the amount of policies that were involved and some of the changes, we thought it was a better idea not to push it for this meeting and hold it until the next uh board meeting for
the first read. So, we'll give everybody an opportunity to sit back and digest some of these. Uh, some changes were regulation changes. So, kind of your standard fair, but other changes were add-ons uh by the administration. Um, and uh plagiarism uh
policy and revised to academ academic dishonesty. That was uh P5701. So, there's a there's a few things he went through. Uh, please take the time to review them. And um, that's my report. Do you have any questions?
Can I just clarify? Sorry. Go ahead, M. First. That's fine. Okay. Um, we can put those we can post those this week, right? So people can Excellent. Thank you. So are any just to just ballpark here. Are any of these policies since we're
going to push them out to the next meeting, first reading, then second reading in June 17th, I assume, is there any of them coming under not coming under compliance that we probably may or may not have? I I assume not, but I just wanted to ask. Yeah, we we definitely talked about that and there's nothing
that was time sensitive. So, Got it. Thank you. Uh, just as a little thing, Mrs. Abraham pointed out that the date is March. Got to switch it to May. All right, Mr. Chapo, I believe you have a
few committee reports. I do. I do. Um, critical issues did meet on May 14th. Present were Mrs. Abraham, Mrs. Chappelle, uh, Mrs. Kogan, and myself. Um, I think Mrs. Benos was there too, but you you
were there, weren't you? You're not not on our list, Joanie. um critical issues met to review the board of education 2025 self-evaluation. The compilation of the self-evaluation was distributed to the board of education on May 22nd. Additionally, we are required to
do a self-ealuation and we utilize New Jersey school board's model to accomplish this. Um each board member entered their individual feedback and received a copy of the completed report on May 22. The self-evaluation is used to collect data on how members see their roles and the role of the board. It helps to assess where we stand, what
challenges we face as a board, and how to better fulfill the obligations of serving of a board member. The critical issues committee will continue to compile a summary of the results of the six standards and um release that information to the board shortly.
Questions on critical issues? No. Uh oh. Yeah, sir. Uh today is May 22, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Got it. I did recognize that I was reading it,
but I just kept going with it. Yeah. Um the ad hoc uh development committee did meet on May 14th. President were Mrs. Mayor, Mr. Rehea, Mrs. Kogan, Mrs. Benos, Mrs. Teddesco, myself. The committee reviewed and discussed the questions from board members that were
submitted regarding the memorandum of understanding for pilot revenue sharing that we received from Mayor Barbario. The questions uh were submitted to our special counsel, Mr. Simon, for review at our next ad hoc committee on May 28th. Questions on
that? Oh, thank you. Um, and thank you, Mr. Chop, before running the last meeting. I was absent, so I forgot to say thank you. It looked like it was a pretty quick meeting, so you did a good job.
Question. We have a question, Mr. Ray. No, not a question. I just have a liaison report. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I did not ask of any last week. It was on the 15th we had the uh PLA board meeting report. So, um, I just want to mention to anyone who happens to be interested
is that there are a number of summer camps coming up that are sponsored by the PAL, uh, including an advanced basketball training, uh, advanced volleyball, summer art, summer basketball basics, summer flag football, summer indoor soccer, lacrosse, pickle
ball, and there is also a summer STEM program, which is exactly what what we think about with the STEMs, uh, science, technology, ology, engineering and mathematics. Uh a program to encourage u interest in in STEMS. So uh just want to
make anyone aware who might be listening who has an interest in signing up. Thank you. Are there any other liazison reports, Mrs. Chappelle? So on May 15th, the ESC met um there's really nothing. We did the uh we did the superintendent
review um and just touched on a couple of other things to wrap up the end of the year, but nothing else to highlight. All right. Thank you. Any questions for that? Yes. Do you have a leazison? Oh, I I don't have a liazison, but I just wanted to mention the Paripony Education Foundation golf outing. I know. I just
wanted to introduce it if you wanted to say anything. No, I mean it was the partipony education foundation had their annual fundraiser on May 13th which was the golf outing. There was several um board members in attendance and administrators in attendance and it was they had a really good fundraiser. So
thank you all for showing up. It was good. Thank you to to that end. I think didn't they exceed their goal from last year? They had more golfers. More golfers and I think they exceeded their fundraising goal. I think 93 very well intended. So 93 golfers. Yeah. not 90
something golfers 90 plus right yeah it was really fantastic dinner and uh raffles everybody was very excited good all right so that's our committee and leazison reports so now we're up to approval of minutes for the regular and
executive session of May 6 2025 can I have a motion please Mrs. Abraham second Mrs. Mayor roll call Mrs. Mr. Abraham, yes. Mr. Barios, yes. Mr. Dvito, yes. Mrs. Mayor, yes. Mr.
Rehea, yes. Mrs. Chappelle, yes. Dr. Wright, yes. Mr. Chapa, yes. Mrs. Kogan, abstain. And we are now up to the superintendent bulletin number 19. Dr. Sutter. Thank you, President Kogan. Good evening, everyone. As I explained at our
last meeting, May is Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The sheer theme of a legacy of leadership and resilience honors the contributions and service of AAPI leaders who have paved the way for future generations by affecting positive change in their
communities and the world. As such, the district has planned lessons activities and has provided our teachers with many resources that acknowledge and celebrate AAPI leaders. I will be attending the Morris County Association of School Administrators validator and saludiatoran recognition dinner on June
3rd at the Hanover Manor. Purpose of the evening is to honor the two top students at PHHS and PHS along with the rest of the valadictorian and saludiatorans in Morris County high schools. I'm pleased to share with you that Parcipony Troy Hills School District has been
officially selected one of the NEMA NA MMA Foundation's best communities for music education for 2025. The prestigious national distinction is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in providing music access and education to all students.
This recognition places the Parcifany Troy Hills Township School District among the top four to 5% of school districts nationwide for music education excellence. Key factors that are considered during the selection process are comprehensive K12 music curriculum
alignment, high school student participation rates in curricular and extracurricular music activities, professional development support for music facility or excuse me, faculty community partnerships and performance opportunities and consistent budget allocation for music programs across all
grade levels. Tonight for your approval, we have superintendent bulletin items 1 through 76 with addendum and read on items 77 through 96. Are there any questions or comments on the superintendent's bullet, Mr. Vio? Well, not quite on the bulletin on your
last thing, the the uh the award that we received about music. Uh I was lucky enough uh last night to attend the uh Brook Law Middle School coral concert with their orchestra and their strings and it was it was a very long evening but it was very well uh very well
attended and and very kids are very well done. They really getting improved a lot over these years. So, um, the moving up eighth graders, uh, were recognized by their by their strings teacher because those kids were the ones that were the our first third grade strings when we
just started the springs program all those years ago. So, you know, he made sure to recognize them and obviously now we're going to be seeing them in the high schools. So, like I said, it was a very well attended event and uh, you could see the product of why we get that award. So, thank you. Nice. Thank you.
just I I was also there. Uh we sat in the back and left early because we knew it was going to be a long night. But the uh hearing the sixth grade um orchestra play, I I would have guessed it was at least the high school orchestra. They are doing a fantastic job there. So that that award is certainly welld deserved.
Absolutely. Great. All right. And now we're up to the sec secretar's report. Mrs. Tedesco. Hi everyone. And on tonight's secretar's report, we have our reorganization motions for the 2526 school year, including the approval of the 2526 home
to school transportation routes. Anybody have any questions? Okay, we are up to new business. I know I have new business. Does anybody else? All right, so at the um recent New Jersey school boards
association meeting, as Mrs. mayor said they did some celebrations for um board members who uh were awarded certificates and for time served and we had four members receive awards at that meeting.
We had um Dr. Wright get a new board member certification. Mr. Barios got a 10-year service on the board. Mrs. Mayor also has 10 years service on the board and Mr. Trfo has 15
years of service on the board. So, if you guys could all just come out into the middle, I'll give you your certificates and we'll take a little picture and Okay, come in the picture. You still have to have a picture. See, this is like where I like to hide behind
You don't want to do a picture so stylish. She's so stylish. I can usually step out. I lost it. At this time, we are at the hearing of
the public. If there is anyone who would like to address the board, please come up, sign your name and address in the book at the lectern, state your name for the record, and please address the chair. Each person will have three minutes to speak to the board. It would be helpful if you would like to address
the board to please come up and sign in so that you are ready when the first speaker is finished. As a reminder, we are video recording this meeting. If you're a student who wishes to speak, we ask that you do not provide your home address, but rather give only the name of the town in which you live. If you are a parent wishing to discuss a
specific matter pertaining to your child during this portion of the meeting, you may request that the board temporarily suspend the video recording. Alternatively, please consider speaking privately about the matter to the superintendent after the meeting. Speakers should refrain from using specific student or staff names in their
comments and are referred to bylaw 168 for further information regarding the videotaping of our meetings. Is there anybody who would like to speak? I believe we have Yeah, good. You can at that lectern there's a microphone so that everybody can hear
you and you're heard on the recording as well. Um, hi, my name is Shujanna Pine and I'm a junior at Parzipony High School. I'm working on my Girl Scouts Gold Award project to bring awareness to our community about the importance of road safety. As I'm sure many of you know, our town lost the life of a young
8-year-old boy last summer after being hit by a car while riding his bicycle. This was a heartbreaking incident that hurt many, and I wanted to ensure this pain had meaning by dedicating my project to teaching our young students about how to stay safe on the road. On top of educating our youth, I wanted to
bring this recurring safety issue on Littleton Road to our town council by bringing change within our community, ensuring no similar accident happens again. I have already spread the word in my own school by working with my principal and project adviser sent it out to our student body and within a
short time it has gained much attention and support. Today I would like to request you as our board of education to further support me and my project by granting permission to send the petition to all Paripony schools their students parents and staff. I have also discussed my project and petition with Dr. Sutter
and after working with him and um going on the podcast with him, he has expressed his support and recommendation of spreading my petition throughout the district. So with his advice, I came to speak with you all today. With your support, we can work together to maximize the signature count to convince the town to decrease the speed limit on
Littleton Road. And this starts with gathering support from our community. Thank you. Thank you for your presentation. And yes, we did speak with Dr. Sutter. So your information will be able to go out to all the schools. So thank you very much for this for giving us the
information and for doing the gold award. Thank you so much. Um, hello President Kogan, members of the board. I did not plan on this, but after reading through some things, I thought of a question. Can you just put your name? Uh, no. Can you just speak your
name so it's on the record? Oh, sorry. U Darlene Taylor. Thank you. Um um I know we had some changes to the budget and one of those changes that came up at our PTA meeting at Rockway Meadow was um the cost for field trip transportation being that won't be
provided. Do we have an idea of what that cost will relate to for the schools next year since we have to prepare our budgets over the summer? You can ask all your questions and then at the end we if we can answer them we will question. Okay. So once the close
once the public session is done we will try to answer your question. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Evening. Um my name is Mmud Hassan Omar and I am an exchange student from Zanzibar Tanzania.
I'm currently study at Perceying Hills High School as junior. So today I just want to say thank you to Pying Hills High School for welcoming
me and being a place where I could grow, grow, learn and discover new side of myself. Being part of your community was privilege. I want to say thank you to teachers, my school counselor, my
classmates, and all other school staff. Thank you for showing me what school spirits, kindness, and curiosity looks like. I will never forget the experience from classes to sports to
sports like I did wrestling um cross country and track track and field for my first time also to prom homecoming school concert and pep rallies that shaped my exchange year in
the best possible ways. I also want to handle this US USA medallions medallion school to periph. Anything
else? Yeah. [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Good evening to the board members and everyone here this evening
superintendent. Um I am Marilyn Crawford. I also live in the town and I'm the host parent. My family made a decision to host a student internationally and we accepted when moved into our home in August of 2024.
When he arrived here, we were over overly excited. But before that process, we kind of started and got excited and signed up and found out we were approved to accept in the international student. And currently the AFS program is a program that hosts or accepts students
sending and receiving from 40 different countries. Um, you have an opportunity to really kind of select and you go through the profiles of each student and kind of see how they fit into your home, personality, some of their activities, involvement, extracurricular, what their
family life is like at home and how they kind of fit into your home. So, we had already made a selection and we were so excited. that we were on board and the AFS representative said, "Wait, but did you find out if your school district is
participating?" And I was like, "Oh my god, you got to be kidding me. Please tell me they are." Because she said, "Well, I know Randolph does not, but you need to call." So, it was, of course, it was a Friday evening and I had to wait until Monday. So, I just really hoped and like prayed and things worked out
when I got the yes. and I think it was um someone here who I spoke to over the phone. So I was really excited when I called and received that word. But from the moment that I called and the first representative from the district who I spoke with, from that moment up until
like the entire process and time that he's been here, Periphany has really delivered. This district has really that really impressed me. And I think that I have a freshman high school student who applied to he attends the
Hill um I'm sorry Morris School of Technology and after observing Moody's experience I kind of second guess I know they might you know be looking at this video at some point and I'm okay with that because what I've observed from the
hills has really truly been impressive um in terms of like what's offered at the school, not just programs, academics, and just the support that was really extended um to Mimmude because certainly now he's a part of our family and when I tell you staff really
advocated for him and just from student ambassadors from the first day of school to kind of make sure he's acclimated and um just the encouragement I received when I said, "Oh, he may need to do some ESL." And they said, "No, we think we got this. I think he'll be fine. and let
him kind of go through his regular mainstream courses. And I'm so glad that I was encouraged from someone in the district who said, "I think he can do this." And he did. Um, and he's grown so much. And we really appreciate it. Um, and so in addition to the medallion, we
also wanted to present the United States Department of State, the certificate of appreciation presented to Parcipony Hills High School for promoting mutual understanding and respect among future generations of global leaders by supporting the US Department of the
State, Congress Buddhist Youth Exchange, Future Leaders Exchange, and Kennedy Lagard's Youth Exchange and Study Programs, AFS Interculture through programs US Medallion Schools Department of States 2024 2025 presented to Pipany
Hills High School and to the board. [Applause] Just smile. We're good. Is there anybody else from the public who would like to speak? All right, seeing none, um Dr. Sutter, would you like to respond? Yes, I I
would like to thank you, Miss Crawford, for the kind words that you provided to the board. Uh we try very hard in this district to make everybody feel at home and to provide the best education possible. It really is a wonderful place. U and Mammud just made it that much better. I had an opportunity to
talk to him earlier. He's a lovely young man. We're going to miss him, but we hope that, you know, what he learned here, he'll carry back and um and and pay it forward. And that's that's what we want here. Um, we want to thank also, you know, for for for all her hard work
and for what you've done to to help the community as well. Uh, your parents obviously raised one heck of a, you know, young lady and and we're happy to have you in school, too. And want to thank your troop leader for all that you've done, too. You know, it's great. Um,
Darlene, I don't really I don't have an answer for you because I don't know what trips they're they're going on. We don't have a price for that yet. So, I really can't give you an honest answer on that. Um, unless we we get the the cost of the of the trip, we wouldn't be able to tell you what that would be. Okay. But we'll
if you check in with us, we can we can try to find out what trips you you're actually going on and and the price that that would be. All right. Thank you. So, it isn't a a set price per student anymore. It's based on the actual trips.
Now, it was going to be We haven't had like the nitty-gritty talks about it yet. So, I don't want to say that it's one or the other. It depends on how many trips we're we're dealing with and how many students are going and what the cost of the trips are for the transportation department really at this
point. All right. Sorry, I was a PTA treasurer for many years. I know it. You've got to get that budget done. So, I completely understand as soon as we can. All right. So, we are now up to superintendent bulletin number 19, items number 1 through 76 with addendum items
77 through 96 and readins. Can I have a motion, please? Uh, Dr. Wright and a second with Mrs. Chappelle. Roll call, please. Mrs. Abraham. Yes. Mr. Barios. I need to
recuse uh number two, number 18, number 23, number 89, and ID number 10163 on the bill list.
Yes to everything else. Got it. Mr. Dvito, yes. Mrs. Mayor, yes. Mr. Rehea, yes. Mrs. Chappelle, yes. Dr. Wright, yes. Mr. Mr. Chapo. Yes, Mrs. Kogan. I need to recuse on 39 and 77 and
yes to everything else. Thank you. All right. I now need a motion to go into executive session. Um action uh for negotiations action will not be taken at the conclusion of the executive session.
Can I have a motion for that please? Mr. Chapo. Second. Mr. Devidito. All in favor? I All right. You're up. You're up.