may I call the meeting of the parity Troy Hills Board of Education to order on February 13 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 municipal building in the schools and a copy of the notice filed with the
Township Clerk and transmitted to other newspapers on February 19th 2025 The Daily Record The Star Ledger parcion Focus tap Pary 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 our video on the Go YouTube channel we ask that you please refrain from using student or staff names in your statement professional professionalism is expected at all times
may we have the roll call please Mrs Abraham here Mr baros here Mr Deo here Mrs mayor here Mr Rea here Mrs Chapelle here Dr Wright here Mr Chao
absent um M kogan here please stand for the pledge to the flag I pledge 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 and we have our student committee reports go ahead Miss good evening I'm Emma Gonzalez from parcion high school and I'm so excited to share this week's past events with you winter Athletics have ended with boys wrestling finishing their
District's tournament last Saturday to girls basketball having their last match today we are so proud of all of our teams and we are so excited to see where our spring teams will take us our Tri and Honor Society is planning to paint a mural in the school to publicize the music community at the moment we are
attempting to also reach out to elementary schools to introduce our music program our national Spanish Honor Society had their dinner last week where the seniors cooked for the juniors it was a great way for the society to connect together and we hope that other clubs will begin to implement something
similar our Key Club had their coffee house last week and we are so proud of everyone that took part in the event our academic to cathlon team has their state competition this Saturday we are so proud of everyone that is on the team and their hard work throughout the year our school's also just beginning to
publicize the opportunity for our upcoming senior class the senior internship Pro our Winter concert is next week for our PHS choir and band and we are so excited to Showcase and see the skills our peers have worked on since their Winter concert as of now our
student council is working with the hills student council to create the rivals volleyball game we're trying to get more teams involved and get local businesses involved as well we are so excited for this event and a little bit of fun competition between the two schools last week we also had a student
go to the Tre all stay quiet and we are so proud of her this year we have had seven students participate in this great event and we are so proud of everyone and to finish off our guidance counselors are preparing for the next school year by calling students to pick in their classes for next year and we are so excited for our next report too
thank you so much are there any questions for our students did you is there a date for the volleyball or I think that we're planning on doing it um next week I believe but I'll have to get back to I'm so sorry thanks Emma thank you so much
excellent job Emma okay is there any correspondents that come before the board no there's not all right so we're up to unfinished is there any official unfinished business no you can do it during Le AIS if you're not
sure uh so now we're up to committee reports would you have quite a few so uh Mr deito do you want to do buildings and grounds thank you Mrs kogan buildings and grounds met on February 26th and attendant were myself
Mr beros Dr Wright Mrs kogan Mrs Tesco and Mrs benos um key things to discuss we talked about the uh Lake pran HVAC um that is in progress the uh M Taber and Littleton roof
replacement um that is approved can the work supposed to start in June and be finished by August um the phhs cafeteria serving line Renovations um you'll see there's a uh in the addendum for those for approval tonight on on that project
the uh phhs HVAC Rod Grant that's H work is continuing on that and the project is set up to be completed for March of 2025 we also discussed uh the various Capital Pro uh capital projects in for the 2025 2026 budget um which include
our normal Paving door floors Etc and the upgrades for Lake parity the HVAC um the second phase of the Littleton addition is also being budgeted for the 2025 2026 school year um we also talked about the um the better due diligence
questions that we uh came up with and that is buildings and grounds if anyone had any questions on any s items no thank you thank you all right looks like nobody over there has a
another committee report right no okay so Mr Rea you want to give us Communications sure um Communications committee met on February 24th attending were Mrs BOS Mrs kogan Dr Wright and
myself and um basically the meeting we didn't really have much of an agenda but we did have the we wanted to review the questions that we came up with regarding the uh the due diligence questions and and then we kind of like did a
little Think Tank kind of for for like half an hour or so just to expand upon those questions what couple of the things we came up with uh as far as communicating is just to consider the impact it that a communication or a press release might have on other
committees like is it going to impact building and grounds Finance you know just to make sure that we're that we're interacting correctly um and that and also to give uh attorney review for most of the releases that we do put through
um so that was pretty much it but I think it was a it was a useful conversation and then I also uh had we had the uh p uh board meeting last week on that
would have been on the 19th 20th it was on the 20th and um some of the things that we talked about there were well there were a few things uh there's a new programs are starting next week in in art in yoga the men's basketball league
there was an advanced basketball training and um they're also working on they're in the early stages of a new logo they have it's the um pal Panthers and they are considering a logo that incorporates the blue color of parcion
Hills High School and the red color of parcion high school and coming up with something so I think I think it was uh interesting we'll see how it turns out uh Nick bronzino he's the new executive director he's been he has hit the ground running he is hitting he is hitting the
ground on all angles he um he's going to also ranging a a meeting to set up with the Sports Committee and uh we we'll be pursuing that he also had a meet and greet after the board meeting and it was well attended uh there was probably I'm going to say 75 to 100 people there so
it was it was very well attended and um uh and that was it that's in a nutshell but thank you anything else any questions I should say Mr voo no just a question back on communication so I see you were there Mrs kogan um there's only
three board members total there was there anybody asked maybe to fill in cuz cuz we were I guess we were missing some well actually um yeah Michelle is um didn't make the meeting and but but Wendy was there and filled in uh was
she because she's not on the committee right and Mr chaa wasn't there so he he's also on the committee you knew he was going to be there miss Chappelle did not miss it intentionally so we did not know there would be a seat available that's right so Wendy was filling Andy's
seat and I there was got it okay no problem any other questions Mrs mayor for personnel I have a couple of things Personnel met on February 25th president were myself uh Mrs Abraham Dr Wright Mrs
kogan and Mr Ricker um we've talked Mr riger talked about General Staffing updates um the principles are currently getting together to you know recommend you know make submitting recommendations for non-tenured Staffing members um as
well as uh tenured people um at the March 13th meeting the Personnel committee will be able to look at the abstracts uh retirement submissions to date there have been four um any posting
any posted after staff meetings are held and transfer requests are considered um transfer request a memo was sent in February 6th with the due date of March 1st um all requests are considered and
if all possible they are granted you know it's very hard to move people around so hopefully we'll be able to um accommodate there are five currently right now uh limited CE or C
application uh the district application for participation in a limited Certificate of Eligibility 5year pilot program it's a mouthful it was approved on January 21st um by the Mars county superintendent and
it allows us more opportunities to fill openings where they come and then they you know after I think they have till 2027 to you know that that PRI that runs out and then they have to be um you know
they're observed everything and they have to be reported how they did and then they become a provisional teacher and they go through the different steps um let's see what else questions to ensure better communication due diligence we added to the document I
think that it's posted um let's see can I give what can we ask if there's any questions on her Personnel report no now you can move your next um I have
an update on the superintendent search um our consultant Kathleen helaa her name always gets me um she's going to have Community forums um the first one will be on Tuesday March 11th
at 3:30 she's going to meet with Absa here at 4:30 she'll be meeting with the party Council of PTA where presidents from all the 14 Schools will be here and at 6:30 there'll be a community Forum
also held here um the next day will be March 13th um from 2:30 to 4:30 all staff the ptha and teachers then the esap pth
secretaries the Paris and then local 32 and then at 5:30 all of the board members at executive session will have a chance to meet with her okay any questions on that no there's also information on the website
right um and the survey is also posted on the website and we're going to try to get that the the flyer about the community center uh the community Forum out in different places like the library and different places that you know people
who may not see it online can also see it to make sure that the community knows um the last thing I wanted to report on was when I went to intervail school that time I got a nice note and I'm not reading the whole note but I think this one little part will be very interesting
um we enjoyed learning about what it is like to be a teacher and a member of the Board of Education we were surprised to learn that you don't get to decide about snow days I thought that was they were like
you don't tell us you don't make that I said no it's not us it's the superintendent tell your parents I love it sending them your way snow days are the best decisions that I get to make in the district oh they're
fantastic the support I get is unbelievable I should have told them how much you enjoy making those decisions unbelievable support love it thank you and I'll be going back um not next week the week after to do part two of our experiment because made a suggestion how
to further that experiment so instead of me doing it at home you know and I could report out I figured it would be really good for them to see it because it was their suggestion and if it works great and if it doesn't work you know we can discuss why it didn't work I think
that's the best thing you know they can see an experiment if it works fabulous if not we was it an egg although the price of eggs that's not a cheap thing to waste but that that's pretty much my reports okay thank you Mrs Abraham I
just had a quick question the one that you were talking about at interval that was part of um career day correct yeah are they having a continuation of it no this was just because I did an experiment and they wanted me to try to do it another way so they asked if I
could do it so I'm just making a special appearance okay got it thank youand does anybody else have a leaone report Mrs Abram oh oh Mrs abam yeah I just wanted to mention that CPAC met on February 19th virtually and the
presentation was about understanding IEPs or the individualized education program and it's a written plan that outlines the educational programs and services that a student who qualifies for an IEP can receive to achieve their academic goals and just so the details
that they went into was about how it's developed with the child study team the parents the teachers other professionals like speech or occupational therapist to meet the academic needs of the student and the IEP process and how it begins with evaluations and is conducted to determine eligibility of a disability
that is interfering with a student's academic education and a timeline was followed from first referral to evaluation and eligibility with a certain time period and the expectations of an IEP meeting were Al also discussed along with participants such as parents General Ed teachers special ed teachers
CST members case managers and other related service professionals um a lot of conversations were talking about how it can be overwhelming to navigate as there's a lot of information but parents are always encouraged to ask questions anytime and the CST and the
other staff are always available to help and um also wanted to mention that any time a parents have to be involved in an IEP meeting or even a 504 meeting um they should never ever feel like they're unheard and be able to walk away with
from an IEP meeting with answers a plan and meaningful and collaborative academic future for their student and the IEP is always reviewed annually and every 3 years you're able to conduct a full reevaluation for the student uh last but not least there was also a question on guardianship that came up
and a presentation on guardianship facilitated by The Arc of Morris was also shared with all the CPAC parents and participants and all of the PowerPoint presentations were posted in our um in our yeah thank you
anybody else Mel uh I wanted to take a moment and say I thought everybody did a all the Committees did a wonderful job in completing the or preparing the due diligence questions um I think it is something that will help to ensure that we're taking all the right considerations into account as changes are being presented to us um what are
the next steps with that I I believe it was on our board goals you know to be done so I don't know that we you know there's another step except that the commit commes are supposed to actually be using it on a
regular basis okay so and I you know we also talked about that it's not a static document if something needs to be added we can add it you know going forward that's great so if um if so could we encourage every Committee Member or or every board member to look at all the
committee questions just in case somebody thinks of another question that should be considered by a committee AB yes absolutely that's why it was intended to be all in one document so that everybody was aware of what was being asked at each committee Mr Rea um all the Committees met at least once since then where they would have had a
chance to address so it isn't transportation and critical issues okay Mr yeah and just a followup of that could we just agree if you're going to want to put a new question under that Committee just go to the chair of that
committee instead of having everyone just kind of start editing each ones and then we're not seeing where all these questions are coming from kind of be able to keep the flow a little better is that is that okay sure absolutely Mrs mayor the only committee I don't see is critical issues are they going to be
oh you have met yeah policy has and critical issues haven't finalized there sports right okay the only other um item is the Central Middle School play is this weekend so I would encourage board members and anybody else
who'd like to go it is 7 o00 tomorrow and 1:00 on Saturday I know I'm going Saturday we shall be there tomorrow you going tomorrow me and my girls is Moana right yes it is so and I believe that's Jun Moana Junior excuse
me um and I don't think Finance met La this last time but um I know there's some you know updates on finance and
budgeting and our lawyer is telling me that it's a public session matter so we discuss it in public what are we talking I don't know a budget upate do you have a budget update I don't have a budget update okay
well it's ongoing because the budget has coming out next in next time we're in the process of trying to balance our budget and and create a budget okay that's what we're in the process of doing okay we should have our preliminary budget by next board meeting correct yes
we will be um voting on The tenative budget at the March 13th board meeting okay uh so now we're up to the approval of minutes for the regular and executive minutes of February 13th can I have a
motion for approval of the minutes Mrs mayor and second Mrs Chappelle uh roll call Mrs Abraham yes Mr baros yes Mr Dita yes Mrs mayor yes Mr Rea yes Mrs
Chael yes Dr Wright yes Mrs Hogan yes and now it's time for the superintendent's bulletin number number 13 Dr Suter yes thank you Miss kogan good evening everyone the CMS Middle School Musical is taking place this Friday
Saturday and excuse me Thursday Friday and Saturday the title is Moana Jr Mr Gray was proud to report that 40 plus students are involved in a production and we're very proud of their efforts brookl Middle School is working on their annual seal Day video which will be out
in a few weeks uh Brook laon has also received positive feedback from their Public Service Announcement video which they created concerning the topic of bullying and as such they will be creating another Public Service Announcement video in the near future ESL Knights the district will be hosting
two ESL nights family ESL nights math night on March 13th and March 27th at the high school libraries as you know many of our ESL students require additional support in mathematics and providing resources in their home languages essential to help them succeed
both in a classroom and at home this initiative aligns with our District's commitment to inclusivity and academic success for all students and our stem KN nights our coordinating supervisor of 612 science Rachel Villanova and our according supervisor of 612 mathematics
Brian mccort are hosting the following events in March March 4th will be the stem Pathways impact project presentations March 14th will be a co-op and stem career fair at parsipany high school during the day uh on the 20th we'll have at Central Middle School a
family stem night and they will be hosting a stem Pathways career carnival at parcion Hills High School on March 4th and at BMS family stem night on May 15th tonight for your approval we have bulletin superintendent superintendent bulletin items 1 through 23 with
addendum and readin items 24 through 45 M mayor where was I'm sorry where was the ESL math night on the 13th and the 27th the district will be hosting two ESL family math nights on March 13th and March 27th at the high school libraries High okay thank
you are there any other questions all right the secretary's report Mrs tadesco hi everyone on tonight's secretary's report we have our regular business motions including the approval of the purchase of equipment for the pany hills cafeteria service
lines does anybody have any questions thank you okay we had no new business submitted ahead of time so we're going to go to the hearing of the public at this time if there's anyone who would like to address the board
please come up sign find your name and address in the book at the lectern and state your name for the record and please address the chair each person will have 3 minutes to speak to the board it would be helpful if you would like to address the board to please come up now and sign in so 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 you do not provide your home address but rather give only the name of the town in which you live if you're a parent wishing wishing to discuss a specific matter pertaining to your child during this portion of the
meeting you may request 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 videotape videotaping of our meetings do we have anybody who would like to speak go ahead wait you get can you just wait for a mic please thank you good evening everyone uh my name is
Victoria Stockell I think most of you know me uh I've been to several meetings within uh the last few years and I just like to encourage you each one of you to reach out into the community to have more inclusivity to more have more
diversity I'm on the board so that you'll understand where I come from I am a nurse by profession I've been for many years I've seen a lot of things and um my son has autism ADHD and
although uh We've overcome a lot of barriers we don't we do not overcome that diagnosis the diagnosis is something that's always going to be there and that's a constant battle and um what I would also uh like each of you
to consider is that to be more inclusive and I I'll tell you about my experience today I had agreed to have Zachary graduate uh because he's 19 years old and there's only so much he can grasp
and be able to overcome as as a student he can overcome a lot of other things maybe uh do other things such as work in a in a job or do something much more interesting but I was told today I've been asking
several times can he participate as a write a passage in other activities such as senior portraits things that to make him feel more inclusive that he's reached a a relative uh part of his
life yet I I haven't received any phone returning phone calls back or anything but but I was told today that the senior portraits the photographer was not scheduled to come back and I felt kind of offended by that I said well there's
anyone I could speak to no there's no one I could speak to when you go to the high school and I understand this to a certain part uh it's just like breaking into Fort Knox you sit outside in the freezing cold and talk to somebody over her phone and to me that's just no way
to get answers to a simple question um I just think that there needs to be someone that listens to parents or answers questions as opposed to going to somebody's mailbox and waiting for a few days or a few months
and getting no response that's just no way to treat any parent um I just asked of you that you you take my my my questions or my my matters into consideration and never
treat anyone make a difference probably Zachary could care less I just thought that it would be a good thing for him to say among all his peers that I did something today that
I'm a I'm a real senior I took senior portraits and to know that he's not going to be a part of that process is is uh disheartening but um I just wanted to present that matter to you thank you thank you anybody else like to
speak okay so then we are up the so we're going to end the public session and we'll go to the roll call vote for superintendent bulletin number 13 items number 1 through 23 with addendum items 24 4 through 45 and readings may I have
a motion Mr deito and a second Mrs Dr Wright uh roll call please Mrs Abraham yes Mr baros recuse on readings page two number
two yes to everything else Mr Devo yes Mrs mayor yes yes Mr rehea yes Mrs Chappelle yes Dr Wright yes Mrs kogan yes and now I would like a
motion to go into executive session for negotiations uh just a note that action will not be taken at the end of the executive session Mrs Chappelle and the second doc Mr
Rea uh all in favor I all right how long executive session will take that the high school are having a service night this oh so if you guys you do finish early you till :00 good night and really good thing so
are they doing the heart pillows again or are they I I assume they are I thank you all right we officially in sh