welcome to the Pasc Valley Regional High School District Board of Education meeting this April 7th 2025 roll call please mr usami Mrs vargis here miss Calderon here miss Guzman here mrs
swang here ms keller here mrs martin here mr stankis here miss Stephins here mr weaver here please join me in the pledge of allegiance
i pledge allegiance 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 adequate notice of this meeting has been
provided by mailing copies of said notice to the record filing copies of said notice with the municipal clerks of Hillsdale Montre Rivervale and Woodcliffe Lake and publishing said notice in the record on August 26 2024 next we will have a moment of silence in
remembrance of Walter Pella our custodian at Pasc Valley High School next we have routine matters we'll start with the finance committee meeting report by Mrs martin thank you very much uh we had a
follow-up finance meeting on March 24th at 7 p.m our main topics uh that we discussed was the distribution of the $50,000 that was budgeted for the athletics for Hills and Valley a little bit more uh explanation was provided
where the money was to offset rentals for sports like the hockey swimming gymnastics dance etc uh we also uh had a conversation regarding booster clubs which I think is going to be ongoing this conversation included discussions surrounding how funds are collected and
spent um we also took a look at some information regarding class size and took some look at comparisons between Valley and Hills in particular with the PE as well um and then we talked about the facility projects and costs um in
the last five years and the next five years moving forward talked about some of the projects and some things that were going to be coming priorities um and that was about it the next meeting is not scheduled yet thank you Mrs martin next we have the ad
hoc committee meeting report by Mrs stephins good evening um regarding the ad hoc committee meeting we had two meetings um the first of which was to discuss the um
hiring processes um and we met with um uh Mr joseph Orlac and oh my goodness and Dorene director of HR Babs sorry and we discussed um the
entire hiring process regarding um or the recommendations made for um the director of curriculum as well as the um BA um mostly emphasizing the director
of curriculum and that was on March 31st 2025 and just this evening we discussed the review of professional service appointments and we went through
um we went through all the professional services that were recommended um by the administration um and those are on the agenda tonight thank you thank you Mrs stefins
next we have the PFA liaison report by Mrs wing hello only three items I'm going to um repeat from what the PFA meeting had that might be pert more pertinent to us is that the guidance department is
meeting with the juniors earlier to get ahead of the college and whatever um their steps are for their planning for their next steps um and then the next we have 112 applicants that they received for senior awards and senior awards will be June
4th and um the Pasca Hills climate survey they're working on that to present to the board and May there's a lot of mental wellness um events one to highlight is May 7th at 7 pm um the book
Anxious Generations by Jonathan Height there's going to be a discussion on that thank you Mrs swing next we have the minutes from the March 17 2025 meeting for the regular meeting and the executive session and
April 2nd 2025 for the special meeting at 6:30 can I get a motion please so move second second any discussion roll call please mr yami miss Calderon yes miss Guzman yes mrs
swang yes miss Keller yes mrs martin yes mr stankis yes miss Stephen yes mr weaver yes march 17th abstain April 2nd mrs
yes next we have comments from the public citizens are invited to make comments regarding agenda items and are limited to three minutes according to the Pasak Valley Regional High School District Board of Education policy number 0167 persons wishing to speak must upon being recognized rise sign in
and state their name town of residents and which agenda item they are referencing anyone from the public seeing as how there's no hands we will move on we have three consent agenda items
for policy can I get a motion please summer second any discussion roll call please mr ms calderon yes miss Guzman yes mrs swang yes ms keller yes
mrs martin yes mr stenis yes miss Stephins yes mr weaver abstain one yes two and three mrs varis yes next we have four consent
agenda items for education can I get a motion please so moved second any discussion i was just curious uh Jim you're the chair of curriculum right
not I was just curious if curriculum do they take a look at the surveys before they go out or do they go out just out of pure curiosity say it again Stephanie what did you say oh okay pardon me but who is the chair i can't
remember i'm sorry off the top of my head for CIT so for curriculum Any further discussion roll call please mr us ms calgone yes miss Guzman yes mrs swang yes miss
Keller yes mrs martin yes mr stanis yes miss Stephins yes Mr weaver yes Mrs vargis yes next we have human resources for which we have 14 consent agenda items
can I get a motion please so moved second second any discussion um at this time I request to go into executive session to um answer some questions that I have regarding this motion to table this yes okay um well
we're gonna we're making a motion to go into executive session to discuss human resource items specific to contracts correct beautifully said thank you Mr weaver a second second i think there's two conflicting
motions mr hera can you help sus that out the motion is to go into executive session we did not have a vote on the Initial motion for the consent component of it and motion made
to go into session so motion first discussion go session come back so we would do the executive now you want to know if there's any
discussion okay got it any discussion about the move to move to executive session to discuss human resources no uh
we're going to take a vote to go into executive session miss Calderon yes miss Guzman yes mrs swan yes miss Keller no
mrs martin yes mr stankis no miss Stephins no mr weaver yes
mrs vargis no motion carries five madam President uh 20 minutes 15 minutes sorry sorry people 15 about 15 minutes i apologize everyone i know we took
longer in executive session uh I would just like to explain why we took a little bit longer i I am going to take the responsibility as the board president for this uh I have had a personal issue in the last
few days my mother is sick and in the hospital i have been MIA because obviously it's my mother so nothing matters more than our family right and I love all the heads nodding so I have not been able
to answer questions of the board so there were a couple of questions that were left that the stone was not turned over so the executive session was to
turn that stone over so I apologize that we took longer than I stated but I hope you all appreciate my position i just came from the rehab so if I'm a little loopy please understand
okay so we are going to go back to human resources correct okay any discussion on human resources for which we have 14 consent agenda items so I'll just offer um comment
um on the director of curriculum instruction and assessment um I'd like to thank the committee for the recommendation by all accounts from all the information that we've gotten as a
board the committee did phenomenal work and recommended the best candidate forward so thank you for that um as a board member I'm going to abstain for one reason
1a because the superintendent is resigning we're in a period of transition given that's the third most important position in the district after business administrator in my opinion that hiring should be done by
our next superintendent no reflection on the committee no reflection on the candidate though I know he's going to do a great job on that in that role because I know he has the support of the rest of the committee or the rest of the board but I needed to make sure that that was said because I think we're in a
time of transition it feels like we've been in a time of transition for the last six to seven years now um and I think I think it's time where we need to take a step back establish or reestablish a strong
foundation for which we can grow over the next six to seven years i think a lot of hard work has to be done among board members included um I'm committed that to that work i know the board is i know all of our administrators here in attendance are and um the next most
important job is us identifying the the next leader for this district um who you all believe in and will support as well so um it's premature but I'll congratulate Mr russo but I will be abstaining just for that reason thank
you thank you Mr weaver for your comment uh any further discussion roll call please mr yami ms calderon yes miss Guzman yes mrs wang
abstain for a particular you have to say for one there's this is a consent agenda oh so the number is number three three and you're affirmative on everything
else thank you Miss Keller yes Mrs martin abstain from three yes to everything else mr stenis
yes to everything miss Stephins yes to everything mr weaver abstain 1A abstain three yes to everything else mrs varis
yes to everything motion carries [Applause] dr russo dr russo again I would like to apologize to you i know there was a little bit of and I apologize i I am
going to take responsibility for that it it just I I'm sorry for the last few days of me not being here but I am excited and looking forward to what you can do [Applause]
next we have finance am I at finance yes finance for which we have 20 consent agenda items can I get a motion please so moved second any discussion just quick question
really really yeah of course of course um 12 uh reject greenhouse bids um can can I just get clarification does that mean we don't get the grant no we're going to get the grant it's
just that we're not going to have so-called typical greenhouse okay the bids came in way over budget yeah no I saw that so Dr backenheimimer and uh Miss Graziano have a plan oh I was just making sure we didn't like we didn't forfeit like the conditions of the grant
because those are very strict i know no we'll we'll be able to use funding thank you any further discussion i just have a couple quick questions for Mr yamami um eight and nine the police officers that's just a straight salary
right there's no benefits involved with those guys no they they have their benefits they have the benefits right so it's a straight salary and they're they're employed by the the municipalities and then number 10 is there any um other expenses that we shouldn't be aware of
with the Church of Assumption the Church of Assumption like we we're not going to make any like changes or up no the only thing I know is it's the rent and it's utilities uh portion of the utilities and a portion of the snow removal when there is snow removal okay is it Thank you i mean we may have additional costs
as far as putting equipment up things like that nothing like thousands and thousands of dollars no okay there's no renovation needed it's in excellent condition okay thanks any further
discussion roll call please mr usami miss Calderon yes miss Guzman yes mrs swang yes miss Keller yes mrs martin yes Mr
stankis yes Miss Stephins yes Mr weaver abstain yes to everything else stain number two yes Mrs varis yes
anything for old business new business comments from the public citizens are invited to make comments and are limited to three minutes according to the Pasc Valley Regional High School District Board of Education policy number 0167 persons wishing to speak must upon being
recognized rise sign in and state their name and town of residence would anyone like to speak okay seeing as how there's no one can I get a motion to enter into executive session please so moved second
we are in executive session do you want to just clarify that will not action will not be taken action will not be taken in the executive session it will be taken afterwards wait sorry sorry my brain is there is no action going to be taken
we're going to adjourn this meeting everyone