We are up 39. this year, several of whom are in factl, the one with all the new people that came in, um I actually went to quite a few of them and um asked them how they
felt and if they felt included and everybody was very positive about feeling included in the group of almost 60 people. So I wanted to share um also uh the National Honor Society is not
just about good grades and it's also about cultivating our next generation of leaders. As such, I kindly ask for your consideration in approving the events that are proposed by this group. These
events are inspired by our scholar interest and are always linked to community service, college and career readiness or leadership. If any of you have any community service or community service ideas or volunteer
opportunities that you would like the National Honor Society to participate in please email me. Thank you for supporting the students and our endeavors. Thank you so much. I represent people
working. The other property kitchen people that I give to people that I give to people that just a little bit of care, little bit of attention, a little bit of
an order of a business. I get to see our young, some of them go straight to college, some of them go straight to the work, some of them just have time. The only reason why some of us have a tough time is because not everybody gets the same
opportunity, the same discipline, but the same encouragement Trump's only reason why there's a lack of communication. Donald Trump that communication wasn't by trust and that trust happened.
So today we also want to all of these isn't just moving forward. I can assure you that I used to mumble a lot when I came to United States United
States when I came back to United States and I don't have any friends and getting you mumble a lot. That's why that's why I got myself on the microphone. I'm just telling you Thank you.
Next, we have Mr. J. director of public service. So I know they work for you tonight because you
So as former member myself, a current member of the city, I just stand before you tonight across the board. reflecting on the disadvantages in this country
and how justice are not being equally but tonight you have the privilege to reassure us that you can do what is not being done. You can deliver hope for the hopeless and you can deliver that
and look back and tell the world that there is still United States of America that you can ladies and gentlemen I want to speak. >> Thank you. >> Next we have Mr. Jonathan
board president. Ladies and gentlemen, the most important topic right now is right now Jonathan school extremely highly qualified individuals. You have two options.
One of the options request is really look for you to another option to make better option. The only name to be a member of
highly educated well spoken carries himself like a gentleman resided here in Pleasilvities and with adults in various activities. He does the right thing. He cares for
our young people and he wants to be on this board for all the right reasons. He wants to serve alongside each one of you and he wants to add a voice that too often we don't get to hear in our elected boards or appointed boards here
in Pleasant of Pleasant. I say this as a graduate of our school district from North And I say this is a business that I
seriously consider your conscious but I'm hoping that you >> Thank you. We have I cannot think of a better person to help but also to build on strength.
He has He has stage of development academics and I think that's super important some of the needs you know I think
inspired by Next we Welcome. >> Hi everybody. I'm the president of the education association. So I'm not going to talk about my members and how the culture in the
district has changed over the past couple years of the culture of instead of like helping education. So I would hope that we would help educate our children, our staff and
everybody to have a better community. So um right now administration is calling our into talking to them about potentially derogatory things without representation. They should be offered
union that's more going to be on general com uh the board and the is supposed to have a discussion about new um new positions that are being placed on the agenda and it looks like this transportation
specialist is not going to be in our union and um the job description shows that it was the transportation secretary who was in our union previously. So this is more
going on technology custodians who don't work for the district. Um so we definitely have problem with that about us and You not
on the agenda, three educators in the high school district. So my first disrespect I don't see any new custodians and there's a part custodians um security
and secretaries. This is a new thing we could hire fulltime secretaries custodians and um security because they're part of our community that live in the community and work in the community
and we want to keep them here. We're not Walmart and we want to keep our people and we want to help our community. We have everyone. I'm asking that I think we want to work with
I would like to know what was the process. I know. I would ask you guys not to buy the new board mess figure out who these people are three members and this person back ups.
I was wondering if anybody listening. I have an email. It has a record. Um nothing seems to be done about it. I challenge you guys as elected officials as people who work in the district
to not play to do things right. Some of the community I don't know what's going on with our kids. I don't know what's going to high school. When I graduated from
South, not saying all of you, but I do know who is. And I just ask you guys to table these things and the new three elected that were elected properly elected board members come and have a seat where we can have the extra board member.
Thank you. Next we have How are you? >> Good evening board members. My name is and I'm a newly elected board member of this board of education.
I am a mother of two pleasville public school students. One has graduated I am here this evening to address two of my concerns that I believe are important to our school and our community. First,
I want to acknowledge a report submitted by an staff member or former staff member of racial remarks and slurs against our children. Right? They're our children.
That should be on this agenda because y'all got it. The email was sent out to everybody. I even got it. The email was sent out. It should be on this agenda as number one.
Each and every one of us have children, grandchildren or something of that matter. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, I can wait and I can tell you that is very rude. It is ignorant.
You do not get to talk to someone's children like that. And then you're wondering why everybody's coming to the podium upset. You get our children more than we do. And you think they think that they can
say whatever they want to have the rest of the world. We know this. That's why I have y'all here and hold I understand but we got real important things to
handle. I think that is so important for someone to say y'all not on the block. What is the block? What is the block? Because I live in a single family home. What is the block?
No, no, no, no, no. You don't get to talk to minds like that or no one else because we not up here every day. We work taking care homes by ourselves. Half of us, it's hard out here. We don't
get to treat people that way. And before we get to all the politics and lawyers with speeches and know how to talk, hold on. We going to talk to me because wrong is wrong and right is right. And each and every person in administration has
gotten this email because it's flowing all over Pleasant agenda. I know you for my kids. I know you for my kids. >> You can have a um good evening everyone here. So I am
principally suspended math teacher here at Pleasville High School because of an email that I sent to the whole regarding racist remarks towards me and our student. >> Yes ma'am.
>> It only agenda agenda will be on the next part but this is agenda items only. I'm sorry. on the agenda. >> Hold on. Hold on. We're being respectful
here. Mr. We will be going into Okay. >> I want that publicly as well. [Music] Yes, it is. >> Everybody >> I was given a letter from Miss Martinez
right there. >> I don't know what letter it was, but it said I can come here on behalf of this matter. >> Okay. Okay. If you want it in public, you can have it in public. >> Yes, ma'am. >> See y'all soon. >> Okay. You have a great one. Next, we
have Gordon. boarding Good evening. Good evening. Hello. I wonder first we run a program that over 500ville over 500 This man is making sure
everything is all these kids know who he is. He's been doing it for the better half of 15 years. He is a community and he will always put
things first. He won't let you know who you're dating or who you're sleeping with or you wore your brother always. He's
not a people pleaser. He doesn't care if you like him. He will do his job. Thank you for the rest of >> Thank you.
Next we have Mr. Moni. also a registered exercise. I'm going to come and hold off a new member on this board tonight because it's only one meeting away from
elected officials to take I'd rather have those that will be working toward district after to hold off myself and
other rescue. Oh, one second. Sanchez, you can um talk to Miss White um about that what you had asked about the process of everything. She has all that document. Okay.
Next is the superintendent. I'm sorry. I think you're on the other line. No, you're not. That's you're on the second. Yeah, this is agenda items. You're
okay. I'm gonna uh allow it this time, but normally my name is Johnson, a long time reservability I'm thinking matter especially for our students and our family
years of experience in youth leadership program that is detail to be detail oriented and student I understand how school board decisions impact children inside
I believe in transparency responsibility and community appointed. I am ready to work immediately listen carefully and serve with integity for the remainder of this. Thank you for your time and consideration.
>> Thank you. I'm going to ask me if for a moment. Good evening everyone. Welcome to Last week I met with three deans from university and
they were in our high school and our students are eager to begin initiative. We're looking forward to expanding dual enrollment opportunities as well as collaborating on fin Good evening everyone. So I just wanted
to honor our cross country team. Many of you guys do not know they are undefeated for the last three years. Yes they are. And when they were in sixth grade, they went undefeated, but there wasn't a tournament for them to compete in. Then their seventh grade year, I found a
tournament where all the people in League schools went to receive first place. And then we came back again this year and they repeated a champion. So we're very honored to have them. They
are all student athletes. They are someone who is going to be our future and we're very excited for them. really excited to come to Alzar Bailey. Just Robinson and Demetri.
We are so very proud of our young people. Thank you so much. >> These are our middle school cross country champions. Congratulations to all of you.
forward to them in high school. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Also, we would like to honor someone else. We have a senior girls soccer player. She has a 3.9 GPA. She's a part
of our adding program. She currently has the record for Pleasible school district with having 103 career goals. First person in Pleasible history to ever get 100 goals. She is currently the record holder for assist and goals in school
district. She is a senior. She is a three court athlete. She is a great example of what is I would like to introduce my boys. He's not only a an athlete,
he's also a fear of congress. [Music] for our parents and our families for the partnership that we have with you. Thank you so much. Thank you
for Thank you. Yesterday the county office to complete a facilities walk through it was a wonderful and positive experience speaking our
very assessing. So what you will see here is the progress that public schools is making. You'll see that data from 2014 school
year all the way to 242. This is our graduation rate four year rate the target for the 2425 school district 76.6% rate was 85%.
What you will see in green is for the 2425 school year the present graduation rate for year was the department of education. New Jersey Department of Education assesses the percentage of students that
participate in taking state assessments. It also assesses how well students are performing on those assessments proficiently and whether or not they are English language and math at or above
their grades. The data shows that before the students districtwide were not needed for business. In other words, the district was now showing that more students were. However,
good news. The good news is that last school year in 2425, the state recognized that Pleasible public schools is turning around with confidence, raising the bar. to meet.
Please join me in celebrating the students, teachers, administrators, and families who collectively have worked to raise the bar of expectations for excellence in learning to read proficiently. Those are the three
districts met target for English language arts and in math metress. So for math the data shows that for nearly 10 years of president schools was not showing progress in students math proficiency. As a matter
of fact the data shows that the proof consecutive year was In the years 2017 through 2019 before there were so few students who met proficiency that the state department of education could not show the number of
students because they could not be publicly identified. Once again, the good news is that the state recognizes that we are now making progress to meeting mass proficiency.
Oh, you can do better than that. Here's a different way to say it. Here's a different way to see the data showing English language arts and math participation in blue and yellow from school years 2016 through 2025. The red
and green bars show English language arts and math proficiency. You will see there is no green for the two years before because there were little to no students who met the math target and the state department of education with held
the numbers for student privacy in school year 2425. Once again, the district is showing progress towarding math proficiency and meeting English language arts. This data shows the English language
arts proficiency disagregated by subgroup population. You will notice in several years once again meaning the state department of education withheld the data because students meeting the target
publicly. However, I am excited to report to the board and the public that the public school district met with confidence for ELA proficiency districtwide. When we look at the subgroup populations, we see that white,
Hispanic, black or African-American, economically disadvantaged and multilingual students met the English language arts proficiency target. We recognize the need to continue to focus on literacy across all subs and
particularly address the needs for students with disabilities. data shows math proficiency is segregated by subgroup populations. You will also notice in several years once again meaning the state department of education with held the data because the
number of students meeting the project was too low to report. Again, I am excited to report to the board and to the public that for the 24 or 25 school year public school district for the
first time in close to 10 years made progress for mass proficiency district. When we look at the subgroup population, we see that white, Hispanic, black or African-Ame
students with disabilities are also Thank you. Let me finish the superintendation of mediocrity is showing that our students are making progress. In my two years and five months serving as Pleasantville public school
superintendent, remarkable progress has been made to meet the deck indicators indicators one through seven which were identified as priority targets to meet. On February 2024 the board meeting to recap those indicators are one through
seven. The district will show significant increase in all student and student subs academics in English language arts, math and science progress. Indicator six, the high school graduation rate will improve. I am proud
of the work and achievements that we celebrate tonight. Thank you to the board of education for your support. Thank you to teachers for your focus on improving student learning. Thank you to the administrators for supporting the instructional program and
Thank you to the parents and families for your partnership and a special thanks to our students for your engagement and perseverance to achieve. I wish everyone a peaceful and holiday season. Thank you.
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, there is a forum for this public board of education meeting and I appreciate and thank everyone for adum. I'm sure that everyone understand
the process and the modeling that we want to do for our students. The point for the presentation is that it's long overdue that we begin to celebrate the successes that we're having in meeting
and having our students and their data on school. So, thank you so much again. to the public saf thank you so much
board members We have several serve with the following board members and great appreciation. Thank you for your commitment and dedicated service to the students and
staff of public school. I want to say thank you every for We're going to continue to do a wonderful job and the rest of the board and the parents continue doing your job
and thank you. Thank you. Hopefully you guys continue to show up and do what you do. Our greatest app. Thank you for your commitment and dedicated service to the students and staff of the public school.
We have one. Thank you for having Thank you for your commitment and dedication. motion for the monkey. Question time. Silver
water Just want to say you guys whatever you decide to do in your endeavors and we hope that you have 1.9ation As I mentioned,
However, there were not I'm happy to report your general fund. schedule. This is the body. So as you see your original budget and
your final budget and your revenue areas we anticipated 832 million You're going to see all the way at the bottom. That is the analysis of your fundion
fund $4,000.4 million reserve And then you have two larger numbers at the top. total 21.9 million $1 million. So this 21 million you've already
budget apologize. This is the annual activity. Finally, about capital. a large company. outside as I mentioned earlier.
I'm not going to Another area I always like to point to. book. What I like to point very well monitoring million by the end of 2025.
Yeah. You're not allowed. I have a question. Why wasn't there anything? No, there was no reserve. Yes, for the unreserved million. What you're going to You're
flexibly. Thank you. I have for 2.1 questions. It's a good motion for 3.1. second question. Alberto May I have a motion to accept the August
24th? Motion by questions. 5.1 seconds. Can you give You have question
forward. Any other questions? to go back to transportation. I have a motion for 4.1 to 4.12 by
second by Any questions? No questions. I have a motion for any questions. I don't have a problem. full of medical I know.
But it's not Black community. I understand everybody. Everybody want everybody involved. I really.
about to determine whether or not we could anyone When you find allow
to review your medical record and nobody or not just somebody and also and also to add to that Dr. Martinez
hold it up. We're holding You're already got no worries. So right. Okay. Silver has to go back and have The addendum for
human resources. May I have a motion for I'm sorry, two Any questions? instructions. I have a motion for 8.1 to
8.3 with a I'm sorry. 67. I'm sorry. second. Any questions? No questions. Yes.
Next number. Um, did you get any more guidelines of what we advertise? So, first we have two candates within the timeline. I'm The first
Why do you want to be a member of You cannot wait on The board has several ways open. resain. a different
inter I just want to say that came up. I'm not talking about there's a process in the lawic accept.
Why was there meeting [Music] Mr. >> I have why do you have to do it now? Okay. Are you willing to answer question why do you want to be a member of this?
>> Because you need The second question is how would you respond or missing information about being integrity? If I'm elected, if I'm
>> absolutely responding that we have me at least. Have you ever been involved in as a member of a board
organization answer your question I have been accused of coming into building without court and it's been over 12 to 15
cases. I've never lost one. Now tell me one. >> I just want to say this. Is that respectful for you guys? Be respectful for us
for respect. We're asking for respect. that question that you had. Did I answer it? >> Finally, how would you respond if a colle I will talk to the president. I will talk to the superintendent. I will
follow anything about anybody. You must follow policy. If there is no policy for that, you must develop the policy to come after that problem. If there's a problem in the
district, you got policy that tells you how to deal with it. Follow the policy. Thank you. Good evening. My first question is why do you want to be a first and foremost I would be remissed
if I didn't thank every single one of you for your public service for coming out here continues and answering and solving complexity. So thank you so much for the opportunity to invite me to present to further
explain. My name is Moreno Rodriguez and I am a historian higher administration official at a local university, but I'm also an educator and I'm here in front of you and in
front of these wonderful the public. I am deeply committed to Pleasantville as teachers, educators and I know my my perspective, my experience
will add to your wonderful board and continue the amazing progress that this board has been doing, but also with a new perspective. I know that you deal with students preschool, high school.
I think my experiences, my perspective can help because I actually know with that experience working with your students, learning from them and guiding them to be responsible citizens in this world. I know how transformative
education can truly be. In the open forum, there was a local businessman that talked about a future in his life. Let me tell about my kindergarten teacher. My mom is is out in the audience.
And in kindergarten, I was about to fail kindergarten. And it was a teacher. And it was a teacher who said, "Respect all teachers, but it was a teacher who believed in me and
challenged me to learn English, to get out of ESL. And that's why I'm standing here today. And I know how transformative all public teachers, all superintendent, all administrators can be. And how transformative this
education can be. And we deserve the right. We have the energy to not look to the past, but continue to the future to give our children, our students a fighting chance. Because education can transform
lives. It transformed mine and that is my set power. There is no agenda. I'm here to work with you. I'm here to work for you, for the students, for the teachers, the administrators and the public. And that's what I tend to do.
What steps would you take to ensure the integrity of it comes down to the civil rights act and of course New Jersey protecting the information of our students, our teachers, our staff, administration to
follow the board and follow the rule of the law. And that's where we have a member of a unequivocally absolutely not. I have served in public education for a number
of years and in 2021 I was also appointed to the New Jersey Commission on Education by the outgoing governor Governor Bill Murphy and I served on that commission at the state level investigations.
public. We have to follow our policies. We have to follow the law and we have to practice what we have to practice honesty, transparency, communication and we have to make these difficult decisions to earn not
of the public but their support and and their knowledge that we are doing in the best interest for all parties uh who is committing to the board and for this and if I may I know your jobs are difficult
I've been here with my community and they've been supporting here and it's the community of diversity diversity is not a weakness it is a strength it is an artwork it is that we need to build on that foundation
of strength and unity and not go towards the past but build a better future with present. As a Holocaust and genocide educator, I know not many of you may know this, but I have to put it on record.
Pleasantville High School students were the first students in the world to test out the Holocaust survivor designed by Steven Gilbert's team of the University of Southern California.
Our students in that moment were the best in the world and that's what I intend to do. Our students are magnificent. Let's give them the tools to not only succeed but make this life, this world a better place for all. So,
thank you. by Mr. Excuse me. candidates. You have four applicants that you want to interview. That's not fair. Come on. Seriously, >> I have a question. going into
the middle You should know that you know that better than me. Please don't disrespect us. We're in the middle of will it roll.
came up came up the street and then Mr. You can't do anything else. Yes. Hereby. The following subjected to the public will be to the public no longer necessary.
Good evening everyone. Avenue [Music] here at President High School. For people that don't know, I sent out a high school regarding a matter
for the past two months and I will be reading this email. All right. All right. So, I sent this email out to all staff last Friday and the com
This is not the day after treating our students like they are justice facility about my class 11. I was wearing a yellow
and I was 10:30 11 a.m. in the morning and situation was wrong. For those notware of African American descent, I've lived my whole life
in our neighborhood. And I was blessed to have no lie. I say that to be honest about a long issue. I'm the one that needs it from
all my own kids. understand. Now, let me The response to you that every day about us
on Friday, 12 profanity. comical board. The board of education is committed to staff conduct as established by the Jersey
State Board of Education and the New Jersey. I violated that I got over here. I came back. Good morning. as you guys
don't. It's okay. Hallelujah. I heard a gentleman crying. I heard a gentleman. I heard a gentleman who's crying for people to pick up the police.
Thank you. What are you going to do about me and without respect. I want to be We have commentary about There's no written
what the rules compartmentalizing when I went to high school and the majority of the individuals, the majority of the students schooling in our lifetime such memories
that now that our school Latino students that are here that see a Latina as the superintendent on the school board, highly qualified, highly resumes. about what
I compare that I hear people. I was there when people were shot when I was getting off the field. So long story shortact talking about racism.
It's not a way to know this. Yeah. Okay. How we identify how weident And this is unfortunate. I would like to pray. First of all, I'm glad you not
You use your best I want out Foreign My parent There's nothing Fire I'm also doing every day of the week.
The only time I miss throughout seven days of the school. I want to know what he wants to say about this. I feel like a lot of people are feel come up here
at the way it was on there and all of I don't like anything like that. People are going to be growing up for America. We're going to have to be putting things
out. Why would you want that? And I want us to know what he does for us. He doesn't do anything but Everything. Hello again. How are you?
I love you. I know he's coming So, we're going to another Is he still going to be working? [Music] $650. Are you kidding me? No. No. No. No. No. Roel.
Come on. of $650. What are we doing here? I'm not here for mother. as the president of the board of education. I don't think he needs to be fooled by Before
you walk away, I want to ask you questions abouthere else but And then you let them stand here with somebody crazy. about
this bigger than you. I don't care what you believe. But I'm telling you right here, right now already $50.
That's not Tell me what your job is to support and protect your student. That's what your job is. You're not used to dialogue. What do you want to show? First, let me
defend withoutend. investigation. Do not put Doent I've never expect If you want to know anyway and that's what I've always identified
as ever came to a high school football for black lives anyway. I don't care the same way.
He was investigative. So everybody wants to say let's not bring it to You don't even have to You're out. second.
Okay. I'm sorry. You know what? I'm not trying to respect We have to follow the boat. Thank you. Anybody? My name is I would like to understand
Ladies and gentlemen, I have seat Wow. I know. We I'm open to the emergency. December 8th candidate interview You're not being