All right, it is 6:45. I'm going to call this meeting to order. >> Uh, I'm gonna bang my gavvel. Um, can I have roll call, please? >> Miss Brown. >> Miss Creswell.
Miss Allesandro >> here, >> Mr. Frius >> here, >> Mr. Cohen >> here, >> Mr. Sim, >> and President Langley >> here. >> We have a quum for tonight's meeting. >> Thank you. Can I have a motion to move
into close session, please? >> Roll call, please. >> Miss Allesandro, >> yes. >> Mr. Fus, >> yes. >> Mr. Cohen, >> yes. and President Langley. >> Yes. >> Motion carries.
>> All right. Thank you. We'll be back at 7:30. Does the committee report? mention the should I mention the um policy we discussed Yeah. Yeah. All right. It is Oh, would you mind
reading the mission statement? We get there. Okay. Uh, it is 7:30. We will reconvene this meeting. Can I have roll call, please? >> Miss Brown, >> Miss Creswell, Miss Dellesandro >> here,
>> Mr. Frius >> here, >> Mr. Cohen >> here, >> Mr. Sim >> here, >> and President Langley >> here. We still have a quorum. Thank you. Let's all rise for the flag salute. >> 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, liberty and justice for all. >> Thanks. Uh Mr. Co, would you read the mission statement, please? The River Edge School District is a
partnership of students, parents, staff, and community members. We are dedicated to providing a supporting supportive environment in which all students can reach their maximum academic potential while developing as responsible citizens who respect individuality. Our goals will be be achieved because
curriculum and instruction are aligned with the New Jersey student learning standards. All decisions reflect the academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of preK to sixth grade students. Cooperation and ongoing communication exist between the school
district and the community. School administrators and the board of education work together to assess and adjust procedures in response to new mandates and the changing needs of the community. >> Thank you. Uh open public meetings notice. Pursuant to the Open Public
Meetings Act, notice of this meeting, its date, time, and place have been delivered to the post office, municipal building, and the record, and posted on the district's website at least 48 hours prior to the time of this meeting. >> Thank you. Uh, we will open it up for
public comments on agenda items only. Seeing as there aren't any, we'll move on to reports. Uh, superintendent report. >> Good evening, everybody. In a minute, we're gonna roll the tape. Yeah. In a minute. All right. Good evening, everybody. Um, uh, welcome back
to school. Uh, we've been doing, uh, September now for 25 days. Uh, we had a very successful, um, uh, professional development kickoff. Uh I think that the schedule was um both meaningful and rigorous for the staff um in the first
day and then we had the uh uh early dismissal days to um round out the balance of the uh uh professional development. So it was um well received by the staff and um I'm glad we got to have that time um to develop ourselves
professionally. Uh we as part of back to school we have some uh new employees. So, two of the new employees came tonight. Uh, we invited everybody, but um, we have the video, we said, but we have the video. So, um, Kyle Gavin is here. He's our, uh, new steam teacher
for both schools, in fact. Um, and also the steam coach for the balance of the faculty. Kyle, do you have any want to say hi? >> Yeah. No, I just wanted to show up. Um, you know, kind of put like a face to names and everything. And, you know, I'm excited to be here. I started in February and up until now I've had a
really great experience like all the staff's very welcoming and um you know family I don't know if I saw some of you there but just so many people so yeah so far it's been great forward >> thank you welcome you happy here
>> Kyle Ste were very well received and um very uh fascinating uh to watch the dads try to complete the tasks um with their with their students and then like elbow them out like I'm gonna get this. Anyway, it was lots of fun. Um Katie Vusi is is also here. She is the school
uh the the the school med library media specialist for the district. >> Katie, hello. Anything? very liarian school in New York. >> Both uh Thank you, Katie. Both staff
members represent two uh programs that are um these staff members are shared staff members for both Cherry Hill and Roosevelt. Um, they're both programs I would like to uh expand in the future if possible. Um, I think our students would
benefit by having a second uh library media specialist and a second steam teacher so that uh they still might have to commute for coverage. Um, however, a more robust offering for all the students uh is something that I um would hope to see in the future. What when
that future is, I have no idea. but uh because um you have to expand budget budgetarily. So, it's it's difficult to do, but they're both programs that um merit a close look. Uh for the other uh members of the staff, we have the uh
welcome video. Traditionally, those folks would come here and say something to the board, but um this year, we availed folks the ability to um record their names, what they do, and tell us something about themselves that we might not otherwise know. Go ahead.
[Music] Hi, my name is Chloe and I am the new health and phys teacher at Roosevelt School. And my fun fact is that I went to London and Ireland this summer. >> Hi, my name is Amanda Quinn. I teach 3 through six special ed in the building
connections program and I love the beach. >> Hi, my name is Rachel Hoffbower. I will be teaching fourth grade at Roosevelt Elementary School and my fun fact is that I played lacrosse in college. >> Hi, my name is Nicholas Dasqual. I am the new physical education teacher for
both Roosevelt and Cherry Hill. And a fun fact about me, I have been to the Bahamas before. Very fun experience. >> Hi, I'm Jalissa Savalos. I'm the pupil assistance counselor at Roosevelt School. Um, a fun fact about me is I
started yoga about 3 years ago and it's something I'm really really liking so far. >> Hi everyone, my name is Alyssa Conlin. I am going to be uh the resource room teacher at Roosevelt maternity leave just for 3 months. Um, I'm excited to be here and my fun fact is I attended Roosevelt School.
>> Hello everybody. My name is Michael Anosini. I'll be a sixth grade teacher at Roosevelt this school year. And my fun fact would be that I experienced my first major earthquake this year. >> Okay. Hi, I'm Lindsay Dano. I'm a K through three special ed teacher in the Newberg Center. And my fun fact is my
favorite season is fall. I'm Jamie Lombardi. I'm going to be a kindergarten teacher at Cherry Hill. And I just got back from Hawaii this summer. >> My name is Kyle Gavin. I am the steam coach at both Roosevelt School and Cherry Hill School. And in my free time, I enjoy coaching baseball and hiking.
>> I'm Katie Bertusi. I'm the new school librarian at Roosevelt and Cherry Hill Elementary School. A fun fact about me is that I have two cats. >> Hi, I'm Kristen Hamilton. I'll be teaching first grade at Cherry Hill this year and I love the beach. Hi, I'm Emma Hines and I'm a resource room teacher at
Roosevelt School. And my fun fact is that the Outer Banks is my favorite place to be. Hi everyone, my name is Madison Kelly and I'm a third grade teacher at Roosevelt. And a fun fact about me is I have been skydiving before. I'm >> Danielle Maldi. I will be a fifth grade
English language arts and social studies teacher at Cherry Hill and I have been skydiving and bungee jumping. So I've just one upped you, Miss Kelly. >> My name is Renee Bros. I'm the occupational therapist here in River Edge Schools. I'm very happy to be here.
I'm excited to start the school year. Hi, my name is Christy Kumford and I'm the fourth and sixth grade resource room teacher at Roosevelt School. And a fun fact about me is that I have a pet rabbit. >> Hi, my name is Joel Schwarz. I'm an interventionist at Cherry Hill. And fun
fact about me is I love basketball. >> Hi, my name is Jannine Ziggler and I'm the NBC school nurse. >> Hi, my name is Lynn Bosch and I am the district Spanish teacher. And our fun fact is that Janine and I both were on
the Cherry Hill School PTO board for 6 years and now we're working together again. >> Hello, I'm Eric Thomas Savage. I'm the new school business administrator. Uh fun fact about me is I never broken a bone or had a cavity.
>> My name is Joanne Camperelli. I'm the new executive assistant to Dr. Bernice. And one fun fact about me is that I'm a twin. [Music] Thank you so much. And we discovered that there's more twins working in the
district as well. Um uh thanks uh to everyone who uh put that together uh and who started it. Nice job, sir. >> No, >> no cavities, huh? >> No, no cavities. >> Wow. We have Yeah, we have cookies in a
playground right there. >> We're going to change both of those things. >> Great view though from the office, right? >> Yeah. >> Not a bad view from that. Yeah, absolutely. Uh so, thanks to all those folks. Uh on the agenda, we're accepting I guess the third PTO donation for what
I'll call the calendar year. Um uh the PTO I I commented uh on the first days or the first PTO meeting of the year uh I attended with um Chief Walker. We commute back and forth to the schools to do both. I thank the PTO's for their
generosity and also commended them for their uh robust fundraising efforts. Uh I don't think I've ever seen a PTO donate over $350,000 in one year. So um between both both playgrounds and the $50,000 tech splash um it's it's very
close to 350. So that's a pretty impressive uh donation to the district. So I don't think um these things would have done uh been done expediently without the help of the PTO. So it's quite remarkable and so and great thanks to the PTO both PTO's for these
donations. Um on the agenda there is a a policy item that we'll uh discuss during the discussion items. Um and the individual student um reports were mailed home this week uh for uh NJSLA.
So parents have the um language arts, mathematics, uh student reports, and if they're if they had a fifth grader last year, they also now have a science report. Um and at the next meeting, uh Brooke and Christine will give us the
district report. We have uh 60 days to report um from when that's delivered. So uh next week, uh next month's um board meeting is well within that timeline. So, uh, we're that will be at next month's meeting. And, uh, that concludes
my report. >> Thank you very much. Uh, any questions, board members? No. >> All right. Uh, board secretary report. >> Yeah. Um, so, thank you. So, I have a couple items to just highlight. Uh, two of the items is the agenda items which
Dr. Bise uh, provided. So, I just like to kind of kind of recognize some of the donations. Um Dr. Dr. Bernice provided the Roosevelt PTO donation which again you know definitely um on behalf of the district and you know the business office you know we thank thank the
Roosevelt PTO for that generous donation. Um and that playground was vetted by the district's architect and you know hopefully we're moving along um after tonight you know and getting that completed hopefully prior to the winter. Um the other donation was a $200
donation cash donation to the Cherry Hill. uh that was through a cyber grants from Krishnan uh Kodish Warren. So again, thank you for the, you know, the two large, you know, donations that goes towards improving the district, our students, um as well as staff. Um as far
as non-aggenda items relating to the health benefit rates, which we have, we received an update since our finance meeting. Uh so the state has approved the recommended rate increases proposed by AON which ranges from 29.5%
to 36.2%. Uh the current budget was constructed on a 50% increase across all plans which was recommended uh by the health benefit professional. The district is in the process of finalizing what that impact
that actual impact will look like net of employee contributions for this year and we hope to have it in the upcoming week to the finance committee and that concludes my report. >> Any questions? >> What was that percentage
for the >> So the so it ranges from 29.5% to 36.2% 2% and that depends on if it's uh in the New Jersey EHP or direct 10 or garden state plan. Those are the >> and we had budgeted 15 one
>> and we budgeted 15 across all plans uh based on that premium. >> Yeah. So what is the district planning on doing? >> So I mean um well the first aspect is to kind of look at the you know what that
that um impact is and then kind of compare it to you know the overall the other lines that we have some breakage in. >> Um one of the areas just you know I did an analysis with the PCR which is our position control roster. compare that to
the current staff with, you know, which we we have a lot of new hires um versus what we budgeted with salaries to see if there's breakages there as well as any other lines that we could maybe move money. Um and then the next area we could possibly do is moving, you know,
unreserved fund balance. um items like that, you know, stuff that we potentially didn't budget that we could, you know, appropriate in this year's budget, whether that's additional tuition revenue, you know, so we'll look at all all different areas. >> We should have you said we'll have that
together by finance meeting. We'll go over those. Okay. >> Yeah, we'll go over it. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Um and then the other the other area where we're looking at is uh we're currently retrieving data from the state to look at our claims to loss
ratio. Um once that that data comes back through our our insurance broker Brown and Brown, they'll identify if if if there's potential to shop, you know, for a private carrier um outside the state plan. So we'll also bring that to the finance
committee to see if, you know, that's a potential Um it's uh from speaking to him uh the goal was to kind of if that's possible to get it effective January 1st. Um but that might be a a very tough deadline. >> A little tight. >> A little tight.
>> Yeah. So if if that is potential, we could talk about you know strategically if we could, you know, if we could do an another open enrollment this school year or we, you know, we kind of talk about maybe a July 1st. >> July. >> So it might not help this year but maybe for the future budget.
Okay. All right. Good to know. Thank you. Um, president's report. I just have a couple things. We had talked before. We were trying to get together a date for a board retreat. Um, but the more we were talking about it, it's looking like we really only have one thing that we
would have to do, which is uh approve some district goals. Since we already have the uh strategic plan, that might not take that long. So, I was considering not having a formal retreat, but bringing that up during our next close session
um or doing a shorter retreat, but I wanted to kind of open it up for discussion. See what you guys thought about that. If there was anything else that we definitely wanted to do it like in a retreat setting. >> Would it be would it be able to be a standing item on our executive sessions
to discuss over the >> Oh, it's a public matter, right? We could add it. We could add it onto a public a regular public meeting if it's if it's adopting board goals, right? I mean district goals >> to discuss district goals >> to formally say these are our district
goals, right? Would they have to be have to be on the agenda? >> The goals need to be approved. I think what we could probably do is um spend a few minutes in committee uh in next month. Okay. uh discussing what the committees believe could, you know, the
goals could or should might be. Come up with a a committee draft, if you will, and then at the next meeting perhaps allocate some time for discussion on um board goals. >> Yeah. What do you think?
>> Sounds okay. I just didn't think there was anything else to put on like a retreat agenda unless they're items I'm not thinking about. I think it'd be beneficial to review the strategic plan. We haven't had opportunity to sit down and discuss that. >> Yeah. >> Time permitting with everyone's
schedule. >> Right. >> So if we did like a like I was thinking anyway about a twoh hour because usually we would do like a four hour like half a day but maybe we could do a two hour sometime between now and the next meeting and then also bring it up in committee to talk you know if we felt
like we needed to. All right. All right. Let me uh get a couple days together. We we used to look at Saturdays or weekends, but if it's a two-hour session, would a week night be easier? A lot of people are out like what do you think? >> Maybe some week nights. Okay. All right.
Let me get some dates. >> Add some dates out there and >> Yeah, let me throw out a bunch. >> Consensus >> because the next meeting is when? The 29th. >> If you add some food, more people would be interested. >> Yeah, we'll get some food. >> Two hours should cover reviewing the strategic plan and then discussing goals.
the 29th. Okay. Yeah. All right. Great. >> Anything else standing? Then we can move to committee to >> Yeah, we can do it that way. Okay, that sounds good. All right. And the only other thing I'll just mention um is that we will have a board seat vacancy um as
of January. So, we will be posting for that uh and you know, if anybody has questions or interest, please reach out to me or any other board member. We'll, you know, be reviewing applications, I guess, depending on what we decide we want to get from everybody,
but we will have an open board seat. So, if anybody out there is interested, I just wanted to mention that. All right. Um, committee reports, we'll do finance and facilities first.
I have it open. >> They can stay if they want to. >> I I invited them to stay, but I also hope that you wouldn't be offended. >> They don't. No, I'm not not offended. Not offended. >> There's no snacks or water. >> Yeah, there's no snacks. So, >> you're hoping for something to eat. >> But this is fascinating to watch. So,
you're welcome to stay. um >> finance and facilities met on the 9th at 7. Uh Elthia Cresbow, Miguel Frius, myself, Dr. Bernice, and uh Mr. Thomas Savage were there. Uh discussed the PTO donation which we talked about. Um we
also discussed uh this policy matter that we'll we'll talk about later regarding tuition. Um discussed a personnel matter and then we talked about um the health benefits uh which we already discussed. So that was a relatively
short meeting and then personnel and management. Personnel and management met on September 16. Was it 5:30?
>> 5:30. 5:30 p.m. Uh, Dr. Bonise. Uh, Eric Joshua and you were on the phone, right? >> Oh, it was a virtual anyway.
Sorry, I didn't uh >> Yeah, please. I didn't >> So, in attendance for as as Mr. mentioned um we discussed the accounts payable receivable position um a new buildings and ground supervisor which I
believe is on the agenda tonight uh the completion of the policies uh which was a tremendous achievement by uh everyone involved. Uh we discussed the employee tuition which uh in terms of students not employees attending the district but uh children of employees and that is
also an agenda item tonight. Um and just some other uh uh vacancies regarding personnel. >> Curriculum instruction met on September 9th at 4:30. Mr. Langley, Dr. Bernice, and myself were in attendance. Uh we discussed all the professional
development sessions that had gone on that first week of school. Uh, we discussed a policy and the grade chair chat which we um just looked over. Thank you to Miss Moriran and Miss Geller for putting that together and um it had a
document that had department quick links and important notes. Um it was really nicely presented. Mr. Delesandro, >> yes. >> Mr. Frius, >> yes. >> Mr. Cohen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sim, >> yes. >> And President Langley,
>> yes. >> Motion carries on E3. So moved. >> Second. >> Mr. Allesandro, >> yes. >> Mr. Frius, >> yes. >> Mr. Cohen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sim, >> yes. And President Langley,
>> yes. >> Motion carries on F3. So moved. >> Second roll call, please. >> Mr. Delesandro, >> yes. >> Mr. Frius, >> yes. >> Mr. Cohen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sim,
>> yes. And President Langley, >> yes. >> Motion carries on G12. >> Motion for items through >> approve items H1 through H6 as stated. >> Motion second. Mr. Delesandre, >> yes. >> Mr. Frius,
>> yes. >> Mr. Con? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sim, >> yes. And President Langley, >> yes. >> Motion carries on H8. >> Oh, sorry. 1 through six. Yep. I'd >> like to move H7 as stated. Second
>> project um I was asked for an explanation. the um a member district of region 5 reached out to uh Lisa Bernardo uh kind of in the 11th hour of um uh opening school at
the last week of August and they had a their transportation I'll say coordinator um uh left and they hadn't done any of their transportation yet at all. So, uh, Lisa saw this as an
opportunity for, um, region five to demonstrate its medal and transportation and didn't want to turn down the opportunity. So, um, Lisa and, uh, another employee um, in the, um, uh, region 5 office accepted the challenge
of, of um, arranging transportation for an entire school district uh, overnight. essentially uh it required two full weekends and a number of 4-hour blocks after work for two weeks straight. So the um the money here uh is not for um
Lisa Bernardo that's uh she took this on as part of her administrative uh you know responsibilities of being the director of region 5 but we did um feel the need to compensate the uh other employee which just is not part of our contract at all. Um so that's what uh
this sum represents. Um in the future uh we see this as an opportunity perhaps uh for other now that they've been able to successfully demonstrate this. We believe that there is a chance that we can um attract other districts to
perhaps um entrust region five with their transportation so that they can perhaps save costs and ask region five to go ahead and do their uh arrange their transportation over the summer but then also uh um uh submit their DRTS
report to the to the state annually as well. So, uh, there's an opportunity for region 5 here to expand its offerings. If we do get, uh, more districts interested in this and then decide to employ region 5 to do this work, we're going to have to add an employee. But
the the um the hope is that the revenue generated by um offering this service essentially a transportation another transportation service under the region five umbrella would generate enough money where it um it would balance out any new staff that we would need to
hire. >> So am I supposed to not approve this? Am I supposed to abstain from this? >> You can vote however you'd like, sir. If you don't like the idea, you can abstain or vote no. >> My wife administrator >> in the district, then you should abstain from the
>> I just I didn't realize that >> an abstension in this case is completely appropriate. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> We have enough votes. >> Anyway, >> yeah, I made this chart here. So, we an abstension doesn't go towards Anension goes towards the quarum. It does not go
towards the >> Oh, all right. Great. That's good to know. >> Yeah, that's good to know. >> All right. Any other questions? No. >> All right. Roll call, please. Can he um just >> can he still motion or show his motion back? >> Yes, he he can make a motion for it for
sure. Uh he just I think it >> it's in the his best interest to abstain from this. >> Yeah. >> Mr. Allesandro. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cohen. >> Yes. >> Mr. [Music]
I I don't think there's a problem any conflict or anything. Just just say yes. Okay. I just I just want to say that. >> And then President Langley. >> Yes. >> And then Mr. Frius, you had a state. Correct.
>> Um so motion carries on H7. I don't think it's a problem either, but I'd rather >> Oh, you're on the side. >> I don't think so either. There is there's no way that you or your family would directly benefit from this. If anything, >> it it takes away part of the other
district. Yeah, I there's no there's no real conflict here, but I understand if you if it's easier to abstain, it makes perfect sense. >> Yeah. >> But Mr. Sim is correct. There's no this would not be an ethics issue. >> All right. Thank you. Um, I have a
motion for I3, please. >> I three and two. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Roll call, please. >> Mr. De Lasaganda. >> Yes. >> Mr. Frius. >> Yes. >> Mr. Con? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sim?
>> Yes. And President Langley? >> Yes. >> Motion carries on I3. >> Thank you. Um, can I have a motion for item J15, please? So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion?
>> Just question uh just uh discernment. Can you explain what happened >> um in close session? >> One second. >> It could be I mean it relates to legal
We can take a recess. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Can I have a motion to move in to close? >> So move. >> Sorry. Uh, all in favor? >> I >> Any opposed? All right, we'll be back uh soon.
>> What was the motion? We're good. All right, we are back. I think we had ended with a motion and a second for J15, >> right? Can I have roll call, please? >> Miss Delesandre? >> Yes. >> Mr. DeFyus? Yes,
>> Mr. Cohen. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sim. >> Yes, >> and President Langley. >> Yes. >> Motion carries on J15. >> Thank you. Can I have a motion for K2, please? >> To approve a motion K2 as stated. >> Second.
>> Uh discussion on this. So the board I approached the board as um currently the eligibility or for policy for non-resident students um has um no provision for a reduced
rate uh for our own employees and um I was approached uh with an ask to look at that. So I I asked the board u in uh committees to look at a policy straas supplied us with uh 5,111
and in their policy at the end there are contingencies for um the uh non-resident students and staff members and the board had some decision-m to do uh which I as I'm asking them to do tonight here. um
the tuition amount that's uh is set by um the certified tuition rate from the state and Eric gets that every year. I don't even I don't even think you have anything to do with calculating that. It's just provided. >> It's provided. It's based on the odds which is the financials. So we make sure
obviously things are allocated to the right accounts, right programs. Um and then they take that they take the ASSA account. Um so the combination of actually not ASA the um uh school register that we did over the summer. So they take that count they compare it to
our financials and then they come up with a certified rate. Um the only caveat in River Edge we actually um with the assistance of I believe the auditors in the past and um with the state we we do a worksheet and we kind of allocate
course even further. So um the state basically um other districts that don't um do that worksheet it basically they just allocate it based on enrollment over the programs. So this worksheet allocates it based on enrollment but we also dive in deeper to kind of get a
truer certified rate and that's been I've been I think historically we've been doing that for like seven eight years in river. >> So the certified tuition rate is what it is. any any uh we're very um open to uh
folks uh coming to River Edge and private paying to attend um the schools. We uh it's essentially my discretion if there's a a class or grade level that's completely full um I would yeah we're
you know broaching 25 students in a class in fourth grade or something like that I probably wouldn't um entertain an outside tuition rate at that point. Um but beyond uh you know overflowing uh classrooms uh I think this is a a good source of revenue for the district if we
were able to um attract students um to the district uh that are tuition paying and for good reason. These are excellent schools. Um the one thing that uh the board is allowed to apply some flexibility with that tuition rate is when it comes to certified staff
members. Um and uh we last year we had a certified staff member um bring their child here. They had they paid the appropriated full rate. Um this year we have a certified staff member with their student enrolled um and they're scheduled to um pay the full rate. Uh
I'm asking the board if the board can through the policy to change the policy slightly and to consider a reduced rate which is allowed by uh state law for certified um members of the staff. So uh
the policy shop sent us this and uh there were some elections. Um the board has some um latitude in setting what that rate will be. It seemed like the uh general consensus was any somewhere around 50%.
Um so uh the policy here is is modified for the 50%. >> Where is that? Where is >> that's on page four of six. >> It also the policy also it's on the bottom. Uh it's also um defines what a a
teaching staff member is. Eric had some um information from our attorney from uh last spring uh that stated that it it really is limited to a teaching staff member because of the way the law is written. Um no one's challenged that yet
and they're not necessarily sure if a non-eing staff member according to the um policy uh would be allowed to uh do that. But um the attorney admits in the email that um it's never been asked or
challenged. So it does say the law does say teaching staff member and the law also defines what a teaching staff member is. So those things are defined in the policy. >> Okay. >> Um and the last page F1 visa and the J1 visa student, it doesn't apply to our
school. >> Um okay. >> So we don't need uh this um We can um delete both then in the second read. >> Absolutely. This is only a first reading. So we can do whatever we want with this.
>> We can um we can uh approve the first read without the F1 and the J1 visa um sections if you you are okay with that. >> Yeah, I think you discussed that in committee too. >> Yeah. >> Well, the J we talked about the J1's not
the ones. Yeah, but it's okay. These visas are getting harder and harder to get anyway. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. But the elementary and the middle school doesn't apply. >> Correct. >> Only high school. >> Yeah. An F an F1 visa is >> reservations. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. And I assume we're okay with this other language about residents or non-residents if they're moving in and out. I think we're I'm good with that. Oh yes. Also included there is um >> specific time >> specific time frames because right now our current we don't have a current
policy on it really. There's no and there's almost there's nothing defined to even go on it. So right now if someone were leaving the district let's say on June 1st technically I I would have to tell them to scattle. Um and then you know if they're sixth grade
parent or sixth grade student unfortunately then it would have to reenroll in sixth grade somewhere else in the last month of school. doesn't make any sense. So, um you know, and they they're welcome to do that and legally they'd be allowed to, but this allows some latitude of um I think I said
>> March 1st >> March 1st would would be the latitude and then also we get a lot of requests of people who are about to move in or they're doing construction, you know, do you know I can move in on on September 30th um but I won't be able to get a CO
before then and this allows me the the registar to come to me and say, "Hey, Hey, you know that they're expecting a CEO on September 30th, which is within I think I said four weeks here. Four weeks of them entering. And I then I can I can
say yes because and my my argument to that is this is going to be our student anyway at some point, right? They've already purchased the home. They're moving in. There's some reason why they can't. um and if they're going to be our student anyway, I would like to be responsible for their whole education starting on September 1st rather than um
telling them no, continue where you are and then on October 1st you can come here. Well, now we just lost a month of instruction that we have no idea. Well, we have some idea because it's standards based, but if they weren't in the public school in New Jersey and they wanted to come here, perhaps there were some different standards taught. So I would
prefer to um be able to accept those students on a on a on the basis that after a month they're able to generate a certificate of occupancy and show us that they actually live here in River Edge. If they can't at that point then we can say well we've given you the
latitude that we have and if you don't have any you know intention of moving here then you can't and then we can tell tell them to register in their other district >> and that case actually happened. >> Mhm. I'm sure I've seen it. >> Yeah.
>> Um and it's different if it's October 1st, right? But it's also it's way different if it's November 30th. Right now it's three months that they haven't lived here with no promise of >> Well, it's good to have it specified. >> Correct. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. We want
>> Right. Then you get them again next year anyway. Right. >> Um All right. Any other questions on this? think we're good. >> Thank you for putting this together. >> Yeah. >> Uh yeah, K2. So I think we have a motion
in a second. So roll call, please. >> Mlessandro. >> Yes. >> Mr. Frius, >> yes. >> Mr. Cullen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sim, >> yes. >> And President Langley, >> yes. >> K2 um approve is approved uh with
without F1 and J1. >> Thank you. Um, does anybody have any old or new business they wish to bring up? All right, moving on to public comments on non-aggenda items only. Seeing as there's no one in the room, uh, we'll
move on to, uh, can I get a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> So, second, close one. Roll call. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Landro. >> Uh, yes. >> Mr. Fus.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Cohen. Yes, >> Mr. Sim. >> Yes. >> And President Langley. >> Yes. >> Uh, meetings adjourned. It's 8:20. >> Great. Thank you everybody. We'll be back on October 29th. >> Anyone ever said no to adjourn.
>> Always a motion to adjurnn. Always a yes to adjourn. I've never I've never seen anyone oppose the adjourning of the meeting. >> You're welcome to to try it, but I think it'll be out voted by your by your fellow board members. I