okay good afternoon everybody um notice is hereby given that in accordance with the open public meetings act chapter 231 the laws of 1975 notice of this meeting has been sent to All School offices officially designated newspapers filed the Township Clerk and posted in the
Board of Education Office 48 hours in advance of this meeting roll call please certainly Mrs assor here Mrs Austin here Mrs burwitz here Mrs Elli here Mrs Sande here Mr White here Mr rosini I'm here uh
flag salute I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for it stands one nation under God indivisible Li and justice for all
okay so um I'll start with my report uh we got through a little bit weather which is always good um and with not too much fuss a little bit though but that's it for the winter so we're done
um I'm also gonna take the time just to talk about something that happens every three years a very special event which is called the NJ qac um it's going on right now um I'm always interested what things mean so qac it
stands for the New Jersey quality single accountability Continuum and uh it's the department of education's monitoring and District self- evaluation system um so anything that's called the single quality single accountability Continuum you got to
think is kind of pretty hard um the qac focuses on monitoring and evaluating school districts in five important areas that have been identified by the state to be key components for Effective school districts um the areas are instruction and program fiscal
government governance operations and personnel as I mentioned all school districts go through qac every three years and I recall going through it the last time with the Spectre of covid still lingering and that was really tough um I know it's really tough but at
least we don't have to have that so so far we've already completed parts of the audit including a Facilities Review of our fully renovated and essentially new buildings and I believe it was very complimentary as one would hope for with regard to that the audit continues next
week um once it's complete where confidence will pass with flying colors and of course we'll share the outcome when it's available now not to mention but I got still have to mention that this audit requires a lot of preparation by every Department which includes the business office the superintendent's
office the curriculum office and buildings and grounds Department among others and I'd like to say a hearty thank you to everyone involved for their hard work in getting this all done um so we'll find out the results but I think
they're going to be very good um that's my report and I'll move on committee reports buildings and grounds Mr White yeah we had a meeting this evening very quickly on the referendum project where Burge is
99.9% done just the issue of painting the canopy which will occur in the spring or summer Woodside the posts will be addressed in the spring um where the cinder blocks were removed for warmer weather and holdrum the canopy will be completed
this summer and for the annex info Gathering has picked up significantly and at the next board meeting will hopefully approve to open the bidding process and that will be um awarded if all goes well April 8th is that correct
that's all I have unless Kelly has something to add okay thank you um Communications and policies Mrs burkwitz I have nothing for tonight our next meeting is March 4th curriculum and Technology Mrs Sande um
no update this evening our next meeting is April 8th this is Pinelli Finance um I have nothing for this evening hopefully by the March 18th um board meeting we'll have more information after the governor's address so that's
it for tonight okay okay can't wait um I have nothing to add with regard to negotiations tonight and Mrs esor Personnel uh nothing except our next meeting is May 6 okay thank
you with regard to agenda items only comments uh public comments on agenda items only I'm opening the uh the floor but first I must read the following the riverville board of education is committed to encouraging the citizens of riverville and employees of the riverville school district to speak
directly to board trustees in order to facilitate this communication residents and employees are requested one to sign them before speaking two to maintain an appropriate SS deorum and three to limit their remarks to no more than five minutes the board will also take under advisement the written comments and opinions of non-residents that are
submitted to the board secretary being mindful of its responsibility to maintain the orderly conduct of meetings the board retains the right to rule on such matters as the speaker's right to address the board as well as the appropriateness of the subject being Pres presented the board's decision in such matters is final the board also
reminds members of the public that while it subscribes without reservation to the principle of keeping the community informed by policy and law cannot allow public discussion of personnel matters nor can trustees comment on any current or pending litigation if a matter concerning an employee of the riverville
public schools is of Interest or concern to a resident the matter should be referred to the responsible building principal or the superintendent of schools by telephone letter or email and I'm going want to open the meeting to public comments on agenda items only at
7:09 is there anybody wants to make a comment on an agenda item no okay um then I'm going to close it at uh 7:09 and move to Mrs sori's superintendent report all right thank
you very much uh I want to just talk a little bit about uh our board goals um I gave a full detailed report to the board um a couple weeks ago so I figured it would be appropriate to update the
public as well uh this is certainly not in a comprehensive report you can actually find all of our board goals posted on the district website so if you're interested in or forget what they are you can go there and take a look but um really what I did for tonight is I
focused on two of our overarching academic goals and the first one focuses on tailoring instruction to diverse learning needs ensuring all students are empowered to excel academically and reach their full potential so just want
to update the public on some ways we've been doing that thus far so we've been trying to promote a collaborative culture where teachers are engaging in data discussions they're sharing insight and to refine instructional practices that are based on evidence um couple
years ago we put in some structures so that teachers had time we called them linkit periods in the beginning and now another called DDI datadriven instructional periods because we felt it needed a little bit more of a broader scope teachers are using different type of Assessments to inform instruction all
the time not just link it and so those are some of the ways um that teachers have it built into their schedule to be able to do that but speaking of linkit uh they have administered linkit form A and B and so now we're looking at I know
Miss ding's been working on collecting all that data and then meeting with with teachers to go over standards where grade levels or classrooms and students might need some additional support or may need to be um challenged in in
certain areas uh teachers are also utilizing progress monitoring tools um to make sure that students are making the progress that we intend for them to make and we've also been providing ongoing professional development by working with our instructional Consultants we have Shelley Klein and
Meredith Alo she has been working with teachers on instructional strategies analyzing best practices um and again that's not all of it but that's sort of a a general overview of how we've been you know sort of attacking that academic goal and then the other big one is um
implementing the revised curriculum and instructional resources to ensure that alignment with the New Jersey student learning standards is happening we had to overhaul all of ela it was a huge undertaking we are ready to go with math and then the state delayed the
implementation of math so we're fine because it gave us another year then to really take a look at it and start building resources without having to to actually implement it by the state yet and so what we've been doing to help with those efforts is we've developed a comprehensive plan to integrate and
align the revised curriculum across all the grade levels we've had multiple meetings with grade level teams provided professional development opportunities that support that implementation that's also with some of the help of Shelly and Meredith Alo with us as well and then
we're also evaluating resources and making sure that we have the necessary materials and supports for the teachers and for the students um and the way we sort of set it up is the teachers will do a unit and then meet and then sort of talk about like what worked well what
didn't what what do we have to reflect on so we're really just trying to make sure that the process is is as smooth as possible for them um so we remain committed to these goals like I said there's there's a lot of them we've got um technology goals communication goals
Wellness goals but these are our main academic ones that I wanted to update everyone on so thanks and have a great night oh I have one more thing I did want to say I went to the hram Middle School girls basketball playoffs today in Westwood and they played a fierce
game I was so proud of our district and of those girls they were amazing it was a nailbiter the entire time I think the staff was a little was probably the most enthusiastic there um they ended up they
ended up losing by one point so it was a to bad it it it was tough I said I think I had to calm the staff down before they got in trouble but we're really really proud of our girls and also our coaches it was an amazing game so you know
congratulations to them they should be really proud and that's all thank you that's terrific that's a really close game that's great and you didn't turn a car car over in the parking lot like you usually do you held yourself back they held you
back too for that one um okay great that's that's too bad but that's a great effort that's wonderful um with regard to uh the board secretary's Port M epita okay yes hello thank you uh just a reminder to the board that your
financial disclosures are due April 30th I know it seems far away but spring is coming the days are getting longer and it's going to quickly be there also just in your packet if you're at all interested there is an njsba virtual
spring Workshop that's being held on Friday May 30th if you would like us to register you feel free to let me know other than that have a great night thank you okay thank you um I'm going to move
on to the general resolutions G1 through G5 may I have a motion please a motion second I'll second discussion anything by anybody are we still using this 2008 for
350 up until recently no oh okay I was wondering how much how much we got out of our cars because that's a really old car um anything no okay vote please certainly Mr White yes Mrs Sande yes Mrs Pinelli
yes Mrs burkowitz yes Mrs Austin yes Mrs assor yes Mr rosini yes moving on to resolutions B1 through b11 will somebody move it please move them please I'll move B1 through 11 second I
second any questions or comments [Music] anything anybody nope okay roll call vote please certainly Mrs Austin yes Mrs Sande yes we'll obstain from B10 certainly Mrs assor yes Mr
White yes Mrs burkowitz yes Mrs Pinelli yes Mr rosini yes okay moving on to resolutions P1 through 8 p uh P1 through p8 um will somebody move them please
I'll move them second I'll second okay any comments I'm going to comment I guess on P3 uh with regard to miss PUO um I know she's really contributed a lot in her time here and wish her all the best in monf at least
we'll see her from time to time because she's still within the district um but I guess uh it's sad but congratulations to her anything else no okay both call vote please certainly Mrs burkowitz
yes Mrs Austin yes Mr White yes Mrs Sande yes Mrs pelli yes Mrs assour yes Mr rosini yes okay with regard to public comments um I'm going to open up to public comments now on General items uh the
riverville board of education is committed to encouraging the citizens of riverville and employees of the Rivervale School District to speak directly to board trustees in order to facilitate this communication residents and employees are requested one to sign him before speaking two to maintain an
appropriate sense of the Quorum and three to limit their remarks to no more than five minutes the board will also take under advisement the written comments and opinions of non-residents that are submitted to the board secretary bless you being mindful of its responsibility to maintain the orderly conduct of meetings the board retains
the right to rule on such matters as the speaker's right to address the board as well as the appropriateness of the subject being presented the board's decision in such matters is final the board also reminds all members of the public that while it subscribes without reservation to the principle of keeping the community informed by policy and law
cannot allow public discussion of personnel matters nor can trustees comment on any current or pending litigation if a matter concerning an employee of the riverville public schools is of Interest or concern to a resident the better the matter should be referred to the responsible building principal or the superintendent of
schools by telephone letter or email and I'm going to open it to uh public comments with regard to General items at approximately 719 p.m. yeah um I'm stie and this is Kennedy and we're company managers at
Pak theater and we're here to Cally invite you to our spring production of Legally Blonde for free in order to acquire your tickets you can go to our website at pasek theater.org and you will be oh and you will be emailed um a discount in order
to acquire your tickets so that's terrific the last time us two people showed up from the theater group at pasak Valley um and invited us I went and it was absolutely terrific I never got to mention that but I went
there um I really enjoyed it and it was a very nice production very different I think you know which one I'm talking about so again thank you that's terrific thanks thank you thank you for coming we hope you enjoy this year's production you know what I I love legally blun
honestly I think it's a it's a great movie I actually just watched it a couple of days ago it was on TV so um I'm going to look forward to seeing it again thank you okay hi my name is Katie kellerer it's so good to see you all um Beyond being a
teacher I am a Community member here and um a board of education member of the pasak Valley Regional High School District um I'm actually here on my own accord um but we've had a lot of questions about um an A U an invitation that we sent to the board members of our
sending districts um to join us at a retreat so I'm here to invite you please to join us March 20th at 6:30 for our Retreat it's going to be collaborative um we're going to have a
consultant there that's going to help us set goals and facilitate communication and just strengthen our bonds um and our relationship between sending districts and the high school district so that's why I'm
here that's it thank you Katy I remember we did this in the past and it sort of went by the wayside with covid and I had been hoping that we were going to be doing something like this again so I think it's a good opportunity for all the boards and the sendy districts and the the the regional district to get
together and uh have some you know collegial you know absolutely interaction I think it's great um and in the past I guess the setup was much different so they had a lot of um presentations and there wasn't a lot of
interaction so this time we're looking forward to having a lot of collaboration um setting goals together and talking about how we can strengthen our uh relationships and our communication between the sending districts and the high school y unfortunately compared to
the the last ones I remember Mrs senori would provide a lot of insightful comments and presentations but I don't think you'll be I don't think you unfortunately you won't be there to do it so it was a good idea to cut back yeah um so we hope to see you all
there okay thank you thank you okay anything else anybody else want to invite us somewhere [Laughter] um okay anything else okay um old
business oh I'm sorry closing it at 7:23 uh old business new business um and we're going I know we're going into Clos session hold on I I skipped new business I just wanted to comment on the uh holdrum Winter concert
that I was um so lucky to attend my daughter was singing it was a great event and I wanted to commend the students the bands are great um I'm terrible playing an instrument singing so to hear anyone capable of of doing such a wonderful job is is nice to hear
and the teachers did a a fabulous job I just wanted to comment on that so yeah that's great yeah there it's really impressive um the times I've went I didn't go to this one but I'm always impressed that that kids that age can be that advanced so thanks thanks for
letting us know anything else NOP okay so um I know we're going to go into close session we're not coming out afterward we're not going to take any further action so may have a motion to go into close
session I'll move it second I'll second okay um that's it that's it for the night thank you everybody thanks for coming