Okay. All right. Um, 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, and filed with
the township clerk, and posted in the board of education office 48 hours in advance of this meeting. Uh, roll call, please. >> Certainly. Mrs. Assor here. >> Mrs. Burkowitz, >> here. >> Mrs. Leler, >> here. Mrs. Pinterelli, >> here. >> Mr. Rosini, >> I'm here.
>> 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, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay.
Um, with regard to my report, um, first I always seem to mention the weather, so thankfully the weather's getting better, but secondly, we just had a finance committee meeting, which I was, um, fortunate enough to be able to sit in on. And I just want to comment on on, and we'll hear more about it later, but
I just want to comment on Mrs. Zippalito's work and all the hard work she's done um for our district um to try and put together and her team to try and put together um a a responsible budget um in in this time which is which is
difficult financially. So just want to thank her for that. Um and apart from that I will move on to the board president's report. I'm sorry. Well, yeah, let me go back to my report. I forgot something. Uh, so in
any event, sorry. Committee reports. Um, buildings and grounds, Mr. White is not here. Anything? Nope. Nothing. Communications and policies. Mrs. Burkowitz. >> Nothing for tonight. >> Curriculum and technology. Mrs. Austin
is not here. Anything on that? Nope. Uh, finance. Mrs. Pinterelli. I think there's >> uh yes uh as Mr. Rosini said, we just had our finance meeting where we discussed the technical budget which we will be voting on tonight. Um I'm happy
to say that even though this is a tight budget, all programs and staff will be maintained. And I'm also happy to share that um we received an increase in state aid of $88,000. So that is always a welcomed um a
welcomed fact. Um the recommendation from the finance committee, Miss Cibilo and her staff um to address our budget is to use our uh expiring bank cap um to utilize our health benefit waiver.
Um we will also be using our enrolled enrollment adjustment of $50,000. Um, we have an excess surplus of $600,000 that will also be used. Um, and we're going to utilize our maintenance
reserve, um, extraordinary aid and uh, a portion of our unemployment reserve fund to help offset um, uh, to to help with the the budget. Um, so, as you can see,
everything has been looked at um, for this budget. Uh the t the tax impact will be 2.6%. And um after this is approved, it will be sent um to the county. Correct. Okay.
And then once it's okay, we still do have um as a board, we still do have time uh to make any changes. Um I would also like to thank Misselo, Miss Ignori, and the administrators for all their hard work. I know this is not an easy
feat. um um and for also for keeping all programs and staff intact for the betterment of our district. Um as you know in as you see in the news and um many districts are not able to do that and so we are
very pleased and happy to be able to say that we're keeping programs and staff intact. So um thank you again for your hard work and that's my report for tonight. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Um, with regard to negotiations,
uh, I have nothing to add from what I mentioned last time and, uh, Mrs. D is personnel. >> Nothing. >> No. Okay. The committee med uh, the committee meeting schedule is below. And I'm going to move now on to public
comments on agenda items only. Um, the following will apply later. Two, for non-aggenda items and public comments. The Riverville Board of Education is committed to encouraging the citizens of Riverville and employees of the Riverdale School District to speak
directly to board trustees. In order to facilitate this communication, residents employees are requested one to sign in before speaking, two to maintain an appropriate sense of decorum, 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 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, it 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. Um, with regard to uh agenda items only, I'm opening it up to public comments at approximately 7:06. And is there anyone
who wants to make a comment on an agenda item? Nope. Seeing no one, I'm going to close it at 7:06 and move on to the superintendence report. >> Okay. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. I just want uh wanted to thank our
families who participated in our parent teacher conferences last week. And of course, I also want to thank our educators for their thoughtful preparation for these meetings. It it really does take a lot to put these meetings together. Teachers, they prepare samples of student work. They
look at benchmark data. They give parents insights into their stu their child's learning behaviors. Um, and it really helps to give parents a better understanding of their child's academic profile. I always find that the parent
teacher conferences um are really beneficial, right? They're a good way for us to build a strong connection between home and and school. And I think that our teachers have always done a really nice job at what they're able to share with parents. And we always have pretty good turnout, too, for how many
families attend those conferences. So, I just wanted to say thank you. It's a lot of work. It's a lot of talking, meetings, and extra hours. So, um, thank you to our staff for making them successful and to our families for attending them and and partnering with
us with their kids education. And that's all I have for tonight. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, now, uh, moving on to the board secretaries report. Mrs. Leto, >> thank you. Just a reminder to the board,
there still are a few of you that need to complete your ethics forms. Um, if you need help with that, please reach out to me. We need to get those in. And also, there is mandatory training for um, a couple of you. So, I will have
my staff reach out and then we'll get you signed up to make sure that you comply with the mandatory training. And as Mrs. Pinterelli had gone over. This is our technical budget that we are
approving. We will be submitting to the county office for their review. They review it. Um the educational specialists review it. The county business administrator reviews it and they will respond back to us as to
whether or not we've complied in all aspects. And then we will have a public hearing on to present the budget on May 5th and that will be a more detailed presentation to the public and um that's
when you'll vote on the final budget. So I appreciate everybody's input, the board, the administration, the staff. Um it you've all been very patient, very supportive. I know this has been a rocky
road for us, but as Mrs. Pinterelli says, we have all of our programs and um our staff intact, which really uh not a lot of districts are able to say. So, um we still need to see
a lot of reform. I'm um cautiously optimistic that the governor will address some of these major issues moving forward, but for right now, we're good and we'll take it and thank you. That's all I have to report.
>> Thank you. And thanks again. Um we will move on to now to general resolutions G1 through G5. Motion, please. >> So moved. >> Second. questions, discussion. I just want everyone to take note that
the revised school calendar is um just, you know, is a for approval tonight. We'll put it on our district website, but just take note of the changes due to our snow days. We had two snow days this year. Thanks. >> Okay.
Okay. A roll call vote, please. >> Certainly. Mrs. Assor, >> yes. >> Mrs. Burkowitz, >> yes. >> Mrs. Leler, >> yes. >> Mrs. Pinterelli, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosini, >> yes. Now, moving on to business resolutions
B1 through B7. I need a motion, please, for B1 through B7. I'll >> motion >> and second. >> Second. >> And any questions? Anything comments? Okay. Roll call vote, please.
>> Certainly, Mrs. Burkowitz. >> Yes, but I'll abstain from B7. >> Certainly, Mrs. Pinterelli. >> Yes, but I'll abstain from B78. >> Certainly. Mrs. Assor,
>> yes, but I'll abstain from B7A certainly. Mrs. Leler, >> yes, but I will abstain from B7D. Okay. And Mr. Rosini? Uh, yes. With the appropriate abstension B7F.
Um, okay. Anything else on this be on business? No. Okay. Personal resolutions. Moving on to P1 through P8. May I have a motion, please? >> Oh, I'll make a motion.
>> Okay. Second. >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion. Okay. Anything? Roll call vote, please. >> Certainly. Mrs. Assor, >> yes. >> Mrs. Burkowitz, >> yes. >> Mrs. Leler, >> yes. >> Mrs. Pinterelli, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosini,
>> yes. And now moving on to public comments on general items. As I mentioned, the same rules apply as they applied for agenda items only. I'm going to open the meeting to public comments now on
general items at approximately 7:13. Anybody want to make a comment on a general item? Okay, seeing no one, I am going to close it at 7:13. Old business, anybody, anything on their minds? Oh, new business. I know we have
new business and we have a handout here with regard to new business. Um, I need everybody have a chance to look at it. Um, uh, someone to move NB1 through NB14.
>> I'll move it. >> Second. Second. >> Okay. Now that we've moved it, do we have any questions, comments? >> I'll just bring it the attention to I know um Mrs. Leler is new. This is the
board motion that we will be sending to the county office. And then for the rest of the board, just so that you're aware, we are going out for requests for proposal on occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language
therapy, and for uh applied behavior analysis therapy. So, we have to award uh you have to approve that we're going out for these. That's why they're on here. and I'll be opening those up on April 10th and then presenting to the
board at the next board meeting so that you can hopefully award the contracts. So that's the reason for these. >> Okay. Thank you. Um anything? No. Okay. Vote please. Roll call vote please.
>> Certainly. Mrs. Assur, >> yes. >> Mrs. Burkowitz, >> yes. >> Mrs. Leler, >> yes. >> Mrs. Pinterelli, >> yes. >> Mr. Rosini, >> yes. Okay. Anything else? Anybody? Okay. Um, so there we're not going into
close session. We are concluded. Um, is there anyone against adjourning? Seeing no one against adjourning, uh, meeting adjourned.