Okay. Calling this meeting to order. This is this meeting is an open session of the Roosevelt Park Board of Education being held in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act of the State of New Jersey. Notice of this meeting was sent to the Star Ledger, local source, the home news tribune, the burough clerk,
school offices, and the district website. Roll call, please. >> Mark Fernandez, >> here. >> Lucy Figero >> here. >> Zean Fonte. President Dr. Kirkland >> here. >> Jennifer Macar
>> here. >> Chris Monroe. >> Constance Quintella >> here. >> Vice President Michael Anne Reagan >> here. Please stand for the flag salute. >> 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. Executive session resolve that the Rosal Park Board of Education meeting hereby convenes to executive session for
discussion of the following subjects: personnel, attorney, client privilege, and student matters. It is anticipated that the executive session will start at 5:00 p.m. and will take approximately 2 hours. The board may take action during public session. The board shall return
to public session following executive session at approximately 7 p.m. The minutes of the public session shall be released to the public when the reason for the public session no longer exists. Can I have a motion to go into executive? >> Make that motion.
>> Great. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> We are officially in executive. Good evening everyone. Can I have a motion to return to public session? >> Make that motion.
>> Great. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Great. All in favor? >> Thank you. And we are now officially in public session. So public participation agenda items only. Each member of the public may speak a maximum of 3 minutes.
Please state your name for the record. Okay. Seeing none, I will close the public participation portion. >> Someone's coming. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Evening Edward Gate. Agenda item uh
number three, rubber guardian safety petrol. Uh number uh four character student character and number 14
math teacher Robert Gordon too. Uh I see all in all this missora assigned and uh I believe she was assigned to for many other things. I think this too much assignment for her. I believe over the time also she was not a supportive
teacher. Uh agenda item number 10 employment separation. Uh what's the term of separation please? is uh
terminating is what? >> This is just a comment portion only and so we you're allowed to give any comment. Thanks. >> Um number 39 is the office of uh Hartzfield Schwarz.
This a new contract also I continue. Okay. Uh the agenda item number 30 uh spending list. I want to thank you for the spending list and all everything you know and
it's clear more clear this time and uh thanks to me I requested the spending list and without that we never come to the light I think so uh I say check number 23626 1112 Union County Vocational Technical
School 149300 is that tuition uh This should should not be paid by Union County or the state. Who should pay for that and for what reason? Um, Rosel Park Police Department CK
number 236 053 1112 4K 922 security. Do we pay the police for security? We should or the town cover this?
No answer. Okay. Elizabeth Town has multiple payments is we we have multiple meter multiple accounts or just uh I don't know why you have so many payment to Elizabeth Stone Gas various
amount various checks. Um also multiple payments to Mr. Peter Kane sports me Red Cross such such don't know what he he representing exactly. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you for your comment. We will follow up with you on the questions that you asked. >> Okay, seeing no other members from the public for public participation on agenda items only, this section will be closed. And now we are going to move into principal report given by Mr.
Flecker. >> Thank you. I'm too loud here. Good evening members of the board of education, students, community members, and all in attendance tonight and at home. Uh I am John Flecka, the principal at Sherman School,
and it's my honor to address you this evening. Hold on, I'm too loud here. has an extraordinary tradition of connecting our students to our community in meaningful ways. Uh tonight, I'd like to highlight uh the wonderful happenings that are going on at Sherman School.
Starting with hello and building lasting friendships. Start with hello week led by Mrs. Halpern transformed our hallways. Students popped in to smile, say hello, reach out to classmates who might have been sitting alone. Best of all, this didn't end with a week was
over. It continued into meaningful shifts of how our students interacted with genuine sensitivity towards making each other feel or not feel overlooked. Thank you to Miss Halpern and all her and all our students. Uh you've proven that just a simple hello truly goes a
long way. Walking together. Uh our national walk to school day was a success. Uh brought together by at Aker Park or Hot Dog Park. I growing up here it was always Aker Park. I'm not sure which name is uh correct, but uh
students, families, uh neighbors alike uh joined us as the police department led us down uh from Aker Park to the school. Uh our teachers walked alongside the students uh making the journey even more special and showing that we are all
in this together. Safety first. Uh the Rosal Park Fire Department uh brought a real fire truck to visit our young learners, demonstrating equipment and answering eager questions about becoming firefighters. The easy ride program taught our students uh the essential
bike and pedestrian safety skills uh through hands-on activities. From properly wearing helmets to using hand signals, our staff ensured that these valuable lessons were reinforced in the classroom, helping these life skills truly stick uh with our students. I I
learned a few things on my own uh those days and uh I kind of brought it home to my own kids which was was uh a fun activity. So they didn't really know that certain signals met left and right. Uh so it was a learning experience for
myself as well. Celebrating in true Sherman style. Our Halloween celebrations uh were spectacular. Uh the costume parade showcased incredible creativity. Uh our teachers brought the Halloween spirit. Uh our theme this year was uh uh
seasons or um holidays. Uh I happen to be Groundhog's Day and uh someone had said, "Does it feel like Groundhog's Day every day?" Sometimes it does. Uh sometimes it doesn't. But um dressing up like a Groundhog uh my kids got a kick
out of that. Definitely. Uh our fall festival brought uh familiar faces uh which was a great um experience. Uh we brought that back. I I think it's been gone from Sherman for uh some time. Uh it was amazing. I I I brought my
daughter to it. It was uh really nice to see some old faces, uh some new faces and a lot of the families that are part of Sherman and it was a really great experience. They did a really nice job uh bringing the community together. And now, finally, celebrating uh our
respect and character. Uh during respect week, we honor the students who embody what it means to treat others with dignity and kindness. These young people make good choices every day, treating their peers, our staff, and our entire community with respect. Our teachers
work daily to model and nurture these values, creating a culture where kindness is celebrated. Uh, I'd like to call up the students if maybe somebody uh is Oh, thank you. can help out with
some of these honores. Before we start, I I'd like to say that uh the students in at Sherman School uh and throughout the entire district, I it's nice to get greeted
with such enthusiasm every morning. Just even walking down here today, uh it's just nice to see, hey, Mr. Flea, how's it going? Everybody always is eager to ask how you're doing and how your day is going. uh even that
small little gesture uh goes a long way especially in my book uh in you know creating just great people and human beings. So uh thank you to them. Uh our first honore is Rory Montgomery.
Georgia Gomez. >> Everybody's afraid of me now. >> Hey, congratulations. >> Quincy Harris. James Fazio, Monica Garcia Gimenez, Maximo De Jesus. Congratulations,
Olivia Sanchez. Congratulations, Fiorela Hatam. Mariana Tranoso Duket, Luca Avida, >> Jillian Wall, Congratulations Crystal Silva.
Congratulations, Chris, Sophia Treza, Adele Gomez, Michael Agira, >> Ava Nelly, >> Matteo Garcia Alex Tovar, Nichollet Labella. Antonella Bentacore Alvarez.
Let me get a picture before you guys. Yeah, go for it. Go ahead. >> I'll get you in the photo, Mr. Sorry. Do you have more? >> That's it. >> Congratulations everyone. Once again, these students remind us
that respect is not just a word. It's how we live and build a community where everybody belongs. Thank you everyone and thank you for having me. Okay, we understand it's a school night and so if you are welcome to leave at this point, but if you would like to
stay for the rest of the meeting, we welcome you to stay as well. Okay. Uh now we are going to move into committee reports. I will start from my right and we can work our way down. Okay.
Um, the special education committee met on November 11th. We discuss sensory room plans for rooms that already have sensory rooms and sensory hallway ideas for the middle school. Uh, the next meeting will be on Thursday, December 11th.
Um, the curriculum committee met um and we discussed the um a grant that Dr. game has applied for which was the impact grant and the district was selected to receive this grant. The NJ impact grant supports districts.
>> Amazing, right? Um the NJ impact grant supports districts to purchase and implement high quality instructional materials aligned to New Jersey student learning standards. It provides funding for curriculum PD and implementation. And that is really exciting that we
received this grant. Thank you, Dr. Gomez. report. Any other committee reports? Okay. And now we will move into our superintendence report which will be given by >> I'm sorry. Can is this can I do my leaison or is that after?
>> Uh we'll we'll do that in new business. >> Okay. Thank you. >> No problem. >> Okay. We're going to move into superintendence report which will be given by Dr. Okay. I don't want to It's not even on. Oh, I hear it now. It's on. Okay. If I'm
too loud, just tell me. I get very excited about stuff like this. So, I'm very excited to be here. um to be able to present the highlights initially. This these highlights are from the beginning of the year. So you'll see a lot of September, October and Mr. Flecket did um speak on some of these.
So I will go through some of them pretty quickly, but to start um I just wanted to share a little bit about the preschool and opening days and what they've gone through. Um, so the the the preschool some new things that have come
their way is a grant-f funded SRO at the preschool building which they're excited about and the parent and community involvement specialists worker is a new employee this year. One of the other things we're very excited about is that we were able to successfully integrate
pushin art to all of our preschool which is something that we haven't had in previous years. And we've expanded the all-in the New Jersey inclusive project into our preschool uh again through the grant so that they can work with our
preschool classrooms as well. Aldine um some of the things you heard Mr. Flecka talking about you know they're great back to school bash start with hello week um which m Mr. Fleeka talked about empowers students, reduces that social social isolation and
strengthen strengthens school communities by building up those peer relations. Um they had the easy ride assembly which we know the kids were super excited about. And you'll see on um the other buildings as well, the school safety patrols,
um meet and greets, all of those fun things. Um same with Sherman. Um, I know they're very excited about their new HVAC system. That's been a a great improvement over there. We're very excited about that.
And you see some great pictures. Um, over at at at Robert Gordon again talking about Hello Week. Um, and Mrs. Z already also recognized their silver recognition which is recognition for um
safe routes to school, the bike and pedestrian safety events um and national custodian day. So super grateful for all the work that they've done and student council elections. There we go. Roseal Park Middle School.
One of their initiatives this year was to expand their PBSIS initiatives. Um, which they've done starting the beginning of this year. Um, and one of the things I love that Miss Q outlined is that their classrooms are vibrant and ready for student learning. And they
really have. Um, I know Mr. Dvidio and I walked got to walk the halls in in October. Um, and it really is a is a fun place to be. at the high school. They started off with those team building activities, um their club fair outside, and they're
super excited about their RP uh TV and their announcements. Athletics, you've heard a lot being talked about and hopefully you've been able to see um the installed huddle cameras. I know the facilities upgrades. I've been hearing a lot about the press
box. I have not gone up there. Um, but I do know the AC that's been put in there was a very big um, improvement and very people are very excited about that. And the guest speaker that came um, I know that Mr. Kane was really excited to have
over 60 attendees attend that. He came in um, to school and did an evening event as well. at the business office. We are moving into the digital platform using diligent um which will make the agendas be um
digital based. So it'll make it a little easier for everybody um to be able to view the agendas, the attachments and things like that. So that'll be coming soon. and the guidance department. You'll see a lot of the same things you saw in the
elementary. Um they participated with a lot of the events with hello week, introductory lessons, things like that. Um in October, um they they led the week of respect, red ribbon week, and school violence prevention week
and special education. Um the um Miss Gallowan really wanted to highlight that the middle school and we've talked about this before but the middle school is the 2526 honore um they
are the inclusion honore for the state for the New Jersey inclusion project and they will be announced and the spring conference the the spring all-in conference and what we've been told is that they're really looking towards our middle school to be a model school for inclusion.
So, that's a really big honor to have. So, we're really excited about that. And friendship day was for our self-contained classrooms at Turtleback Zoo. And I know some of the other preschool classes win as well. Oh, sorry. That one changed a little
bit. But building and grounds, Mr. Diaz started and hit the ground running. You can see all the great things we've done. We've talked about the the HVAC systems, which has been a great upgrade. some of the pictures there. And we've done a lot of great things so
far in in curriculum and instruction um including the um infusion of the implementation, I'm sorry, of new social studies pro program kindergarten through the middle school. Um and we've we have updated our gifted and talented program
which was a big overhaul and um soon we will have the gifted and talented handbook which you see in the upper right that'll be approved next month and that'll be out on the website that it's a gift it's a handbook for parents that will go through all of the procedures and protocols for gifted and talented.
Um that gives a ton more information and makes it a lot more transparent. But what I'm most excited about um is the grants that we've received. Uh the spring lecture we received the focus grant, but mostly the impact grant that was just spoken about in committee
reports, but that was almost close to $100,000 that we've received. So we will be using that for the purchase of high quality instructional materials in the elementary grades. So we're going to be piloting some new some new programs. So, more to come on that um that'll be
coming out periodically through some up some newsletters. And so, I know in previous board meetings um some questions have come up as far as our data. So, I wanted to show some of this. I won't go into it super detailed because I know the presentations will be posted. So, you
can kind of go look and I will share this, but this is one of my favorite charts to post. Um and it's colorcoded for a reason. So, what this shows you is language arts to the left and math to the right. And it it follows a three-year span. So, if we go from 2023
to 2025, what the colors do is show you the proficiency rate of our students that meet and exceed from the NJSLs. And if you follow, for example, third grade and 2023, follow the pink to 2024 as
they were fourth graders and into 2025 as they were fifth graders, you can see the growth um or the regression of some of the percentages of students that meet and exceed. Um so what's really great to look at this is to see the trends of students. So when we're looking at
proficiency ranges of our students and if we happen to look at a particular grade level and we are not super excited maybe about the proficiency rate, we can see where they started to see where they went and where proficiency ratings may
not be exactly where we want them. We can celebrate growth because starting at, you know, if we're starting at 43% and going to 55%, that's a great increase. So celebrating this growth over the span is a great thing to look
at. So sometimes we just look at one number versus where we started to where we've gone. Um so what this shows us is that growth and and how the trends change. This gives us a lot of information then to go back into classrooms to look at our instructional
resources, our materials, our enrichment, our intervention, and really lets us do a deeper dive into programming and practices and what we can do to continue to support students. So, as we keep going, I will continue to add to charts like this so that we can
monitor the percentiles of of students that meet and exceed. This is the chart that was discussed as far as our proficiency levels in relation to the state. This is language arts. Um, and it does outline each level one through five. We're in the white.
The state is in the gray. Below are some pieces to highlight that the district meets or exceeds the state averages in level four and five across multiple grades. Grade five stands out with the highest achievement and the lowest percentile
percentage that scores in level one. Taking a look at grades six and seven, they have an advanced performance of very strong performance. Um, and they're super strong middle school cohort co cohorts.
So, language arts is fairly strong across the district. And again, I'll share. I know this is a lot to look and process right now. Um, oh, I'm sorry. This was supposed to come
up on a click instead of all at once. This is math. math is a little bit lower in relation to the state, but if you look um the first bullet really points it out that greater than 60 um greater than 60%
in grades three through six scored a level three, four or five. And if you're looking specifically in level in grades four and five, we're right within 10% of the state. I think it was at 8.5% actually. I just ran it to an even
number 10. But when you calculate the meets expectations and exceeded, we're right within the state, right in that same range. What our key focus is is because greater than 60% of our students in grades three through four, three through six scored a
level three, four or five. Our key focus is to focus on those approach expectation students, those like bubble students, and how do we push them to that next level? Where are the standards? What are the pieces that we need to focus there to be able to push
those students to the next level? And I do apologize that was supposed to come on a click so you could see the whole piece. Algebra 1 was a huge strength and I know you can't really see it but 62% um met the expectations versus the state's 31%. So we far exceeded the
state in algebra 1. Oh, and I think this there is a slide missing from Oh, no it's not. I apologize. I'll go back. Um, let me go to this one first. why we're talking about data. Um, so super breaking news
is when we're talking about our data and we're looking at our percentages with the state, um, one of the things the state does is they set our target scores and they say here's where you should be in order to be a high performing school
district. Um, and they give us dates uh, they give us growth points for how you need to grow from one year to the next. and then they give us a proficiency level. So in both of those we have met this met or exceeded the state's
targeted scores. So in 2024 and they use 202425 data and they use um NJSLA and the DLM scores to identify this. So, from last year's scores, our district met the state's growth targets in both
ELA and math, meaning our district overall made the progress the state expects us to see. As far as proficiency, same idea. Um, they set the annual proficiency targets based on the percentage of students that
they expect to see meter exceed. And as a district overall, we either met the proficiency targets or met them with a confidence interval, which just means that we might be slightly there, but when you put in their statistical statistical margin, we did meet it. So,
across the board, we met the state met or exceeded the state's um goals. So, that's really exciting. That just came out on November 5th. And then finally, one of the big updates you'll see on the website um is we updated the district assessment
calendar. This is just a snippet of it to break it down specifically to elementary, middle, and high school. And you can see the very specific dates, some very specific links. Um you'll see some repetitive things because we give same similar assessments in each one. But this way if you have you can you can
break it down by whichever building that that you might be in. um just to try to give a little bit more um transparency, a little bit more um organization to it. And then finally, we end with the theme for this year um that Miss Miss Goyce
has shared with all of us is is living your dash. Starting is is what you do in the middle um that matters the most. So um again, I'm really excited to be here. There's been some great work done. I can't believe it's already November. Um, and you know, we're moving and grooving
and doing some really awesome things. So, I'm cons I'm excited to continue this year. Have any questions for me? >> Lead us on. Thank you for that presentation. Okay. And now we are going to move into
our agenda. Personnel, one, staff appointments. Two, paraprofessionals additional hours. Three, school safety patrol 2025 to 2026. Four, student character council 2025 to
2026. Five, unpaid leave. Six, paternity leave revision. Seven, paternity leave revision slashchanged. Eight, district substitutes. Nine, staff
resignation. 10, separation of employment. 11, in-person sports physicals. 12, steam tank. 13, high school and middle school athletic proctors site
managers for 2025 and 2026. 14. Additional ELA and math staff members. 15. Sick bank request 16. Proctors for year 2025 and 2026. 17. Maternity leave replacement middle
school. 18. High school coach 2025 2026. Can I please have a motion to approve the personnel section? >> Motion. >> Great. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Great. Any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez.
Yes. >> Lucy Figerito. >> Yes. >> Jennifer Macar. >> Yes. >> Chris Monroe. >> Yes. >> Constance Quintella. >> Yes. >> Vice President Reagan. >> Yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland. >> Yes. >> Motion passed.
>> Great. Okay. Moving to the education section. Uh, can I have a motion to amend item number 23 to remove the word unpaid as is confirmed that is on the job training?
>> Second. >> Great. >> Roll call, please. >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. Jennifer Macar, >> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella,
>> yes. >> Vice President Rean, >> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland, >> yes. >> Motion passed. >> Great. Okay. Now, I'm going to go through the updated education section. Number 19, conference attendance requests. Number 20, field trip
locations. Number 21, educational trip requests. Number 22, UCVTS, workbased learning experience. Number 23, clinical practice intern placement,
fall of 2025. 24, 2025 2026, school year tuition. 25, Professional Service contract special needs. 26, Early Childhood Advisory Council quarterly meetings. 27
Winterband Concert Holiday Concert 2025 and 2026 and 28 assembly at Robert Gordon. Can please have a motion to approve the education section? >> Just have a question, Dr. Kirkland. >> Uh yeah, you can ask the question after
we do the motion. >> Oh, it's about one of the items. >> Uh yeah, in the discussion portion. >> Okay. I just want to finish out the motion first and then you have the opportunity to ask questions
>> for for the agenda item. >> Yeah, but you have the opportunity to ask agenda item questions on the education section. >> Yeah, after we finish the motion. I didn't have a second yet, so it's it's not technically on the table.
There was just Okay, there's a motion, but is there a second? >> Okay, now you can ask your question. >> Um, I have a question on number 28. Is this just like a general education on
how to read weather? >> Yes. He he comes in and does a demonstration on how the weathermen actually report weather and talks about like the process. I've actually witnessed it myself. It's pretty interesting. The blue screen, the whole thing or the green screen? Yeah.
>> Do the children get to participate in Okay. >> Any other discussion on the education section? >> Okay. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Jennifer Macar,
>> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes. >> Vice President Reagan, >> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland, >> yes. >> Motion passed. Okay, moving on to business.
First, can I have a motion to amend agenda item number 30 to remove the following POS that are located in 10 general expense PO 23679, PO23681, and PO23687?
>> Motion. >> Great. Is there a second? Okay. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Jennifer Macar, >> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella,
>> yes. >> Vice President Reagan, >> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland, >> yes. >> Motion passed. >> Great. Now, can I please have a motion to amend the agenda for the business section to include the POS that were
initially removed under agenda item 30 and for each of them to be added as follows. Number two for PO23679, number three for PO236081,
and number four for PO23687. Can I please have a motion? >> Motion. >> Great. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes.
>> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Jennifer Macar, >> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. But recuse myself from 236081. No. >> This is a motion to to add it to the agenda. Yes.
>> Constance Quintella. >> Yes. >> Vice President Reagan. >> Yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland. >> Yes. >> Motion pass. >> Yes. Great. Okay. Now reading in the new business section.
29. Monthly certification. 30. Approval of bills. 31. Approval of minutes. 32. Bus drills. 33. Use of buildings and grounds. 34. Nursing services plan. 35.
Comprehensive maintenance plan and M1 form. 36. Approval of 2025 2026 health and safety evaluation of schools building checklist and SOA. 37. NJA HIPP HIP approval grant request.
38, -ate grant opportunities. 39, professional contract business. Uh, agenda item number one, professional service contract. Uh, agenda item number two, PO236079.
Agenda item number three, Okay. For clarification, I would like to strike my the previous statements that I said and we are going to vote now up through agenda item number one for business. Okay,
we're going to we're for now we're going to vote on the business section up to agenda item number one and then do a separate vote for the additional agenda items. Can I have a motion to approve the business section plus agenda item number
one? Second. Second. >> Great. Roll call. Oh, any discussion? >> Okay, roll call, please. >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Jennifer McCar, >> yes.
>> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes. >> Vice President Rean, >> yes. President Dr. Kirkland. >> Yes. >> Motion passed. >> Okay. Now, can I have a motion to approve
agenda item number two for PO23679? >> Motion. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Great. Roll call, please. >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes. Lucy Figerito, >> I abstain.
>> Jennifer Mccar, >> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes. >> Vice President Reagan, >> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland. >> And of recusal.
Motion passed. Okay. Uh, agenda item number two under number three under business for PO 23681. Can I please have a motion? >> Sure. >> Is there a second? >> Second.
>> Great. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Jennifer Macar, >> yes. Chris Monroe, >> recuse. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes.
>> Vice President Rean, >> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland, >> yes. >> Motion passed. >> Great. And can I have a motion to approve the agenda item number four for business with under PO 23687?
>> Motion. >> Second. >> Great. Roll call, please. Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figerito, >> yes. >> Jennifer Mccor, >> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes.
>> Constance Quintella, >> yes. >> Vice President Reagan, >> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland, >> yes. >> Motion passed. The vote that's just passed relates to
PO236087 which relates to Miss Figerito's compensation. Uh Miss Figerito, understanding that, do you wish to change your vote with regard to agenda item four? >> Yes, I abstain. >> Okay. Can we please uh read you the roll
call, Madam Secretary? >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> I abstain. >> Jennifer McCor, >> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes. >> Vice President Reagan,
>> yes. >> President Dr. Kirkland, >> yes. >> Motion passed. Okay, moving into harassment, intimidation, bullying incidences. Agenda item number 40, harassment, intimidation, bullying incidences. Can I
please have a motion to approve this section? >> Motion. >> Is there? >> Great. Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Vice President Reagan. I would like to recuse myself from 047
and yes to the rest. >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes to all. >> Lucy Figero, >> I would like to abstain from 2526005 and yes to all. >> Jennifer McCar,
>> yes to all. Chris Monroe. >> Yes to all >> Constance Quintella. >> I recuse myself from 252605 and yes to the rest.
>> President Dr. Kirkland. >> Yes to all. >> Motion passed. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh and then we have a hand carried motion. So, can I please have a motion to ratify the vote on the
residency appeals as set forth in executive session? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Great. Roll call, please. >> Mark Fernandez, >> yes. >> Lucy Figero, >> yes. >> Jennifer Macar,
>> yes. >> Chris Monroe, >> yes. >> Constance Quintella, >> yes. >> Vice President Reagan, >> yes. President Dr. Kirkland. >> Yes. >> Motion passed. >> Thank you.
Okay. Any continuing business? So, Rosal Park High School tomorrow will be doing a blood drive all during school hours. So, you don't have to make an appointment. You can come stop by. They desperately need help. So, please come. Um the Wednesday before Thanksgiving
they will be doing a bonfire. So everyone please attend. Um it might be the last one since it will be the last Thanksgiving Day football game this year. So everyone please make it a point to try to come to that. Um project graduation which Jen Mano in the back
and Karen McCall are collecting clothes. I think they make 30 cents a pound for donations and this will help raise money for project graduation. And so if you have extra toys, extra clothes lying around, get in touch with Karen or Jen and they will come pick them up. I know they've come to my house several times
and I have filled Karen's garage, so make a point of trying to get it to them. Um, and their PTO is currently trying to plan selling out a parking spot for one of the students. Um, I don't know if it's in apparently at the
PTO meeting. They're still in the works, but Frank is working on it and the students, I don't know, either can bid or pay for it. So, I guess it will be coming up eventually. So, if you are a parent, you don't want a ticket, make sure you
help your students to do that and help raise money for the PTO at the high school. And oh, also and Frank held a very successful haunted house on Halloween and I believe they raised $3,000.
So congratulations to the high school. >> Great. Thank you. Any new business? I had a Zoom meeting with Robert Gordon. I am their liaison. On November 11th, they're having a PJ day for a dollar. On November 11th, they're having movie
night, which I have no clue about this movie, but it's called K-pop Demon Hunters. It's very popular, I hear. On November 11th, they're having Picture Retake. Um, the principal to give out more information. On November 26th,
they're having their party holidays. The preK is snack only, second and fifth, snack only. the first grade. It's a big Thanksgiving celebration for them. On November 25th, they're having a pretzel sale from 2:00 to 4:00. On December 1st,
they're doing a setup for a holiday shop. They actually need helpers if anybody's volunteering. The December 2nd and 3rd, they're doing their holiday um shop, which they need bags donated. If anybody has extra bags, they will take any donations.
On December 2nd, they're having a pretzel sale from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. On December 5th and 6th, they're doing um Robert Gordon is doing a meet Santa Day and greet. On December 5th, they're doing it at 5:00 p.m. And on the 6th,
they're doing from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On December 6th, they're doing a pretzel sale from 2:00 to 4. On December 9th, they're doing Sorry, they're having a PTA meeting from 7:30 and on a Zoom. If anybody's interested, please let me know. I'll give you the Zoom. On
December 15th through the 19th, they're doing spirit wear. On December 16th, they're doing a pretzel sale from 2 to 4. On December 23rd, they're doing a holiday party. Kindergarten is doing a breakfast with Santa. They're doing a holiday grand for a dollar. And in December 19th, they're doing a movie
night. And more information to come. Thank you. >> Yes. I'd like to honor tonight Al Waloff. Al Waloff was a lifelong Rosel Park resident who graduated from Rosel Park High School in 1970.
Al was a man whose life was defined by generosity, curiosity, and an unwavering love for his community. Al had a remarkable ability to bring people together, inspired new ideas, and make everyone he met feel valued and heard. This lifelong resident of Rosel Park
graduated from Rosel Park High School before moving on to Kain College where he re redefined the school's radio station moving it from an interbuilding PA system to an onthe-air station. He also led the college center board booking amazing talents at the school
from Bruce Springsteen's infamous picnic to Les Paul to Red Fox to George Benson to Todd Runren to name a few. Al worked for many years at the US Post Office in Newark, a place where he connected with neighbors, friends, and colleagues, enjoying the rhymes, the rhythms of the
daily life, while always finding ways to share his humor, ideas, and kindness. He had a way of making even a routine day brighter with a clever observation, a warm greeting, or a laugh that drew people in. Al was a lifelong lover of
art, music, and culture. Al shared his passions with others in countless ways. He created a program in Roosevelt Park schools called picture pursing which brought interactive art experiences to children encouraging them to explore and interpret creativity on their own unique
way. During the 1994 World Cup he partnered with artists Kami Kubic to design a unique stamp and art card for each participating country celebrating the beauty and diversity and spirit of global culture. Al also coordinated
worldclass music festivals and was honored by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders for his contributions to Union County's first Jersey Jazz Festival at Noah Park. Al's dedication to community extended far beyond the arts. He was the heart
and soul of Union County Connects, championing the transformation of unused rail lines into clean, green, and serene trails that connected people and places. He dreamed of a world where communities are connected, people are inspired to
get outdoors and shared spaces bring joy and and meaning. Even in his final days, he remained committed to seeing those trails become a reality, a living symbol of his vision, energy, and care for others. Those who knew Al remember his warmth, humor, and open-minded spirit.
He was an observer of life, and great listener. He had an extraordinary ability to see potential in people, to encourage them to explore their creativity, and to inspire them to live life fully. Friends often joke that in the afternoon with Al was a guaranteed
mix of insightful ideas, laughter, and encouragement, a true reflection of his generous spirit. Al is also Al also enjoyed playing softball, playing cards, or just hanging out, embracing the camaraderie and joy of friendly competition with the same
enthusiasm and team spirit he brought to every part of his life. I met Al in 2020 um as a member of the PTA where he invited me to do picture person where from my understanding of picture person
was showing pictures of different things to children and just seeing the reactions of those children really helped me understand what Al's mission was. Um, I just want to send my condolences to Al's family and to Rosa
Park because we lost a great one. Thank you. I just wanted to uh remind everyone that the audition for the 2026 spring musical um will be December 2nd and 3rd at 4
p.m. It's going to be for Mama Mia. Hi everyone. This week is American Education Week. Um, American Education Week is a national celebration that honors public education and everyone who contributes to the success of students, teachers,
support staff, administrators, families, and community partners. Thank you to everyone who helps our students in any way. Also, um, the Sherman PTA Met on November 11th. The Sherman winter
concert will be on December 8th. Holiday shop will be from December 10th to December 12th. Winter class parties will be December 23rd. Warm-up day is January 9th and the next Sherman PTA meeting
will be held on January 13th. Um, CPAG. The next CPAG meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 25th at 6:30 at the youth center and there will be a virtual option for all those who cannot make it. >> For Roso Park uh middle school, the PTA
is hosting a lunchon for the teachers, which will be a soup bar. They're currently still looking for donations for soup. the the um date of the lunchon will be 11:20. >> Um the PTA is also still looking for a chair for
uh election committee and the fundraising chair. And if you haven't signed up, uh definitely send in your your money to sign up for the PTA to be involved with a lot of different, you know, fundraising. And if you want to come out and volunteer, you need to be a
part of the PTA as well. Uh, and the next date for the PTA meeting will be December 3rd. Z isn't here, so I'll do a quick flip it for Aldine. Um, holiday shop is going to
be run through the 3rd through the 5th. Um, our gingerbread house event at Aldine, which everybody is welcome to. The houses are $25. They're the pre-built ones, so you just decorate them. Nobody has to try to balance gingerbread on top of each other, but
they're a lot of fun. Cookies, hot chocolate, uh $25 per house, which a whole family can do. So, it's a lot of fun. Please come out and the holiday shop will be open then. So, if anyone reaches out, go into the Aldine PTO group on Facebook or reach out to me,
myself, Cindy, or anybody at um Aldine. >> Great. Thank you for those committee reports. And I also would like to send my condolences to Al's family. Um, now moving into public participation. Each member of the public may speak a maximum
of 3 minutes. Please state your name for the record. Okay. Even, you know, more part-time help, especially the three elementary schools because at nighttime the custodians at night do work by themselves and that is and I I've worked
throughout my career here. I've worked in every building and I do know specifically elementary schools at night. It is a challenge to work. So, I I do it is good to see that we are hiring a new substitute and I'm happy to see that, but I do believe we could use
some more additional help. And we we do work very hard. We work snow days, you know, we we drive to work in dangerous conditions so we can make sure schools opened for the next day. So, I I'm just concerned. I I would like to see a little more urgency in the contract
negotiations. And, you know, that's And it, you know, I really I really do love working here and, you know, I I appreciate, you know, everybody and it's just concerning. I I would like
to to get a contract for us soon and I think I think we all deserve it. I work with a great crew. So, I just wanted to bring that up. You know, I've I've set up for board meetings before. This is the first time I've actually been involved with one. So, it's a little new experience for me. you know, I'm not
really a great public speaker, but you know, you know, I'm I'm just I I I want to be honest with everybody. You know, times, you know, I'm always, you know, I hold myself accountable, you know, you know, anytime if I need to do a better job, I'm definitely open to criticism
and and I do, you know, and and of course, you know, I hold everybody else accountable, but but I do work with a great crew and so I just wanted to bring that up with you tonight. So, thank you. Thank you for listening. >> Thank you. You did a wonderful job as a
public speaker. >> Thank you for that comment. And I just want to say that we are also very much so eager to get the contract ratified because we also believe that you're very valuable part of the team. So thank you. Good evening again, Edward G. Uh
I forgot to ask about the agenda about uh item number one, the appraisal. It's what for you know the building is sold. The building is being sold or uh being we buying the building.
Um what I want to speak tonight about what's going on with me uh uh Bris Kirkland and uh I'm sure the board is updated with everything. Um the problem now is bigger. superintendent is considering me enemy
for just I'm taking the stand and uh talking about my complaint with the school and with the the the the performance of the school and the evaluating of my kids and uh they taking aggressive position with me blocking my
email blocking my parent square account they don't want me to be heed they don't want me to reach to you and the lawyer Mr. Colin is being harassing with me by mailing emailing very bad language very discriminating language and threatening
me scaring me from taking the stand. This is horrible. I'm not enemy for just taking the stand and defending my kids. Let me show some of what I have. My first grader, she got 19 out of 20 and she's market three.
There's abuse. There's a challenge, you know. There's a mental abuse taking taking advantage of the child. 95 is considered three out of four. That's four out of four. Same thing in the language. She got 14 15 out of 16. She
marketed her three. The teacher and shocking that Miss Longo was I compliment her for understanding and meeting the plan with me. The third grader are much worse. They blocking me everything. They don't send anything. So
I can have evidence now very horrible. Uh they changed me from supportive to nonsupportive and uh I'm requesting from the board to take action. I'm sure you involve it and uh really restore my account, restore my
parent square account and let me speak, let me educate my kids. Don't feel harassed and and and and threatening. They calling me harassed and and and and threatening to them. I'm threatening their position or I threatening what? From being a friend and receiving much
much thank you card for everything I'm doing. And look when we when we got to the office of the superintendent what she wrote in picture my kids with the Legos. We so friendly and hugging my kids multiple times saying
don't stop listening to your dad. He's always correct. Is that what you making for me now? Because I'm taking the stand. I'm asking for resources. I'm asking for kids supports and fair grading. This is horrible. This is
really horrible. I'm sad. I'm really sad for everything good I did. All the support I showed. All the friendship is very upsetting. The most upsetting they blocking me from reaching to you. They scaring me. And I'm sure tomorrow
they coming up with something. So much to say that time is not going to help me. But you know you got to do something. You get to conduct a survey because I I came to my knowledge many parents scared to come forward and speak and staff too and teacher and they've
been giving orders getting orders to do what they want them to do. The administ administration I want you to designate a professional person to to talk to me and update me and keep me informed. Doesn't matter who I I prefer. Maybe the
counselor is good. Maybe she been in in from the beginning in in this when I met the teacher in the beginning and she cording everything and asked her to follow up she never did that should never go out of the the the counselor office but she was taking order to stop
also I'm requesting conduct a survey on the performance of the superintendent office and the schools because what I said many parents are scared >> thank you so much >> Mr. Got it. Okay, seeing no other members from the
Oh, I'm sorry. >> Sorry, Jennifer Mano. Um, I just wanted to say since, uh, election season is finally over, um, and, um, the three current board members that, uh, will be exiting by the end of
the school, uh, end of the calendar year, I just wanted to thank them for their tireless effort, uh, their non-stop commitment to always trying to improve the students and the district. Um, I know I have some big shoes to fill and uh I look forward and thank the town
for electing me in, but I did really just want to come up and say thank you to the current board who will uh be exiting by the end of the year. We really do appreciate everything you've done for us. Thank you. >> Thank you for the comment. >> Hi, Frank Aguinardo. One thing I just
forgot and remembered. Uh December 4th is an open house at the high school. So any eighth grade parents that are thinking of moving on to the high school or moving somewhere else, please just go to the high school and experience what our high school has to uh offer their
student. Thank you. >> Thank you for the comment. Okay, seeing no other members from the public, I'm going to close the public participation portion of the agenda. Can I please have a motion for
>> second? >> All in favor? >> Great. Um, the next schedule for meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 16th with with uh the public portion beginning at 700 p.m. and the board meeting will be
held here in the Roso Park High School. Thank you and enjoy your holiday.