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second second all in favor I I okay we're back public participation on a agenda items only each member of the public may speak a maximum of three minutes please state your name for the record okay
anyone seeing none I'm closing the public participation we'll go into the principal report which would be given or will be given by Miss Casta the Rosal from Rosal Park High School [Music]
good evening everyone sorry about that talking to my two assistant principles we have Mr Kane here and Mr Foy here from the high school and I am so excited to recognize all of our student athletes here this evening but um before I do that I want to say just a couple of
events that are happening at the high school that have happened um very fun place the high school especially during November and December we had our oh wait Gana were you supposed to go before me our student representative Gana matelis was going to talk about the pepper Alle
and the Powderpuff does she go before me or after me okay I'm not going to talk about that Yana is going to talk about that and I'm not going to talk about what's happening on Thursday night um but I do want to just let you know that the college es have started to roll in
we have an amazing senior class give a shout out if you're a senior here in the auditorium um amazing senior class here um just some of the acceptances to date we have a pit a forom um these are early acceptances a Cornell University of
Michigan Princeton and Stanford so an amazing group of uh students here beside me uh the other thing that will be coming up this month is we will be offering EX next month January now the Seal of biliteracy this is a uh seal
it's a it goes on the diploma it's a special recognition to students that are able to show that they are bilingual and believe it or not one in six of Rosal Park students last year were bilingual earn the Seal of biliteracy and we're hoping for a great turnout again so
seniors um and juniors if you haven't signed up for that yet you need to um it's just a testament to our student and to our staff the um bilingual seal of biliteracy and the college acceptances that we have to date but
tonight we really want to focus on our athletes of The Fall season we had an amazing run with our new athletic director uh Mr Pete Kane coming over from Scotch Plains High School um so I'm excited to welcome him to the podium to talk a little bit about the three teams
um that made it to the champions of the conference and then we'll call up each of your names thank you so much thank you Miss Casta thanks to the board for having us tonight really appreciate the recognition I feel like I was here saying thank you for the new position in late August and look picked
my head up and it's December so it's been great it's been a wonderful experience the coaches are fantastic uh the kids are fantastic people so it's been it's been a real pleasure we had a very exciting fall season we had of our five teams that could qualify for the
playoffs four of them did okay we had uh girls tennis girls volleyball girls soccer and boys soccer all qualified for the postseason uh two of which were high enough seeds that they were able to host uh playoff games that being uh boy soccer and um volleyball girls
volleyball the boys actually Advanced and moved on to the next round hosted again so it's very exciting season went deep into the season and uh we had a lot of acolytes that we did talk about our sports awards uh night here I know some of the board members were here and some people the parents were here very supportive so just wanted to say a few
words about it uh we've got boy soccer ending their season at a 13-9 they went to the state sectional semifinals uh losing a tough one to brly and um you know talking with Coach Pat before the season getting to know people he said we have an exciting group here and I know
we only graduate a few so lot are back good news bad news depending on how you look at it is when you have success in your sec in your conference you get to move up so our boys and our girls will be in the mountain division up from the valley division in soccer next year and
that's a good thing it's a good thing our coaches are on board with it because it breathes more competition we'll have tougher games in the regular season which means then that when we get to our states we'll be uh better prepared because iron sharpens iron and we got to compete with some of the best in the
area playing up to group twos in some cases group threes in some cases group fours as as some schools uh like football had to play against so that's boys soccer 13-9 girls soccer uh the last time the boys soccer won the conference Championship was in
2014 so 10 years later and here they are they have a new uh numbers to put up on the banner girl soccer finished with a record of 10- 11 uh went down to play against the eventual sectional Champion uh so lost in the first round there last
time they won was in 2018 2018 also impressive too is coach Kevin castano is his first year here uh I promise you it's not normal to be this far this early it's very very very successful by him he actually got to play for Coach uh Patrick SRA which he hates hearing out
loud that his former player gets to be a head coach here but uh looks like he learned some things because here they are sitting together on the awards night so very impressive it must feel great to be able to play here and come back and help the programs out uh we also have uh volleyball girls volleyball and coach
Ray colandro they uh we have to buy a new Banner it's a good thing we got to spend some more money Miss mower but we got to buy a new Banner because we do not have a girls volleyball Banner this is the first in school history that we have here so very exciting and they also finishing with a
record of 17 and8 outdid what they did last year in setting a School record in wins to come back even stronger I know how much coach uh coach Ray Works year round with uh different clubs and bringing all the experience to the girls and how much they put in the time for him uh they love it he loves it and it's
a it's a great addition so it was fun to be in the gym after getting yelled at you know about how how to keep the doors open and get people into the building we got that figured out pretty quickly and then just to see the energy in that gym when the girls are playing between uh the the cheers and the chants and and
the Clapping from the people on the bench and the parents there I witnessed cheering that parents would start and girls on the bench would finish never seen that before and it was awesome so so it just talks about the support that we have here so I'm going to call Miss costum if she would read
the names as I believe me Andor Miss Mau going to hand out certificates or who I wasn't sure who was doing that but do everyone keeps pointing to the right I'm not sure who's doing it but I'll be down there with you shaking hands so we are going to start with boy soccer first Miss
[Music] Costa all right boy soccer bra it goes in alphabetical order so you guys why don't you all stand up against the wall right there so that you're not crawling over each other and then um I'll call it just the boys just the boys
girls stay put for a minute okay and then I'll call you up in alphabetical order so that we have the certificates in order and then just stay right there in the front so we can get a picture okay Brady agular rishy
Amin Daniel Aras nstra bolard Javier cuadros Anthony D [Applause] Silva Matthew Deon asina hold on you're going to have to
check the names because I know a couple of them weren't here we're going to have to check the names cuz I know a couple of them weren't here like rishi's not here rishi's not here R he no
okay so I'll slow down a little bit so that you can open them up and check the names okay so Matt no Matt right Matt Deon is not here Lucas [Applause] dza Daren
dowy darion's not here be my ear okay uh Jaden Franco I know Jaden's here he was eating a pizza back there wasn't that Jaden oh that was ah sorry it mix you guys up John there he is John Franco and
he finished his large pizza that he was eating Jose Gutierrez aano Cameron ilas John Paul Lopez cedo Alexander Lozano Franco
Marcelo Sebastian Montoya Connor obber Diego Osorio jayen Rodriguez Javan Ruiz Juan Santos
Daniel trigos David trios and last but not least Hector Velasquez it's just so fun to read these names because as the principal I know some of these students are new to this
country within the last year and a half two years some of these students have been accepted into iy League schools some of these SE students play play ball and they also work full-time jobs so it's just amazing to see the caliber of
students up in front of us all right everybody slide down follow coach Kane and Coach um coach yeah and there are three coaches as well thank you so much you can take photos for me I'm
going to put it on my oh in the back coach suan and Coach Patrick SRO thank you so much congratulations just just have a seat back down for just a couple of minutes as soon as we finish with the girls teams we'll let you all go home so you don't have to stay for the board meeting
okay next up is our girls soccer team Union County conference Valley Champions um with coach castano and Coach Sarah so if you want to go up coaches and let me start with ichel aljo hold on well let's let the girls
get up there girls get up there sorry I'm going too fast okay ichel aljo not here okay Iris Alonzo Sanchez Brianna appello Brianna's here
yep yis aralo Katherine Castile Grande Isabella cell Hannah [Applause]
doic Jasmine faga Ava foren Houser Brendle brenal Garcia Isabella gavara Isabelle gambi Kelly Alina
hooy Lila ilas Jessica kazm kazm Bowski I always say that wrong and I had your brother Isabelle laraj Oriana Lopez celo Audrey [Applause]
Miller Michaela MOA goalie extraordinaire Ash nanho [Applause] aralo Madison oconnell Genesis Ortiz last one cila osario and I'm just going to read the
rest of the names as well uh Emily Rodriguez Sydney stamboli Shia Toro Elizabeth Tuma Valentina Valdez Sophia valante and Gianna Walker talet coaches come on [Applause]
up again freshman to seniors out there so amazing great job ladies it's fun to watch your games oh okay you have to kind of distribute a little bit all right there we go all right everybody look up here and
smile all right good job girls soccer and coaches all right finally girls [Applause] volleyball all right girls that are wearing your white shirts just do a little spin up there those shirts were donated by the dad's Club the dad's Club
gives a little bit of uh swag to our students when they have a um successful run and we are so thankful for all the work of the dad's club for our students all right is our coach up coach coach are you up front there coach why
don't you go up by coach by Mr Kane great job coach former teacher at raway stolen by Rosel Park he was only supposed to be here for what few months and now what are we in like year 10 not not quite but just about Camila
Castro siia fenison Brooke [Music] Gallow Dana Gonzalez Ava Griffin no Cameron harmes George leise Javier Megan
nickel Gian Que Leah Rose Scott and Madison [Applause] wils okay now all of you need to get in the middle there for a
photo how many of you um athletes how many of you are currently playing another sport that's amazing it's it's great to be in a high school that's this size that it gives us the opport opportunity to have three sport athletes so important and so many of our students do
play three Sports okay look up here okay look there okay look here great all what what okay Dana Dana needs you to Dana needs it again one two
three okay we good Dana all right great great and a is it I can dismiss them president yeah okay yep Mr Kane wants to wrap it up
yes again thank you so much to the board coaches student athletes parents for being here tonight and I also want to reiterate what uh as Casta was saying with the shirts um they did it for baseball I did it for uh the sports here the dance club does give so much and uh we're going to make sure that we are
able to recognize everything they do because they've raised so much and they and they want to help out our student athletes in every way they can they put a lot of time into it so we do appreciate them and really appreciate the recognition tonight thank you so [Applause]
much and Now's the Time you can get going get back to homework have a great night thank you for being here e e Ed much fun okay we're g to go into uh committee
reports we'll start on my left anyone on my left committee reports come on Cindy come on uh hold on I have to get to it I was waiting I thought I had a minute uh first I want to start out with let me
get to my page the retirements we have two long-term staff members retiring Mrs madana and Miss Ruby both at the high school uh Miss Ruby has been in the district for over 25 years she worked over at the Academy school when it was
open for many years and then moved over to the self-contain at the high school for the past four years Miss Madonna has been well here forever um she was actually my sister's guidance counselor and now she's my daughter's
guidance counselor not to be personal but my daughter's going to be very upset that she's retiring so I wish them both the best on their retirement um I also sorry sorry I have another portion
um this is committee report sh uh this may be my last report as Personnel chair as I don't know what committees I'll be on next year I wanted to say that it was a privilege to advocate for our students and staff this year and I have a message for all our staff for the coming years as a board of
education member it is my duty to support our staff especially our teachers that work tirelessly to educate our students with whatever resources they are given I was elected to not only represent our taxpayers families and students but to ensure sure we keep our
amazing teachers in our district I have seen far too many staff members leave and as this board continues to ask why that's happening if you if you have a problem please do not be afraid to ask for help go to your administrator if you're afraid to speak to them go to the
superintendent or your union representative if you're afraid to speak to them come to me or any other board member please know that I'm always here if you have a problem need advice or just someone to vent to please do not let the only time that you speak up be when you're turning in your resignation
letter thank you thank you anyone to my right no comme reports fantastic okay we're going to superintendent report good evening board members staff
students parents and community members as we reflect the many accomplishments of the past months across our district I would like to extend my gratitude to everyone in our Rosell Park Family for their hard work dedication and tiing support for our students tonight we also
had the distinct honor of recognizing several high school students for their outstanding athletic achievement your dedication teamwork and sportsmanship make us incredibly proud and remind us that our students are at the heart of what makes this District great
congratulations on your accomplish accomplishments you inspire us all at Aldine Elementary School the community has been bustling with activity this month exemplifying the true Spirit of the Season through meaningful events and celebrations we'd
like to extend our gratitude to Mrs quaglia for organizing another wonderful senior citizen luncheon with our fifth graders it's always heartwarming to see the connections between our students and the senior members of our community as special thank you also goes to Mrs
Coswell and Mr Sanchez for orchestrating a phenomenal Winter concert concert which Drew record attendance with over 150 guests the Aldine character Council under the guidance of Miss Nunes and Miss cashion demonstrated the true
Spirit of giving this holiday season by raising funds and donating gifts to our families within our community thank you for making a difference we eagerly anticipate the kindergarten Winter Wonderland event featur ing a special guest as well as the Aline schoolwide
holiday singalong before our 12:30 dismissal at Robert Gordon Elementary School the holiday season is in full swing with exciting events and meaningful fundraisers their holiday gift shop was a big hit with student and families providing a joyful experience
for students to pick out meaningful gifts for their loved ones their holiday concert featuring our retired music teacher Mrs Green was a tremendous success uniting the school Community to enjoy the students hard work and talent thanks to the generosity of our families
Robert Gordon School collected 75 pair of pajamas to support those in need during the colder months their holiday food drive is underway with students and families contributing non-p perishable items to support our local food bank upcoming activities of Robert
Gordon include student council spirit week which will be a funfilled week fostering school spirit and a sense of community the holiday sing along in class parties where our students will eagerly are eagerly anticipating these festivity celebrations to close out the
year some of our recognitions and programs taking place at Robert Gordon include the student of the month which was in November which was gratitude in November the theme as stated gratitude they celebrated students who demonstrated appreciation and kindness
in their actions Robert Gordon has officially launched the safety patrol program with students taking on leadership roles and learning responsibility through their contributions to school safety at Rosal Park Middle School the culture of learning creativity and inclusivity
continues to thrive this week Rosal Park Middle School continues its antibullying initiatives through classroom lessons presented by the NJ capap program thank you to all involved in ensuring its supportive and inclusive environment for our students congratulations to miss
Hickman and Miss satel Meer for their collaboration with Rutter University to enhance the middle school computer science curriculum both teachers were featured in a video presentation at ruers computer science Summit last week a fantastic achievement for our district
kudos to Mr Delaney Mr Williamson and Mr masuchi for delivering once again an outstanding Winter concert that beautifully showcased the talents of our middle school students looking ahead our guidance department will host a parent program titled connect and listen
enhancing parent and child relationships on Tuesday January 7th at 600 p.m. in the high school media center led by Michelle hayab of caring contact this Workshop is designed for parents and caregivers of students in grades prek through 12 focusing on the power of
active listening to strengthen connections with their children additionally our special services department hosted a fall festival during Thanksgiving week where students enjoyed games and obstacle course crafts while staff connect staff connected with
families in a relaxed setting feedback and suggestions for future events are welcome and can be sent to miss Gallen via email look out for a parent advisory night to be scheduled after the holidays we are currently accepting suggestions for
topics as part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining the Integrity of our District's enrollment process I would like to provide an update on the residency verification efforts conducted over the past sever several weeks from October 27th to December 12th our residency investigator conducted 32
residency verifications bringing the total for this school year to 289 of these three students were found not to be domiciled in Rosell Park one student is in the process of being disenrolled two cases are pending further investigation additionally
parents withdrew a child enrollment application due to questionable residency documentation from November 11th to November 27th the residency investig Ator provided early morning security at Robert Gordon school to address a temporary concern which has since been resolved during this period
The Residency investigator also conducted six surveillances resulting in two students being found not domiciled in Rosell Park these students parents have been served with disenrollment papers as we close this calendar year it is also important to recognize and
express our gratitude to the dedicated individuals who have served our school Community through their leadership on the board of education to miss carlstrom thank you for your unwavering commitment to the Rosal Park Community from your years of
service as a dedicated and committed staff member to you to your continued contributions as a board member even after retirement your efforts have left a permanent mark on our district your passion for supporting students staff and families has always
been evident and we are deeply grateful as as a district for your work to Mr Bayamon your committed support for our students staff and Community has been inspiring throughout your tenure especially in your role as board
president your leadership and dedication have significantly impacted our district and your efforts have paved the way for continued growth and success it is my privilege to present both of you with certificates of gratitude on behalf of the Rosel Park School District and
appreciation for your exceptional service come as we approach the holiday season let us Embrace kindness health and peace everyone is facing challenges we may not see and as role models for our children
the future of our community it is essential that we lead with compassion and understanding wishing you all a joyous and healthy holiday season please remember that schools and district offices will be close from December 24th
to January 1st and we will resume our regular schedule on January uary 2nd happy holidays to all thank you thank you and thank you for that recognition much appreciated okay we go through the
agenda under policy I didn't miss anything sorry under policies um superintendent recommends number one District policy first reading can I have a motion to approve
I'll make that motion have a second second any discussion seeing none roll call please vice president quintella yes Susan carlstrom yes Dr Britney Kirkland
yes Cindy Meo yes Jennifer mcor yes Chris Monroe yes Michael Regan yes president bamon yes motion passed thank you Personnel agenda items 2 through 24
staff appointments number three staff resignation number four resend appointments number five change of assignments number six substitute salary adjustments number seven salary adjustments number eight
retirements number nine retirement revision number 10 preschool morning Care number 11 Middle School athletic coach number 12 in-person sports physicals 13 High School extracurricular Club
advisor 14 2425 school lunch workers 25 uh sorry 15 in internship agreement 16 High School athletic coach volunteer 17 job description 18 Middle School mail locker room supervision 19
high school locker room supervision change 20 High School and Middle School athletic Proctor 2024 2025 21 Proctor 2024 2025 the Sherman holiday concert 22
mentoring 23 steam tank 24 2025 summer camp director can I have a motion to approve the Personnel section I'll make that motion have a second please any
discussion um I want to make a motion to add to number six to increase the teacher salary for certified teachers to $140 if you have a substitute certificate to $130 starting January 1st
2025 second that's a motion to amend uh the agenda to include that in item six that'll be voting on that specifically not the overall consent agenda which will follow so roll call on that vice president Constance quintella yes Susan
carlstrom yes Dr Britney Kirkland yes Cindy Meo yes Jennifer mcar yes Chris Monroe yes Michael L Regan yes president Paul Bonte yes that
motion yes Mr President there's still a motion on the table uh to approve the consent agenda which would now be as amended I do have some questions sorry good um
sorry um for number 15 a I was just curious Mr fua is a new administrator why we wouldn't use someone more experienced for a mentor
without overburdening a new principal that's one I have multiple so I'm going to say them all first second one is number 21 uh the Proctors for the Sherman holiday concert did we do Proctors for the other holiday concerts because I
don't believe we had any paid Proctors for any other school and that's it can our questions be addressed for the um holiday Proctors um all the other schools do it in August this one wasn't done in August because
Mr um flea started later on because he was transitioning so that's why they put in the Proctors we usually do General um activity Proctors for the other ones and as for the internship um it was required for them to do at the school
that they were at so that and this is not the final residency so with Kan it was okay for somebody that's non tenure to do because they're just overseeing what the project was established from K University thank you thank you thank you anyone
else see n roll call please vice president president Constance quintella yes Susan carlstrom yes Dr Brittany Kirkland yes Cindy Meo yes Jennifer mccor yes Chris Monroe yes
Michael L Regan yes president Paul Bonte yes motion passed under education agenda items 25 through 2 I'm sorry to 34 number 25 20 24 2025 school year tuition 26 Roso Park School counseling
Community engagement series 27 conference attendance request number 28 statements of statement of assurance 2025 2026 for this preschool program 29 threeyear
preschool program plan an annual update to NJ dooe number 30 High School robotic Club trip 31 njs a a high school wrestling tournament 32 harassment intimidation
bullying incidents number 33 ucvts work-based learning experience can I have a motion to approve the educational section I just have a question first for number 26 uh
January 7th is Orthodox Christmas and it's also our reor is there a way to change that just because it's a lot of people celebrate the holiday another holiday that day are you talking about the guidance program at 6 I think that that was
discussed in executive that they said that the parents could come to the meeting at 6 and then the reorganization meeting would begin at 7 but do you want to change the reorganization meeting asking if it was POS possible to even do that just uh I know it's like
late in the uh game already but it is a holiday for most people for some people at least I I don't have an issue with it I mean it's are there any recommendations could could we move the presentation to the
cafeteria just in case it goes over the presentation is in the media center I think what Jan is saying she wants to move everything since it is a holiday for some is there a recommendation is there another date that works would it be okay to motion to the board
to approve to change the date and we can leave it up to uh to vote Mrs M to pick a date that would work for our district are we looking to change the board meeting and the meeting of the parent child meeting I'm not clear on that I
think it's the Orthodox Christmas day so both both events should be rescheduled is that what we're voting on just to be clear yes that's my motion okay all right I think we can legally change the reorganization meeting I don't is the
agenda try attempt to set the date of the reorganization meeting I I wasn't aware of that it actually you know in truth the there's a calendar that's on the agenda but the the new board in January in theory should be approving the meeting dates so I would probably recommend tabling number 38 the more I
look at it so that the new board can set those at the reorganization um exactly so the what I'm saying is that the date of the reorg isn't specified on this particular agenda um I I assume if there's a consensus tonight was it I'm
sorry oh was it listed on your your dates okay all right so it's it's set and So you you're looking to move that essentially okay all right yeah I think that's fair sure I understand um I think last year I was
told that the reorganization meeting couldn't be changed because cuz I had requested the same thing last year and then they said I that it couldn't be done so I don't know what the difference is only requirement is that the
reorganization occurred during the first week of January so if there's a consensus for a particular date um and in light of what was shared with me by Dr Kirkland that the annual schedule meetings pre- schedules your reorg for next year I think a motion would certainly allow us
to um make that modification if the board sees fit so to be clear it has to be anywhere in the first week within the first seven days correct okay so is there do we have a preferred date or are we going to leave it up to the superintendent and business
administrator to in theory the board doesn't technically need to decide that at this meeting you could you know have the PLL the board and and the board secretary with the consensus of the board and members elect um opining as well
advertise a suitable date so if there isn't a consensus tonight perhaps a motion would be in order to um direct the board secretary to pull the members and members elect and to advertise a suitable date for the reorganization
that won't be January 6th and late of the holiday okay if that's acceptable to everyone January you I'm sorry I'm looking at 6th but that's 2026 that's that's a long ways away but yes I'm sorry January
7th so are we making are we accepting her motion Mr President I just made a suggestion on a way to to move it off the 7th and allow the board secretary to work with uh the members and the members elect to find a suitable date if we're
not going to be able to conveniently here at the board table if that works for everyone yes okay so I'd recommend a motion on that uh proposed motion make the motion on what our attorney just said have a second please second second okay that's one item are
we tbling yes I want to make a motion to table let's let's vote on that first if we could guys okay mtion um this is a motion to uh reschedule the reorg from January 7th and way to the holiday with the board secretary reaching out to the board members and
and and finding a suitable date that will work for everyone okay so there's a motion in a second is there any discussion on it further discussion none roll call please uh vice president Constance quintella yes Susan carlstrom yes Dr
Britany Kirkland yes yes Cindy Meo yes Jennifer mcar yes Chris Monroe yes michaelan Regan yes president Paul Bayamon yes motion passed and just for the Public's benefit you know the meeting has to be properly noticed under
the open public meetings act so once the board secretary has consensus I you know there will be a full noticing uh as as required by law and I would imagine District website and all that good stuff thank you
I would like to make a motion to table number 32 specifically 24257 and 24258 okay so there's a motion on table can I have a second
second is there any discussion hearing none roll call please vice president Constance quintella yes Susan carlstrom yes Dr Britney Kirkland yes Cindy Meo yes Jennifer marar yes
Chris Monroe yes Michael L Regan yes president Paul Bonte yes motion T Mr President I also have a question on one of the items before we approve good uh number 27 a the
conference for Turf graphs maintenance curious what the status is of the turf donation if we are having a conference for Turf that we don't have I think that's the grounds crew is just working on regular grass not so
much Turf what you're thinking of artificial turf but to prepare the turf on each of the athletic fields I think I've seen that in the past is that can anyone corroborate that yeah it's my belief that is not artificial turf it's actually the ground
that the grass yes maintaining this is an annual conference that they attend every year they're required to okay but we don't have any update on the turf no anything else
yeah so could I have a mo motion to approve the educational section Mo have a second second any discussion or any further discussion hearing none roll call please
vice president Constance quintella yes Susan carlstrom yes Dr Brittany Kirkland yes Cindy Meo yes Jennifer mccar yes Chris Monroe yes Michael L rean yes president Paul B mon yes motion passed
okay under business agenda items 34 through 43 monthly certification 35 approval of bills 36 approval of minutes 37 secretary Treasures report 38 annual schedule of meetings 39 High School and
Middle School athletics schedule 2024 2025 40 use of building and grounds 41 discard of outdated piano 42 professional service agreement 43 settlement
agreement and Mr President as I mentioned earlier it would be my recommendation to the board that we table 38 um the new board should set the meeting schedule um upon reorganization in January for next year I don't believe this board has the power to bind that board to a to a meeting schedule motion
to table 38 second please second any discussion hearing none roll call please vice president Constance quintella yes uh with an exstension from
40D hold on we just actually this is this is just on tbling uh 38 yes thanks Susan carlstrom yes Dr Brittany Kirkland yes Cindy Mago yes Jennifer
mccar yes Chris Monroe yes Michael L Regan yes president Paul Bonte yes motion passed can I have a motion to approve the business section make that motion have a second please any
discussion yes sorry it's my kind of day ahead um item 40i just we're we're having a film shoot just wondering if this is one of our students former students why we're
charging them looks like he's a student do you want me to speak up um it is not one of our former students um but they're the group is going to come in to talk to our students with rptv and that's what really um encouraged us
allowing this and our facilities was accommodating to what their needs were so it worked out do we know the subject of the thesis um Miss Casta who is a who is a senior now at NYU Film
School the same school that Z graduated from and um they had put in a use of building in Cranford but the facilities just didn't work for the for the thesis performance that they have to do um so it's kind of a scary movie it has 13
scenes they'll be doing it in the sides of the auditorium in the Arts in the photo booth one classroom in the hall out here um so I always want to help out students especially when they are willing to come and speak to our
students our students will not be involved in the filming in any way um but when they're seniors in film school at a reputable School NYU you're doing them a favor they're still paying they did have a budget for it we worked with them they you know they downsized their
facility usage it's just a great opportunity You're Building Bridges and you never know what's going to come back to you in a few years when this kid gets his first Oscar um so I'm just thinking ahead I've been I I told Mark the principal in Cranford I said you know what send them my way I do have the
brick I do have a couple of things that he might be interested in and I always want to think about our students and opening extra opportunities and doors for them so this kind of clicked with me that maybe this would be something down the line that would benefit our stud
students thank you don't forget about Jana's um presentation and just to add to that um part of why we as Rosal Park School District U partnered with um Miss Casta
is because one of the best things is to also put out there universities and options for our students so if our students are pursuing rptv middle school and here at the high school here they're seeing someone who is continuously doing
theater who is performing who is using um TV in some manner creating movies and is that a why NYU why can't they apply to NYU as well so that just will build then and come back to us if we have one more student that goes to another IV
League I my question was more about the like why we we charging them if our our students are going to be doing some sort of work with them or no the students aren't going to be part of that program they're you know they're going to come in a little bit and speak with them for
a couple minutes when they initiate the first day um and then they're going to work on their own so okay we're charging them because they're not you know part of our community just to be clear other than usage is there custodial needs
or um we there will be a little bit and we've taken care of that in the cost okay y thank you anything else Cindy student will do the report business I know it's been I just want to
accommodate um so I need a motion to approve the business section we we did the motion we roll call roll call please vice president Constance quintella I yes with an exension to
40D Susan carlstrom yes Dr Brittany Kirkland yes Cindy Meo yes with an abstention on 40D Jennifer mcar yes with a no to 40i Chris
Monroe yes with exstension to 40D Michael Regan yes president Paul Bonte yes motion passed thank you is there any new I'm sorry is there any continuing
business no continuing business is there any new business you here Ros Park High School the students are enjoying our um holiday spirit week our winter spirit week it's helping many students um put many
students in High Spirits and is inspiring a lot of creativity um also last month we had our Powderpuff week in our Powderpuff games between the Juniors and the seniors which helped encourage a lot of healthy
um rivalry between the two grades um the seniors ended up winning the game and um on Thursday we have our Winter concert that our students are really looking forward to as they get to
see their hard work hard work and dedication pay off thank you any other new business uh president I have something to say um thank you Mrs go for um mentioning me and thinking of
Paul and I as we uh leave the Board of Ed but I had prepared a few words because tonight marks the end of an error for me for 13 years I was a proud student of the Rosal Park education system four years later I began my tenure as an educator school counselor
administrator where I accumulated 35 years of service in the district a few months later after retiring I ran Uno opposed for the board for six years I consider myself a volunteer as a board of ed member I say volunteer because I'm
not a politician and one who runs for the Board of Ed should not be a politician either we represent the community and we are responsible for making policies developing plans evaluating outcomes not managing the day-to-day operations the past six years
have been rewarding because I was able to contrib rute my varied skill set it is important to hear what is happening and to work collaboratively with other members to achieve success for all now that I am leaving I am asking my fellow
board members here next to me as well as those joining them in the new year to continue to listen what is being presented to them read what is being presented and again collaboratively work together to come up with the best
possible solutions for all students parents staff and community members board members should never arrive with a preconceived idea in their head or agenda they should sift through the information and weigh the pros and cons
through meaningful discussions as a whole board I wish everyone here and out in the audience a merry Christmas happy holidays and my hope for a healthy and happy New Year to all thank you [Applause]
anyone else new business yes um I have a quick update so officially the high school PTSA is now a PTO so congratulations on the work that the executive board did to make that happen
um and then also as mentioned their Winter Dance is December 19th there's going to be a pretzel sale on January 10th and then their next meeting is January 27th thank you anyone else I I just wanted to
say something um you know sue you and I worked very closely on all of our subcommittees together and I just wanted to say that I will miss you deeply um on this board and all the subcommittees we
shared your thoughtful leadership commitment and tireless service have left a lasting impact on me um as you step into this NE next chapter I have no doubt you will continue to find ways to make a difference thank you for everything you
have done and best of luck on all the opportunities that lie ahead and also I would also like to take a moment to acknowledge and thank Paul for his service to the Rosa Park Board of Education um you know you're you're very appreciated as
well um I just also want to add to that like this is um my first year being in this position and the support that I received from both Paul and Sue have been amazing and Lauren too when he was here so I thank you for that because it really makes a big difference um and
we're going to miss you but we'll see you I'm sure thank you anyone else right um for Robert Gordon PTA they are doing a winter Drive collecting coats scarves and hat
and they are currently in their spirit week which is December 16th through the 23rd um they have Duck Donuts orders for fundraisers which I believe are due on December 23rd and their Spirit day will be
January 3rd their school dance which is Aloha themed is January 31st and their next meeting will be January 14th thank you anyone else no yes go ahead I'm sorry I'm sorry
um Aline has uh the breakfast with Santa on for the kindergarteners on Monday uh Recreation is planning a winter fest event at the youth center on January 19th is going to be a story time and craft event uh more details to come to
follow um also want to thank both Sue and uh and Paul for your passion for the kids of Rosel Park and serving on the board um also want to say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody um but one last thing I want to leave you guys on is
uh all right um dang it where Lucy at Lucy make funny faces y'all know I'm a crybaby um during the holidays um this this year just definitely uh shoot dang it thought I
could do this um hold on your loved ones um make sure that uh you know there's a lot of people um that's missing someone at the table make sure you um you check on them
um a lot of you guys some of you guys know some of you guys don't that I lost my cousin in um in a crazy car accident recently if you saw it on the news it was one of the six people in New York that that had a car crash but I just
want to let just um all right um you never know what's going to happen no tomorrow is not promised
all right I'm stop okay okay thank you Chris sorry for your law anyone else um just quickly I did not prepare anything but I just a quick couple words
I want to say thank you to this board to superintendent go business administrator and board secretary M Mike Collins the rest of the board members in my three years here this is
probably the best board since I've been here and I don't know if anyone can say anything different that sits up here it was a collaborative board it was a productive board um I know some of you board members or
somebody that were just elected um were here with a different Administration where things were I want to say a lot different um things were run differently executive meetings were run differently um I want to re reiterate what a lot of
what Sue said go in with an open mind um you there are some really really good leaders up here um follow their lead follow their lead objectively um and I think we and continue the the course um I know in my
heart of hearts the school district is in a better place today than we were three years ago um and I know if you stay a course you will be better next year and the year after and the year after um but I want to thank everyone for your support um it's been a fun ride
I don't know I'm not in retirement I'm not retiring so I don't know what the future holds for me um I may be back I may not I'm not sure I haven't made a decision yet um but um again thank you happy holidays to everyone and I wish everyone
well thank you okay with that we'll open up the public participation Jennifer mol Rosel Park I just want to say to president viante and uh Sue carlstrom thank you thank you to
all of the time and energy and dedication that you have done to effectively run the Board of Education your tireless efforts did not go unnoticed I wish you all the best and to our newly elected members I wish you good luck please lead with your hearts
and remember that no matter what you all have the same common goal of putting the children of Rosal Park's education at the Forefront of all decisions made here thank you and merry Christmas anyone else I'm sorry I didn't read this part
but you already know each member of the public may speak a maximum of three minutes please name see please state your name for the record Katie mcara Rosel Park um I haven't been paying attention but was that Turf talk about artificial turf or grass turf grass Turf
okay um the de December cpeg meeting was a parent round table that was mostly done in Spanish we did record the meeting so if anybody would like access please reach out to cpeg board member Meo thank you for your statement it's somewhat comforting knowing that the
board is cognizant that whatever underlying reasons there are for all the resignations something must be done to change to turn the tide I can't tell you the number of parents who have expressed deep concern over this issue if we don't already have someone tasked with Recruitment and Retention it might be a
good idea it may seem crazy to think about adding an additional employee but if you think about the sunk costs with onboarding a new hire the position May pay for itself I don't know um I also wanted to extend my heartfelt thanks to
president bamon thank you for your dedication to the students of Rosal Park Mrs carlstrom thank you for everything I hope you know how much cpeg has appreciated all that you have done to support disabled students in Rosell Park
um we would not have um been able to move Middle School esy to the high school without your perseverance and determination it has made a huge difference to our older students um we will miss you terribly uh I hope
everyone has a lovely holiday season and happy New Year thank you Frank Ardo uh first thank you Paul thank you sue uh going to miss you guys and good luck to the new candidates that are coming up um couple announcements
one to the parents who are maybe possibly listening uh it's never too late to join your ptas or your pto's it helps out every student uh whether it's a PTA or PTO even if you don't want to get involved paying the tuition for the PTA
or PTO actually goes towards whatever the school is Raising for whether it's the end of the year celebration ations or the project graduations um also with the new committee coming on I know a lot
of changes are going to happen with the subcommittees please make sure that you if you are going to be joining whether it's Middle School Sherman Aline please don't do it because you just want put your name on a checklist like I'm
involved I'm involved I'm involved you have to be going to these meetings and you have to be involved cuz if we're not here making these announcements of what's going on in the middle school or Sherman or any other schools some of the parents who can't make it to the meeting can come to these meetings or even listening to them online and they hear
it from here here from you guys and not from the PTA or the PTA parents so it's very important with any fundraisers that are going on any activities that are going on with the concerts anything uh we need one of you guys there so if you can't make it reach out to any of the
other board members hopefully they can make it to the meetings I know it's a little hard and it's difficult but reach out to the Presidents the vice presidents let them know what's going on and I'm sure there'll be some type of solution um we're all on the same team thanks
guys thank you Frank anyone else okay I close the public participation yes that's it um the next scheduled well the next scheduled or um reorganization board meeting will be
held sometime in the first week of January the board meeting as you heard it will be uh you guys will be re um notified sorry um in advance but it will be the first week of January the board meeting will be held at the Rosal Park
High School auditorium can I have a motion to adjourn I'll make that motion second all in favor I I