All right, it's 7 PM. We're going to begin this regular meeting of the Rutherford Board of Education, February 23rd, 2026. We'll ask everyone to please stand, face the flag for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic one nation and justice for all. >> I'll ask Mr. Whitford to please take role. >> Miss Begoian >> present. >> Mrs. Kates >> here. >> Mrs. Cole >> here.
>> Mr. Ki >> present. >> Mr. Healey >> here. >> Mrs. Jones. >> Dr. Rine >> here. >> Mr. Sprayberry >> present. >> Dr. Lahi >> here. >> Missor >> here. >> The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act was enacted to ensure the right of the
public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meeting of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this act, the Rutherford Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date, time, and place posted on the bulletin board
outside the burough clerk's office, mailed to the Herald, South Bergenite, and the record newspapers and filed with the burough clerk. Hard copies of the agenda are available in the meeting room, and the agenda is posted electronically on Friday before the meeting date on the district's website
at www.rotherfordschools.org. Subsequent to the meeting, a video of the meeting will be uploaded to the district's website, www.rotherfordschools.org. The video link can be found by opening the board of education link and clicking on public meetings and then videos.
Uh so board members, in your packets, there are minutes to approve from the regular meeting of January 26th, 2026 as we did not have an executive session. Uh any questions or comments about the regular meeting notes?
All right. Uh, hearing none, then I will turn it over now for the report of the student representative. >> Good evening. It's been a while since my last report. Um, so we've had a lot going on at the high school since we've transitioned into the new year. Winter sports have been going very well with
lots of exciting things to celebrate. Both the girls swimming team and the bowling team won their first ever state sectional titles in RHS history. Several athletes have also broken school records and achieved career milestones in their respective sports this season, making it a really great winter. In January, some
senior NHS members helped prepare the freshman for their first midterm experience by presenting some helpful tips and answering questions they had about midterms. Heroes and Cool Kids made their second visit to Pure Pon School in January, talking to the sixth graders about bullying and building
character. The RHS music department hosted cafe night where some of our talented music students performed live for their classmates and families. RHS students participated in the Super Bowl against Riverdale High School collecting soup cans to be donated to the food
pantry. RHS won the competition collecting almost 700 cans of soup. The senior fashion show was a huge success. The senior class had a great time modeling and more than 250 prizes were raffled off, making it a great night for everyone involved. For Valentine's Day,
the NHS members packaged bags of candy to donate to the food pantry as a fun holiday treat. And student council and pep club also sold Valentine grams, which is always a fun way to spread some love around RHS. The eighth graders recently came to tour
the high school as they start to get ready for next year. Members of student council helped answer their questions and showed them around the building, allowing them to get a sneak peek into some high school classes. The past week, the this past week, the French club hosted their annual French suare, which includes musical performances as well.
And everyone who attended had a great time. Tomorrow, the consumer team will be competing in the county competition. And if we win, we'll be going on to compete in the regional competition in the spring. Next week, members of Future Teachers of America Club will be visiting the kindergarten center,
Lincoln, and Washington School for Read Across America Day. The high schoolers will be reading a story to each class, and then the kids will get to make a craft that goes along with the book. This is always such a fun day for both the high school and elementary students. And lastly, the spring musical Foot
Loose is coming up on March 13th, 14th, and 15th. The cast and crew have been working very hard to bring the production together, and they can't wait for its stage debut. That's all for tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you so much, Sarah. Questions or
comments from board members? >> That consumer bowl it just every year. >> Yeah, we we've won it won it the last two years, I think. >> The last four. Yeah, >> four years. Okay. >> I'm actually in it, so I've been doing it. Yeah. All >> And uh I do want to comment on um the
you know, the bowling team. Uh first time ever winning the sectional championship. Earlier in the season, we had a a bowler bowl of 300 game. Um, and uh was athlete of the week for the Bergen record. So that quite an accomplishment. And the swim team uh
very successful program for years, but first time winning a state sectional. And of course, coach A is retiring at the end of the year. And she bowling coach, so it's a nice way for her to go out too with that that win. uh I believe about eight or nine students from a
middle school union got selected for either the state or the uh regional choir uh which is again another uh great accomplishment. Um so yeah, a lot's been going on. I know we've we had that um pre-org meeting and then we had the
remote meeting so we haven't heard a report for a while. So it's great to get you back. >> Thank you. >> Awesome. Well, thank you so much for your report. Um, feel free to stay if you'd like to be here for the rest of the evening, but if you have commitments that you need to attend to, we
understand as well. Thank you again. All right. >> Have a good day. >> Good night. >> Thank you. You too. >> Uh, I will turn it over now to Mr. Hurley for the report of the superintendent. >> Thank you. Um, I left a couple of notes
from Lincoln School students. Every year they do a week or month of kindness and they write some notes to v various people throughout the burrow including board members. So uh those are from students at Lincoln school. Uh also you know with the snow I thank you all for
adjusting your schedules. Um you know we haven't had a storm like this in quite a while or a winter like this in in quite a while. So, uh, today, you know, I I our custodians and maintenance, uh, folks, I was watching on camera yesterday morning and at quarter to 7,
they were on site while the storm was still, you know, pretty much intensely raging, uh, trying to clear things out. Worked uh, through the day till probably 5:00 or so last night. And uh you know I was pushing for a delayed opening today and I think we could have done it with
the buildings but uh there's a lot of snow out there uh in in the community and I'm even you know I am a bit concerned even with parking and drop off and pickup tomorrow buildings are in pretty good shape but the streets are what they are. Um, every school, well, I
shouldn't say every school, the high school, Washington, Lincoln, and Peer Pot, uh, the police have made a couple of, um, street closures or changing, making a couple of streets one way, uh, to try to ease some of the traffic
around the schools in the morning. And hopefully the principles in those buildings have sent that information out. Uh we got we got the letters um got the email this morning from the police and that will be in place uh temporarily until things clear up a little bit. Uh the good news is, you know, it's
supposed to get eventually towards the end of the week a little warmer. Uh the bad news is they're talking about maybe an inch of snow uh overnight until tomorrow morning. And that doesn't sound like a lot, but when you have 20 on the ground, an inch uh adds to it. Uh we are out of snow days. Um so um you know be
ready for if we get bad weather for a lot of uh late arrivals and um delayed openings to try to get the day in if we can. Uh obviously if we if we need to use another day we will but then we have to look at um April break or the end of
the year or something to pick up a day and none of that is really optimal. So we'll hope that um spring arrives. >> Is there a a quick question? Yeah. Are we able to do remote if we have to do that? No, >> the state only allows you to go remote if you have three consecutive days. >> Okay.
>> Um, off due to an emergency. >> Um, so you it would be on the fourth day. So if we have that much snow, then all bets are off anyway. Um, so we'll we'll take a look. you know,
hopefully we won't have to get there and or if we get something, we could at least get a delayed opening or an early dismissal and handle it like that. Um, I also want to mention that um the re
midyear report on the uh student safety data system. It's embedded in the in the agenda. So, um there are certain things that get reported, violence, vandalism, substance abuse, uh weapons, um they get reported and and HI confirmed. Uh so,
districtwide we had a total of 15 um incidents that led to a suspension, five at the high school, uh none at Lincoln, six at Peront, four at Union, none at Washington. And again, you know,
when you have 2,600 kids in school for four months, uh 15 incancides across the district, uh is not a large number and it is not a number that is large even comparison in contrast to years past. Uh
there were 35 other incidents leading to a removal Mingo suspension. um 22 at the high school, one at Lincoln, one at uh Union, 11 at Pure Pont, none at Washington. And those are things like maybe excessive
tardies or cutting a class or, you know, disrespectful behavior or things like that. They don't get reported to the state, but they get reported on on the form. Uh there were we had a so far a low number of hibs, uh two confirmed and two alleged, so a total of four reports.
We do have a couple that we're going to be talking about tonight, but again, that number is lower than past years. And when you look at the HIP trainings programs, which we have to report every year, uh trainings are for staff, programs are for kids, 32 total
district-wide um uh 40 um programs, 32 trainings. You know, I think some of those um trainings and programs are reason why some of the numbers are down. Also new to the report is restraint and
seclusion. Uh with we have to have staff trained in restraining uh students. This is for use in some of the uh special education classes and we have had none no time that we had to restrain a student. So there's nothing to report there. So is a pretty typical report for
us. Um a report that does not raise any red flags or concerns anywhere. Uh as you know I do this several times. I'll report the second half of the year and then I'll do a report on the um full year later on. Okay. Um I also included
in your packages uh a progress report for lack of a better word on the school and district goals. So um if anybody has any questions or anything about that anytime, happy to talk about it. But that was just for your um information for for you to be
aware of. I'm going to let uh Mr. Mr. Whitford uh say a few words about the budget. Um also tonight on the agenda, Mr. Wford is uh board is going to be asked to accept resignation. Um we are certainly sad to
see him go and um but we are we'll have time to be sad later because we're in the midst of a rather uh strenuous budget uh season. So Matt, if you want to just update the board uh of where we're at and what's coming. >> Sure. So for the 26 27year budget, uh we
have we're in the last few weeks of our of our final stretch, uh we've had numerous meetings between Mr. Hurley, myself, our administrative team, our finance committee, and our buildings and grounds committee honestly since October. Um in preparation for creating this budget, uh there's been a number of
challenges that uh this board has had and uh the school districts around the state of New Jersey. Uh health benefits increase um have gone up more than 50% in the last three years for municipalities and school boards for the state health benefits plan. Uh utility
uh costs are in double digit increases. Special education costs and transportation are increasing year-over-year. Uh so there's a number of aspects that we've had to have uh probably more discussions than we've had in the past of making sure that all of our tees are crossed and eyes are dotted
to make sure the budget is balanced at the end of the day. uh state aid is or the state's budget address is being uh released on March 10th. Will the districts get their state aid numbers on March 12th and then we'll have a budget
presentation on March 16th where the board is uh asked to approve a budget to get sent to the county on that date. So, we still have a few weeks left, but there has definitely been some some challenges that we've been uh working through as we're creating the budget. And then lastly, I do want to, you know,
mention that what Mr. Hurley said that you guys are being asked to accept my uh resignation to no fault of uh Rutherford, the board or the school district. I'm taking an opportunity outside of public schools. Um I want to sincerely thank this board and our
administrators and the Mr. Hurley and our our whole staff for welcoming me when I first started here, accepting any updates and changes I've made and um I'm going to help this transition for the next few weeks and my plan is to to leave Rutherford in a better position
operationally than when I first started. So uh want to make sure that transition is smoothly and you guys are as successful if not more successful uh with my successor. >> Thank you. So, um, again, I want to thank Matt and Mr. Wford, and um, I want
to thank the finance committee, too. We've been, um, like again, we'll we'll see. I think we're we're getting to the finish line in good order. Uh, but it's a tougher lift this year than it's been for some of the reasons that Mr. Wford
mentioned. So, um, the governor's address is late. Uh, it would normally be, uh, next week. Um, this week actually, it would be it would be today. Yeah. And uh we would get our state aid Thursday and we then would have a couple
of weeks um if it goes up, if it goes down, if it stays flat. But um the new governor has the prerogative um through the legislature to ask for and receive an extension of time, which makes sense. I mean, she takes office January 20th and she has to, you know, turn things
around pretty quickly. Um but unfortunately, they don't extend the time on the other end of it. So our budget will still be due March 16th or to the county office. Um and we won't know our state aid numbers till March 12th. So if there is any significant
decrease or significant increase um it will be a a lot to do from that Thursday night to that Monday night uh to make adjustments. If we stay flat or get a little bump uh we'll be in good shape in terms of being ready to go forward. But
one way or the other, we have to go forward on the 15th to the 16th. So, uh, stay tuned for that. And that's it from my report. Questions and comments from board members.
>> Do we think the state's going to do a waiver again for the uh for the healthcare costs? >> They have. >> Yeah, they have. >> And we have that already and that's factored in. Yeah. >> Yep. It's the biggest increase in state health benefits ever. Airgo, there will
be a big >> yes >> waiver to uh to increase it. But again, I want to you know, we'll get into the real details of this down the road that you know, it's about what 85 80 cents on the dollar when it comes out to. So, you're still you know, you're getting
about 80%. Yeah. >> The ability to raise your budget by the 80% but you're still hitting that 20%. Uh, a couple things I just wanted to say in my role as board president. So, first off, um, I wanted to say, Mr. Early, you mentioned the interim report of district
goals. Um, and as the board knows, the district goals are tied in with our board goals as well. And, uh, I was really impressed with, um, all the goals and the progress happening. um strengthening achievement ELA science and math successful roll out of
envisions math and K to8 K to3 phonics pivoting of the you know science program to meet rigorous goals u portrait of a Rutherford graduate how that's being implemented um the fact that everyone is really actively using the Atlas curriculum platform which is which is great um
really interested uh in what was reported about use and integration responsible use and integration of AI um the high school lessons being developed the way teachers are using it. So um thought that was great and um I wanted
to thank the uh both Mr. Hurley and Mr. Witford um just for really strategic and thoughtful finance committee meetings that we've had. So we've had two or three um you know these are like Mr. was saying uh not easy days for the state in
terms of how um districts look to uh make sure that they have um the appropriate budget that they're passing. Um and I really just appreciate how people and programs continue to be a real priority um for you know how we strive to make sure that there's
excellence in the Rutherford district. Um so looking forward to that and just thank you in advance for all the work you're doing on that because it's it's not easy to think about um all the ways that um you know we make things work. Um and finally just want to thank Mr.
Whitford for uh two great years uh as the business administrator having sat on the kind of being one of the finalist interviewers with my colleague Dr. we're seeing um you you stood light years um ahead in a way that um really gave us a
lot of excitement and you've really done a lot in the district to continue to streamline systems and make sure that we're thinking strategically and uh you know you and Mr. Hurley have worked um super well together. Um and you've provided us with a board of a level with
a level of education and understanding around finances and transparency so that we really have a working understanding especially the finance committee of things. So we don't take that for granted. Um and most thankfully appreciate your professionalism about how we're thinking about succession. So
I always say you know what we do next is important. So succession planning is really important and you know all of that has been u talked through at the finance committee level as well to make sure that we have what we need in the interim and as we look forward. So, just want to say thank you.
>> If I can, just one thing going back to the AI. Um, on the parent academy website, it was supposed to be posted uh this week, but with the snow day and snow days, I'm not sure if it was not, but there is a a AI generated uh video
clip about what we're doing in the district with AI. So, look for it on the Parent Academy website sometime this week. It was supposed to go up, I think, today. I'm not sure if it did or not. B, we were out. Okay. So, that will give you a little idea, too, of what's going on in the schools and what the committee's been working on.
All right. Uh, we're going to move on now to the report of the president. Uh, so first of all, I don't want to tarnish Miss Jones perfect record because in my nine or 10 years on the board, she's never missed a meeting. So, uh, she actually had car issues. She was planning to be here. So, I just want
that noted on the record um that she made a best effort uh to be here this evening and uh appreciate all her contributions. Um I don't have anything really to uh add in my president's report this evening except uh just to express gratitude to the facility staff um for all their work to um clear out
this area. I understand it's a collaborative endeavor. It's not the superintendent's decision, the school's decision alone. it it's got to be in sync with the town and all the efforts um that go into making sure that we can reopen safely um for all those purposes.
And again, just echoing thanks to board members given that uh school was closed for a snow day today, making an effort to uh all be here this evening. It's it's the first board of ed meeting I've seen in person when we've had a snow day. So, just thank you to everyone for for that.
Uh so, questions or comments from board members? Our kids get a snow day and we don't >> right. Exactly. Um >> I wish that you had done open today. >> No, it wouldn't have worked. Uh I I was
down here. I came down around um 11 went around all the schools and um you know wanted to see if how it would look at 11 and would not have looked pretty. >> Yeah. Yeah. That was um but to but to you know Dr. ized point. Um, on
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, uh, I have a meeting with the OEM. I'm a member of the OEM on the burrow. So I, you know, ultimately it is, you know, my decision, but you work in concert with, you know, everybody else
in town because, um, you know, you say, well, you know, we're going in, you know, we're going to open and then the streets aren't clear or or there's issues with, you know, DPW or, uh, police and safety. So, you know, you have to try to work in concert with that. And, uh, so it's a very good
working group. We talk, you know, they they ask me what I'm hoping for, what we'd like to. They tell me what concerns they have, and they and they do make every attempt um to hit the schools first and try to get that areas done first. But again, we had a 20 21 inches
of snow. That's a lot of snow. All right. Uh thank you. So now we're going to move on to the portion of the meeting where we open it to the public. So we open our meeting to the public twice. the first time if for any items related to the agenda. Um then we go through new business and then we open it up again for any items related to or not
related to the agenda. Uh so it's 7:23 p.m. like to open the meeting to the public for anything related to our agenda this evening. All right, seeing no comments, we're going to close the meeting at 7:23 p.m. and we're going to move on to new business where there's action to be
taken. And just a reminder, we're continuing with our consent agenda. Uh so we'll start with personnel. Miss Cole, >> good evening. Uh personnel did not meet this month and the following 20 motions are going forward tonight at the recommendation of
the superintendent. I'd like to move motions one through 20 under personnel. >> All right. Thank you. And we have a second on that, Mr. Ki. All right. uh questions, discussion. >> There's a couple of um things. If on uh
resolution number eight, >> the uh effective date because again this is for a leave replacement and sometimes things change should be uh February 23rd, 2026. Mr. Whiffer, for the minutes. Okay. And then
on resolution number 15 and number 16 for Christine Robertson, the um the effective date for her should be February 20th, 2026 because again adjustments were made due to the um
change in the leave. I also want to mention the retirement of of Mr. Michael Moore, who is the night custodian here at the high school. And you may not know Mike, but you've see him every time we have a board meeting. He's in here putting the water bottles
out and setting up the tables and sometimes directing traffic in the parking lot when there's a conflicting event going on. So, Mike will be retiring uh after over 30 years in the district um at the end of this year. So, we wish him well.
>> All right. Um, Michelle, do you just want to mention how number 19 works so everyone kind of understands? >> Oh, yes. I'm sorry. I meant to do that. Uh, for the only two contracts that have to get approved at the county level are uh the superintendent contract and the
business administrator's contract. So, if you remember um when Mr. Whiffer was hired, you might remember where my last contract was up. Uh the board has to give approve a resolution uh allowing me to submit a contract to the county for
approval. It's not a person yet, but when we negotiate or I negotiate with that person, I then have the approval of the board to send the contract forward to them for their approval because the board cannot approve the person until the county's approved the contract. Uh
there's a whole list of things they go through for these two contracts. With an interim, a lot less to go through as a predium salary, but you still have to follow the regulations. So, what you're approving tonight is to allow me to with once I have a candidate to send forward,
I can send the contract off to the county for them to review. Okay, that make sense? All right. Uh, so any last questions or comments from board members about personnel? Uh, hearing none. Mr. Whitford, please
take role. >> Mr. Begoian, >> yes. >> Miss Kates, >> yes. >> Miss Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ky, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Lotti, >> yes. >> Motions carry.
>> All right. Thank you. We're going to move on now to curriculum and instruction. And Miss Jones is uh not here, but I will just say that we did not uh have a curriculum and instruction meeting and there are five motions uh on the agenda. Uh and I'm moving to uh
forward those five agenda items under curriculum and instruction. Uh do we have a second? All right, Mr. Beoszian, discussion or questions on those? All right. Uh hearing none. Mr. Whitford, please take role. >> Mr. Goian,
>> yes. >> Miss Kates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Kiy, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Lahi, >> yes. >> Motions carry. >> All right. Thank you. We're going to move on now to finance. Mr. Bezosian.
>> Good evening. Uh we've had two finance committee meetings since our last full board meeting. Uh primarily discussing the budget. Uh tonight on the agenda, we have five motions to consider. Uh, I'd like to move motions one through five under finance. >> All right. Thank you. Do we have a second? Mr. Healey, questions or
comments about finance? >> All right. Hearing no questions or comments. Mr. Whitford, please take role. >> Mr. Begoian, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ky, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry,
>> yes. >> Dr. Yes. >> Motions carry. >> All right. Thank you. We'll move on now to policy. Mr. Healey. >> Yes. Uh we did not have a committee meeting since our last board meeting and uh tonight there is one resolution as a
second reading uh being put forth as listed. >> All right. Thank you. Uh do we have a second on that? Uh we'll go Mr. Spayberry. Uh questions or comments from board members? All right. This is the second reading. So we passed the first reading last
time. Uh hearing no questions or comments. Mr. Witford, please take role. >> Mr. Pgoan, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ki, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Li,
>> yes. >> Motions carry. >> All right. Thank you. We'll move on now to buildings and grounds. Mr. Spayberry, >> good. BG committee meeting this month went over capital expenses and energy program. So great job by Mr. Gambo and
so great meeting one motion put forth. >> All right. Uh so one motion put forth by Mr. Spayberry seconded by Mr. Bezosian. Questions or comments about these or this motion?
Uh hearing none. Mr. Whitford please take ro. Mr. Begoian, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ki, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Sprayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Lahi, >> yes.
>> Motion is carried. >> Thank you. All right, we'll move on now to old business. Is there any old business? All right, hearing none. Legislative update. Miss Jones isn't here. Anyone else have any legislative updates?
All right. Uh hearing none that it's 7:30m we are going to open the meeting to the public for anything related to or not related to the agenda this evening. >> All right. Welcome. Um so just ask you to say your name and address and typically we ask to try to keep uh
comments to around three minutes or so but we can be flexible. >> I'll be short. My name is Laura Finelli. Um address 340 Montros. Um I'm a mom of two girls in district. Um Haley's at the K Center and Ava's at in third at Lincoln. Um, I feel like this isn't it's
not going to sound relevant because we're talking so much about snow right now, but I wanted to um discuss the playground redesign that's been ongoing this year. Um, it's a really exciting opportunity, but I've been hearing um how the renderings are going to look for the playgrounds and I'm starting to feel
like the opportunity um there's a responsibility that comes with the opportunity um and it's very close to my heart. Um, I wanted to discuss the plan and ask the board to commit to a truly inclusive design. Um, right now for many children with physical disabilities, playgrounds at the K Center, Lincoln,
and Washington schools are something they watch, not something they fully are participating in. Um, and that matters. Playgrounds aren't just equipment. They're the place where friendships are formed, where confidence is built, where kids learn independence, safety awareness, and social skills. When a
child can't access this playground, they aren't just missing out on recess. They're missing connection and they're missing belonging. Um, it's not about special treatment. This is all about equal access. Um, the Americans with Disabilities Act sets minimum requirements, which I know we follow,
but minimum compliance is not the same as meaningful inclusion. Inclusive playground design will benefit all children. Ramps and accessible surfaces not only help kids in wheelchairs, but also kids with temporary injuries, children with ambulatory difficulties,
or even staff with physical needs that are there to assist the children. We've come a long way in terms of universal access. It'd be a shame to see us regress simply because all relevant and necessary stakeholders weren't on the planning team. This is the exact reason we ask for community feedback when we
spend community money. We want to meet all needs, so we need all voices at the table. I'm respectively respectfully asking the board to commit to design redesigning the new playgrounds to meet universal design standards, not just the minimum ADA compliance. Um, I'm suggesting including parents of children
with disabilities in the planning process, sharing the proposed designs publicly before final approval, and allocating funding specifically for accessible surfacing. Um, I'm asking you to make inclusion a non-negotiable aspect of the playground project.
That's all. All right. Thank you. Um well, first thing I want to say is thank you so much for coming and speaking. Um so that we can hear um your perspective and everything you shared is really important. Um we typically work as in
board committees. Um so the open session of the meeting is not typically like a back and forth, but it's something where we're all taking notes and then we'll bring things back to committee meeting and we'll talk about it with Mr. Hurley and Mr. Whitford um to make sure that your um feedback's taken very seriously.
Um uh tomorrow tomorrow I have a meeting in fact with the um the the principal and the supervisor from the Kidding Orange Center and the two principles um because we have to make a decision. You know, part of the u the issue of whether even going to be able to go forward with one or two or
three um projects this year is going to come down with bud money and budget. So, uh, we're meeting tomorrow to see the feasibility of doing any this year. You know, uh, we're hopeful that we're going to be able to do at least one and then maybe
do two down the road. Uh, renderings are renderings and not sorry, final designs. Um and we would what we would be doing is meeting with the um the vendor to go over final designs and um so I will
certainly raise with the principles tomorrow and um with the vendor when we meet some of your concerns um if you wanted to um so that I don't mis state anything you stated you know if you can
I know you have written down if you want to send that to Sure. >> Okay. I mean, at least I'd have verbatim what you said. And um like I said, we'll uh we'll nothing's finalized yet. Um so I can't even tell you why we're going to do something or why we're not going to do something, but if you can send that
to me, I I it'll be helpful when I have these discussions. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. >> Appreciate you considering it. Okay. Thank you. >> So yeah, email it to me and uh if you do it before tomorrow at What's that we meeting tomorrow? At two o'clock. Do before two o'clock, I'll have it. Okay. All right. Thank you.
>> All right. Uh so seeing no one else in the audience, we're going to close the open part of the meeting at 7:35 p.m. Uh there is a need for an executive session to discuss three student matters and one personnel matter about 10 to 15 minutes.
>> No action. >> Uh no action to be taken. Need a motion to go into executive session. James and James. Uh first and second. All in favor? I. >> All right. We're going to go into executive session. Thank you.