If you're able to please rise for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republicy for all. >> Good evening. Welcome to the January 5th reorganization meeting for the Rutherford Board of Ed. Uh my name is
Matthew Whitford. If you don't know who I am, I'm the board secretary and have the honor of running the meeting until the board presents or elects a president for this 2026 year. Uh the New Jersey Open Public Meeting Act was enacted to ensure the rights 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 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 rutherfordschools.org.
Subsequent to the meeting, the video of the meeting will be uploaded to the district's website. The link can be found by opening the board of education link and clicking on public meetings and then videos. Uh all board members uh sitting and newly appointed received our packet for
this meeting. No objections to the minutes for December 1st and I will enter those into record. reviewing the results of the annual school board election from November 4th, 2025. Uh the board had three open seats
for a full three-year term. Uh Christina Kates received 3,576 votes. Chris Ki received 3,772 votes. James Spayberry received 3,729 votes and personal choice listed for
110. So, the three uh elected members will be Christina Kates, Chris Ki, and James Payberry. Will those three please rise, and I'll go over by the podium, I guess we would call it, to take their oath of office.
>> Yeah, you got Please raise your hand. Repeat after me. I >> I Chris Christina Kates >> do solemnly swear >> do solely swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States
>> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. >> And that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. and to the governments established in the United States and this state. >> and and to the governments established in the United States and this state
>> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people. >> I state I Mr. do solely swear >> domly swear >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law >> for the office of member of the board of education
>> for the office of member of the board of education >> and that I will faithfully >> and that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly perform all duties of that office >> and justly perform all duties of that office >> according to the best of my abilities >> according to the best of my abilities.
>> Welcome to the board of education. Welcome back. I missed you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Yes. Welcome Miss Kates and welcome back Mr. Ky and Mr. Straberry. Uh every year during our reorganization meeting, uh part of that oath is the board members
have a code of ethics to to follow. There are 10 code of ethics that each board member receives and we'll sign off on by the end of the meeting. If I want to start from my left, Mr. Sprayberry, if you want to start with A, each board member reads one and then
we'll circle back to Mr. Sprayberry for the last one. A >> I will uphold and enforce all laws, rules, and regulations of the state board of education and court orders pertaining to schools. Desired changes
shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures. >> I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of the children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools that meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability, race, sex, creed or social
standing. C. I will confine my board action to policym, planning and appraisal. and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them.
>> I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are wellrun. >> E I will recognize that authority rests with the board of education and will make no personal promises nor take any
private action and may compromise the board. that I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest for partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends. G I will hold confidential all matters pertaining
to the schools which if disclose when needlessly injured individuals or the schools and all other matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff staff the aspirations of the community for the school. I will vote to appoint the best
qualified personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative law. >> I I will support and protect school personnel in proper performance of their duties. >> J I will refer all complaints to the
chief administrative officer and will act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution. Thank you. Thank you. All board members can sign the back of that uh acknowledgement uh serving as a
requirement for NJSA 18A 12-24 and NJAC 6A32-3. Your acknowledgement and uh discussion of the ethics at this meeting. I'll collect them at the end of
we'll move on to the election of the board president. Once the board president is then uh elected, that person will come up and be able to uh take over the meeting from there. So, just briefly to recap how the nominations work is I'll ask for the
board to motion and to second to open up nominations. Um, anybody on the board uh can nominate themselves or any other member of the board of education to be president. Um, there is no cap. You can once one nomination or one name is
heard, you don't have to repeat that name. Um, then I'll ask for a motion and a second to close the nominations. No matter how many names are nominated, we'll do a roll call vote as we do with all of our uh resolutions and I'll ask
for each person's name. Once I call your name, you will say the uh person that you are voting for, the nomination per that you're voting for to become president. You don't have to uh second that nomination technically, but I just
do need to do a roll call vote no matter how many nominations there are. Okay, so we have a motion to open the floor of nominations. Mr. Begoian, second, Mrs. Jones. Okay, the floor is open for nominations for board president.
>> I nominate Dr. Sergio Ali as president hearing any others. Okay, motion to close nominations. Mr. Ki, second Mr. Healey. Thank you. So, the nominations I heard are Dr. Sergio Lahi. Again, I have to call a
roll call vote for everybody. Please voice your vote for any of the nominations that were heard. Uh, Mr. Sprayberry, >> yes. >> Alotti, >> Mr. McGoan, >> Mr. Ki, >> a
>> Miss Kates, >> a >> Dr. Mrs. Jones, >> Dr. Miss Cole, >> Dr. >> uh Dr. >> Mr. Hilly,
>> Congratulations, Mr. Lahi. >> To make it truly official, can I have a motion that inordinance with NJSA1a 18A5-1 and bylaws 0152, the Rutherford Board of Education elects Dr. Dr. Sergio A lot as president of the board of
education effective immediately until the next reorganization as prescribed by law. Mr. Goian first, Mr. Ki second. All in favor? >> I >> I turn the meeting over to you.
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Whitford. Thank you, everyone. Um, wasn't nervous about doing the board vice president nomination till I heard Mr. Whitford do it. Very formal. Uh, all right. So, um, we are going to elect a board vice president. So, I'd like a motion to open
nominations. Uh, Mr. Beoszian, seconded by Mr. Ki. >> Sure. >> Uh, all in favor of opening nominations? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right. Uh, floor is open for anyone
to nominate someone to serve as vice president for the Rutherford Board of Education. Miss Cole, >> I'd like to nominate Mr. James Brayberry for vice president. >> All right. Uh, please enter Mr. James
Spayberry as nominee for vice president. Any other nominations for vice president? All right. Uh, seeing none, uh, need a motion to close nominations. All right. Dr. Rene, seconded by Mr. Haley. All in favor of closing
nominations? >> I. >> All right. Uh, excellent. So, now we need to roll >> do a roll call vote. Um, and do I need a motion to >> Nope. Just
>> roll call vote of your nomination. >> So, we're going to do a roll call vote of your nomination for Mr. James Spayberry as vice president of the Rutherford Board of Education. Mr. Witford, please take role. >> Mr. Spayberry. >> Mr. Sprayberry. Mr. Mosian, >> Mr. Sprayberry, Mr. Ky,
>> Mr. Sprayberry, >> Miss Kates, >> Mr. Sprayberry, >> Miss Jones, >> Mr. Sprayberry, >> Mrs. Cole, >> Mr. Sprayberry, >> Dr. Rene, >> Mr. Sprayberry, >> Mr. Hilly, >> Mr. Sprayberry, >> Dr. Li, >> Mr. Sprayberry, Mr. Spayberry,
congratulations. You are the new vice president of the Rutherford Board of Education for the year 2026. All right. Uh >> 3C >> what? >> 3C. >> Oh yes. Uh we need a motion for the election of the
board vice president. So uh Mr. Piggoian seconded by Dr. Rine that in accordance with NJSA1 18A col 15-1 and bylaw 0152 the Rutherford Board of Education in the county of Bergen, New Jersey elects Mr. James Sprayberry is vice president of
the board of education. Effective immediately until the next organization meeting as prescribed by law. Okay, now it's official. Uh, all right. We're going to move on. >> I don't want you to be broke. >> Appreciate I told you I was nervous.
Uh, all right. We're going to move on to number four. Here is the board meeting schedule. Um, we are looking to adopt the following board meeting schedule for 2026. meetings will be held on Mondays at 7 PM unless otherwise noted. You'll see a
list of all of those uh meetings. >> We don't have to approve those. >> No. No. >> Uh yes. Yes, we do. We do have to approve those. Okay. >> Uh motion to approve. Mr. Begoian, seconded by Dr. Rine. Questions or comments on any of the meetings
scheduled? No. Hearing none. Uh Mr. Whitford, please take RO. Mr. Spar, >> yes. Mosian, >> yes. Mr. Ki, >> yes. >> Miss Kates, >> yes. >> M. Jones, >> yes. >> M. Cole, >> yes. >> Dr. Rim, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey,
>> yes. >> Dr. Lock, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Excellent. Uh, and now we have the pleasure of welcoming our auditor, Alex Bice from Lurch, Vinci, and Bliss, who is here tonight to talk to us about the findings of our most recent audit.
Everyone received copies in your packets. Uh, welcome, Mr. Bice. We're happy to have you. I don't like how he waits up 150. You know what? There you go. There you go. Right. Uh thanks for having me. Uh Alex Pice
from Lords Vincy and Bliss. Uh we I'm here to present your 2024 25 audit. Um everyone should have received their audit documents. Um the audit document itself uh contains three unmmonified opinions which is the highest level that
could be obtained in an audit. Um there are no instances of any material weaknesses or any significant deficiencies. Um as far as your general fund surplus uh which is your operating fund, your general fund surplus uh decreased from
approximately 6.2 million to 5 million. However, the 5 million has certain restrictions. The first being your capital reserve. Your capital reserve has approximately 1.7 million um which is restricted for capital projects that are in your long range facilities plan.
Uh the next restriction is your maintenance reserve of 100,000 which is restricted for um any required maintenance projects in the district. Your year-end encumbrances of approximately 92,000. These are your open purchase orders at year end that
roll into your current year where your goods and services have not been received. Excess surplus of approximately 857,000. This excess surplus is the amount over the 2% cap which will be utilized in
your current year 2526 and a portion of that will be utilized in your 2627 budget when that is um formalized in a couple months. unemployment reserve of 168,000. This is
restricted for your unemployment claims throughout the year. Uh 96,705 is your balance in your capital financing lease that was issued last year and that was the unexpended proceeds. 545,163
was utilized in your current year to balance the budget. And lastly is your unassigned 2% max plus any liable adjustments of 1,ion523252. This could be used for any purpose. So overall the district is healthy
financially. As far as the recommendation uh there was one recommendation this year relating to student activities uh that was addressed and with the uh business administrator and superintendent. Uh we consider the uh recommendation to be an
immaterial recommendation. Um and there is a corrective action plan on tonight's agenda that will um address that recommendation. But you know overall it was a very very good audit. Um you know we I want to thank Mr. Woodford's office and Mr. Hurley's office uh for their
full cooperation throughout the whole seamless process. And if there's any re uh questions about fund balance or that recommendation, I can take that at this time. questions from board members. >> Well, first I just want to say congratulations to Mr. Whitford and Mr.
Hurley. Um I mean uh to have an audit that's basically largecale clean and just shows very sort of healthy sustainable long-term view is amazing. Um, and you mentioned the one finding and and I I spoke to Alex for a minute
and said you you had already solved it before it like slept on your desk. Um, so you know really uh appreciate that. Um, and thank you for the explanation. Uh, questions or comments from board members?
>> I I just want to thank you Allison and you it's a pleasure to work with you guys. I mean, they're up for what about two weeks or more in the office and uh you know unobtrusive. They work well with us and they're very uh upfront and honest and direct and it's a pleasure
working with you. >> Same here. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> You too. >> Happy New Year. >> Good. All right. Thanks. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh we are going to move on now to the report of the superintendent. Thank you. Um well, congratulations
again to our uh newly elected or reelected board members and our our uh FDR president Dr. Elotti and uh and to our our new vice president. Uh it's it's you know uh I say this every year uh it is a it is a pleasure working with this
board um and working with the uh leadership of the board and um you know we read the ethics uh we check everyone day in and day out u so that annual event is not an exercise it's how you folks function and I know I appreciate
it I know Mr. Whitford appreciates it. I know that the um everyone in the in the district appreciates the way the board functions. So, thank you and looking forward to another year of u of success and another year of addressing those areas where we could improve. So, thank
you all and congratulations. I also want to echo Dr. Aott's comments about Mr. Woodford and staff and um and and the various budget managers, you know, the administrators and supervisors who have a hand in in the budget. Um it is uh really uh
amazing that as Dr. Alani said that year in and year out uh we get these clean or virtually clean audits. Um and um that's a credit primarily to the business office and Mr. Woodford and his staff and everybody who has a hand in the in
in the budget. Um Matt, I don't know do you want to say anything at all about the audit process or anything? >> No, the the audit process went smoothly this year. Uh I've made some updates and changes uh from about the first month or two that I was in district just to uh
modernize some procedures and uh like Mr. Hurley said the a lot of the budget managers and supervisors, administrators around the district really uh took those on and and I'm I'm very grateful for them to to work with us and ways to improve things to make sure we're, you
know, using our uh resources with equity and uh and and well, but that um that our compliance is also met with uh the way that we handle and manage our funds. Um, and I think that's one of the biggest things that we want
to make sure that the board is aware of and and you know preaches to us and our finance committee is that we're using those those resources uh equally and um that we're we're making sure we're still checking those boxes of requirements to the the federal level and the state level. I want to thank the
administrators and supervisors for uh for taking on any updates that I've made over the past year and and I think this the clean audit and uh well financial standing kind of shows that as well. >> And one thing that's gone under the radar a little bit I mean we've talked
about it. I know uh Miffford's talked about it but you know when we talk about curriculum and changes we're making and program they get like a lot of as they should right that's what the business we're in. Uh but we're going through right now an entire overhaul of our uh
uh business uh platform that we use um going from CSI to Genesis and you know we're doing it on the fly right as we're operating. So we're transitioning uh we started January 1st right with the human resources transitioning um in terms of
all of our you know payubs and payroll and uh time sheets that people do. Um, and we're going to be moving into the the budget cycle now and the the budget will be going into Genesis. So, you know, think about the heavy lift of
everybody has to learn a whole new system, right? And has to learn it, you know, while it's going on and and it's one thing you can't make mistakes with, right? People want their paycheck. They don't they're not going to say, "Oh, sorry. You know, we pushed the wrong button or, you know, you got to pay a bill or you got to be." So, you know,
it's a it's something that Matt brought forward. Uh he had past experience with it. Uh we did our research on it, went sat through some meetings. Uh it seems to be a much more efficient uh program. Um but I again applaud him for bringing that forward and everybody and and this
the administrative assistants used to be the secretaries uh the clerical assistants uh they do a lot of the of the inputting and heavy lifting on this and they've been going through right tons of of uh training. Yep. Uh Matt's been to all the buildings. You were at what? Peron today I think one day. He's
been to every one of the buildings. So um you know we we're we're in the midst of doing that and again you know you don't you you don't get better you don't even stay good right if you stay static you know you have to keep looking to
move forward and I I point to that. Um couple of things. Um the um I sent you today a uh report on the survey that we did with faculty and staff. Uh we're going to dive into that a little bit with the administrators and
um supervisors at our meeting next uh week and then in the January meeting I'll give you kind of the highlights of that. What I'm looking for in these surveys, I mean they're coming out, you know, pretty solid, right? But there's these little things that pop up. So we're, you know, we're looking for actionable items, you know, things that we could do that might be subtle
changes, but sometimes those subtle changes could have a a good impact on and, you know, when there's I said this about the parent survey, if there's a small pocket of people, you know, who are feeling a certain way, um, we're not dismissing that. We want to
hear it. Uh, we want to see what we can do to kind of either explain or to modify when warranted. So, you know, I don't expect any of these surveys to produce a major discovery, a major change, but these subtle small changes
often have larger impact. Okay? Uh and we're going to be sending out this week to students in grades 6 through 12 a student survey uh uh about their feeling of comfort in their school, how they you know questions about, you know, are they how do they feel about approaching
someone in the building, a staff member, a counselor to have a conversation, what do they think about their academic programs, their co-curricular programs, um how AI has been used and what do they think of it, you know, is we want to get
their input as U so uh it's been a um a very positive endeavor um both to reinforce what we think we're doing well and to hear some things we could be doing a little differently. So I'll give you a more you know specific discussion at the next meeting after I review with
the administrators but you have the summary I sent it out uh today um finance committee where I don't know if Dr. a lot is going to speak about committees, but they'll be forthcoming right in the next couple of days. But finance will be meeting Monday night. Uh Mr. Whiffer will be sending out uh an
agenda and a Google meet on that. Uh it's the first meeting of our budget development. So uh it's you know rather important meeting. I uh spoke to Mr. Healey that I did receive just a really a couple of uh policies uh over the
break uh to bring forward. I'll be sharing those with policy committee and hopefully get them moving forward for a first reading at at the next meeting. And right now uh we don't have any other committee needs in the foreseeable future, but when you you will see
tenative committee meeting dates uh uh later this week. And again, I want to remind everybody and also for a new board member, you know, pencil those dates in. We don't believe in meeting where we don't have to meet, but those are the nights we'll strive to meet when we do have to meet. Okay. Um
PT Council was scheduled to meet tomorrow night that I just got word uh it's going to be rescheduled for the night of our next board meeting which is January 26th and we're going to do it at like 6:30 start
because normally the board rep and I are done in about 10 or 15 minutes and then we could jump right down to the meeting. But again, I'll be sending out all that information once committees and assignments are done. And that is it. uh for my report. Um you know, it's always
a bit of excitement to me when we come back in January. I know the semester really starts a new in February, but to me, January always feels like a a new beginning, you know, and uh everybody comes back with a little bit of of energy from the from the rest and uh off we go.
>> All right. Thank you, Mr. Uh questions or comments from board members? I have a question for the um student survey for 6 to 12. What other what else could be included in the co-curricular survey? >> What else >> like is important? Is it just like
clubs? Is it athletics? >> Uh anything any we we didn't want to say athletics because there really is an athletic program in grades six through eight, but anything that's considered co-curricular, extracurricular. And by the way, just so you're aware, we're sending the surveys to parents. uh we're
not gonna we it's voluntary, so we don't want to do it in school where a student feels like they have to do the survey. Uh we want to be anonymous, right? We don't want to feel like, oh, the teacher's looking over my shoulder. Um and we want parents to be aware of what they're being asked and if anybody has a question or they don't want to answer the survey, they don't have to. So,
that'll be going out to parents of grades 6 through 12. And some of the in in almost every area, just like it was with the parent survey and with the student uh the staff survey, excuse me, uh there are some open-ended sections where if there's something a person wants to add about counseling or about
academics or about clubs that you know the multiple choice questions don't they can put it in there. Okay, >> question. >> I just want to comment. I saw the surf over survey was about 34% return.
>> Yeah, pretty good. >> That's very good. We were told you get 20% of the surveys, you're doing well. I think we had about 23 on the parent survey and 44 on the faculty and staff. So, yeah, that was that was good. >> Thanks for calling. >> He doesn't go on the deal. Other
questions or comments? All right. Uh, hearing none, we'll move on to the report of the president. Um, sometimes I Jack and I have a running joke that sometimes like our minds think similarly. So, I am going to overlap with a couple things that Mr. Hurley
said. First off, to congratulate our re-elected board members, James Brayberry, Chris Ki, and to welcome Christina Kates. Um we're very excited to have you as a member of the board. Um I also want to thank the board for your trust and confidence in me for um asking
me to serve again as president and uh you know every year at this time it's that year that time of New Year's resolutions and reflecting and um you know we think about our own priorities and I think for me one of them is really
simple. uh do what I love and be allin because if I'm not it's not worth it. And one of the things I really appreciate is I feel like that's a commitment that's shared by this board. You know, you you do this because you enjoy it and you know the impact that we
have. Um and I'm grateful to be able to do this with you all and um and I realize how well we function together and uh with respect and collaboration and I don't take that for granted. Um, I want to recognize obviously our outgoing
vice president, Dennis Mone, whose calm and steady presence, accessibility, and quiet support set a strong foundation for more years actually than I was on the board because he was vice president under Kevin McClean as well as myself. Um, now that he's moved on, I am
genuinely excited to welcome James Spayberry as our new vice president. Uh, James, you bring energy, raw cander. That That's my diplomatic term for it. And a willingness to dig in and do the work paired with heart and deep care for
the community and the people we serve. And I'm confident that you're going to be thoughtful, humorous when needed, and an engaged partner in this role. And I'm really grateful to have your readiness to step up. Um, I also want to thank Jackie and Matt Whitford because, you know, as much as you say it's it's a
pleasure working with the board, um, makes this work more effective and pleasurable working with you both as well. Um, fun fact. So, I was doing a little house cleaning of my Google Docs and Google folders and I found a a
document I was looking to to purge and it was actually a document that I set uh that the week after uh I was asked to be board president. I don't know four or five years ago. I wrote down a few goals
that I had for the first year and I found them and they were typed up and there were seven of them and I thought you would get a kick out of knowing what my my seven goals were. My first goal was to run a successful board meeting. So you can see how I set the bar high. Uh
>> my second was to end board meetings in a timely manner. >> All right, we got there. >> Not not getting better. The third one still stumps me. remember all the board of ed rules and bylaws. Um, the fourth was don't mess up the
collective bargaining unit negotiations. The first year, I think it was RSA. I was very nervous about that. My fifth goal was to figure out Jack Hurley's style and flow and what a productive CSA and board president relationship was going to look like. Um, the sixth was
really about board voice and engagement and creating space for everyone to contribute, which meant I needed to talk less and listen more. Not sure how I've done. I've tried during board meetings. And the seven was really about humor and humility and trying to find the balance
of those things because some of the best leaders I've worked with, you know, that it really helps you to remember that we're volunteers and this work is human. All all the things that we do. um that no one here has more superpowers than another, but when we work together and operate as one team, we're really
successful. So, the last two goals seem much deeper than the first five. The first five were kind of like very uh um you know, nervous Nellyish, but uh anyway, I look forward to the year to come and and uh doing this with you all together. Uh two quick updates.
uh the board self-evaluation. I have seven out of nine folks who filled it out and I know that I'm one of them and Mr. Mazzone actually filled it out. Uh so we need two people to fill out the board self-evaluation who haven't. If you could please do it by this Friday,
that'd be great. Uh >> you have seven of nine. >> I have seven of nine. >> Oh, so you're counting Dennis. >> I'm counting Dennis. So you're missing one valve from the previous year. >> But you didn't fill it in. >> Say again. You said I filled it in. >> Oh, sorry. I thought I said you said something who didn't.
>> I I filled it in. So, and Christina, you don't fill this one in um since for last year. Uh so, I I can't see who's filled out what. So, that they are anonymous. So, uh and if you're not sure, what you can do is you can go in and you can just
hit submit without doing anything. Uh or you can open the link rather that I sent you and it'll say already submitted or it won't. That's the best way to do it. Um and uh this way we'll have um full 999 participation and then at the later
January meeting we'll go over in open session results of the board self-evaluation. U final thing like Mr. said um I had started to think about and put together what board committees might look like to hand over to the board president. So, left to right hand. Uh,
and in the next couple of days, um, we'll send that out to everyone here. Um, you all sent your preferences, current board members of different things. Mr. Kates, appreciate your openness to learning and growing as we uh had talked about. Um, so those will
be forthcoming. Um, I so yeah, so I I think they can start effective when they go out, which will be in the next day or two. Uh that's it for my report. Questions or comments? And and board committees also leazison assignments and so forth.
If you figure out what my style of flow is, let me know. Okay? Cuz I've been trying to figure that out. Um all right. Any questions or comments? >> All right. Uh >> oh, thank you,
Mr. Baby, >> just want to say thank you for everybody for the support. I don't get the >> but thank you. It means very humble. >> Like it man of few words. It's good. Keep things concise. Um no, thank you.
Feelings mutual. Uh all right. At 7:36 p.m. we're going to open the meeting to the public for any items related to the agenda this evening. Seeing our audience, I'm going to close the meeting at 7:36 p.m. and we're going to move on to new business where there's action to be taken. We will start with
personnel. Mr. Cole, I I actually looked in the wrong place. >> Um, good evening. Personnel did not meet this month and I'd like to move motions 1 through 18 at the recommendation of >> All right. Thank you. Do we have a
second? Mr. Spayberry, questions, comments, discussion on any of the personnel pieces? >> I was just uh seeing Coach A on here retiring was uh >> Yeah. U she is um has represented the
district and herself and the kids um uh so well in so many different arenas. Um I remember you know 20some years ago when uh I interviewed her as principal and um you just knew she was going to be a a breath of fresh air and um uh and
you know in the last couple years even taking on the role as REA co-president um she you know that that thing about you some people just get it you know she just gets it and uh so you know I wish her well and uh we're going to enjoy the last six months because she she is uh
someone who brings a lot of joy energy every day. >> Looking forward to that end of year celebration. I'm sure it's going to be a fun one. Um, no, I'm glad you brought it up, Mr. Ki. I echo your sentiments.
Uh, all right. Any other questions or comments? >> Um, I'm sorry. There is one under um I put my glasses on. And travel reimbursements. Uh, item number 18. Uh we can strike uh Mr. Whiffer for the
minutes. Uh Mr. Urseli, he is not going he's for me. He's not going to go to that uh workshop conference. >> So yep. Yep. >> Because he has something else he has to attend to. So uh we take that.
>> All right. Uh Mr. Woodford, please take >> Go back to uh alphabetical. >> Mr. Vgoian, >> yes. >> Miss Kates, >> yes. Ms. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ki, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Jones, >> yes. >> Dr. Rim,
>> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Los, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. We'll move on now to curriculum and instruction. Mr. Jones, >> thank you. We did not have a curriculum and instruction meeting uh recently and
there are three motions for by superintendent. I'm going to one through three. >> All right. Thank you. Do we have a second, Mr. Cole questions comments on curriculum and instruction hearing none. Mr. Woodford, please take
role. >> Mr. Piggo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ky, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Mr. Jones. >> Mrs. Jones. >> I'm sorry. >> Yes.
>> Dr. Rine. >> Yes. >> Mr. Spayberry. >> Yes. >> Dr. Lahi. >> Yes. >> Motion's car. Thank you. We'll move on now to finance. Mr. Bezosian. >> Good evening. Uh we did not have a meeting of the finance committee since our last full board meeting. Uh although we're meeting Monday. Uh tonight on the
agenda, we have five items uh put forth by the superintendent. I'd like to move motions one through five under finance. >> All right. Thank you. We have a second. >> Mr. Haley, uh questions, comments, discussion about finance?
All right. Hearing none. Mr. Clifford, please take role. >> Moden, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ki, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Jones, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Lah, >> yes.
>> Motion's carry. >> All right. Great. Thank you. We'll move on now to policy. Mr. Healey. >> Yes. Uh, we did not have a policy committee meeting since our last board meeting. Uh tonight there is one resolution as a second reading
two revised uh policy regulations and one new policy regulation listed. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh do we have a second? Mr. Cole questions comments about policy.
All right. Uh Mr. Whitford, please take a role. Mr. Mr. McGoan, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ki, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Jones, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr. Lahi,
>> yes. >> Motions carry. >> All right. Thank you. Uh, moving on to buildings and grounds. Mr. Spayberry. >> Good evening. Uh, I'd like to have my chair back. There's a breeze over here. Right. So the there is one motion uh three change orders to be uh recommended at
the recommendation of the superintendent like to put forth for uh approval. >> All right. Thank you. We have a second. Mr. Begoian questions or comments about these? >> Uh I have a just a comment not necessarily about here but I I do want
to say this. You know, during the U holiday break is one time a year that we shut the district down and everybody's off, right? Well, I think I spoke with Mr. Gamboa uh just about every day. Um and we had maintenance coming in and
custodians coming in. We had a a power outage on the 22nd over by Lincoln School uh that was in that area and we had kids in the building for before and afterare. We were all gone already. You're almost home. We had to get uh we had heating issues in a couple of
buildings. Uh we had um some other uh u issues with um uh alarm systems that were going off and not functioning correctly and trying to get you know a staff that's not in contractors and and companies that are on a holiday schedule and we got everything resolved pretty
much the same day it happened and um so you know and then our bus drivers who are taking our athletic teams to various tournaments. So you know they they deserve accommodation. I mean, uh, the restaurant was all with, uh, sugar plums in our head and they're here, you know,
trying to stop up problems and solve problems. So, I want to just congratulate and thank them for that. >> I know it's kind of off the agenda, but >> want to get >> operations never sleeps. That's it. M
>> about the uh, Lincoln school. Does these two items have to be completed or is it already installed? The fire alarm. >> The new telegraph and transmitter is replacing an old printer. So, it's how the district fire alarm corresponds with
the Burough Fire Department. Uh that's on order. I believe it actually has been installed already. Uh and the water bell uh water flow for the bell and additional attic stock is on order. Um no contract change. It's just using the allowable expenses. And that project is
our final project of the referendum from a few years ago. So once that is fully paid out, we can officially close out the uh referendum funds. >> So new fire alarms. >> New fire alarm has been >> active. >> Any other questions?
>> All right, hearing none. Mr. Woodford, please take role. >> Mr. Bgoian, >> yes. >> Mrs. Keates, >> yes. >> Mrs. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Ky, >> yes. >> Mr. Healey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Jones, >> yes. >> Dr. Rine, >> yes. >> Mr. Spayberry, >> yes. >> Dr.
Yes. >> Motions carry. >> All right. Thank you. Uh we're going to move on now to old business. Is there any old business, Mr. Jones? Starting with the booster dinner which was the day after um our last meeting. Mr. Ki,
uh Dr. Alotti, Mr. Boian, and myself all attended. Um it was always a good meeting. uh winter concerts. I did attend three of them. The high school one which included the band, uh
Pure Pond School, and Union. All excellent. Um I'm always amazed on how well the kids do and it's really only a couple months that just get started, but they really do a great job.
>> Excellent. Thank you for sharing that. Other old business >> M really >> to add to Mrs. Jones and Mrs. >> Excellent. >> Any other old business? Um I know often when you go to PTA meetings you report
at this time um when the list that Dr. A lot referred to comes out when liaison all that what will also out simultaneously with that I will send to the PT council president um any all the PTA liaison whe you know whether they've
changed or haven't changed they'll get the list to send to their president. So, uh hopefully if you um are not changing, you'll still be in contact with information about that. If you are changing, uh you know, you might want to reach out to either me or to the PTA
president in the building to just confirm that they got that message. Okay, >> sounds good. All right, legislative update. Mr. Jones, >> there is one This is
the assembly bill 4121. It actually was introduced in 24 but brought back uh in December of 11 this year and it is eliminates high school graduation proficiency test and that was
brought last April in in 20 actually two April ago 24 but and and it's our um Benjamin >> and two others
Uh, Virginia, sorry. Reynolds Jackson from Hunter and Mercer and Michelle, pardon me, mascotus from Middle Sex. >> So, I don't know where that's going to
go. >> Not sure where that's going to go either. Reynolds Jackson, Assemblywoman Reynolds Jackson is the chair of the education um um the uh committee of both the Senate and the Assembly people and she does have a lot of uh sway there. Uh
that's been getting kicked around now for a couple of years as you mentioned. Uh there's a lot of uh support for that, but there's also some people pushing back on that. Uh things move very slowly as we know. So we'll see where it goes. >> That's it for me.
>> All right. Thank you. Uh then at 7:48 p.m. we're going to open the meeting to the public for anything related to or not related to the agenda this evening. 7:48 p.m. we're going to close the meeting to the public. Uh we do have a need for an executive session to discuss
one student issue and one legal issue. Should be out about 10 minutes. >> Uh no action to be taken. Can I have a motion to go into executive session? James B, seconded by James S. All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Thank you.