##VIDEO ID:FdacGCElb8Q## presid and sent to all members of the Board of Education and to the Bergen Record in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act chapter 231 1975 at this time please be advised that all cell phones and electronic devices are to be turned off okay we are going to start off with the student representative reports mic drop just give thank you just test okay is it okay sorry about that good evening everyone um starting off with Washington School October was a very busy month they had their fir truck visit and their field trip to seor Farms on November 26 they're looking forward to their Thanksgiving feast and also the new elevator is complete and they are working on putting the finishing touches on it and the new classroom um Franklin school um um the kindergarten classes enjoyed a community field trip to the library post office police station and municipal building the students enjoyed meeting the community helpers and learning more about what they do the Saddlebrook fire department visited for fire prevention week they work closely with them to ensure our their fire drill procedures are safe and effective they celebrated week of respect and red ribbon we week emphasizing kindness empathy and healthy lifestyle choices they also honored their first Falcon of Falcons of the mon this award was presented to students who demonstrate the school Vision traits of responsibility kindness integrity and respect Andor have achieved academic success or growth October was a very busy month for Smith School as they focused on fire prevention the week of respect red webbon week and Halloween Smith had a visit from detective bak and detective paresi as they reviewed Online safety in fifth grade and their kindergarteners visited important spots throughout the community as Smith heads into November they are focusing on gratitude as a school Community Smith's PR Club has been working on interviewing new staff members and they are working hard to share why attendance matters on Smith School Instagram feed happy world kindness day everyone for long School October was a month filled with several important schoolwide initiatives including week of respect fire prevention week and red wom Ribbon week on Monday long School paid a memorable tribute to Veterans Day with our with their Heroes for Heroes event they invited family members of students who are veterans to attend this event which included an outdoor ceremony by the flag P featuring a schoolwide pledge of allegiance and Star Spangled Banner followed by Musical musical performance from their o group their sixth grade long leaders guided classroom visits and a special lunch lunchin of Heroes for Our Heroes was generously provided and organized by their PTO on Wednesday they celebrated World kindness day encouraging students to embody eye and kind and Inspire acts of kindness throughout out their Community all right on to the high school the high school PSAT day for 10th and 11th graders was on October 23rd both seniors and freshmen participated in a delayed opening schedule while the other students tested the senior breakfast on the 25th of October went successfully students smiled brightly for yearbook pictures and enjoyed a breakfast accompanied by their friends and seniors also were able to fill a time capsule with images and letters for their future selves Junior Honor Society National Honor Society and Service Learning Club amongst many others participated in a trunk Retreat to give local kids a positive and interactive Halloween experience whilst continuing to foster a healthy environment for the community the club and activity fair on Halloween had a huge turnout with the introduction of new and upcoming clubs while successfully maintaining the liveliness of the current ones on our week off for both election day and teachers conventions gave students the gave the second Market period of fresh start and students time to prep for the ramot instant decision day speaking of ripo instant decision day it came recently on November 12th and all 30 students who participated were accepted into Ramapo College all right on to the Middle School the middle school has been following the month of respect the faculty staff and students all were orange on October 16th for National bullying prevention on October 30th The Faculty staff and students all were read for drug abuse prevention react made cards and wrote cheerful notes that were included in veterans daycare packages and and also react in the seventh grade seminar teacher sponsored a variety of lessons and activities during red rib Ribbon Week that encourag students to maintain Healthy Lifestyles on October 23rd they had Lieutenant Mark Bach from the Saddlebrook Police Department speak with their seventh and eighth graders about intern Internet safety the students were engaged and asked a lot of questions thank you to our sleb police dep Department Middle School's been very very busy as on Halloween they had a biased crime presentation given by the berken county prosecutor's office the goal is to educate students on the negative bias and harsh consequences it may cause them in their communities it was very informative presentation okay and lastly there's lots to congratulate with Athletics um the first is the league tennis players second team Gianna freyan and honorable mention to Caitlyn Mendes girl soccer team was first players are Anton Antonio chatino Sophia Sarah Arlene Z Blake galenus and Nina belli second team players are nikaj Mia Zia Maggie Fanning and clar aadii honorable mention to man beer car congratulations to goalie claad who scored 100 sa and also a congratulations to coach Deandra Donado on being selected as the njic Liberty division coach of the year and a congratulations to our sbhs girls soccer team on winning the Liberty division championship going 10 to zero in League Play cross country first team Ali girls are olowski second team Rhea Thomas Raina Rodriguez and Kina Bok honorable mention to Adriana palano first team cross country boys is my partner Devin Thomas second team Nicholas Pinto honorable mention of Brian traversa and lastly First Team all league boys soccer Daniel damasi Damen terasa and Gabe sarapin second team Martin toiny and Damen Suz honorable mention to Sam ran congratulations to our boy soccer team on a great year they finished with 13 regular season wins which is the most in the school's history and a huge shout out to the sorg high school School head coach Chris alfery on recording his 100th career win as a head coach thank [Music] you thank you so much for their wonderful report okay Karen we're going to move on to the superintendence report Mrs violetti yes thank you yes okay so that I know that we have um some of our exemplary Falcons here with their families so we are going to do report the business administrator report then we will do the presentation for students who are present and after that we'll take a short minute break before we proceed with the remainder of the meeting so just so everyone knows the schedule for superintendent updates I just want to reiterate that long school they did a hero for Heroes for Heroes for Veterans Day and it really they did it was their first time doing it they collaborated with the PTO PTO hosted a beautiful Luncheon of Heroes for Our Heroes um and it turned out to be a beautiful day and the entire School gathered outside on the front lawn they said the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner then they went and had a musical production and then the long leaders which are some of our students there at long Memorial they actually hosted the veterans and took them to different classrooms so that way they can speak to our students and then after that they had the lunch in so I just wanted to congratulate long Memorial School because it was definitely a very positive event um in our district and involved our um community members as well which is really great I also wanted to share that we are offering as a district um once again youth Mental Health First Aid training for our parents in our community and we proud to say we received 24 responses so we do have 24 of our families that are participating in youth Mental Health First a training it's going to take place Wednesday December 11th and information was sent out to all of those 21st families that responded and they do half of the training at home and then half as in person on December 11th I also want to share that our parent partnership night our first one for this school year is next Wednesday November 20th it's going to be from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. here at the middle school high school if you recall we are aiming to have three parent partnership nights a year and the purpose of these is so that we're not asking our families to come out sporadically throughout the school year so we have one in the fall one in the winter one in the spring and that way we can really just share with our families what's happening in our schools so for this one next week we are going to have a session on AI for parents artificial intelligence um amplifying Dibbles which is our K to3 Ela program there'll be a session on that on Middle School Survival for our Middle School parents there'll also be a session on intro to high school to kind of let um inform our Middle School parents everything our high school has to offer there'll be a faf sub presentation um basic skills and title um money presentation common School Cal and cool school presentation which is on de-stressing techniques um for our parents to to support their children at their house alphab best is providing free child care you do have to register in advance I sent out that link today the sbaa will be present with some giveaways I believe they have tote bags and Rubik's Cubes is what I I hear um our ESS that we use for substitutes they're also going to be present to recruit any of our residents that wish to join their program and substitute um not only in our district but in other towns as well that use ESS as a reminder Wednesday November 26 7th is a single session day and then we're close that Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday and also December 9th through 12th is K to 6 parent teacher conferences so a reminder those are single session days for K to six buildings only and those signups for our families are going to be going out shortly thank you okay terrific thank you very much all right let's have the business administrator's report Mr Karate okay quick update on a few items the referendum is uh all the products are going well well some of the items that were working on as the students reported before Washington School elevator is uh pretty much in they're doing some finishing touches with it and it should get inspected and up and running hopefully by the end of the month um at this building middle school high school there's going to be a window replacement project uh to be started towards the end of December during the week off uh roof Replacements continued and they got a big chunk of uh a couple of buildings uh done we're going to be bidding for Washington ceiling and lights on the first and second floor in a couple of classrooms in December we're also going to bid for Washington Windows to start replacing them coolage school which will be the future board offices is currently underway and moving along quite well was there today and both floors are sheetrocked and the drop sealings are being put in and things are moving the elevator there uh projected to be in like February March so our move in would be sometime in the spring summer uh um phase two of the front of the high Middle School High School uh will be done uh this upcoming summer and happy to report that the uh artificial turf field project began on Monday November 11th and should take a couple months and be roll in before the spring season um other grants for projects we I've stated before here the school Development Authority you know we got approved for some grants for boilers and HVAC work we're been for the borders now there was 10 of them uh two at Washington which we were hoping one of them uh would last this winter but it did not so we had emergency uh replacement of one of them and that got installed in the last two weeks and is up and running um so we'll be bidding for nine boilers um to be done this summer and the last item was we did have an election beginning of November and there were board members on an election there wasn't a contest so uh I'll just read the the board member and the votes was Regina barali 2750 votes I think this is still unofficial though but Victoria torbic 3243 and Haley Traverso 3,910 and that concludes my report okay congratulations to our board members again I'm so happy that you're with us still okay all right so we're going to move on to the presentation now we're going to stay here [Music] okay okay welcome everybody how's that okay um so welcome to our community members who came today our families so what we started doing was in the past our High School Host did a falcon of the week and our Middle School does it as well and it kind of just grew a little stagnant we decided to switch things up and instead host exemplary Falcons at our Board of Education meetings where we can share all our great students with our members of our board and our entire community so what I'm going to do is what I what I did do was I sent out so we we send out a form to our staff to kind of nominate students to be exemplary Falcons so they nominate somebody and then I send out a form a document to all of the staff across the district so that that way they can share um things that they're proud of for each of the students so that's what I'm going to do is read read what all of the staff shared um about each student and then I'm going to call the student up we have a falcon of the week shirt because we we had a whole box so we're going to use them all and then we will take a photo and then at the end we'll take a photo of everybody and then we will have a short five minute break for everybody to kind of recess okay I'm going to start with Ashley asera Ashley is the second on my senior roster but she is often the first for everything else the first to send in a brag sheet to request a meeting to apply to college and to ask for a pep talk she frequently emails me for help or stops by my office in addition to being extremely driven Ashley is also not afraid to ask for questions or help of all my seniors I can honestly say she is the most on it I believe her strong sense of self coupled with her vision and ambition makes her worthy of this nomination and thus she should be considered I taught now these are different staff members by the way I taught Ashley her freshman year in Saddlebrook Ashley is a hard worker she is patient and caring Ashley is the type of person everyone wants to be on their team she considers others thoughts but she is not afraid to share her own ideas Ashley is currently in my AP Spanish class she is diligent organized and always giving 100% in class she participates well and is a great a great classmate I have the the pleasure of teaching math to Ashley as a third grader even back then she was an amazing person Ashley was always focused and greeted you every day with a bright smile and a great attitude I am so glad to hear that she's receiving this honor I taught Ashley in fifth grade and even as a young Falcon she was always a bright late she was Dependable hardworking friendly and full of positivity I am so proud of her and happy to hear she is soaring so Ashley Aero please come on down Take a [Music] Picture Perfect all right thank you perfect next up is Deanna Deanna pronounce your last name for me thank you turbas Dean Deanna turbas okay Deanna is an extremely motivated kind and caring student her ability to lead comes quite naturally de attended Hobie during the summer into her junior year she made such an impression with her leadership AB abilities that they invited her to act as a Hobie junior staff person this past summer Dian also has a passion for Learning and is fascinated by people while grades matter to Diana her Focus is on learning something new she goes over and Beyond in her educational Endeavors Dianna is a positive a positive person whose drive and excitement for life is infectious I had the privilege of teaching Diana when she was in fourth grade her recent recognition as an exemplary Falcon does not surprise me in the least as she has consistently demonstrated strong leadership qualities Deanna is a dedicated hard worker and a loyal friend who strives tirelessly to achieve her goals I have had the pleasure of witnessing her growth over the years even being included in her sweet 16 I am incredibly proud of Dianna and all that she has achieved she continues to impress me with her unwavering determination and her ability to excel I have no doubt that Diana will continue to do amazing things and I look forward to seeing her future successes I got to know Diana when she was in sixth grade she always had a positive attitude and put forth effort in all she did I don't think I ever saw her without a smile she was a dedicated student who is focused on what needed to be done so happy she's been being recognized as an exemplary student it is well deserved Mr beus would be the student that I would pick to lead a mock trial team in my English 10 class in fact one anecdote is em is emblematic of Diana while reading The Crucible the mock trial teams compete with each other although her team had wrapped up their trial when the lead attorney was absent at a critical time in the opponent's presentation Dianna stepped up and volunteered to pinch hit with a moment's notice allowing allowing everyone who is present and prepared to go on this is the very type of thing that has earned her the respect of not just her teachers but her peers congratulations come on [Applause] [Music] down thank you [Music] okay next up is claraa Sai Clara is an absolute role model I have had the pleasure of teaching her twice in high School her work eepic is unmatched and she is extremely insightful and creative most importantly she is an amazing human being she is not only respectful but she is extraordinarily kind and caring to everyone she encounters as her teacher I was truly blessed to have the opportunity to teach her and get to know what a wonderful person she is it is difficult not to smile when she is in your presence Clara is very determined in her passions Clara pursues higher level of thinking classes through honor in AP courses at Saddlebrook high school but has also taken courses at Bergen Community College to prepare for her college career she is very bright and enjoys learning new material every day if she has questions she is not afraid to ask either in class or after school but make sure to express her gratitude claraa works very hard to improve when she en encounters something she finds difficult she asks questions and she has been very involved within the school Community as a player on the girls varsity soccer team found of the chess club and members of multiple honor societies meanwhile outside of school Clara has held two steady jobs she is a driven worker and takes advantage of opportunities when offered Clara is intrinsically motivated she is always seeking to challenge herself Clara is also a kind and caring student who can always be counted on to lead by example and with Grace Clara is a genuine and dedicated student athlete who leads with integrity and respect ECT she is both motivated and disciplined and her effective communication matched with her energy and work ethic has created one driven leader I have the pleasure of having Clara in fifth grade and I'm so happy to hear of her accomplishments she has always been self-driven responsible and determined to get the job done all with a smile and a positive attitude congratulations Clara come on down [Music] okay Susie you're up I have known Susanna for just about two months and I am already extremely impressed with her character and work ethic her energy and enthusiasm make any classroom a fun learning environment she is extremely creative and has a passion for learning my day is not complete if she is not in my classroom she always leads with her respect foot first she is always willing to help anyone her smile is so bright we do not need to put the hallway lights on her energy is infectious the Ultimate Falcon boiano has I called her at LMS was the kind of student that was always willing to help out others without any hesitation she was constantly ready to help not only students but if I needed help as well I can honestly say that I never saw her angry or upset always with the smile on her face what a great student she has a million dooll smile and kindness to match I was lucky to have her as a student zuie is truly a player for team success with her attitude and mindset she always Embraces challenges and strives for continuous Improvement zuzi is a responsible student athlete who is an effective role model with passion work ethic and communication zuie is such a bright light in the Saddlebrook Community her smile lights up a room she radiates positivity you can smile and respect she is a dedicated student she is genuine empathetic and kind to all she encounters Susanna is an Exemplar role model to all around her she works hard at everything and it shows her Sweet Disposition makes her a friend to all zuzi recently voted in by her peers to be president for the class of 2026 earned the only public speaking award last year because not only was she a fabulous presenter but she knew how to be a good audience member whenever I had someone who was nervous to present I would tell them to find susine the audience many students told me that her reassuring smile eye contact and head nods would give them the courage to go on when it was her turn to speak in the auditorium with a mic and slides in front of a large audience Susie shared an INSP ational and personal story that brought the house down young men and women alike were literally all in caps brought to tears yes her story was good but it was the courage and her delivery that connected with the audience congratulations ezy Kanda congratulations [Music] okay Julia Julia kran the ultimate role model kind compassionate respectful hardworking and a supportive classmate I would be neglectful if I did not include this story I had a student teacher last year who is struggling early with the delivery of her lessons and being nervous in front of the class one day one of the lessons didn't go so well because the student teacher was extremely nervous Julia approached the student teacher at the end of the lesson and reassured her that she did a great job and that she learned a lot while the student teacher was still visibly upset Julia gave her a hug I was absolutely Blown Away by her sense of compassion and understanding I've been teaching for over 25 years and that was by far one of the greatest moments I witnessed in my teaching career Julia has been a model student all around she was the board of EP rep last year she does the Pledge morning announcements and is someone that we can call on regularly when we need a student to represent the high school Julia is a kind compassionate and accepting to all of her peers she is a leader and a positive role model and a friend to others at LMS Julia helped bring an author activist model author activis model to our school her dedication to a cause is impressive that is just one example of her amazing potential Julia is an exceptional role model she gives it her all no matter what she is doing she has a love and a care for the Earth and the environment around us she cares for the well-being of others in our high school public speaking elective Julia excelled not just because she is articulate and presents well Julia prepares last spring Julia applied for a sports broadcasting internship with the minor league baseball team she got the job but what impressed me was how much she prepared we had already completed a mock interview unit in class but Julia came every day at lunchtime for a week to practice for the upcoming interview she pred me to ask her tough questions she researched the company and not surprisingly she got the job congratulations [Applause] [Music] Julia I know my son calls me a grandma now all right and our final exemplary Falcon AA VCA AA transferred in at the beginning of 10th grade and has shown more school pride than some Saddlebrook lifers she's actively involved in all aspects of school life and most recently worked in the office during the summer she's a student that we call on regularly to represent the school whether it's to give tours or help out at parent events aaya is a positive force within the school she's always looking for a way to make the school better and takes advantage of every opportunity available AA is a such a positive young woman always with a smile on her face she works hard asks questions and helps others in need she shows real school spirit and pride in her school AA was my tomorrow's teacher for a brief time at the beginning of this year she was warm and caring she showed up and jumped in without hesitation I wish I could have had her for the entire year she connected with her students and no matter if she's with us or not she's always part of our class family congratulations are you to come on [Applause] [Music] down okay so I actually did not prepare anything to say but I do just want to comment on each of these students because I did I have gotten to know them so Ashley and Clara I knew from Franklin School I feel like I've watched them grow I am very proud of both of you and I've not surprised at all to see you being honored as an exemplary Falcon so congratulations I know Dean I got to know you when you were um working with Mr M and AA over the summer I know that um when you know when when the students work over the summer they hear a lot of our band were back and forth so I know that I know that that happened and Julie iula over last school year especially with the Board of Ed um representative I'm just so proud to be your superintendent and be able to honor you today so at this time I gave I Gave You All Size Smalls I do have some mediums here just in case you want a medium I am going to ask you all to come up so I can take a group picture and then we'll break for five actually we can break for five minutes that okay we'll make a motion to break after the picture we'll make a motion to break now that way I can take a picture can I have a motion to Res second all accepted okay how that was any e e e e e e e e all right can I get a motion to reconvene the meeting second all in favor I okay any opposed all right okay ladies and gentlemen we're going to begin with our meeting okay so um can I get a motion to open the meeting to for public comment for agenda items and policies only motion second all in favor I any opposed would anyone from the community like to speak for agenda items only and policies okay all right okay can I have a motion to close the meeting to the public second all in favor any opposed okay all right so we're going to start with board action items we have P I'm sorry B 24257 through b 242 24.9 can I have a second second second okay does anyone have question or discussion before yes question sure on uh b2425 one9 was that discussed Monday yeah okay so I'm probably going to from that okay thank you welcome anything else okay let's do roll call Mr Karate Mr laurentino yes M rolloff yes Miss toric yes Mr Traverso yes Miss zelli yes Mr tramando uh yes to all except for B2 42519 I'm going to abstain from that re M barali yes Mr orello yes M yes okay education and curriculum uh Miss Traverso at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items e 24252 4 through e24 2534 can I have a second second okay any discussion or questions I'll share the point two4 field trip request we have um I'll just highlight some our music department going taking overnight to Boston Massachusetts every couple years to um they will do a bigger trip to participate in a music festival we have um our glamour gals clubs a lot of our clubs at the Middle High School are Glam glamour gals clubs our special ed classrooms um lifetown um they they have a title Grant this year or for title schools we're able to visit lifetown at no cost so that's on here um those are some of the those are some of the bigger ones and then 025 is a course proposal for advanced algebra and financial applications that course proposal is for a thirdy year Math course for students that may be struggling in math but they still want a third-year math to have on their transcript um then 26 is our program of studies that's being approved for next school year already that's at all the classes that we offer at our high school and that's because our scheduling process is going to be starting soon for our high school students for next school year we have the spring musical that's scheduled for March 14th to 16th this coming spring that's 27 and then we have a couple deleted openings and that's for testing so one of our district goals is to increase our student performance um academically at the on the State Testing so one of the ways that what this is one of the strategies that we're using is to really focus have the entire building be focused on the testing and instead of having testing being dragged on throughout the entire testing window which is typically a month and a week or a month and two weeks because we are now a onet toone district we're able to test within one full week and that way we get we we have one week of testing three Ela two math and we're able to get it done so it's not dragging on for an entire month and a week um so those delayed openings would be for students that are not testing in the buildings so at the elementary schols that would be students in grades K to2 they would have a delayed opening while all the other students that are testing would come at regular time um and same thing for middle school high school so the students that are not testing would have that delayed opening and then that enables us to have the recommended two staff um Personnel in each testing classroom environment um and to really make sure that we are fully focused and doing our best on the test and then the 34 is another oh 33 are the esy dates those are being approved for next School year staff will report June 25th and then the um program will run from June 30th into until July 31st so essentially the month of July um including June 30th and not on Fridays Monday through Thursday so that's for the esy program this coming summer and then point 34 is another course proposal it's an elective for next school year it's architecture and CAD which is computer aided design and it's um the our 21st century courses here at the high school the electives are very well represented um and lighted by our student population so this is another elective for them to choose from okay I quick question on that um just to clarify so the students in that one week of testing if you have to do makeup testing that won't affect no correct okay good we have Personnel enough Personnel okay all right very good all right any other questions any comments all right roll call please Mr BR Mr laurentino yes M rolloff yes Miss toric okay yes but for e 24252 4 under the field trips I need to abstain from number 68 number 72 through 76 and number 81 okay M Traverso yes Miss Elli yes mamando yes M barali yes Mr ello yes M Mello yes okay budget and finance Mr oando sure at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items B24 5.33 to BF 24254 can I have a second thank you okay any questions or discussion I'll share some of the professional development um I want to just you know remind that everybody that one of our goals that I just said was to increase our student academic performance with that comes our New Jersey tiered system of supports model that we utilize across the district so for the board for those of you that are not in educations what that means is we have three tiers and they always use a triangle so the tier one is at the bottom and those are the supports that every single student receives across our District those are tier one supports tier two would be a little bit less in the middle of the triangle and those are some students those are those students that may receive a little bit more something a little bit extra like a basic skills class or a small an extra small group reading section um something to that effect just a little bit extra a little bit of a more support and then at the top of the triangle that would be tier three and those are our students that receive a little bit more intensive supports such as maybe one-onone or two onone reading instruction or math instruction um maybe four days a week as opposed to where tier two would' have it two days a week so something to that effect so with that said in the professional development you'll see there's some some of our staff are attending a session called supporting our students through tier one interventions and some iron arrest ones that the county is hosting so our iron arest meetings that's where we meet as a team in each building um along with the parents of the student and we create an action plan and we develop a goal for that student and then we have some interventions on that action plan for our staff and our parents to complete and we progress monitor that so every 6 to 8 weeks we'll meet again and we'll see how those interventions are going if they need to be revised and how we're doing so continue with that initiative and really providing supports to all of our students those are some of the professional developments sessions that you'll see we're sending our um staff to or in Gillingham we're sending a bunch of our staff to that morphology plus program some of those were approved last time we have one or two on this one um texo which is a convention PE gam and music teacher professional development dice we have a lot of our teachers are starting to really collaborate with their peers and colleagues um in order to develop you know in order to kind of expand their array of instructional strategies and activities so we thank them for that okay quick question on that so the Orton Gillingham will that be TurnKey to the other no that's when they receive their certificate so it's a week long it's the Intensive okay it's the Intensive okay and how many of our other staff members have that I would have to check we have a handful right now across the district that have it um but we're also sending most of our I believe most of our special education teachers were sending to this one okay that's good all right glad to hear that okay any other questions okay roll call please Mr laurentino I'm to vote yes to all but under pf24 2533 I'm going to abstain from checks 5578 and 59 50 and then under BF 24253 6 I'm going to abstain from numbers 42 48 and [Applause] 53 M rol yes to all but I'm going to from b253 Che number 6669 M tbic yes to all but under BF 2425 point33064 from check number 661 192 M Traverso yes to all but with regards to bf2 42533 I will abstain from 66 check number sorry 66149 M zelli yes to all except under BF 2425 do335 7 Mr roam yes [Laughter] M barelli yes to all but I am abstaining from bf2 42533 check number 66178 Mr rello yes to I'll accept BF 24253 3 I'm abstaining from check number 66168 and Miss Zell yes all but I'm going to abstain and BF4 2533 check number 66163 check number 66 164 check number 5500 and check number 5867 thats we know who's buying drinks everybody gets that wait wait I still have another one not in checks sorry um and then in BF4 42536 I'm going to abstain from um item numbers 53 and 58 yes to everything else what's left there's a lot of other numbers well check's pass there in case anybody was keeping track of the numbers they're just for various reimbursements they're not bonuses to the Board of Education okay um let's go to facilities and operations Miss torbet at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following item f242 5.4 can I have a second second okay done thank you had lot there to talk about all right any questions or discussion on the report it's linked thanks for the link welcome no we're good okay did you have a questions okay no I just um all right let's do roll call Mr laurentino yes Miss Roloff yes Miss toric yes M Traverso yes Miss Elli yes M Ram yes Miss barali yes Mr arelo yes missell yes that was easy okay uh negotiations we have a an amendment there right yeah so that Mo that motion we're going to withdraw and and move it to December I don't have the document yet okay I have nothing to report okay all right so then we're going to move on thank you uh to Personnel Mr laurentino at the recommendation of superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items p2425 29 through p2425 36 okay can I have a second second second sorry that's any questions discussions comments 2 42529 um Miss Julia Lee we wish her the very best uh in her future Endeavor she is one of our school psychologists she's um resigning at this time and then also 2 425.31 we have number one is the Spanish teacher at our for high school so high school Spanish teacher um number two is a par professional number three is the guidance secretary position to take the place of Joyce burn because Joyce burn is moving over to the executive assistant to the superintendent position um Friday is Gina galvin's last day in our district and Joyce burn will be starting on Monday and hold on I'm not done yet um 242 5.32 the sitiens you'll see some of the clubs that were approved um you'll see stiens for our staff to lead those clubs and then you'll also see number nine as Howard Schuman returning as an assistant indoor track coach our track there's a dedication plaque for him outside he started here and he was at Academy of Holy Angels and now he's coming back to coach our students with Mr Sone so coming full circle then we have let's say 34 is one of our students that graduated last school year and he's coming back to do 10 hours of observations for his educational program at at his college um here at our high school 35 is a Monclair State Unity student for a clinical internship in High School counseling and then 36 is a fairly Dickinson student for a preschool uh field observation experience so we're excited to host all of these upcoming future Educators in our district and if I may on p2425 31 ID one and two I need to still fill in the budget account number I'll have that done by the time you get the minutes in December okay any other discussion questions good okay roll call please Mr Mr laurentino yes M rolloff yes M Tor toric yes Miss Traverso yes Miss Elli yes Mr ramond yes Miss barali yes Mr rello yes Miss Zello yes all but M p2425 32 I'm going to to abstain from item number two and nine yes to everything else okay okay okay now we're going to move on to committee reports um budget and finance Mr akamondo uh unless I was not here for that unless Mike has it or I could just review a c yeah yeah I'm sorry M I know your name's on here but I know Mr aam unfortunately couldn't come do you okay do we have a you want go ahead try winging it yeah the budget and finance was an excellent meeting last week we uh opened up preliminary discussions for the 2024 2025 budget and we look forward to Future meetings where we will discuss more budget items thank you that was a good one did you want to that was his did very good on the Fly nice are we good with that okay all right um facilities and operations home okay want me to say anything hav't Michael do it which one facility fa well it was a couple weeks was a couple weeks yeah I mean pretty much the facility committee met on was October 29th and uh we reviewed the projects for that were in the 2425 budget which of them most of them have been completed already I told you about the borders before the referendum projects and the items that were on the agenda like the maintenance plan and I think that it yep I basically we reviewed prior to coming out discussing it with the public what he was informing the board what was going on so now the the community knows as well okay uh negotiations we do you have anything right we haven't okay policy roll off yep um we had a policy meeting on October 29th we looked at the student use of vehicles on the school grounds and we decided to keep it the same way we discussed the district's PL to relocate the bike racks at the middle school high school to another side to the other side of the fence because it's now on the outside by the parking lot um we will update our unmated aircraft policy to permit drones during athletic events we updated our petty cash policy and we deleted the Community Schools so we increased the middle school high school from 100 to 300 we spoke about board committees and discussed how best to move forward with the different board committees um the unmanned aircraft and petty cash policy will be on the December's agenda for first reading perfect thank you so much you're welcome okay so let's move on to liaz arm reports I'm going to start off Miss zelli do you have anything for no there was no meeting why there was no meeting okay do you have oh I'm going to move on with the other reports first before we go to PTO ptas okay um Education Foundation y we do okay hold on okay so um the Education Foundation has launched it's Dave and Busters fundraiser where you can buy your Dave and Busters digital card the more they sell the more Dave and Busters will donate the link is on their Facebook page that's it okay very good all right Mr Traverso CPAC do you have anything no I have nothing okay all right we do not have anything for Township liaison meetings all right so we're going to move on to the PTO PTA um I'm going to start back with Miss Elli with Franklin School yes ma'am okay Franklin School had their P meeting last night several things were discussed the upcoming events were including today's Prismatic laser show kindness Quest it was in honor of national kindness day and the PTO sponsored that the PTO sponsored for all Franklin students they celebrated the success of the Halloween Spooktacular which had over 100 students in attendance and noted that two recent snack sales on 104 and and 1111 were very successful planning is also underway for the holiday shop and this sounds pretty cool and The Polar Express event where they're hoping to be able to decorate a school bus and then take the students on a tour of the holiday lights for the town I love that additionally they're in the process of using Scholastic dollars earned from the last book sale to purchase items for each Home Room teacher the Franklin PTO is also purchasing adaptive music recorders for students with dexterity challenges and that concludes their report that's a great report okay it is that was a good report um Smith School Mr agam do you have a report for us okay um thank you to all of the students and families who participated in the readathon students read a total of 47,1 14 minutes and raised over $10,000 uh they have added holiday shirts to their spirit wear spirit wear um you can find the link on Smith school's website to order original Works work orders are due Monday November 18th items will be delivered to the school before the holiday break I can't see our next restaurant night is scheduled at bubo's on Thursday November 21st uh save the date for uh breakfast with Santa we will host our event on Saturday December 14th at the Applebees and Garfield uh their next PTO meeting is on Tuesday November 19th at 700 p.m. on zoom and Happy Thanksgiving they says oh that was very nice um okay uh long School Miss traversa do you have voice yes that was meig long school had their meeting last night as well and at the same uh right before that sorry the sixth grade committee also met there the sixth grade does various things throughout the year to help offset their course for some of the end of the year events for that grade they are doing host they are hosting snack sales on half days and we be continuing to do so throughout the school year there is they are also hosting a breakfast at the pamis Applebees for LMS families on Sunday December 1st tickets are $10 per person LMS families are asked to register via the Google form found on the LMS PTO website all other additional information for sixth grade fundraisers can be found on the same website previous programs picture day took place on Monday October 21st uh personally I'm aware that they came in this week retakes are still being determined retake dates are being determined their annual Trunk or Treat event for LMS families took place on Friday October 25th a big thank you goes out to chairperson Giani luchano for his planning organization leadership and attention to detail thank you to all the families who decorated a trunk Halloween class parties took place on Thursday October 31st after the Halloween parade PTO provided the pizza for all students and staff class parents provided additional treats gifts and entertainment yesterday the LMS PTO held a dine to donate fundraiser at two of the quas locations 25% of purchas are being donated back to the PTO thank you to all families that participated their Spirit sales continue please visit the website in order to order there are many new designs on the website David's cookies and cheesecake fundraiser orders will be delivered on November 22nd holiday Workshop will take place on December 3rd 4th and 5th students will have an opportunity to shop for their friends and family holiday class parties will take place on Friday December 20th which is our half day prior to break the PTO will provide pizza for all students and staff class parents will provide the additional treats gifts and entertainment as a friendly reminder LMS PTO members can join our Facebook page all LMS families and staff are encouraged to visit our website which is kept up to date with all upcoming events fundraisers meetings Etc as a note here and they send a special thank you out to myself for attending and helping out at the fall book fair for Scholastic um attending the heroes for Heroes and helping out there I'm going to throw that back at LMS because without our staff principal Miss Mansfield parents volunteers and our PTO board none of this would happen without you so thank you and thank you all for being here tonight very LMS PTO would like to take a moment to thank anybody who has supported the fundraisers and events special extra thanks to all our volunteers and a Happy Thanksgiving to all very very nicely put okay I will have to say I would like to say that I think it's really nice how much the PTO and the ptas are doing in the elementary level it's it's really outstanding and it's very much appreciated so I want to extend my thank you to them um okay we're going to continue I have nothing for the middle school high school PTO and we have nothing for Washington okay so then we're going to move on to correspondence do we have any none none okay all right let old business anything for old business no I just have one item okay go ahead so I I didn't put on The Bard I mentioned the border before Wasing School you were all emailed the the cost and everything I do need to put that on the agenda I mean it's done anyway we had it do as emergency contacted the county office the Auditors uh attorney um so in December I'll just put the action on just so it satisfies the Auditors that it they made it there okay thank you all right okay you vote no I rip it we're going to vote now all right new business through the chair I have two things okay at what point would a class be split what is the maximum students there's a policy let I I don't want to misspeak okay can I get back to you on that I need to Absolut we have a policy for that and the second thing is I don't remember this I was there but I'm not going to debate it is there a change to the kindergarten program for um gradu ation because people are saying they didn't call names they did one school didn't another didn't and moving forward they're not going to be calling their names that I have not heard each school does do it a little differently someone did stop me the other day to ask me if we were getting rid of kindergarden celebrations but we are we are not um I think that maybe there was some confusion because it was always called a graduation we kind of moved away from graduation because they're not moving to a different building they're just moving down the hall but we are not getting we're not getting rid of kindergarten celebrations um I don't know what they're going to look like next year I I've not been part of that conversation but I've not heard um each school has always done it differently so it's never been the same at each of the three schools thank you anything else there was a chair mhm I don't know if it's just me but uh Devin here has a an awesome um voice for like radio or something I don't know but good job and uh as far as the teacher showing up for the students that's great thank you um also there was a car show a couple weeks ago that the the SBR Angels did and I just wanted to say it was was awesome was great so um and there's a I don't know if you guys know but by long school on on uh which is that floral there's an awesome Dominican little restaurant over there I don't know if you there yet but you got to try it oh is it new did it just open up recently they're from Saddlebrook the family sad but it opens up recently yeah the food is the gelato they got a secret menu too so I the food is really good thank you there you go there's our new place okay let me zip okay um one other thing just Happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there um I do want to add one other thing if I may um I want to say congratulations to coach D for Coach of the Year this would be I believe her fourth time so she is an outstanding person she's an outstanding coach I think we're very lucky to have her all of our coaches but she is amazing and um I just want to say congratulations to her and very welld deserved so absolutely okay um all right anything else for new business all right so then I can I have a motion to open up the meeting to the public for comments second okay um any opposed okay uh does anyone want to speak okay can I have a motion to close motion second did you appro time all right um can I have a motion to close the meeting second okay all right so where is the board of educ a must discuss matters which are not appropriate for discussion in a public meeting and whereas the subjects are within the exceptions of the open public meetings act and are permitted to be discussed in closed session pursuant of the njsa 104-1 12b and whereas the Board of Education intends to discuss matters as follow one HIV case where the length of the closed session is estimated to be 15 minutes after which the public meeting of the board shall reconvene and action will not be taken now therefore be it resolved that the Board of Education will recess into closed session for only the afford said subject and be it further resolved that the Board of Education hereby declares that its discussion of the for said subjects will be made public at a time when the Public's interest in disclosure is greater than any privacy or governmental Interest being protected from disclosure in accordance with the open public meetings act good night everyone all in favor Happy Thanksgiving I all in favor okay have a great Thanksgiving