##VIDEO ID:ZW5xLk5miCs## [Music] I'd like to call this meeting to order okay roll call please Mr Kate m roam present M barali pres Mr arello Melo present Mr laurentino present Miss rolloff here miss toric present Miss Traverso here belli here please stand for the pledge allegiance IED Alle to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all who C their adequate notice of this meeting has been sent to all members of the Board of Education and to the Bergen Record in accordance with the provisions of the open 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're going to start off this evening with the student representative report is it on no it's on it's on it's on you just need to talk louder good okay sorry good evening everyone we're going to start off tonight with Washington School in November Washington had its annual Thanksgiving feast and it was a huge success and they had many parent volunteers come help to facilitate the PTO had been very active over the last year and the Washington school is very grateful for them in all they do Washington School teachers continued to use the creative curriculum to teach different units of study in November two of those studies were trees and balls the teachers use many different methods to bring these lessons to life including building life-sized trees in their classrooms and playing all different kinds of games with balls learning through movement and play is one of their favorite things to do the children learn hand eye coordination balance catch and throwing turn taking rules of games and so much more in December they look forward to parent teacher conferences a holiday shop where the students can shop for holiday gifts for their families their holiday concert which the teachers are working with diligently to coordinate as well as their cookies with Olaf event where the students from the middle school high school sale program will bake cookies and come read with them as always lots of exciting things are happening at the preschool and for long School recently long school has celebrated gratitude they held SE lessons which highlighted self-awareness and the power of gratitude students then Express gratitude through recognizing their strengths achievements and the contributions of others from heartfelt messages to a collaborative gratitude quilt students in all grade levels participated in meaningful activities and presented in assemblies with their work displayed throughout the building in December they enjoyed their annual holiday gift shop giving special thanks to their dedicated PTO for their assistance this week parents are invited in for a parent teacher for parent teacher conferences which is a great way for their teachers to collaborate and build on Partnerships with their families as long School looks forward to their winter Spirit Week the week of December 16th they wish the Board of Education and the entire sadur Community a joyous holiday season Smith School had the second annual balloons Over Broadway event the day before Thanksgiving this is a great new tradition which incorporates many subjects all grade levels and a ton of teamwork the students are quite creative December has been a busy has been busy with trimester one ending parent teacher conferences this week and the PTO running the holiday store Smith students are excited for the theme days next week is 2024 wraps up and lastly Smith wishes everyone a happy and healthy New Year towards the end of last month Franklin school's student council organized a Thanksgiving food collection the council was able to collect a total of 296 items this month Franklin School opened a brand new sensory room the Falcons Nest which is designed to promote a positive School culture and climate in supporting students health and well-being this space provides a safe environment where students can be supported to Cal and regulate therefore optimizing learning and participation in the school environment they also honored their Falcons of the month this award was presented to students who demonstrate the school Vision traits of responsibility kindness integrity and respect and or have achieved academic success or growth 297 items as for the high school later this week the high school will be holding instant decision days with William Patterson and fairly dickin University good luck to the students who are participating the day before Thanksgiving break high school students participated in an seal day students were able to choose their activities so they would have a common exciting day students were able to be placed with their friends while they participated in Array of unique and fun activities High School parents were able to participate in a FAFSA informational session held in the media center this month the turnout was great with dozens of parents participating to learn more about FAFSA if you were unable to make the meeting the presentation is located on the high school website throughout the months of December and January sophomores are participating in team Mental Health Training sessions take place during the students gym periods the high school would like to extend a big congratulations to the Juniors and seniors who inducted into the National Honor Society on December 3rd congratulations on this big achievement for the Middle School the react Club partnered with Bergen County Animal Shelter to provide items on their wish list the the Club collected and delivered toys treats pet food and blankets for the animals at the shelter parent partnership was a great night the Middle School hosted a session Middle School Survival thank you to thank you to miss coffee Mr Box Miss Arnold and Miss Frost for an informative workshop for the Middle School parents the Middle School Wellness day there was an assembly called Limitless Limitless You by Lisa she talks about having confidence in yourself and believing in yourself and on half of the middle school they wish everyone a happy holidays and lastly all of our information regarding Sports we're going to start off with the volleyball honors First Team all league first team volleyball player Gabriella Bruce second team Marin CIS and Stella kahil solik with an honorable mention to Deana Joe's a huge shout out to Stella cahil solic on reaching 500 career assists and Marin CIS on reaching 100 kills and lastly congratulations to coach Sandra Myers this season coach reached her 100th victory remark First Team all League football players Kyle vukovich Jayden gatus Nicholas viello and Dylan cello second team was Lucas lamante TJ Fillin John Carlo gross and Anthony way and an honor honorable mention of Colin Taylor and demetry Clark lastly congratulations to Nina belli and Clara Saudi for being selected to play in the njic senior girls soccer showcase and Damen terasa on being selected to the boys soccer County All-Star game thank you okay thank you so much for that report um tonight we're gonna actually go to the business administrators report before the superintendent report okay thank you just a few items um this past Monday the district's annual Financial audit began and I expect them to be reviewing the records over the next two weeks the 2526 budget is underway and being built right now the administrators are will be spend their budgets lat later this month the district has several um products with the state where we budgeted for 60% the state will pay 40% that involve replacing uh nine boilers we have at least one in each building and those bids are on tonight's agenda HVAC upgrades at Franklin and Smith will be the next project that we will be working on as for the referendum projects the main athletic field work started on November 11th and the contractor has made great progress and the field is almost ready for the actual artificial field Turf they'll work on the light poles and bleachers next pending any uh winter weather uh delays the turf should be installed by March the partial window replacement here at the high school is be is projected to begin uh soon probably later this month the coolage renovations are progressing well and the general work should be completed in about a month or so at which the elevator is a little later in March so our move is projected to be you know later in the school year or over the summer the Washington Elevator those uh Renovations upstairs the second floor that's pretty much all completed the last few items is having the final inspections on the elevator and we hope to have that shortly and up and running uh Washington School ceiling lighting and the window replacement projects uh are currently out for bid and I'll be opening those bids on December 20th so everything with the referendum is progressing well and most of the projects should be done by by this summer that concludes my report okay thank you okay for the superintendent report Mrs Vietti thank you I will give my report and then I have a short presentation I just want to share something quickly and then we'll move right into the exemplary Falcons so I see our some families are here this evening and we'll take a short break and then come right back okay so the high school not the high school Helen I Smith School Environmental Club they received a recycling Grant from um a county organ or from the state um or I think from the New Jersey Department of Education um so they received I believe it was $1,000 to put towards recycling at Smith's school so they've been working on that I also want to share that at the first at at the beginning of December and December 2nd I ran a report um with their Nar Genesis system on excessive absences and if you are absent two times per month then you're on track to be labeled as chronic as being chronically absent um so if you were had seven or more absences come December you're on track to be labeled chronically absent so I ran a report for all those students that were absent seven or more times since September and I sent out 90 something letters to our families to inform them that their child was on track to be labeled chronically absent with that some members of the leadership team had contacted n4s n4s is a nonprofit organization and they work with school districts on various topics and one of them is absenteeism I also want to share that per our policy five tardies is a turns into one absence so in Arc to8 buildings if you're late five times that is equivalent it turns into being absent one full day at the high school if you're late to class five times it turns into being absent one time for that class so that is part of our policy and regulation um nj4 s they started already it's one time per week hold on it's one of these tabs not finding the right one there it is um they meet during lunchtime uh there's 10 students right now that are currently participating they provide lunch for the students and they have a curriculum that they work with the students on helping to improve their attendance in school um the program also includes a parent engagement piece to ensure that families are equipped with the tools and strategies to support their child's success so we're really um we are in a cap for absenteeism for chronic absenteeism and that's why we're working so hard on this um effort on this initiative within our district we need our students to be able to be present in school in order to learn so I will continue monitoring our chronic absenteeism those are who are on Target and will'll continue to be sending out letters I also want to share that our sealer by literacy that's the program where our high school students are able to take a a test to see if they're proficient in a different language um and then on their diploma there there is a seal of biliteracy I'm proud to say we have 37 students this year last last year we only had 11 so we have 37 students that have chosen to participate in the seal by literacy last year all 11 did achieve this goal okay I'm going to I have a quick presentation if I can ask the board to just move question I have a question on the absenteeism it's K through 8 as well the same consequences as a high schooler meaning if they're late I think you said four times five tties yes it's equivalent to one absence so first grader who parent can't get them to school for whatever reason is going to be penalized so we actually started something this year in our K to 6 schools where the parents are required to actually sign their child in um into school of fair late and it has reduced our rate of tardies okay okay so if we can transition take it up further oh we can't sit there oh that's reserved for the middle school concert for when is I don't know THS next Thursday maybe is it tomorrow thank you tomorrow no [Music] way my a [Music] [Music] she made that [Music] it missing the mirror set do [Music] thank you for your patience okay so thanks styles [Music] thank you all right so what I wanted to share this evening was with our title funds that we received this school year we were able to create these sensory rooms at Smith school and Franklin school so I just wanted to quickly share what we were able to do in these buildings so I'm starting at with Franklin School this is a picture of their falcon's nest it is located in the media center they cornered off a part of it and it's designed to help students to relax regulate their emotions those struggling with disregulation these are the items that's included in their Falcon Nest so we have a tactile wall a bean bag chair a large orb chair that's equipped with Bluetooth you'll see a picture of it later as well but that's half of it right there and you you sit and it kind of just you Zone it kind of blocks everything out and you connect it to Bluetooth and you can listen to music there's light and sound effects on the wall a Rocker seat lighted bubble tube an effects projector sensory floor tiles and more those are the sensory floor tiles right there that you can step on and then you see those bubble tubes that are over there that's the the orb chair um the tactile wall you can see the The Comfy all all the sensory related items and it's interactive you see you can press those buttons and change the colors change how how the bubbles move throughout the tubes um and you know time spent in a sensory room can increase focus and alertness improve social skills and enhance productivity so we have many students that sometimes they just need a quick break so they're able to go to this room have five minutes go back up to their class and they are focused and ready to learn and available to learn so we're already they we just finished them maybe a week ago so that's why I just wanted to share was very last minute I wanted to share tonight because we're really excited and we're already seeing students um this having such a positive effect on our students this is Washington School the playroom at Washington School our board members you may recall during budget season that you approved a funtronic floor for Washington school that is what it looks like it is currently installed um and it's very interactive so I went over to play with it that has like the big piano has soccer race cars um educational games you can count chase the letters things like that um there's a whole bunch of you you can pretend you're a fish in the water it makes all the water sounds there's a whole bunch of items um interactive items for our students so that room is not finished yep you could see it's carpeted um it's navy blue with the gold um block around it around the perimeter and we there's like a little roller coaster there's some soft cushen chairs um a bunch of items for our students again to go take a break um if they struggle in in a big open area such as the gymnasium and they prefer something a little bit more warm for them um this is where they're able to go to yes this this is Washington school is our preschool building it's right on Market Street and Washington school we just renovated the upstairs with the referendum so there's four new classrooms upstairs so we have more students um this year than we ever have and then Smith School they renovated a small office area to be their Falcon nest and they have this is everything that they have they actually put in a whole stereo system you can read for yourself some of the other items and I know that there's some videos here let me see if this one's a video no that one's not a video what is sensory magic so this is what their Vision was for their sensory room possibilities are endless children who have difficulty processing sensory information effectively often have trouble completing school and homebased tasks that require them to sit still attend to instruction and be able to engage socially with peers and play and work cooperativity with others so you can see again those are interactive where you push those buttons to make different things happen time spit in a sensory room can increase focus and let's share a short video so you can see how it's just it it changes colors it's interactive um our young students are very wowed by that there's also a forye area that's right outside that's leading into the sensory room and you can see there's just some tactile things on the wall for them to interact with and then this is a fullon tour when you walk into their sensory room at Smith school so those are interactive you can hint into those and they make drum noises um that's the chair the orb chair you'll see some comfy seating the interactive projector and with that projector the possibilities are really endless so you can create different scenarios and then the lighting in the tubes will match that scenario so if it's a winter scene the lighting in the tubes is going to be white if you change it to a fall scene it's going to be orange um and then there's different activities that you're able to do like it'll simulate being in an airplane it'll simulate being in different situations um so that way our students who may struggle with certain situations are able to participate and practice that is I just wanted a quick review of what we're doing in our schools and what we were able to accomplish so far questions well I shut this [Music] off okay all right so what something that we started doing this school year was trying to honor our high school students in a way that they deserve so we invited um our some of our exemplary Falcons to our board meetings this year so what we do is we send out a nomination to all of our high school teachers they nominate students who they feel deserve this this um this award and then we send it out to the teachers across the district so anyone that has had these students in the past or able to share something about about the student so I'm just going to read what was shared we'll have a shirt for you a falcon of the week shirt we'll take a picture and go from there so we have three students Antonia's not here right Antonia did not make it okay we'll honor her next month all right our first student is Janna Janna always goes above and beyond in art class she listens attentively follows directions exceptionally and always puts immense effort into her artwork and written assignments she doesn't hesitate to ask questions and when the period is beginning and ending she always sits she's very friendly and respectful to her classmates and instructors and also attends extracurricular activities such as the outdoors Club on top of everything else English is her second language and she never lets a language barrier hold her back Janna is an amazing student while she is new to the district this year she has already jumped right in as far as making friends and getting involved she is so hardworking always asking questions to help her understanding especially since English is isn't her first language when she gets her grade back on a test or assignment she always looks over the material to see what she got wrong and how she can improve in the future she gets along well with her classmates and shows potential to be a great leader as her high school years go on Janna is an excellent student her work on every assignment goes above and beyond expectations if she has a question about an assignment or a concept she is the first to ask for help her insight into the text we read in class allows her peers a chance to hear different perspectives that most would not consider in addition to her High achievements academically she's also kind and considerate to her peers it is a privilege to teach Janna she adds True Value to any class she is in I had a blast taking Janna on a hike in H The Joy on her face made my day she visits me often to continue working on her paintings she's always polite and very positive Janna is a wonderful student and person she is always very kind to both students and staff and enjoys coming in during extra help hours to chat and create art for fun she is a passionate student and has a thirst for knowledge congratulations Janna here you go come on up and I know I have congratulations thank a picture [Music] hold all right you can smell perfect thank you all right Charles hle III Charles is a respectful young man in the classroom no let me let me read let me restart that Charles is a respectful young man in the classroom Charles participates well and other students are eager to hear his input not only is he well-liked by his peers he is a role model to others he works hard and has natural leadership qualities Charles leads by example he participates in school activities and is an active member in the community Charles is a wonderful young man he is a role model to many and because of his involvement in the Scouts he is a born leader Charles does a lot of projects to benefit the community and being a member it is deeply appreciated Charles is always willing to lend a helping hand Charles is very creative and the work he produces is original and genuine he is a thoughtful person and deeply respectful and polite he is a pleasure to teach Charles all in caps with three exclamation points as I called him in school and still do when I see him at the high school is very respectful polite and a great role model he was always ready to help out his fellow students and still does to this day Charles is a dedicated student and always plays for my concerts after so many years way to go Charles in Mr aun's class at La Memorial School Charles showed early on that he is an exceptional student he always worked hard academically but his kind heart is his biggest strength I am so proud of him Charles is a well-rounded student his dedication and versatility make him a standout in both academics and Athletics as a valued member of the wrestling team Charles demonstrates discipline perseverance and teamwork in the classroom he excels in stem subjects showcasing a natural aptitude for problem solving and Innovation his polite demeanor and willingness to help others shine especially in his computer science class where he often assists peers with challenging Concepts Charles exemplified the balance of hard work kindness and intellectual curiosity making him a role model for his fellow students congratulations [Applause] [Music] [Music] Charles turn off [Applause] Alexis reia yay R Alexis reia Alexis moved to Saddlebrook her ninth grade year switching to a new high school is never easy but Alexis came in and jumped right in with enthusiasm in the four years she's been here Alexis has joined many clubs and even was the founder of The Culinary Club Alexa puts her best foot forward in everything she does she advocates for herself with confidence and respect she is friendly and kind to everyone she meets and is willing to pitch in and do the work that needs to get done Alexis is a natural leader and does so with ease I know without a doubt that whatever college she chooses to attend she will be successful not only is Alexis hardworking respectful and a leader she's also very funny she can make anyone smile with her fun personality Alexis is the president of the FBLA chapter here at sadle high school she takes on this leadership role with pride and commitment she will be one of the students representing our chapter at the northern region Summit taking place at fdu next month I know she will go on to do great things After High School Alexis has a great sense of humor and disposition her presence always exudes a lightness that is great fun to work with she's incredibly dedicated driven and industrious I am excited to hear what she will be up to in the next few years Alexis is a fantastic president of the culinary Club she helped to write the application for the Rachel Ray grant that our school was awarded to be able to have the club her attention to detail when creating a shopping list for the ingredients needed for our recipe her professional communication through emails and in person and her ability to guide other students to cook the food during our club meetings are prime examples of why she is an exemplary Falcon Alexis also serves as co-president for Falcons for change the school's activism Club this year Alexis has increased membership and has already spearheaded projects such as voting Pro voting process education a project [Music] on ethics a food drive for food insecurity career day and diversity day and diversity day every time every time I suggest something such as I shouldn't have stapled us every time I suggest something such as making slides make an agenda survey the students for data Etc Alexis has already thought of it and executed it last year when the club was invited to Ramapo College for a think tank event with college and high school students from all over New Jersey Alexis represented our school like a seasoned professional congratulations Alexis [Applause] [Music] [Applause] all right at this time can I have a motion to take a short break thank you all right thank you everyone for coming this evening and we're going to take a five minute break no okay and then we'll be convene thank you e e e e e e e e e e you okay can I have a motion to reconvene the meeting motion second all approved okay all right so I got I gotta go I gotta go uh all right so um can I have a motion now to open the meeting for public comment for agenda items and policies motion second second all in favor any opposed okay um would anybody like to speak okay [Laughter] very all right can I have a motion to close the meeting to the public second okay all right um we are going to move on to board action items uh B24 25.20 through b242 5.21 any discussion [Music] comments no 51 or 52 25.2 one M sorry you're ahead of the game yes I am okay are we good okay all right roll call please did you get a motion second I'm sorry can I have a second motion second second okay Miss rolloff yes Miss toric yes Miss Traverso yes Miss zelli yes Mr aando uh yes to all but on B2 uh 42520 uh one and2 uh I wasn't here miss BR I would have to say the same thing for me on that because I was not here either for b242 5.20 so so you want one and two as well or one and I wasn't here and two yes I'm here for today but it was already discussed so I would part of that no this is last last month November it November oh okay then I was here yes yes you all all right yes corrected Mr laurentino yes Melo yes it's been a long day okay uh education curriculum sorry at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items E2 42535 through E2 [Music] Northern Region Summit that was shared about with Alexis um they'll meet with Business Leaders in North Jersey area connect with other fbaa members within the region Deca will be participating in compet in a competition at Ramapo College and preschool classes will be visiting imagine that sounds like okay any discussion we good I'll let it go okay you'll let me know I'll okay can we have a roll call please M rollof yes toric yes to all except um the field trips um e24 25.35 numbers 95 probably because we have meeting last month and 106 through 110 yes 106 through 110 okay typ stain Mr Traverso yes M Elli yes Mr roam I missing yes m barali yes Mr laurentino going to vote yes to all but under e 24253 5 abstain from number 86 Mell yes okay uh just before you do the budget just before you take motion on the budget I did email the board members on on 2 42543 I'm just the treasures report's going to change for that one account all the other numbers remain the same [Music] okay that was the email that you sent out earlier today okay okay uh Mr aam okay um at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items uh bf2 42541 to BF 2425 do52 second any discussion questions [Music] all right roll M rolloff yes Miss toric yes Miss Traverso yes Miss Elli yes Mr tramando uh yes but on bf2 42541 I would abstain from check number 66280 okay Miss brali yes Mr laurentino going to vote Yes to all but on abstain in BF 24254 check numers 6302 and 6657 M iSell uh yes to most um but I'm going tostain in B f242 5.1 41 check numbers 6223 65 81 and then 66339 and then in BF 24 2544 I'm going to abstain from item number 74 and yes to everything else okay thank you okay all right Miss torbic [Music] there we go okay at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items f242 5.5 can I have a second second any questions or discussion report okay let's do roll M rolloff yes M toric yes M trso yes M Elli yes Mr roam yes m R yes Mr laurentino yes Miss Zello yes okay policy Miss rollal at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the F following items p2425 do3 one and two have a second second any questions or discussion about the policies number one I shared on Monday just some minor revisions um making the high school petty cash account what it is today and deleting the community school pettycash account and it's no longer a part of us and for the second one that's the unmanned aircraft system so that was that's our drones and the current policy states that we cannot fly drones over the athletic fields during Athletics during Sports so um that is a a popular activity right now you get a bird's eye view you can see more of the field so this revision will allow drone use with this with the um um Sports approvement of the superintendent thank you approval approval I was trying to okay roll call please M rollof yes Miss toric yes Miss Traverso yes Miss zelli yes m roam yes M barali yes Mr laurentino yes M inello yes okay negotiations Miss onelli at the recommendation of the superintendent I make a motion to approve the following item n 24253 second secondry any questions or discussions okay let's do roll call M rolloff yes M toric yes M Traverso yes Miss Elli yes M ramond yes m barali yes Mr laurentino yes M Zelo yes okay Personnel Mr laurentino as a recommendation of superintendent I make a motion to approve the following items p2425 37 through p25 2543 [Music] second 4.37 um one of our occupational therapist Laura Stern she submitted her retirement it's going to be effective March 1st for 39 we are appointing a middle school science teacher a lunch at Franklin School our district technology specialist and that reminds me that tonight is Nile's last board meeting with us um a leave of absence occupational therapist for one of our OTS is going out on maternity leave and number six is a new Empower professional that I interviewed um yesterday and it would be a power professional or middle school he currently works for ESS and he's going to transition to be one of our members Point 41 is a 041 and point 42 are both Saddlebrook residents that are um requested to do their clinical practice hours observation hours with us so they are being appointed um and then point 43 is this musical staff and I did look into it and I was wrong they are all fingerprinted definitely numbers 1 through 4 the set construction I need to confirm more on that but the others have been fingerprinting since 2017 so I took a look through their files very cool good to [Music] know thank you it is this number five somehow relat to tour school yes okay so we don't I think need to be concerned about that person um's husband any questions or discussion might no handy man all right roll call M rolloff yes M toric yes M Traverso yes M Elli yes Mr ramond yes M barali yes Mr laurentino I'll go yes to all but I'll abstain p2425 41 as many missell yes okay all right we're going to move on to committee reports do we have one for budget and finance Mr Al uh no we don't okay thank you uh you're welcome uh facilities and operations uh not at this time we pushed it back okay all right negotiations hopefully not for a long time hopefully not for a long okay and policy Miss rolloff do we have anything no okay all right so we're going to move on to Liaison reports I have nothing from BCS nothing okay um Education Foundation yes I need you to help me Nam if you can okay so um I the students that won the um Saddlebrook Education Foundation wathon are Tristan young Liam McMahan Joseph Osa Corell did I say that okay uh Nicholas lero and Dam Damian tasa sorry apologize for the craziness of the names um that's it they just wanted to let you know who won oh that was nice okay um special app parent advisory group nothing nothing okay um for Township we do not have any reports right as of right now so we're going to move on to I did I did email I reached out to the mayor's office and Christine and they're going to get back to me with some dates and times okay okay uh PTO PTA liaison reports uh Franklin School Franklin School put their PTO meeting off until next week but they are currently in the middle of their um ride with the school bus for the uh I can't think of the name of the movie Polar Express thank you it looked really cute oh cool oh okay uh Smith School Mr oam do you have anything un fortunately I do not have anything for tonight oh I do not have anything for tonight but I'm sure they want to wish everyone a happy holiday you know you're such a bu very nice um long School Miss Traverso do you have anything yes okay all right as per the long school PTO previous programs they just finished their David's cookies and cheesecake fundraiser orders were delivered on November 22nd and they are sending a thank you out to all those who ordered and to their volunteers the sixth grade committee has been H hosting snack sales on half days and will continue to do so throughout the school year they hosted a Santa breakfast at the pamis Applebees for the LMS families on Sunday December 1st while families enjoyed their breakfast together had a great time taking pictures with Santa and Mrs Claus donated toys for children in need sixth graders helped their younger schoolmates with crafts and much more the holiday shop took place on December 3rd through 5th students had the opportunity to shop for their friends and family and a special thank you to all those who volunteered for that upcoming fundraisers events and such the sixth grade committee is hosting a dine SL playay to donate on Monday December 16th at Dave and Busters at the willbrook mall in Wayne from 6:00 to 9: additional details can be found on the LMS PTO website holiday class parties will take place on Friday December 20th which is a half a day the PTO will provide a slice of pizza for all students and staff class parents will provide additional treats a small gift and entertainment the spirit sale continues please check the website for anything there if you'd like to order plenty of new designs are available as a reminder the LMS PTO members can join their Facebook page all LMS families and staff are encouraged to visit their website which is kept up to date with all upcoming events fundraisers meetings Etc the LMS PTR would like to take a moment to thank all who have supported our fundraisers and events extra special thanks to all of our volunteers happy Holidays happy New Year and the next meeting will be held on January 14th that's it thank you okay um Middle School High School uh the PTO sponsored a coveted gingerbread house making event on seal day and it was a huge success uh the PTO will also be hosting a winter holiday brunch for the teachers and staff on December 17th Tuesday December 17th A Sign Up Genius has been posted on the Facebook page for anyone who would like to contribute and we they are accepting VMO as well their VMO addresses at SB Falcons p to and they are wishing everyone a very happy holiday okay Washington [Music] School okay um so this week they had their um holiday Boutique um next week on Wednesday they're going to have cookies with Olaf and on uh Tuesday they're going to have their holiday concert wonderful okay all right um car respondents do we have any none okay old business does anybody have anything for old business okay new business through the chair I want to beat Mike on behalf of the board I just want to wish everybody because I was expecting that okay happy holidays Merry Christmas and happy New Year and a very safe and healthy from the Hall of the B I said on behalf of us okay um okay then can I have a well I'm sorry does anybody else have anything for new businesses Olaf's cookies when is Olaf's cookies cookies with Olaf it's Wednesday [Music] perfect okay anyone El okay uh can I have an a motion to open the meeting for public comments motion okay uh anyone would like to speak okay thank you name and address um can I can I have a motion to close the meeting for public comment okay all right um thank you I think your okay all right I'm going to ask for a motion to adjourn the meeting motion motion all in favor okay all right whereas the Board of Education may discuss matters that are not appropriate for discussion in the public meeting and whereas these subjects are within the exceptions of the open public meetings act and are permitted to be discussed in closed session pursuant of njsa 10 4-12 BN whereas the Board of Education intends to discuss matters as follow a Personnel whereas the length of the Clos session is estimated to be about 15 minutes after which the public meeting of the board shall recom and action will not be taken now therefore be it resolved that the Board of Education will recess into close session for only the afforded subject and be it be further resolved that the Board of Education hereby declares that it is discussion of the afford said subjects will be made public at a time when 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 okay all right uh the next meeting will be January 6 2025 okay at 7 pm. have a wonderful holiday everyone and through the chair I just want to say our next meeting will be our reorg meeting and I just want to say thank you Miss iella you did a wonderful job thank you very much I have to thank you for helping me she was my tutor at the beginning so thank you thank you everyone it's been a pleasure being your president this year okay everyone have a great holiday we are adjourned