I call this meeting to order. Uh salute to the flag. >> Find house. >> I pledge allegiance 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. >> Bill, you didn't stop and get out of the car and stand up. I was looking for a flag. >> Uh, a roll call. Mr. Both >> here.
>> Mr. Espen >> here. >> Mrs. Miller >> here. >> Mr. Pender >> here. >> Mr. Pani >> here. >> Mr. Cesleberg >> here. >> Miss Williams. >> Mr. Gina
>> here. Just >> give me one second. I'm going to pull Dr. Lee in as a panelist. If you can hear me, you should be being pulled in right now. Alrighty. In accordance to the terms of the sunshine law, adequate notice of
this meeting was posted in all school buildings, the administration building, burough clerk's office, public library on January 6, 2026. Tap into on January 7th, 2026. Please be advised there is no smoking on school grounds inside or outside at any time. Please silence all electronic devices. And pursuant to
district policy number 0167, each statement made by a participant shall be limited to three minutes duration and no participant may speak more than once on the same topic. Um we will start with uh personnel. Can I have a motion please?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh roll call. Mr. Both. >> Uh abstain. Uh conflicted. >> Mr. Aspen. Yes, >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes, >> Mr. Pender.
>> Absane, >> Mr. Peni? >> Yes, >> Mr. Ceelberg. >> Yes, >> Miss Williams. >> Abstaining. >> Mr. Gino, >> this is on which on which personnel?
>> Personnel uh A and B. Um, I abstain where I am conflicted and I say yes where I'm not. >> All right. Any public comment? >> Wait. Um, Alex, is this just the one personnel issue or is it all of the personnel issues?
>> This is personnel A and B. >> So there's one on B that unless A passes, B can't happen. >> Can we split it? And we have two arms. Can we split it into A and B? >> Yeah. >> All right. So, let's do personnel letter
A. Can I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second, >> Mr. Both. >> This is personnel A. >> That's the one I can vote on. Correct. >> Correct. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Aspen.
>> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes. >> Mr. Pender. >> Abstain. Mr. Pani, >> yes. >> Mr. Ceelberg, >> yes. >> Miss Williams, >> clearly this is personel a Mary's
resignation. Correct. >> Wait, we have we have to we have to make a change here. I'm sorry. Um, Mr. Roselli, >> what are we what are we trying to do? Are we
>> Nothing else can happen. Number one, it says resignation of Mary Melissa effective July 31st. Are we keeping July 31st? >> Uh, no. That is contingent now upon the others. >> Okay. >> So, wait, but we need
>> Well, she's right. >> I didn't hear you, Jim. >> Do we need five knockers? Yes. To move on? >> Yes. So, we don't have five non-conlicted yeses because Keith and I can't vote. And now Devon and Rhonda Jay
are abstaining. So, we're not getting our >> on a Keith could vote, right? >> No, Keith voted on A. He could vote on that. >> Okay. I thought you said we couldn't. All right. >> No, I didn't say that. >> Okay. >> For clarity for for me, for Rhonda, I was asking for clarity for a because if
we're just voting on Mary's resignation, then I'm a yes on that. >> So, that's why I was asking my question. The date is in question now because it's contingent upon it should not have been listed first.
>> No, it had to be listed first because you can't fill it, >> right? But the date with the date is in question now. >> Can we do it with a date to be determined? Can we accept her resignation? No, we can't. >> No, because we need to appoint the a replacement with a specific date.
>> What's the issue with every state? We Is this a conversation for here? >> I can. >> Well, well, depending on if we're just talking about dates, then yes. If we're talking about if there's an issue or something, we should go to exact session. >> I think we need to go to exec session.
>> Okay. So, that's what we have to do. We have to withdraw this res this resolution. So, who made that motion? I think it was Sharon. >> Yeah. >> So, Sharon, do you with do you withdraw this? >> Yes. Okay. >> Yes. >> Now, we should go to executive session real fast to discuss this as personnel.
>> I think we discuss A and B real quick in exec if we can. >> Yeah, we should go to executive session to discuss A and B personnel before we take action on it like we would do at a normal meeting. >> Yeah. >> And I have a motion to go to exec. >> So move. >> Second.
>> Second. >> All in favor >> for person A. >> I. >> Yeah. Action will be taken five minutes. All right, we are recording again. Uh, could I have a motion, please, to return from executive session?
>> So, moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> We We are back. >> Okay. So, we are going to vote on personnel letter A. >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Mr. Both. >> Yes. Mr. Espen, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Pender, >> yes. >> Mr. Peny, >> yes. >> Mr. Ceelberg, >> yes. >> Miss Williams, >> yes.
>> Mr. Geakis, >> yes. >> We are now going to vote on personnel letter B. Could I have a motion, please? So move. >> Second. >> Any board member comments?
All right. Uh, Mr. Both. >> Uh, yes. Abstaining on one as a conflicted board member. >> Mr. Espen? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller? >> Yes. >> Mr. Pender? >> Yes. >> Mr. Peny? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Cesleberg? >> Yes. >> Miss Williams? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ganakus? >> Yes. I'm standing where I'm uh Yes. I'm standing where I'm conflicted. Any public comments?
>> Mr. Bonanti, may I have a moment? >> Of course. Dr. Leak, >> how are you? Um, I just wanted to first before anybody put uh reads anything into it, there were some um uh nuances that we needed to go through on the contract. So, there was no no issues. So, all is well. We just wanted to to uh
make sure everybody was in full full understanding of of the contracts that were just uh just put forth. Um, I wanted to say uh congratulations to Mr. Cerulo who has now been approved as our assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in place of uh Dr. Melissa is moving on to become a
superintendent and we will miss her her um greatly. But I wanted to say a few things about uh Mr. Ceruo. Mr. Cerulo is a dedicated and respected member of the South Planefield uh school district. He served as a teacher, a vice principal, a principal, and a director with 17 years
in our district, taking a short hiatus to visit another district before he realized that South Planefield was home and he needed to come back here. Um, he was born and raised in South Planefield. He is dedicated to this community. He is well respected in this community. You can often find Mr. Ceruo um at one of
our sporting events and most times at one of our baseball uh games because he likes to relive his time as a South Planefield baseball star. Uh Mr. Cerulo is the father of two uh William and Scarlet and he is married to his wife Jill for many many years. He is very
close to South Planefield and he will need to be for the amount of time that this new position will uh will take. Um, we're very lucky to have him and I am welcoming him as my assistant superintendent and looking forward to working even more closely with him than
he already does. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. Any public comments? If you could just raise your hand and I will uh uh Victoria Caruso would like to speak.
I'm going to let her in to speak now. Victoria, you have the floor. >> Can you guys hear me? >> Yes. >> I I just wanted to know was if anything with the dates changed? >> No. >> Is it still July 31st and August 1st?
Okay, >> we're all good. >> That was all. >> That was it. Simple and easy. Thank you. And >> I'm gonna mute you. Any other public comments? Any board member comments?
>> Yeah, I just want to congratulate uh Pat and and wish Mary the best and all the other new hires. Congratulations. >> Uh I'm trying to raise my hand here. >> You're up. >> We can hear you. >> Okay. I know. I'll try to um No, same
thing that Jimmy basically said. Congratulations to Pat in his new position. I wish him a lot of success. I look forward to working with him on curriculum and um of course, you know, I'm sad to see Mary go, but I wish her the best and I know she's going to be great as a superintendent in her new
district. Um and congratulations to everybody else that was hired. >> Any other board member comments? Yeah, just want just want to mention the tragedy that happened to the Kennedy school family. Uh, everyone just keep
the Maloney family in their >> in their mind, in their heart. Uh, we lost a little eight-year-old boy in the district. >> Oh, horrible. Yes, Pete. You're right. Horrible. >> So, we we just we'll we'll we'll figure it out later on, but we'll we just got to keep him in our that family in our
hearts. Any other? All right. Seeing none, um if the attendees could please uh drop off. I believe we will be returning to uh executive session to discuss personnel
and attorney client privilege. We'll be >> unfortunately guys, I have to step out now too. Uh I we have a 4:00 event and so I'm I'm sorry I have to go. Okay. Uh but but Norin did discuss with me everything and Norin I supported. Thank you.
>> All right guys, thank you. >> Yeah, no action will be taken. >> No action will be taken. Can I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All right. Could I have a motion to uh return to the meeting? >> Motion moved.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I. >> And can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Motion >> to moved. Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> have a great day everybody.