I'd like to call the meeting to order. >> I pledge algiance 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.
>> [clears throat] >> The New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of the
act, the Sussex wanted Regional School District Board of Education has notice of this meeting to be published by having the date, time, and place thereof posted in the school building and notice of said meeting sent to the New Jersey Herald and Star Ledger.
>> Sussex One School mission statement. The Sussex Wage Regional School District is a responsive, caring, child- centered community. Our mission is to educate each individual to become a confident, competent, lifelong learner and productive, responsible citizen by providing challenging opportunities in a
safe environment through a partnership, family, schools, and communities. At this time, I'm going to do the certification of election results. The results of the November 4th, 2025 general election are as follows. Member
board of education wanted Township for a three-year term. Britney Simmons 2916, Taylor Dele 2742 and there were 79 right in votes. Member board of education for Sussex
Burrow for a three-year term. Jake Little 58 votes and right in were 97 votes. At this time, I'm going to give the oath of office to Miss Simmons. Still have to do this one.
I, Brandon Simmons, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the City of New Jersey, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the
people. I, Britney Simmons, do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for office of member of the board of education and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to RS194-1, nor disqualified due to conviction of a
crime or offense listed in NJS18A 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability. >> Congratulations. Thank you. >> [applause] >> At this time, I'm going to take roll
call. Mrs. Jini >> here. >> Mrs. Deli is not here. Mr. Gashion >> here. >> Mr. Little is not here. Mrs. Morocco >> here. >> Mrs. Simmons >> here. >> Mrs. Alone here. >> Mrs. Ovari here.
>> Mrs. Stace here. We have a quum. At this time, I will be taking nominations for president of the board of education. >> I would like to nominate Kaitlin. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Are there any other nominations?
Okay, seeing none. >> Mrs. Voluone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Oi, >> yes. >> Mrs. Chini, >> yes. >> Mr. Kashion. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Morocco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Simmons. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Space. >> Yes. >> Congratulations. At this time, I'm going
to turn the meeting over. >> Okay. Um, at this time, um, I will take nominations for vice president. [laughter] >> Ste. Okay. Do I have a second? >> I'll
roll, please. Mrs. Ober, >> yes. >> Mrs. Simmons, >> yes. >> Mrs. Chaini, >> yes. >> Mr. Gash, >> yes. >> Mrs. Morocco, >> yes. >> Mrs. Balone, >> yes. >> Mrs. Space, >> yes. >> Congratulations.
>> At this time, we'll move on to the report of the Superintendent of Schools. >> Thank you. Just want to congratulate the board members and our board leadership. I don't have anything to report out on just due to the long break that we had. Um, at this time we'll move on to audience remark remarks. Members of the
audience are invited to make brief comments about items on this agenda and matters of interest to the district. Do we have any audience remarks? Seeing none, um, we will move on to the board secretary certification.
Pursuant to NJAC 6A23A-16.10C3, 10C3. I certify that as of November 30th, 2025, no line item account has encumbrances and expenditures which in total exceed the line item appropriation
in violation of NJAC 6A23A-6.10. Thank you. At this time, we'll move on to the approval of minutes for November 20th, 2025 regular session. Can I get a motion? Thank you. I have a second.
>> Thank you. Roll call. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gon. >> Yes. >> Mr. Chini. >> Mrs. Morocco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Simmons. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Balone. >> Yes. Mrs. >> Yes. Minutes are approved.
>> Thank you. At this time, you do need to go into executive session. Um, approximately 30 minutes action will be taken. Thank you. I'll second you. I need to read the thing first. Sorry.
Whereas pursuant to NJSA 104-12B, the Sussex Wanted Regional Board of Education may [clears throat] exclude the public from that portion of a public meeting at which the board discusses any of the matters described at NJSA 104-12B 1 through9. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Sussex Wanted Regional
Board of Education shall enter into close session and discuss legal and personnel matters. Now therefore it be further resolved by the Sussex County Regional Board of Education that pursuant to NJSA 104-13D the time when in the circumstances under which the discussion conducted close
session can be disclosed to the public is when the need for confidentiality no longer exists. >> So I'm sorry can I have a motion? >> I'll second. >> Thank you call.
Oh, all in favor [snorts] >> anyway. Oh, sorry. back in public session. Thanks for waiting. Um, we will move on to the presentation of agenda items. >> Thank you. Under personnel, I'd like to
move items one to 21. >> Can I get a motion? >> A motion. >> Thank you. A second. I'll second you. Any discussion protocol? >> Mrs. Simmons. >> Yes.
>> Mrs. >> Mr. Dash. >> Yes. >> Mr. Morocco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Balloon. >> I'm standing from number 14. Yes. Mrs. St. Yes.
>> Under policy place through three. >> Make a motion. >> Thank you. Second. Thank you. Any discussion? >> Mrs. Simmons. >> Yes. >> Mrs.
Mr. Gash. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Morocco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Yes. Mrs. B. Yes. Motion carries. >> Under finance, election 2019. >> I have a motion. >> A motion. >> Thank you. A second. >> I'll second.
>> Thank you. Any discussion? >> Mr. Gon. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Simmons. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Morocco. >> Yes. Mrs. Balone. Outstanding for number 16 and number 19. Yes. >> Mrs.
Mrs. Yes. Motion carries. >> Under special services, I'd like to one through 24. >> Thank you. A second. >> A second. >> Thank you. Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. Mrs. Zary, >> yes. >> Mr. Gash,
>> yes. >> Mr. Morocco, >> yes. >> Mrs. Simmons, >> yes. >> Mr. Baloon, >> yes. Mrs. >> Yes. Motion carries. >> On the curriculum, I'd like to move item number one. I got a motion. A motion. >> Thank you. A second.
>> Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Roll call, please. >> Mr. Dash. >> Yes. >> Mr. Morocco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Simmons. >> Yes. >> Mr. Bone. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. St. >> Yes. >> Um, at this time, we'll move on to
unfinished business. Does anyone have any unfinished business they'd like to discuss? >> I know it's dead, but I just want to keep bringing up so something. outdoor classroom or outdoor eating opportunity at the various schools.
>> Oh yeah, absolutely. And along those lines and Mr. Chini just left, excuse me, but she was one of the folks who spearhead like comments about um asking us to brainstorm ways we can expand outside things. So kind of connected to that more than than your comment, but um
thanks to Mrs. system like she was able to devise we call it an abbreviated recess schedule. So previously like when it was too cold kids couldn't go outside at all for recess. So back when I was a principal of the water school I used to do that and you know her structure her schedule's different. So she was able to work it so kids are going to have the
opportunity to go outside for a shortened amount of time which meets you know health safety standards of being outside in the cold but also get kids some fresh air on those cold days. So, thanks. She's definitely a proponent of that. And, uh, we were going to put some tables even out front with that that grant funding here where we were going
to have the shed um, then we moved the shed could be an outside expert come and make a determination that the shed to go over to the right. [snorts] >> Okay. Any any other unfinished business? >> New business.
>> Sorry. Um, and the idea just occurred to me because we were in the art room, but I think I don't know what's going on with the fundraising committee and the six spearheaded individuals, but um, I think it would be so cool if like the art class, probably something new for eighth grade and pro maybe not this year
because it seems like something that would need to be put into place ahead of time, did an art auction because honestly there are some of those tiles up on there that I would love to like hang out in my house. They're so cool. I would pay whatever you know. >> Yeah. And I don't know what I don't know what you're thinking. Like we can take
it to the teachers and like brainstorm and stuff like that. But I'm I'm very I'm pretty confident >> and I'm not sure about the middle school, but Mrs. C and some of the other schools on my own kids when they do their art projects or certain art projects, we put them on a uh it's like
a website that allows the parent to purchase things and things like that. So not necessarily an auction, but they do I think generate some funds that way. I'm happy to bring >> just to the general public like I don't I don't have their links you know like it would be weird if I [clears throat] >> like if you could go like you know Trep does like their market it's like an art
auction like you do >> so you started off by saying you want to spearhead something like >> I mean I would I [laughter] like I would personally love it >> can we and and I just got a memo about the there's a curriculum next week so we'll bring that up to them too
>> yeah probably more appropriate for the middle school not that there's not but you know what I'm Thanks. >> Cool idea. >> Did they do >> Yeah, they have a kill. >> Yeah, that too. What did you ask? >> Yeah. >> Did you ask?
>> No. >> Um, any other new visits? >> So, just some out of the box to think about brainstorm. I just wanted to get get the gauge of the the board just to see if they want me to kind of explore it. Um years ago the board had asked me
to kind of uh you know pay attention and kind of come up with creative ways where you might generate you know funds and resources and funding and things like that which is where we paying attention to some of those grants and things like that that we were successful with. So one of the things that have come our way there's no commitment right now again it
would just be for me to explore this with this company but New Jerseyy's made a big initiative to um house like the movie industry and expand the movie industry. You're going to have a big Netflix studio down in uh Fort Mammoth. you're going to have a big Paramount uh studio in Bayong, you know, so it's a
little out of the box, but the company operating out of Sussex County, uh I believe called Barn Light Studios, >> um and they're working with uh Community College, they're um you know, basically a general description of like productions would use a service like
theirs for TV and movies to um identify set locations, right, for for a proposed project and they must have scouted like all of Sussex County and they would like the opportunity to feature in one of their I guess resource guides where
where production studio would come and say hey listen what do you have up in Sussex County uh they like to feature the laundry school as a potential you know movie or um you know TV series type thing uh studio so there's no commitment to be a part of a movie or anything like
that it would be for me to explore with them hey what what's involved with this is it an exclusivity agreement uh you know they take a cut I'm sure of what the what the funds you would potentially generate are but right now I think from what I can gather it's like you know resource guide that they put together of
all the venues in Sussex County that they think a movie or production studio might be interested in and then if a you know somebody's filming in Sussex County and they say hey we want a school from the 1930s architecture and hey what do you have they might identify I wanted a
school and then from that point on you would go potentially into an agreement with them. Um I have a little bit experience of that. Where I grew up, the Sopranos used to film a lot. Yeah. And they were >> I'm not in an episode. I [laughter] any kind of episode, but they were going
to use a facility that I was running and they were like, uh, you know, whatever it is, they didn't like that particular look of it. So, they used the one next door, but they needed some of the supplies I had. So we went in there and like literally like they're filming interior shots like right there, the stars right there and like me and my friends are like hanging off to the
side. >> So cool. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's cool. But long story and then they use the house in my town. Like long story short, the checks that they come across with for using the venue is I mean it's significant. It's like a grand >> you know depending upon how long and
stuff like that. Um, so are is the board okay with me just exploring with this company like what are they putting together and then I would come back to you with more information. >> Okay. Would there be I don't know would there be like any restrictions on like
what we could use that money for Mrs. go to town. >> No, it would be it would be miscellaneous revenue and it would become part of whatever. >> Yeah. >> And again, no, even if you choose to do what they want you to do and be featured in their resource guide, even after
that, there's minor states, there's no commitment to be if you know, whomever wants, you know, make a make a move. Stephen Spielberg wants to make a movie in Sussex County. There's no commitment to go. I would encourage us to do that. [laughter] >> Yeah.
So, I I'll talk to them a little bit more and see what But I know, you know, I try to do something like this place legitimate and I know they have the all access stuff over in Newton and um >> Oh, yeah. >> Oh, cool.
>> And I know they're they're they're working with she didn't reach out, but you know, I guess one of the people who scout locations did and I know they're doing some kind of joint project with the community college. Um, not necessarily filming, but I think the education part of it, kids, production, stuff like that. That was space.
>> No, but you can [laughter] know the movie. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> You know the mine scene? >> Ogdensburg. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Um, any other new business? On a heavier note, um [laughter]
attendance >> since we're kind of like midway now, >> um has have the principles done anything with um attendance and who are not attending?
>> So that's a great question. Uh you know, I gave the board some information, right, in the run down a couple rundowns ago. So we took that information and we went with u [snorts] our RTI coordinator. So, she's spearheading that initiative. She's made a variety of phone calls, notifications, is meeting
with the parents in an ongoing fashion, developing these plans to try to get the students. She's doing a great job. >> Have you seen it in attendance? I mean, I know >> Yeah, I think it's just too short of a time, right, for the treatment. Um but we targeted an area of students where if
we can effectuate a change in the number of days that they have absent, we'll see a positive result at the end of the school year, you know, whereas if you you know, unfortunately you'll have some students who are already, you know, defined as chronically absent. They already exceeded whatever 20 days, right? >> Um so we back that up to maybe students
who are at the seven day mark to try to effectuate the change in that. So my concern is the kids who are chronically absent, are they being held accountable for the work that they're missing and then like getting moved on to the next grade or are you
just letting them go? Like my concern is there's kids that go every single day and only miss when needed. >> Yeah. >> And they're doing all the work and then you have kids that are and it it does stem at home too, like you know, parents aren't enforcing going to school and whatot.
Um but then they're also advancing to the next grade. So it's like >> yeah, you know, every time a student's promoted or retained, like that's a collaborative conversation with the parent, the administrator, and the teachers. And you know, I think they've made conscientious decisions in the best
interest of the student in those cases. And you're not you're not like commenting on my daughter because she's been out all week. >> No. >> All right. All right. I'm sorry if I'm [laughter] Any other business?
None. Um, audience remarks. Members of the audience are invited to make brief comments about matters of interest to the district. Any? No. Okay. Moving on. We do not need to go into executive session. Um, can I
get a motion for adjournment? >> Motion. >> Thank you. Second. >> Thank you. All in favor say I.