[Music] good evening the March 13 2025 meeting the wber toship Board of Education will please come to order roll call Mr secretary Miss Anderson here miss bouran here Mr deletro here Miss Perez here Mr
Mohamed here Mr sedon here Mr treer here Mr bz here Mr Harris here Mr secretary is required by the Sunshine Law please read the notice of meanings thank you Mr Harris uh 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 this act the board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and place thereof posted as
follows on January 21st 2025 emailed to the home News Tribune The Star Ledger and the municipal clerk's office posted in Ross Street School number 11 and the Board of Education administration building also published on the school district website thank you Mr wolferman Dr mamino
please introduce our student representative Marissa Santiago from wridge high school thank you m Harris Marissa Santiago is a senior at Woodbridge High School she's a hardworking student who displays a strong sense of responsibility towards academics and extracurricular
commitments academically Marissa will graduate at the top of her class and has successfully completed numerous advanced placement and dual enrollment courses over the years as an active Baron Marissa is a member of drama club spring musical Heroes and Cool Kids freshman mentors English tutorial club and is a
senior class officer she dedicates her free time to volunteering as a cheer coach for the Woodridge golden Saints and works with a volunteer as a volunteer with the theater World Awards Marissa's competency and academics as well as her gift of leadership extends far beyond the classroom setting she has
been recognized as a member of the National Honor Society the science Honor Society and is the vice president of the trim music Honor Society After High School Marissa plans on attending college to pursue a degree in classical voice performance Marissa thank you for joining us this evening thank you first
some districtwide activities and accomplishments 109 seniors earned their seal of biliteracy certificate for profic in a foreign language 10 of those students earned an additional seal in another language Woodbridge Township School District hosted their second
Title One family night for this school year on February 25th this second night was focused on fourth and fifth grade steam activities students got to spend time with their teachers and families working on developing a tower to hold a bucket made out of limited materials our third title one night will be held on
March 25th and will focus on math many of our elementary schools participated in the nea's read Across America week whose theme for 2025 was create and celebrate a nation of diverse readers all of our schools participated in the Township's have a heart food drive at
school number one they participated in collecting soup for replenishing and nourishing neighbors with over 1,800 donations avanel Street School number 45 celebrated read Across America week with a variety of activities to encourage literacy these activities included various dress up days members of the
Woodbridge Police Department reading to classes and the annual masked reader assembly this week also kicked off the start of the family writing program the PTO reading challenge for the month of March and the beginning of student book donations for the avanel Street School 4 and five book swap which will be held at
the end of March Port writing School number n participated in the kids heart Challenge and raised over $4,000 for the American Heart Association the fundraiser featured a schoolwide let's move activity day and a staff versus student basketball game at school 11 jnf
Kennedy Memorial High School visited with first grade classrooms to provide some safety tips the national Elementary Honor Society visited the library Science Center to participate in Crazy chem and after school stem stem program and RW Street's academic coaches hosted
their annual fall in love with a book event which allows students to exchange or take home a new book at school 19 to celebrate both women's history month and read Across America in March MPT hosted career and literacy month where throughout the month the school welcomed important women from our community to
read to students and share share insights about their careers the MPT students are participating in the kids heart challenge by doing cardiovascular exercises in the physical education classes and learning handson CPR the lafaya estate school number 25
students enjoyed an amazing pbsis assembly by the echo dance team from New York City they had a fun time learning about respect anti-bullying and perseverance School 25 participated in the kids heart Challenge and raised $1,414 for the American Heart
Association while learning how to keep their hearts healthy in physical education classes at Matthew jel School number 28 they hosted a local author Mr Jay who read his book Ricky The Rock who couldn't roll to grades kindergarten through third and spoke with students in grades four and five about the process
of writing illustrating and Publishing a book MJS also hosted members of the Woodbridge High School science National Honor Society in their fourth and fifth grade classrooms avanel Middle School participated in the Hoops for heart fundraiser and raised over $600 for the American Heart Association at Ford's
middle school they donated approximately 800 lbs of food to the Woodbridge townships have a heart food drive FMS students also attended a conference at Princeton University earlier today to learn about stem there were Hands-On activities a chemistry demo hearing from
a panel and address from keynote speaker Professor inz Montano a physicist from Northern Arizona University a group of Select students from FMS will also have the opportunity to attend a young women's empowerment Summit on March 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 1: p.m. at the acaia
center they will hear from a panel and then break into groups to learn about preparation for an interview complete a vision board to establish goals and how to handle the stresses of daily life at Woodbridge Middle School the W WMS peer leaders created a schoolwide assembly featuring performances from the WMS
cheerleaders choir and dance classes to recognize Black History Month additionally the Woodbridge Middle School cheerleaders mental health club and girls group recognized heart health awareness month by providing information to all students and faculty during a schoolwide wear red day and finally at
Woodbridge High School after a successful performance at the regional competition members of Woodbridge High School's Deca team traveled to the 3day state competition in Atlantic City one student qualified for the decan national competition in Orlando members of the whs black student union and baron
steppers visited several elementary schools to lead a variety of interactive Interactive activities in celebration of Black History Month the whs concert choir show choir silent choir and steppers performed at the Woodbridge Township School District Black History
Month celebration at JFK Memorial High School terrific Marissa you're a great reader you're really good great voice um thank you for joining us and also thank you Mr Osborne for joining us as well principal wber High School you're welcome to stay for the entirety of the meeting but if you have homework or
exams to study for please feel free to excuse yourself thank you have a nice day thank you okay Miss ban would you please read the Clos session statement Mr President in compliance with the Sunshine Law the board must go into close session in
order to discuss subjects Exempted from the public portion of our meeting the discussions to be held in closed session will be regarding Personnel matters and the board will will receive attorney client advice any information regarding the closed session discussion will be released to the public when the reasons for discussing these matters in closed
session no longer exist excellent I have a motion by Miss ban do I have a second second okay motion by Miss Gordan seconded by Mr Tre boster all in favor I any any opposed carried we will retire to close session we'll be out as soon as
possible thank you very much okay please rise for a salute to the flag in a moment of silence flag United States ofice okay okay do I have a motion to reconvene motion second okay I have a
motion by Mr Tree waser seconded by Mr Dela Petro all in favor I any opposed carried roll call Mr secretary Miss Anderson here M bouran here Mr deletro here Miss Perez here Mr Mohammad here Mr Sedana here Mr treaser here Mr valz here
Mr Harris here will someone please make a motion to approve the minutes from the previous meeting so motion okay do I have a second second I have a motion by Mr Del Petro excuse me I have to ask this no excuse me are there any additions or Corrections hearing none uh
motion by Mr Del Petro seconded by Miss Perez all in favor I any opposed carried Mr secretary please stay for the record any notices of Biz received by the board thank you Mr President Mark 7th 2025 we received ifb 25-18 for student
transportation services very good thank you Dr mamino please stay for the record the superintendance reports for the month of February 2025 thank you Mr Harris I present the board the following reports student registers and fire drill reports suspension reports for elementary and secondary schools bomb threat reports
and reports of the attendance officers thank you Dr masino the wber Board of Education welcomes and encourages active productive and respectful participation by members of the public and seeks to protect the First Amendment rights of those who engage in the exercise of free speech at this Board of Education
meeting members of the public are requested to express to themselves in a civil manner with due respect for the dignity and privacy of those whose legal rights may be impacted the public is now invited to speak regarding the agendas being presented this evening when you come to the microphone please provide
your name and the section of the Township in which you reside along with this specific agenda item you wish to discuss as per regulation 1100d comments must be limited to no more than 5 minutes no response will be given until you have completed your opportunity to
speak anyone wishing to speak on any agenda items this evening okay see none yes uh if you'd like to speak on agenda item you come to the podium but if it's sort of a a general item that will be at the end of the meeting thank you I know we spoke
earlier okay hearing no one uh or seeing no one uh we'll move on to the superintendent's agenda Dr massino do you have any recommendations thank you Mr President I have 11 11 items to present to the board this evening terrific thank you do I have a motion for the superintendent's agenda no motion okay do I have a second second
second okay I have a motion by Mr Tree waser seconded by Miss Bordan are there any comments or questions from the board saying none roll call Mr secretary Miss Anderson yes Miss bouran yes Mr deletro yes Mr Mohammad uh Mr President
uh yes on items 1 through 10 I abstain from number 11 in the name of rers University M presz Mr President I will also be abstaining on item number 11 in the name of Ruckers yes to all other items Mr sadana yes Mr Trier yes Mr valz
yes Mr Harris yes thank you very much communication policy and planning agenda Mr Muhammad Mr President the communication policy and planning committee on recommendation of the superintendent of schools presents the following four recommendations I move for the adoption of the forgoing
excellent I have a motion by Mr Muhammad do I have a second second second okay I have a motion by Mr mohamd seconded by Miss Anderson are there any comments or questions from the board seeing none roll call Mr wolferman M Anderson yes Miss bouran yes Mr deletro yes Mr Mohammad yes Miss Perez
yes yes Mr sadana yes Mr peer yes Mr valz yes Mr Harris yes we're up to the curriculum extracurricular activities and Technology agenda Mr sadana thank you Mr President the curriculum extracurricular activities and Technology committee on
the recommendation of the superintendent of schools and the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction presents the following seven items I move for the adoption of the forgoing thank you Mr sadan I have a motion do I have a second second okay I have a motion by Mr sedon secreted by
Miss Perez are there any comments or questions from the board seeing none roll call Mr wolferman M Anderson yes M Bordan yes Mr deletro yes Mr mohammd yes M prz yes Mr San yes Mr tree waser yes Mr valz yes Mr Harris
yes finance and insurance agenda Mr Tre bler thank you Mr President the finance and insurance committee on recommendation of the superintendent of schools and the business administrator board secretary presents the following 12 items thank you Mr Tre waser I have a motion by Mr tree waser do I have a
second second okay I have a motion by Mr Tree waser seconded by Miss Anderson are there any comments or questions from the board the only one I'd like to make uh make uh notice of as items number nine and 10 tonight we're introducing our
budget to be sent off to the county superintendent and this begins our budget process I want to note for the Public's uh edification that's on our web website as well as in my my corner newspaper articles that we will have be having open public uh budget meetings uh
beginning on May 1 and then we'll approve our budget on May 8 just want to make note of those uh take a look out for that and then uh that concludes my remarks roll call Mr wolferman M Anderson yes M bouran yes Mr delpetra yes Mr Mohammad yes Miss Perez yes Mr
sadonna yes Mr treaser I will be abstaining on the name Jonathan treaser and I one yes on all other items Mr valz yes Mr haris yes we'll go to Safety and Security Mr valz thank you Mr President Safety and Security committee on recommendation of the superintendent of
schools present the following two items and I move for the adoption of the foro excellent thank you Mr valz I have a motion by Mr valz do I have a second second okay motion by uh Mr valz seconded by miss bouran any comments or questions from the
board seeing none we'll go to R roll call Miss Anderson yes Miss bouran yes Mr deletro yes Mr Mohammad yes M Perez yes Mr sadonna yes Mr Trier yes Mr valz yes Mr Harris yes dining and transportation agenda Miss Perez thank
you Mr President the dining and transportation committee on recommendation of the superintendent of schools and the business administrator board secretary present the following seven items I move for the adoption of the forgoing thank you very much I have a motion by Miss Perez do I have a second second
motion by Miss PR seconded by Miss Anderson any comments or questions from the board seeing none roll call Mr wolferman M Anderson yes M Bordan yes Mr deletro yes Mr Mohammad yes M Perez yes Mr Sana yes Mr treer yes Mr valz yes Mr
Harris yes Personnel Mr deler thank you Mr President the Personnel committee on recommendation of the superintendent of schools and the assistant superintendent for human resources presents the following 28 items and move for the option forego I have a motion by Mr Delo do I
have a second second okay motion by Mr Del Petro seced by Miss Perez sounding like you uh any comments or questions from the board no roll call M wolferman Miss Anderson yes M bouran yes Mr deletro yes
Mr Mohammad yes M Perez yes Mr sedan yes Mr Trier yes Mr valz yes Mr Harris yes is there any old business that should be brought before the attention of the board any new business Mr President
yes uh I'd like to make an announcement so on March 19th Wednesday March 19th from 5: to 8:00 p.m. at Wood high school we're going to have our free prom dress Extravaganza so we'd like to welcome all of our students of in Woodridge Township
to come out to the event and look and check out our free prom dresses thank you Mr President excellent thank you very much anybody else no uh last week uh JFK High School had their uh production of mam Mia their spring musical beginning next week is uh
wridge High School's rendition of Sister Act and the following week is colon High School's presentation of foot loose check out their websites or their social media pages to support our uh our young thespians and the backstage crew they
always do a fantastic job so please enjoy seeing no other comments questions from the board we will move on to public comment uh we will now open the meeting for public comment if you wish to say something please come to the microphone provide your name in the section of the
Township in which you reside for the record again members of the public are requested to express themselves in a civil manner with due respect for the dignity and privacy of those whose legal rights may be impacted please limit your comments to no more than 5 minutes in
accordance with regulation 1100d no response will be given given until you have fully completed all of your comments so as not to interrupt your 5minute opportunity to speak anyone wishing to speak please come to the microphone your name and the uh and the SE of the township which you
reside a couple new guests this evening hello hi you can pull it down towards your face there hello hi my name is ran Desai and I'm a junior at John F kendi Memorial High School and today I'm here to represent our fcla
chapter hi everyone I'm Mishi Patel and I am also a junior from John F Kennedy Memorial High School and I'm from the part of town Island and I am here to represent New Jersey FCCLA because I serve as their vice president of community service we have our upcoming
event on March 9th and 20th which is next Wednesday and Thursday which is our state leadership conference and in our state leadership conference we have competitive events workshops and community service initiatives our community service initiatives for this
year is having monitary donations for an efforts to help the LA fires and then we're collecting yarn for the magic yarn project who crochet yarn who crochet wigs for kids with cancer and then we're having a cookie sale for the Covenant
House who help homeless teens and then lastly we're having a hygiene product drive for an organization called vision of Hope in South Jersey and they will distribute these hygiene products to the um the homeless and then these competitive events are made to help
students uh prepare themselves for the career aspirations and then the workshops are all fun one of them is being led by me and then our adviser Miss Anana from JFK about fashion sustainability which our whole campaign about fashion sustainability started when we got first
in the nation over the summer in Seattle now currently this inspired us to start a fashion sustainable campaign in Woodbridge itself so we opened up this campaign to middle school students and high school students so along with the division of sustainability of
Woodbridge and the W the Woodbridge youth Council we have now hosted our sustainability work Workshop which conspired of our first educational presentation where we talked about fashion sustainability and its importance in our district and locally
and throughout the state and now while working through it we have our first fashion show for fashion sustainability on April 26th at our youth center we also want to mention that we do a lot of community service locally within our chapters one of them being
one of our teachers Miss Paro had had a devastating loss of her home and it makes it 10 times more devastating because she has a disabled kid and he has this uh very rare genetic disease which only 11 people in our whole world
have and so when they lost her home we were very impacted and so we did a project called build a house in our cafeteria and our staff faculty and even alumni um helped us uh do a monetary
donation of 72,000 in just the span of two weeks which was very amazing and then lastly we want to talk about an organization called rent for moms which our chapter supports we also received a global recognition for it
because we were the first ever high school to support this organization and we do various fonding events to help support this organization that helps African-American single mothers p rent and then that's all for today thank you
that's it thank you you are doing phenomenal work and we we now know why you placed first in uh in Seattle there so thank you very much let let's give him another round of applause thank you we'll we'll run down Dr Parry to get
all your information and make sure the board is aware and tries to get out to your event on March 19 and 20 as well as the the 26 I was familiar with the fashion show but the other item so thank you very much for coming it takes great courage to come to the meetings and uh and be seen and and be heard so thank you very much keep up the good work all
right thank you you're welcome thank you any board members wish to comment or anything on no anyone else wishes to speak this evening no all right thank you much well this is uh been a pleasant meeting uh the chair will entertain a motion to
adjourn no motion second do I I have a second by Dr Masa I have um I got Jeopardy I have a second by Mr tree washer uh all in favor any opposed Gary the meeting is adjourned we'll see you in April thank
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