001On Thursday, January 9th, 2025, notice of this meeting was emailed to the press in the mainland Journal. Notice was also delivered that day to the Aar Township clerk and posted on bulletin board in Township Hall. Please stand for the flag salute. 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. >> All right. Item four on the agenda is report of the election results. So they are attached uh in board docs for everyone to review. All right, moving on to item five, oath of office. Uh first we will have the oath of office administered to board member elect Mrs. Christy Bird by Pete Castalano. Mrs. Bur, you ready to take the oath? >> I
002am. >> I, Mr. Bur >> I, Mr. swear >> do solemnly swear >> domly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> and that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> and I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> to the Saints >> and to the government >> established in the United States and this >> established in the United States and this >> under the authority authority of the people >> under the authority of the people. >> So help me God. Help me out. I, Christy Bird, >> I, Christy Bird, >> do solemnly swear >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed
003by law for the office >> a member of the board of education >> and that I am not disqualified as a voter >> and I am not disqualified as a voter >> pursuant to revised statute 19 col4-1 Pursuant to >> pursuant to >> revis >> nor disqualify conviction of a crime >> nor disqualifyiction of a crime >> or offense >> listed in >> New Jersey statute >> 18A >> colon 12 >> -4 sexual >> and that I will faithfully >> impartially >> and justly >> perform all the duties of that office >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> Congratulations. You're a boardman. Okay. Congratulations, Mrs. Bird. >> Yep. Come on up. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next, we'll have the o o o o o o o
004o o o o o o o o o o o o o oath of office minister to board member elect, Mr. Lewis del Deabarka by deputy mayor, Mr. Ray Ellis. >> [clears throat] >> Hello everyone. You ready? >> All right. I speak your name. >> I do not. We solemnly swear >> we solemnly swear >> and affirm >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States. I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. >> And I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> to the same >> and to the government established >> in the United States >> and this state >> under the authority >> and under the authority >> of
005the people. >> So help me God. >> I state your name. I, Lewis L. Barton, >> do solemnly swear >> or affirm >> that I would possess the qualifications >> that I possess the qualifications >> prescribed by the law >> for the office >> a member of the board of education >> and I will not >> and that I will not >> disqualify >> as a voter pursuant >> to RF 194 >> to R That's 19-4. >> That's one. >> Nor disqualified >> due to a conviction of crime. >> Conviction or crime or >> often listed in NJS 18A. >> Also listed in 188 >> 12- 12. and that I will faithfully >> That I will faithfully >> impartially >> and impartially >> and justly perform >> all the duties >> of that office >>
006according to the best >> of my ability >> so help me God [applause] >> I think that's congratulations Mr. Delabara. >> All right. Next, we'll have the oath of office minister to board member elect, Mr. Nicholas Sepy by Mr. John Rizley, County Commissioner Chairman. Say I. Is it your name? >> I accept. >> Do solemnly swear or affirm >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. >> And that I will bear true faith and allegiance. and that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> and to the governments established in the United States >> and to the
007governments established in the United States >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> so help me God >> under the authority of the people so help me God >> I do solemnly swear >> or affirm that I possess >> or firm that I possess >> the qualifications prescribed by law >> for the office of member of a board of education >> for the office of a member of a board of education >> and that I'm not disqualified as a voter >> and that I am not disqualified as a voter >> pursuant to revised statutes >> 19 colon >> 4-1 >> nor disqualified >> due to a conviction of a crime >> or offense listed in New New Jersey state statutes >> or offense listed New Jersey state statutes >> 18A
008colon 12-1 colon 12-1 >> and that I will faithfully >> impartially and justly >> perform all the duties of that office >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> You are truly [applause] Congratulations, Mr. Sepy. >> All right, we'll now take our official roll call for the meeting. [clears throat] Mrs. Bird, >> present. >> Mr. Buyers, >> present. >> Mr. Delabarka, >> here. >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd here, Miss Hyman >> here, >> Mr. Ireland >> here, Mr. Price here, Mr. Sepy >> here, >> and Mrs. Slaggy >> here. >> All right, we now uh move to appointment of the board president. So, at this time, we'll open up the floor for nominations for board president. >> I nominate Mrs. uh Tamika Gilbert Floyd. I I nominate Louiswis Stella Barker
009for president of this board. Thank you. >> All right. Seeing no other no other nominations, we'll now take a roll call vote for board president. And I'll just remind you when uh we go through the vote, you'll vote for Mrs. Gilbert Floyd or Mr. Mr. Deabarka. So you'll you'll say the name of the person that you wish to vote for. Uh Mrs. Bird >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd >> Mr. Buyers >> Miss Gilbert Floyd >> Mr. Delabarka >> Mr. Delabarkca >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd >> Missyman >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd >> Mr. Ireland >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd >> Mr. Price >> Miss Gilbert Floyd >> Mr. Sepy Mr. Dela Barka and Mrs. Loy. >> Mr. Delabara. >> All right. With six votes, Mrs. Gilbert, congratulations. Your board president. [applause] Good evening everyone. I'd like to do a
010motion for nominations for vice president. >> I nominate Mr. Michael Price. Okay, seeing no other nominations, take our roll call vote. Again, you'll be voting to affirmative for Mr. Price's vice president as he's our only nominee. Mrs. Bird, >> Mr. Price, >> Mr. Buyers, >> yes, Mr. Price. >> Mr. Delabara, >> pause. Come back to me. Mrs. Mrs. Gbert Floyd, >> Mr. Price, >> Miss Heyman, >> Mr. Price, >> Mr. Ireland, >> Mr. Price, >> Mr. Sepy, >> Mr. Price, >> Mrs. Salagi, >> Mr. Price, >> and Mr. Delbar, >> Mr. Price. Okay, >> congratulations, Mr. Price. Nine votes. [applause] At this time, I'd like to have a motion for 9.1 through 9.10. >> So made. >> Second. Ireland. Can I have a second? >> Second. Ireland. >> Okay. >> Roll call, please. Mrs. Bird,
011>> I'm abstaining from 9.1 uh to 9.10 10. Uh, as I did not receive the agenda prior to this meeting, >> Mr. Buyers, >> yes. >> Mr. Delabarka, >> yes. >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd, >> yes. >> Miss Hyman, >> yes. >> Mr. Ireland, >> yes. >> Mr. Price, >> yes. >> Mr. Sepy, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Sloggy, >> yes. [clears throat] >> Excuse me. A motion to approve items 10.1 through 10.4. Motion second by >> roll call. >> Mrs. Bird >> I am also abstaining >> Mr. Buyers. >> Yes. >> Mr. Delabar. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Gilbert Floyd. >> Yes. >> Missyman. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ireland. >> Yes. >> Mr. Price. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sepy. >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Sloggy. >> Yes. [snorts] motion for uh board discussion. >> So for
012number 11, board discussion, everyone has a copy of the bylaw of the code of ethics. So when we have our retreat um later on this month, we'll obviously go over that in more detail with New Jersey school boards and myself. But if we can just acknowledge that we reviewed them today and sign off and give them back to Mr. Smith. And then the other two various items are committee appointments and board representatives. So, as the board president, you can do what's been done in the past, which is ask people to email you requests and then you can go ahead and make those decisions if you would like. >> I'm just going to request that everyone would email me uh by this Friday with the committees that you would be interested in serving on and and
013also with the various board representatives. We al represent representatives. We have [clears throat] the Hall of Fame representative. Um >> New Jersey School Board um legislative delegate and alternate. Uh we also have the Atlanta County School Board Association represent reps. Um so just please send those to me in an email um by Friday and just so you know I said stating your interest and what committee that you would like to serve on. Uh, Miss Floyd, I have not received my um email or uh onboarding information yet from the township. So, uh, I'll be sending that from my personal email. >> So, I guess we can get that set up. >> Mhm. >> We'll get it set up for her before Friday so that she can >> Yeah, we'll do it tonight. Yeah. >> Okay. We'll
014do it tonight. We'll get it done tonight so you can >> Oh, I appreciate that. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. So you just have to read that statement. >> Yep. We have right here. So um at this point we have our um our guidelines for our public comments. Going to read that out loud. The board values and welcomes comments and opinions from residents. This meeting will now be open to the public comments. Three minutes per person. If your question pertains to litigation, student or personnel items, please see the superintendent after the meeting as the board does not discuss these matters in public. Depending on the nature and complexity of your questions, the board secretary may ask you ask you for your contact information so that someone can get back to you with a
015response. As a reminder, this is a public meeting and all comments should be appropriate for a public setting and made in a respectful manner. Please come up to the podium. There's a button you're going to push right there on the podium and you're going to state your full name and address. Good evening, Pete Castellano, 111 White Oak Drive, Egg Harbor Township. I just want to wish everyone a happy new year. I want to congratulate the newly sworn in board members. I want to congratulate the newly sworn in officers. I want to wish you all good luck this year. And I want to offer my assistance in whatever way possible. Whatever way I can help you during the course of this year. You know where to find me. Please reach out. So, thank you all again.
016Happy New Year. Any other >> any other uh public comments? >> Okay. Any board members? >> Madam President, quick comment. >> Yes, sir. >> First of all, I want to thank everyone for coming out tonight and um I want to thank Chairman Rizley for swearing in and my grandmother for swearing me in as well. What an honor. Thank you. Congratulations, Christy, Lou, and our new officers, Tamika, Mike. We have a lot of work to do in the coming year, and uh you know, we're going to protect our children and do the right thing. So, I look forward to it and thank you to the public for letting me come back for another three years. It's it's been a pleasure for the last four and I'm sure the next three will be wonderful. So, God bless
017you all and stay warm tonight and thanks. Thank you, >> Madam President. Okay. Uh again, I echo Mr. Sephy's sentiments. Uh appreciate everybody coming out tonight in support of the board. Um looking forward to working with the newly elected, well, actually returning board members and newly elected returning board member, Miss Bird. Um uh I think we're looking uh forward to a great new year and we're going to have good committees get uh put together and I think we're going to continue to move the district forward and uh I I thank my fellow board members for for the support tonight and the trust you put in me as as one of the leadership of this board. So that being said, I want to wish everybody a good night and um thank you Thank you. Um, I
018just want to thank everyone for coming. Thank you to my family and friends and thank you to everyone who voted in this election. Um, I'm really excited to be back on the board. I want to acknowledge Miss Sullivan who's in attendance. She served the board for many, many years and she worked really hard for the township. So, I just want to acknowledge her. Thank you for your service. Um, and I want to say to the current sitting board members that I have seen how hard you have worked over the last few years. Um, I've watched from the audience. I've watched from my home. I've, you know, uh, participated in different ways. But I appreciate all the hard work that you have done for our community and for our children. And I look forward to working
019with you to continue the hard work that you've started. So, thank you for welcoming me so nicely. Again, thank you everybody for coming out tonight. I'd like to congratulate Mrs. Gilbert Floyd and Mr. Price, Mr. Michael Price on their appointments tonight as president and vice president. And welcome Mrs. Christy Bird and our returning board members. Um, and I know we're going to have a good year. I'm looking forward to that. Thank you. Just like last meeting, ditto. Everybody said everything. So, I'm not going to resay everything again. But I do want to say uh thank you to Mr. Del Barka and Miss Heyman for your leadership last year in the role of president and vice president of the school board. And thank you again for everybody for coming out. But for time sake, I'll keep
020it at that. Thank you. >> I can't uh I can't be on odd man out here. Uh thank you for joining us. >> Thank you for all the work you guys have already done. We got work ahead of us. >> Let's get to it. >> Your assistance is requested. Help us, advise us, guide us. Thank you. >> Everybody said pretty much the same thing. I'm not going to do that. I'm just going to say happy new year to you all. Thank you for coming tonight. >> Um, I'd just like to say happy new year to everyone. Um, and [clears throat] I would like to say thank you um to my fellow board members um for your support for tonight. And um I am one who gives honor where honor is due. And um I'd like
021to thank Mr. Delabara and Miss Miss Hyman for their leadership um guidance and direction. And um and I've watched both of you know over the years been watching Mr. Dela Parker since I was in fifth grade because he was my principal. So, I just want you to know, Miss Del Barker, I appreciate you and respect you all the work that you've done and Miss Miss Heyman and also um looking forward to this opportunity. Um and Mr. Ireland always jokes me and says, "Miss Floyd, when I one time I was at a board meeting, I said a ll all and I when I say all students, I mean all students. And when I say all staff, I mean all staff, all stakeholders and community members um are important because no one just out of just surely
022volunteers hours and times out of times and years out of their life unless they're passionate about what they do. So um and also I'd like to acknowledge all our um elected officials in the audience who are out here tonight. uh our committee, Acrop Township Committee, uh members um and every person of the community and um Mr. Rizley, thank you so much for your service and thank you all for your service and I'm just excited. Um I'm excited. I am beyond excited because I love a Carver Township. Um, and I think we have a lot of work to do and I think we have, uh, the right people in in place here in this board with different perspectives, um, different backgrounds, and we'll be able to address the diverse needs of our growing school community and
023our growing community as well. So, I'm looking forward to 2026 being a year of um setting precedents and a year of um year of change in a positive direction and to continue to work on all the great programs and all the great things that are already happening in EHT that we can continue to move those things forward um and beyond. So, I'm excited and thank you so much. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Motion. Oh, >> second, third, fourth. Thank you. >> Thanks, M. Are we going to get a picture? [applause]