Monroe Township Board of Education 03.21.13 Regular Meeting

001good evening the meeting of the Monro Township Board of Education will come to order please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance get hurt 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 may we please have a roll call Mr Gorski Mrs K Pano here Mr tesler here miss antelis here Mr Braverman Mr Chella here Mr calman here Mr Masters here Mr Po here Mr proso here Mr zareski here Madame board president you have a quorum thank you in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey open public meetings law the mon Township Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and place thereof posted

002March 2013 one at all schools two home News Tribune three cranberry press and four filed with the clerk of the M municipality and two things I have before we start the meeting one is that I am if I'm not on my aame today or my bcde Etc game it is because I am recovering from a severe about of food poisoning and you might be seeing Mr tesler sitting here in a little while I hope not but you never know uh at this time I'd like to turn over the meeting to Dr Hamilton good evening all um Madam board president and members of the Board of Education I asked uh Kathy K if I could have a moment before the before the start of this meeting uh to address the board and the public um I'd

003like to offer my apologies to the members of the Board of Education the community staff and most importantly to my students for my role in the abrasive exchange that occurred on March 5th during the public Board of Education meeting I have always modeled the utmost Civility and respect for others even when it was not reciprocated while the sensationalism of that exchange made for very catchy by lines the real story lies in the conditions that trigger that debate or that Exchange in the first place I share a deep passion for the extraordinary inequity and the distribution of state aid which has left Monroe residents to carry essentially the full burden of supporting our schools this reality fueled my frustration when it appeared that our efforts which included writing letters to the governor the commissioner working in

004concert with save our schools who have been very helpful with carrying our cause several meetings with the governors chief of staff and other members of the cabinet in order to bring attention to the disparity and funding with compared to neighboring communities developing legislation which seeks to obligate the state to fully fund the school funding formula thereby creating a tax relief for our residents and other communities whose demographics are comprised of one-third of residents 65 years of age or older currently known as Senate Bill 237 this Administration has gone above and beyond to extraordinary length to advocate for his students and the community while I may espouse a difference of opinion on the methods selected to address this issue and those opinions May differ from members of our community there is no debate about this being

005a shared concern in retrospect and regards to that may that March 5th meeting I could have simply have given the facts without the emotionality but at the end of the day I'm only human I'm subject to the same imperfections vulnerabilities and sensitivities as any anyone else while I carry the title of superintendent it doesn't come with superpowers so again I offer my apologies and I thank you for your Indulgence thank you Dr Hamilton at this time we will go to our student board members reports or [Music] report good evening ladies and gentlemen um spring break will begin Monday March 25th and end Friday March 29th also tonship High School presents Greece the spring musical it will take place from April 11th through April 14th thank you thank you number six on the agenda Abid senior

006class 2013 presentation Dr Gorman or would you like to handle this or go I am very proud this evening to introduce um the Avid teachers and electives and students and I have to share an experience um that I had while I was uh doing my rounds this week I was in the high school and um during the passing of classes and a student yelled for me in the hallway and she said Dr Hamilton I got into my school of choice penu and the Glee on her face and the excitement that she shared really solidified for me why this program is so important so without further Ado Michelle Celli Michelle Celli and rata thank you Dr Hamilton Dr Gorman Board of Education members staff and members of the community uh and Miss uh Rana McKenzie our

00712th grade Avid elective teacher and um our Avid elective seniors who are here this evening I'd like to intro I'd like them to introduce themselves to the community and they're going to um share their Avid story with you and then also tell you where their future plans are how you doing my name is Bobby stepy and I'm a senior in the AVID program and I've been accepted to Sacred Heart with an academic and athletic scholarship to play football there and um I don't think I would have gotten there if it wasn't for the Abid program I think the motivation and the initiative it gave me to do more with myself instead of just the middle of the road and the average stuff I would have never got to where I was today thank you hi

008my name is Philip dudak and um Aid really helped me uh through High School it gave me the extra motivation and uh forced me like pushed me to take AP classes and stuff like that and um I'm waiting back to here but I think I'm going to play football at West England University and Aid really helped me uh get my grade too that I need to get there so thank [Applause] [Music] you how's it going uh my name is sh Ana and I'm a member of The Ivy program through Aid has helped me Excel and through that I've been accepting mul multiple colleges I'm probably going to Moravian which I got a scholarship for and going there to play football and pursue my dreams of playing football at the next level thank [Applause] you my

009name is Megan CR I've been in the ad program for four years um I'm going to Brookdale Community College in the fall uh it's not very common to go to college in my family so in the beginning I wasn't very motivated but Aid got me more focused that my college life and what I do in the future is more important than what my social life is like so IID really changed my motivation and my attitude towards higher [Applause] education okay hello my name is janni lon um I'm good right uh I was accepted to Harrisburg Kane and St Elizabeth I think I'm going to go to Harrisburg um Avid has really pushed me to become the person I am today without Aid I think I wouldn't have been accepted to any college because I would

010have been given up and probably wouldn't have enough determination and that's exactly what a has taught me determination [Applause] [Music] hi I'm Tatiana Humphrey and through Avid I've been accepted to six colleges and that's everywhere I've applied and My First Acceptance was Ryder University where this I got I'm still contemplating on where I want to go my Top Choice is St John's University but you know they're kind of expensive but that's why I'm working on scholarships and I really think Avid has helped me to get myself to where I want to be because since sixth grade I've always wanted to be a lawyer I always had that in mind I just never had that push and IID really pushed me to do that so thank [Applause] you hi um mat Ben and daddy wow it's

011loud um I've been in the AVID program for four years um I've been accepted to Rucker business school at Newark and that's where I plan on attending and um Avid really helped me um push myself to do bigger and better things um ever since I was in Middle School I knew I had a lot more to offer than what I was really putting on the table so I think that would definitely help me with that and kind of get to the next [Applause] level hello my name is star Peters I was accepted to Western State University in Colorado and I don't think I would have gotten there without Avid because I wasn't taking school too seriously before I got went into the program and then once I was here I had my teachers that I

012got really close with over the four years and they helped push me to the place where I needed to be to see what I wanted to do with my life and get to college so it really helped [Applause] [Music] me hello I'm Daniel scone I'm a four-year Avid member uh Avid has helped me in so many different ways well just so you know what college I want to go to I want to go to Temple University I haven't been accepted yet but I'm hoping that they'll get back to me soon H well EV helped me in many ways uh they taught me about a lot of the things that I never even considered about college like a lot of the expenses what you have to do to get into it just life outside of school

013just sort of showed me like how it is in the real world which I never really thought of like in Middle School I was just like thinking about it like I'll fix like I'm going to do whatever I want when I grow up but I didn't realize how hard I would have to work to get to it and aside from just the educational stuff like organizing Aid's helped me like socially as well like if you see this group of people they're not people I would have normally ever talk to outside of avid but now they're all like really close friends with me so I feel like it's sort of helped me in that regard as well open up more socially in addition which is also really helpful in the real world thank [Applause] hi my

014name is rata McKenzie I am the Avid teacher I've been their teacher for four years um this is just a selection of the students that we have in our elective class the first Avid graduating class um I will say that it at times it's been an arduous Journey um it's definitely um you know it's been filled with um ups and downs uh rigger students that have wanted to leave at times CU they weren't up for the challenge but I am proud to say that they stayed and they've made me very very proud as a teacher and um and um I thank them for that they've been an inspiration for me and if I may in addition to the awesome awesome seniors that we have we have Avage students in every grade level and in and

015in working with the students I mean some of the things that they have done have been truly incredible and some of the experiences they've had um have really made a difference and not only the students but the teachers we have had the opportunity to work together as a collaborative group and the things that we have done and the bonds that we have shared professionally have made a difference for for all of us professionally and it has had such an impact on our students so on behalf of the Avid system and all that we do I'd like to thank the board of education for giving us the opportunity to be able to have this awesome program in the high school thank [Applause] you I just like to say that I think everybody up here sitting around

016this table are proud of all of you and we're proud to support a program that helps all of you Excel I think what I've heard tonight is that you've been pushed to be better than you thought you could be and your going places that you've never expected to go and we're all proud to be able to support you on that so thank you we wish all of you the best and [Applause] congratulations at this time we are going to the public forum anyone from the public wishing to speak to the agenda with the exception of the adoption of the school budget which will come later please come to the microphone and give your name and address for the record as we did with the last meeting the second public forum for the budget will be

017held after the budget um the budget presentation we ask that you adhere to our three minute um time limit and to speak only once per topic thank you report uh please tell me what Avid stands for I assume it's an acronym advancement via individual determination good evening Tom notein 15 at Daniel Street I just have a question with the closed session resolution um could somebody tell me what is the nature of the lawsuit uh that's mentioned in that which which part uh the closed session the first closed session resolution pla versus row you guys are getting legal advice tonight on that I'd like to know the nature of that lawsuit public record um the board has been in litigation um with an employee that we hope will be soon coming to a resolution and the

018attorney will be providing us with a potential settlement is it personal injury is it uh what kind of employment litigation discrimination case discrimination okay thank you any anyone else from the public my name is Jim Simmons a 594 bucko Avenue 40-year resident in town trying to survive in this sea of gated communities and mega mansions uh it you not you personally but it's killing me these taxes and what it cost to run the school that's everybody knows that are you speaking in regard to the budget just the cost of running the school okay I have one question I'd like well two questions I'd like to have answered I I see there's two Patrol men here is it is this is new I understand right yes at what cost do you have the cost yeah the

019board of education has previously um approved an authorization to use Police Services uh we've had them at basketball games football games and sporting events in the past it's approximately $90 an hour for each officer and um that's the approximate cost well I don't agree with that either but then my second question is you opened up a employees or Monroe Mecca whatever you call it you have an enrollment of nine or 10 children what's that cost now what's that cost to the board cuz I know you're not covering your cost with nine or 10 children there's more kids in there do you want to speak to Mecca um I don't have the enrollment date in front of me so I don't I'm not sure that that is the exact number but the intent of Mecca is

020for it to become a self-sustaining benef a self- sustaining program that benefits our employees our desire is to provide one of the things that we notice is that many of our teachers were taking extended leaves because they couldn't find affordable daycare so we were paying those teachers teachers to be out and teachers to fill in in their classrooms as well by providing this service we're expecting that those teachers will come back and save us money in the Long Haul so once the enrollment gets to the point where where it's self- sustaining we will actually be making money and saving expenditures if it does not turn out that way then the board will make a decision that is not not a an Enterprise uh account like we had hoped it would be and dis disband it

021and what time limit would that be well we haven't talked about that and that would I would not want to speak on behalf of the board but I would think that if we were having the same discussion this time next year would be time to say it didn't work okay thank you is there anyone else from the public wishing to speak sh arm min9 Nathaniel Street um agenda item two I page 15 I know the agenda has changed uh one thing I'd like to point out is when citizens want to be informed we have the agenda on the website and then by the time we get here it's changed so I think that's a bit of a problem I know there are very there are often last minute additions but on a regular basis it

022seems to be changed and it's not it seems that it it's not very transparent that way people should have the ability to download these from the website prior to the meeting and then come and and be able to speak to it so uh I I don't have uh as much information as I'd like so I'm gonna have to ask a few questions um on employee so page 15 number two um it's recommended that the board approve the following non-certified Personnel in the following step guide um can you talk about the first one workstation specialist what is that please Dr Hamilton yes um these are folks who identified as work space workstation Specialists are the part of our tech crew okay and and they are specifically designed to help people with the iPads or in addition

023oh no all the technology okay and what is a job description for that I don't know it by heart well you you promote this is your section is that correct you put these people in place you hire them or you recommend hiring yes ma'am okay so what would be a job disc it says here for Max certification I would think that you should hire somebody for that to begin with no not necessarily actually what happens is there's professional development opportunity that's available to all of our employees our tech department for example many of them seek certification in a very specific area of their their specialization in this particular instance this gentleman has has completed the cours workk for his Mac certification and the same benefit that has been in place for several years is applicable

024in this Regard in terms of an additional this voted on previously yes and what happened uh there was a flaw in the way the motion was presented and carried and we're reintroducing that that entire section of the agenda that was passed at the March 5th meeting okay and that's because of the person in question is a a relative of a member of the board is that correct yes ma'am okay so it was an inappropriate uh vote the last time correct because the person did not recuse themselves that part is not accurate the person did recruit himself but also second them thetion which made it invalid this this is the hazard of nepotism and doing the and hiring these this in this situation this is a new hire it was a new position the person did

025not hold this position as a grandfather job this was done during um like last year and I think it it it takes away from uh the policy you have a nepotism policy in place that you um did not regard properly in my opinion you have a financial policy that says no no person on the board should be voting on something that enhances their own uh family uh situation you know we ask the children again I always bring it back to a role model situation where this is an educational situ this is an educational institution and if you learn to get find loopholes in policies find loopholes in laws and skirt around what what are you teaching the children to do when you game the system it's cheating everyone and I think that the nepotism policy

026should be entirely adhered to there are more members on this board um then one with direct relatives involved in the Board of Education who are getting salaries and paid and I think it changes the nature of the vote and there's an implied I think very much your comments thank you anyone else from the public wishing to speak hello Gail karus 27 Spruce mows Drive um with the events of the last six months happening in schools have we ever considered putting police officers in our schools during the day um we did have a an audit a security audit done by uh in collaboration with our security team and the Monroe Township Police Department and there was recommendations made those recommendations also mirror the recommendations that were put out by the American Association for of school administrators

027and we are working on a security plan that will we've actually already started implementing parts of it but um armed police officers were not included in that plan as a recommendation for proceeding okay but it was considered okay um I do find it ironic having been here two weeks ago for the other meeting that with there being the altercation that occurred that now all of a sudden we have not one but two police officers standing here costing us money to protect I'm guessing you guys as well as us and the public but yet during the day our kids don't have that same protection and I just find it ironic that after that meeting that now of a sudden we have not one but two police officers meanwhile we have a security guard sitting out front

028so I just kind of find it ironic that you know you guys have police protection and our kids during the day do not thank you thank you is there anyone else from the public Nelson Chen for Ashley Court on the uh uh uh daycare center the meca program my understanding is that that's going to be open to Township employees because of lack of enrollment uh by the teachers is that correct um partially that was actually a decision that was made prior to uh we already always knew that we would have a tiered enrollment process so in its Inception we were going to offer it to our teachers first then Municipal Employees second so but but it's primarily for educators if it's if it's not working for educators and we've loaned the program $200,000 I think

029we need to nip it in the butt now and close it down it's not working for its for its original intention which was for the Educators we're opening up to the township employees and my understanding is if the enrollment doesn't doesn't occur the we don't fill the needed billets to make it zero cost for the taxpayers here it's going to be open to the public why do we need to to incur the additional cost the additional liability the additional burden when it's really not a necessary program and it's full if it's fully implemented and fully housed it it is a very effective program that's that's a big word the full yeah I I understand understand and it's been going on for how many months now without the full at a cost of 200 at a

030conservative cost of $200,000 you know I I think if you really delve into it the costs are probably a little higher than $200,000 well the board has that information they've been they get period updates on where we are with Mecca and at some point we'll assess and the board will say I will appeal to the board to please close the program down before it keeps costing the taxpayers more money I just want to say in regard to Mecca that that program didn't start until July so it hasn't even been um part of our on on the on the radar for the at least eight the past eight months J um April May June that is the time when when parents register their children for daycare for following September so at this time it's going to

031tell us how many people we will be having from our district who will be registering their their children for daycare so I I don't think this is the time to to just let that go and we don't even have any clue what the numbers will be looking like in September so good evening Joe castal luio 20 Ashley Court I'm part of Monroe citizens for responsible government we create a website Mon rcg.org and the reason for that is to address a lot of the things in more detail that we've been trying to speak to all of you about that we can't convey in just three minutes but what's happening and it's very important for you as you look at budgets is what's going on in Monroe Township it's not unique by the way but it is

032a serious issue how we have citizens leaving the town because they can't afford the taxes and a lot of people that want to come into the town can't uh some of the letters that I'm receiving will be on that website so you can see that and going forward in the next few months we're going to give you details on a lot of these things which we will hand out to you in each board meeting so you can see specific facts these are not opinions what you have here is declining home prices that we've had going on for five years you have people that are appealing these taxes and rightfully so you have people who are in fixed income about 40% of Monro Township or retirees have fixed income their savings is not drawing any interest

033because interest rates are low and obviously they don't have cost of increases on their social security this is what you call a a situation that's going to explode we're trying to get you and we sympathetic with Dr Hamilton on the state aid we totally agree and we've given some suggestions on how you can approach that but you that doesn't mean that because we're not getting the state that we deserve that we should go out and spend in a crazy way we never said don't hire teachers we never said don't give teachers raises we're talking about the wasteful spending iPads people smelling the air in schools because they want to see if there's carbon monoxide or whatever silly things things like we just talked about and Nelson just talked about those are the things you have

034to address we're coming to a point where the township is going to be bankrupt and you're not going to be talking about whether you can give a teacher are raise you're going to be talking about which school do I close you don't want to be in that position you don't want to be sitting on the board when that happens and it will happen what we have going on now is unsustainable you should listen to the citizens and not make up stories and give Scare Tactics thank you does anyone else have a comment in regard to the agenda okay seeing no one we'll close public forum and move to the approval of the minutes for the public Board of Education meeting of January 16 2013 Mr tiarella Mr Masters any comments or questions all in favor

035I opposed abstentions Miss analis did you abstain so noted okay the Clos session meeting of January 16 2013 Mr Chella second Mr tesler comments or questions all in favor opposed extensions miss miss anelis the public Board of Education meeting of February 2013 so second Mr cherella miss antalis any comments or questions all in favor I opposed extensions no extensions for the Clos session meeting of February 13 2013 so moved second anelis Mr Masters again comments or questions seeing none all in favor extensions and opposed the special meeting of March 2nd 2013 Mr Chella Mr tesler are there all in favor I I have obained abstain Mr Po is abstaining Mr Kaufman is abstain Miss anelis abstaining so noted anyone else okay the public meeting and hearing on the tenative budget of March 5th 2013 Mr

036cherella M miss analis all in favor opposed and exstension abstain Mr Po is abstaining the closed session meeting of March 5th 2013 so moved Mr tesler miss analis all in favor I opposed extensions Mr Po and I think that's been enough minutes for tonight at this time we will go to the presentation and Adoption of the 2013 2014 Mr Mr pres yeah I don't see your name in approval of the minutes can we have some more information when we get the minutes what information are you close very close summary of very little information I believe that's the record of the minutes that we have is that not true Mr Gorski um we send out to the board members um the minutes once to ready for board approval in accordance with the policy if a closed

037session minute agenda item isn't resolved at that time it's not going to have a lot of detail if the matter has been resolved um we'll conclude it with as much detail as um as appropriate what do you you looking for well if there's a discussion about something in the budget or something going on in the school uh I'm sure the public would like to see who was for and who was against during a closed session V in CL there is no action taken in closed session okay but there's debate there's debate but again when a closed session item is resolved we give that information to the public until it's resolved we can't do that um we'll go back to the presentation and Adoption of the 2013 2014 school budget uh Dr Hamilton I'm actually going

038to turn this over to Mr Gorski he'll make the presentation EXC members of the monre Township Board of Education members of the public student board members um there is no change from the tenative budget that was adopted on March 5th to the final budget that we are asking uh for approval for this evening and the opportunity to make changes during the budget if there are any to be made occurs between the tenative budget hearing and the final budget adoption um that's the opportunity for board members to make inquiries um suggest modifications to the budget quite often we use certain estimates in the budget like with the pur pension liability that the district has an increasing amount for every year shifting from the state to the local school district and that number is usually released in

039the period between the tenative budget hearing and the final adoption so that normally requires a revision however the state is still fumbling on what that number is going to be this year and they haven't released it yet so I believe that the estimate that we have based upon New Jersey Association School business officials is close enough um that it'll suffice and um again the highlights of this budget are that we are accommodating a growing student body of an additional 225 students for next year at a cost of about $3.4 million on average we're replacing four buses and two Vans which are mandated by the state's retirement schedule for those type of vehicles with the exception of one bus um we have a new uh technology lease obligation that's about a half a million dollars to

040the budget and we have about 17 new staff members most of which are mandated to be hired because of either special ed requirements or enrollment growth the majority of which are special ed requirements and we don't have an option we have to hire them in accordance with the IEPs um but that said and with all of the provisions in this budget satisfying the growth replacing the Monroe Township middle school performing arts center roof at a cost of about $500,000 with the iPad with the buses we're very the board's very proud to introduce a budget with the lowest tax increase in 15 years and if you go back to 15 years ago when there was a 2cent increase there was a ratable growth of $97 million that year this year the rable growth is only 3

041million so this is a very impressive budget in my opinion it serves everybody it it uh was very um sensitive to the taxpayers in town it's returning $3.5 million of bond Surplus to the taxpayers but even without that application of bond Surplus it would still be about a 1 and a half cent decrease from last year's level so Madame board president I would like to read the resolution at this time for the adoption of the 2013 20134 um final budget adoption it is recommended that members of the Monro Township Board of Education approve the following amounts in resolution for the 2013 2014 budget be it resolved by the Monroe Township Board of Education that the 2013 2014 general fund budget be adopted in the amount of 98,2 12,874 and a general fund local tax levy

042in the amount of$ 885 m881 72 and a special Revenue Fund in the amount of $978,000 and a Debt Service budget in the amount of 10,233 $438 and a Debt Service local tax levy in the amount of $ 5,875 N3 whereby the 2013 2014 budget totals 9,433 se7 and whereas the Monroe Township Board of Education has been notified of state aid amounts and whereas such state aid amounts are for the 20134 categorical special education Aid is $2,485 and the 1314 categorical security Aid is 92,5 one and the 1314 categorical Transportation Aid is $496,500 and the 1314 Debt Service Aid is $184,600 and whereas the monra Township Board of Education has estimated a state aid amount pursuant to application for the 1314 estimated extraordinary Aid amount is 24 $1,453 and whereas the state's failure to fully

043fund the school funding Reform Act of 2008 as well as other factors has provided insufficient financial support for programs and services contained in the base budget necessitating the application of $539,999 of unused spending authority to be included in the base budget and that said needs will be completed by the end of the budget year and will not be deferred or incrementally completed over for a longer time and whereas School District bylaw 0147 policy 3440 policy 4440 and njac 6A col 23b 1.2b provides that the Board of Education shall establish in the annual school budget a maximum expenditure amount that may be allotted for such travel expense reimbursement for the 134 school year now therefore be it resolved that the mon Township Board of Education hereby establishes the school district travel maximum for the 134 school

044year at the sum of $158,400 and be it further resolved that the school business administrator shall track these and record these costs to ensure the maximum amount is not exceeded and now therefore let it be resolved that the superintendent of schools and the business administrator board secretary file the required documents with the executive County Superintendent is there a motion or send a second to adopt the final who was the first second who was the first Mr tiella and Miss analis is there any comments or questions by any member of the Board of Education before we open it to the public okay seeing none we will open a public forum just for your comments or questions in regard to the annual school budget adoption anyone wishing to speak please come to the microphone and state your

045name and address for the record good evening Tom notein 15 Nathaniel Street um just a quick question uh with regard to personal uh Personnel Services on the uh FICA charge um I would have expected to see a 2% increase because uh last year was uh the employer and the employee rate was 4.2 and it did go up to uh 6.2 um why is that uh no increase Mr Gorski um as part of the economic stimulus program the F tax rate was reduced by 2% from 6.2 to 4.2% um for the employee portion only the employer portion was never reduced under the law and therefore there would be no increased cost to the board when it was reestablished okay thank you I wasn't aware of that um with regards to the excuse me with the 17

046uh new hires um you said most of them are mandated out of those 17 how much are not mandated Dr Hamilton do you want to take about 10 excuse me about 10 of those positions are not mandated but necessary due to um anticipated enrollment grow enrollment so seven were actually mandated out of the okay correct um thank you anyone else from the public wishing to speak to the budget Jill de Mayo 48 lywood Drive I just have a question do we make SDA payments and and if so have they gone up or remain the same Mr gski when the moner Township Board of Education um made application to the school Construction Corporation to build this school we applied for a section 15 Grant and that was in an amount of about $15 million we have

047a signed and executed lease agreement from the state and nowhere in that lease agreement does it Define costs that to be paid to the school construction Corp um for the purpose of what you just mentioned however the state has mandated these costs be deducted from state aid about three years ago and they've been steadily increasing the school district state aid award this year is actually decreasing by about $34,000 because of a significant increase in that school construction Corp required payment the the total required payment now I believe is about 106,000 okay thank you good evening Frank agle Audi 18 homes Avenue I just have a quick question about some of the budget lines one in particular uh quick calculation tells me that we've allocated $2.2 million for secretaries okay throughout the all of the different

048uh Services I was just wondering what's the number of secretaries that that applies to that would require some analysis I'm not sure districtwide how many secretaries we have so so we know how much they cost but we don't know how many there are that would require analysis more than I can give you off the cuff at this public forum okay thank you Lisa weinthal T McFarland Circle Monroe um I'd like to address uh I'm not sure who I got this letter from in response to two different forms of communication I sent to the buildings grounds Transportation committee can someone tell me it was hand delivered yesterday with no signature it was sent from the bo buildings and grounds committee that met on Monday evening yes and who in specific would would be responsible for preparing

049this uh the the buildings and grounds committee asked Mr gy to prepare the letter and to send it out okay so it was pretty much dictated to Mr Gorski at Monday's buildings and grounds transportation meeting and he sent it out with the committee's approval okay so then in an effort to have an open honest transparent dialogue that I was hoping this letter would provide answers to and unfortunately I didn't get anything but this very tur response despite at least 15 pages of Correspondence that I did send you on both February 7th and March 4th um I'm hoping that we can have at least some honest disc discussion here at this public forum and get some public answers um the letter that I sent you that we had discussion about at the February 7th buildings and

050grounds meeting that was never addressed um said that you studied other districts so I'd like to know did you study South Brunswick East Brunswick and Oldbridge for their Court courtesy bus services I believe Mr Gorski gave us all that information during a course of meetings throughout the last couple of years no that no he gave us information about subscription busing services not courtesy busing which I provided in that letter um you say participation numbers have not been affect have been unaffected and yet your report issued on February 7th stated that nth and 10th grade participation was down so can you re can you Rectify that you you can determine that in any individual grade level or particular sporting event that activity may be down but in the aggregate according to our athletic director participation remains

051very strong and unaffected well on that exact note um you only surveyed Athletics you do recognize that there are non-athletic activities such as CMAC after school testing band chorus that affect pretty much the other percentages of kids in this District who can't participate now because there is no after school busing and their parents work so I'd like to know when because that was brought up at the last meeting the request was asked will that be reviewed and the superintendent said yes Dr Ham we have looked specifically at CAC um that has been a a significant area of concern um just based on the fact that that's an opportunity for students to make up Miss missed work and there have been some instances where students have not had that opportunity because of the after school busing

052so we are going to be revisiting how we may be able to augment that so that that does not happen and when that when might that be I have not presented that to the committee yet but it's probably going to be on the next cycle which will be the next bg& meeting in in I'm sorry April April April that would be readdressed in April so what about um banding chorus students who don't have that opportunity either now in the Middle School to participate because of the same situation the information that that I have received is that the abandoned cars program has not really been been affected by that decimated is the word I got it's been estimated okay um and um just another couple of questions the last budget cycle oh just two other questions

053too have you surveyed parents or students about the impact because it's a little bit of a one-sided survey that you're going through right now no we have not perhaps that would be an opportunity the last budget cycle you said the courtesy busing went to our over adequacy and if we reduced our over adequacy I believe Mr Kaufman made the point then we should be seeing more money um did we see more money money no okay so also the last budget cycle um I understood that several sports teams were approved so two quick questions there do sports teams go to our over adequacy I I H it prer it beep but the time the three minutes was up but Mr Gorski would like to answer your last question yes according to the state's funding model districts

054that were over adequacy were supposed to be severely um reduced in funding in the 1314 school year the governor decided um along with affording a number of school districts a $1 increase that he was going to hold um districts harmless for this one year that we supposed to get a decrease in state aid funding if it wasn't for that last minute waiver to hold districts harmless I guarantee according to the formula we would have had a reduction in state aid this year but that didn't answer my question I'm sorry thank you for taking the time to do it but that my question was with regard to the two sports teams that were approved in the last budget cycle that went to our over aacy and their sports teams and yet they they don't impact they

055they they impact a very small handful of students yet busing impact so much more and I'm wondering what the cost differential was between busing and those two sports teams that's all which two sports teams are you referring to volleyball and Lacrosse do you know those numbers I don't know what those I don't know I don't believe they were added in the last budget cycle lacrosse has been here for quite a while freshman freshman volleyball's new is it not I don't believe it's new I'm not aware of any sports being added in the last budget cycle okay okay well your time limit is up well but I asked those questions in my letter so when will they be addressed Dr Hamilton is going to bring it to the next bg& committee meeting in April thank you

056very much anyone else from the public wishing to speak to the budget Nelson Chen for Ashley Court um on the budget can you explain the the uh fund balance the general fund the 5.8 million from the 2012 2013 budget year and then the 4.1 million in the 1314 what what money is that exactly when the district has a final approved budget and the district through efficiency or reduction of programs throughout the year or deferring some initiatives um spends less than the actual amount of the approved budget above a 2% Surplus uh fund balance that's required by law the rest is calculated into an excess Surplus calculation and Carries over two years forward where it is then recycled into another budget year we had a decrease by $1.6 million in the general fund fund balance being

057carried over to 1314 as opposed to 1213 because that Year's budget was significantly impacted by the renovations to Applegarth school so that's why that number has decreased from 5.8 to 4.1 and that has as I mentioned before a constricting effect on the budget because you have less carryover of Sur plus so this money is is Surplus money from the prior year that you used to offset this year's budget if I'm understanding you correctly the 1314 budget is left over 4.1 Mill yeah the 4.1 million from 1112 right that's being used to offset that Year's budget right it's and so the 5.8 million was from the prior Year yes so in in essence what I'm what I'm driving at Mike and and the board is are we perhaps padding the bud budget by a lot of

058money that maybe we shouldn't be and maybe that that should be a savings for the taxpayers as well because it's 5.8 2012 13 and 4.1 million that's a lot of money so which means that there's a lot of fat somewhere because obviously people aren't spending all the money I I have to disagree with both of those statements that it's petting and fat okay it's neither petting nor fat it's uh monies that are not spent in a budget year through efficiencies that are carried over over to the next year Well I call it what you want it's leftover money that perhaps should be saved and maybe should be the budget should be curtailed by that amount okay thank you anyone else from the public wishing to speak to the budget sh arm min9 Nathaniel Street um

059in in the budget that's going to be approved tonight I'm sure that you're all going to approve it um the iPad uh is there any what is the uh money allotted for downloads of textbooks next year Dr Gorman do you have the approximate amount for that it's difficult to answer because they're spread through various different um disciplines but Michelle what we've been doing is we've been as our textbooks are up for adoption we've been looking at digital Solutions versus regular Solutions so no more or no less that was allocated in our textbook um accounts previously so Mike would probably be able to com comment on whether on the percentages of our textbooks accounts from next year which are not we're not really increasing from previous years textbook account is down almost 33% compared to the

060prior Year and that that would be reflective of a reclassification of charges from the textbook account to the account other purchase services for instruction which is where the downloads would be charged so say that again so it goes from textbooks yeah previously a a hard cover textbook would be charged to the textbook account but when you're downloading a textbook it doesn't get charged to the textbook account anymore according to the state's chart of accounts it's a uh subscription and a technology license instead and it goes to other purchase services for instruction that account is up 12.6% with which would be indicative of the do you do you have a line item number on that other purchase services for instruction is 11 190 100 okay 190 100 100 500 wow good man and textbooks is 11

0611990 100 640 doing this a while Mr Gorski okay well my my question is I attended the um the meeting at the township Council and their budget and the the the reason for the question is the librarian did and she these are not her numbers this is what I ascertained from her talking to the count Township Council because they asked her about digital downloads for books and she said that it was almost she didn't say this but I understood that it was like almost 10 times the cost for one book for the to the library than it would be to buy one book now I know if you buy one library book uh if you buy one textbook you can spread it around and to the amount of textbooks that you're you know like how

062many ever textbooks that you need in the class the way it works on on some of the book textbooks that we're looking at the current textbook cost about $100 right now the textbooks that we're looking at the I books are $14.99 a year so if you if you while shortterm it's cheaper it does B basically match the same but the advantages of the interactive textbooks is that they update regularly and there's other interactive features like video notes and and a lot of other things that regular textbooks don't do but does that include copywriting and all that stuff what do you mean I don't understand don't you have copy don't you need copyright things the kids you can't if you buy one digital textbook can you share that and spread that around the textbook is for

063the individual student okay so it's 14 however st9 or class yes okay so are there copy rights to each time you buy a digital text for a student in addition to that in addition to the 14 something no each time so like if a kid had Algebra 1 he $499 for that textbook if you moved to Algebra 2 it would be$ 14.99 for that textbook that textbook is there it stays with the subscriber you can't you can't replenish them but that's the abbreviated cost versus the bigger cost of a $100 textbook okay um and and I'd like to go to mandated cost because we hear hear a lot of that that a a majority of our budget is mandated costs and when I was at the workshop I think it was March 2nd when you

064had what was that organization you brought in if you New Jersey school boards New Jersey school board I mean we keep hearing that these are mandated costs they're fixed costs you can't change them I would like the board to um when you talk about that it it is only mandated after you've negotiated the contract is that correct you are only you are only obligated for those costs after you negotiate contracts so then they become fixed costs at that point with pertaining to um salaries and um Personnel Services I would agree with that statement but there are certain other costs for um student related and so on that are um the board has no discretion in and are simply mandated outright and we have to buy them each year okay and I appreciate that and I

065I would hope that in the future when you talk about mandated cost you factor these things out and categorize them so the public is aware because as the woman said um that when you are negotiating contracts they are not fixed costs because then you're in the negotiation and people people misunderstand when you say mandated cost as one lump sum so if you please start to um identify what is actually mandated that you have no choices for and so the public knows and okay and then the last thing I'd like to say is the mecca program I've been here almost every meeting and when it was first proposed it was never proposed as a tiered enrollment uh where you're going to invite other people in it was proposed as a self-sustaining situation um you and in

066this budget how much more than $200,000 is is um accounted for in here this next budget there is no loan um proposed to the board to the mea Fund in this in this budget there's no increase in the loan required at this time from the general fund to the mea program which is a separate proprietary fund okay so but it's how much is that separate proprietary fund at this time it has been loaned 200,000 cumulatively okay and has it has anything been repaid to that loan no okay so are we accumulating a an interest debt is there anything that is increasing on that $200,000 loan at this time no okay and um you talked about ratables and I thank you for hanging in there Mr Gorski you do a good job but you've we've known

067that the ratables have gone down since 208 thank and the budgets have gone up thank you is there anyone else from the public wishing to speak to the to the budget good good evening Chrissy scurby 8 seminal Court um I just had a question with the technology budget you said it was approximately 500,000 is that just for iPads or will that be to um update some of the technology in the schools specifically in the elementary schools I know it's been brought up I think Dr Gorman you several times um the laptops are are old and they have outdated they need more memory um which specifically for the Rosetta Stone program is making it impossible for the students to log on my child for the last two years continuously gets A's in the program but he

068comes home and tells me they can't load it up they've learned nothing through the Rosetta Stone program for the last two years due to the technology and I've been told that it's been brought to your attention several times and I'd like to know how that's going to be addressed all right I get an opportunity to break out the budget book the iPad lease obligation for next year is $439,000 that's just for the iPads that are deployed at the high school in addition to that we have lease purchase obligations for Applegarth playground computers and headphones that we're paying for that we bought last year we have a new technology lease this year for Dell servers Wireless switches IBM compatible notebooks teacher notebooks Mac Pros new iPads student iPads for growth um total cost of about 332,000

069that is throughout the elementary levels for for good part of that and there's new copy machines being purchased to increase teacher efficiency that are going to the elementary schools okay so are there going to be new laptops provided to the elementary schol schools because what they're currently using this school year is not allowing them the functionality for Rosetta Stone specifically answer to that is yes there are going to be some new mobile carts that are going to be um dispatched to the El will it be enough for every the students in each classroom I didn't hear your question what will it be enough so that every child in the classroom when they're doing the program will have a laptop to use no but a mobile cart will certainly help a mobile cart a mobile cart

070with enough lap it's laptop each child needs a laptop in order to utilize Rosetta Stone they take the tests online without enough laptops the teacher cannot have the class participate and that's what's going on right now chy um from what I from what the director of Information Systems have told me um there was a um a workstation specialist glitched that he there was a work around and it wasn't allowing the um I think it was the license to be processed through the laptop what was reported back to me was that was fixed um and that that was not no longer inhibiting the Rosetta Stone program I will follow up with you but I could get you a technical answer on whether it's the actual laptop or not we've also been discussing at our budgets the

071how are we going to prepare for the new park assessments coming down the next couple years which will be all online um we're about to um submit the technology the threeyear technology plan to the board of education to approve and deal with those issues and that sort of plays into the financial model of leasing technology as opposed to buying technology because you're you're explaining exactly one of our concerns can you make it one more year what's going on with it and then we run into some of the technology glitches that we're having but I from what I understand while the the laptops are out were are some of them are old because they were phased in at different levels the Rosetta Stone problem at Applegarth where on that side of of the district was based

072off of a um a technology glitch not the laptop but I will follow up and okay CU that wasn't my understanding my understanding I was told that it was the memory on the computer doesn't support that and that's been for the last two school years it's it's very It's upsetting to me as a parent that you know my child comes home with these grades and he's learning nothing and it's not just him it's the entire school not you know you're paying for Rosetta Stone we're paying money for this program and the students can't take you know I think it was brought up a couple of months ago um at the January meeting you know by another parent who had an issue with the Rosetta Stone program in general we let go one teacher that serviced

073the entire school for World Language we bought Rosetta Stone and now the kids are learning nothing for the last couple of years because of the technology it I think that might be a generalization I would be upset if they were not gaining from as well there were other teachers that were cut from it when we made those drastic Cuts three or four years ago um the usage specifically that you're talking about is down we've done surveys with teachers and other pieces throughout the district the usage is much higher I have the rates I could even show you them um I I would I need to flush out that problem with the technology department to make sure that the kids are getting it towards their Max so my original question was are are any laptops being

074being replaced and I think Mr gy at the elementary level how many looks like 60 60 districtwide or 60 in just the elementary schools 60 total districtwide yes okay and and most of those are going to the elementary level okay if not all I believe all right thank you thank you anyone else wish to speak to the budget okay seeing no one we will close the public forum and we will have a vote on the adoption of the final Annual 2013 2014 school budget and made a motion by Mr cherella and second by Miss anelis a roll call Mr Gorski Miss anelis yes Mr Chella yes Mr zareski no Mr calman yes Mr poy yes Mr proso no Mr Masters yes Mr tesler yes M K Pano yes Madam board president motion passes thank you

075Bo president may I Mr cherella speak uh um I just wanted to just say a few things and and it it pertains to the budget but after the fact so okay if I may um I want to thank I want to thank Dr Hamilton I want to thank you Mr Gorski for your your uh efforts on the budget I know this was a harrowing act considering that we haven't received full funding for the 2008 school funding Reform Act so um in spite of all that you you managed to keep it together somehow and I think year after year uh you're you're doing a great job and I also I think the finance committee has done a wonderful job in making sure that this this came together and I'm not on the finance committee by the

076way um I just one of the things that I want to bring up quickly is that the governor proposed property tax reform uh back when he was first running for governor and he promised that he was going to change the Dynamics of property taxes and instead we received a 2% property tax cap that's kind of like me saying I'm going to lose weight by only eating 2% more Twinkies over the next year it just doesn't work we need real property tax reform and we need the governor to deliver on that property tax reform our schools should not be funded through property taxes period we should we we should have a different funding metric and this is this is regressive and it's it's killing the taxpayers with that being said and although I think that uh

077you did a great job everyone has done a great job with this budget I think that we need we need to do some more with regards to busing um I think that well last summer I had asked the uh I asked the board to reinstate to 4:30 run and at that time I was told that we would we would uh put that off till the next meeting and we'd see if we could find money for it and then the money couldn't be found so that never went forward at that time if we had if we had done that we would have service a majority of students um at the monacha M middle school and the high school and we would have eliminated pretty much the need for a safe haven at the middle school the

078way I understood it um since then you know we well let me just go back for a second we we did this because we wanted to appease the the funding gods in the state of New Jersey and and hope that we were going to get more funding by uh reducing adequacy in our district so basically creating a you know a subpar uh environment for our children I'm proud of our adequacy by the way and so we we went about doing this and Mr man at that time brought up the need for maybe for us to to uh review this at at some point to see where we're at did it matter are we getting the funding that we're that we're cutting for so we're cutting new AAS but did we get anything out of it

079and I think that we're at that point and um actually we when we look at our funding we we didn't get more funding we actually got less so I've been hearing since you know since we implemented this I've been hearing from parents expressing real concerns real issues about their children from everything from tutor to CAC to being able to pick their children up to certain to some children being excluded um from being able to participate in in in certain events or after school activities or even more importantly Scholastic activities and I would like to see us reinstate the 4:30 run and I waited for after the budget uh to be voted on so that I wasn't I don't interrupt the budget process but what what I want to what I'd really like to ask Dr

080Hamilton is would my proposal if I were to make it harm or or benefit the district certainly kids would be better off parents would be better off with the busing um and I think I agree with you in regards to our efforts to reduce adequacy um our excessive efforts to reduce adequacy and we've been been I think very successful in doing that um but we have not reaped the rewards we thought we would get from doing that but to answer your question directly would kids be better with the 430 busing absolutely I appreciate your your your honesty and your cander um with that being said though I'm going to I'm going to you know put this over and put this on all of us on on the full board because ultimately we you know we

081make these decisions and we have to be culpable to them either way so I just want to explain what I'm going to do because I I want every board member and I want the public to understand what I'm going to do I want to amend the budget I want to ask I'm going to I want to make a motion not not asking for additional spending but what I'm asking for is for us to eliminate some of the uh non-mandated or non priori and nonprioritized Appropriations that are within the budget so what I'm in essence what I'm asking for is for us to take that pool of money for those for those things and allocate that to the 430 run which in my estimation from what I remember was about $100,000 um and now you're going

082to be proud of me Mr Gorski because I was able to write up my own motion here and it might not be as good as yours but I'm going to give it a shot I'm asking the members of the Monro Township Board of Education that we ask Dr Hamilton and Mr Gorski to or we I'm sorry we direct Dr Hamilton and Mr Gorski to review the Appropriations contained within the 2013 2014 final adopted budget to consider the elimination of certain non-mandated budget and non- prioritized Appropriations to provide for the reinstatement of 4:30 lat run transportation services at the Monro Township middle school and the Monro Township High School for the cost of approximately $100,000 second is there any comments or questions for Mr Chella from the members of the Board of Education I have three

083Mr Masters thank you comments um Mike think we'll have enough in the non-mandated pool to allocate to this I'm confident that um Dr Hamilton and I will um review the entire budget book over break and we will um hone in on the non-mandated um non-priority budget items for this year obviously the Monroe Township middle school performing arts center roof replacement was a priority item to refresh the board's memory but that still leaves a lot of appropriate rations that can be reviewed the 4:30 late run is important to students and we will um be happy to serve the board in that capacity that'll go through Finance I guess yes uh the second one the safe haven is that going to go away then there would be no need for am I speaking out a term no

084there would be no need for the 430 safe that the after school Safe Haven at that and that's how much is that I mean is that a big nut right there we can use that was about 15,000 if I recall correct but the costs for the busting have gone up slightly so the total additional budget charge would be about 100,000 uh the other thing is just a comment um let's not forget if we do this the zero period also I know we're not discussing that here um and I know that's a lot more money it was like 250 or something like that and if we can't come up with that I know a bunch of people talked about moving it during the day or maybe be a little creative after school so they can pay

085you back on some of the other again just something to think about I don't want that to get lost in it that that's a little more elaborate planning than the 100,000 after school anyone else Miss so cutting these um non-mandated costs is there anything that will affect children um Administration has always avoided programs that affect children with any budget cut or consideration we've ever made so we will not uh cut any program or recommend any program that affects children um I know that excuse me that we're collecting some revenue from The Basque program is it possible just to use that money towards this bus thing the uh The Basque monies are already incorporated into the budget they were anticipated uh at the budget's creation um perhaps in the future we could just uh you know

086use that money just appropriate it right towards um after school busing yes ma'am thank you [Music] Mr cherill I just have a question for you are you asking us to approve putting in the 430 bus run because at this time I would like to see what the cuts are made before I approve any 430 bus run my motion is is just directing them to to just look at the what could be cut and then have a have them bring it back to whatever committee meeting and then bring it to the full board after that yes and then we would discuss it then okay and this is for Madam board president a 1213 14 school year yes sir so this recommendation would not belabor our ability to submit the plan the the budget to the county

087office on time right and that was my intention when I that's why I waited until after the budget adoption because I didn't want I I understand everything that went into building this budget and I understand that it's due tomorrow and I just I I want to make sure that um we're all right with that anyone else wishing Mr proso what does this bus run support what programs Dr Hamilton um some of the sporting events uh CMAC kids who go for after school tutorial um CMAC is a an opportunity it's a lab that's designed to provide students with an after school opportunity if they are absent and have to make up class work that that sort of thing as well as uh co-curricular and and extracurricular activities Mr Tesla thank you um I know we're probably

088going to hear it after this because we've been going back and forth on this busing issue for quite a few years now but uh you know I know we rehash it we decided last year to cut it thinking we'll be getting more money and that wasn't the case but at the end of the day um I know we can maybe consider flip-flopping but the end of the day we really have the students best interest in mind so uh I would like to encourage uh everybody under the board to support this because it is important for a child to have a well-rounded education uh to be able to participate in after school sports uh and co-curricular activities uh like a lot of children do to get the after school tutoring that they need and you know

089we live in different times than maybe I grew up or people grow up where you know only one parent worked and you know we're trying to be attentive to the everybody's family situation and the kids do need a ride home I know my daughter um participates in um The High School varsity each year program uh she gets uh sometimes if she had an opportunity to take the bus she could um right now the parents actually work together and they carpool and you know the kids get a right home but not all children have the opportunity to do that so I I know we've been going back and forth on this quite a few quite a few years but it makes it gives the kids better opportunity in in our district in the long run and

090I think it it is worth the money investing in the children for this because like I said it's not just the academics we want a well-rounded children for our a red education for our children which also includes sports clubs and the Arts and things like that thanks anyone else then we'll have a vote on Mr J's motion but I will ask him to read it again before we vote on it or would you like me to read it I have no oh you wrote it down yes oh okay it is recommended that the members of the Monro Township Board of Education Direct Dr Hamilton and me to review the 134 Appropriations contained in the final budget just approved and and consider eliminating any non-mandated non-priority Appropriations to reinstate the 4:30 Monroe Township middle school and

091Monroe Township High School late courtesy busing runs and Report such findings through the finance committee and the next Board of Education meeting thank you you left out a couple words but that was pretty good roll call Miss antelis yes Mr Chella yes Mr zareski no Mr calman yes Mr Masters yes Mr Po no Mr proso no Mr tesler yes Mrs kapano yes madame board president motion passes thank [Applause] you at this time I think we're going to the superintendent's report Dr Hamilton thank you madam board president members of the Board of Education uh the student enrollment report is included as of February 28th 2013 I have an increase of two students but 184 more students than we did at the same time last year uh the out of District placement and homebound instruction uh list

092is en closed for your review and information as well moving on to the fire drills and security drills our schools have been compliant with conducting their fire drills and security drills according to to mandates and they are listed there for your information moving on to the Personnel [Music] items Madam board president members of the Board of Education it is recommended by the superintendent that Personnel item a be approved by roll call vote so move second Mr cherella and miss anelis any comments or questions for Dr Hamilton just a just a excuse me this is just on a this is just on a yes we need to resend the previous um approved Personnel item so that they can be re reintroduced okay no uh roll call we have first and second yeah with I believe Mr

093cherella and Mr Miss anelis was it you Mr Masters so noted you'll look alike Miss antelis yes Mr Chella yes Mr zareski yes Mr calman yes Mr Masters yes Mr Po yes Mr proso yes Mr tesler yes Mrs K Pano Madame board president Personnel items a passes it is further recommended by the superintendent that Personnel items B through doublej be approved by roll call vote Mr Chella Miss antalis are there any comments or questions for Dr Hamilton Mr proso i' like to make a statement uh this is towards Personnel although there are some family members of the Board of Education in the past to be hired it is our moral obligation to use our policies we have made and use them for what the intent was in the first place the board has an obligation

094to the public to do what is more right and just I would like to bring this up at the committee meeting uh at the policy meeting and to try to change some policies about nepotism and we have uh a vote coming down and I know we voted on it the last time and I'd like to see some of the board members change their vote thank you Mr proso anyone else Mr Masters Personnel are we in line with all of our policies with these Personnel recommendations yes sir we are thank you anyone else then we will have a roll call this is for personnel items B through doublej miss antelis Mr cherella yes Mr zareski yes on everything except double I that's a no on double I so noted Mr calman yes to everything recuse double

095I noted Mr Masters yes Mr Po yes Mr proso yes on everything but double G and double I so noted Mr tesler yes Mrs K Pano yes Madam board president motion Personnel report B through doublej passes thank you moving on to board action items I am pulling item e so my resolution my resolution will be read in two parts Madam board president and members of the board of education is recommended that board action items a through D be approved by roll call vote so move second Mr tiella Mr tesler comments or questions seeing none we will have a roll call board action items a through D Miss anelis yes Mr cherella yes Mr zareski yes Mr cman yes Mr Masters yes Mr Po yes Mr proso yes Mr tesler yes Mrs kapan Madame board president

096board action items a through D passes thank you and lastly it is further recommended by the superintendent that board action items F through H be approved by roll call vote Miss anelis second Mr Chella again comments or questions for question Mr CH yeah if you could on H I'm just wondering whe what the school Improvement panels are on the these are panels that we are required to have in in compliance with the new teacher evaluation system Mr Masters um at no cost of the district an exchange registration is open to outside enroles what does that mean or does it mean exactly what I think it says I don't know what do you think it says I'll let you say it first um we are we're bartering so outside and rolles other schools yes just other

097schools or I can walk in take no okay thank you anyone else roll call Mr Gorski word action items F through H miss anelis Mr Chella yes Mr zareski yes Mr calman yes Mr Masters yes Mr Po yes Mr proso Mr tesler yes Mrs colan Madam board president board action items F through H pass thank you and that concludes the superintendent's report and we will move on to the business administrator's report Mr Gorski Madam board president and members of the Monroe Township Board of Education it is recommended that board action items a through I be approved by consent roll call so move Mr tiella second Mr Masters oh I can't second strike that I after acces on something Mr Masters did not second it Miss Miss I'll second Mr tesler second any comments or questions

098for Mr Gorski Mr Tesla yes could you just explain F [Music] please is that f f f transfer number eight yes um transfer number eight is a normal um customary transfer list that was sent to the board adjusting the budget through various account transfers that are permissible by the Department of Education um because they do not exceed 10% of the advertised line item and therefore um it just uh allows the board the latitude of um making required adjustments during a budget cycle is that okay Mr Tesla there there's a lengthy list I can go through each required element of it but that's that's the general can I read that okay anyone else I I comments or questions okay seeing none we will have a roll call all right sorry I lost my place um miss

099anelis Mr cherella yes Mr zareski yes Mr calman yes Mr Masters yes on all recuse on H as in Howard recuse on H so noted Mr Po yes Mr proso yes Mr tesler yes M K Pano yes Madam board president action passes thank you and that concludes your report yes ma'am okay board president's report I apologize I do not have a report this evening so we will go on to committee reports are there any committees that need to or wish to report this evening none I have one hold [Music] Mr Masters thank you uh buildings and grounds meeting this week the 18th we had it um real fast we renewed the Barkley Brook trailers for another two years um the IAQ IAQ review came in for Barkley Brook we have some minor painting remediation to

100do over the summer uh we reviewing the needs for next year for the snowplow contract um and we went over the monreal township middle school classroom 129 interior alterations project um which should be ready by September 2013 uh we uh I guess spoke about the parking situation at Applegarth and some of the options we have to us right now we're not going to um do any major Renovations the cost was very prohibitive upwards of quarter million dollars uh and we also discussed some of the grants uh that we could get from the state for some construction and basically what we're looking at now is if you we have contacted the state for some money um right now they have zero money in their Grant C coffers and in addition if you try to I think

101how Jerry said if you try to use a grant with some of your projects it basically puts the project on hold until they have money in their coffers um so we're not actually following up on that that's it thank you anyone else seeing none we will move to Other Board of Education business is there any other business from any member of the Board of Education Mr tesler some good news I would like to share um the Monroe Township uh Varsity uh cheer squad participated this past weekend in their annual National Cheer competition in uh in Florida uh and this is the first time uh in the history of Monro Township that they've won a national championship so I'd like to congratulate the kids the coaches the staff uh for uh for a job well done

102they've worked uh long and hard uh and um and just like to wish them well and and share some good news thank you anyone else Mr Po I've got several items uh the first one is is um I was uncomfortable when I uh heard that we were going to be having police present at tonight's meeting with no disrespect to our fine police officers but I did not feel that it was necessary and I certainly do not feel that it is necessary that we uh have police present in the future at our board meetings and so I would like for any members of the board to express their opinion about that uh in the event that there are plans for this to continue I I think it is unnecessary I think it is also a waste

103of board funds would you like would you like to make that into a motion I can make it into a motion if that would be appropriate before disc uh if it's second we'll have a a discussion okay then then I move that uh we dispense with having the presence of police officers at our board meetings second second by Mr Kaufman any comments or questions by members of the board Mr cherel I'm Sorry Miss anelis well first of all I think the motion locks us into permanent and um we might have a case few years ago woman showed up here at the high school screaming at Mr Goodall looking for me apparently she had read an article in the newspaper about the yamas showa and she was very upset that she thought we were having manur

104at the school Mr Goodall explain thank you to her that that was not the case she left here and very agitated she proceeded to go to the township very agitated she got more agitated when she went to the police department she got even more agitated when she started calling people from the yamasa committee and threatening them um finally we had to have the um prosecutor's office come in and that woman was picked up and when they went to her house she had weapons there this woman displayed angry and threatening Behavior okay I've seen it over and over when people from the public come up we're polite to them we expect them to be polite to us somebody who displays threatening and aggressive behavior should not be in here and I feel threatened by it okay

105this is not the first time this person has shown this behavior and we are elected public officials and we should be protected any comments from anyone else to tiella yeah I um I was under the impression that this was for tonight I didn't know we were going to be doing that going forward so I don't know you know I don't I don't know what the what the I think we just said $90 an hour for for two police officers so I just I just wanted to just state that okay Mr Koffman um yeah um it's an interesting topic I think um Unfortunately they weren't recorded but back in the day um this board of education went through through many years of board meetings when we used to have like even two meetings a month and

106that lasted for I have no idea Seven 8 nine 10 years when we tried to get this High School built and if some of you were I know George you know you're like a rock you've been like at almost every board meeting like since since I've been around some of those meetings got to be extremely heated and very personal and there were personal attacks at board members there were personal attacks between members of the public to each other it it was it was a crazy crazy crazy time and and um the those meetings weren't recorded but it was very it was very I said crazy uh and we did not have a need to have police presence at those meetings because at the end of the day while everybody is very passionate about the schools

107and very passionate about trying to get the equal share for everybody uh things sometimes do get out of control and and for that we apologize and and and we move forward and and we realize that you know we can do better and we will do better um uh for everybody but having police here as was stated earlier if we can't justify having police in our schools where we really need to be protected then there really is no justification to have police here at a public meeting so that's just where I stand disagree and the only reason that nobody ever came from behind that mic and started approaching the people on this board and the super Mr Klein Mr Klein Mr Klein anyone else Mr M I agree and I also think we should modify the

108motion because we are locking ourselves into never having a police presence unless we make another motion so I'd like to modify the motion to say exactly what you said unless there is credible evidence of an imminent threat would Mr Po agree with that I would accept that Amendment or modification okay is there a second to Mr Masters that would be Mr Chella is there any comments or questions to the amendment to the motion just one okay Mr cman clear can we how are we going to Define credible and limited threat because just just you know because you know let's because if you want to bring it back we got to know how we bring it back I would Define it by credible evidence by the police department so the police would have to be here

109to define the No No the police would have to tell us ahead of time there so they would be here I'm sorry no ahead they would have to be here in advance to tell us that the next meeting was credible threat or no they would tell us hey we have a a cred we have credible EV of you're saying like it they got a warning for oh I agree okay so now any other comments to Mr Miss seski I I I think as we move forward here you talk about a credible threat that being it was brought up by miss anellus that it happened here if one of us board members or Dr Hamilton would agree that they would be here I think that should be part of the criteria also not just the police

110saying hey somebody from the outside's doing it if somebody from this board going through Dr Hamilton says I suggest we might have it I think that should be another option explored too not to close the door completely not to open it completely which is actually I'm sorry which is actually how this came about I sent a letter to um Dr Hamilton Mr Gorski and Miss kapano requesting um police presence for tonight not just the fact of what happened on the March 5th meeting but in addition that it was a budget hearing and people get upset people get excited the council has it at their meetings Mr presiosa we're a small community I know everybody out there and I agree with l I mean if we we're not going to protect our kids with police why

111should we have them here and uh unless there's a threat and we know there's a threat coming we don't need policemen so I agree with Lou okay any other comments or questions so at this point we are going to vote on Mr Master's am was your Amendment second yes yeah by L by right yes so we're going to vote on the amendment to the motion okay to add could you please say that again I I have it written down thank you that's a board secretary's role it is recommended to the members of the mon Township Board of Education to uh dispense of police services unless there is a credible threat or the need arises at the discretion of the superintendent so we're going to vote on his Amendment and then we'll vote on the motion

112is correct Okay so we'll have a roll call on Mr Master's Amendment Miss anelis yes Mr Chella yes Mr zareski yes Mr calman yes Mr Masters Mr Po yes Mr proso Mr tesler yes Mrs col Pano Madam Bo president the amendment passes and then we will have a a roll call on Mr Po's original motion with Mr Master's Amendment Miss anelis yes Mr Chella yes Mr zareski yes Mr calman yes Mr Masters yes Mr Po yes Mr proso Mr tesler yes Mrs K Pano yes madame board president motion unanimously passes thank you Mr Po I believe you still had some comments to um yes uh the second Point concerns the uh the mecca program uh I I would like to see the and I suppose this would be the appropriate committee uh the finance committee

113uh I would like for them to discuss uh setting a deadline for sufficient enrollment in the mecca program so that we do not enter into September attempting to operate a Mecca program when we do not have adequate enroll EAS to cover the cost of that program and all I'm saying I would like the uh finance committee if that's the appropriate committee to to look at that suggestion and to consider setting a deadline whereby we can make a uh decision as to whether to attempt to keep that program afloat or to uh eliminate it they will have um the administration bring that information to the next finance committee and they can make a recommendation to the board okay thank you and my my third point is uh um I would like to uh hear information in

114terms of and possibly we could have this at the April meeting in terms of the cost and effectiveness of using the Rosetta Stone program in the Elementary grades uh versus the cost of a live teacher or teachers whatever the case may be and I don't know if that's a matter of curriculum or Finance or both but um I have heard parents Express their dissatisfaction with the Rosetta program uh uh being a former educator I believe that nothing beats a live teacher if you want to really get kids excited about what they're learning and um so when the board decided to eliminate live teachers at the elementary program some years ago I was very disappointed in that uh so I'd really like for us to take a look at what are we spending for that program

115uh and is it effective and what would it cost us to uh to bring back live teachers okay we will send that to the curriculum committee at their next curriculum committee and if whatever recommendation we'll make sure that the finance committee has that information too does that conclude your question that's M thank you anyone else Mr Chella yes I have I have more I just um a couple meetings back I had I had uh asked the board to consider I'm looking at moving our our uh committee meetings up or committee reporting up uh earlier in the meetings so that uh board members who aren't on those committees or could not make those committees could be better informed about some of the things that they were voting on some of the things you know some of

116the minutia and and some of things like that so they could then ask those uh committee chairs questions and and get some more information um so I don't know I don't know how that turned out but I haven't heard anything so I I'm going to make a motion tonight that that uh and ask the board to move our committees our committee reports up to the beginning of the meetings and uh I'll second it point of order yes um that structure should be outlined in the board bylaws the bylaws that govern the governance of meetings so that should go through policy and then to the board okay so how do I what do I do then I just send it to the policy committee okay and one of the reasons we haven't done it the last

117two meetings is because of the um having the budget presentations at the beginning so we kind of wanted to get that out of the way and all the the comments and questions that that had before we started if if I if I may then I think then and and um everyone could disagree with me I doesn't matter I uh I just want to make another point then if if if we're going to send this back to policy then and we're going to look at that then maybe what we should look at is moving those reports to even a different meeting because I think what happens sometimes is even maybe having it at the beginning of the meeting might be not enough um time for board members and even the public to digest what's coming out

118of the Committees and I think that sometimes if we we we have a tendency to move too fast and then we end up either regretting what we did or finding out that maybe what we did wasn't the right thing or seeing the some of the error in some of the things that we did and not for anyone's fault of anyone but maybe we're just we have a tendency sometimes to move too fast and I think when we're dealing with the Public's money and we're dealing with our children that maybe we should move a little slower and I think we would eventually catch up to ourselves if we looked at maybe putting those for instance if we had our committee reports this meeting for the things that we would adopt at the next meeting so I

119would that's what I I'd like to and I and I'll work with the policy committee or I'll work with you to yeah and and every member of the Board of Education gets a copy of all the um the the notes from each committee meeting before the committee before the Board of Education meeting so they have that information and then might be a good idea to change the committee structure to the beginning and then they have the opportunity to ask because a lot of the things that come up during the month need to be put on the agenda for timely matters I I understand that but I but but I think that if we as we as we would get used to the system we would get better at managing that and managing the time and

120and be able to you know because there are times when we'll have a question or say hey can we look into this a little more and then we you know the answer that we get back and and not not necessarily from the administration but even from each other is that now we have to move on this now we're going to miss this deadline or if we don't move on this we're going to miss being able to do this for September so I think if we if we if we were able to budget our time accordingly maybe we'd be able to have more time to digest some of these things that's all okay and there there are some boards who have committees as a whole meetings so all the committee meetings are structured with the full

121board it just means adding another meeting public meeting to our calendar every month as opposed to the um committee meeting so that's that's an option the Town Council does that would they have an agenda meeting and then they have the full meeting and that's a one of our bylaws is that we work as a board of committees so that would have to be looked at thank you Mr cherella anyone else Mr if I may I I I don't know maybe I'm missing the point here I think what Mr cherell is trying to say is these committee uh before the personnel items that we listed today the Personnel committee head would then give a report I I'm understanding that it's just a possibly changing the way the agenda is written yes and you have a PO

122a whole separate policy on the way the agenda is written the bylaws that or that govern the organization of the meeting yes okay anyone else then if there's no other board business we will go to close session uh I have a question for Dr Hamilton time how much time so you might want to move the public SE for before um is V here I didn't even see VI Mar here I oh Mary's here yeah um because we have four four things on the it's going to be about an hour about an hour okay it looks like our closed session resolution um or closed session will take about an hour so if one of the board members would like to make a motion to bring to move the public forum to before um the close session

123this way people can leave because I don't think there's going to be any resolution that we can discuss after nobody wants to do that that okay um all in favor I opposed okay so at this time we will go to the last public forum anyone from the public wishing to speak to anything please come to the microphone state your name and address of the res Mark Klein 53 turnbury I came here with a prepared statement that has nothing to do with what happened but I take offense to what Miss Antilla said but I will not lower myself to address what she said she knows what goes on in the closed meetings that we're not allowed to talk about but I just I'm just letting it go this is my statement first I would like to

124apologize to some of the board for my yelling back at the last meeting also in my opinion to have a police officer here is totally ridiculous and a waste of money and makes this board look bad I want to correct some misinformation printed in some of the newspapers during the last two months as this board should remember we discussed having a board member sitting as a leaon on a planning board I brought that up myself cuz other towns did it to voice our concerns about the impact to the student population caused by the approval of new family communities and to keep this board informed of applications and approvals so you could better be prepared for the future growth when I was on a board I attended these meetings and I reported their actions at the

125same time I said that actions of this board which increases property taxes is wrongly blamed on a municipal government and therefore a liaison representative of the town should be on this board to work together to help advise and and give feedback to the mayor and Town Council both parties should work together as a team for the betterment of Monroe Township and all its residents this has been done by some towns already very successfully by the way both positions would be nonvoting they would just be able to voice their opinions last week in the home News Tribune it was reported that I was requesting a lawsuit for the $500,000 we were cut years ago that was totally wrong I want a lawsuit filed to finally have Mo Monroe Township received their fair share in state funding

126which is estimated to be between 25 and $30 million I was notified today and I have it here this is my last and I'll be out of here I have been noticed I been been excuse me I've been notified about the press conference being held by South Brunswick parents about state aid Cuts in the past years and they were insulted when they only received $1 increase for next year by the way there were 40 districts only received $1 let me add that in the Years 2011 to 2012 South Brunswick received 2,500,000 in state aid and this year 2012 to 2013 they received 23 million $230,000 in state aid and I believe they have less students than we have and we only received 2.6 million and we took a decrease of $36,000 thank you Mr Klein

127it's perfect timing okay I just had a little bit more but it's okay I'm cool good evening Tom notein 15 Nathaniel Street um first off I would like uh to thank the president tonight uh for moving the public forum ahead that's a genius idea to make a motion because obviously you have a quick uh closed session there's no need to so tonight was perfect and I really appreciate your uh the consideration that you give to the public so we didn't sit here for an hour uh secondly I'd like to thank Mr Po tonight for making the motion about Monro finest being here tonight um it's it's really staggering that that that they're even here tonight uh I've always complained about having a lawyer here and thank goodness we no longer have a lawyer that we're

128paying to sit here um and make this extra money and I have nothing wrong with making extra money but I love when the board tries to save money and by not having the finest tier is a saving and it's also showing respect to the public and I thank you for for going ahead with that um secondly on or thirdly on another Point um with with regard I lost my train of thought here now um oh with regard to the uh the agenda I know this is a touchy subject but in a previous administration we used to have um the report for uh suspensions we would actually list now of course not the student name but we would have a list of saying student X suspended reason and if there was any monetary damages uh for

129those um I'm hoping that we could get that back um in the in the agenda again if you if you recall it used to be there now we just get a report uh I guess the attached student suspension uh report that just goes to the board are you are you are you referring to the violence and vandalism report oh yes V exactly yeah we don't get that that that's reported annually that that you used to be reported every time if there was like on a monthly basis like kind of like a fire drill um if there would be a student suspension if there was theft and how much okay or vandalism okay I I'll look into that okay thank you very much Lisa weinthal T McFarland Circle um I'd like to take my three minutes

130and just uh thank Mr chela and those that um um supported the motion to re re- relook at busing for the 415 run um I know there was a tremendous amount of discussion on there and I know this debate has created tremendous amount of tension disension and distrust I'm hoping this board continues to make strides to alleviate that and uh and reverse that situation and this is this is a a good positive First Step so I want to thank you um the one thing I do want you to all keep in mind is that there are these kids who are not athletically involved that are exactly impacted and that's who you've been referring to um because it's not the Athletics that get picked up at 5:15 and 5:30 it's the kids who are after school

131for CMAC after school testing Bandon chorus who don't have the opportunity to have parents run and do because they don't work in town and they don't work for the board and they don't work for the schools so um thank you once again I look forward to hearing some uh positive motion on this and I look forward to hearing some uh some where this is going for the 1314 budget thank you thank you Frank egley R 18 homes Avenue I just like to make a uh a suggestion as you conduct your review concerning the non priority non non-essential items that you're going to be looking at to accommodate the busing which I fully support uh you might have the opportunity to identify other areas which you might consider for either reductions or elimination not for this

132budget but perhaps for future budgets so that we get so that we can begin to look ahead in the process to try to make some accommodation thank you thank you is there anyone else from the public wishing to speak George gunkelman five Kelly Court [Music] Monro um there are a couple of issues that have come up at at the previous meeting I spoke about uh one of the township supported organizations the cultureal Arts commission being placed in a separate tier from other Township organizations in fees that the school uh School Board is charging for for use um that issue has not been resolved in um what I would consider a positive way and I've received no formal report as yet but to my understanding uh there was a committee decision to keep in place everything

133that was previously decided um that issue among others and I'm going to piggyback on Mr Klein a little bit we have some things that are going on between the township Administration in the school or particularly the school district um that are and there are some tensions and some conflict I don't think it serves the community at all well that we have this conflict and I would like to request uh that the administration here uh arranged to have some kind of communication directly with the mayor and the township administrator at the next um at the next meeting of the township Council I'm going to make a similar request in that meeting for them to reach out here because that ion and I hear uh rumors of of tit fortat things nothing about it is going to

134be useful and it's going to create uh relationship problems for us going for forward and I hope we can get them resolved thank you thank [Applause] you anyone else from the public sorry Michelle arm Min on9 ethaniel Street I actually wasn't going to get up but I I with all due respect Mr gunkelman and Mr um um Klein sorry um I think that we have to keep in mind that there are two separate bodies here they're two duly elected bodies and they should remain separate um everyone is invited to go to any of the other meetings as a public uh person you know just to observe the other meetings and I think that it should be kept that way um in as much as I may disagree with the board here and sometimes the council

135I respect that you are elected officials and you have a responsibility separate from the other parties and I think there should not be any undo influence um except that I I do think that the Board of Education should be very cognizant of the kind of planning and zoning that's going on in the community because it does directly affect the way in which uh the growth of uh the district is so but I don't believe that there should I think there should be cordial uh communication no problem I don't think anybody has a problem with that but I think they should be separate because each one of you are duly elected separately um from the other thank you very much thank you good evening Tom notein 15 Nathaniel Street um with regard to the comments made

136by Mr gunkelman um he mentioned that there were some other organizations in Monroe that are in the tier one uh for uh using the facilities um is that an accurate statement are there any other uh organizations in tier one that are similar to the cultural arts commission Mr Gorski um tier one and you can you can uh access this on a district website is student groups um student and athletic use of the facilities um Monroe Ed foundation pto's ptas and the Monro R Township wreck department I believe that's everybody in tier one so basically it sounds like tier one is really mostly geared towards any student type of activity is that accurate assessment Monroe students yes Monroe students so when he I'm sorry hold on one second yes um so when he says that um

137uh that there's other things in there and that the C he feels the cultural arts commission should be in that tier one um is the cultural arts commission considered mainly geared for the student students that's not my understanding students do participate sure but it's not just geared directly towards students okay so like the um Whittingham Green Brier when they had their events that's they're not in tier one either correct correct okay thank you very much anyone else from the public wishing to speak [Music] Christy scurby a seminal Court I just wanted to express to the board um that I support the budget um thank you for not making drastic Cuts I know that there is a constituent of um population here in Monroe that have come to you and asked for significant cuts and I

138thank you for not doing that to our budget this year um I do want to point out I do understand as a resident that taxes have gone up um for everybody in town but I'd like to reiterate why our taxes have gone up and it's not just the schools we have a new Senior Center that was built we had a new library Edition that was built a new recck center and the communities the adult communities also have very large uh facilities of their own as well Stonebridge has one of the largest clubhouses the Regency is getting a brand new huge tennis Pavilion so we live in a very good Community um there are a lot of amenities for everybody for seniors and students and I I it saddens me as a parent to come to

139these meetings month and month again and hear residents begging for the budget to be disseminated um I think the figure that was out there was that they wanted $7 million cut from the budget and I want to thank you for not doing that um I also would just like to say in Monroe we have incredible teachers um I know their salaries are always a topic of conversation here as well and I would just like to say our teachers here in the district are incredible they go above and [Applause] beyond they go above and beyond their Call of Duty um especially I'm only familiar with really Oak train Applegarth our teachers are incredible they came out last Friday night we had over 20 teachers come and perform in our variety show to raise funds for our

140PTA that directly provides programs and services back to the students we have over 25 staff members from the secretaries to the teachers coming out to our fundraiser on April 12th working and participating as well as coming and paying for their tickets to come to support the schools because all the money that we rais comes directly back to the programs that the board does have to cut so I just want to thank you and tell you how much the parents appreciate the budget and the teachers as well thank you just one quick question Mr Klein please state your name and address for the record Mar Klein 53 turnburry there's a rumor going around I heard it today in my development that there were 400 affordable housing units approved for Mount Mills and 6113 now I do

141know under COA uh in the uh the end of 2010 the township had to identify areas that would only be for affordable housing and had to be put in their master plan otherwise any Builder can come in on the Builder's remedy and build affordable housing anywhere they wanted this Township did and they identified the area that we're talking about was supposed to be for seniors and the other one is on Apple goth just north of 33 and that was supposed to be for veterans uh families of police off dead police officers dead firemen and those count two units I mean one unit count count as two units for the obligation what I heard was and I called John rigs I know it's going to be up soon John Rigs and also Wayne Hamilton to try

142to find out if there's fact to that if it is and it's going to be families you're going to have the same problem that you have at Ingman which is down on 522 I was at affordable housing committee meeting here when they made um a speech about or gave what their plans were and they basically were going to put up 100 rental units for affordable housing that they were going to contribute $72,000 in extra income to municipality but then said would not be paying any school taxes that's what scares me about this if this is the same thing and it's Ingman then you have 400 units of two children per unit you got 800 kids and they're not going to pay into the system so I hope somebody can try to get some information on

143that thank you for your time anyone else from the public seeing none we will close uh public forum and go into our Clos session resolution be it resolved that the Board of Education of the township of Monroe hereby moves to go into Clos session in accordance with Sunshine Law chapter 231 of the public laws of 1975 njsa 10 colum 4-6 to 10 colum 4-21 to discuss the following subjects student matters harass assment intimidation and bullying incidents 27 through 30 seeking attorney advice regarding F of versus Monroe Township Board of Education board and superintendent discussion surrounding March 5th 2013 public meeting and to receive attorney advice regarding that meeting superintendent evaluation the discussion conducted in closed session can be disclosed at the public to the public at such time that the matters have been resolved motion

144Mr ch Mr Masters all in favor oppose wait hold one one second before board members leave oh know am I just realized that was you sitting there I'd like to welcome our new vice principal Jeff just mentioned that to us um please stand and and so we can see who you are of oak tree school I am so sorry [Applause] welcome partly because I refused to wear my glasses too so welcome aboard yeah welcome thank you okay so all in favor I think we did that okay okay at this time the um board will reconvene into um public session and our next scheduled Board of Education meeting will be Wednesday April 17th 2013 7:00 p.m. at the high school motion to adjourn so moved Mr tesler second Mr Masters all in favor wait a minute

145he had it he had it we didn't have we didn't have any more anything on Mr Mr Mr C Mr tesler M oh who had a Mr Coffman Mr tesler toote it next we do next meeting all all in favor opposed extensions the meeting is adjourned