001I call this meeting to order. This is the States Park Board of Education reorganization meeting taking place on Wednesday, January 7th, 2026. This meeting is starting at 6:34 p.m. at the Early Childhood Center. Uh, can everyone please rise for the flag? To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible and justice for all. In compliance with the open public meetings act chapter 231 pl 1975 park board of education has provided adequate notice of the board organization meeting dated December 29th 2025 date of published notice. The meeting notice has been emailed to all staff members at the district's three locations communicated to the record and filed with the boro clerk of Palis Park. So, I'm going to release the election results. Um, for each threeyear term,
002we have Inko King [snorts] Kemp with 1535 votes, Justin Jung with 1510 votes, and Ray Park with 1497 votes. So, I will administer the oath of office to our newly elected board members. So, we'll start with um Angel Face the camera. >> Face the camera. [laughter] I in Kim swear do so many swear over that I will support the constitution of the United States and the con constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and al allegiance to the same and to the government established in the United States and this states under the authority of the people. So help me God. I in do sorry swear that I possess the qualification prescribed by law for the office of a member of the board of education and that I am
003not disqualified as a border pursuant to RS194-1 nor disqualified due to conviction pursuing to RS 194-1 of a crime of offense listed in NJS as [snorts] 18A12-1 and that I will faithfully imperish army and justice justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability. So help me God. [applause] Thank you. Raise your right hand. I, Justin Young, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people. I, Justin Jones, do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board
004of education and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to RS194 [clears throat] or disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in NJS 1881 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability. So, help me God. [applause] >> [snorts] [clears throat] [snorts] >> Okay. I Ray Park do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the government established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people. So help me God. I part do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office
005of a member of a board of education and that I am not disqualified as a builder to RS9-1 nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in JS1812-1 and that I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of the office of claim to the best of my ability. So only [clears throat] God [applause] Now I will do roll call. Miss Such present. Miss Park. >> Yes. >> Miss here. [clears throat] >> Mr. Aaron >> present. >> Mr. Junior. Yes, >> Mr. Sergio Kai >> here. >> Mr. Rayart, >> present. >> Mr. Ink >> here. >> Mr. Justin, >> present. >> Mr. Carl, >> present. >> And Mr. Amelia DeAndre. >> So now I will uh open up the nominations for the president. So I will request nominations for the
006office of the president for the Palace Clark Board of Education. Do I have a nomination? >> I appear. >> Okay. Um do you have a Is there a secondary nominations? Um, okay. Uh, are there any other nominations? >> Okay. So, I see none. Um, may I have a motion to close nominations for president? >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor of what? Closing >> closing the nomination. >> Okay. So, Can I get a motion for the appointment of Sue Chung for president? >> I [clears throat] make a motion. >> Okay. So, I will do roll call. U Miss Trump. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sergio Kay. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ray Clark. >> Here. >> Missing Kim. >> Yes. >> Mr. Justin J. >> Yes. >> Mr. Junior. >> Yes. Miss Bo,
007>> no. >> Miss Young Park, >> yes. >> And Mr. Aaron Peek, >> yes. >> So, congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. Think [snorts] I have a little comments for our due after um we elect the vice president vice president. >> So may I have a motion to nominate the vice president? of June. [clears throat] >> So, so nominated more nominations. If not, I have a motion to close the nomination for the position of the vice president. >> I'll make a motion. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> miss could you please do the work >> to motion to approve Mr. J for the position of the vice prince presidents. >> I have a motion. Yes. Mr. Mr. Jay, >> yes. >> Mr. Ray Park, >> yes. >> Miss Engle, >> yes. >> Mr.
008Justin J. >> Yes. >> Mr. Junior. >> Yes. [laughter] [clears throat] >> Mr. Garter. >> Yes. >> And Mr. >> Yes. >> Congratulations, Mr. Jim. happy to work with you as leadership of the board of education if I decide. >> We'll try our best to make >> Thank you. [applause] Um I have just a little comments because I'm not good at speech but this is not um my public statements but just I can't really see you eye to eye if you don't mind public that please allow me to turn around to my back. I just want to see my board members apply and board members thank you for elect me for the president's of board of education 2026 calendar year um you are not really support my own thing personality but I believe that you
009support my vision and my best interest of school district aligned with all of yours. And I originally actually invited the school board county school board representative to give us a presentation of a code of ethics tonight and I have to cancel because of some of you were not very able to confirm tonight's tonight's availability. So we'll be rescheduling because as since the c of asset is very core value that we need to really have it in our knowledge. So all is casually and um and I want to make sure that all of you understand roles and responsibility as a board member and new elected board members will have government's work soon in 90 days from now on and all of us each of us according to the year of your terms and experience we have
010our governance training as well and there's tons of electives and available workshops and presentations provided by the state and NSBA too. So we were um we do our best to train ourself and also I want to make sure that brought to me recently again that I have heard some rumors about photo of education in Paris Park which we have discussed for past year and if any of you hear about any negative accusation accusation or any bad news about the board of education and I believe it's you are not deserve to have one. So if you're newly elected board members who doesn't know about the past practice what we've been through and what we have been doing you can report to or learn study about our meeting minutes [clears throat] past the year and understand if
011you have any question if the other leadership request to every meeting or questions they will do uh meet you and explain. So many of rumors we ignore because we know what we're doing and I'm very proud of you that we have um we did our best to manage our governance dayto-day governance as a group of members and um so we stay as a whole not individual. We are here at the table sitting here in the board of education meeting every month as a court not as an individual. So if any of you are interested in something else as your individual member, you are okay to do. You can you are in you can in any civil rights that you have but once you are here sitting here that we make a important decision for our
012school district um for the best interest of our students success and wellbeing. So if ever influencer you are influenced by someone else or other organization outside of the school board then you can do it but as long as you are here in our meeting for the board of education business. Please remember that you are here as a board of education member and our best interest is school district and success of our students and their wellbeing and we support our excellent administrators and great teachers and we support one another of our fellow board members. So we'll achieve our goals district for 2026 that the school board and our superintendence Mr. Bano we establish for the year of 2026. So we will achieve the grow objectives for our school district all together this year. Thank you. [applause]
013>> [clears throat] >> Okay, let's introduce and approve the organization meeting agenda resolution. Item number one, recognization. Recognization of business general administrations. Establishment of board of education meeting schedule. We reserve that the Paris board of education pursue chapter open public meeting act does hereby establish that public meetings for the board of education will be held at the Early Child Center 27th Street Paris Park, New Jersey. According to the following schedule, work session recommence at 6:30 p.m. Regular meetings will begin immediately following the conclusion of the work session. For more action may be taken at these meetings. Special or rescheduled meetings as called by the board of educations. You see the schedule and um generally we stay same as the third Wednesday each month at 6:30. ECC but only exceptions are February for the winter recess,
014April for spring recess and then June for the closure meetings. So closer meeting for June might be re um we might has to be confirmed according to the date of our school graduation and being further reserved that in order to conduct its meetings properly and efficiently the board should require the following procedures to public participation at board meetings. Any individual desiring to speak should give his or her name address or address in group if any that's represented. The presentation shall be as brief as possible but no more than three minutes per individual. The board vest in its presidents or other presiding officer authority to terminate the remarks of any individual if she or he or she deems it in the best interest of those present to do so. Furthermore, be it reserves that this resolution
015shall be in effect only until the next annual organization meeting of the board of education. Item number two, adoption of code of access. As written last year, why don't we read one um phrases each member read one member of the code of ethics. Um we reserve that the parasite park board of education in the county of Oregon majority adopt the purpose and work of the code of ethics and JSA title 18A 12-24.1 the members of the board of education recognize that they hold authority not as individuals but as a member of the board in order to make a clear public statements of its philosophy of service to the purpose of the district. The board adopt this code of ethics. Um starting with Mr. Bo, could you read number one and then each number we can
016read? >> I will uphold and enforce all laws, rules and regulations of the state board of education and court orders pertaining to schools. Desired changes shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures. I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools which meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability, race, creed, sex or social standing. I will confine my board action to policy making, planning and appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them. >> I will carry I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with fellow board members to see they are well run. I'll recognize that authority
017rests in the board of education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board. >> I will refuse to surrender my independence judgments to special interests or partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or court the gain of friends. I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed needlessly in your individuals or the schools in all other matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members in to the aspirations of the community for its schools. I will vote to appoint the best qualified personnel available at the consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer. >> I will support and protect school personnel in the proper performance of their duties. >> Yeah, you can. >>
018I will refer all campaigns to the chief administrative officer and will act on the campaigns at public meetings only after failure of administ administrative solution. >> Thank you. Number three, designation of officer newspapers. It reserves that the president of education designate the record and the star as its official newspapers. Honorary medias are Korean times, Korean daily central news. Number four, policies, bylaws, and regulations. Um, I'll just read the title. And number five, annual appointments, which includes professional services for our Harrison safety consultants, legal counselors, and architects. and the position of a point to the action officer and anti anti- bulling coordinator and boarding specialist and number seven another designation for the position of board secretary district of record public agency compreh Officer, purchasing agent, qualified state purchasing agent, district homeless education, Americans with Disability Act
019coordinator, section 504, Canadia Coordinator, Panda with Care, Point of Contact, Title 9, Coordinator, Safety and High School Coordinator, School Safety Specialist. Number eight, school position, treasurer of school monies. Number six, banks, wire transfers, and electronic banking. And here's part one, part two, part three. Number seven, travelations. Number eight, tax structure annuity companies. Number nine, adoptions of um yeah, charter counts for New Jersey public schools, standard operating procedures and purchasing manual. Number 10, payment of fees. Number 11, bond investment. Number 12, textbook and curricular. Number 13, transfer of funds. Number 14, membership, New Jersey school vote. Number 15, policy provider service. 16. Advertise and receive fee. Is there any questions on this agenda resolutions? Basically, more than half most of them are um we approve every year in the meeting. No questions, questions. If not, may
020I have a motion to close our Europe nation meeting and open to public? Sorry. Oh, that this is not a work session. Okay. May um M could do the worker. Okay. Sorry. >> Yeah. We have a motion to approve 16 agendas. to approve for our um orientation meeting. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> No objection. Any items. Okay. Um I have a motion to close our reorgation meeting and open to public. All in favor? >> So I just read again that as we adopted this uh remark for the public session, any individual desire to speak should give his or her name, audience and group if any that is represented. The presentation shall be as brief as possible but no more than three minutes per individual to both in its presence or other presiding officer
021authority to terminate the remarks of any individual if he or she deemed it in the best interest of those present to do so. >> Just Sure. >> No, no, no, no, no, no. I just didn't know you on camera. >> I'm sorry. Um, so good evening. Good evening everybody. Uh, my name is Christopher uh 264 Grand Avenue Park. I just wanted to say congratulations to the new uh the new chair people who who got elected and I'm very proud and u excited to see all the work that we can do this coming year. Um, Superintendent Albano, I know you have a lot of plans and a lot of projects that you work on. very excited to uh see what we can do here, especially in our school system. We have um so much that we
022can do and there's a lot of projects and and and things that we can truly work on. Um I I know I know that I'm new coming into this, especially in my council position, but I I know the the passion that there is in this town and the people and the parents and as much as you guys work um incredibly hard to deal with such an uphill battle uh with our school system. So I got to say I commend all of you and President I thank you for all the efforts and everybody that you do with everybody. Um I I ask you that this year that we can really try to see what we can do to make this place um as best as possible. For the parents, for the students, number one, of course,
023and for the teachers, I know that they work so hard. I know that they there's so many things to navigate through. Um I ask that we truly work hard together collectively just as on our side that what we're trying to do. um is to come together and really serve our students because the better that they are off the greater that this town will get. I promise you because our students are truly literally the future of this town. They live here. They love it here. I don't want them to have to look elsewhere. I want them to think of Palisades Park and say, "Ah, this is my beacon. This is where I trust my kids to come to school." And I know that with you guys. I know that uh it's a very tough battle and
024it's a very big uphill thing, but I really I charge you guys and ask you please let's work together and let's do some really great things. I'm very excited for you guys. Congratulations to you all. God bless you. Thank you. [applause] >> Any other speaker in public? Now may I have a motion to close the public participation? >> I make a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I as long as we don't have any closing session and other agendas. We have a motion to close our yog. >> Thank you everyone attending here. Thank you. Have a good night and oh by the way thank you Christopher you want to send your kids >> yes >> thank youition