001public box at which time any business affected your interests according to the provisions of this effective Board of Education policies the Board of Education scores and any person who's requested individual notices required thank you [Music] yes sir Mr Bell here it's awesome here this casino here it's Lima this is is high Mr Balmer here the board president you have a foreign thank you sir uh so I already gave a couple of comments so let's go right to uh [Music] Prince and we have some special guests that we're going to recognize tonight in addition to some environmental retirees this time I would like to call up Dr s to recognize our students [Applause] good evening congratulations to Matt Casino Rivera he's currently in a pre-pay student and a sister Pharaoh's class he's got one sibling Zachary
002Max favorite time of the day at school is Choice time Matt likes to play Roblox at home with his brother when Matt grows up he wants to be a doctor graduation [Applause] congratulations to Kevin and Maya Hernandez Community student Cindy Garden teachers Miss Kim Kevin has one oldest sister named Emily favorite school subject is reading Kevin enjoys coloring drawing reading piece of cat books and playing with Legos farm animals Barbie dolls blacks trains cars and fire trucks career plan plans Kevin wants to be a firefighter when he grows up congratulations Kevin foreign [Music] okay [Applause] I'm calling in for Miss Clark Dr Santa hello everybody so on behalf of principal Clark I'd like to present our students of the month from Lafayette school first up is Jamie Arius Alberto thank you Daniel was recommended by
003her teacher Miss Nelson uh has one sibling in pre-k and favorite subject is math favorite hobbies include drawing making puppets playing on the playground reading playing with friends and this one I like here paying attention to what the teacher now I think that's important because career plans is wants to become a teacher and teach students art [Applause] thank you next up from Lafayette school Victor Medina Godoy [Applause] recommended by his teachers Miss sella and Miss Yampa Victor also has a sibling and preschool and favorite subjects are physical education and art favorite coffee hobbies are drawn pictures of Dragon Ball Sonic and Among Us I have to admit I don't know what all those are and when you grow up you want to be an artist and a dentist [Applause] thank you Looney what's wrong in
004school hi everybody it's Molly would like to recognize its third grade student of the month Jason Lopez Garcia he his teacher is Mr bear and Mr Dango he has two siblings one at Lafayette and one at the high school his favorite subject is math his hobbies include playing soccer and playing with his siblings and his career plans is to become a professional soccer player thank you we only get two our fourth grade student of the month is Adriana Pinedo she has uh three siblings Brandon Leah and Juliet her favorite school subjects are science and art her hobbies are drawing making crafts and reading and her career plans is to start a crochet business congratulations Adriana our fifth grade student of the month is Neftali Dominguez he is in Miss Riley's and Miss petrus's class he
005has two brothers and one sister they're all older than him his favorite school subject is meth he likes to practice playing soccer running around and hanging out with his friends and he wants to become an engineer and create robots that can help with crime scene investigations congratulations thank you special job [Applause] and our sixth grade student of the month is Miranda she has two sisters and they're both older than her her favorite subject is math her favorite hobby is Art she likes to draw and sketch and she wants to be a police officer when she grows up congratulations [Applause] [Music] thank you okay next up for cms.com hello again our first recipient for student of the month from the Community Middle School is Brandon castellone Solano foreign Brook High School favorite subject is Jim and
006uh favorite hobbies hanging out with people outside of school career is not sure yet I don't blame you I wouldn't wasn't sure when I was your age too but congratulations Brandon for being our student of the month [Applause] thank you next up for the Community Middle School Alyssa margolin Alyssa is uh has one sibling Tyler favorite subject is Art and favorite hobbies are art and uh animals let's say and favorite career or career plans is to become a dog pet groomer or artist Alyssa couldn't join us tonight because she has tickets with her dad to the Patriots game [Applause] okay [Applause] next up filling for Ms Billingham for Mr Smith Miss Larson our first student of the month for the high school is Diego Escobar Diego does not have any siblings his favorite subject is
007geometry his favorite hobbies are soccer and playing video games and his career plans is to become a soccer player so congratulations [Applause] our next student is Andre Rodriguez Andre has one sister Nicole his favorite subjects in school are math and phys Ed his favorite hobbies are to play video games and volleyball and his goal when he grows up is to be a programmer so congratulations Andre [Applause] thank you [Applause] Andre you have to come over take a picture foreign [Applause] subject in school is English and history our favorite hobbies are going out of her best friend working and sleeping her career plan is to study psychology and become a school psychologist [Applause] theater of the night is Lennox Herzberg she has four siblings um her favorite class in school is Art her favorite hobby wrestling
008and track she's currently not here actually because excellent her career plan is that is to be a vet tech when she [Applause] died thank you next up we have our educator of the month which will be presented by Dr Sandra serma in place of Miss Clark hello for the third time you're not done with me after this either so on behalf of Miss Clark we would like to honor as our bound Brooks School District teacher of the month Miss Nelson foreign Brook School District for six years during her time here she has consistently considered all aspects of the student teaching to each need Miss Nelson is always on a quest to improve her practice and ways with students her patients with students who require a more tailored approach results in her class being an environment
009of trust and respect Miss Nelson's willingness to help out without being asked is greatly appreciated and allows tasks to be completed in a timely and efficient manner congratulations Miss Nelson [Music] [Applause] okay Miss Nelson are you here hiding somewhere [Applause] a little spotlight you couldn't get away with hiding tonight [Music] congratulations [Applause] [Music] okay next up we have some uh special recognition this group is a little different from the rest of our Crusader family that we recognize tonight these members path will take a little different turn than those who will be returning to classrooms or offices in September they have earned the right after many years of dedication to our students in our community to ride off into the sunset to spend days doing the things that they love outside of teaching although we could
010never repay them for their contributions to many students we thought it was important that we recognize them tonight in front of our community and give them a little token of our appreciation just sorry I would like to have Vincenzo de benedetto come on up and I'm going to have our director of building the grounds Mr Molina Mr Molina come on up to say a couple of rules [Applause] I've had the privilege to work with Vincenzo for about 13 years I've seen him fix just about anything throughout the district he's helped us with setups deliveries snow removal and completed thousands of work orders one thing I will always remember about Vince is how he would always remain calm in the middle of an emergency he always found a way to get the job done congratulations thanks
011[Applause] [Music] thank you foreign [Applause] [Music] once again the Community Middle School is proud to recognize Mr Steve nowicki for his 16 years of dedicated service to the students of the Bound Brook School District Mr nowicki has been a mentor and a role model for all members of the CMS staff and has routinely taken time out of each day to help new teachers develop lessons Implement new strategies and create a positive learning environment for students throughout his career he has demonstrated an honest passion and exceptional skill for teaching he has spent countless hours after school working with students from his science classes and Advising them in the CMS robotics Club Mr nowicki has inspired a multitude students to pursue robotics at the high school level and Beyond many of whom are now established in careers
012involving science and engineering Mr nowicki has taken students on various walking field trips conducted science experiments at the river launched water propelled rockets in the teachers parking lot thank God he didn't have Bunsen burners the last few years that would have been interesting over the years Mr nowicki has challenged students to create cushion containers for his annual egg drop experiment and organizes our spring open house science fair Mr nowicki never missed an opportunity to volunteer for a fundraiser attend a school sporting event lead a group of students in the Memorial Day Parade chaperone Advance you name it Mr nawicki was there several years ago Mr Nikki traveled to Montana as a teacher Ranger and worked with groups of students throughout the summer months teaching them life skills of course Mr nowicki brought these experiences and
013countless others back to the students in Bound Brook although Mr nowicki is about to begin his much deserved retirement it will undoubtedly be filled with new adventures involving teaching and learner on behalf of a grateful Community I'd like to wish Mr nawicki a long and happy retirement [Applause] foreign [Applause] no pressure I appreciate the opportunity to work people I've worked with some things I might not miss like the pothole that I always hit me but what I will miss is the student space when you see that they got it thank you [Applause] I know thank you next up divorce are you ready yes okay next up I like Mr Gorski and his Dominic here at the student Dominic Dominic yes they told me you wanted to say a few words but you can come Mr
014Dorothy you can go to the mic you can send your words to Dominic if you wish they just want to come get me a hug and take a picture you can do that too can you next time [Applause] we're driving our kids to school every day and getting them there safely yeah um [Music] I know you're always chasing me down the street last night [Applause] not finished yet I just gonna read something and then Kenny come on up yes your colleagues have written a little bit nobody would like me just to share with you and the support Milestone first congratulations on reaching this Milestone it's been great working with you over the last years and we will all miss working transportation and administrative office thank you for your hard work and your support all these
015years you will surely be remembered by all of us especially by the students that you see every school day as a matter of fact by the lead of Dominic gittins who is currently a sophomore he volunteered on behalf of his own Tech peers to say thank you for a very thoughtful poster here are some quick thank yous from Javier Jesse Kenny and Roger Javier said I got to know Don these last couple of years and he was very friendly and responsible man he was someone who cared about his job and showed that that through how clean great pleasure working with you god Jesse said it has been always a pleasure working with you since Don began who's always supported me with any question I had especially with directions I remember we used to use papers
016back before GPS I hope you enjoy your retirement well-deserved we will miss you Kenny said Don never called out sick he would say I would only call out sick when I am dead he's truly a reliable person to work with and Russia says Don made my job so much easier prime example is by just giving Don a call and asking him if he can cover a trip for me last minute noticing the answer would never be no as there was always a way like teachers the board and the administration values bus drivers as extensions of the classroom they are equally important in safeguarding and inspiring students in equally but different ways Mr Tim thank you for all your service [Applause] hey you want me in here come on come on hey Mr reliable right here
017yeah oh yeah [Applause] and next up Miss Beth Fisher [Music] [Applause] read a little something I said let listen to DeMarco speak but I can tell you that I've been here for a year she has been the institutional member for me to guide she has uh informed about everything she has been the star war in the increasing the gap between the changing superintendents I've watched she's been a confidant she's been a supervisor she's been an encouraging to all of the principals the supervisors teachers within the districts who's always in classrooms asking what could she possibly do to help so we really appreciate her I'm going to read a little summary of her history here especially came to Bible School District in 2012 as an elementary assistant principal after spending her teaching career at Lebanon Township
018School District once he had Miss Brown books vicious career Administration took off she Rose to the position of Elementary principal in 2014. and then became the assistant superintendent for curriculum instructions which has been ever since Mrs Fisher was instrumental in the development of the instructional practices that we followed today she has also overseen she's been involved in many initiatives that the district has embarked upon in the last 10 years some of those initiatives have been building playgrounds at the elementary schools having Jax Courtside elementary schools and additionally during the pandemic especially was the main point of contact donations to families in needs these are just the highlights anyone who knows Miss Fisher knows that she's all about helping people whether it's the students the teachers administrators especially the organizations and the families in the community
019we really appreciate it I'm going to let uh Mr DeMarco he wanted to say a few Brooks well it's going to be a hard job to replace her because uh she's been here in a stalworth for the last 10 years it's been a pleasure to work with her she will be missed students staff and the community are going to miss Mrs Fisher we wish her the best of luck rumor has it and she's moving somewhere warm on a beach by the water you know somewhere that she loves um we will miss you and wish you well wonderful long retirement with all your endeavors [Applause] there are quite a few people here to see I'm gonna try not to cry but um I just want to say thank you um I was a teacher in Lebanon
020Township for 20 years and I thought that I um you know would never find somewhere that I could truly call home again and then I came to Bound Brook and um it was just an amazing experience from the moment I started here um the community is so warm and so welcoming uh the staff is incredible and um I'm proud to say that I've had a good hand in hiring many wonderful wonderful teachers to the district um to say that it's been a smooth Road for me is is not something that I could ever possibly say I've had a lot of challenges while I've been here um one was losing my son in 2015 and the way that the community embraced me was um just incredible uh it made it easier for me to move forward
021and to be where I am today so um after 31 years in education uh yes I'll be retiring to Florida sooner than we think and living in the sunshine which you know I fully really need to do but I'm blessed and I'm happy and I I feel like I've made an impact and an everlasting impression on many aspects here but I'm hoping that you know we just remember moving forward if you can do anything here you can take care of each other and I think that's something that I would buy from the moment that I started here and the last thing I just want to say is to Mr Demarco scarecrow I'll miss you most of all [Applause] let's have one last round of applause [Applause] so at this point we're going to ask everybody
022to come down towards the stage so that we can take a big group picture for the appropriately so for all of our students of the month our educator of the month please come forward [Music] today about what it's about the school 2015 Vice assistant I worked with the legislature in New Jersey for over 20 years exception and even though we didn't have pandemics we I got to know a lot about what was going on in different school districts the character so the families was cooperated with the branch rotary that had helped collect Foods branch of the food bank we also set up we have that executive chef with Maggiano's in our church kitchen and made entrees we had to sign up on their website uh that allowed families to sign up for Soups and entrees
023every week uh and this went on to start I think January of 2000. Android 2021 and it's continued to today [Music] so what she started [Applause] thank you so much so at this time we will take a brief recess feel free to grab a teacher if you see them take some pictures foreign thank you [Applause] we would like to present a mini library at tamale school there will be many benefits like easy access control we will also help encourage students to read more books students can find books they like and share with their friends reading is healthier for the human brain than playing on screens as some students in the school like to be on their phone we attend to plant flowers on the top of the library which will beautify the school it may
024inspire people to guard this can be eco-friendly because people can donate books instead of throwing them away this will be reusing and helping the biosity technical difficulties okay okay hello hello so this will all be built for from us um we are going to gather supplies uh and build this by hand just ask oh my God it I'm sorry um okay so we're gonna have a bracelet sand fundraiser for uh for our um for the build for the building project of our mini Library courtesy of um [Applause] thank you for your time [Applause] for the board members this will be on our agenda later this evening to accept but we just wanted to thank the girls thanks again so much good evening everyone we had a great committee meeting several weeks ago we had several
025presentations I'd like to speak about tonight first one was from our new director of ESL and World Language instructor changes have occurred in New Jersey completely um the current recommended terminology describe students that speak English as a second language or a multilingual Learners and another change that's coming up is multilingual Learners districts will Anatomy to start identifying them at the Pre-K level which is a little bit comfortable uh so uh the doe prescribes different models of instruction that can be used for districts that serve multilingual Learners and those models range in everything from English as a second language to sheltered instruction programs to bilingual programs and to dual language programs and the code basically prescribes that if the district has more than 20 students who speak one particular language we need to establish a bilingual
026programming from those in particular Dr Heisman did a wonderful job of explaining what we currently offer to support multilingual Learners through ESL Services shelter instruction to give the board some perspective that number is currently at about 500 students and there have been a number of programs that have been designed to support those students and in the upcoming years we'll be moving to offer not only ESL and psyop programming at the theater six level but a quote by Lincoln program at that level and seventh and eighth grade ESL and Scion and high school level ESL sign up trained teachers as well as a bilingual math program she also spoke about some scholarships that are available to staff members who are pursuing certification in ESL or bilingual certificate as you may know these are staff members that
027are very much in demand and can be very difficult to locate so the district has put together a great plan to develop the talents of our own staff members and develop them Dr Heisman also spoke about some wonderful achievements that are from our students we had a number of students who entered into the Spanish Honor Society and the French office society and 35 students who are in concealed by letters itself we have a wonderful population of multilingual Learners here in Bound Brook our programming is getting better every day to support those students and they are achieving in ways that we can really be proud of as a district moving forward Dr Heisman and the team will assess how these adjustments are working and we'll also be pursuing the question of whether or not a dual
028language program would be appropriate for our school districts our second presentation was from a wonderful high school student Anthony Chavez who spoke about the idea of creating a newspaper Club at the high school he had a really thorough and well-developed presentation for us about the merits of that program how it might be published in multiple languages it really allows students to develop their their writing skills and create such community at the high school the board is excited about that idea and the committee was certainly in support of us we had two wonderful presentations that I think left all of us who attended excited about the work that's going that's fantastic thank you Mr Johnson any questions okay governance had a very short meeting this month some of the items actually we will be covering tonight
029one of which as I think everybody received from their email will be completing that Freedom's evaluation via a special meeting next week I believe it's on the 27th so I just want to make sure everybody got that news and is able to attend that I anticipate that it'll be a short meeting it's not going to be it's really just one executive session so it should not be very long but that is next Tuesday week from tonight um the only other thing that really we needed to discuss briefly about we had talked last month about the use of buildings policy and that being updated Ms javorsky is near completion at this point may even be completed he said you'd have it ready for us but just know that our policy is being updated that it's uh
030better knowing it's going to better protect us from an insurance standpoint it does have nuclear elements to raise funds from if we rent out the buildings to outside agencies so we should have a presentation or you know small snippet on that next month and that's really all we do we discussed for governance very efficient and good questions as possible um buddy we um we went through open positions and transfers that we'll see on this agenda transfers existing staff to new or other positions they don't need it enrollment has is complete well there was an increase of Staff who advice originally negotiations great thanks very much any questions on your resources okay Mr Zucker operations operations is always but include so first of all I've got operations come into it today keep working for giving us
031some really good news first station business we talked about was uh transferring and money into Reserve accounts from [Applause] the 25 million reserved and 2 million into convenience explained to the committee that many economists are participating recession discuss about the other thing um that I'm excited to talk about is that I've heard this in the past one I wanted to thank again it was divorcing the new administrative team talking about the grant applications so uh and he recommends that we can considerate a resolution to apply for research thousand dollars finally we talked about fixed assets results see if it was one and then last year this was Overlook resulting in the spot of recommendations Mr Morrison can you just go a little bit into not to the devil just explain a little bit just discuss
032this into the committee yes there is a auditing requirement it's called gasbee34 and it came about years ago as the accounting profession is always changing in the modeling and this Consolidated the different funds into one government-wide financial statement and for the first time required school districts to record a depreciation charge oh and last year the district had not performed this function and as Mrs us had suffered an audit recommendation so on the agenda tonight is a proposal for a fixed asset firm to come in and um a praise all of the district assets over two thousand dollars and greater by putting those barcode sticker on and then it will automatically calculate depreciation that will submit to the auditor and that should take care of that requirement appreciate that uh we also talked about a food
033service I was surprised that the committee was a little surprised that only um the committee recommended the resolution and talk about this now Mr Mercy outline the RFP in the services provided provide what food service management companies do I know this is a tremendous undertaking and uh all right I think there's been both of my children [Music] um we also have to take a look at all the construction and the town there was a little uh retainable I was kind of shocked to see it but uh in the back yeah and we had also talked about the committee discussed um looking at the committee that had assessed with a discussion on performance of architectural services so that one project we start talking about architectural services options a change in architecture Professional Services to allow additional
034time [Music] children and yes other than that the operations community and Minnesota is a very thorough time thank you Mr Selco any questions I think the only thing that I would point out is in our operations committee invading in some of the United States there are a significant number of weapons that get discussed in committee and are on our community tonight so just pointing out that the transfers are under uh the adjustment to a new architecture so just recognize that those were outings [Music] on operations okay um and we took a look at the breadth of the athletic programs within the district um the programs coming into the middle school and we also took a look at the head counts for each one of those programs um we discussed a little bit about clubs and
035how the the clubs within the district are getting started uh and you didn't have a discussion over the stipending fund to give into clubs and are looking at different options to maybe get Clips started uh earlier than the three-year limit that we're at right now so we're going to be coming back to that revisiting that and seeing is there any other options around I think at this point because this committee is kind of a startup starting a brand new looking at Athletics and gloves we want to really get a first look at the overall enrollment where we have growth where we have clubs that use more growth um that was great any questions all right and last but not least I want to go to sue for the source Academy of Educational Services Commission it
036was a long meeting it was this is every other month and last month was the reorganization meeting and what they did during that meeting was there was election of the four directors um the executive committee and their all students elections in New Jersey school boards Association and then they had the meeting dates Etc that they also had a lot with um just identifying you know the bank and who uh the holds which cafeteria Student Activities petty cash Etc um okay they also did just a location of programs just a lot with job descriptions because you know versus their work and they're getting new stats there was a lot of that the regular meeting started with the superintendent's report and they started the year with 97 students end of the year with 140 students they have
03775 students who either graduate and moved or went on to a higher level of care and one of their goals next year is to really look at the students with the higher level care and how they could meet their needs they have an esy program also that takes places in the summer their graduation was today at 10 o'clock in the morning the biggest change with ESC was uh Transportation where they had just um offer Transportation they also facilitate and administrate the uh the transportation they are eliminating the busing program the public and non-public busing program um they're just looking at the sale of buses and equipment that's something that I know that we've also looked into um here's another very good reason was the lack of drivers where you know there's been a lack of
038substitute successful electric drivers all across the state so that was a duration um they are going to continue with the administration of roots so you know the districts and have those said that it's not placed on the um any you know Administration in the secretaries Etc um they will be keeping one person uh excuse me 324 passenger buses for ESC and the superintendent highly recommended the mechanics and the remaining bus drivers said they're excellent but because of you know they have eliminated the program those people have therefore they don't have jobs now and actually that was an hour and a half wrapped up in a few minutes very nicely done yes any questions or comments any other questions or comments in general awesome great job everyone at this point we'll move on to uh agenda
039item 5.1 which is open to the public for agenda items for anybody interested in making a comment please write your name address uh and public participation is limited to three to five minutes of duration and no participant makes people once on the same topic until all others who wish to speak on that topic don't everybody is this open to the public open to public agenda I am seeing none thank you thank you all right at this point we'll move on to item number 6.1 approval of the minutes from 5 15. it resulted Board of Education attendant proves the minutes for the following meetings that's regular and executive session from May 15 2023 thank you Miss Lima a second second uh can we do a roll call please Mr Gorski yes sir Mr Bell abstain Mr
040Dawson yes Miss Casino yes Miss Lima so I did motion but I wasn't here in the meeting so I guess I'm staining from the absolutely yes Mr minhas yes Miss High yes Mr Boomer yes Mr Lucy yes this evening entire traditional order this will be under items three and seven we have a motion motion thank you Mr Central thank you Mr all in favor aye all right thank you thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you very much foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign thank you foreign you're off mute
041back everyone we are up to agenda item 8.4 will be a result of the developers Board of Education recommendation of the superintendent approves in accordance with the convenience of njsa 18-a 37-5 -15 be the report of elected HIV incidents and investigations here for the period of April 26 2023 through March 15 th Evolution motion thank you Mr Zucker for a second thank you Ms cuisine Mr Dawson yes Miss Casino yes yes it's high yes Mr Romer yes yes thank you item 941 being resolved at the Bound Brook where education about recommendations the superintendent approves in accordance with the positions of njsa 18-a tte they're affordable limited HIV incidents and investigations noted in the agenda for the period April 26 2023 to the May 15th 20 th hour motion motion second thank you Mr Dawson and
042a second from Miss Lima yes thank you Mr Dawson yes yes Mr zip code yes Miss moosen yes Mrs yes just hi yes Mr Palmer yes yes motion passes resolutions is 10.2 to 10.56 is that Evolution motion thank you Miss muscle the second second let me give it to miss high any questions or discussion I just wanted to say um sorry I just wanted to say that on 10.20 for Smalling Elementary the Girl Scouts I thought that was really a great idea your presentation agreed any other questions or comments all right hearing none can we have a roll call please Mr Dawson yes Miss Casino yes yes yes exclusive yes hi yes Homer I understand for the catch we are up to item 11.1 resolve the development report of Education approves the resolutions as outlined
043in District education resolutions is 11.2 through 11.8 I have a motion motion thank you Mr Dawson a second second thank you Mr Zucker any discussion hearing none come here roll call please this is awesome yes Casino yes yes [Music] absolutely thank you Mr zip code yes Miss moosen yes Mrs yes it's high yes Mr Boomer yes thank you and 12.1 being resolved at the Board of Education approved uh I'm sorry the Bound Brook Board of Education approves the resolutions is outlined before action resolutions 12.2 .2 out of motion thank you second second thank you Mrs you know any discussion can't wait it's gonna be riveting can we do a roll call please yes sir Mr Dawson yes yes yes with abstentions on 12.18 and 12.19 . there are other matters and new business any new
044business from the members okay we are now open to the public for discussion there are no questions on this no I don't see anyone here with us so I think entertain motion to adjourn ing thank you