001[Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] how many cameras okay good evening everyone welcome to our board of education meeting uh i'm going to call the meeting for orders at 6 30. uh we'll start by reading the open public meeting statement the new jersey open public leading law has enacted to ensure the rights of the public that advance notice of and to attend the meeting of public bodies at which time any business affecting their interest is discussed in active costs in accordance with the provisions of this act and board of education policy and any person who has requested [Music] yes [Music] aware that i will support the constitution of the united states from the constitution of the state of new jersey and that i will bear through faith and allegiance to the same and to the government established in
002the united states and the state under the authority of the people so help me god i edith lima who solemnly swear that i possess the qualifications prescribed by law of the office of member of the board of education and that i am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs 194-3 nor disqualified due to conviction of crimes or offense listed in njs 18 12 attitudes and then i will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my abilities [Applause] i get it right you got it yeah all right mr dude here it's lima yeah yeah mr rosamano here that is everybody for today thank you um for the next next agenda item do we need to just read it off or do we have do we
003need to move on yeah can i have a motion to accept the resignation of jake who's getting thomas ella molson mostly mr mr bell yes mr fabio yes mr xeno yes mr januzzi yes miss lima mr yes mr osama [Music] i just want to point out that we're in the process of assigning uh committee representation committee chairs i hope to be able to report back to everybody on what those appointments actually are at the next meeting um but it should cover up for the course and committees as uh the second topic has to do with uh the recruitment of new members so as you might have heard we had another resignation so there are actually two seats available on the board of education uh to make things a little bit easier we've actually posted a
004new link on the district's website um thanks to a recommendation uh and we're hoping that any interested members of the public will come forward uh express their interest and hopefully be considered for addition to their body uh the third item i wanted to just provide a brief update on has to do with the search for the new superintendent uh so the board's been hard at work uh based on the project plan that we put together to try and find uh the right candidate to bring in as the next superintendent for the district um i'm pleased to report that we had 31 applications uh submitted for interest in the position which was actually a very strong tool um 16 of those were already superintendents or assistant superintendents at some point in their career six were principals
005or vice principals uh eight directors or supervisors and then one other applicant the vast majority came from new jersey but the two from the surrounding states uh the board has already begun to interview uh first time candidates uh and we're looking forward to continuing to make progress uh if you're interested in the timeline for that search and what the steps are that's also posted on the website but i can let you know that the first round interviews are tentatively scheduled to be completed in the coming week second round interviews would be happening in the first second week of february and then ultimately we're looking to make an appointment by the end of march so hopefully more information that we can share in very near future uh and the last thing that i wanted to mention
006was just a brief think of congratulations typical of the year for ralph who broke the all-time scoring record for our boys basketball team over the weekend i'm just sending out you know congratulations to him as well as chris smith [Applause] with dr s is [Applause] i'm here [Applause] mr all right one of our students at the moment yet for january is jeffersonville martinez [Applause] okay [Applause] meeting everyone our first 268 today's video has been stone [Applause] hour [Music] [Applause] our next student is [Applause] is [Applause] yep [Applause] thanks [Applause] good evening our first recipient valencia [Applause] and our second thing is [Applause] foreign all right my first recipient diego that's tomorrow [Applause] our second recipient olivia holman [Applause] the next recipient is [Applause] and last but certainly not least joseph jimenez [Applause] thank you [Applause]
007um uh [Music] is [Music] congratulations [Applause] all right last year for the month of january esl support teacher for the last few years in his role she was tasked with helping students in command of the english language often this is around the resource for families as we help them transition to life in america and takes time to presently explain how they can best help their children in health mrs aramis has been a mentor many times including for myself each time she determines me under her wing and she helps her get accustomed to downward procedures and curriculum timely management has been support for other employees that although might not be her mentality she'll need some guidance for an exercise this is something she does on her own expecting nothing in return because that thank you for
008your dedication to our staff and our students and families [Applause] i first like to recognize one of our students [Music] [Applause] good evening again miss guzzo is in her first year at smalley school he joins our special education fourth grade team this year this schedule has acclimated to team small league response she co-teaches the department teacher as well as collaborates with the student teacher in the toolset she has adapted new learning styles and construction during these difficult times and challenges she is able to keep cultural planning but strives focusing on smaller groups for center working guide free she has filled in and supported our apa students at times as well they trained a handle of care and having background with autistic students that strengthens the support of our students with disabilities one teacher quote i
009literally saw her welcome to her classroom with her belongings and dropped everything threw her foot on the floor and supported the teacher and the student she went out of her way to help another colleague she has participated in every planning exposure morale future such as dressing up for halloween week of respect and red rhythm she meant to follow all ieps it takes notes to better adopt herself with child case manager and parent it's always nice it's nice to see when the teacher goes the extra mile that is what i saw two weeks ago while doing a walkthrough instead of seeing centers on the board or in the screen the struggle taught to design her own center group for the students to see virtual individually and see better follow this schedule is only the extra mile
010daily by educating our students but most importantly caring for them she's making swelling school a better place for our students and staff and i'd like to congratulate this schedule for being recognized in january [Applause] foreign hello the community middle school was proud to recognize mrs dian garagey as this month's representative for the general award recipient nursery is joining the cms staff earlier this school year as you can imagine starting a new job as a school nurse in the middle of appendix is quite an experience nursing hit the ground running and hasn't stopped twice a week she split the time with the community middle school and lafayette each day nurses here makes those profound feels home helps families navigate their way through clothing and other health related issues nurse idea understands the stresses that students and
011their families are experiencing she approaches each interaction with kindness and compassion we're truly fortunate to have zia as part of our middle school family on behalf of the cms teaching center i'd like to thank versus and for our contributions to the health and well-being of our school community [Applause] for the download school district our recipient this month is elizabeth she is our new account family person uh she has been uh built she came in behind on mr wilford so she had some pretty big shoes to fill she's done an excellent job for us uh more importantly she for this month she went above and beyond and helped me try to get all of our testing supplies and our machines in uh start our test to stay program and we're hoping to have that up and
012running shortly but she has been i got sent on that but she's the one who's been on the phone with the company trying to get everything ordered and get it here on time um unfortunately like everybody else in the world i'm sure you know trying to get testing supplies at this particular moment not a little uh stressful to say the least um ours are ordered hopefully we'll have them sometime this week but again our demo of the month is mrs nolan um doing a fantastic job is a dedicated staff member that advocates for her students to exhibit its knowledge of principles theories methods techniques and strategies pertaining to teaching and instruction of english language learners in addition their instructional pedagogy provides appropriate and effective learning experiences for students from a wide range of socioeconomic levels
013and cultural backgrounds mrs martelly's ability to be a team player does not go unnoticed she is well respected among her colleagues to maintain the positive report with all state and students it demonstrates high ethical standards which is apparent through her relationships with students and their mutual respect for each other for example this part that we provide everything up for our students ensure they are receiving the proper placements and the accommodations they need to be successful she is extremely patient and calm allowing her students to ask questions and build confidence in themselves moreover mrs barnelli provides individual students with positive and prompt feedback on their progress she sets high standards for student performance and achievement and adjust instruction to objectives and individual needs on a daily basis by documenting student outcomes and evaluating english fluency she
014also also provides information regularly to parents students and administration regarding student progress expectations goals et cetera um ms bartheley provides scion training which is sheltered instructional grades with all of the new teachers throughout the year allowing our students to receive proper modifications in all of their classes ms martelly is also the junior class advisor helping students with fundraising ideas and is always willing to help out those who need it for these reasons among others this particularity is [Applause] at this time okay um so this is the second time a history teacher from downward high school has won this award in the past four to years our teacher um that being said it's my pleasure to recognize mr lee is the local recipient of the smart mayor dfw national citizenship education teacher awards 2021-2000 school year
015founded in 1999 the award is presented to a teacher who promotes civic responsibility flag etiquette and patriotism while fostering the development of democratic values and beliefs through special projects mr edwards who works with development into his students and appreciation of american ideals and cultural notices in addition he tries to develop his students of proficiency in the use of social studies inquiry skills and concepts while motivating each student to understand and exercise rights privileges and responsibilities as a citizen also through his content knowledge and pedagogy he cultivates knowledge on the geographical historical cultural political factors which influence the development of the united states mr kasperson also encourages his students to develop sound opinions based on study of facts concerning operation of political and economic systems enthusiasm for teaching social studies he effectively engages students by tuning
016teaching and learning as a collaborative process and by showing his students that their thoughts and opinions are valuable its philosophy is that all students can learn regardless of their label it has been a great pleasure assisting mr casperson and his professional endeavors as an educator and an advocate of children and is without reservations [Applause] okay so he won the local where now it's going to go to the district and then he'll go to national so we'll keep our fingers crossed and go for the best okay [Applause] okay the last item on my report is um everybody [Music] she has developed the uh the guidelines that will be going out shortly and just so everybody knows it's five days long um the guidelines are ever changing and part of the problem of trying to get something
017that's crystal clear out to people is the fact that things constantly seem to be changing um you know day by day and so on and so forth so we wanted to make sure we have something that's going to go out for the parents and that should go out tomorrow it's not the latest wednesday so if you have to have nothing else i think you need to take a five-minute recess at this long time so if anybody has to uh depart and take the little home put in bed or do homework so um [Music] the same way all right [Music] that right [Music] yeah it's a couple hours um okay [Laughter] [Music] at this point we are open to the public for agenda items only uh do anything um so in accordance with different policies seven
018public participation in board meetings members of the public must complete the polling or online providing your name address and group affiliation if applicable uh please state your name and address followed by your public participation agenda items only comments for the meeting your public participation is limited to three to five minutes in duration and uh no participant may speak more than once on the same topic and so all others will just repeat on the topic so move on to the approval of minutes to resolve the founders board of education improves the minutes for the following meetings uh this was for the minutes from 12 13 21 as well as [Music] yeah i need to abstain from the 10. i'm just going to say thank you any other comments going on yes to five point one and
019that stand for the other two this casino yes this is the same yeah yes [Music] karma um yes item again resolved that the superintendent recommends for approval that resolution is outlined in personnel resolutions under middle and elementary schools 7.2 for 7.9 you have a motion motion thank you mr pogba second thank you mr problem i think it's nice that uh we're starting in our club at the middle school and on a personal note i will say in 7.3 i'm very happy to see that miss christine was retained she's actually been covering one of my son's classes uh he has nothing but the best thing to say about her so i think it's great that we've found a way to keep yes mr thompson yes mrs nina yes this is have a motion please motion thank
020you mr foster have a second second thank you discussion um that's a career day do they bring in form of students as well because my daughter had asked her um when they do things like she likes to do outreach so is that something yeah all right i'll talk to my daughter because i know she has mentioned you know wanting to give back to the community so she's got a job in august so she might want any other item number 10.1 resolve that the boundary board of education approves the resolutions as outlined in finance resolutions 10.2 through 10.11. yes um every year i thank him for uh you know taking care of those trees outside of context awesome um and then thank you for the donation to the robotics club yes mr foster yes mr zeno
021yesterday i yeah we are not up to section 12 which would be new business does it need to be here the only other comment that i would offer and i'll say forgot this in my presidency address um among the things that we are absolutely passionate about um or new person talking about seeing progress on includes uh the inspiring contract for our teachers uh mr practicing already reached out to begin that conversation i think i just want to continue to express that this is a priority for the board and we remain very willing and able uh to make progress on that discussion at this point i believe we are open to the public discussion there are no uh all right so at this point i believe we are going to move into executive session uh dr
022gallagher can you think on the particulars on that [Music] um [Music] keep it up [Music] my next meeting good night okay uh so okay so um wow um okay so uh wow another one smaller [Music] thank you yes uh um right uh right so foreign so three you so [Music] so you wow so hey what's happening with these people what would it be what the coverage this time um okay thank you um so um [Music] so [Music] oh [Music] oh yes hi [Music] we're all done um it was great