001the new jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced knowledge of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which time any business was discussed and acted upon and according to the provisions of this act and board of education policy 0162 the board of education of the borough of mountainbrook has caused notice of this meeting to be posted in the board office and algonquin high school and mailed her fast career news found broken borough clerk southbound board of education and any person who has requested individual notices i pledge allegiance to the fight of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and [Music] justice here um at this time we are going to
002uh go to predator's comments um to finish his background check i uh emailed him today he has it scheduled so it should be in place by the next week um i can't believe it's the end of this year i don't know if it's been the longest it's the most surreal for sure um i'm personally as a teacher very glad to be that close to the end of the year i'm sure faculty and staff are looking forward to a much needed vacation and i'm really hopeful that next year we turn to some more normalcy um but enjoy you know certainly enjoy your time off at this time we're going to uh call up for student other one sure can you can we skip her he's in the bathroom sure [Laughter] um all right for lafayette our
003student of the month for june we have justin [Applause] and porcillo also have daryl nyx has more [Applause] um okay good evening our first recipient is brenda gamboa vargas [Applause] there was a miscommunication for fourth grade so there's two awards so i wanna say uh inaudible fourth grade student stand up our other student of the month oh here it is i have it right here never mind sorry [Applause] we have leah navarro [Applause] and we have isabel herrera bass quiz [Applause] mr good evening everyone the community middle school is proud to recognize as a student of the month sebastian padilla [Applause] the community middle school is also proud to recognize josue alberto martinez fernandez good evening um congratulations to henry [Music] [Applause] bond [Applause] [Music] maybe in a few years [Music] good evening crusader citizens
004of the month for the month of june we would like to congratulate the following recipients edward avendano [Applause] our next recipient urban castle [Applause] zuwadi lopez and ryan there start with so congratulations to mrs martinez james john winner um miss martinez is our wonderful speech therapist is constantly working to provide our students the best possible care which is now traveling to different schools to serve students she's attending meetings writing reports she's always available to help her students family and staff athletic she's my go-to person when i have questions about speech and whether he offers advice tips and solutions i appreciate her flexibility and healthy spirit ms martinez's willingness to help we need and go above and beyond um for our students is deeply appreciated and doesn't go on notice we are truly lucky to have
005her as part of our team congratulations [Applause] lafayette gem for the month is miss aria driscoll if you were here for the last board meeting you heard me speak about our efforts to support parents and students through multiple meetings and phone calls none of those would have been possible without the help of mrs driscoll i have recently ducked her smooth operator because you can barely hear her when she is on the phone but within an hour or two she will be done with she will be done going through an extensive list of meetings that need to be scheduled mrs driscoll's warm relationships with families from her time at the annex was crucial to making the start of the school year less stressful since many of them were already familiar and comfortable sharing information with her
006those relationships take time and trust and that did not go unnoticed there you are mrs driscoll thank you for always being willing to lend a helping hand and for all that you do to keep lafayette running smoothly from your frequent reminders that help me greatly to your willingness to help translate so that we can communicate clearly with our families you are greatly appreciated [Applause] okay this is only miss rain's second year but she has already made an impact with smalley school and the district this rain is a key member for getting our outdoor classrooms up and running which we opened up today she made a google folder for the smallest outdoor planning committee with ideas visions pictures and strategies to build the classes some documents included letters to stakeholders in business for donations kindness rock
007ideas some tables and seating and recycling recycling vertical gardens she built a small outdoor library for our students to enjoy reading books as well she presented her title unforeseen ripples of text complexity and ccss issues of theories practice and programs at the literacy research association convention she was chosen for the area 3 best paper award and honored during the awards ceremony at the 70th lra annual conference she has over 15 hours completed towards the george street playhouse virtual arts integration professional development network israel is a part of the district curriculum committee and took on the role of having a student teacher in her class from rutgers earlier this year miss rain is also completing her doctorate at rutgers university and literacy and she teaches college courses at new jersey city university i am proud to
008announce our fifth grade teacher mrs ram for the june of the [Music] [Applause] month hello again the community middle school is proud to recognize digna fernandez as the cms gym award recipient for the month of june each month i survey staff regarding this award and the responses i received this month were overwhelming let's all think back to where we were last year march april and may of 2020. as local and national news painted a picture of covet doom and when most people were ordered to stay at home digna was one of the few who responded to the call at a time where many were wearing full body armor just to go to their mailbox and open an envelope they never reported to work at cms if she had any apprehension you wouldn't know it digna
009was here each and every day without question she worked tirelessly throughout this pandemic to keep our building clean and to ensure the safety of everyone who entered each day dignity can be seen roaming the hallways cleaning high-touch areas and making sure everything runs smoothly in a time where kindness doesn't always make the headlines dignity puts it on the top of her priority list she's one of those people who always has a smile on her face and has a pleasant greeting for every staff member that enters the building is always willing to help others occasionally while passing by the main office finger will see a parent who is struggling with communicating and will end a hand with translation however dana's approach to work does not tell the full story i had the pleasure of teaching sixth
010grade math to dignity's son dylan who went on to graduate founder of high school last year as one of the top students in his class and is currently in college dignity's younger son brandon is an honors student at cms and is following his brother's footsteps in terms of academic excellence both boys are incredibly kind thoughtful respectful and are a proud testament to the lessons they learn at home from their mother on behalf of the entire middle school staff i would like to congratulate sigma fernandez for being this month's gem recipient and thank you for your dedication and hard work that has kept all of us safe throughout this past year [Applause] [Music] [Applause] good evening once again the delbrick high school recipient of the gem award is being awarded to ms renee griffin ms griffin
011has taken her role of security aid to a new level throughout the course of the year she has greeted visitors ensuring they take their temperatures and fill she has helped organize drop off and pick up of materials as well as assisted students with getting the proper help they need through it and the guidance department she has utilized the what's up app to help any spanish-speaking visitors when they visit the building in between answering the phone in the door his griffin has cleaned decorated and organized the registrar's office she sorts and delivers everyone's mouth most importantly miss griffin has brought a positive energy to the building she keeps a smile on positive attitude day in and day out she is always willing to help anyone who needs it this has not been an easy year to
012navigate the front door of the high school however mr mrs griffin has made the job look like a piece of cake to meet our responsibilities with great problems for this reason and many others congratulations to mr [Applause] and i'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate our district gems for june our building principles bamberk is fortunate to have five outstanding principals leading our buildings the men and women who fill these roles are caring and compassionate educational leaders who are focused on providing for the needs of each child our principals set a tone for the buildings that ensure our students are being prepared for college and careers from the time that they enter our schools to the time they graduate they encourage individual learning community engagement and independent thinking they recognize that play and extracurricular activities
013are just as important for growth as what happens in the classroom the principals in our school strive to make families and community members partners in our our students education they work hand in hand with our parent organizations they hold special nights for families to take part in activities with their students they bring community members into the buildings to share their knowledge our schools enjoy strong school home community connections because of the steps they take to foster them they also support our staff whether it is a teacher a paraprofessional a secretary a custodian a food service worker or another member of the support staff our principals know each person is a key figure in the overall outcome of our students as this school year comes to a close i extend a sincere thank you to the
014bound brook principles without the leadership and dedication you provide our students will not be able to dream lead and achieve so i would like to congratulate dr s [Applause] mr [Applause] mr edwards mr santa surma at this time mr ross will be presenting a presentation on the rbcc direct program presentation good all right folks so here's what we have first i'm going to pull up my computer so i can move things appropriately come over here first i need to congratulate the students for their students of the month congratulate the principals for their gem awards and all the other gem winners and also look forward to another great year coming up so what i'm looking at here is this interesting world called beyond the pendulum because we're working on developing programs where students aren't caught thinking
015either or college as far as i know is work career is an education often times when we're guiding students we say to them you have to think career or you're thinking college both are work and both you and you do both unique and work and education so with that being said what is it beyond the pendulum piece what i'm trying to get at is all the work that we've been doing here is moving away from thinking either or with our students we're giving them programs where anything they do in their career is academic the academic stuff can help them with a career to be practical so what we're trying to get away from is thinking left right and moving into this collective as i'm calling it collected mosaic of many colors and not thinking just
016two sides trying to be open and know that there may be no single right answer to a lot of different issues that we're dealing with especially since students are often going to grow and change their interests as they move along so what are we looking at first i need to say that this program is something that i present the program that i'm presenting needs all the backup work that the district gives it so number one is we have a lot of programs that are going on pk all the way to eighth grade that get students prepared for these levels of programs so certain pieces with new jersey inclusive education which is coming into the district as a way of having students be more included in their educational environment and working with more in-class supports and
017having students really supported in a general education classroom no matter where they are in their learning process then again we're developing and we're seeing steam pieces come into the younger grades team is that old science technology engineering arts and with mathematics it's again one of those things that's beyond the pendulum you can be a math person and an art person simultaneously it's kind of like the precision of the artist versus the creativity of the scientists so when we see these things happening we also see it inside the general ed classroom where five music science five six is doing something with virtual labs and it's creating a new science curriculum and then they're adding a robotics club to pair with what's going on in the high school we're seeing you know virtual labs in the middle
018school and then we're also seeing diversity inclusion with clubs that are supporting kids so that they're not thinking i have to do a or b i am either a math person or an english person i am either a career person or a college person and along with this we have a lot of mental health initiatives so for me all those pieces together pre-k through eight get us to a lot of programs that are really moving students forward star program opportunity center where i've had an option to teach this past year the added program where i've been a part of a team that created that and establishing it and supporting the students and their growth and that's been something that has enriched students from all levels and from all aspects of education um we've had an
019increase of many percent in our cep um dual enrollment cep's concurrent enrollment with our local community college we also increase computer science here in the high school from none to one to six so we see a lot of these things growing and then this summer we've been the recipient of a grant for college readiness now that has been existing in the district for many years we use these extra funds to make sure that the students can be prepared for college so they're spending a whole summer giving us 21 hours of their time to get them set up for career vision and college vision moving into their senior year so the program that we're looking at students are going to be going to rvcc in a row tech direct way we're trying to get all of
020our students connected to this dual enrollment process so our goal is to expose students to a college experience in high school that gives them career and academic head start and they get vocational certificates plus they can get college credits towards uh associates or others in their work so the time frame for this rollout is really next year pilot year year one we have one solid program and then from there year two we start to add new programs so year one what are we getting the goal is to have students going to rvcc from the high school to work on advanced manufacturing what is advanced manufacturing it's really it's engineering it's manual machinists it's being a production technician who is a person who can program the computers to make things happen with large machines so what
021could students get out of this they get five high school credits they get career certifications like osha cert and other advanced certifications and then potentially college credit as we move forward so year two as we expand the vision we end up with this program called mud and basically variation on cosmetology which is an interesting name i guess mud for cosmetology it's an interesting way for our students to get to connect to a career path while here in the school next is automotive technology that would be another program where the students would be going to rbcc that's a program they get certificates plus college credits so what is this going to look like and this is where we've been working out this high school team and the whole administrative team the district has been working on
022how can we make this happen for a few years now and this investment is really important and that's why i'm here to share it and i'm here to promote it what this is going to look like is we work on an a b schedule in the high school and the key thing is that students will leave for rvcc on a bus and go on campus working in the workforce building which is a beautiful place at the college campus and interacting with the professors there the career and industry people there and other students there so they'll get there at 10 30 they have an hour 45 of intensive work they will see the advanced manufacturing but they'll also be exposed to the cosmetology the auto to the hvac to the electrician to other areas that may
023interest them as well they won't be taking those but they're in the same building and they will be exposed to them which is important then we will bring the students back for lunch and they go to their last period here so this program is i think worth every penny that we can put in the student success store why because we'll have students able to work on their academics here in the high school while they take get a chance to see what they want to do or as i think a lot of us learn find out what you want to do by knowing what you don't want to do as well so they get a real hands-on experience and so here's where i guess i'll slow down a bit what is it that we want to
024see well we have a pilot program where we're sending students for an advanced manufacturing program about 20 students at rvcc and then the goal for me and the whole district is to keep expanding those offerings so that it can be more robust who is it well our students here getting something by being exposed to the rvcc campus being exposed to college while they're being exposed to a career and they can come back and hopefully brag about it hopefully feel good about themselves and hopefully make this program gather see and move forward so any more questions or well any questions or anything any questions or any concerns it's right here and i will ask um our my principal mr smith i'll put it on my website as well so you can see the presentation anybody have
025any questions about this pilot program of us getting students to rvcc for career pieces is is there a grade level that you're that there's that they're starting so yes so some of the particulars that way the grade level is juniors and seniors um ideally we want to bring it down to 10th grade but the college prefers the junior senior and then what we will do is have other courses that will gear them up towards it in the 9 and 10. so and then that's it'll be good and students will be going one day a week as we say we have an a b day so it'll be either an a day or a b day and they'll be going over we have a teacher who accompanies them and that way they get to um be
026monitored by our you know staff but they're working with the rbcc staff over there is there like a you know qualifications in order to qualify for the program so that's a good thing we're part of the process of growing this it started about two years ago at rvcc these outreach programs and we've been trying to get in hence one other reason why i want to be here is make sure we get our foot in this door and so they're working on establishing some criteria they at this point have a you want to work with us we want to work with you let's get it going and they'll probably be a developing and i know there will be a developing process for placement to make sure that students are focused or that they know that they
027want to be in a certain place so right now to answer aggression directly no there isn't a process however they're working on it because this is as new as three years ago when i first came here we were starting to introduce this then last year we tried now we want to put the pennies behind the people and get the students there thank you so i have two questions so the max amount of producing they're getting for both years one and two ten credits or what do they earn more than ten credits so that's something we're working out with the college here and the college so that's we're still looking at how many credits you get in the high school piece because you will get certificates and or credits at the college level depending on the
028piece for example auto gets college credits and significance advanced manufacturing we're starting with next year only gets certificate so that's where we're looking at the hours and trying to calculate how that would work into credit hours minimum five ultimately if they're getting dual time we would want to give them the 10 credits because they are doing more work and then we have to pay for those credits that's what this program is we're putting that investment so the pennies that i keep about which aren't pennies lots of paintings it's a penny but i think that's for me each individual thing for each individual students very well worth it because they get to start in a program so they will be about a year into one aspect of the advanced manufacturing if they're a senior then they
029can jump into 13th and 14th grade if they're a junior they get a year we could give them another year and they may be partially halfway through the program but since we're only working with one course they wouldn't be ninety percent through so over a two year process they're closer they're about halfway through a one-year process they have a lead into okay can i go to rvcc continue it and that's where we also work with them to get a money so that we make sure that if they go to the program at ivcc they're not spending money and we're trying to facilitate that that's something we do and that's an active piece and this is at rvcc brantford is it rbcc like protecting bridge it's rbcc in brantford so it's the on the college campus
030experience which is why i like this in the workforce building is a beautiful building there that was created not that long ago and it houses all these areas in the cosmetology the advanced manufacturing the auto mechanics hvac and the students will be exposed they will be around other students not getting class with them but they'll be able to see the other students from summers at bow tech and places like that so for me it's a way for us to be rvcc vo tech direct and get our students on the college campus and then ideally come back and feel proud of themselves and get more people to go so they would be voted technology part-time as well because they're like yeah i mean it's a vo tech program um you know is it labeled bow techniques
031so cte college you know career technical education these courses are coded as a career technical education by their sip the number that attaches it and helps us with our development for perkins grant funding that way as well so yes it's a vote environment that we're trying to create and ask questions sounds great thank you very much [Applause] like take an opportunity to recognize our student of the month josue alberto martinez hernandez please presentation so yeah we're gonna put the computer right here the background lovely places uh-huh good evening board members administration staff families and community members my name is janet catone and this is liz leverens we are the art teachers here at gombert high school and we also advise the art club and national art honor society we put a slideshow together of our
032last club activity spotlighting a positive art project we helped facilitate in our community in cooperation with the bound brook revitalization project tonight we have a few club members here representing the art club and national art honor society we advise them we help and we guide our students but they are the ones to do all the work that you are going to see in this presentation tonight and their creativity is what makes downtown windows that you're going to see tonight look so beautiful i'd like to introduce arisely prager so you guys are going to stand right here and talk bbhs visual art department in recent years the brown brook chapter of the national art water society and ebay hold on it's not working thank you um in recent years the bomb break chapters the national art
033honor society and bbhs art club have worked cooperatively to develop art based community service projects that directly benefit the community of bomb brooks one of these projects is the window mural music project this project is done in accelerating the hamburg regionalization partnership each year the window painting downtown has become an annual tradition for nhs and art club students in tickets students to vote have to win several times a year to seasonal painting decoration and downtown business for those businesses who sign up for the service and local community members look forward to the voiceless the art self transform american communities as i often say the result can be a better child a better town and a better nation and certainly a better world let's champion our action heroes emulate emulate them and make their communities everything
034we want them to be our club provides an opportunity for interested high school students to meet after school to work on functional art projects and to share our experiences with your peers our club is over to all students who are interested in art they do not need to be currently enrolled in our class in addition to producing arts that interests them students participate in volunteering and community service opportunities by working on our related projects better through school and the community let's talk about national our honors study um some membership criteria is that the national art honor society emphasizes outstanding artistic scholars from school and community development of artistic endeavors together with a strong moral character by amplifying these standards the members of the society promote awareness of art and become active participants in the education
035process at their school and in their communities brown book revitalization partnership the goal to improve the economic potential of all businesses located in the special inclusion district and those who will be apart of the future found brook by providing a safe clean and attractive downtown that means the needs of residents customers owners and employees the pprp promotes bound growth as a desirable location to visit and this these are just a few of the pictures from we've met twice this year fall in the spring to paint the windows downtown we had pretty good groups of students come despite our pandemic issues but these are just a few pictures i'll scroll through and then we have quotes from some people of the community former teacher what's going on my former students you continue to make me proud
036on behalf of the bamboo revitalization partnership i would like to share with the board of ed how specially important this partnership the bbhs art club and our honors society students and their teachers are the best and we love working with them as they bring such light and happiness through that time the students get such time and grade and come up with special designs for each storefront allows each business owner with a smile on their face in a year that has been particularly high and concerned these art projects have brought a lot of community and really great animation these art products have such a positive impact as evidenced by the comments and comments who seek on these products it is clear just how important and valuable art is to the area and it is all because
037of these dedicated students willing to give their time to make an area beautiful in addition to this i have already received your class from businesses including new ones that saw the window paintings last week to get on the list to have the windows painted again in the fall for harvest season and christmas holiday season again we are so proud for this partnership the students and teachers are amazing and are definitely and we definitely want to continue to work together um the downtown manager of the bound brook revitalization partnership michael the owner of mirror image barbershop said talented amazing free energy it makes me so happy to see these projects coming back the kids who've painted the streets and crosswalks did an amazing job i hope they refreshed the ones by the library in lafayette the
038art around town and the community gardens are fantastic keep going great jobs is there more comments from the community students did a fantastic job playing the store with those love this great job of making clownfield well just like this i love this fabric feels so fast i think that's it right all right so that's it all right [Applause] all right so that's our presentation for tonight guys i hope everybody enjoyed it and when you go downtown take a look we have a lot of stuff up a lot more [Applause] about two um [Music] okay yeah i'm just wondering if that is [Music] is it was actually attached by the skin right the meeting from 524 um patricia tower o'reilly 745 schoolhouse lane i asked i was wondering what professions professional services behind tops organization provides
039for the students and what do they do for the students um i'm just going to read their vision their vision is a vision a world where young people are able to flourish because they are at home in their bodies supported in the development of their sexual identity and equipment the understanding of how to have safe and central and healthy relationships the commitment is founded over 30 years ago by members of educators nurses and midwives we have been on the forefront of adolescent sexual health we are committed to creating a lasting positive impact on youth their families and communities enabling our young people to thrive there was a question from diane powell today to express my disappointment with the district's decision to not renew brian kennedy's contract for the new school year mr kennedy has been
040a wonderful music teacher at smalling my daughter charlotte is currently in the fifth grade and was so excited to try out an instrument next year her favorite projects and moments from mr kennedy's class were creating her own slide project about her favorite musician learning about the history of music learning to play the recorder and singing let it snow in the holiday concert when charlotte learned that mr kennedy would not be returning in september she came rushing down the stairs during the school day to tell me this would be upset that he was leaving she recently told me mr kennedy makes class fun and i like going to his class each week i'll be sad when i don't see him next year good teachers are leaving this district left and right mr kennedy is a great
041teacher and he's not being renewed that makes no sense to me and will upset hundreds of students who have not convinced you thank you diana um from melissa pig 675 t street i am sad to hear about mr kennedy's contract not being renewed he has done amazing things in the smalling music department our children are upset about the possibility of leaving we have waited so long for a teacher to be invested in this subject our kids have been a part of the chorus played recorder done holiday shows and sung probably for our town i urge you to reconsider i believe this would be a great loss thank you and brooke 403 lamont avenue now that it has been made clear dr dan gallagher has not been renewed as superintendent when will the vacant position be
042posted to the public for application also many districts have had great success forming community stakeholder groups to vet the superintendent candidates the current temperature interest and wellness of bamboo community lends itself perfectly to now implement such a group most of us are either parents of or are or students in the district we have raised our collective voice and want to actively participate in the superintendent's choice it is the voa willing to participate with the community stakeholder group for the vetting markets i think we talked about that yes that was something that got brought up at the meeting and that is absolutely something as far as timeline i don't know i would assume so typically start the search sometime next year yeah no so so yeah at some point in the next school year right and
043you'll have to decide if you want to consult right but yes as far as we talked about it having a faculty staff and community input in that process that's absolutely something that we would uh entertain and look forward to at this point anyone in the audience that would like to come forward for anything on the agenda this fish is going to share one all in common this is from um patricia o'reilly 745 schoolhouse lien regarding cares funding she said she's wondering about the source of care funding for extended learning does it come from the federal government and the answer is yes okay um another thing from the last meeting someone had asked us about the parent coded servers they are online now on our website they were made available um are you is anyone coming
044down enough we're good for now all right so we will continue um at this time we are going i need a motion uh for 5.1 the approval of minutes from 5 24 2021. promotion mr bell and then second or second any questions or comments saying none can i get a roll call yes yes yes 6.1 approval of district and high school personnel resolutions resolved the superintendent recommends for approval of the resolutions as outlined in personnel resolutions under district and high schools 6.2 through 6.5 can i get a function mr validator can i get seven seconds mr zelko any questions [Music] the resolution is outlined in personnel resolutions under middle and elementary schools 7.2 through 7.11 can i get an option motion can i get a second sorry mr thomas always i don't know um position
045uh are there any other questions here enough can i get a wall mr bail yes yes yes morris yes as outlined in education resolutions under middle and elementary schools 8.2 can i get a motion promotion any comments why did you get to do something i was going to say something yes yes yes 9.1 we've resolved the board of education approves the resolutions as outlined in financial resolutions 9.2 to 9.9 motion just about a second thank you to the two donations for haircuts and for the uh 1500 that's that's quite generous and i'm glad to see that it's continuing um i have so abstain from 9.4 check number 998 tomorrow they're doing the haircut thing with the votex coming are we prepared that means nine o'clock this morning it was 90 degrees out are we gonna
046have do we have water and things or shakes and i know that we have really large pop-ups [Music] you can work with the high school yeah we have 10 cents to come in as well you do okay any other questions or comments yeah we're not going to get a little call mr yes yes first before um hello i hope everyone's doing well this evening i'd like to start off by saying thank you to all the teachers staff and board members for making this school year as normal as possible for our children even though we are still challenged by the after effects of the pandemic i truly believe you have all done your best and have really been fantastic in keeping our children in a safe and engaging learning environment today i'd like to speak to
047like to ask you a few questions related to our ongoing problem in hopes that together we may find the truth for boundaries to succeed we must reflect the priorities concerns and aspirations of the foundry community as a whole is the board open to create a distinct social media page such on facebook to communicate information news and calendar announcements by creating such page we believe it promotes collaboration sharing of opinions listening and transparency all great qualities that we hope the board would want to nurture in our school community can we make this a two-way communication a priority we certainly discuss it if there's as far as whether or not we would do that i don't know who would run the board um whose responsibility it would be um there was a survey that went out for
048parents um and their preferred communication was actually emailed and less than 10 um that was one of the questions they asked for how to prefer for communication and the overwhelming it was almost 80 for email um i'd say that many times are changing and people are definitely um engaging a lot on facebook about what's going on so this is why we're kind of bringing this question up to see if you guys would be up for it considering thank you in hopes that we may work together we would like to suggest we look back looking forward certainly our school district has worked together with the community before and if it has not let's break the chain and work together to promote a safe and successful future for our children we would like to take the initiative
049in requesting the board work with us found our community as a partnership where we may be involved support the board and make recommendations recommendations for instance on the new superintendent position that will be available in the near future make the future of bamboo public schools the business of the entire boundary community would the board be open to this initiative absolutely i think um community as well as the school community itself absolutely uh now do you think that this is something that maybe we could schedule a meeting for and try to figure out if we can get this rolling next year we would i would i would wait till then to roll that out i would do it at this point okay so maybe and then in the beginning of this year we can figure out
050how that can work like i said we have to look at what the whole process entails as far as hiring consultants and making sure that we follow all the appropriate steps absolutely you know we just talk about teacher committees administrator committees and brand communities members as well okay great that's great news the new jersey school ethics act establishes ethical standards for all school officials including yourselves you must avoid conduct which is in violation of your public trust or that may create an impression that such trust is being violated we have become the voice of families staff students and community members and we are driven by what we have heard from the numerous victims and the overwhelming interactions with dr daniel gallagher our concerns have led us to request you uphold your oath and as the
051final authority in the school district to whom we respect and have confidence that you will investigate legally the superintendent yet why haven't you investigated him why have you allowed him to remain in his position and now possibly principal what kind of specific allegations a lot of people have come up here to speak do you need more i mean help us help you help us i'm not aware of any specific allegations there was a girl here last meeting speaking about it she read a story about another person that went through a situation there are so many stories about bullying about teachers leaving it's a little alarming that you're giving me that answer to be honest first of all i'm a board attorney i'm not on the board okay i was not here at the last meeting
052okay for everything um i know that there's policies in place equally awesome who made as far as i know very um astute in following the statute and doing the investigations and coming to a determination so anything related to bullying has been addressed and if it hasn't it hasn't been brought to the attention of the proper people so who would you say are the proper people well it depends on who the allegation is against i mean i just said uh gallagher it's always the same person for years it's not one two three four five years i mean this is an ongoing process we're talking about students staff teachers we're talking about back to when he was a principal there was a gentleman that was bullied and harassed with a lot of homophobic situations against him and
053that's you know that's really alarming my kids are going to be in this in the school system for a while and i'm really concerned so that's why we're here today and if you can let us know what else we can do we'll do it what do we need to do do we need to bring more victims here again how many times do we need to bring them up here i would suggest that you accumulate everything in a written form and present to the board and then they can go from there but i will say you can't go back years i mean i'm not sure how long dr gallagher's been to the superintendent but i know it's been some time i i would suggest you don't go back why not this is an answer i mean
054this is an honest question because that's just the way it is what do you mean it's the way it is is it the way it is in boundaries or in things forward in general timely manner so they can be addressed when things are fresh in people's minds okay i understand that now let me ask you a question so what happens to when the people it happened at the time and they did come up and it wasn't resolved so then it just happened again then someone came up and spoke up and nothing happened and it happened again as i said i think you need to put that in a document yes okay and then present it to the board and what do you think that we could um what would be the light at the end
055of the tunnel here do you have any recommendations thoughts depending on what is presented and once it's investigated i i can't predict i don't know okay so what happens if all these people got together and wrote their story down and we shared it all with the board or however the process may be um is there going to be retaliation to those people because it has happened in the past of him calling their workplaces and informing them that that person is abcd that that person is not good to be in that job so what happens then are these people this is why people are not here today you know that right people are scared and this is why the community is here oh okay well you just gave us our answer right yeah all right awesome
056now as we understand that these legalities take some time we will continue to be aware present and as i mentioned above available to work together with the board and removing dr gallagher from our school district altogether now my last question is are you all your emails up to date and check regularly if uh we reach out individually will we be getting a response i can't speak for anyone else and um okay just questions thank you good night thank you huh hello i'm lauren paxton president of the bbea recently a survey was distributed to the bbea members i have sent you a copy of the questions and results of the survey they should be in your email this has been and continues to be a difficult year for everyone in order to make brook a better
057place we needed to understand the thoughts and concerns of our members the questions dealt with the handling of covet issues distance learning and people's thoughts about returning to in-person schooling the results of the survey are clear there is a serious problem in dumber we cannot move forward and work together to solve issues that come up that the vast majority of people are afraid of retaliation if they voice a fair thoughts there is a lack of communication there is a lack of trust and there is a lack of confidence in the current upper administration some of the questions our district has taken appropriate action in response to kova 19th 64 agreed the superintendent does a good job of sharing information regarding cloven 19. 70 disagreed the superintendent cares about my health and safety 62 disagree i
058have confidence in the district's ability to overcome the challenges presented by cobia 19 i'm sorry 53 percent agreed i feel comfortable communicating concerns or making suggestions about dealing with kobe 19 to the superintendent 82 disagreed systems are in place to practice social distancing in our district 65 agreed i am confident in the abilities of our upper administration to handle related issues as they arise 56 percent disagreed i would like to see more info on the covet 19 positive letter sent out 71 agreed i would like to know how many covet 19 positive there were in my building each day week month 84 agreed mr thomas ellie had those questions if i told my members at the time after you asked i told them that's the numbers so they wanted more information i feel supported by
059the district while working remotely 65 agreed i have the materials and equipment i need to perform effectively at home and remotely the lighting here's thanks 86 agreed i have the technology i need to help me stay connected to my students and our colleagues when working remotely 88 agreed our district welcomes new methods of working and communicating to improve productivity fell 50 50. the district communicates updated district health and safety policies and procedures that have been put in place 58 disagreed i understand what is expected of me to maintain a healthy and safe environment at work 78 agreed i am comfortable returning to my work site 63 agreed the district has answered all my questions about returning to full in-person instruction seventy almost 74 percent disagreed i know what's expected of me to perform my job
060almost 92 percent agreed to that i am informed about important changes at work in a timely manner 60 disagreed our district provides clear effective communication 80 disagreed all people in my workplace regardless of position are held accountable for their actions almost 72 percent disagreed all positions are treated equally almost 90 percent disagreed i feel comfortable to voice my opinion even when it differs from the superintendent 86 percent disagreed difficult situations at work are addressed effectively and professionally 68 disagree it really feels like everyone is on the same team at my district almost 91 disagreed with that statement there is an atmosphere of trust in our district almost 90 percent disagreed the environment at this district supports a balance between work and personal life about 50 50. i feel comfortable attending a board of ed meeting
06152 said they agree i feel there will be repercussions if i attend a board of ed meeting 48 said they agree with that statement i feel comfortable speaking at a board of ed meeting 85 percent disagree i feel there will be repercussions if i speak at a board of ed meetings 83 percent agree i feel my district welcomes my input in making decisions 84 disagree i feel valued as a stakeholder in my district almost 83 percent disagreed the silver lining in this difficult year has been the relationships we have built with our students parents and community members we were able to get through this with cooperation tenacity and an unpredictable mutual desire to protect and serve your children we are forever grateful for the community support support and we are looking forward to an even
062better year starting in september thank you thank you uh the first one is from patricia o'reilly uh where can parents find the side letter between the boe and the education association that was mentioned during the may 10th boe meeting i was told if it was approved it would be on the district website was that for the uh summer that the 11 month that was for the 11 month right yes the next one's from patricia carol o'reilly wondering about the chan command as dr gallagher is on medical leave i assume the assistant superintendent takes over his responsibility what happens if the assistant superintendent is off and takes over the vote um well i mean i'm in constant contact with dr gallagher anyway but um i've been told to include you or the attorney on anything that's
063happening within the district and then i'm not physically present in the district i would assume that the next person would be mr demarco and building principles of course i have my cell phone email on me all the time so i think i've been pretty good on the one day that i was out sure next one's from patricia carol o'reilly will children need to wear masks next school year that's a governor's decision that hasn't been us yet right yeah correct i think it's under 12 i think they're saying you're gonna have to wear that's the whole thing everybody wants answers and we can't get them because we haven't been given so so you know it's too far away yeah i mean we don't you know september probably now like september 1st we messed up and then
064the state changes it the next day and it's like now we have to find it all over again so at this point we don't know yeah it's a weekly it's a weekly struggle all right the next one's from patricia carol o'reilly um what outreach activities will the superintendent have for parents that have concerns will the coffee with the superintendent be reinstated when he gets back absolutely that's a bad question the last one is from victoria i hope i said um my name is victoria i reside at 244 chestnut street and i am a concerned parent of a child actively enrolled in bamboo schools in order for our children to get the best education which they rightfully deserve we first need to ensure they have the best teachers there's no doubt that we have some already
065but unfortunately as heard in many former boe meetings we are losing far too many on top of that we are losing them to other districts other districts are striving and improving at our expense with so many allegations of poor leadership i can't help but wonder if there's a common reason for those departures and if the board has ever looked into the stats of teacher and staff turn around in our district and the reason for departure separation our exit interviews in place and analyze for future improvements so that our district can better itself in the last two boe meetings the subject of a staff survey was raised and findings were still pending as those results may provide the boe with significant insight i'd like to ask again about the results when will the results become available
066what is the delay who will receive and analyze those results will the board be viewed furthermore at the last meeting we learned that dr gallagher will not be renewed for superintendent and he will be placed in an administ into an administrative position within the district due to numerous accounts of ethical violations he has been accused of i would like to ask the board if they plan to look into these accounts before finalizing any agreements for his new position if those claims are proven insubstantial and he's granted a new position within the district what position will that be and will the new position be awarded at the rate of his current salary lastly i'd like to end by saying thank you to all the teachers staff and members of the board for devoting your time for
067our children's development as a parent of a child in the district i greatly appreciate all the hard work that each of you are doing to help our children's education and want only to continue and better at that path many thanks for your time and attention on these matters and looking forward to working together to grow and improve our district um the pulse survey i think will help today is that the last survey that they were asking about the most recent the pulse circle yes so that's that's on the top one online sorry the triple play ad is kind of distracting it distracts you too yummy that's okay um as far as dr gallagher that would not be that's about to be into them that's up to that is correct what would the role of hr
068as far as a teacher bringing forth any sort of allegations that's it [Music] um i think you already read my question that i had submitted last week i mean for the last meeting regarding but i was in transit so on my way here so thank you for reading it um a couple of follow-ups so also the superintendent job posting when might that happen next school year would that be like what specific time during the next school year at the beginning like in september would happen in august because i'm assuming that a superintendent is a pretty hefty job it has to go through a large vetting process and if you're going to be including community stakeholders if that's going to be a possibility of having it be you know a group think tank where we all
069have a bit of a say and we all have the opportunity to interview then this person needs to be accessible for ex or people candidates need to be accessible for an extended period of time for all of us to cook and probe and ask our questions and so that's why i'm saying when do you think when we get back in september september okay because it could probably be long and we don't want to have a lag of no superintendent um oh also um as far as pictures kelly and ryan's question about removing masks like i totally understand you can't answer answer questions about next year because everything changes like minute to minute but i did see that the governor did say that kids can like remove their masks during extreme heat so will they be
070provided but not indoor but would they be provided potentially outdoor mask breaks during extreme heat now that we're coming into the the summertime temperatures we were just discussing that for recess outside right alone to take mass hall that's all for gyms they're not something because they're indoors no no they're outdoors for some reason that's what phil murphy said for some reason but for recess you don't need wear a mask outside but for gym if you're outside you still need where i'm at right it makes no sense that's not true okay i'm just saying we'll leave to discuss this before the meeting actually okay yeah so that's all right cool um and then as far as um lauren's numbers that he gave as far as all that information as far as the teacher pulling three quarters
071of our teachers don't feel safe comfortable or that their opinions are validated and they're also leaving um [Music] that's that's a red flag that's a giant red flag that i really hope that you take all those numbers three quarters 82 91 of our teachers don't feel safe or comfortable but however even though they're not safe they don't feel comfortable they know what their job is and they know how to do it and they know how to work with the resources that they are given so i think that needs to absolutely be applauded and for those that stick around even though they don't feel safe that their opinions matter that they can be a part of their whole product that they can be a part of the school that they are teaching at they stay for
072the students even though they don't feel as though they are validated in their position so those big three-quarters of our staff that don't feel safe that's huge and i really really hope that you take a hard look at those numbers and you look at the large percentage those same teachers that do their job because they're good at it because they enjoy it because they love it because teaching is a part of them are those same people that don't feel that aren't being treated as human within their position and yet they stay so we really need to balance what we're doing and i think the only way to do that is to have them not be afraid to show up to a blue meeting have them not be afraid that they're there's just going to be
073retaliation brought against them just because they have an opinion because they have an experience that goes against something that they're not that that goes against their contract that goes against their actual job or they're asked to do something that is against their job title position description or even their legal agreement to do that's binded by law beyond our district and they're asked to go outside and outside of that we don't listen to them we don't make it safe for them to say it we retaliate against them why why would you do that to a person it's not right definitely not kind so let's move forward with kindness okay thank you thank you anyone else that would like to come forward hearing none can i get a motion to go into executive to uh talk about
074him yeah anything else bob usually gives us yeah no we need oh executive all right [Music] um [Music] i'm gonna mute you so just so you know you're unmuted but i love tell me that because sometimes i say thing together you get you can be a little racy sometimes yeah i know that's why you like it you never know what's going to come out all right at this point 13.1 uh now 14.1 resolve the boundary board of education the approval of the resolutions is outlined in the approval of cases under high school 14.2 can i get a motion promotion second miss morris mr thomas ellie uh roll call yes yes yes 15.1 resolve the boundary court of education the approval of the resolutions is outlined in approval of hip cases under middle and elementary school
07515.2 can i get a motion promotion second mr [Music] yes can i get a motion to adjourn everyone died