001good evening i'd like to welcome everyone to our meeting tonight please stand for the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all mr alfano read a quick statement if i may the new jersey over public meetings law is enacted to ensure the rights of the public for advanced notice of them to attend the meeting of public bodies in business like when you're interested to discuss or act upon accordance with the provision of this act because i call quarterback notice of this meeting will be published by having the daytime in place they are posting their offices at the borough clara library for erect upon the office of the board of ed school number three four five
002and six in the high school june 23rd 2020 and notice before two reporters of the record june 23rd 2020 this is an official meeting i can take the role if i may this is a brew yeah mr capano here mrs fredo yeah garcia yeah dr patriano mr raincourt mr russo mr shelley here teddy yeah mr roman gina okay once again i would like to welcome everyone to our meeting just a couple of items i'd like to discuss with the uh board some updates before we look at the consent agenda uh just a reminder to our community that we are currently taking registration new registrations for this coming school year so if there is a parent or a community member that knows of a parent who has to register their children please contact my office uh
003we could do the registration right now virtually we have been doing that for the last couple of weeks but with school beginning on september 9th we would like to get as many registrations in as possible so please contact my office you will see tonight in the agenda i am making a recommendation to cancel middle school sports uh and the reason for that that's based on our athletic director dave porfito's recommendation in our conversation we have about eight or nine other districts middle schools that we usually compete with and all of those districts have decided to forego middle school sports for this year so we are not going to run an official middle school sports program what we will try to do for the students in our middle school once school begins is see if we
004can organize some type of intramural program for the students but until students come back until we get settled with the academic and the instructional part of the program uh then we'll look into providing some type of activities for our students so that's in the agenda tonight uh you may or may not have read in the paper that high school volleyball hasn't been suspended just rescheduled so that will begin in season three this year the athletic association is including another season i believe it begins february 16th and it runs through march i'm sorry april 16th so we're going to suspend volleyball at this point right now for high school but we'll pick it up again february 16th as far as any other sports all of our other fall high school sports uh will run as per
005the guidelines from the state uh they will begin practicing again on september 14th and official games will begin on or about september 28th and october 1st depending upon the date i think tennis begins first and then football begins october 1st and as or if there are any additional updates or guidelines from the states on athletics i will keep the board and the public apprised and our staff and students uh we also have a resolution tonight that we're proving that you know that students have the opportunity to go all remote if they choose to do so the resolution that we have tonight is to prove that students who are or remote can participate in afternoon sports or co-curricular activities and that'll be a resolution that we're approving tonight we spoke a little bit about it last
006week again that's a recommendation from the governor's office that it be board approved opening of school information uh students are returning september 9th we have a um a revision in our school calendar uh there's also another revision in our school calendar tonight where all of our parents i'm sorry parent visitation evenings that were to take place in september live are now going to take place in october virtual so parents will be notified of the parent visitation evenings how it's going to be organized and i'm sure the school principals once we get back into the school year sometime in september will be notifying both parents and students posting information to the website but the calendar that will be going out tomorrow and that will be posted will indicate those changes uh parents have been contacting me
007and i'm sure school principals regarding information about the two programs that we're offering both the hybrid and the all remote program uh letters are going out this week or should have gone out this week from our schools to students who are in the hybrid program and the all remote program with uh additional information regarding how the all remote program is going to work uh what group a student might be in group a or will be so if parents haven't received that information as of yet it should be going out this week if you don't hear anything by friday then i suggest on monday you call your school's principal for the high school and for primarily the high school mr pinto informed me today that the majority of the information will be posted to the website
008and students have been notified by their email to refer to the website as to what group they're in what schedule they have and i know mr wagner in the middle school might be sending letters but they will also be informal information posted to the website uh also posted to our website is our uh reopening plan which has been posted since july 31st parents have called me in principles um regarding questions or asking for clarification and um if parents have questions they can continue to do so either call my office or email me grab and go lunch you know that we were fortunate uh this summer to provide our students with a grab-and-go lunch that program will end this friday august 28th excuse me and then it will start up again for the new school year
009beginning september 9th so there will be information going out to parents whose children are all remote as to how they would go about picking up a grab-and-go lunch and students who are taking part in our hybrid program will um learn about the grab and go process once they come to school and i'm sure the principals will be sending letters out to parents indicating the process okay i'll stop there for a minute do does anyone any other board members have questions at this point about anything i spoke about just the only concern with the middle school uh sports uh and i know it is what it is but if we can really implement an intramural program to keep these kids somewhat active and safe uh i think i'm speaking on my behalf but i think the
010rest of the board will be an approval of that so okay athletic director can work with the middle school just uh you know administration that'd be a positive for the students yeah i did when i was speaking to mr porfido uh we did say that we would speak to mr wagner and we will make every effort to do so appreciate it thank you okay uh before i look at the consent agenda do we have any committee reports no just wait go ahead carl well the only thing is that uh that uh as you know we're changing the east wall at the high school it's a major project in cooperation with the borough and the board of ed uh there's been some issues with the two bids but i think they've hammered it out lou and
011probably a start date with sometime in october but we are going to be able to get our only home game in after we lose sent some emails out so that's a positive uh boilers are wrapping up in uh number five and number three uh they're doing some liners uh i we did mention that we're going to put a water softener in the system to protect the boiler uh and a little uh odds and ends that uh some nurses uh stations that are being configured but everything else is moving along uh well that's pretty much it right thank you speaking of buildings and grounds i do want to commend our custodial staff and our principals for um readying our buildings for september there was many many guidelines from the state in terms of putting in place
012things that have to do with safety sanitizing and and i do say that our custodians have been working very very hard all summer and our buildings really look very very good and they're in great shape and i've i've been to all of the buildings i haven't been to school five yet i plan on doing that tomorrow but i think we're ready to go and again i want to give a shout out to our custodial staff and our principals for doing a great job um during this summer as far as you know i want to echo that but i also want to thank yourself and uh little panel for assisting a lot of stuff also thank you thank you thank you mr doctor so if we can look at the consent agenda uh just a couple
013items i want to uh refer to on page two third resolution down we are appointing mike scotsafava as a high school special education teacher at ba step two for this school year benefits included domenica russo who is subbing uh with us as a high school italian teacher dominica is has her um her we're just waiting for her certificate to come back from the state all of her paperwork is in but initially we are approving her as a substitute probably the next agenda which will be september will be approving her as a uh full-time high school italian teacher uh michelina catmeyer is going to fill in as a substitute leave replacement at school number three for a title one position uh simon braco who was with us many years as a special education teacher uh will
014be returning uh per diem as a high school special education teacher beginning september 1st new heart tibet who has been with us a number of years as a custodian i believe in the high school number five will be uh retirement retiring effective october 31st so i wish him the best uh top of page or i'm sorry on page three we are recommending to appoint leslie larose as a middle school english teacher uh m.a step 11 i'm sorry leslie is coming to us from another district so she will begin on or about october 23rd uh if the other district that she's coming from uh is able to release her sooner then she'll start with us sooner but right now the tentative date is october 23rd and between september 1st and october 23rd we will have a
015certified substitute in class liz leighton is taking a family and medical leave under the new federal expansion act uh from september 1st through september 17th and then she's going on i'm sorry uh september 1st through september 17th as paid leave september 17th to the october 16th at a per diem rate of 200 per day as per the new federal guidelines and then an unpaid leave okay to continue um we are adjusting the salary of our new speech pathologist uh natalie nunez as per the new contract that was agreed upon a couple of months ago we are approving at the bottom of page three uh teachers who serve co-curricular positions which are morning duty and on to the next page uh inrs coordinators we do have a number of other staff members who serve in co-curricular
016positions some are going to serve this year in person some are going to serve virtually but those appointments will be made in september but for now we're appointing morning duty and inrs coordinators uh the next resolution is what i spoke about we are rescinding um the contracts for the middle school coaches for the 2020 21 school year on page five and page i'm sorry page five are proving the salary adjustments for staff members who have moved across the guide from a ba to m a b a 15 m a so on and so forth and that's something as per contract we do each september or end of august uh we are also appointing a number of substitutes on page six and seven as we do each year uh which is a formality and we are
017also approving lunch aids um as per the salary mandated by the minimum salary state of new jersey pages eight nine and ten we are appointing teachers uh site supervisors and a project director for our after school program uh this is our second year of a five-year grant and uh i know with the situation the way it is uh with students um some being all remote some being hybrid uh right now we still have about 100 students in our after-school program if there are any parents right now that are new to the district that would like to inquire about registering for our after-school program they're welcome to do so they can contact me by email we're also approving uh title one documents that we do each year those are mandated by the state for the 2021
018school year actually those contracts are the same contracts each year just updated with the new dates policies and procedures and regulations this is our second reading so we are approving those tonight type of page 12 each year we do an assessment of our anti-bullying policy uh we get the results of that assessment usually in december right now all we're doing is approving the submittal of that survey so i completed the survey last week and i'll submit it tomorrow after we approve the resolution to submit it the actual data from that survey and uh will be usually released by the department of ed sometime around december and the resolution uh that follows is the other the other resolution i spoke about regarding students who are all remote uh if they would if they opted for the
019all remote program they could participate in any co-curricular ortho or athletic program offered by the school district and then finally a resolution to once again update the school calendar and that's primarily for the parent visitation evs which will be sent posted to the website tomorrow uh we have a biosecurity management plan that we update each year mr alfano handles that and anything on finance um just a couple quick items mr roman gino we are engaging our orders for a 2019-20 audit right now it's all virtual and electronic uh they have not made a determination if they are going to be coming on site or not they usually come on site the third week of september through the middle of october again they haven't made a determination on that i know mr papano and mr raincourt
020mentioned the facilities projects we completed approximately 41 facilities projects uh of a total of about 46. everything that was scheduled to complete by the end of the year at the end of the summer will be completed which is good news uh we've opened up our 2021 budget and we will be starting in september and october talking about some early capital project for our 21 22 budget will be meeting with the facilities committee and the uh finance com that's pretty much it on the finance side as well again okay very good any questions from the board on the consent agenda motion to accept don't move i'll second it who was the first mr pano yes and who was second myself thank you i like to take the vote this is a brew yeah yes this is
021fredo page six mrs freya lisa garcia dr patriano mr raincourt yeah mr shelley yes except on uh bill list page eight j j electric instruction and on page three of the consent agenda the appointment of leslie larose kj billis j j page three consent agenda yes thank you mr shot it's terrible yes mr roman gina okay thank you uh before we ask for an adjournment of our meeting there are some questions from the public as you know because we are virtual and we are streaming the meeting we have given the opportunity to the public by way of the website to ask some questions so um just bear with me as i'm going to look through the list i do have a question from a staff member uh physical education uh and a question that this
022question really has to do with physical education and how students are going to be able to live stream from the high school field so i think that's a question that should be directed to mr porphido and mr pinto tomorrow i know that's something that they've been working on but that's something that um the school principal can best answer okay i'm just scanning another teacher uh actually a parent is saying good evening to everyone i appreciate i appreciate your work during the pandemic and reopening as i have daughters in fourth grade and first grade i join you as a resident of cliffside park for 10 years and as a homeowner for an exception at the board's discretion for entry of my youngest i'm not sure what that requires okay this is a question that really has
023to do with a student attending school relating to cut-off dates so i suggest that that parent call my office tomorrow morning and i can best answer that through a phone conversation and that's it there's no other questions uh there's some comments about uh a teacher saying that they're a concerned teacher but no question um so at this point since there's no other question our next board meeting is september 23rd 23rd uh we have a work session the week before that which is also live stream but you know there's no public participation uh once again i just want to just make mention of the fact that i forgot to when i was given my principles report um a result of the opportunity for parents to um select the all remote program right now we have 65
024percent of our parents selecting the hybrid program which is in person and virtual and 35 of our parents selecting the all remote program uh this is going to be a challenging year for us without a doubt but i'm confident that our administration and our staff as always uh will do a great job in what's in the best interest of our students so at this point i would like to call for an adjournment i'll make a motion may i have a second place okay that's raincourt very good thank you thank you very much thank you