001so we'll give heather another minute let me just ping heather and see if she's uh oh heather victor you and i are both senile heather sent us a text today that she's gonna be a few minutes late remember no i don't seriously no okay heather's gonna be a few minutes why do you have to bring me under the bus when the bus drives over you i said both of us excuse me i'm sorry i have a board meeting to run sir um okay so without any further ado i'd like to call this meeting to order due to the covet 19 health emergency and in order for the board of education to conduct its business this board meeting is being held at a video conference and stream live on youtube on the district website at www.ebnet.org
002in addition members of the public may provide comment at this meeting through zoom by entering the url meeting id and password you see before you on the screen upon joining the meeting your participation will be muted to ensure there is no disruption to the business being conducted by the board of education will the secretary please call the role please call the role angelo here here just this part here squash mr hong kong here here this is rhys here mr winston here president becker here we have a quorum please rise to salute the flag please pledge allegiance to the club of the united states of america into the republic for which it stands one name nation underground indivisible with liberty the new jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public
003who have advanced notice of and to attend meetings of public bodies in accordance with provisions of this act the east brunswick board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be published at the board of education offices also written notice was provided to the sentinel the new york star ledger the home news and tribune and the municipal clerk of east brunswick all board of education meetings with the exception of executive session discussions are videotape related broadcast and individuals who speak at the board's public meeting should be aware of those videotaping rules good evening dr valeski do you have a superintendent's report for us tonight or no no president becker i do not okay thank you so that brings us up to the good of the cause for the public members of the public may
004provide comment at this meeting through zoom by entering the url meeting id and password you see before you on the screen in order to be recognized use the chat feature select the zoom meeting host then enter and send your name to the host you will be recognized to speak when your name is called and individuals will be invited to speak in the order in which you have received your request the board of education recognizes the value of public comment and educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters of community interest public participation shall be limited to three minutes duration is there anyone wishing to speak to the board tonight no one in the queue at this time no one is in the queue okay seeing none
005i close a public portion we do have a need to go into closed session whereas the board of education must discuss matters which are not appropriate for discussion in a public meeting in a public meeting and the board of education intends to discuss the matters as follows those items listed in tonight's agenda the length of the closed session is estimated to be two hours after which the public portion meeting of the board shall reconvene and action will not be taken can i please have a motion to go into closed session motion move by mark mark two seconds second by leewoo is there any discussion all those in favor opposed abstain motion carries thank you for joining us board members please log out and log back into closed session you