001Call this meeting to order. Salute the flag. Please of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. >> We'll start with a roll call. Mr. B >> here. >> Mr. Cathio >> here. >> Mr. Espen >> here. >> Mr. Chanaka >> here. >> Mrs. Miller >> here. >> Mr. Pender >> here. >> Mr. Peni >> here. >> Mr. Zelberg >> here. >> In accordance with terms of sunshine law adequate notice of the meeting old school building, the administration building and sent to the bur clerk's office, public library, three newspapers on online December 11, 2025. Please be advised there is no smoking on school grounds inside or outside at any time. Please silence all electronic devices. And pursuant to district policy number 0167, each statement
002made by a participant shall be limited to 3 minutes duration and no participant may speak more than once on the same topic. I will start by reading uh the official election results. Um Mr. Thomas Casio had 5,386 votes. Miss Rhonda Williams had 4,259 votes. Mr. William Cessleberg had 3,642 votes. And there were 183 writing votes. And with that, I would like to congratulate the newly elected and returning board members, Thomas Casio, William Hessleberg, and Ronda Williams. >> Mr. Sadian will now administer the oath of office. Mr. Casio, please. >> Yeah, I guess. It's okay. >> PO's Bible, by the way. >> I state your name. I, Thomas Casio, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >>
003and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and that I will bear true faith and allegiance >> and I will bear true faith and allegiance >> to the same >> and to the government established >> and to the governments established >> in the United States and this state >> and to the United States and this state >> under the authority of the people. >> So help me God. >> I state your name. I, Thomas Casio, >> do solemnly swear >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed >> by law for the office of member >> by law of office of member >> of a board of education >> of the board of education >> and that I
004am not disqualified as a voter >> and I am not disqualified as a voter >> pursuant to RS194-1 >> pursuant to RS >> 194-1 >> nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime >> or offense listed in >> NJS18A 12-1. Are you serious? >> NJS. >> Yeah, that one. NJS >> NJS >> 18A >> 12-1 >> And that I will faithfully >> And I will faithfully >> impartially and justly >> impart and impartially and justly >> perform all the duties of that office >> according to the best of my ability. So help me God >> according to the best of my ability. So help me God. >> CONGRATULATIONS >> MR. UM, will you leave the podium? >> Watch out for that hyphen. >> Uh, yeah. >> Okay.
005I state your name. I, William Cesleberg, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and that I will bear true faith >> And I will bear true faith >> and allegiance to the same >> and to the government established >> to the government established >> in the United States and this state >> under the authority of the people. So help me God. >> under the authority of the people. So help me God. I state your name. I, William Sleberg, >> do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications >> Do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications >> prescribed by law for the office >> of member
006of a board of education >> and that I am not disqualified as a voter >> and I am not disqualified as a voter >> pursuant to >> RS >> 194-1 >> nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime >> nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in >> or offense listed in >> NJS >> 18A12-1 >> 18A 12 hyphen 1 >> and that I will faithfully impartially and and justly >> and I will faithfully impartially and justly >> perform all the duties of that office >> according to the best of my ability. So help me God. >> according to the best of my ability. So help me God. >> Congratulations. Miss Williams, could you please step up to the podium? >> Tell me when you're ready. >> Yeah, whenever you >>
007tell me when you're ready. >> I'm ready. >> I state your name. >> I, Ronda, >> do solemnly swear. do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and that I will bear true, faith, and allegiance >> and that I will bear truth, faith, and allegiance >> to the same and to the governments established >> to the same and to the governments established >> in the United States and this state >> under the authority of the people. So help me God. >> under the authority of the people. So help me God. >> I state your name. >> I Ronda J. lawyers >> do solemnly swear >> that I
008possess the qualifications prescribed >> that I possess the qualifications prescribed >> by law for the office of a member of a board of education >> by law for the office of a member of the board of education >> and that I am not disqualified as a voter >> and that I am not disqualified as a voter >> pursuant to >> RS >> 194-1 >> nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime >> nor disqualified due to conviction of number five >> or offense listed in >> NJS >> 18 A12-1 >> 18 A12 hyphen 1 >> and that I will faithfully and partially and justly >> and that I will faithfully and partially and justly >> perform all the duties of that office >> according to the best of my ability. So help me God. >>
009according to the best of my ability. So help me God. >> CONGRATULATIONS All right. We'll now take a roll call. >> Mr. Vote >> here. >> Mr. Cassio >> here. >> Mr. Espen >> here. Mr. Chanakus >> here. >> Mrs. Miller >> here. >> Mr. Pender >> here. >> Mr. Pissy >> here. >> Mr. Celberg >> here. >> Miss Williams >> here. >> I will now open up the nominations for uh the office of president of the South Mainfield Board of Education, Mr. Giannis. >> I'd like to nominate Tom Castio. Mr. President, >> I'll second it. Any others? Could I have a motion to close the president nomination? So move. >> Second. >> Discussion. >> All in favor? >> Congratulations, Mr. >> Sorry, got a little ahead of myself. >> Mr. Both. >> Yes. >>
010Mr. Cassia. Yes, >> Mr. Espen. >> Yes, >> Mr. Gene. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Miller. >> Yes, >> Mr. Pender. >> Yes, >> Mr. Peny. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sleber. >> Yes, >> Miss Williams. >> Yes. >> Now, congratulations, Mr. CASTILE. Thank you, sir. Thank you everyone. Okay, at this time I'd like to uh make a motion of nomination for vice president. >> Mr. Bise, >> uh nominate Mr. Gianis. >> I second it. >> Anybody else? Nominations. Any discussion? Motion to close. >> So move. >> Any second? >> Second. >> Any discussion on that? >> Roll call, please. All in favor? >> I I now we can do a roll call. >> Mr. Vote. >> Yes. >> Mr. Esper? >> Yes. >> Mr. Janakis? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Miller? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ped? >>
011Yes. >> Mr. Peny? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cessleberg? Yes, >> Miss Williams. >> Yes, >> Mr. Casio. >> Yes, >> Mr. GNS. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Any public comments on agenda items only? Anybody in the audience? Seeing none, moving on. Approval of the uh 2026 meeting dates. So move >> second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call is >> Mr. B? >> Yes. >> Mr. Espen? >> Yes. >> Mr. Miller? >> Yes. >> Mr. Pender? >> Yes. >> Mr. Peny? >> Yes. >> Mr. Casselberg? >> Yes. >> M. Williams? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ganakus? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cassio? >> Yes. >> Moving on authority. >> The motion. So move >> second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Both, >> yes. >> Mr. Esman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >>
012Mr. Per, >> yes. >> Mr. Peny, >> yes. >> Mr. Cesleberg, >> yes. >> Miss Williams, >> yes. >> Mr. Janakis, >> yes. >> Mr. Casio, >> yes. >> Adopt board member cods. Can I get a motion? >> Second. >> Any discussion? call. >> Mr. Mo, >> yes. >> Mr. Esman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Miller, >> yes. >> Mr. Pender, >> yes. >> Mr. Peny, >> yes. >> Mr. Cesleberg, >> yes. >> Mr. Williams, >> yes. >> Mr. Geianis, >> yes. >> Mr. Casio, >> yes. Any public comments in any matter, any items? Seeing none, any board member comments, Mr. B. >> Uh, congratulations everyone. Um, I just want to send out a big thank you to Mr. Doug Chapman. Um, last night he donated two boards or two sets of boards to the Special
013Olympics team. This year we have a new uh new event court hole. So, Mr. Chapman took care of us and donated two boards to the team. So, I'd like everyone just to make sure they're aware of that. Thank you so much. So, big help to the team. We're going this weekend now for our first competition. The team is and see how this goes. Thank you. Mr. Gawks, I just want to echo that. I want to congratulate everybody. Miss Williams, welcome aboard. Look forward to working with you. Con, welcome back. And I just want to thank everybody for their support. So, thank you. Sharon, >> congratulations Tommy and Jenny to you and your physicians. Welcome back, Bill and welcome Rhonda. I look forward to working with you. Mara, I know I said something to you about
014you last month, but again, we're going to miss you. I wish you the best of luck in your new position. I know you'll succeed and come back anytime and um happy new year. Happy healthy new year to to everyone. >> Mr. Ces. >> Yeah, thank you. First, I want to support uh I want to thank everyone who supported me in the election. Uh thank you for coming to the uh meeting tonight. Um it's open to the public. So if anybody has any uh issues, comments, or suggestions for the school board, please come to our meetings and let us know. And we're willing to work with uh everybody, however we can. Congratulations, Tommy and Jimmy, on the officer roles here. Uh welcome back, uh Tom and welcome Rhonda. It's it's a it's an experience that's always
015been great. Um Barat uh thank you for everything you've done and um he's another example not only the exemplary employees that we have in the district but that we train them well to go on to better administrative positions around the state. So that's it's not just the students that we teach or the administrators, it's also uh the business office and people like that. So, I just want to congratulate everyone that won. Thank you everybody. I'm looking forward to another great year. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. I just want to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who supported me along this journey and to all of you who are here this evening to support me. I truly appreciate that. I'm excited about this opportunity and I look forward to serving our
016community, our students, and working with each of you for the betterment of South Planefield. Thank you. >> Congratulations all. Uh, welcome back, Tom. Welcome back, Bill. And welcome to the day, Ronda J. Williams. Is >> that everybody? Mr. Bernice. Congratulations everybody. Rhonda, welcome aboard. It'll It's going to be interesting. We It'll be good, but it's rewarding. It really is. Even when they come in and yell at you, it's still >> welcome aboard. >> Thank you. >> I wrote a little something. Uh thank the board for placed in me in renominating and elected me as president of the South Board of Education. I'm truly truly honored by your trust and grateful for the opportunity to serve in this role. Again, I want to thank my fellow board members whose support and collaboration. Serving on this board
017requires time, dedication, and a shared commitment to the students, families, and educators in our district. I value the diverse perspectives of each you bring to the table, and I look forward to working together with respect, transparency, and purpose. I would also like to extend a warm welcome and congratulations to our newly elected board member, Ronda J. Williams. We're excited to have you join us. Your willingness to step forward in ser in service to the community is commendable and I look forward to your ideas, energy, and contributions as we work together for the benefit of our schools. I also want to welcome back newly uh newly reelected board member Bill Sassleberg. It goes without saying that your wealth of knowledge and experience is invaluable to this school district. As we move forward, my goal as president
018is is to foster open communication, thoughtful decision-making, and strong partnership with our administration, staff, students, and community. Our focus will remain on supporting student success, maintaining fis fiscal responsibility, and ensuring that our district continues to grow and thrive. Thank you again for this honor. I'm proud to serve alongside you, and I'm confident together we can continue to do meaningful work for our schools and our community. With that motion to adjurnn >> all in favor journ