001am [Applause] are you about you can play more want to get work to you you remember how long my presentations work how had to talk about you know IED get by the [Applause] [Music] should I like hey should I like clap my hands clap clap clap CL clap good good evening everyone my colleague here told me to clap my hands I'd probably get a better response uh the executive session of the Wayne Board of Education regular meeting of February 20th 2025 was convened in the conference room of the administrative offices of the Wayne Board of Education 15 NOS driveway New Jersey a statement of compliance setting forth daytime and location was read in requirements of the open public meeting act and a roll call was taken the meeting was recessed and is now being reconvened
002at this time I'd ask you all please stand for the flag salute followed by a Moment of Silence I alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you everyone please be seated [Music] Dr toak teacher uh educator teach of the year it's a nice day okay so good evening everybody and thank for joining us of course as you can see this Board of Education meeting is really about our teachers and the community recognition of their excellence in the classroom so we're joined by obviously colleagues parents students our administrative team and obviously our Board of Ed and it's just a wonderful way of congratulating our teachers who the recipients of the governor's educator of
003the Year recognition so it's a privilege and joy to stand before you today as We Gather to recognize a truly outstanding group of individuals this evening we're here here to celebrate the hard work the dedication and the unwavering commitment of our very own teachers and Educational Service professionals who have been selected to receive the prestigious Governor's educator of the Year award this recognition is not just a title it's a reflection of the immense impact these individuals have had on students schools and our community as a whole it's a testament to their passion for education and their tireless efforts to create an environment where every student can Thrive as we honor these professionals we acknowledge the work they do day in day out behind the scenes in shaping the minds of Future Leaders and empowering their
004students to reach their full potential whether they're in the classroom supporting students with special needs working with students who require additional educational support or contributing to the overall culture of the Excellence within our district their influence is immeasurable the governor's educator of the Year award is well deserved recognition for their achievements and their dedication these Educators represent the best of what we strive to achieve in public education a commitment to Excellence a deep understanding of their profession and an unwavering belief in the potential of every child so today we not only celebrate their individual accomplishments but also the collective effort of our entire District it is because of the contributions of each and every one of you that our district continues to thrive and grow so thank you for your passion your hard work and
005your tireless dedication to the students of the district you inspire us all and we are incredibly proud to have you as part of our school district family on behalf of the Board of Education our entire school district and the communities we serve congratulations on this well-deserved recognition we are deeply grateful for all you do and we look forward to continuing to support you as you continue to make a difference in the lives of our students so at this point I'd like to introduce Dr Lauren kasbar who will continue with the rest of the program good evening everyone it's wonderful to see all of you here to celebrate the accomplishments of these dedicated teachers and education services professionals the governor education of the Year program is designed to highlight educational in Innovation student achievement the rewards
006of teaching and the important Services outside the classroom environment that lead to Student Success this celebratory program integrates the teacher of the year program with the governor's teacher Educational Services professional recognition program and recognizes our state's best teachers and educ Services professionals we will recognize one teacher and Educational Service professional from each of our 15 schools tonight before inviting each award recipient up to receive their certificate I want to congratulate all of our winners for their commitment and dedication to our students and school Community it is truly an honor to be here tonight to congratulate you all on your outstanding work to support our students and educational programs we all know that your contributions to our district are invaluable and are genuinely grateful for each and every one of you I would also like to
007give additional recognition to three staff members who decided to move on in the program to be considered for the county teacher of the year award this opportunity was extended to teachers who won the school Governor's educator of the Year award it required completing and submitting a comprehensive application including submitting essays exemplary lessons and Leadership vision statements we congratulate Kimber Kimberly larsy at panck elementary school Deborah Mahoney from Anthony Wayne middle school and Katherine Pritchard at Wayne Valley High School for taking the time to be considered for this honor at this time I would like to invite our Wayne Education Association president to come up and say a few words hi everybody um I'm Rob Sardi I am the Wayne Education Association president it is both an honor and a privilege to stand before you to
008celebrate an outstanding group of individuals who have dedicated their lives shaping the future of our children today we are not just simply recognizing Educators for their knowledge expertise we're acknowledging their passion their commitment and their profound impact they have on our community education is more than just imparting information it is about fostering curiosity encouraging critical thinking empowering students to become more confident compassionate and comp capable individuals things that AI cannot do just so you know whether they are guiding students through challenging subjects providing emotional support or creating an inclusive and welcoming learning environment these professionals are the Bedrock of Wayne's educational system they are the ones who Inspire they're the ones who motivate education is not just a job it is not just a profession it is is a calling I've been in Wayne for
00920 this my 27th year technically it's 29 if you think about I had my practicum at Skyler I did my student teaching at Skyler with Bob pra who is beyond I get I always get a couple of people who do the oh B PR he's an amazing human being that is who I learned to be that's who I learned from to be the type of teacher that I am um to truly just appreciate every moment that you have in that classroom to make those connections with the kids to get excited when you get that spark and the kids like oh you got it and it was only like the 17th time I said it but like you just keep trying but when you get that moment it's it's absolutely everything and we're here now recognizing
01030 individuals and we know at this point there's more than 30 of us out there this is Wayne we are an amazing School District there's more than 30 of us and I know some of you are sitting here right now and thinking to yourselves oh somebody else deserves it more than me I know you I I do know you um you deserve it all right you do everyone here deserves it everyone else there are people who also deserve it but you deserve it and I want you to take that moment and understand it and sit with it whatever that means I hear a lot of that you know they take that moment and they sit with it it I want you to sit with it okay so you just you sit with it okay it's
011it's a very big thing right now um so I just want to say sit with it um for the 15th time and just appreciate everything you've done we thank you for all the dedication that you guys do I know it I've been it I've done it I know how hard it is it is tough being an education it is difficult it takes takes patience it takes resilience it takes patience it takes unwavering belief in the potential in every student when you can look at a kid and be like H you know this this is this one's tough but you can figure out how to reach that kid when you reach that kid oh yeah you it's the best feeling and if you're here you absolutely know it so I just want to thank you all
012um for being here and for recognizing and we're you know I'm going to hand out flowers to you later you know the twins over here so just thank you again everybody okay so we're going to get this started um before we begin I just wanted to make a special thank you to Jessica shoha alen bro and sue fante for putting together this special presentation that everybody has been able to view that highlights our recipients and um so here we go at this time I would like to recognize all recipients of the 20 2024 2025 teacher of the year an educational services recognition award when I call your name please join me up here with Mr stardy Mr pav and Dr toac if your principal can join you we will line up I guess along that
013wall over there once everybody's done to take a group picture after we give out all the certificates we'll have a 10-minute recess and you can take additional family pictures then okay so from prnis Early Childhood Center special education teacher jacqulyn [Applause] Huntington and power professional Dana cavalo okay so from Albert Pacer Hune Elementary School fourth grade teacher Carolyn [Applause] rler and power professional niceta minin [Applause] okay James Fallon Elementary School our second a second grade teacher Caitlyn zerillo and power professional Kelly [Applause] castander from johnf Kennedy Elementary School fourth grade teacher Gail gz [Applause] and power professional Gina [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] mey from Lafayette Elementary School kindergarten teacher Nicole [Applause] kuso and school nurse Elizabeth tangal [Applause] from panak elementary school kindergarten teacher Kimberly [Applause] larsy and media specialist Allison M Mol nckl from Pines
014Lake Elementary School fourth grade teacher Megan [Applause] Purdue and reading specialist Kathleen Macwan statii [Applause] from Rando Carter Elementary School kindergarten teacher Tiffany [Applause] Powell and and power professional fatia buala [Applause] from Ryerson Elementary School health and physical education teacher Cindy Cella and power professional Erica btii [Applause] from Tunis day Elementary School second grade teacher Laura hook [Applause] Street and reading specialist Liz sponenberg from Anthony Wayne Middle School stem teacher Debbie [Applause] Mahoney and power professional Joanne eagens from Skyler kfax Middle School 8ighth grade science and biology teacher Alexis McNamara and power professional chrisanne [Applause] guzo from Wayne Hills High School science teacher Anna SCH sler and school nurse Laura [Applause] Gomez and lastly from Wayne Valley High School photographer photography teacher Kate Pritchard oh I forgot George Washington all right my bad I my
015mistake knew I was going to mess it up I'm sorry media specialist Erica Foster I knew I was bound to make a mistake I forgot George Washington Middle School so last for real now George Washington Middle School six and seven grade teacher Alyssa [Applause] Mella Empower professional Maria lucarelli [Applause] before we conclude I just wanted to offer Mr pavic the opportunity to say a few words thank you everybody um and to everyone here tonight congratulations I can tell you I know what you go through every day because I go through the same thing as a teacher I know what you put into it nobody sees that nobody sees all the countless hours the weekends school does not end when the bell rings that's your day starting all over again between the sgos and every other
016thing the state says you have to do for no reason but you make a difference to every one of our students and as Rob said it's when that student comes up to you and finally gets it but it's also when they come back to you years later and you see the success the one little thing you did that meant nothing to you because you just do it because you know you know how to do it you know how to get in touch with with our kids and it's hard today so I thank you personally from everyone up here on the board and myself for what you do every day for this District to make it the great District that it is and I thank you and I applaud you [Applause] uh we're going to take
017about a f minute break if I can get all the teachers and the principls up here so Ferris can get his picture where's the I forgot the back you guys my rather [Music] it is I'll help you out this is all wedding practice oh yes love it what's the name of the guy all right real quick all very like competitive and very like um so I'm like I'm tired doing that having just hanging out I had all right you hey Julius good sweetie how are you um try sorry I'm [Music] sry I just go out into the back [Music] hi are [Music] you hi congratulations the face yes [Music] I'm not making bedtime [Music] individually [Laughter] testing you thought it was and she would she knows what it does you want to say a few
018words you don't need to be louder no no let's go you want the flower let's go yeah the mic is still on [Music] ready [Music] EX Happ that's it it's over is it a is it a oh good Lu good luck thanks good job I'm sweating and tomor see you tomorrow bye all right thank you thank you very much want to see Laura but new [Music] where's your all right [Music] I haven't seen you in a million years I'm good how are you good good good congratulations that's awesome okay [Music] con night right uh Mr sardy will you please take your seat he did a nice job you full no you crumble did just fine Dr Toe back okay you ready right so um maybe we should close the back door FIS is now working
019crowd control so I'm going to keep my report very brief um first of all Mr pav we're down one student representative so Isabelle is going to read both reports okay perfect right and um so otherwise I know the board members have a lot to share because there were a number of committee meetings tonight so I'm just going to get to a few things that I have to do um one the New Jersey Department of Education Ruckers University are set to host a promising practices project reception on April 7th at Ruckers then the event will bring together Educators from across the state to share and discuss Innovative teaching and learning practices that have successfully accelerated student learning and to 12 schools following the pandemic so you probably read about that in the newspaper panak Elementary was
020selected the convening oh I'm sorry the convention will feature panel style and small group discussions led by Educators who have implemented effective strategies one highlight will be a Roundtable presentation on social emotional learning and PAC andac school counselor Lauren Resa and principal Ken doitt it'll be showcasing also our district Wellness weekends and PAC pacx praiseworthy Penguins program now there's another thing I have to do is I have to read the semiannual report about the student safety and data system so I'm going to go through this as quickly as I can um so basically this is a summary of all violence vandalism weapons and substance abuse offenses and harassment intimidation and bullying which took place in our schools during the first reporting period for this year from September 1st 2024 through December 30 1st 2024 so
021pursuant statute I'm required to report this at a bug Board of Ed meeting twice per year all of the acts of the uh that I just described I'm reporting the following incidents that took place during reported period one um let's see we can fast forward through that for reporting period 1 September 1st through December 31st there were 12 incidents of violence that includes assaults fights and threats one incident of vandalism zero weapons offenses zero incidents of substance abuse and 87 General code of conduct incidents which led to educational removal in some fashion there were 19 confirmed incidents of HIV out of a total of 69 that were investigated the 19 confirmed HIV cases involve the following categories race two ancestry ethnicity and national origin zero religion 4 gender 9 orientation or identity one power and
022balance one disability zero and other two cases were investigated by the school level antibullying Specialists with guidance and support by principles and the district anti bullying coordinator consequences and Remediation efforts for offending students included counseling student parent conferences and discipline in accordance with the district code of conduct remedial measures for targeted students included counseling support services parent conferences scheduled changes staya away agreements teacher a monitors during the school day adult and student pairings and other monitoring measures in addition each school has instituted programming intended to reduce bullying and improve School climate um and so the other part I have to do is report the Hib um reports for this current reporting period there were nine incidents of HIV investigated since my last report and only one of those cases was deemed to meet the criteria
023of an actual HIV incident that concludes my report thank you um Isabella I hear you doing double duty tonight so okay I will be starting with the Wayne Hills report from Addison deal the Wayne Hills student council hosted their first annual intern for a day fundraiser on February 14th participating students were able to see what it is like to be a Wayne Hills staff member by going through a simple application process and giving a donation to student council students applied to be their favorite staff members Inn we had pairings in every Department English math social studies science physical education Photo World Language Art business Child Development and music we even had the athletic director and principal participate in the end we had 36 mentors paired together for the day these interns were able to get
024a behind thes scenes look teach a lesson and be a helping hand for the day it was a great opportunity for students and staff to get involved and work together student council is excited to make this unique experience a yearly Tradition at Wayne Hills we are excited to share the Wayne Hills J that Wayne Hills Jr Chad Thompson has been selected as a winner for The Morris Museum fresh perspectives 2025 contest for his image titled the lost man the prestigious jured exhibit has been celebrated has been celebrating the artistic achievements of New Jersey high school students since 1989 providing a platform For Young Artists to Showcase their creativity and talent now it's in its 36th year fresh perspectives highlight outstanding work across various media including photography drawing painting digital art and sculpture the year's competition
025was highly competitive with nearly 350 student submissions from 43 schools across 10 counties Chad's work will be on display with the other winners in The Morris Museum Galleries and featured in an online web-based catalog from March 14th through May 25th 2025 since 1923 the Scholastic art and writing Awards have been known for for identifying and celebrating the creative voices of young artists and writers ant is one of the most distinguished programs for student achievements in the Arts they have recognized some of the nation's most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers including Tasha Bala s Stephen King K walkingstick Jose parala Amanda Gorman Charles White Joyce Carol Oz and Andy Warhol this year Wayne Hills high school photography student from photo won through AP photo 4 submitted their best work to the contest resulting
026in impressive 186 Awards more than double last year's total this includes 40 gold keys 59 silver Awards and 87 honorable mentions gold key recipients will now advance to the National level with medalists announced in March Wayne Hills alumni John Vitalis class of 2011 was recently hired by the Minnesota Twins to announce names on the radio John announced all four years during his tenure with Wayne Wayne Hills TV and had been announcing in the minor leagues for the past 9 years this truly is a dream come true glamour gals Club visited the K one nursing home in Wayne this past weekend during the club's visits several residents received glamorous makeovers these makeovers included Nail Care light makeup and socialization some students colored with residents to brighten their day as well as their room as always always
027the glamour gals Club left many residents smiling and eager for the next visit Unified sports competed in their first ever County championships for both bowling and swimming in the state of New Jersey Boys fencing won their pay County coaches association Championship the Wayne Hills competition cheerleading team is having a very successful SE season earning multiple first place finishes as well as having the highest score at multiple at multiple competitions they earned their sixth consecutive National Title in Florida at the end of January they look forward to competing at the NJ CDA state championship at the end of the month for Wayne Valley over the past few weeks Wayne Valley has been coming together and celebrating the month of kindness the guidance department has brought back our annual activity of thirdparty compliments students and faculty are
028given the opportunity to fill out a Google form where they can send an anonymous compliment to each other the recipient then receives it within their classes it is a small part of some 's day that helps them recognize that they do not go unnoticed on February 7th Valley took some time celebrating counselor's week thank you to all of our guidance counselors who truly help and listen to inspire us peer leaders have also been spreading a positive impact on February 14th the students brought in snacks and food to show our appreciation towards secretaries and custodial staff the students created a valentine state car and delivered special treats around the school student council has also been busy hosting their penny wars each grade is competing to raise the most money for Relay For Life in celebration of
029this event a pep rally was held on Valentine's Day students participated in fun relays such as hungry hippos and Mattress surfing teachers even decided to make a guest appearance hiding their identities through costumes after all the relays the senior class took home the win however the competition as to who can raise the most money is still ongoing our winter sports are coming to a close from basketball to skiing every has truly had an amazing season boys wrestling is finishing their season being titled backto back N1 G3 State section Champions team captain Noah zedaki finished the season competing completing his 100th win competition cheer is competing in the NJ cdca state championship this weekend they are competing for the title of all music and cheer dance small coed Division and group three Champions this is coming
030off their win asig B big North Champions allout national champions where they competed in Florida and big North Independence Champions senior and Captain Dakota Hansen was named the NJ DCA cheerleader All State second team the Wayne Valley dance team just attended DTU Nationals in Florida the girls performed their palm and Jazz routines against schools from all over the nation Wayne Valley girls basketball captain and Senior Alexa benaquista is being recognized as Wayne Valley's National girls and women in sports Sports representative congratulations Wayne Valley Unified basketball has also had a great season they have hosted and traveled to other schools playing the amazing game of basketball against other stars programs great job on February 5th Valley hosted its Signing Day student athletes celebrated their commitments to playing in college with coaches family and staff overall 14
031students were in celebration three for hockey and softball two for soccer and baseball one for swim volleyball cross and football congratulations to all throughout the year our amazing photo program and photo teacher Miss Pritchard have been highlighted for their amazing success as of February 7th the program has received 87 Awards in the Scholastic Regional Awards there are 21 gold key Awards 23 silver key Awards and 43 honorable mentions along with this students Veronica TMA and Jaylen lovil have had their work selected to be part of the Wayne lifestyle magazine in the February issue after attending the DECA District conference at Ramapo College 10 wne Valley students qualified to compete with thousands for of the NJ Deca students the qualifiers will compete at state conference hosted in Atlantic City in March good luck to all lastly
032HOSA attended their Northern Regional Conference at pcti Junior nikil inaru placed third in medical law and ethics qualifying him for States congratulations and thank you thank you Mr Moffett revisions to the agenda yes we have a few tonight first under T emergent Human Resources uh we'll be adding to number one approval of resignation retirements we're adding number three Jennifer Sawyer s a w ye R paraprofessional Wayne Hills High School 1 FTE effective uh February 19 2025 at a salary of $3,058 which is on step uh excuse me step 14 of the parah high school salary guide under 14 approval of administrative leave we'll revise number one ID number 6830 to read Wayne Hills High School and add end date of February 19 2025 We'll add number two ID number 6734 Wayne Valley High School February
03318 2025 through April 21st 2025 paid administrative leave uh and we are adding number 15 uh approval of termination again under T emergent human resources that resolution reads as follows resolve that the Board of Education upon the recommendation of the superintendent approves the termination of employee ID number 6734 effective April 21st 2025 for Just Cause and that is the end of the revisions to tonight's agenda thank are discouraged and speaking negatively about an employee or student the board Bears no responsibility for comments made by the public comments regarding employees or students cannot be legally responded to by the board other comments may be responded to by the tonight or at a subsequent meeting under old business do I have a move move anyone from the public wishing to speak on an agenda item seeing no
034one I move the close I like to move the agenda and one Mr Paul second any any uh discussion see none V Mrs lamandre yes yes yes Mr Paul yes Mr alquin yes Mr Faber yes Mr gardano yes Mrs regoso yes and Mr pavlac yes motion carries this um we have one retirement tonight Mr alakin all right tonight I have the honor of reading the retirement blur for Virginia mayella mayella Miss Virginia mayella has been a power professional at Wayne Hills High School after 20 years in the Wayne School District she plans on retiring on March 31st 2025 all but her first year in Wayne have been spent at the high school level and she has thoroughly enjoyed her experiences Virginia also known as jinny worked in the lldd severe classes the lldd mild classes
035and in resource classes as a job coach she worked off campus on work sites with gifted students who worked or who moved into full-time employment the students she began her career with are now well into their adult years leaving her feeling a bit old yet proud to have supported a small uh small part of their lives Jenny would like to thank everyone in the Wayne Township School District for the opportunity to work in the special education program it has permitted her to grow in many ways and given her the ability to further understand humankind in an expanded and unique way we wish Jenny a wonderful retirement thank you at this time I'll open the meeting to the public this portion of the meeting is open for citizens to comment on any topic residents are asked
036to State their name address and subject matter comments may be limited to five minutes per person members of the public are discouraged from speaking negatively about an employee or a student board Bears no responsibility for comments made by the public comments regarding employees or students cannot be legally responded to by the board other comments may be responded to tonight or at a subsequent meeting under old business do I have a mover move Mr Jano Mrs regoso anyone from the public wishing to speak on any item please sir good evening members of the Boe uh I just have five minutes so I've written things down so I don't elaborate and waste anybody's time so you please state your name that's the first thing that I have written down perfect okay thank you though I can use
037all the guidance I can get from you folks my name is Matthew Eisenberg I have lived at 11 Agawam Drive since 1985 and both of my daughters have had a wonderful experience going through the Wayne school system my my older daughter is 44 and I was just on the phone with her uh my younger daughter is 39 both continu to University and are contributing successful members of society as part of my mission in life which is to raise the morality and Consciousness level of society and I don't mean to be rude by not making eye contact with you folks uh I have written a book titled confidence skills for young adults which was released on Amazon on September 30th I hold master's degrees in electrical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and school Psychology from
038yiva University with a permanent certificate in New York State uh this project is a labor of love and passion for me the reason for me speaking tonight is to ask your assistance in vetting and then figuring out how to best share this material with the Wayne High School students what I have done to prepare for whatever vetting process you have is to comp uh compose a compliance Matrix based on the New Jersey social and emotional learning seel guidelines and associating each competency and subcompetency in those guidelines with the specific chapter headings and subheadings in my book I have this spreadsheet and the methodology I use to compose it available for review for anyone who will be assigned uh to that task and will will also be using this as the basis to compose a curriculum
039course for high schools and universities in addition I am scheduled for a virtual tra for a virtual chat with the Wayne Public Library on March 24th in addition to also being scheduled for a no cost 4-we course starting April 22nd offered at the Wayne Township community center uh I have flyers for those documents with me and they are available for you the documents that I have with me that I can leave with you or make available to you are as follows a copy of my book a flyer for the virtual author chat at the library and a link to the library event web page for the same a flyer for the Wayne Township community center 4-week course starting April 22nd a link to the Amazon page for confidence skills for young adults containing Reader reviews
040a link to the Shar Drive containing the New Jersey social and emotional learning guidelines compliance Matrix that I set up uh which is very detail oriented a link to the book website a link to a free downloadable PDF version of The Complete Book a link to the shared drive with the shared uh with documents referred to above again my goal is to inspire and motivate the young adults in society to be excited about embarking upon their journey in life with the courage and confidence that they and the rest of us can have because it resides in all of us we just need to have the tools to express it and that's what my book and I hope to achieve thank you thank you sir anyone else from the public good evening my name is Alexandra
041pulk and I am a senior at Wayne Valley High School I am a captain of the dance team and the white SDA board secretary I'm on the Relay for Life committee and I'm one of two Deca social media manager along with many other things at Wayne Valley I here today to speak on behalf of one of the most influential people in my life Mr oelle who is a teacher and role model to all the students he works with I have lived in Wayne my whole life and have been in the school district since kindergarten and will be graduating this June I plan on attending Indiana University in the fall of 2025 specifically in the Kelly School of Business which is one of the most prestigious business programs in the United States my academic achievements today
042would not be possible without Mr Roselle's guidance and support I had Mr ozell for chemistry my sophomore year and it's safe to say I would not have passed if not for him Mr ozell would stay long hours after school to help me study allowed me to retake tests when necessary supported my IEP and pushed me to always advocate for my needs I had the privilege of asking him to write my college recommendation letter which I fully believe is a key reason why I got accepted to my top seven State schools across the country along with mine Mr ozelle wrote letters for at least 15 other students that I know of and I can guarantee he will have many more request requests with the upcoming senior class I have never seen a teacher have such a
043strong connection with every one of their students aside from Mr ozelle being an incredible teacher he's a familiar face at Wayne Valley if I am ever having a bad day I know Mr ozell's door is always open and he is there to talk about anything I need from personal issues Sports family and school matters he is always there waiting for someone to walk through his door who might need something he has dedicated himself to his job and unconditional care for his students I spent many lunches with him and can say that you walk in his room feeling one way and leave feeling completely different I love his ability to remember and care about each little detail when you speak to him he is always present and you can tell he's listening and genuinely cares throughout
044last in this year specifically I have had some health and personal issues which were difficult to navigate Mr oelle always made it a point to check on me and be there when needed if I saw him in the hallway he would smile and ask me how my day was even if it was quick during passing he always made it a point to say hello along with that he has come to every SDA show I have been a part of and many dance competitions as well he has always made it a point to support his students in and outside of school I am thankful to have been his student and my years at Wayne Valley would not have been the same without him thank you for your time thank you anyone else from the public wishing
045to speak seeing no one I moved to close second M Judo Mr fa hope you come on up I apologize I don't know how to follow that that was really good um good evening my name is Jordan minardi I'm a student at Wayne Valley also um I wasn't as prepared as that but I'll speak on Mr Rosell too I'll share a little story um it was my sophomore year of high school I was in Mr Roselle's chemistry class and I was studying for a huge test that we had the next day and I was ready and I felt really good and I went into his class and I just lost everything I everything left my mind I sat there and I felt like I knew nothing I started to cry and Mr Roselle quickly realized
046what was going on he comforted me helped me through it and I ended up getting a great grade on the test all thanks to him he has been with me through all of high school he also wrote my recommendation letter and I don't think I would have gotten into the colleges that I wanted to go to without him I'm now um fully committed to Sacred Heart and I'm going in the fall so I'm really excited about that he shows up to all of my events I'm um blue secretary for SDA and I'm now involved in Wayne Valley Theater which wouldn't have been possible without Mr ozell's help um I've sat with him at many lunches and just like Alex said you go in feeling one way and you leave feeling another he has made my
047days better has helped me with many of my problems um socially and academically um I don't think I really would be the person I am in high school without him he is a huge part of my life and um he's always positive always showing school spirit I remember him always wearing a Hawaiian shirt every Friday and it just lifts me up and makes me feel better um he's truly a great person he shows support to all of his students and that's all so thank you so much thank you anyone else from the public hello sorry about my appearance I came from um a basketball game but they did not sadly um hello and good evening my name is s Wolford I'm a senior at Wayne Valley I play The Varsity Girls across team along with
048my roles in multiple clubs including NHS Deca unified basketball and really for life I have spent my past years also volunteering for the Wayne Valley snack stand and I've been a stat manager for both boys and girls basketball throughout my high school career I've had both good and bad experiences at Wayne Valley including both teachers and other students I've met very few teachers throughout my four years of high school that I can confidently reach out to for help and for my wellbeing I can confidently say that Mr ozelle was never my teacher but he's taught me many valuable life lessons and helped me through hard times he's the type of teacher that allows students to come into his classroom during lunch and share anything that's bothering them or just give them a safe space to
049spend their time he's the type of teacher that allows students to freely speak their feelings and give them a sense of safety while doing so I came here today to speak about a teacher who has impacted my life and helped me through all my struggles during the past four years as St before students have been a major role in my high school career sorry um they've impacted me both positively and negatively in a space where I'm supposed to feel safe and get a well education I was both verbally and I was verbally harassed and threatened for my religion and in order for me to share something like that here I give my strength to Mr Roselle who taught me that it was okay to say things that were bothering me to adults I never reported
050a situation like that to anyone with major Authority um I seek more comfort from people that I knew again I never had him as a teacher I met him through other peers that trusted him I would go in there during lunch and the classroom would be half full students who would normally sit alone or you would find eating at a bathroom stall would go to his classroom to feel safe and feel comforted next year I'll be attending West Virginia I give full credit to Mr ozelle for helping me shape the person who I am today that's all thank you thank you you did a great job girls anyone else from the public wishing to speak seeing no one Mo to we got some good evening everyone um as well as my friends I go to
051Valley and I am a senior so can you state your name please oh sorry um M my name is Muhammad fock and I am a senior at Wayne Valley I would just like to take a moment and talk about someone who has made a real difference in my life and as many others Mr Rosel I'm sorry about my parents I left I left work early to come make a comment CU is very important to me anyone who has had the chance to work with Mr Roselle or who was a student that um that knows him is that he's great at what he does and he's also one of the most supportive and encouraging people you'll ever meet Mr Rosel goes out of his way to help others whether it's giving advice offering a helping hand
052or just being there when someone needs support he he truly cares about the people around him and he always pushes us to to do our best every day not by demanding it by but by inspiring it what makes him stand out is his kindness his patience and the way he believes in me and other people even when they don't believe in themselves he just doesn't want to see us fail he wants to see us succeed and be happy that's the kind of leadership and the type of person he is and the impact he has made on me and other and my peers we are lucky to have him at Wayne Valley and I just wanted to make a comment thank you and have a good night thank you very much did a great job anybody
053anyone else from the public wishing to speak seeing no one move to close Mr favor second Mr Jano any old business new business Mr Gard do you want to just make a comment sure and the board would like to advise the public that the board is reviewing the president's executive orders and evaluating the board's policies the district is compliant and specifically has abolished policy 5755 entitled equity and educ ational programs and services the board has no policies relating directly to Dei we will continue to monitor the situation thank you thank you any board member comments Mr oh committee reports Mr janana Sure uh Mr Brazos is not here tonight and Miss leandry is a part of that committee but she's chairing uh the Transportation which has a long list of things we talking about so
054I decided to uh to jump in and give him a hand here to make it very simple uh the committee reviewed uh several policies including P&R 5533 regarding student smoking 5512 regarding her HIV 5710 revolving uh student grievance Pro processes uh uh excuse me uh 5460 uh discussing issues in high school graduat ation and 9163 uh reviewing Spector spectator code of conduct for inter inter Scholastic uh excuse me inter Scholastic events and it will be presented again through uh a major update during the mid-march um uh board meeting so that was what they met and did oh by the way it was uh chaired by Mr Pacos who was there uh administrator and tenants was Miss kasmar along with Mr Bill and M LeAndre so that's what we did for Education committee thank you you
055got it Mrs omry yes so uh this evening uh facilities and transportation committee met um and we reviewed uh December's meeting minutes we discussed a lot of things there's a lot of things going on um so I'll just do my best to list so pris school is progressing despite the cold weather and some um structural or work limitations they are still on schedule we reviewed the transportation um maps for the district we are looking into the generator situation for Ryerson and continue to evaluate the storm water and drain management at Wayne Hills High School um there uh is a rod grant for partial roofs for Tunis D Ryerson and AP tune we discussed uh future permit fee schedules the district and professionals are still looking into uh looking at Anthony Wayne's um site work reviewing
056Transportation maps for the district and went um oh yeah in 2025 the school bus driver safety seminar is being hosted in Wayne at no cost to the district and I believe that's it thank you thank you Mr Paul are we doing our comments now or just committee stuff the committee then we come back to comments so uh the Personnel committee met this evening uh in attendance board members were myself uh Don pavlac and Wilson aloquin uh we reviewed the meeting minutes from the December meeting uh we went over the committee operating procedures um had some budget discussions and uh some confidential Personnel matters not as exciting as everybody else's thank you any other committee I miss Mr fav so um these are the minutes from the um finance committee uh so in attendance was uh
057Mr Paul Mr pavlac myself uh administrators were Bill Moffett and Cheryl litig so we uh reviewed the December 10th meeting minutes we reviewed the standard operating procedures for the committee we reviewed the financial reports and saw that everything was uh in order we discussed some future actions about the potential having to use some money from different groups um we talked about the preparations for the New Jersey cusac visit um there's a midyear P County budget review in process uh then we also discussed the budget for next year I won't go into too much detail on that but that's going to be tough and that's the end of the report next meeting will be on March 4th 5:00 thank you any board member comments oh you have the committee too yeah uh oh sorry okay um
058I'm um going to talk about the communication committee um Ryan Bill uh is the head but he's not here this evening so um I will just give you a brief agenda so it was myself it was Dr toac Mr Pacos and Ryan did the zoom with us so we re we reviewed the communication committee agenda we talked about the standard operation procedure we looked into engagement with communities with communication we talked about recent media coverage we are very thankful to the high school tech expo and the wef they have set up a Saturday Academy for all seventh and eth graders uh we would really like to highlight this opportunity for the middle school students please check the website for further info and take advantage of this amazing opportunity that's it thank you board member comments
059Mr Jud Dano uh I just want to send out a congratulations to the governor educators of the Year award as a a former teacher I looked at all those teachers up there and I saw the exact same thing going in their eyes when can I go home and go to bed I'm tired so I hope they're hope you're all off dreaming at this point it's not too late but yeah a quarter 9 is usually we most of us come God if we haven't gotten back from school in past half or two hours and I seems to started going oh yeah I understand that so kudos to all the teachers who got the awards Kudos all the teachers who did not get the award uh we have the we had 40 teachers get Awards and it
060should be 740 getting the awards because this is an incredible district with incredibly hard dedicated teachers who quite frankly better that than I was and I tip my hat to all of them and congratulations any this is lendri I too would um just congratulate the recipients of the governor's educator of the Year Awards and to all the teachers too I Echo that because I don't know I always say to myself I could never be a teacher even though we're all teachers in some respect but I could never be in a classroom all the time but anyway yes a way to go and to all the teachers really it's just it's an unbelievably it is a calling I really believe that I don't I think everybody can be a teacher um and all teachers really do
061shape the future generation of our country really it's amazing so kudos to all you guys Mr Eisenberg thank you so much for coming tonight thank you for presenting um the proposal for your book and for I think um even the title confidence skills for young adults is it's it's compelling it's nice so congratulations for that and for your book and to the young people who showed up tonight to speak you all spoke wonderfully I respect you guys for that and for sharing your thoughts and being so clear and speaking so well and congratulations on your future endeavors going off to college so way to go that's all thank you anyone else Mr Paul yeah I Echo everybody's sentiments on the teachers um congratulations definitely something to be very proud of um for the four students
062that came out tonight you should be proud as well coming down standing up um sharing your stories and supporting a teacher that's had a big impact on you and I know that uh he'll appreciate you coming down so great job I'd like to also Express congratulations to all our recipients this evening um this is my favorite night of um the board because I get to see all the te teachers and Par professionals and nurses and I get to see faces that I remembered when my kids were going to school and it's it's just beautiful um to all our teachers uh recipients or not um I just want to say thank you for everything you do for our students um you're part of our Wayne family and we're just so lucky to have you and I
063know you don't hear it enough but I just want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts and to the students in the back you guys rocked it your you're awesome and um he's going to be so happy to hear all the nice things you said about him tomorrow okay so good job Mr Faber so being last I guess it's already been said but I just want to say congratulations to all the teachers and thank you because while you guys get the award it's my kids and everybody else's kids that are getting the benefit and it speaks to what you're actually doing and the difference that you're making in their future and seeing these students come up here and speak it just shows what type of caliber people this district is making as
064a product of our education system I never would have had the nerve to do that when I was your age to be honest I mean I speak now publicly but that didn't come as a skill for me till much later in life so the fact that you guys did that especially you know in front of this group is just a tremendous achievement and that is definitely something that is attributable to the team teachers and obviously your parents you know so that's another big one they also deserve that praise but this is what Wayne is really about this is what the Wayne system is about it's about making people that you know bringing up the kids to be valuable members of society and I think that you know we do have challenges but as a general
065rule that's what our mission is and I think that's what we're really achieving very well so thank you very much for coming to speak and thank you very much for our teachers um thank you everyone for your great comments um Mr Eisenberg my suggestion would be to get together with Mrs casmore and Dr tobac they would be um your point people to um talk with on that um to you the students again it's wonderful to be able to see you guys get up here it's not easy standing on the other side of that microphone at 17 18 years old or younger it's not but you came up and you were very articulate and you're speaking and I really give you kudos for what you did and it's great to see this all the time with
066our students um again to our teachers congratulations and as said it's not just the 40 people here tonight it's also the 40 people behind them and the 40 people behind them the people who mentored them since the day they walked in the door here the principles the vice principles the administrators who take pride in what they do to move our teachers to be the best that they can be and that often in ceremonies like that like tonight that often gets overlooked our par professionals let me tell you something there's par Prof I don't know if I could do that job I think teaching in a classroom's hard sometimes but being a power and some of the things we've seen that they go through I I have nothing but accolades for them as well and I
067thank them and I thank the teachers the principals and the administrators for what they do to support and this board supports our Educators because we know they're the backbone of this district and they make us what we are and with that I'll take a motion to adjourn move Mr jordano Mrs ler good night everyone thank you for coming