001I'd like to call the meeting to order. And if you could please take a moment of silence. Please rise for the flag salute. I aliance 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. In accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, a public notice of this meeting has been sent to board members, all district schools, the Herald News, the Suburban Trends, The Record, The Messenger, West Milford Town Hall, the County Superintendent Office, the Board attorney, Cable Vision of Warwick, and West Milford TV77. and posted in the administration building. Copies of the the board meets meeting calendar resolution were provided to all local media, town hall, township, library, and all district schools. Roll call,
002please. Mrs. Francisco, >> Mrs. Romeo, >> here. >> Mrs. Stevenson, >> here. >> Mr. Conway, >> here. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> here. >> Mr. Fino >> here. >> Mrs. O'Brien >> here. >> Mrs. Laughwood >> here. >> Mr. Stillman >> here. >> Mrs. Van >> here. >> Dr. Anamone report. >> Thank you very much. Good evening and welcome to our July meeting. Uh starting right off, we do have a new Eagle Scout candidate with us here tonight. Anthony DeFiti is here. His presentation should be on your in front of the board members. Anthony, if you want to come up and briefly explain your project, what will accomplish and how you get it done and how it will help our community. Hello. Uh my name is Anthony. Um I'm in 244 and I'm a life scout
003for um the troop. I'm looking to uh start my Eagle project in the fall. Um it's going to be renovating the pavilion up at the turf. Um a family friend of mine, he was building it. He built it without any um gutters or benches in it. So I went to add on to his project. Um, I would like to put benches and then put gutters to drainage. Um, if you look in the back of the book, um, it shows all the, um, the water and mud, um, that was causing issues. People wouldn't like to sit in there. Um, and then also the second to, um, second to last page, it's 3D print of it. Um, this is the look of what I would like to do. Um it's the rain gutters coming down. Um I
004could do a nice spout coming down. Um that would be helped with the West Mford um building department. They would have to dig out at least 6 in underneath so I could put a tube. Um then also the benches would just create entertainment which would be nice for people to actually sit when there's bad weather. Um, and then throughout the whole pamphlet, it's just the project description and the benefits. Um, I feel like it would benefit the family and friends in the small room. And I would also decorate it to improve um more living space for others. Um, during the project, I would have to give a lot of leadership skills. Materials will be a cost. So, I'd have to give funding or anything to raise that money. Um, I would also need tools and
005other needs, possibly the excavator if I do the drainage underneath. Um, the costs, like I said before, will be funed um by the whole town um by GoFundMe and all those. Um, I will also do um a safety hazard list um before I actually do the project because I feel like it would just give a lot of um descriptions and all that to people. Um I also gave a list for the safety issues page of all the clothes and um equipment that are needed for when people start helping helping me with the project. And yeah, [Applause] very thorough. Great job. >> Thank you, Anthony. We're looking forward to seeing the finished project. I'll I'll give you a call probably Wednesday or Thursday this week. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Uh next up, we have our
006special group here this evening, as you can see, wearing their color yellow gold shirts, uh led by the coach, Mrs. Clay. Uh this is the Special Olympics USA games. This is an event held early this spring, I think early June, and we did wonderfully on it. So, Mrs. Dr. McQuade is going to make a brief little presentation, and we do have a couple certificates for some of our athletes. >> Yes. We're just going to transition real quick just to the screen behind you. So, while that's loading up, um, the Special Olympics USA games are pretty special. If you see from the slide, there's about 5,500 athletes and coaches from all over 50 states. The Caribbean is there. There's 20,000 volunteers that come together for this event. 125,000 spectators. It's on ESPN. It's a very large
007event. So, this is definitely high recognition for the athletes that um qualify to be able to compete at this level across other athletes across the nation. And it's a very very competitive arena to be able to compete. So we are as a board of education and administration we are super super proud to recognize two individuals who are joining us tonight and we appreciate that so very much. We have Michael McCloskkey who is a gold medalist I see wearing his medal tonight. leaders and we also have a bronze medalist who graduated from our very own West Milford High School and has presented to us on several times here and we're very proud of you Destiny in the bronze and that's Destiny Gary. [Applause] We are going to recognize you both separately, but I just wanted to
008give just brief clips just to be able to show everybody. And this is Destiny Gity is singing on this. This is a commercial that is nationally. Some of you may have seen this commercial. You may not have known it's Destiny, but it is her voice. And you'll get to see her appearance in here as well. So, just take a couple seconds and watch this. [Music] Oh shine. [Music] >> There are more than 200 million people with intellectual disabilities. Help them shine for all they can do. Support the Special Olympics USA Games by grabbing a jersey mic stop on Wednesday, March 30th, and 100% of sales will be donated. So, for Destiny, we as you can see here and Coach Clay's quote. Oh, sorry. Wait a minute. I just want to get Coach Clay's quote correct
009or she might you might get me on that. So she was able to shine both on and off the track. So Destiny, what comes to mind when we think of you is everything that you've accomplished both on the track as an athlete, but also obviously to the level of being in commercials singing and just have always pushing yourself to do, you know, better and bigger things. So you could see she was featured in the Jersey Mike commercial. She also was selected as the closing act. She was the only one in that video is incredible too, which some of you may have seen it. for singing amongst all those 125,000 people. Very incredible. This little light of mine, bronze medalist, you can see fifth in the 1500 meter fastest division. Competed in the relay at that
010USA level, second time on team New Jersey, and current um Special Olympics captain. So, we're very, very proud of you. So, Dr. Anowan's going to present you with a certificate. [Applause] Usually, u Mr. Mr. Winston, Mr. Novak does the pictures and I don't know if I could do the pictures multitasking. Would you mind? >> Thank you so much. >> The other athlete who we are recognizing tonight is Michael McCcluskey. And Michael, the quote that I, you know, we selected for you is every champion was once a contender that refused to give up. And when you watch the video of you from ESPN, you definitely did not give up. You were a champion. So, we are going to be, you know, looking at that, too. The other thing I just want to say about you is
011I think your your character says a lot about you. So in that picture you can see then the athlete that he beat and getting the gold. He's meeting with him right after and cheering him on which I think says a lot about our program the character and the students that we have here. So that says a lot about you Michael. You are a gold medalist in 1500 meter fastest division. You competed at the USA games in the turbo javelin and the four by 400 relay. You're also a captain which shows your leadership skills. you're on our high school track team currently, which we're very proud of you for. And I know Coach Clay wanted to also just recognize the work that um RD Jake has done at the high school coaching you along along obviously
012with with Coach Cla. So just congratulations. Before we then clap for you, I just want everybody to see the video because if you haven't seen it, it's pretty incredible. So that's going to be the next the next clip. Oh, right. Now, what you don't want to do is don't get up the inside. That's a card of sin in athletics. Make sure that you make that up and knock. [Applause] everyone. [Applause] >> Yes, you do. We want to give you a a certificate as well just recognizing your accomplishments. [Applause] fact that it's dark out. Sorry. I don't know. It's dark in here. >> Okay. Once the presentation's done, we'll take a quick picture with the light on. >> So, okay. >> You want to play again? >> Yes. thing I just wanted to say and I
013and I want to recognize is that a coach is someone that sees beyond your limits and guides you to greatness. So Michael Jordan quote I do want to say to coach claim a special thank you for all she does for the athletes of the entire community. I think everyone knows you're passionate, you're dedicated, you're determined to continue to make a difference in basically in every individual's life that you come across. And it was when I was trying to come up with a quote because that's a Dr. McQuade quote. I was trying to come up with what you know just the inclusivity that you've done for this community and look how big you've grown the the program but I know that it comes from a place of heart. So we just want to say thank you
014to that and you can tell from these pictures um just the love that that she has I think for being a coach. So just a thank you to you. I knew you would be here tonight. Um, and the other thing which I know Coach Clay would want us to do is that although she's the head coach for Special Olympics, you can clearly see here we have a lot of volunteers that help her and coach and you know spend time at o overnights for the New Jersey games. And I know that we just want to recognize because although tonight we did make it about you Michael and Destiny, we want to recognize the coaches that have pushed our athletes along along the way. And you can see there which is really we're proud of too. We
015now have unified coaches because we're expanding the board know we've been talking about this. They're supportive of it which we also really appreciate. The West Milford Special Olympics, you make us proud. You could see everybody walking in with their their medals. There's a lot of other students that are here with medals or not here with their medals competing in the New Jersey games. There are local competitions and we just want to recognize that we have a lot of athletes in West Milford that we're very very proud of. Um, I did provide the board with a list of everyone that received gold, silver, medal. You can see the list goes on as to all of the accomplishments that West Milford has even as far as the young athletes. Um, and I know we have a young
016athlete there tonight, too. So, we appreciate all of our athletes. And just a final quote from Special Olympics, just let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. And that's the part of the Special Olympics quote. So, I just want to say, you know, to everybody at the board, administration, and all our athletes and families, thank you for supporting Special Olympics, and thank you to our now recognized ESPN putting us on the map, both of you, nationally. So, thank you very much. Maybe um please me and Michael, can we just get a picture with you with Dr. >> Picture here? Winners. Thank you so much. >> Thank you guys for coming tonight. Everybody, >> congratulations. [Applause] Thank you very much. Thank you Dr. McQuade presentation. Thank you again to
017our athletes, coaches, uh parents, friends, volunteers, helpers. We do appreciate it. And the last item on the superintendent report this week is just a brief update on our legislative advocacy. We've discussed this the past few board meetings and I just want to update the board and the the rest of the community. Uh about a week and a half ago uh myself, Miss Francisco, Mr. Schultz, our assistant BA, and some board members, Mr. Vandike, Miss Wire, Miss O'Brien, we went down to see Assemblyman Barono, who is the newest assembly person from our legislative district at his offices in Montville Township. We discussed amongst other things the current funding formula for say tech the current S2 funding formula for the district amongst among some other issues uh of joint interest. Um we don't have uh exactly a
018response or uh a next steps but we do feel as though we could make some progress. He is looking into it with some other people. As you may well have read in the paper there's a massive state surplus this year. uh I guess you would say COVID money or whatever. So there's a lot of money yet to be spent and there are some legislators who were interested in seeing that money sent back to school districts that were cut by the new funding program. Uh they have this money and they don't know what to do with it. Um a reasonable compromise or a reasonable solution would be to send that money to the west, the verdicts, the Jeffersons, all the towns in this part of the state that have had crippling cuts in state aid. So,
019um, more to follow on that. Um, I just want to send a a brief update. >> Dr. Thank you, Dr. Anna. Um, Mr. Novak's not here tonight. There's no report for that. Uh, >> Dr. Emma, do you have a report for for um Mr. Novak? >> I do not know. >> Uh, Mrs. Francisco. Uh yes, we have the minutes from the June 16th uh board of education meeting and the uh regular meeting and the executive session. >> I need a motion to approve the minutes. Motion to approve the following board of education meeting minutes. June 16, 2022 workshop regular meeting June 16, 2022 session. >> Second. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. under my report. I was just going to also say that we went to see Assemblyman Barco.
020Um I feel like that there really wasn't much discussion as far as PCTI. He I think we can agree that that's not a fight that that gentleman will be picking up. But he did have some he did have some interest in the money that is sitting e you know the the uh extra money that's sitting there from the ESRE fund that they're trying to find a way back to help the districts that lost a lot of money. Um so hopefully they will be able to do something with it as far as that. That's all I that's the only report I have as far as the president's report tonight. Um public comment. This portion of the meeting is open to members of the public for the purpose of addressing resolutions on this agenda only. Members of
021the public who have requested to speak prior to the meeting will be recognized by the chair first. Each speaker will be given 5 minutes for a period of 30 minutes and then time permitting other public comment limited to 5 minutes per speaker will be allowed until the 30 minute time period transpires. All members of the public speaking during this public comment period are asked to address topics listed in the agenda. All speakers are asked to sign the register provided and give their full name, spell their last name, group affiliation if appropriate, and provide their address. Issues raised by members of the public may or may not be responded to by the board. All comments will be considered and a response will be forthcoming if and when appropriate. The board asks that members of the public
022be courteous and respectful of the rights of other individuals misspeaking. Specifically, comments regarding students and employees of the board are discouraged, and the board and the administration will not respond to them. Students and employees have specific legal rights afforded to them by the laws of New Jersey. The board is not responsible and is not liable for any comments made by members of the public. Members of the public should consider their comments in the light of the legal rights of those affected or identified in their comments. Members of the public are reminded that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments. Anyone wishing to speaking under public comment? No. Oh, come on up. [Music] Sorry, I wrote a speech to just say like thank you. >> Oh, go right ahead. >> I'm a little nervous.
023>> We should have let you stand up. >> Don't you nervous? We're happy to see you. >> You can see it. No thanks. >> It might go over five minutes and then they g you seen it. >> Now, now this is a different one. >> All right. Hi everyone. Thank you all for coming out this evening. It really means a lot to us. This has been top down the best year for me. I never thought in a million years that I would be a part of a worldwide commercial that would raise over $20 million or be chosen to sing at the closing ceremonies in front of the whole United States. But there is a reason why I'm standing here right now tonight and telling my incredible journey and that's because of my family and friends
024and of course WMSO. You guys are the reason why I do what I do and I want to thank you for that. But I wanted to talk about Coach Clay. Not only my coach, but she was my teacher and now mentor. And let me And let me tell you guys, when I was in Maple Road, she was hands down so tough on me. And I thought, okay, this lady's literally out to get me. took a turn. >> But looking at it now as an adult, I see why she did that. Clay knew that I had something in me that I never thought I had. And I think that's why I make things happen today. I want to thank you for always pushing me to be my best. And I say this all the time to
025you, but you literally changed my life. You're the reason why I can do anything I put my mind to. and also the reason that I am the reason why I am the confident woman I am today. And the last thing I wanted to say is how lucky I am that I get to be a part of a community that has so much kindness and inclusion. And I think we should continue to do that so we can change the world one step at a time. I don't know what's next for me, but I hope I continue to make West Milford proud. Thank you. And I appreciate you just can you frame that and give that to her because that will be her prize. >> I don't have to um you know print my name. >> No,
026you're going to know you. >> We'll make your parents do that. >> No, no, no. He can do it himself. >> Exactly. First, I would love to thank Dr. Anamon and Dr. McQuade for the lovely presentation that took place tonight, Mr. Novak, who isn't here, and the rest of the members of the board um for this award tonight. I would also like to thank the teachers and coaches who have supported us during this journey. These medals are not only for us, but also for our town. I've been a part of Special Olympics for 9 years, and those nine years are years I would never change. These um those nine years of hard work and dedication build confidence in me to try other sports at a level I never thought I could reach like varsity bowling
027and varsity skiing. Being in high school cross country with some of the best teammates and coaches that I could ever ask for. 9 years of making lots of new friends all over the state of New Jersey and gave me the adrenaline I needed to rise up. I'm gonna start that over. Nine years of making lots of new friends all over the state of New Jersey and gave me the adrenaline I needed to rise up to the top of the New England. Living my dream and capturing the gold in the 1500 meter race. I want to thank all my coaches from team New Jersey and in high school who helped me train, but especially Coach Cla who pushed me more than anyone else during these nine years. I promised her I would bring home gold and
028here I am today as one of her new team captains of Westminer Special Olympics. Thank you again and hopefully the next place my mom and dad will be screaming at the top of their name at the top of their lungs. Um it's Berlin, Germany. And I will be representing you guys in red, white, and blue. [Applause] Destiny and Michael, you make us West Moer proud. Thank you very much. >> Anyone else wishing to speak publicly? Great. So, we're going to be talking a little bit about the dress code. >> Could you Could you just give us your names? >> Rebecca Benowitz. B N O W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
029W W W W W W W W W I T. >> You can sign all that when you're done. Have that, but just let us know your name so you >> Okay. I'm Grisi. >> I'm um so we were told that you guys made some revisions to our written down dress code. um based on what we as a student class have done. And I was just wondering if we could hear those revisions so we can react to them a little bit. They're they're in the policy code that we're about to print tonight. Uh approve tonight. Um we can get you a copy of it. It's just the first reading. Um if you'd like, do you have a copy? >> I I don't have a copy. We usually post on our website. >> Okay. >> I'll
030make sure it's on first if it isn't there already. If you want to give you a copy, >> it is the first reading. Um the second reading will be in August. So if there's something in there that you want to make a comment on, you will be able to come before us again before the to discuss it if you'd like. If you have other issues as far as that, you could always reach out to Dr. Ano. >> Okay, great. And the second reading that's happening in August is that you'll want to finalize and then print. >> Yes. >> Great. So, we'll look over this and we'll get back to you. >> Thank you so much. >> Now, you're Did you get their names, Barb? We're fine. >> Thank you so much. >> Before the end
031of the meeting, if you could just come up and just sign that, okay, so that we know who is here. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak? If not, I'd like to make a motion to close public comments. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> All right. Just want to make one edit to the agenda before we uh adopt the agenda. It'll be on page six. Personnel Student Affairs Resolution number 14 in the middle line where it says at the perdeium rate of 200 if you can strike that through it should say degree and at the annual salary of 56,000 comma $800 and in parenthesis and it's going to say BA/2 that's BA step two >> number 14 14. >> Anything else on the agenda? >> Um, I need a motion to
032adopt the agenda as presented. >> Make a motion to adopt the agenda as presented as well as the hands. I need a second. >> Second. >> Can I ask for the revision one more time? I'm really sorry. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> No, that's okay. It's okay to >> say two. I got that. I just lost the numbers. >> 5600. >> Thank you. >> Sorry. >> Um, all those in favor? >> I education. Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. I'd like to move items one through six for approval. >> Second. Any discussion? If not, roll. >> Mrs. Dwer, >> yes. >> Mr. Greeno, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stevenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Stillman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Mrs. Slwood. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Conklin, >> yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> yes. >>
033Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Mr. Guino, personnel, student affairs, please. >> So, for personnel and student affairs, I'd like to move um items 1 through 28, which does include uh hand carry number one. >> Second. Any roll for any discussion? If not roller >> abstain on 21 and then yes to all of >> Mr. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stevenson. No on hand carry number one and yes to everything else. Mrs. Laughlin, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo seeing on 21. Yes. On everything else. Mr. Conlin, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwer, >> yes. >> Mr. Stillman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. Operations and finance are Mr. S. Move 1 through 13. Second >> discussion. >> If not, roll. >> Mr. Stillman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stevenson, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood, >>
034yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Greeno. >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Conform. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van. >> Yes. >> Move. >> Second. >> Discussion. I I already >> Yeah, but um board has to approve everyone else's. >> Yeah, >> it's a group break. >> I just wanted to make sure. >> I didn't want you to expect me either. I'll be teaching you. >> Well, maybe you can escape. >> Not a personal. Sorry. >> If not, then uh roll call >> Mr. Con. >> You have to think for yourself. Okay. Yeah, we should have been clear. >> You abstain for yourself and then you can vote for the rest. >> Okay, this is abstain for myself. Yes, for everyone else. Mr. Green, >> stay
035for myself. Um, no for um Stevenson and yes, >> would you like to include that? >> Sure. >> Oh, that'd be great. Mr. Garina, Mrs. Lley, >> I have for myself and yes for everyone else. >> I don't know what to do. >> Hey, I'm your neighbor. >> Abstain myself. Yes. Mrs. Romeo, abstain for Kate Romeo. Yes to everyone else. Mrs. Stevenson. Abstain for myself. No for Rino and yes for everybody else. >> Mr. Still, >> I'm glad we're laughing. >> Myself, yes for everyone else. >> Mrs. abstain for myself. Yes for everyone else. >> That wasn't funny. She said no to you. >> I was thinking about saying no there for a minute. I was going to say no for everybody else. That would have been that would have been a moment ago. >>
036I'd like to move number 15. >> Second. >> Okay. Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Mr. Stillman. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stevenson? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Lord? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire? >> Yes. >> Mr. Greeno? >> Abstain. >> Mrs. O'Brien? >> Yes. >> Mr. Conklin? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo? >> Abstain. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Abstain. like the vote 16 through 21. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Mr. Stillman. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Stevenson. >> Yes. >> Mr. Greeno. >> Yes. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mrs. Lockwood. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Conor. >> Yes. This is >> Yes. >> policy on this is >> there's a Oh, I'm sorry. But I that >> Okay, we're we're keeping that
037one for after executive session. Is that >> We have to move it. Okay. >> Go ahead, Jeff. >> Um number 22. >> You maybe you move it and then we'll table it. You're moving it. Okay. Go ahead. >> So, I'd like to make a motion to hold that executive session. >> Second discussed last meeting. >> Still didn't hold. >> Okay. That's fine. Um, so, uh, table it until after executive session. >> Yes. >> We need a roll call or just a voice on that voice. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> Any opposed? Okay. So, we'll hold that out until we come back from executive discussion. Policy. >> I'd like to make a motion to move numbers one through 28 under policy. >> Second. Any discussion? I >> Okay. Um there is a HIP policy.
038I forget what number it is on here. Um, but I would just like to request because this board has worked so hard in getting HIPS right and Alex, I think that's >> really to your um kudos to you for really all the work that you've done with the board and and making the HIPS better. Um, I'd like to request that that policy is in the September orientation for all teachers so that they're very clear on that policy and know that this board very has worked very hard and would like to continue to hold that policy in high esteem. >> Any other discussions under the policy? >> If you have something, Kate, >> I do. Yeah. If one of Even though this is a first reading, if one of these was voted no tonight, then it
039would go to a first reading in August possibly. >> Well, wait a minute. >> Go back to committee, I would think. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Cuz if it was uh not approved, we'd have to make amendments, >> which it could go to committee anyway. >> Could always go >> before a second meeting. >> Correct. >> Okay. because I I do I am curious what the students would like to add or what they are their opinion on the dress coding and it's actually called dress and grooming policy. Um I'm a real believer that in you know if our students can help to shape what it is that affects their lives every single day and it matters to them then they'd be more likely to follow it. And I I know that you know dress
040codes are an issue in local high schools. So, I I would I'm excited to hear what the, you know, recommendations are from the student body. Um, so I am just going to vote no on probably tonight for that reason. Um, because I want to make sure that student input is brought into that. >> Can we clear? It is number 17. It is titled dress code. It is not dressing grooming. That is for staff and support staff. That's what you Okay. I just want to make sure. >> Yeah, I would have said that's what I want to bring to >> we we can table it or it can go for the first reading and we can talk about it and and that's what the first reading is for is so that >> it it kind of
041initiates that discussion from other places other than the board. >> Okay. So, >> but we can table it. We can do whatever you want. But we have >> the other thing just to keep in mind if I can just add it um the first reading is tonight. The second rating would be August so that it could be implemented for September. I just don't want to hold it if >> Okay, that actually makes sense. >> Yeah. >> Otherwise, we'll have August September. >> Correct. >> And after the first reading, we can make revisions and then have the second reading. >> Okay, >> that's the idea of it. >> Then I will vote yes then. And then the idea is that I'm going to look at it. >> Um I have one other thing also besides that.
042But I have two other things. One is please I I was so thankful to get a packet today for I I had a really hard time with the policies. They normally come stapled. So I am a mess in my policies. That's why thank you for pointing out it's number 12. I literally had this all over the living room floor and I'm trying to figure out what goes with what. So um >> we'll definitely >> I need without it was a mess for me today. The the second one that I want to talk about is um policy number 7410 um called maintenance and repair. >> My first question is is this new >> number 24? >> It's a number 25. >> Yeah, that was part of the ones that came in the packet for the >>
043Oh, it's 24. >> I'll have I'll have to check in the top corner of the policy case. I don't have it in front of me. It's going to say new or revised. I don't have any >> one messaging with letters. It says new or revised. Okay. >> Um just because I I'm excited if this is new and if this is old either way, I'm excited to see this in the future. It says that a comprehensive maintenance plan means that a school district's multi-year maintenance plan covering required maintenance activities for each school facility in the school district. Um, and it goes on to say that required maintenance activities include those outlined in the state code. Um, and that the school facility shall report the activities in its annual comprehensive maintenance plan. So, that's something that I'm
044just interested in seeing like what our yearly plan is for the upcoming future. >> We have a long range facility plan. >> Okay. So, that's what this would be discussing. That's what I wasn't sure. >> Yeah. Um, the facilities maintenance plan. We have to have a a long range facility plan that's approved by the state of New Jersey. It has updates on a a regular basis and uh anytime we do a major project, it gets updated. We also have a comprehensive maintenance plan which requires a um maintenance program where we spend uh so much money every year on required maintenance so that we maintain the buildings properly. So that's been ongoing for about 15 years that I could remember at least if not longer. Great. Thank you. >> This uh policy was originally adopted April
045of 2012, so this revision. >> Thank you. >> Is there any other discussions under policy? >> If not, roll. >> Mrs. Stevenson, >> yes. >> Mr. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Conklin, >> yes. >> Mr. Stillman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood, >> yes. >> Mrs. Yes on everything. No on number 17. >> Mr. Greeno. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Committee reports. I don't know how many committees are meeting. Mike, did you >> have >> Boy, they really haven't had one in a while. >> Safety. We don't meet during the summer. student superintendent round table doesn't meet during the summer. State county school boards doesn't meet during the summer. New Jersey school boards, the only update would be that the information went out for for um workshop.
046Hopefully everybody could go even if they could go for one day, it would be wonderful because it's finally back to in person and you get much more out of it if you're there in person. So, um legislative Mrs. O'Brien. Oh, there was somebody that met over the summer right now. And it's on June 29th, the New Jersey legislature held voting sessions that led the state financial year 2023 appropriations and various educational measures to the governor's desk. Uh, Governor Murphy signed the uh fiscal year 23 appropriations act on Thursday, June 30th. The budget for the year that be that began to July 1st provides a total of $18.60 6 billion to the New Jersey Department of Education, which is a 3% increase over last year. Um, two things I'd just like to highlight to the um
047board and to the community that $30 million in stabilization aid designed to assist districts in implementing plans to adjust to their new funding levels under S2 was part of this as well as $420 million in extra extraordinary special education cost aid. In addition to the state budget, the governor also signed the following measures into law. I have mentioned these over last few meetings, so I'm just going to go through them real briefly. The New Jersey graduation proficiency assessment as a field test for the class of 2023 uh was signed in by the governor on July 5th. This requires the state board of education to administer the new New Jersey graduation proficiency assessment as a field test for the class of 2023. The goal of the legisl legislation is to better understand the extent and severity
048of learning loss among its students and develop graduation assessments that are not only realistic and achievable but appropriately rigorous. Both chambers of the legisl legislator legislature have now approved this bill and is now waiting um action by the governor and that's the free school meal uh expansion which they're expanding free breakfast and lunches to students from workingclass middle families and if the governor signs it the bill will go into effect September 1st 2023 eliminating EDTPA which would prohibit the state board of education from requiring the completion of Commissioner of Education approved performance-based assessment as a requirement for teacher certification. It would remove this requirement for the obtainment of a certifi of a certificate of eligibility with advanced standing, a certificate of eligibility or standard certificate. Education educator preparation programs would have the option to require
049their teacher candidates to complete a performance-based assessment approved by an educator preparation program. Two other things, publicize school meals. Uh they want to implement a public education campaign that is designed to educate parents and guardians about the various school meal programs options that are available to students um with free and reduced lunches. And school threat assessment team would require each school district and charter schools to develop a policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team at each school. The purpose of the team would be to help ensure a safe and secure school environment by assisting staff in identifying students who possess posess pose a potential safety risk and preventing targeted violence in the district. >> Thank you. >> That was a lot, right? >> Well, that I got five pages down to a page.
050So I guess they're busy in right before the summer right before they break they voted on everything. I hope August is quiet. >> It probably will be. >> Thank you, Debbie. Walk uh technology. >> Uh we have not met yet on vacation either conflict or anything. >> Everything's moving ahead with the phone system. I think the phone system and the uh website are the two big ticket items that we won't >> hopefully we collect them to switch out. >> So hopefully August will our August meeting will >> Robert there have something going forward >> uh township and uh the joint committee. >> We had a cancelled meeting. Um the township council cancelled the meeting but it's rescheduled for August. Yeah, I think it went out for the committee members. Um the third is it was
051for the fifth and that's not going to work. Um right because um the um township administrator is going to be away. So we're actually looking toward um the end of August >> like the 19th that Friday. Uh does that work for that? >> We were going to put out uh the 19th to them. >> If it works for you, Ray, and for you, Terry, but then we'll move forward. >> Yeah, we have a technology committee meeting that that morning. >> That's the problem. So maybe we could just put that at 10:00 if you have the time. >> That's good. Okay. >> Okay. All right. >> West Milford on the municipal line. Courtney, >> um there have not been meetings for the month of July and August, but there is still a lot going on at
052in the West Milford Municipal Alliance that we've been updated um about via email. Um we want to thank the United thanks to United for Prevention in Pique County, the board of education has received smoke-free signs for our schools, school property, and for the West Milford Parks and Recreation. Also in collaboration with United for Prevention in Vet County and our director of education Dan Novak, the program we're not buying it will be offered to our sixth grade students in the 2022 2023 school year at no cost to the district or the alliance. The second national night out is on Tuesday, August 2nd at Bubbling Springs. This nationwide event is to bring together law enforcement and the community. The alliance will have a table there. It is free for everyone and the alliance hopes to see everyone
053there. Thank you. I recommend they go because last year I think it was our first year and it looked like it really had a good turnout. People are always looking for places to go and that's a great uh special education. Uh Mrs. Lockwood. >> Okay. Old business. Anyone have anything under old business? Mr. So just wondering about update on Kilg they're going to start working on July 1st. >> So they're working on it now. They stripped the infield down to the however how much clay they took out. We ordered 2 million pounds of infield mix. Waiting on that to be delivered. And that's the next step is to get that infield created uh get that lip removed from the infield to the outfield. >> And are they just doing the infield >> this year? Infield
054this year, outfield next year. >> So then the field can be used in the fall. >> Uh >> we're not doing anything on the outfield. >> The outfield is being used by field hockey in the fall. >> Right. Baseball field camping. >> Baseball also plays there >> on the on the outfield. Why couldn't the infield be used if they're just putting new play? >> It's taken apart. The infield's been >> They're not going to put new clay down. >> Well, we have a delay in getting it. >> Well, I mean, now, but in the like the fall of September, right? >> It depends on how fast they get it done. >> So, it was ordered. >> It's been ordered, but I think there's a three or four week backlog. >> Okay. So if if it
055was ordered probably on or before July 1st, >> couple weeks ago, yeah, >> then it would probably go in sometime in August, right? >> I would think so. Possibly. >> So it could be used in the fall. >> Possibly. Possibly. Possibly. >> I mean, because there would be there's going to be three or four teams that will have their comprised of seventh and eighth graders that it would be good for them to be able to play fall baseball there instead of playing away. The idea was they were going to play away because we thought there was going to be more work done. >> Yeah. Splitting up the infield one year outfield next year. >> Yeah. So, I think it'd be good to be able to play. Now, next year it's a different story, right? Cuz
056you you got to you got to get the outfield some rest. >> So, next year they're going to top dress they're going to regrade and top dress the outfield. So, that's going to be a process over 8 10 weeks maybe. going to add keep adding 2 in of top soil at a time to get uh to build it up a little bit. So, I don't know that you're going to be able to play on that for a while. >> I would say summer wouldn't play in the fall. >> Probably not next year. >> So, so it' be good to know. It'd be good that they'll be able to do it this year and then they can know to prepare. Like this is a year in advance. We can know to prepare. >> Yeah. Well, we
057had similar conversations last year. We give everybody a year to prepare and we're just >> breaking it up into two two minutes work chunks maybe. >> Yeah. >> Rather than doing it all at once. >> And this is all I'm asking all these questions cuz it's all good news because I don't know if if people know but the 12y old Westn for 12 year olds. Um they won the district 2 championship which basically comprised mostly state county teams. uh and they play tomorrow in Sparta for the sectional final. So, uh should they be successful um you know then they will play uh in the state tournament and you know that hasn't happened in quite some time for our West Milford baseball program. So that's exciting and the and the thing that's even more exciting is
058the state tournament uh this year is going to be played in the Quanic. So, it's like we should be able to get some big crowds should we be successful in uh in winning tomorrow or if we lose tomorrow the next game. So, exciting for >> double elimination. >> Exciting for those 12-year-old boys. It is baseball is double elimination. So, >> and um you know they've won all through so >> they they've got a a game that >> they want to win tomorrow. big big uh following on Facebook about it. So, it's >> great. It's always wonderful when we see our kids doing well like that. >> And these are again, these are the 12 year olds. So, >> 6 8 years, they're going to be the ones that are going to be the juniors and
059seniors and playing varsity baseball. And be great to see that field become a premier baseball camping. It's also connected to sports and not really, but we are finally paving the gravel lot that's adjacent to Macin just off and DO. So, we are picking up some spots there, making it a lot more convenient. We've always had a hodgepodge of people parked sideways, diagonal ways, any which way you could imagine. So, we're finally, we've been looking at that for years and we finally getting it done now. So, it's being graded as we speak and it should be paid very shortly. So, I do feel like this is this is my homage to Greg Bailey. I figured I'd come with full West Mer. >> You fall asleep, you're in trouble. >> Jay wore a hat. >> Yeah, he
060usually took his hat. >> I have a couple things. While we're on that parking lot, um who's who's doing a paving on that parking lot? >> How did we get that contract? >> Contract. It goes through the cooperative. We don't go down to uh I I believe it's Murray Paving. They've done other paving projects for us. >> I was just wondering why that something like that we wouldn't send out knowing that we have a lot of paving contractors in Westfield. In fact, we probably you know wouldn't mind donating a little bit or so. There's about seven or eight of them. um in order to go out to bid you would need to um have the engineer draw of the specifications and you would it would it would be a lot more hus it goes to
061the cooperative. So they you you basically give them the size of or they come out and measure out the size of what needs to be paid and then they give you a a price based upon what was approved by the co-op. >> Right. But what I'm saying is there was materials brought in for each parking lot. So pitch to a certain spot who designed that we would have to get it engineered. who engineered it for them because there was all stakes and certainly >> I don't think I I know that they had to take out some of the the rock that was already there. >> Yeah, there was triac and stuff in up there last two days. >> I was just curious why we didn't send something like that out to No, we have a
062lot of pavement contractors that want to open. He is a cooperative. That's my >> Okay. Terry, then I'll come back to you because >> this is on. >> It's on that. Okay. Go ahead. >> So, in the past when we did paving, we had Haskell paving. >> They were a subcontractctor. >> I was going to say, were they on the state? >> They were. were a subcontractor for the um furry paving who is on the cooperative use paving as a subcontractor >> cuz they can also if they have a lot of work they can subcontract out >> okay I I just have a concern um Fourth of July we went through the fireworks and enjoyed them and there's the area that walkway between the high school and the senior parking That is a mess and
063I think it's very dangerous and I was wondering if we could do something there. It's a very small piece but I'm afraid that it is >> it has ters in there now doesn't it? >> Some parts of it do some parts of it don't. It's a disaster. >> We can look into it. We've talked about it in the past. >> Okay. Thank you >> Jay and then I'll come back to you Courtney. So, while I'm going back to the maintenance of the schools and stuff, you know, like I said, driving around, I mean, we did the Marshall Hill fence. I was on the recory when that happened, >> but we didn't finish the rest of it. The rest of it is jagged, rusted. You need a techn shop to walk past the gate. >> I'm
064sorry. >> It's not just that. I mean, the backboards of the basketball put brand new nets on these old rusted up backboards behind the high school. But we have elementary schools that bring them backwards. So I know we can get them because they're the same backwards. I mean there's a big pornographic thing painted on two walls or two times at Hillrest. I mean that's still a building of wars that you know that stuff needs to be cleaned up and taken care of. There was a basketball court behind the high school, but it's >> there's four basketball hoops back there back. They're all rusted in, but we put brand new nets on them and fast break is using them right now. >> We can definitely get new backboards. >> Well, I don't know. I mean, just
065even if we painted them before, we had a bunch of kids going out there, you know, take a little pride in the stuff that we have. If we don't take pride in it, the kids playing on it. >> Yeah. But you said something about Hillrest. >> Hillrest has two big brothers on the side on the walls. >> Oh, side of the building. >> Yeah, I can see it. >> Oh, yeah. >> That's something that could easily be fixed. I probably would have cleaner for that. >> Courtney, you had something? >> Yeah. Um Terry reminded me we had brought up and talked um before in old business once before too about the crosswalk from the senior parking lot to Napin and how that's a little bit of a safety issue too because it it goes behind
066and goes behind. If it were just straight and just at the shortest part from like the flag pole, I think it would be a lot safer than going diagonal. Um, it's just something else that I think add to your list to to look at if we're making a list because it's dangerous. We've talked about it before. Anything else under opens? If not, make a motion to close all business. Second. >> All those in favor? I >> new business. Anything? Okay. We have that big field up behind the tennis courts, I believe, and the track. I drove up there. That's just dumping ground. Is there anything that we can do with that up there? I mean, if we made that parking and more handicap accessible to track and it gives you more parking cuz you got
067a lot of, you know, other than the new parking lot and that one is ste there's no other parking for any one of them three fields. >> Isn't the handicap? Maybe I'm wrong up there. >> You got a couple slots up top for officials. >> It's really not enough for That's for officials. >> Officials and handicap. Do the official not park inside the field? Like isn't there like there used to be like an area >> once you go to that last little bump there's official parking and handicap parking. We don't allow general public parking on there. >> Yeah. So haven't >> But up where they used to set up fireworks up there we got that's a big we're using it as a dumping ground. >> Is that where the concrete is from the old project?
068>> Yep. And piles of clay piles of dirt. All done. >> Where is it? Is this behind the tennis court? Like up that little If you go up behind >> the BMX dump. >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I I couldn't figure out where you were talking about that. There's >> Could someone explain the um dumping? >> Well, you don't mean it's dumping. You mean they're putting like old >> from all from us? Yes. Any projects we've done or contract >> that happened like in the early 2000s that stuff has been up there since Fresh pile of stuff up there now. >> fresh pile dumped up there now. >> Well, maybe Chris needs to look at that. >> I know that we talked about that many many years ago about doing something up there, but I
069think it's the Isn't that why the even the the BMX people had some questions about that? >> The BMX people wanted to use it, but we never got back to them. >> No, they never got back to us. We did follow up with the BMX people, >> right? And then That's true. >> Yeah, that that was >> they were looking to raise money, I believe, the BMX people. >> Um, but anyhow, isn't Wasn't there with the rock? >> Did the BMX people email you? >> Not recently. >> No, no, the very last correspondence with the BMX people >> about three years ago. >> They have a name, too. They presented to us. Um, it's a family, the Debecu. So, um, would you be able to reach out to them? uh for the board and see
070if they're still interested if it's something. Have we finished that conversation and they said they're no longer interested or >> they were looking for funding I thought was the last conversation that was supposed to get back to us. >> Part of the issue was they wanted a long-term lease on the property and that becomes problematic with um we we have a problem. We just can't lease it out to one individual without offering it out there. >> So it's becomes problematic. >> I'm just saying if we can maintain keep it clean. I mean >> you drive up there if I was a landscaper drove up there and saw it I would get dump my stuff there cuz that's what you think it was. >> The gate wasn't locked. Nope. There's a first pile up there. >>
071Show me a picture of >> park. It's got parks. >> Oh my goodness. >> Just like the pilot. They built this park. I'm not down here. That's big. >> That might be some of the might back and forth. >> It might be the old clay they just scraped down gi took it down a couple inches. We'll we'll take a spin up there. >> I didn't even know you could drive that, >> huh? Are you going to leave it there? I didn't even know you could drive back there to be honest with you. I thought that there was a gate there that a chain that you can't get there. >> Yeah, I didn't know that. >> Probably not a good idea to be unlocked. >> Any other Oh, new business underground new business. If not, we
072need a motion. Motion to close new business. Second. >> All those in favor? All right. >> Any oppose? Okay. Um, public comment. This portion of the meeting is open to members of the public having a legitimate interest in the actions of the board for the purpose of addressing any subject matter pertinent to and or directly relating to the operation of the West Milford Public Schools District. Members of the public who have requested to speak prior to the meeting will be recognized by the chair first. Each speaker will be given five minutes for a period of 30 minutes. Then time permitting other public comment limited to five minutes per speaker will be allowed until the 30 minute time period transpires. All members are asked to sign the reg register provided and give their full name, spell
073their last name, group affiliation if appropriate, and provide their address. Issues raised by members of the public may or may not be responded to by the board. All comments will be considered and a response will be forthcoming if and when appropriate. The board asks members of the public be courteous and respectful of the rights of other individuals when speaking. Specifically, comments regarding students and employees of the board are discouraged and the board and the administration will not respond to them. Students and employees have specific legal rights afforded to them by the laws of New Jersey. The board is not responsible and is not liable for any comments made by members of the public. Members of the public should consider their comments in light of the legal rights of those affected or identified in their comments.
074Members of the public are reminded that they are legally responsible and liable for their comments. Anyone wishing to speak under public comment, come on up, please. And you can sign your up there. Gotcha. Do you want our names again? >> Yeah, your names are there, right? >> Okay. So, we did a little over what you gave us. And to start, I would just like to thank everybody for being so open and um cooperative is the wrong word, but like just accepted of everything that we've been trying to do the long road. Um so, everything seems to be pretty much perfect. It's exactly word for word what we've given you as a student body about what we would like to see in the high school and especially in the middle school. Um so again, just thank
075you. It's really nice to see all of our hard work has come to like this big finale and it's really really going to pay off. We're we're glad to see that you put the work in and we're that's what we're here for is to hear from you and get your input and and as a board we took it and listen Mrs. Stevenson brought it to our policy and we were very open to hearing about what you had. >> Thank you. >> Um on behalf of the women's equality and empowerment club which newly founded this year again we thank you. Um, we just had a couple of like comments and questions about specifically the last two points after the actual dress code. So, the ones about detention and the district um code of conduct. So our
076first point like our first like something we discussed together as a club was that um dress code would be handed handled in like more of a like discreet manner and less as like a straight up discipline thing because we saw that like if this dress code was implemented then it would be a bigger issue than um like like a late or something like that because clearly this something's lacking in the student's life or for example number seven they're promoting some type of hate speech told us and all that type of stuff. So, we were wondering if because many students have addressed and brought up to us that they've been pulled up in like the front of the classroom and called out on these things um on like their dress code and address um violations. So,
077we were just wondering if it could be addressed in a discrete manner and redirected to like a guidance counselor or case manager um in addition to maybe like some type of um action like and speaking with the teacher and that type of thing. So we just had a comment about that. And then our other comment was about the last point. We just wanted clarification about the part that it says any number that makes other students uncomfortable are encouraged to participate in counseling regarding the nature of their actions. Um because we understand that obviously number seven if students are in violation of number seven they should be encouraged to have some type of discussion. But we were just wondering like where the students input would fall in that point. So, the reason we did that is
078we said we were thinking about the teachers and we were thinking that teachers might be uncomfortable with some of the dress code um for a student and that's where that came from that it wasn't just a teacher that had uh religious or or hate speech. It could be something else that might make a teacher uncomfortable. >> Oh, okay. So, that's related to number seven. That makes a lot. Okay. That makes sense. >> Or any of it. or any of any of it. >> All right. Um just on that point really quick, um if it's making a teacher uncomfortable, um if a student is in violation of any of the points of the dress code, that's a separate issue. They are fully in violation of another point. Um I just don't I just need a little
079bit more clarification on if the teacher's uncomfortable that kind of um encourages is the wrong word, but it's the only one I can think of at the moment. encourages the like a teacher feeling like they can look at a student's body in a way that would make them feel uncomfortable. Um, if a student is in violation of one of the other points besides the uh racial and hate speech and all that, um, again, that's against the dress code, so it's like it's a thing. If a teacher feels uncomfortable, I really feel like that's a personal issue, for lack of a better phrase. um teachers should not be looking at students in that way. Um >> I I think it was just clarification for the teachers, but I understand your point that if it's they're violating
080the dress code, they're violating the dress code. So, we'll take it back to policy and committee and discuss it further. >> Great. Thank you. Thank you so much. >> Um just one last thing. Sorry. Um we wanted to add to it that dress code violations are addressed by the end of second period. Um, as a whole, we've had students come up to us and tell us that they were dress coded multiple times in one day by different teachers at different periods throughout the day. Like, for example, a student will get dress coded maybe in first or second period. Um, originally they would go down to Mr. Flair's office or Mr. Try and they would send them back to class, you're fine, whatever. And then later in the day, usually sixth or seventh period, maybe even
0818, another teacher would comment and dress code them. Um, by that point in the day, if another teacher hasn't already dresscoded them or sees an issue in their clothing, I feel as though addressing it so late in the day, it's kind of a loot point, um, you can't really do much by then if somebody else hasn't already seen an issue in it. So, I was just wondering if >> that could be added to the discussion any um, and I think we I think that was it that we had. Um, I just wanted to ask if anybody else had any like questions for us regarding any of these points. Um, we've been working on it for a long time. So, I just want to make sure everybody's like super clear. Maybe we ask questions. >> Sure.
082Go ahead. Thank you. All right. So, I go to school and I'm wearing something inappropriate. >> Okay. First period, they they what? What's the expression? They >> Okay. Then they said and then I would end up going to Mr. Polo's office or something. What happen give walk me through the steps. What happens when you go to the office and >> and and like do they ask you to like is there a if it's if it's a shirt you wear a different shirt? Do you get do you have to call home and have another outfit? >> Turn it inside out. >> What do you what's what is there? Um, for me personally, I was asked to go put on a gym shirt or a sweatshirt and if I didn't have one, then they would get one
083for me or something like that or I would just have a detention. >> Okay. Is that is that the usual process? >> Yeah, unless it was like a hate crime shirt or something that was extremely offensive, then it would become a bigger problem. In what way? >> Um, I I personally wasn't wearing like anything. >> No, no, I'm But if I was wearing a If I was wearing a shirt in in in that caliber, okay, >> I of course I would assume they would make me want to change that shirt. Correct. >> Yes. >> Or what's what's the other So, what's the >> I'm sure they would call a parent probably and ask to bring another shirt or Yeah. change those shirts. I mean, part of the reason that we added so much about that
084specific point in our revised dress code was that there wasn't much about it in our current dress code. Um, so again, none of us have ever had that um issue that we have to be addressed about it. >> But um there just wasn't much about it. So I don't know if any if too much was done besides the can you call the sweatshirt. >> Now, here's the reason why I asked this. And I'm not I'm I'm not out to put anybody in the peripherial hot seat. Okay. You had just said to us that if if you were if if you were if you had a teacher >> coach you got my brain >> a teacher coach you second period and then a teacher coach you in seventh period. If you had changed your shirt in
085second period why would you have be coded seventh period? And that's why that's why the I'm having uh the logistics in my head are not adding up. Um the issue was that many of the teachers had like different um variations of their own interpretations of the actual dress code. So like one teacher would see one point in the dress code and like um dress code a student in a certain way that was like to their own opinion. So, I feel like we're we're limiting the teachers to be able to dress code students strictly based on the guidelines rather than their own interpretations. So, if like the teachers follow this dress code strictly, it won't allow room for interpretations because specific it is. >> Yeah. If you're if your shirt if you if you're if I
086was wearing a shirt that needed to be changed and I did it in second period and I shouldn't have been coded later in the day. Correct. So, that's that's something. So, this is different. This is more of an interpret interpretive component >> versus something that's plain. >> Yeah. >> In in changing the code, right? >> It's pretty ex I I think when you look at the the policy, it's pretty clear what the code is. So, a a teacher if a teacher had a problem and it goes against what's in the policy, >> then it clearly what would happen. I would be I I would hope that the principal and the vice principal would follow our policy because that's what we're supposed to do. That's why we have policy. So I I I think that that
087probably would be addressed. And I agree with you, Debbie. I was thinking along the same line. If you got if you were coded in second period and you changed your shirt, then how did you get to sixth period and have to be coded again? So that that that would be what I would think. Awesome. >> Did you have something that you needed to share, Ray or Kate? You both had your hands on. >> I just wanted to say working in high school for a very long time. Dress code and and we all went to high school, right? I remember I wore a band t-shirt that nobody liked, you know, and uh had to had to change it. So, um this is an end all like it's evolving and I I think as a board we
088really appreciate you for being here and thank you for sharing your ideas. I personally do not um like the dress code before second period thing for multiple reasons. Um one being uh high school students, all students are savvy and can change again, you know, at lunch or in between classes. So there's that. Um but I have heard administrators for years say that child wore that outfit first, second, third, fourth, and fifth period and sixth period finally someone realized they shouldn't have been wearing that, you know. And so yes, that is the problem. And that brings in a 100 million reasons why because the first period class teacher was doing a new presentation and the second period class teacher was being observed and the third period and so they were focused on other things, you know,
089or whatever and whatever or uh it's not always just that it doesn't end to them, you know, it's that they have a very very very big job as all of us know and that not everyone's focused on that. Some people focus on that when the students walk first thing in their classroom. Some people focus on that when kids walk through the door in the morning, you know. So, um I I'm just really grateful that we have good, concise, solid um guidelines to follow that fit our times. You know, um one of the examples that I love is you can't buy a pair of jeans today without at least a little rip in it. Why? Because that's the style right now. You spend over $100 on a pair of jeans with a rip. My grandmother goes
090nuts over that, but it's true. And in our policy, it said no jeans with rips. Why? I don't know. You know, so it's nice to update. It's nice to change. I personally would be against this second period thing, but I understand why it is a problem. >> Um, and I think just evolving and changing the policy to be new will hopefully uh weed out those problems. Just thank you for listening. >> Thank you. Good job. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Should we continue to stop this? >> Thank you. >> Y that's what policy is about. It changes. It evolves. That's what it's supposed to be. >> You know, it's a collaboration with a lot of different >> I give you ladies a lot of credit. I would have I would not be up there
091if I was the last woman on the planet back in 19. >> And Mrs. O'Brien, these two of these women are seniors. They just graduated. So, they're not even doing this for themselves. They're doing it for the next classes that are coming. I'm not sure if the other girl is a senior, too. >> Um, no. No, I'm a junior. >> She's a junior. You can you can just get back if you have anything else. You can just reach out to Dr. Analone. You can reach out to Mrs. Francisco. She'll be glad to add anything to our committees that need to be and we'll we'll bring it up in in the discussion. We're glad you came forward and thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. >> Is anyone else motion? >> Yeah. >> Close
092public comments. Yes. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> Okay, we we need an ex we need executive session for this one motion to come back out to vote on >> and then we're going to do another executive session after that. Correct. Okay. All right. So, I need a motion for executive session. Okay. At 8:24 p.m., I make a motion to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing current litigation and we'll come back out at the end approximately 15 minutes. Does that sound right? >> Second. >> I in favor. >> Okay, we will return. That's a close. I'd like to call the meeting back to order. >> Miss Mrs. Francisco, could you take roll call, please? >> Mrs. Romeo, >> here. >> Mrs. Stevenson, >> yes, I'm here. >> Mr. Stillman,
093>> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> here. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Greeno, >> here. >> Mr. Mrs. Lockwood >> here. >> Mr. Cofflin >> here. >> Mrs. Van here. Uh, Mr. Stillman. >> Yes. I would like to move number 22. >> Second. >> Any discussion? If not, roll call, please. Mr. Stillman, >> yes. >> Mrs. Stevenson, >> yes. >> Mr. Gino, >> abstain. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Lockwood. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Conklin, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Okay. Um, we now need to make a motion to go into executive session at 8:41 for the purpose of personnel. >> And you will be >> and we will adjourn from from executive session. Thank you. Second. >>
094No action will be taken. >> All those in favor? >> Any opposed?