001In accordance with the provisions of the open public meeting act, a public notice of this meeting has been sent to board members, all district schools, the Herald News, the trends, the record, the messenger, West Milford town hall, the county superintendent's office, the board attorney and cable vision of Warwick and posted in the administration building. Copies of the board meeting calendar resolution were provided to all local media town hall li township library and all district schools. Roll call. Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Romeo >> here. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> He asked to be excused. >> Mr. Drew >> here. >> Mrs. Dwire here. >> Mr. Dorino. >> Mr. Greeno asked to be excused also. >> Mrs. Fritz >> here. >> Mr. Oshinsky >> here. >> Mrs. Mrs. O'Brien >> here. >> Mrs. Van Dyke >> here. >>
002Okay, we're going to need a motion. I'd like to make a motion to resolve that the board immediately goes into executive session for approximately 30 minutes for the purpose of conducting a parent appeal. The executive session minutes will not be released until such time as the privilege or confidentiality is no longer applicable. Second, >> excuse me, order. Do you want to include personnel? Yes, we need to include appropate personnel. >> And in addition to the parent appeal, I'd like to add personnel. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. We're going to be out for about up to a half hour um for a hearing. Okay. waiting. Uh, we do have a pretty large superintendent report tonight, so I'll get right to it. We have three West MOA residents who recently
003earned their Eagle Scouts, Jared RHMs and Michael Sapperto. I'm not sure if Michael is here tonight. Okay, so Mr. RHDms, if you would uh come on up, accept this from the board of education. If you want to just give us a couple words on what your project was. >> You can go right to the mic. [Music] >> So, uh I built a uh large size patio for the Elks Lodge in town. That's also that's off of Union Valley Road. Took about 2 and 1/2 months to complete with a lot of ground work. Most of it was my dad and I, but of course I had my friends from my troop come in. Had a couple other people from out of town and my own family would help me. Uh, the most challenging part of it
004was really just trying to get people to help cuz it's a very difficult and tasking project that nobody wants to do it. It's a patio. It's blazing hot summer. I completely understand. But otherwise, it was a it was a very fun project when I look back on it and I hope to be able to uh guide my own son someday to become an Eagle Scout. Oh, congratulations. [Applause] >> Thank you very much for for your words. Um, next up we have one of our Makabin students. A is Abby Madera here. I think she's in the back. So, Abigail was recently selected to attend a rigorous uh overnight tech trek camp at Stockton University. This is offered by the American Association of University Women, AAW. It's a very, it's probably a four-month application process. She was
005nominated by some of her teachers, and she went through it. And if you just give us a couple words about the camp. >> Earlier this year, my STEM and science teacher, Miss Pali, nominated me for a week-long hands-on intensive residential STEM camp at Stockton University. After her nomination, my essay, and an interview, I was honored to be one of only 60 girls accepted statewide. The American Association of University Women funds Tech Trek camp for rising eighth grade girls because of the lack of women in STEM related fields. During Tech Trek, I am excited to dive deeper into topics like chemistry, ecology, aeronautics, and cyber security. This summer I am all I am as well able to network with women who are leaders in their fields. I am really looking forward to getting a glimpse at
006their college at college life, making new friends and seeing what doors this wonderful opportunity opens for me. Thank you to all the volunteers at at Tech Trek and the sponsors that have funded my trip and made this experience possible. If you would like to be a part of AAU's program or to make a donation, you may visit au.org. Also a big thank you to Miss Puzzie for believing me in me and truly inspiring me as a young woman. You have guided me towards STEM related careers and have opened my eyes to a whole different path. One last shout out to Mr. Citro for inviting me out tonight. Thank you for all providing me with this exciting opportunity. >> Congratulations, Amy. [Applause] >> Thank you very much. Congratulations, Abby. Good luck at Stockton. >> Um, so
007next up is the uh 201920 budget review. We finished that at our last board meeting, April 30th. You may have seen an article in newspaper shortly thereafter, which was not quite uh which was a little bit misleading. So, I just wanted to clarify a few things. I sent a notice home to the community the following week uh which explained it in a little little bit more detail. Um, and just for so whoever didn't get that letter or accidentally deleted it, um, we'll just go from here. Uh, the formula we use to present the tax levy impact in that presentation is a very simple one. It's the tax rate which comes from the township tax assessor's office multiplied by the assessed value. So that formula is used in every school district. They get that data from
008the township. Uh, the tax rate went up this year. Was it three and a half cents I believe or right around there? Um the assessed value went down and that's not a number that stays static over time. It changes. It typically goes up. I mean just as recently as 2011 it was a the number we got from the township was 130,000. The following year it was 247,000. 2012 and in 2019 it went to 242,500. So next year we'll use the number they give us yet again and we'll multiply that times the tax rate and we'll have the same slide up next year. So there was really no intent to mislead or dis or deceive anybody. I always get a kick out of that, Steve. Um and next up the 2020 2021 budget prep. Usually we
009start our budgeting uh around October. This year, uh you may recall we hinted at some or have been hinting at some more significant cuts in the future. Uh we're looking at a loss of revenue next year, probably anywhere from two to $2.5 million in the following year's budget. So, we'll be starting the budgeting process for 2021 basically now or as soon as school uh dismisses in June. Probably we'll have a little bit more time. So during this process, we're going to really have to look at all expenditures across the board, and we do every year, but we're really going to have to take a much deeper look and really uh present some options to the board of how do we cope with a loss of revenues that would probably be somewhere between 2 million and
0102.5 million. So we'll be looking at everything and see where we can trim some costs. Um not that we want to, but really have to. And coinciding with that is a new group out uh called uh support our students or SOS. They have a pretty large social media presence. Uh I'm going to recommend to the board that we join this group. This is a cohort of like districts sometimes in northwestern New Jersey or southern New Jersey districts that have lost state aid with the new funding formula. So they've banded together to apply some political pressure in Trenton to hopefully get the um equalization aid uh frozen at the very least uh so it's not decreased. So I would recommend we join that moving forward. Um congratulations to Marshall Hill and West Milford High School. They
011were recently named National Schools of Character. So that takes us to all eight of our schools that have been named state andor national schools of character. Uh this coming year 1920, we're going to apply to be uh district of character. Uh one of very few in New Jersey that even are, one of very few in the nation that even are. So we are now poised to make that next leap. To to be a district of character, you first have to have every every school be a school of character. So we're looking forward to that. Uh congratulations. A few months ago, we approved or the board approved and supported a girls golf team for the first time in district history. And just last week they won the county championship. So they send their thanks to the
012entire board of ed. I actually think coach McClur is the head coach of that team. So congratulations. >> Um and also congratulations to it's not on here but our baseball and softball team both had big wins today in the state tournament. The baseball team annihilated West Essex by a score of 8 to nothing. Thank you. Our field was unplayable due to weather. So we use the fieldielder at Lakeland High School. So thank you to them as well. And the softball team had a come from ahead come from behind six to four victory over topseated ground poe at Ramipo. So they advance. They're both playing Thursday uh baseball at Pamoth and uh girls to be uh to be determined. So congratulations to them. And lastly, uh, we have one of our students, um, Destiny Gerity, who
013recently won the 2019 Exceptional Employee Award for Pay County, the Workforce Development Board of Pay County. So, congratulations to Destiny. And that's all. [Applause] >> Okay. Um, Mr. Novak, mathematics Can I sit back here? >> Mhm. >> Oh, that seat is lower than it's lower than the ground. Good evening. I'm going to jump right in. I know we have a lot of other important important business to get to tonight. Uh before I begin, I just want to um send my well wishes to Mrs. Deborah Gratina, who is our uh district math supervisor, who is home recovering. So, I'm um I am taking the the role for for tonight to go through our presentation. Tonight's intended as an overview. I have um no intention tonight to talk about um our district test scores of last year.
014Uh, I think we've talked about those quite a bit here, Mr. Drew. Those are essentially a test that our students took one year ago today. Um, our students are currently finishing up um the NJ Slaw. So, get used to that phrase. Used to be called park, NJSLA. The state has taken on the um the term NJ saw. So, hear that going forward. Doesn't have the same ring as park, but um but we're okay with seeing park move on. Um so, this is basically going to be an overview. I'm going to go through uh in in order. I'm going to go through text and resources. I'm going to go through some of our professional development. I'm going to go through um some of the uh data initiatives that we have in place. And then I'm going
015to end with some of our um goals for the future and feel free to jump in and uh ask questions as we go. Um so I've organized it as we go up through up from kindergarten. So in in K5 we use the text we currently use the text go math. Um I have the the date of this um of this um this series. We are currently at the point of end of life with with Gilmath. We ended our contract with them this year, but we are continuing with them for at least one more year while our committee um continues to look at at what our what our next uh available resource is going to be. And I'll speak a little bit more about that later on. uh also in K5 we use a number of
016resources to support the to support the staff and to support the students in this curriculum. I think central is the component that goes along with go math as well as which we also talk about uh quite frequently and everywhere we go. Um but we still use it we still see value and and we are going to continue with it in some in some targeted locations. Um Star Math we've spoken a lot about starting last year into this year. that is one of our um one of our benchmark uh assessment um programs that we use and looking forward to next year and and um the end of this year and it's I'm very excited that it's on the um on the agenda for tonight and that is linkit which we are going to be implementing the
017uh universal screening tool which is their uh math and language arts benchmark assessment when I I'm not going to go in too much about linkit because I already presented on that um but with linkit with these benchmark assessments we get real-time data we get a standardsbased assessment that our students will take three times a year. Um, and when I say standardsbased, that also um insinuates that it is a predictive um data point for how they'll do on NJ Slaw, the the state assessment. So, um we intend on having this assessment at the end of this year so that we can have action actionable data to work on uh this summer uh and have our our kids ready to go in the fall. that is that'll be new. In grades six through eight, I have a
018couple slides for six through eight because we have a variety of texts. Um in grades six, seven, and eight, we're using the Gleno series. It's um it's a primarily it's a ra actually rather popular um middle school uh middle school curriculum around the state and around the country. Um it's broken into those courses one, two, and three for 678. Uh our Alex program is a um online support tool that our students will take. it is uh adaptive and it um students will interact with the skill set and continue to go and and uh we we hear a lot of positive feedback from how that's how that's being used. Uh it is also a um a data point that teachers can use to to log in and talk and see and look at progress. Uh again
019is used in used in targeted areas. Uh Star Math we are also using across the board in grades 6 through 8. um Renaissance Accelerated Math, uh at at the Mackaban School, that's the only school you're going to see that resource being used at this point in time. Uh accelerated math is a um library of um skills that students can practice uh practice and they relate directly to the results that we get from Star Math. So, Star Math will give us a um a readout of students strengths and things that they need to uh work on to improve and our staff at the Makabin School can um take that data, assign that library of skills for practice and and hopefully uh remedi remediate some of those areas that need improvement. Again, you'll see link it on
020the on the bottom of this slide. Uh just to point out accelerated math we are paying with our title one funds which is set aside for um uh a targeted population in the school students who meet that uh who u meet that criteria. Um, continuing with six uh six through 8, we also have a pre-alggebra course in our uh seventh grade and that is our textbook from that is the Larsson pre-alggebra um uh series and we also have the algebra 1 Mcgra Hill for our algebra 1 honors students. Again, we use all the same things that I just referred to and to support those support those courses. Moving on to our uh 7 through 12. Um the reason I said 7 through 12 is just um looking looking ahead um and I'll talk about a
021little bit later our uh we are anticipating our first cohort of algebra 1 honor students at the seventh grade level for next school year. So this is the uh resource that they'll be using the uh McGroill and we use that same we use that same publisher for all of our um graduation requirement courses. Uh you'll also see EXL again that's a a targeted resource in a variety of different locations. Albert IO you'll see that in our in our high school that is a resource that um supports uh uh AP. So students will get um sample uh sample problems and sample um criteria or sample materials that would be on the AP exams. So our AP teachers can use that and students can practice those throughout the year. Uh again, Star Math is a uh is
022that assessment tool we're using um all the way through high school. Again, you'll see link it. Sorry. Now, coming back to to some of our um some of the goals that we put into place last year and moving forward to how we're taking it to the next step uh with universal benchmarking and student assessment. Universal benchmarking is that ability for us to um give our students a standardized test across the board, every student in our district that gives us some comparative data, gives us predictive data that we didn't have in the past. In the past, we waited for the park and then we would talk about the park for a whole year and then we didn't really have a whole lot more to do with it. So now we've got a number of things that
023um allow us to be a little bit more predictive, a little bit more proactive on how we address those standards uh those standardsbased skills. Um, starting just from our our earliest learners, uh, Renaissance Math Factax and the Flash we've spoken about in this room uh, quite a bit. That has the goal of solidifying um, I'm going to grab my water. Sorry. sound solidifying our students uh basics basic facts and like I said basing on the uh some of the research that says students who m master basic facts by uh third grade have a greater mathematics trajectory down the road. Renaissance Starmath as I as I mentioned uh numerous times. Um that is an assessment that our staff uses and our students uh interact with that gives us the um it gives us a grade level
024equivalency. It gives us uh comparative data to um when we spoke at Renaissance last there was approximately 400,000 students around the country who take those same assessments. So it gives us national norms and it gives us some uh some comparative data. What it does not give us is item analysis. We don't know which questions which particular questions the students got wrong. We get um we get a skill set. We get a standard that that may be weak, but we don't know the specific items. The next one that we're implementing this year, the standardsbased uh benchmark assessment, that gives us item analysis. So, if we see that our students score poorly in fractions, we can go and see exactly what that question was. Um, that's going to be a uh and from some of the feedback
025from our staff and and the uh the teachers who piloted it, they said that was um that was a val valuable resource for them to know exactly what the question was that the whole class um did poorly or or did great at. Um the other um one of the other assessment things we're using, it seems like a mouthful. qualifying placement local scoring matrix that refers to our ability to take um all of these data points and um assign students a overall score. So we use that for placement into our um basic skills for our encore program um our students who meet that criteria using this. We also use this to determine which students are um able to uh be into uh be in our algebra 1 honors course seventh graders that that cohort. It also
026helps us identify which students can be in those enriched classes in those three pilot schools where we have um fifth and sixth grade students at an enriched or in a standard uh standard level. Um it provides us the criteria for um pre-alggebra placement in seventh grade as well. So, uh, we have a number of, uh, data, um, uh, data, um, points to look at. And the last one I'm I'm going to, um, just refer to, that's another, uh, assessment that we get that we'll, we will, uh, certainly have an awful lot of discussion about, um, early next year. So, data mining and analysis, this has been uh, >> what's that? >> Sure. went to the bullpen. >> Okay, it's all right. We've all been there. >> No, it's all right. You cough. I was there
027a couple couple months ago if you remember. I was coughing pretty hard. So, my little humor. >> We have are integrating a lot of new data mining programs where we're going to really look deeply and more deeply into the data that we're getting from students. So the last slide shows you a lot of the new assessments that we brought in, a lot of the more formative assessments that we brought in that we really did not have prior to probably the last two years I would say. So before that we had the state test which was administered once in April. You got the data in August and that was it. So now we have the same state or a different state test but that timeline is the same. We also have star math. We can integrate
028four times a year. We have link it. We can integrate multiple times a year. Now we have more data. So we have more ability to really mine more deeply into the data to see did our kids just do poorly on that one test or is it consistently bad on all these assessments or geospatial awareness or algebraic thinking or or whatever. So this provides us with that ability to do that. And we have some committees here where is it which will be school-based. So every school will have a math improvement committee and then there'll be a district data team. Where is it? Right here. So a district data team which will be the uh so the overarching team will look at our data. Where are we strong? Where are we weak? How do we get better?
029Right? And obviously this ties in with professional development. If we see an area that we're weak in, we kind of have some ideas now. We need uh more professional development for our teachers but also for our administrative team as well. Uh we have some time built in during the year. This was discussed I think last board meeting the professional learning communities PLC's we call them uh which are really administrative groups of teachers to pursue a common goal. So, for example, at one school, let's say Paradise Null, the principal would lead a PLC of third grade teachers or at Makipin, it could be all English teachers, and they have a set of goals they're looking to accomplish throughout the year, and the PLC is one way we get there. So, we can tie these in. I
030think we have seven meetings a year with our PLC's where we can really push this agenda. Next year we're going to try to tie these seven meetings into the early dismissal professional development days. So we have those I think three times a year. So it's only about an hour and a half, but if you tie in with the PLC, it's closer to 2 and 1/2 hours. So our principles and our supervisors can really use that time to push forward our really address our goals throughout the year. All right. Um these are some of the math culture of learning that we have and uh we've been doing this for years. I think it's worked really well. Uh, math family nights. You might see at all the schools. You probably, if you're on social media, our principles
031do a great job at their math family nights. Sometimes they call them numeracy nights where all the parents come out. So, new initiatives for next year and beyond. Um, so, elementary action research that has to do with the math uh placements at the elementary level in grades five and six. We're going to continue with that meant we had a above grade level group and an ongrade level group. Uh we have the first cohort of students at Macupin in September which will be taking algebra 1 in seventh grade. Uh historically it's been an eighth grade class there. Uh we have school-based interventions to begin on day one for all our returning students. Any new students will have to assess them very early PD and a lot of other areas. All right. So does anybody have any
032questions for me or Dan? >> I got lots of questions. >> Yes. >> All right. >> Steve. >> Yes. Steve. You're here all afternoon. >> We're here. >> Well, no. >> And looking at this, >> sure. >> We're not doing really anything at all in K through five. We're staying with LL and go math. >> Well, has been a uh what is that phrase you used? >> Planned >> Controlled abandonment. So we have other programs in K to three called math facts in a flash. We have the Alex program in grades 67 8. So that leaves a small window right now for >> I would also say I've shown you guys before and I was attempting to do it at a boardroom and somebody misinterpreted Robert's rule so I didn't get the chance to but
033we start ahead of New Jersey >> in math scores in third grade. West Milford is ahead of the rest of the state. And in fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade, our kids fall further and further behind the rest of New Jersey. when you follow the same cohort from one year to the next. This is a consistent pattern that's that's occurring in West Milford County Public Schools over the course of time that our kids in those grades 3 to six start here and each year they stay with us on average they fall further behind. So when I'm looking at where we need to do something, that's the critical area and we're not doing anything. So I wouldn't say that so much. Um, go math as we said is a um, you know, although we're end
034of life with go math, go math is not at end of life. Um, there is a next iteration of go math that we have looked at. You've been in the you've been in the basement, you've seen all the resources that we're looking at. Um, so you know, you know, we're we're looking at what that next uh, program is. So, we're looking at doing something about those grades. Those are >> Well, so so there's a number of things in there. So, Lincoln um at the very least just with Lincoln, that is a uh system that we're putting in grades two all the way up through algebra 2 in high school. So, all of our all of our math courses and all of our math students in grades two and up will be taking a um standardsbased
035benchmark assessment that is going to give us predictive data for NJ law. So, it's exactly what you're referring to. So if you want to talk about the third grade that's here and then we continue down this gives us that to work with district data team who's going to help taking this information from link arming our staff with it first day of school he here's your groups here's your groups of students and this is where they fall these are the sub the subsklls that we are seeing are weaker than others um you know taking a look at our evidence statement tables for example so we have we have this um you know growing uh tome of data for us to take a look at and we're finally putting into place with with these uh with these
036students. So uh in the past our system was to um use the assessments from the from the text that didn't give us comparative comparative data. We didn't know the standards alignment. Um so I argue that we're doing we're doing an awful lot in K5. I was once accused for only doing stuff for K5. So that's an odd one. I haven't heard that one yet. Dan, that goes back to what you were just talking about as far as the teachers being able to identify the problem that was right, the problem that was wrong. Going back into that short item analysis and and um let me just flip ahead. So, I had in here ed reports somewhere. >> Keep going. >> Yeah, >> he threw me off. >> I saw it. It was a sign. >> Anyway,
037I don't know where it is, but it's in there. So, we we use uh in our in our program analysis for what we are going to next. There is a nonprofit organization called edreports.org. You can take a look. It's in your bracket if you want to go home and look all these things up, which I know you do. >> Um, we can take a look at these programs and see how they rank and see if they're high highly effective in in certain areas. Are they standards based? Are they standards aligned? Are they rigorous? All those types of things. So, we are taking those things into account. We're not just picking a series because we like it. We're picking a series that's researchbased and field tested by the thousands of other school districts that are out
038there. So, it's a very elaborate um very elaborate process. We've spoken a hundred times about training ahead of the program. So, we don't feel ready. I don't feel ready to put a new program in the hands of a teacher for September without giving the uh appropriate lead time and and and doing that. So, um so again, I'd argue we're doing we're doing an awful lot in in K5. We're still looking >> and and coming back to that faction of flash alone, >> we could be looking at a new series for September 2020 if the committee thinks it's appropriate. But that decision probably won't be made till around January and then you'll use like February till August for the pre-training if if we decide to move in that direction. >> If we decide go math isn't
039the program for us. I still don't know if that's I still don't know if that's wrong. >> We don't we don't know if that's wrong. >> Right. >> I have a question about link. Um, is Lincoln going to allow you and the staff to see like what areas are their the strengths of the students within each grade level, school, >> everything? This brings this brings data to the to the user. So, the teachers will be trained eventually on how to log in and take a look at their class, how to be able to click on I want to know about fractions, the standards that go with fractions. We click on that. You can see which students own it, which students don't. a teacher and especially after a benchmark assessment teacher will know the next day
040instantly compiles that data and they'll know right away >> what >> in October that we already have a deficiency in I keep saying fractions because that's the one that that that comes up in in our discussions >> two other questions about link will it allow you to see where we compare to other districts that have different math programs per second >> yes other districts who use other districts who use their benchmarking will be able to see that >> that will And we'll also be able to see >> have before picking a new math program this year. They will be good to look at and see who's what programs the best are using. >> Um and third question was does that also mean that summer of 2020 like the math committees even committees whatever committees there's
041going to be will they be using the link data things like that? Is that like >> we'll be using link data this summer. >> Great. >> Right. We've already loaded all of our existing that was part of the setup was load loading all of our existing work in there. So they have our star math, they have our park, >> they have our local assessments, >> they have a um they have a lot of our of our local things already loaded in there. So yes, >> anyone else? Did you have more slides? >> No. No, we can move on. >> Okay. >> Anybody else have any questions? >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Hback and Dr. >> and Dr. that would make you ahead of the math department. >> Um, Mrs. Francisco, special uh reports and
042correspondence. We need a motion for this, right? Uh, I need a motion for to accept the the meet the special corresp the meeting minutes for uh April 10th. I >> make a motion to uh accept the April 10th special meeting minutes. >> Well, can we will do them all? I guess >> minutes for April 10th, uh April 23rd workshop, uh April 23rd executive session, April 30th regular uh session, and April 30th executive session. >> That's it. Any discussion? Um if not, all those in favor. >> Any opposed or abstain? >> I need to abstain for April 30th. >> Okay. >> I approve for everything. [Music] >> Thank you. Under my president's report. Um um I'm really not going to comment on anything tonight. We had quite a report already tonight. So, uh, I'll save it
043for June, which is probably going to be a very busy meeting. Anyway, um, I'd like to, uh, go, it's time to go into public comment. Uh, members of the public who have requested to speak prior to the meeting will be first with five minutes for each speaker for a period of 30 minutes, then time permitting, other public comment limited to 5 minutes per speaker will be allowed until that 30 minute time period transpires. All members of the public speaking during public comment are asked to address the topics listed in the agenda. All speakers are asked to give their full name, spell their last name, and provide their address. Speakers may not use the names of students during public comment. Is anyone wishing to speak? >> If not, >> seeing none, I move we close public.
044>> Second. All those in favor? >> I. >> All right. So, we need a motion >> just uh make two minor uh adjustments to the agenda. >> Two typos. Page 25, operations and finance resolution 28, the last sentence should read, at a per DM cost of 67.05 05 for 206 days for a total cost of 13 81230. >> And right down on the page, resolution number 32. The last sentence should read at a perdemium cost of 2677 for 217 days for a total cost of 5809.09. >> Is that it? >> That's it. >> Okay. We need a motion uh and uh to adopt the agenda. >> Question, >> Steve. >> Hi. Thank you. Um, I would like to move uh >> well, we have to adopt the agenda and then we're going to go to
045you. >> Adopt the agenda first. >> I want to move one of the items on the agenda after >> we have to adopt it first. >> But I have to we have to adopt the agenda first. Really? >> All right. >> I'll make a motion to u approve the agenda as amended. >> Second. >> Any discussion on it? Now I discussed >> all those in f we're going you want to pull an item right? You want to vote separately on it? >> I just want to vote on it after >> right that that's coming up. We're getting there. Um all those in favor >> I >> Any opposed? Okay. Under education, Mrs. Dwire. >> Okay. Move to um approve items 1 through 10 under education. >> Second. discussion. [Music] Mr. Mr. Drew, I'm sorry. >>
046Thank you. Just fairly quickly, item number five, uh something. >> Yes. >> I think that um that's tremendous activity. Uh I've been very involved in those programs elsewhere. Um, here are a couple of things. One, I know we've lost kids to PCTI because we don't have a swim team when they do. And this is we'll get back and don't go to DC TI period because of that is probably worth. Uh, one of the advantages of this is that every kid participates been a coach in several different sports. You know, you get the kid isn't a particularly good hitter now. It's a negative thing. They don't go down for the swimming for the football team or the baseball team or whatever because of the disappointment and anxiety related to performance. In swimming, everybody participates. You can't
047hurt the team. You can only help the team if you do well. Um so a lot of the negativity that you find with, you know, athletes who aren't top tier, you just don't find that any. Um, it is a great sport for disabled athletes, uh, kids who, uh, may be missing a limb or all kinds of other things. It's something they can still do. They can still help the team. There are different standards for them, so on and so forth. Um, so it's it's one of the few activities and you can't you can't put a kid missing a missing leg out on a football field. It's one of the few that everybody in the whole school can do. And even if they're not the best in the world, the goal is not necessarily how you
048do with the team, it's how you do compared to your previous performance. So every kid can improve and it's just a positive environment. Um, so I just, you know, I think it's a great activity. I know it's going to cost money, but I think we'll find kids who were excluded from group activities before before can be contributors in this sport, and I highly encourage. >> Thank you. Any other comments? Um, the one thing I want to say is thank you to uh the administration for being creative in how we got the program and that it's at a very minimal cost to us. So, I I'd like to thank everybody for what they did for that. Um, other than that, um, any other comments? If not, Mrs. Francisco local. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. Mrs. Fritz,
049>> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Okay. Um, that's for later. We're going to have two hips later. Um, personnel, Mrs. Fritz, >> do I include the hand carry? >> Uh, yeah, include the hand carry in that, please. >> I'd like to move items 1 through 34 under personnel as well as the items 35 through 37 on the hand carry. >> Second discussion, Mr. Drew. >> Uh, could we move item number 13? >> Yes. >> I asked information earlier today to get an answer. I was hoping to get >> Well, we got delayed. So, um, we need a motion to just table that until we come out of executive session or >> you're
050separating it. >> Move to table, um, item number 13 till after executive session. >> Second, >> right way to do it. >> Did I do it right from separate >> for a separate vote? >> We're going to move it to a separate vote after executive session. You're already coming back to take action anyway. Correct. >> Um, we need a vote. Wait, is that a roll call vote or is it a um, >> as a roll call? >> Roll call vote. Mrs. Francisco, >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwer, >> yes. Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Oinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Vin, >> yes. Okay. So then >> got another quick question. >> What? >> That was motion table. >> That was separate for
051a separate vote. >> Now you need to vote on >> on the motions to 12 14 to 37. >> We need discussion. We haven't had discussion yet. >> Any discussion? Mr. Drew, >> just very quickly, item 24, what is the [Music] The district data committee is the committee I've been talking about for a while. Um the math >> all of those he was just >> Well, it's not entirely the math committee. It's going to help our math committee. Our our math improvement committees are going to work very closely with the district data team. I guess >> any other comments, questions? If not, Mrs. Francisco, roll call, please. >> Mrs. Romeo, [Music] >> yes. I have seen on 16 and that's it. I'm sorry, Mrs. O'Brien. Yes, >> Mr. Roshinsky. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Fritz. Yes,
052Mr. Drew. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Dwire. >> No, on number 16. Yes. On everything else. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Um, yes. On everything except 16, I abstain. 16. All right. Is that everybody? Okay. >> So, just uh we have two guests here tonight. They're >> Okay. >> Did everybody vote? >> Yes. Everybody voted to personalize. >> Okay. So, we have two new principles we just hired one minute ago. Uh at Asha School, we have She's here tonight. Dr. Alyssa Shelleri. [Applause] and at Marshia Hill School. Patrick O'Donnell, >> welcome. Sorry that we made you wait so long. >> Uh do you want to say a few words of you? >> Sure. >> Just wanted to uh thank everybody, the board of ed, the administration uh for giving me this opportunity. I can't tell you
053how excited I am to actually uh get started. I start July 1 and I'm very excited to get in there to Marshall Hill and uh most importantly just make those connections with the students and with the staff. Uh very excited about continuing a lot of the great things that already happening in Marshall Hill. The you know school of character is a huge accomplishment looking to keep that going and just continuously make improvements and progress and that's really what it's all about. Um just want to thank everybody. I'm very happy to work with the public and my wife. Oh there she is back there with my two boys calling and Gavin. Um, so we're all >> wonderful waiting so long. >> Thank you very much. >> I just wanted to echo the thanks to everybody for
054giving me this opportunity. I'm so excited. This is, you know, I've been thinking about this for years and years and I'm so excited to have a building and and and really be, you know, the person that hopefully makes everybody want to come to school every day. So, I'm very excited about, you know, meeting the kids, meeting the parents, meeting the teachers, of course, and I'm so excited to start August 1st. So, thank you again so much. And thanks to my husband. Um, we our children are not that well behaved. And they're also three and six. They're they're they're great, just not after 7:00. So, we were sitting in awe behind them. I had to get some tips there. So, but thank you very much again, and I'm so excited to start on August 1. Thank
055you. >> Thank you. Yeah. [Applause] >> Okay. Um, operations and finance. Um, we'll Oh. Um, Dave, would you you Steve, I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> I would like to move it. Bear with me. >> 1 through 6. >> Second [Music] one through 1 through 63. Is it? >> Yeah. >> I need a second. >> Second. Any discussion? >> If not there is >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Thank you. >> Go ahead. Um on item number two, we are adopting all the bylaw policies and regulations and I think making the key school administration administrator the CSA responsible for implementation bylaws, policies and regulations. Does that then make the CSA board parliamentary? Yes. >> Is it Is there a pay raise? >> No. >> Is there a statement involved? >> Absolutely not. >> Okay. No, >> it
056depend maybe at the end of the year if you don't make any mistakes. >> I think you may just want to clarify that that has not been clear to me in the past. I >> I think these are school policies that we have for running a policy manual. policies for students, for staff, >> those policies, >> the you're referring to the >> numbers zero through >> it's like 263 or whatever the the bylaws the beginning of the policy manual that apply for the board >> and the policies are the policies but >> and then there are regulations. >> So I'm just the superintendent would not be a >> matter of clarification in the future. Well, if if we're saying that he is >> No, you're not. >> Number two says the board reserves the right
057effort to use a blah blah blah blah blah. The chief school administrator is hereby responsible for the implementation of said bylaws, policies and regulations pass the language. To me would seem to say that he is then the parliamentary. But it also says at the beginning the recommendation of the superintendent to approve the following bylaw policies and regulations for the 2019 2020 school year, not for the board. Wouldn't it address the board issue that you're talking about to make it the par parliamentarian? >> Well, help me out. Who's the parliamentarian? >> That would be the board president in consultation with council typically is. I understand what you're saying that it would not be that the final sentence is not accurate because the chief school administrator is responsible for the implementation of the policies and regulations but
058not the bylaws. Is that what you're saying? >> Well, seems to be that I was asking basically for clarification which I'm not sure I really got or these are somehow in conflict with each other but that's fine. Um, >> you've had a question about this every year. >> No. >> Is that what you just said? I I thought you said that. >> It it it finally dawned on me that, you know, we ought to have somebody >> who is the parliamentarian. And I'm not sure we do. >> I don't know if that's specifically identified. I'd have to go back and look specifically at your bylaws to see if they're identifying or not. But the bylaws apply to the board and the board's operations. >> Yes. >> Well, they apply to a whole bunch of things,
059but they also we had uh uh and item number one, we are approving the auditor, the architect, the attorney, the attorney, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, >> but we're asking for RFPs for the board attorney. And I'm interested in knowing why are we asking for RFPs for the board attorney but not the auditor architect special education attorney workers comp attorney bond council flexible spending account taxies why the one and not the >> because that's what we wanted. No one else brought up any no one else suggested going out for anything else was not discussed. No one brought it up. Nobody asked for it. Obviously, people are happy with what who are there. >> Are we not happy with our board? >> I I think I think we're looking for somebody different at this
060point. >> Huh. >> Okay. >> This is a discussion we've had before though. >> Well, I guess I'm interested then in competitive bids on all of it. >> So, I'll be voting against it. >> Okay. That's your prerogative. Thank you. Any other discussion under the motions? If not, roll call. Mrs. Francisco, >> yes. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> no to one. Yes. For the rest. >> Mrs. Dwer, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, abstain on 62 and yes to everything else. Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Like to move item number 54. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Mrs. Francisco, roll call. >> Mrs. Fritz? >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire? >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien? >> Yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky? >> Yes. >> Mrs.
061Romeo? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Vanbite? >> Yes. like to move item number 65, transfer funds. >> Second >> discussion. >> I would just like to say that I'm happy to see not so many transfers. >> It's not June yet. >> Any other discussion? If not, Mrs. Francisco, roll call. >> Mr. Mr. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Like item number 16. >> Second. >> Discussion. Mrs. Francisco. Roll call. Mrs. Romeo, >> abstain. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwer, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> abstain. >> Like to move
062item number 67. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Like to move item number 68. >> Second. >> Discussion. >> Mrs. Francisco Ro. >> Mrs. Dwire. Yes. Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Ritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> No. >> I can't hear. >> Um, Mrs. Van, >> yes. >> Now, should we [Applause] have the one uh motion for a for executive session? Are we going to do that now and then come back and do the rest of the agenda or do you continue through the
063rest? >> Okay. All right. Committees, parks and wreck. Mr. Guino is not here tonight. Uh safety. Uh we had a meet we had a meeting um a few week uh a few weeks ago. Um nothing else has come up since then. There's still still discussion about the different projects that are on the in the works for the summer for different for the different buildings. Um, superintendent's round table. Mrs. Dwire, >> um, I was unable to attend because I was attending to my new grandson. I was there and we had a presentation from um the Montlair YMCA about some of their um programs that they have and coming they're going to be putting out some uh information into the community. They're um they're looking to have a presence in West Milford. uh P County School Boards.
064We had a meeting on uh May 6th. Uh and that was the last meeting of the school year. They had a presentation there from the Wayne schools about their Soore program which is very similar to our Highlander Academy program and it was it was very interesting. I brought back some information for Dr. Mcuade and Mrs. Dwer also attended that with me. Uh legislative David. I um attended the New Jersey School Board Association legislative day on May 16th down in Trenton. It's very interesting. Uh they store up a legislative panel of um assembly people in Senate various education committees. Uh the school funding came up a lot and a lot of people are not happy with it. They don't feel it's equitable and there probably be, you know, something should be done to be more equitable.
065uh they feel pitting districts against each other which is not a good idea of course and also came up you know they feel number need for more uh state money into uh special ed. Uh then they moved on. They had another group talking about basically almost like lobbying governmental relations on deal with your legisl legislators. That was interesting. Had a speaker about the census coming up and basically they would like to engage the schools because the census is very important for fund distribution on the federal level. All selections last census we lost the congressional seat because of our census here in Jersey. I don't know if that's something the district is looking into wants looking to have some information about that. I could offer more. I think it is something that you know is more
066geared to maybe some of the urban districts where there's populations are kind of not kind of hidden. They want to stay out of away you know afraid of dealing with the federal government. They don't don't want to report and they want to engage people. I don't know if that's so much an issue here but still I think we should u have some involvement with that. And I guess the the keynote speaker was uh very interesting. Carrie Booker, who happens to be the senator's older brother, uh looks a lot like him except he's about two foot shorter. I don't know how that came. Sounds just like him, too. Uh he um talk a lot interesting uh >> things. Uh particularly what I found most interesting. So about uh two grades front, new two new grades front,
067two new grades back going from um so to 12 to 14 start with a community college. This is being done in some areas called PEK and it's a it's kind of new concept IBM's engaged with a bit in New York and it gets them so um so it would be funded by the state. They didn't give a lot of specific there's more concept. I I found that very interesting. And also prek expansion, getting two grades up front, which would be wonderful for people, you know, uh something to think about. We have all this available classroom space. Instead of talking about closing schools, maybe we should be expanding things if possible. I don't know, but it it's something I found very interesting to look at. It was a very interesting day. >> Thank you. >> I'm
068just Can I ask a question? I'm just curious. Were legislators from district 26 there? >> No. and >> they were we're visiting legislators who are working in and out during the you know they'd introduced them and so forth but our folk weren't there so >> uh technology Mr. Karina was saying here tonight um the township uh board of ed joint committee. >> We met with um the mayor >> and um she brought in Buddy from the YMCA of uh Montlair and he talked about possible expansion of the YMCA to serve our community. So that would be good. Um they have a lot of programs that we as a township no longer offer. So it it it would be good. And they also, I believe, offer child care. So >> yeah, they have after school programs
069before school. >> So it's it's a good thing. And he's going to get back to us when >> you say, Linda, >> in I think I think it's in September. Yeah. Yeah. September. >> Okay. But that's that's all I have. >> Uh CASA CASA's had um a few meetings. They now have um another smaller group for stigmafree um and Dr. McCrade and I attended um some of their meetings and um they're planning this big event um West Milford proud to be Sigmafree a family funday on June 22nd from 10 to 2 um at the West Milford Rec Center um featuring Scott's fun run um Sigmafree creates opportunities to thrive. join stigmafree West Milford run, walk, skip, dance or hop to the end to end the stigma against mental illness and addiction. Um, and so it's
070just going to be a fun day of an open mic and food and activities for kids and families. >> And that's going to be at the PL center, >> the West Mil. Yes. >> Yeah, I'm sorry. >> Notice Ringwood started putting up stigmafree community signs. I just started noticing that today driving through town. You saw signs. >> Yeah. Signs of bring with a sting stigma for a community. >> Yeah. >> Somebody else. >> Y >> and uh old business. Anybody have anything for old business? >> No. We need a motion. >> Seeing none. Like to close old business. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Okay. New business. >> Nicole. Um just to go back to personnel for a minute. Just wanted to um congratulate I know we have
071Mr. Canali, Mr. McClur, and I'm not sure if there's any others that were that are here from there, but just to congratulate a >> couple of ball players are here >> and Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> our welcome and um congratulations on being the new coach. >> Y >> basketball. >> Yes. Sorry for that. I neglected to mention before it was buried in the middle of the We had agenda. We had the new principal. Sorry, I got a little flustered, but we did hire our winter coaches for next year. They're all the same except for one. As you know, coach Frank retired. His top assistant, Mr. M. Coach McClur, is going to take over now. So, welcome. >> Product of our district. Daddy, product of our district. Worked at West Milford Pharmacy. Just a real
072go-getter >> and an old neighbor. >> Anything else under new business? Mr. Drew, >> I had mentioned this to you on the telephone. I just wanted to point out that uh uh West Milford schools have several of them have improved in their rankings on grapeschools.org, which is the site that people go to if you go look up any properties in West Milford on Zillow, uh and you say, "How are the schools?" you go to great schools. And uh we've had a fairly substantial improvement in many of our schools. They have not updated the overall district yet. I don't know why, but we have of our eight schools, uh we have four, four fives, three sixes. To me, that averages out to something higher than a five, and they've left it at at a four. uh
073one hopes that somebody there will figure out how to do math and >> it's a new map >> is uh but anyhow we're actually making some progress and I think uh it will make a difference to the town first to our children and uh their education. We are making some improvements. Um it is already making some difference in the um uh projections regarding uh real estate values to West Mil. So the pro projected real estate value instead of being flat or going down at the moment is going up 5%. So I mean there's just there are a lot of reasons why we want to improve the schools and we are making progress and I just really thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh people who don't even know what's going on here, we are helping
074kids, taxpayers, homeowners, uh the whole town. >> Good job. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. >> Thank you. Any other new business? >> Debbie, >> can I just mention real quickly, um back in March, we had uh Read Across America and the board members were invited to go to the schools. Um I hit five out of six schools. Unfortunately, I was sick one day. I couldn't make the sixth school. Um, I enjoyed it very, very much. At Marshall Hill, I was invited to come back. I hit it off with the second graders and was able to come back. >> Um, because I felt bad I was interrupting your science project. And I know that the uh changing curriculum, you want to introduce non-fiction reading to the younger grades. So, I was in on Friday and I
075spent two hours there cuz each one of them wanted me, they wanted to read their report to me >> and they wanted to spend time showing me. And I honestly I learned so much from second graders about various animals um and and their habitats and and what families they're from and their uh and and uh Miss Rinmith, am I correct? >> Okay. phenomenal teacher and I I was just thrilled to be there and and I just think um we we're sitting here in the audience and we're talking amongst our peers and and cohorts and but we forget what it's like to be a second grader and when it's wonderful to to see the joy in their eyes when they're learning about a chipmunk >> and and I I know this we're laughing okay we're all
076like oh that's so cute but they are so thrilled to learn something new and they're always even more thrilled to tell me some really gross facts which I'm not going to say we're done. But um but it there's so much going on in West Milford and and I just I'm so thrilled. I'm so thrilled with the people we have in our district and I really hope with our new new principles and and the people who are here who are here long term. I know they love what they do and I just want to say I love that you do that you love what you do because it me I see it in the little kids and it means so much and I say thank you. >> Deb, thank you. I know you conveyed to me
077what a what a good time you had. And it it was great. And it's so good to get in there and see the kids. It really it makes your day. It really does. >> And thank you for doing that because you really you did all the school you you were very diligent. >> I Well, I wanted I I really wanted to I wanted to be with the kids again. I missed it. >> Thank you. Any other new business? >> If not, we need a motion to close new business. >> I'll make a motion to close new business >> and I will second it. >> Okay. All those in favor? I >> any opposed? >> We'll go on to public comments. Uh members of the public who have requested to speak prior to the meeting will
078be first with five minutes for each speaker 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 speakers are asked to give their full name, spell their last name, and provide their address. Uh speakers may not use the names of students during their during public comment. Anyone wishing to speak? If not, >> seeing nothing. >> Oh, someone does. Do you want to speak? Would you come on up? >> Come on up. >> I was going to ask you, but come on up. >> Hello, Eileen Basket. Some of you know me. I just wanted to say that this is pretty big deal here, and we're so proud of Timmy. We've known him since he was a
079kid and now he's back here showing that people come from West Milford and give back and for me to hand it over to him. He's like another son and you know how passionate I was about John and our program. We had our best year in many years 19 and 8. Josiah's going to many dinners. We're booked in June with honors Gomez. We have our captains that are ready to take over next year and we're going to keep it going. So, I want everyone to care about basketball like I do and I want to I'm so happy that's Tim and I just want to introduce him and I'm very excited that you chose him. [Applause] >> All right. So, just wanted to speak quickly. Uh, thank you so much for the opportunity. It's, uh, really a
080dream job for me, so to speak. kind of comes full circle growing up little kid in West Milford, started in Lindy Lake, now closer uh behind real store. I just remember going up and seeing the basketball games from when I was this tall to when I was an eighth grader getting ready to go to the program myself. Uh one of the things that I truly am looking forward to is I was a part of one of the teams that's now history, one of the teams that's up on the wall. My senior year, we won a conference championship and I know we have the talent to get right back there. I really no one more excited than I am, I believe, for the future. I know we're losing 11 seniors, tough to replace, >> but as
081as a JV coach the last two years, no one knows the players coming up better than I do. So, I'm definitely excited to uh use the uh experiences I've gained the last two years with the players with uh my two captains here as well as uh coach Canali who's going to stay on with me as the freshman coach uh and really thank him as well because he's truly who the first person that gave me my start as a coach here when he asked me uh five or six years ago now to come on as his assistant down in freshman level. So, I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully get to see you all at a game sometime this year. And uh thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else wishing to speak? If not,
082>> seeing none, I make a motion to close public session. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? We need a motion for executive session. >> Okay. at um at 8:55 p.m. I make a motion to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel appointments, resignations, current litigation matters, special education matters, negotiations, tips, and matters of attorney client privilege. The executive session minutes will not be released until such time as the privilege or confidentiality is no longer applicable. >> Second, we will be coming out and taking action after executive session. All uh um any discussion or all those in favor? I >> Okay, we will be back. Mr. Sidwood >> here. >> Mr. Drew >> here. >> Mrs. Dwire >> here. >> Mrs. Fritz >> here. >> Mr. Greeno, >> Mrs.
083Mr. >> here. >> Mr. O'Brien >> here. >> Mr. Van >> here. >> Mrs. Dwer, could you make take the motion for the hips? >> I'm sorry. I took my eyelasses off. Not that I'm in a hurry to get home or anything. I'm sorry. Okay. All right. Move to Here we go. Move to accept the recommendation of the superintendent to approve the following PIPS. 2019 E9 unsubstantiated and 2019 E10 substantiated. >> Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidawitz, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> on um E9, uh I do not concur with the administration. I think it is substantiated >> on E9. So you're voting no on E9.
084>> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Uh Mrs. Fritz mo your motion. >> I'd like to move number 13 under personnel student affairs. >> Second. >> Discussion. If if not um this is Francisco roll call please. Did nobody had their hands up right? Mr. Sidus, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. I need a motion. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> Good night.