001Okay. >> Sorry, Mrs. M. I got distracted, >> over anxious. >> Okay, >> we'll move on to my president's report. >> Um, actually, Kelsey took some of my my report. I I did attend the the high school play, which was wonderful, the Adams family. I hope everybody got a chance to see it and be amazed at our our our students. It's just every year I I've lived here 30 years and every year they amaze me every time we sit there. Um I attended the Makipin uh play Shrek which tells us that there will be a lot more coming up in in the future and they had a great night. It looked like they were sold pretty much out too. So we really I really enjoyed that. Um went to the Wizards game. Another big sellout.
002I saw so many people there from the community. It was a great night for all. Um, I attended last night the digital citizenship that was that was well attended too. I want to thank thank Mr. Novak for what a great job and and all the parents for coming out each time you sit through that presentation. I'm thankful right now that I'm not raising young kids anymore because it was it's a little scary. Um um and I look forward to the the month ahead and the the new the sports that are coming. Um I know that they're working on our our field for our our um our new stands are are in the process of being built. So we're we're going to have them in time for graduation and I think that's a good look. Our
003our roof is getting done at Maple Road and we're working on the fieldhouse. So everything is moving ahead in the district. Um, that's about all I have for my report. I guess now we'll go on to public comment. 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 five minutes per speaker will be allowed until the t until the 30 minute time period transpires. All members of the public speaking during public comment are asked to address topics listed in the agenda. All speakers are asked to give uh actually what we do now is you sign in you need to uh sign in your full name, spell your last and
004put your last name and also put your uh address there. Uh any speakers uh speakers may not use the names of students during public comment. Anyone wishing to speak? I >> think we have for a second session. >> Oh, okay. Um, are you signed up for uh that's for the second session? >> Um, >> yeah. I'm sorry. >> Because that's not about an agenda item. >> Anyone else wishing to speak on something on the agenda? If not, >> seeing none public comment. Sorry. >> All those in favor? I >> All right. And just a quick couple of typos to clean up before we move on. Page number five, personnel student affairs resolution number eight, the salary is incorrect. It should read 54,500. And then on page eight, we have two corrections. Number 21 has a
005deletion. David Duca is being pulled from this resolution. And then resolution number two, personal student affairs. Right underneath that, the PK after school friendship club advisor should also read paid for by Paradise Null PTA. >> That's it. >> Okay. So, we need a motion and a second to adopt the agenda as presented. >> So, move. >> Second. >> Okay. We're going to move on to education. >> Mrs. uh Mr. Mrs. Dwire, sorry, I'm >> That's okay. Uh move to approve items one through six under education. >> Second. >> Discussion. Anyone have anything for education question? If not, Mrs. Francisco, roll call. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> M O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >>
006yes. >> Mr. Gino, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Personnel, Mrs. Fritz. I would like to move items 1 through 29 under >> discussion anyone I sorry >> I'd just like to echo something that Dr. I said earlier about Jamie lucky to have in West Milford and now special education teacher going to the high school. Fantastic. >> Thank you. >> Uh I wanted I just wanted to make a comment on the three the re three retiring retirements Darling McNamera, Gwendelyn Gangi and uh Linda Rogalada. Uh thank them for their service and we look we hope they have a happy retirement and we will miss them. Anyone else? Okay. Uh Roll call. Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Greeno. >> Yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky. >>
007Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwer. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Uh, I abstain on number 27. And yes to the rest. >> And then I think we have a hand carry. >> Three hand carries >> under personnel though, right? >> Three hand. Yeah, >> I have two >> the blue sheet. >> I have blue. >> I only have two hand carries. >> No, no, he means >> there's three items on the hand. Okay. >> I'd like to move items 3032. >> Second >> discussion. I'm looking at you. If not, Mrs. Francisco, >> Mrs. Romeo. Yes, >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes, >> Mr. Gino. >> Yes, >> Mr. Oshinsky. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes, >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes, >> Mr.
008Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sus. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Lindike. >> Yes. Operations and finance. Mr. Garino. >> Yes. I'd like to move items 1 through 11. >> Second >> discussion. Um, Mr. Sidowitz >> on item number 10 for the request for proposals. Is that for specific council or is that for >> our general counsel? >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Any other discussion? >> Mr. Ofinski. defer discussion executive session >> after executive session. Okay. Um we need a second to move that. >> I'll second that. Okay. So, we're going to hold item number one for after executive session. Any other discussion on the motions? >> Mrs. Francisco. So, this will be for two through >> 11. >> Uh, Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Gino, >> yes. >>
009Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> no. 10. Yes. For the remainder. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Okay. Next one. Ray. >> 12. >> Yeah. I'd like to move item number 12. >> Second. >> Discussion. >> Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Oshinski. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidtowawitz. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Like to move item number 15. >> Second. discussion. Mrs. Francisco, >> Miss O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. >> Mr. Greeno, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> yes. >> Mrs. Fritz, >>
010yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke, >> yes. >> Like to move item 14. >> Second. >> Discussion. Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> obscene. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gino, >> Mr. Oshinsky. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> I abstain. >> Move item number 15. >> Second. >> Discussion. >> If not, Mrs. Francisco. >> Mrs. Dwer. Yes, >> Mr. Gino. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> Yes, >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes, >> Mr. Oshinsky. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes, >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Van. >> Yes. >> Like to move item
01116. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Mrs. Francisco, >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo? >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew? Yes, >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes, >> Mr. Oshinski. >> Yes, >> Mr. Bino. >> Yes, >> Mr. Sawitz. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Van Djk. >> Yes. >> Mhm. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Mr. Sidowitz, >> I can't tell you how happy I am about 17. That's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any anyone else? >> Mr. Drew, >> I just think 17 is a great idea. We're going to save some money and get some upgrades to equipment and >> wonderful. >> Glad to see that proceed. >> Anyone else? >> Mrs. Francisco. >> Mr. Gino. >> Yes. >> Miss O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo? >> Yes. >> Mr.
012Oshinsky? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz? >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire? >> Yes. >> Mr. Sidowitz? >> Yes. Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. >> Okay. Policy. Mrs. O'Brien. >> Policy. >> I'll second. I would take near you. Uh, any discussion? Mr. Drew, >> could someone has someone summarize me quickly nine and 10 what we're doing? eligibility resident non-resident >> these were these were you said eight and nine >> nine and 10 and 10 >> nine and 10 these are just updated that came from Strauss occasionally they changed some of the language in the policy there were uh it's in the minutes the committee meeting there were minor changes very minor edits I don't recall what they were off the top of my head um but there's very little change from the
013last time we had the policy >> so this is not an attempt to reservey and >> no this is just a an update that came from Strauss as they for a handful of policies about two months ago. So we redid them in committee but very minor very minor edits. >> Any other discussion? >> Mrs. Francisco >> Mr. Oshinsky. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dwire. >> Yes. >> Mr. Drew. >> Yes. >> Mr. Go. >> Yes. >> Mrs. O'Brien. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Fritz. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Romeo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Suits. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Van Dyke. >> Yes. Committee reports uh parks and recreation. Mr. Corino, >> there's no report >> under safety. I have no report. >> Uh on uh superintendent roundt, Mrs. Dwire, >> we will be meeting on Thursday. >> Uh
014P County school boards, there is a meeting th uh this Thursday. Unfortunately, I cannot make it. I don't know if anyone else would want to attend. It's at um Majanos. >> I might be able to. >> Okay. If you can please give the board office a call and um >> I think I can too. >> Okay. >> Is that the one that's joint with Bergen? >> Yes, it's a joint. Yes. >> There's a good chance I might like to. >> Okay. Well, we you have to register. I think you have till you probably have till that morning to do it. Thank you. Uh New Jersey school boards. Uh, I just wanted to let you know that we do we do have our uh board retreat for the goal setting set for April 10th. I believe
015it's 6:00 >> and it will be in the board office in the downstairs conference room, >> right? >> Um, legislative Mr. Sidowitz. So yesterday the legislation for marijuana utilization was dropped because we did not have enough votes. And the second thing I uh was thinking about how the NJSBA does advocate on our behalf and maybe uh the board can think about creating a resolution to present at a delegate assembly where we advocate for a funding formula change that is inclusive of special education. I'm sure we're not alone in that, but I know that a bit of a heavier population versus other communities and it would be immensely helpful for all our programs. >> Is that it? >> That's it. >> Okay. >> Technology, Mr. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see your question. If I could
016comment on one thing, uh it appears the New Jersey legislature has passed and the governor is likely to sign an act to allow assisted suicide in New Jersey. >> Yeah. >> Which I think is uh come to New Jersey and die is probably a good soberat for Governor Murphy. >> That's all you wanted to say? >> Yep. Thank you. Technology. >> Uh so we had our first uh technology this past month and Robert Co on on board the you probably notice some changes to the website as we go on. Some minor changes now but other things to come. You'll see some stuff drop off things add get added happens fairly seamlessly. Uh there's also a look at some of the physical space with regard to security requirements and cameras. um at any building. Uh the
017driver came in and uh was immediately able to uh work on the staff BYOD and the guest networks um in our schools. And you'll probably notice some increased speed if you happen to go on to those uh networks. So you're not getting uh 2G speed anymore. You're going to get a little more increased speed when you go on a wireless network. So that's a that's a big win for um uh for our school district, especially for the staff that have advised. Thanks for working with Robert to make that happen. Um Honeywell alert system. Uh there are settings to have that go off at a specific time that we should be getting Honey Well calls at 3:00 in the morning. Some people might want those, but it won't happen at 3 in the morning. We'll have
018our five o'clock when students are getting up maybe and then um see that's it. That's good. I know we're getting working on getting some switches and a variety of other things. >> So, a lot of stuff happening technology. >> Thank you. Township uh board of education. >> We have a meeting with the um representatives from the township council on April 1st. Kasa, >> one moment, please. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Uh, because I'm a total nerd with with government and all layers of it, I watched the budget meetings of the town council >> and they actually Yeah, I know. Sorry. I I'll do the dirty work, >> but they were suggest the budget consultant was suggesting that perhaps instead of getting their agendas physically, they get laptops. And I was thinking about Chromebooks. Just an
019idea to spitball out into the ether, but maybe there's some way we could kind of minimize the paperwork that we do get while still having the ability to have it here and not be on phones while we do it. >> Wow. >> We could we if you're interested in a Chromebook for, you know, the board meetings for your board business, we could look into that. Just uh let me know. Send me an email or call me during the week and let me know what you're thinking. So >> I guess there would be like some kind of comparison to how much it cost you to print all the paper to you know I mean >> I think that would be a little difficult. I you know paperless meetings have been a phenomena for quite some time.
020Some districts have you know readily embraced it and other districts have not. So, I I guess it's something that um maybe you could discuss at committee meetings in April to determine whether or not you're willing to uh venture into the world of paperless board meetings. >> Okay. >> Casa, uh I attended the Excuse me. >> I'm so sorry. >> Go ahead. I have a question. >> Have we discussed with the town at all the friends of Wallace proposal? >> It's Monday night. Sorry, >> it's Monday night. >> Monday night. >> Monday morning. I thought it was >> April 1st is is morning. >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. Monday. I had time for Monday night. 9:00. I knew that was on anyway. Right. >> Okay. Monday morning 9:00. >> Okay. We'll go back. >> Are you
021ready for me? >> I'm so sure. >> I attended the community against substance abuse meeting on March 11th. Um the calendar of future meetings is posted on the westmillford.org website um under the committees tab, but generally meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the library. The next meeting is on Monday, April 8th. Um at this meeting there was uh a great presentation because Wes Milford is uh now a participant in stigmafree. Um so the P county uh representative was there um to introduce stigmafree. Um a lot of talk about uh working with the schools and um introducing this. But just quickly the pate county stigmafree communities initiative is a countywide program which aims to eradicate the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use disorders. We are dedicated to
022raising awareness of these illnesses by creating an environment where affected individuals are supported in their efforts to achieve wellness and recovery. So, that was a great program. Um, coming up, there are lots of great activities and presentations um for the community to be involved in. Um, youth mental health first aid training uh is going to be held on Saturday, March 30th at the Almond Branch Church over by Marshall Hill School. um and anyone can sign up um for that program. On April 4th, the teen summit presentations um will take place and um in the past the presentations were just um to the Cassa committee. This year they're um open to community members um for the presentation so that our students can showcase the hard work that they've put into their project. The hidden in plain
023sight program uh is scheduled for April 10th at McAppin School at 6:30 p.m. Again, there will be another youth mental health first aid training on May 18th at our Lady Queen of Peace Church. Um we know about uh the June DUI reenactment on June 4th at the high school. Um and there was um another great presentation. Uh there's going to be an event on June 22nd um a 5K at Makaban Middle School to bring awareness about recovery and addiction um a uh West Milford resident um who recently passed away. Um it's in his name and to draw um just attention uh and to raise money for scholarships um for those in recovery. Uh so it's called the first annual Scotch Trot, the 5K uh run and walk. Again, it's on Saturday, June 22nd. Um, and
024it is looking that it's going to just be an amazing event um of celebration of recovery and um that's the report. >> Thank you. >> Old business, >> Mr. Sidowitz. >> I'd like to bring up again a capital project expenditure list. Uh with 1.6 6 million in the capital reserve. I think it's a fiduciary necessity to have a list and I don't know I'm running out of air talking about it and it's uh it's kind of upsetting me that we're going into April into my personal third budget year probably the fourth year I've been speaking about this. It's just something that we should have already and I don't know I posed this hypo this rhetorical question at the table and I want to know maybe somewhere along lines after pondering it but does anybody know
025what our capital project future holds? What are we thinking about in the future to tackle? I know we're removing the transportation yard this year, but that to me is a safety necessity that maybe should have been put away in the capital reserve fund for a period of years. And I'm just concerned over what projects are being chosen versus what projects uh are being neglected. So, >> well, just to clarify, only part of the transportation is not being paved. Yeah. the exterior part, the interior is still being paved. >> And that's that's kind of the problem is it's always peace meal year over year. It's a peacemeal effort. And it'd be nice to know that that's not the case. And that's kind of what I'd like to see is something more structured is something that we
026should have that the board should know. >> I thought I thought we Terry. So in the budget and when we spoke in uh budget and finance, it wasn't peacemeal originally, right? >> The whole thing was going to happen, but it in order to get to where we need to get to with our budget and also replace a gym floor in Makipin, it made sense for us to take 300 approximately 300,000 of the outside piece because the outside piece is still very serviceable where the buses parked. That's really the, you know, the piece that you're talking about that we need to replace. Um, so we're going to replace the Macin gym floor with the wood floor and we're going to save money. $300,000. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> And there's nothing more critical than the gym
027floor. >> Oh my gosh. >> There's always critical things. >> There's always That's my point. There's always critical things. You and I have had that conversation and I'm tired of having that conversation year after year. >> Can I please? >> Yes, Barbara. Go ahead. >> Um, we've we have developed a capital projects list that everyone's had a um an opportunity to get a copy of and I do believe it's still up on the board members page. It is. Um, you might also recall a number of years that we've attempted to put money into the capital reserve account and we've been stymied by it. So that's why our capital reserve fund is not quite as healthy as some other school districts um their reserve fund is. Um I remember doing some research and Livingston had like
028$13 million set aside in their capital reserve fund uh in anticipation of doing a referendum to help offset costs. So we haven't been quite that agreeable to doing stuff like that. But understand that capital projects have to be chosen very cautiously and um having 12 years experience of sitting as a board member. Um they're also the first things to go when you're in financial straits the way our district is. So um while we have a rough idea of where we're going with our capital projects and what needs to happen, nothing is finite, nothing is concrete and costs change on a regular basis. So we're doing we have an idea. We have something that we share with the board, but you can't hold us to it because you just never know where it's going to go.
029>> I think it was around August. Maybe we'll probably upload it around August. >> And we'll just let Terry speak because it's her turn. I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. I was going to say what Ray said. >> Oh, because I'm on that committee. >> Okay. Go ahead. Well, >> well, you as a mayor, the gym floor wasn't on that for years. I have a list from 2017, a list from 2018, and guess wasn't what wasn't on that? A gym floor. And I get it. The roof needed to be done. There's many ways to justify projects. I am absolutely 100% certain that we could justify any project that's pulled out. But the fact that we don't have a concrete, all right, this roof is coming down the line. If you look at the town council budget
030meetings, they know those things and they have those things projected. They know the fire companies that they need to help out. They know what projects need to be taken care of recreationally and that is concrete. The council pretty much demands that and I personally demand it and I hope to see it sooner than later again. >> Anyone else? Any other old business? If not, >> no, I don't have old business. >> If not, uh, we need a motion to close old business. I move to close all the business. >> You can have it. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. New business. >> Will, >> uh, in speaking about the budget, is there a chance that the board can be given a spreadsheet version that includes past year's data of
031account and just something that's informative that you can kind of play around with because the way the budget book is set up in my opinion when you have the program code and the area code and the supervisor code if you could manipulate it in order to understand where the program lies or the function lies and the budget that connects with it I think that gives a greater understanding of the budget. The budget book that you have is set up by by schools >> and it's set up with three years of historical data. >> So >> there is if you look >> excuse me >> can we get a spreadsheet >> you have that >> that is a spreadsheet >> because if you look if you look at the columns after >> Excel sheet >> are
032you asking >> for something I'm confused that I can mess with. So, you're asking for something on the computer to change. >> I I can give him a spreadsheet. >> I don't want to change numbers. I want to be able I can give him a spreadsheet, but >> how I look at those numbers so I could get a better understanding. >> Yeah. I I think that that could be a conversation that you could have with Barbara if you're looking for something in particular. >> That's not a problem. But if he wants historical data, the way the budget is set up, I mean, you're basically going to have all your account codes. The account codes are set up the same way that in a spreadsheet as they are in the in the book. The difference is
033that it's not sorted by school. That's the only difference. >> Right. >> I I I think I kind of get what you're saying. >> Remember we were having a hard time trying to figure out where I take the gym floor. We were having a hard time trying to figure out where it was. >> I think it was listed even though it was mapped. It was under the high school because it falls under the athletic program. >> Yeah, that was >> you could manipulate things to see some of that easier. >> Right. That's exactly it. >> I don't think it'll have that detail. I think it'll just be account. >> It'll just be account that >> it's only going to be accounts. It's not going to have any detail to it. >> See, if you look
034at your budget book now, of course, when you look across across the book, you see the last year's date the last three years data. So, you can tell where the decreases have come. And even if it's in another account, there is there is a reference to it to take you to where you need to go in the book to find something because there are salaries and stuff that are split between certain accounts. But it does tell you where to go. >> That's You're not going to have that detail. It's only going to be an account. >> I don't need the detail. I just want a spreadsheet. >> Okay. >> Can that happen? Yes or no? >> Yes. Yes, you can. >> Thank you so much. >> If you ask for it, you can get it.
035>> I did. >> Okay. Well, >> well, there you go. >> Next time, ask ahead of time. Any other new business? If not, we need a motion to close. >> Second. >> Okay. All those in favor? I. >> Any opposed? Public comment. 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 and then time permitting other public comment limited to 5 minutes per speaker will be allowed until the 30 minute time period transpires. All all speakers are asked to sign in with their their full first and last name and also to provide their address. Speakers may use the name may not use the names of students during public comment. Uh, Mr. Robert Pacik, you signed up to
036speak. >> Pacic, I'm sorry. >> I'm sorry. >> Oh, thanks. >> Ah, it's okay. Let it being on the floor. >> Yeah, I don't really need That's fine. >> All right. So, my name is Rob Pacik. Um, I have two kids in the district, a seventh grader and a ninth grader. This is kind of a touchy subject tonight and I got to talk about the budget. Um, so my my daughter's in athletics here. Uh, she's had an amazing experience with the coaches. Um, Mr. Chast's been awesome. I I the board should be super proud about how the athletic programs are are run here. Um, the reason why I want to talk to the board tonight is basically about how much money the athletic department receives in in the budget. Now, I don't know if it's
037somewhere online. I I don't I'm not I'm not a budget guy, so I don't really know where I'm looking, but I do know that we paid a $70 activity fee, >> um, which was good for the whole year. and my daughter was in gymnastics this year, so she um she had to pay this we paid the $70 uh activity fee and then we had a bunch of other things that we had to buy were kind of like mandatory things um you know just gear and stuff. Uh and then the season started and we started fundraising and the fundraising was pretty excessive. Uh it I mean I think there was eight different eight or nine different fundraisers this year. And so you know um most of that money comes from me. You know my my uh
038my daughter's kind of shy. She won't go out into the neighborhood. And um and there's some offse fundraising as well. So you know I started asking around like well you know what is this for? And I was told you know some of it was for uniforms and I was like well that seems a little weird. And then, you know, some of it was for equipment. Now, you know, I'm thinking, you know, this money where where's this $70, you know, so I'm I'm wondering, is this money going to the athletic department? So, I was told from a couple others that the athletic department doesn't really see that much. Um, which is, you know, obviously concerning to me. So, um, I've been a coach in MA for over 20 years. I know that fundraising is a necessity.
039Um but the way it should be used in my opinion is to enhance the program not to maintain it and and you know to maintain it and support it. It's to enhance it so you know like sweatshirts and maybe pasta parties and stuff like that you know um but I don't think it should be used for actual uniforms and equipment. I think that's the district's responsibility. Um I also uh you know my daughter started track this year. She's a pole bolter. Uh, I happened to see the pull mats and the high jump mats and I think they were the same ones that I used, which is about 50 years ago. So, they're pretty old. Um, there were there was some uh rodent damage on it. There was, you know, rodents nests and and feces in
040it and stuff like that. And, you know, obviously that's a safety concern. Um, now Mr. Chak did a, you know, great job. I contacted him. He's he had them sanitized. Awesome. you know, but I think, you know, the the kids want to have pride in their stuff, you know, and I I know the athletic programs have been awesome this year. Um, from the fall to now, everything's been really moving up in West Merlin, which is great, but I do think that we have to put some more money into the program. Um, you know, is is the $70 actually being used for the athletic program? Can I I don't know if you guys answer those questions. You guys um Okay, so is used to support the budget. >> That's basically it. I mean, I just I
041would just like to know if if the the athletic department is getting the money to support these programs. That's basically what I'm asking for. >> So, thank you very much. >> The 70 the $70 is a revenue source that uses to support the budget and naturally the athletic program is part of it. >> Does it go into a general fund? It goes into the general fund, but all of that money goes to support the the general fund budget and the athletic department gets a a a generous share of of the um the budget. >> Yes, Mr. Gino, >> the 70 hours is that it's not just for it's for anybody participation. >> That's just across the board. So it's for club activities and so forth like stuff like that >> and that becomes a revenue
042source for the district so that it doesn't have to to cut programs. >> So in a sense yes it does support the um the athletic program >> because we have >> over the last few years continued to to find ways to improve the the support that we do give the athletic program. Um, I don't think I I I think opportunities for students are important and I think that Mr. Tranekasa can can vouch for that. >> Right. Yeah. I just think like, you know, when you're focused so much on my five minutes and when you're focused so much on fundraising, it kind of takes away from the holistic thing of being on a team, you know, getting these characteristics of being on a team and and having the coach there as a mentor. And then you're
043constantly out fundraising, you know, and we're fundraising for things that I think that the the district should be responsible for. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else wishing to speak? >> If not, we need a motion to close. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> Okay, we need a motion uh to go into executive session and >> I make a motion to go into executive session for the purpose of discussing personal appointments, reservations, current litigation matters, special education matters, negotiations, matter of time, privilege and the item on education. Uh the executive session minutes will no longer be released will not let me let me repeat that. The executive session minutes will not be released until such time as the privilege or confidentiality is no longer happen. >> Okay. And
044we will be we will be coming back out because we have to take action. Um we need a second. >> All those in favor. >> Okay. >> All right. We should be back. Please rise for the flag salute. >> I pledge allegiance 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 meeting act, a public notice of this meeting has been sent to the board members, all district schools, the Herald News, the trends, the record, the messenger, West Milford town hall, the county superintendent 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
045all local media, town hall, township library, and all district schools. Roll call. Mrs. Francisco, >> Mrs. Romeo >> here. >> Mr. Sidtowitz >> here. >> Mr. Drew >> here. >> Mrs. Dwire >> here. >> Mr. Gino >> here. >> Mrs. Fritz >> here. >> Mr. Oshinsky >> here. >> Ms. O'Brien >> here. >> Mrs. Van Dyke >> here. >> Okay. Dr. on. >> All right. Good even good evening everybody. Welcome to our welcome to our March meeting. We'll get right into it tonight because I know we have a packed house. We have another Eagle Scout project this year. We had one actually two this year, two last year. Now we have a third one coming this spring. So Sean Rodriguez, Westm High School, why don't you come on up and explain your project to us?
046>> Hello. I'm uh Sean Rodriguez. I'm from uh Troop 159 down by Queen of Peace. I'm a junior at my high school and um in the marching band. I play sacks and bag pipes. So uh currently I'm working on my Eagle project. It's um we're trying to make a cooking station right by the concession stand where um we can put all the grills and fryers cuz currently where they are now actually creates a fire hazard cuz uh they're right against the building right be behind it. So, um, say a flame could get too high, it could, uh, the roof could catch a fire. So, we don't want that to happen. So, um, it' be a kind of concrete slab right off to the side in that little patch of green there about a 12x 12
047concrete slab. We plan on putting a pergola on top of it. So, pretty much making a safe space for the band, parents, and any other organization to use the any grills or friers to cook for events and such. So, um um currently uh seeking funds to um kind of help uh sorry help kind of yeah push the project along. We're currently actually halfway to our goal. Uh my goal is about $3,000. a little pricey, but uh throw about 1,500 and um plan on actually starting this bringing ground about uh April, late April, uh May. So, um kind of really want to get this going before uh summer and starts like that starts. >> Um so, um if there's uh you guys would have um any questions or concerns, I'd gladly like to answer. Any suggestions,
048I I'll take it. Can you give us a g you give the general time frame when you going to start when you finish? Approximately >> late um late April and we probably finish around uh June. Gone a long shot but yeah I just I was at a high school PTSO meeting last week and they do have a budget line every year for Eagle Scout project. So they do have a grant for you. I don't know how much but if you reach out to Mr. try to high school PTSO president. I'm sure they can uh they can connect and tell you how much you guys give you. >> That's really nice to hear. Like anything can go a long way. So, >> Thank you. Thank you for taking on the project. [Applause] >> All right, moving
049along. The monthly progress toward district goals. last week. Uh I think I emailed you or perhaps we posted it in the board members page on the website. Uh our school performance report came out a few weeks ago. It was embargoed for a few weeks and then it was released publicly. This is our first meeting since the embargo was lifted that we can discuss it. So you should have a chart that looks like this somewhere in your packet as a hard copy or also if you have your computer here, you can get it into the board members page. This is a four-year uh look backwards at the school performance reports for each school. Ed school has one every year. The school performance report replaces the old school report card which they got rid of a few
050years ago. So this tracks data for all the schools in multiple areas. Obviously enrollment uh length of the school day, number of staff, things of that nature. What you have in front of you here is our quantitative data, our English scores in all eight schools, our math scores, our English median student growth percentile. that really marks how much each student grows in a given year from one test to the next year. So the third grade park to the fourth grade park. Um you could do poorly in both years but as soon as you show growth your SGP will be high and the median means it's just the middlemost. So your school median SGP if every student has SGP if there's 200 students it will be your middlemost student 100 or 101 right in that middle.
051Okay. So you get the SGP for math and English as well as chronic absenteeism. That's a big push from the state moving forward. It's basically how many students were absent 10 or more 10% of the school year or more. So basically 18 days or more you're chronically absent. So that's the number we're trying to bring down. The other numbers we're trying to bring up and that number we're trying to bring down. So this gets used um administratively. We look at this for our goals for next year. So our principles, our supervisors could use this as a a springboard to perhaps set goals for next year. So if the chronic absenteeism is 5.4%, you might want to see a lowering to, you know, under 5% or thereabouts. So all right. Yes. Well, seems like elementary schools
052have kids showing up to max in the high school around 10% chronicism. Maybe there's uh something to be investigated. Do you think that the administration would maybe put together a task force that maybe you'll investigate something like starting the school day later? Maybe it's the fact that waking up at 5:00, 4:30 in the morning is a little tough and uh it was quite attractive. >> Tough for me to school. >> That's for sure. >> We're we're early. We start early. rain was a little mush until about >> we we we do start early, but I don't think anybody's getting up that early. Uh that that that would be extreme. I would uh I would understand if that was the case, but >> yeah. No, absolutely. We're looking at everything really. We're not going to uh
053we don't ever rule anything out initially. We'll look at everything and then we we develop a plan forward. >> And lastly, we have our student report, Miss Murphy. Okay. So, um, >> thank you. Uh, so for some of the things that we've had recently in the past, we had the play at the high school, which was the Adams family, which ended up being really successful. And during it, we did the world language dinner for the senior citizens of the town. The language honor societies in our school prepared food for the seniors, and then they were showed the play afterwards. We also had empty bowls hosted by our art honor society digital citizenship night which some of the high school peers's leaders group assisted in starting and invoking conversations. Um we also had our school of
054character visit this past week and we'll learn the results in May. Upcoming. We have our wreck assembly this week, which is a video made by the TV science classes highlighting all the winter athletes um and their accomplishments during the season. We have the junior prom coming up at the end end of this week, which is a masquerade theme. And we have our senior choice awards in Cablethon, which this year we combined to be a fundraiser for the senior celebration since we're not having project graduation. And then last, we have the DUI reenactment coming up June 4th with a rain date of the 5th. There's a high school committee working with a few students and the police department in town and pretty much the whole community to warn the seniors and juniors of the dangers of
055distracted driving and driving under the influence. And while the seniors and juniors are getting that, the sophomores and freshmen will be getting a presentation by a guest speaker. That's all I have. That's it. >> Thank you, Kelsey. >> Okay, that's it. >> So, the um I love the director of education report when I am able to introduce Dr. Mcuade to take it from here >> and that's it. Just going to arrange the furniture a little bit. >> You don't mind, Mr. O'Brien? >> I don't mind. I'm just going to move right behind you. >> Okay. So, welcome everybody. For those of you who don't know, I am Dr. McUade, the director of special services. is um I am joined by some of my administrative team. I have Dr. Beam who was filling in for me
056while I was on maternity and I now have Nina Pearol who is joined on as the supervisor of special services with us tonight. I am in awe of the group that is here and I think it really shows. If several of you were here two years ago when we presented on autism awareness, we had a much smaller group. So we are growing and I'm just so proud of the community that we have built. So, as we go on to talk, Autism Awareness Month is the month of April. So, we we as a committee decided to launch it tonight so that we are able to launch right into April with everybody being aware of the events going on. The things we're going to cover tonight, I'm a very um organized. I try to be person so
057you kind of know what to expect. These are the topics. We're going to go over those April events. We're going to raise awareness and understanding of students with autism in our local community. We're going to learn more about our district autism and ABA program for the board. We are going to have a brief student presentation. We're going to have parent input tonight and we are going to announce our new program name which we are very excited about. So, first let's raise a little bit of understanding. Just a brief slide for those of you who may not know a lot about autism. Um, autism spectrum disorder, we sometimes refer to it in special ed as ASD. It is a true spectrum. Every child that you meet is very different. So tonight, as you met different children
058that may or may not be on the autism spectrum, everyone is very different and unique. There's no single cause of autism. But what we do know, and I think this is the important part for everybody here to be aware of and for the board is that it is so important to for students to have access to appropriate services and those supports and that instruction so that we can lead to significantly improved outcomes for our students. the we are the highest prevalence of autism in New Jersey. I think the latest statistic was one in 45 individuals being diagnosed. Autism is 4.5 times more likely in males versus females. It is a complex dis developmental disability and it is unique like I said to everybody. There is a broad range of conditions that are characterized by some
059weaknesses and challenges in social skills, behavior, speech. Some of our students are have great expressive speech. Other of our students are non-verbal. It can be accompanied by sensory sensitivities and some medical issues. So that summarizes our brief update to make you aware of autism. Now we're going to move on to the National Autism Awareness Month and some of our activities going on. So we did form a committee several years ago because we had multiple people across all nine buildings that wanted to be involved in this. We decided to do the board of ed presentation this year and you will see that we wanted to use some cross school um planning for it. So the there are a few extras I think on the table or the board members each got compliments of the West Milford
060High School transition students. They put together those in their SLE program. We are decorating the bulletin boards throughout the schools. Students are painting the windows at Shopright, our our own high school students and our honor society. Um, huge thank you to Miss Reinhold who's helped to Miss Karen Reinhold's helped to really pull all of this together for us. Um, multiple fundraisers as well. We Yes, she's in the back. She doesn't like the limelight, but she should get a roundable pass for us. She has done a lot of work. Multiple fundraisers for POA, that's parents of autistic children. The reason why we do donate to that group is our parents in the community feel that that group gives us back the most. Um, versus some of the other larger organizations at the national level. You will
061see bracelets, car magnets, there's a Frank's Pizza sale where 10% of the bill will go to that on April 9th. We do have a jeans day fundraiser going on April 2nd. That brings us to the light it up blue for for West Mulford. So, please wear your blue on April 2nd. Board members, I think for our April board meeting, if we can wear, you know, blue as a group, I think that that would be great. Um, schools are creating a ribbon dressed in blue. You will see that on a later video slide. their school presentations and awareness. Um the other thing is we are connecting with our law enforcement. We started this last year. I do have Detective Fantasia if you can wave two with us tonight. Um so he's here from the West Milford
062Police Department. Um patrolman Rose last year wanted us partnering with POAC to create an emergency form. So we did get that out to people last year. We're going to get the word out more this year because we feel like it really hasn't gone out to the community. Um, I know you have a copy of the form and we'll get that honeyweld back out again, but we're just really happy to have that connection. I have been training this year in September. I didn't do it because I was on maternity leave, but I have been training for the past, I guess, four years or so the police department in the fall so that they're aware of our students with autism and other disabilities like mental health. Anything else you wanted to say or >> No. um just
063that if uh we get the forms back, we can enter the information into our system so that if we do have to respond to a call at a residence at the school, uh it will flag the address or the name of the person with autism or with some type of disability so that we would know how to handle that uh on a case- by case basis so that nobody gets hurt. So it is a good program and it also educates us on what we may need to help these uh individuals or any individuals. >> Thank thank you for that that I think it is very beneficial and for several parents that we've talked to um they seem very eager for us to adopt that here in West Milford as well. Also we're going to be
064doing autism awareness morning announcements. Karen Reinhold and the committee of people many of which you see here tonight joining us came up with different facts. They separated it by elementary and also middle school and high school. So it was relative to the group that the audience that they were announcing. There's one fact a day. So it gives every gives our students a and staff a piece of information about autism. So you're not just reading a whole long article but getting but getting it over the month. So one of the facts for instance at the high school middle school was one-third of individuals with autism also have epilepsy and experience seizures. And then you can see there there is a piece of information that tells you what a seizure would look like if you were to
065see someone um having one. So we did want to bring to attention today to today March 26th is purple day. So we are supporting epilepsy as well around the world. Um I know I said Dr. Anamon is wearing blue for autism and Mr. Novak is wearing purple for epo for epilepsy tonight. So thank you to both of our leaders. So, now we're going to go on to the part I love to talk about, which is our programming. We are very, very proud of our autism and ABA program. It's been in effect for the past four years in the district. Um, Miss Reinhold did start with us, not to, you know, throw it out to you again, but Miss Reinhold started with us, um, as our first autism ABA teacher. Currently, we have approximately 31 students
066in the program. We have many special class aids that are here tonight which we could not run our program without all of you. Um when I get to right right after I get to we serve right now students prek to six but we do plan to expand that program. Our class size is a maximum of six that is by code because it is a very specialized program. We have highly trained teachers. Our special class aids also get extensive training. We are at a 2:1 ratio in our classes and some students have onetoone aids as needed. So our therapy services and we do have therapists here. So if you are a therapist, if you could just raise your hand and and just wave to everybody so they know thank you for everything you do. And when
067we say our therapists, that's our occupational therapists, our physical therapists, and our speech therapists. Let me go back to the special class aids because I did want you guys to also either raise your hand too because we have a lot of you here joining us tonight and I just want the board. We're also very excited because Mrs. Jamie Deirano is one of our special class aids that's going to be transferred to the high school as a teacher for us. So, we're excited about that motion tonight as well. very important to the program and the board probably heard me talk about this last year. We did add our own board certified behavior analyst. That's a BCBA as we call it in our special ed terms. Um that person is key to our programs and the fact
068that we use ABA principles. So she is joining us tonight. U Miss Megan Bkita, where are you Megan? Oh, there's Megan. and she has brought some really wonderful ideas and programming to our district and we're up on ACES and technology. So, we're really advancing our programs which you could see there we have specialized equipment and devices and a strong parent school connection which then brings me to the best part of the presentation which is our student involvement. So, I'm going to let Miss Reinhold and the students um come up. You want this? >> Are they going to talk? >> You want your paper? Okay. He was right. >> You guys ready? >> Here we go. All right. Go ahead, Zach. Read your paper, honey. >> Okay. All right. A is for amazing. A is for
069our amazing and awesome work we do together. >> You is for all of us. Each being unique. We all have something different about us that makes us special. >> T for terrific goals. We are proud of the talents we have and the things that we do. [Applause] >> I is for amazing inclusion. We have many different friends from many different places and we all have fun together no matter who we are. [Applause] S is for super powers. We do work and have super manners. [Applause] M is for how magnificent we are. We share, we care, we make good choices, we make friends, we work hard, we show respect, we are kind, and we have fun. smile. Great smile. >> Thank you so much, students. Thank you everybody. So, as you can see from our students,
070they would not be able to be where they are today if it wasn't for our teachers. So, I do just want to say I know I mentioned Mrs. Reinhold's name, Mr. Elmir, Mammira, Mrs. Hefron is here, Miss Langero is here tonight, and I just want to really Mrs. Samuelson is here tonight. I just want to thank our teachers as well. Um, if everybody could clap for them. And as we move on to our parent input, I just want to also say we do have our child study team case managers. I see Miss Gaul and Miss Basora here as well. So, thank you for joining us tonight. Before we get to the parents, I did just realize I skipped on my slide, but I don't I do want to mention that without the administrative leadership of
071our principles and our supervisors who also support our program, um that has been key as well for the success because we cannot be everywhere all the time. Um we're there for the specialist consultation part, but the day-to-day and the interactions with our students and making sure that things are happening and we're the rigor is there that happens with our principles and our supervisors. So, I see our supervisors, some of them are here. Um, I also see Mr. Kane and I know Miss Cash was coming as well. I just want to thank you guys as well for your support. So, our parents, I know we have three parents that are going to speak tonight. Miss Delata, would you like to go first? Okay. >> Good evening. My name is Sue Delgado and I wanted to take
072a few minutes on behalf of my husband and I to talk to you about our daughter Ariana and the ABA program at Marshall Hill. Over the years, we've had Ariana evaluated by a developmental pediatrician, pediatric neurologist, occupational therapists, and psychologist. These doctors have provided us with diagnoses of sensory processing disorder, development coordination disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, ADHD, and adjustment disorder with m mixed emotional features. At the end of her kindergarten year, it was recommended that we consider moving Ariana from the school she was attending to the first grade ABA class at Marshall Hill for the 2016 2017 school year. It was felt that with the various challenges that Ariana had experienced during kindergarten, moving her into the ABA program would be a better fit as it would mean a smaller class size and she would
073get the attention, support, and intervention she needed when she needed it right away. 3 months into her first grade year, my husband and I realized this was the best thing we could have done for our daughter. The ABA program and teachers, staff, and administration at Marshall Hill have made such a difference in our lives. So much so that Ariana went from being in the ABA program her first year to moving into a mainstream classroom except for when she is pulled out from math and English resource classes. Ariana is currently in third grade at Marshall Hill, and we would prefer her to remain there permanently. In fact, when my husband and I ask Ariana where she would prefer to be, without hesitation, she replies, "Marshall Hill." While Ariana has improved academically over the years, she still
074from time to time struggles with behavior, social, and peer related issues. Though there has been improvement in these areas as well, we feel these are very important areas where she continues to have room for improvement and stability. The open communication and brainstorming teamwork that we have received and continue to receive with her teachers and the administration at Marshall Hill in the ABA program is above and beyond. We truly believe this is one of the reasons that Ariana continues to improve. In fact, my husband and I know we want the teachers and administration at Marshall Hill to be the ones to continue working with Ariana on improving in all areas. We believe that they are the best ones equipped to handle any situation that arises with our child appropriately. Ariana continues to thrive at Marshall Hill
075and she has gone from hating school to enjoying it. She herself has told me that she feels more accepted and understood at Marshall Hill and that she finally feels like she's in a place where she belongs. We want Ariana to continue to thrive academically and begin to soar socially and behaviorally with a long-term focus of wanting to make sure that she continues to progress and become a contributing member of this community. Quite honestly, I truly believe the improvement in her self-esteem, which is not always the greatest, as well as improvements she has made over the in other areas are because of the teachers administration and ABA program at Marshall Hill truly working with us to help Ariana. My husband and I do our best to help our child both in and outside of school. We
076do not hide our heads in the sand. We understand that she needs help and at Marshall Hill and with the ABA program, she has been truly receiving it. On a bit of a personal note, they say that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, the ABA program, teachers, administration, and staff at Marshall Hill are a huge part of my village, and I wholeheartedly thank them for what they have done and continue to do for my daughter. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you so much. >> Mr. Ferguson, I saw that you were able to come in. Would you mind? Can you come up and say a few few words? >> Dad, >> I heard you were going to try. Yeah, >> it's Ariana's birthday today. So, I just wanted to say happy birthday. We're so
077proud of you. >> Yes. Happy birthday to you. you don't mind. >> Hi, good night. Uh, my name is Huey Ferguson and I did not write a speech. But, um, it's actually easy for me to have this conversation because I promised uh, Dr. Mcuade a few years ago that once my son Mais got into the program and if everything works well, I'd be her biggest advocate. I'll do commercials for her um, whatever she needed. But um just to sort of mirror a little bit of what was said earlier um you know we can't as a family thank the West Milford special education team for what they've done for our son. Um he's a triplet and um you know just had a lot of behavioral issues, a lot of different things going on and um over
078the last four five years he's um blossomed and grown and um it's not down to what we do at home. we sort of take what these guys do and try to implement it at home and you know we can't say enough about what they've done over the years. Um I know Dr. McQuade and I had um few conversations a couple years ago and um as I said you know I can't we can't be happier with what they've done. Um Mason now I just took him to uh an appointment today and his pediatrician and neurologists just were amazed at the growth and development that he's shown over the last four or five years and I just told Mr. Elmera um you know it's down to what these guys what they do and they do it on
079a daily basis and they're very selfless and the communication that we have with them is you know first rate something happens I know I can call I can send an email and you know it's it's that support system and as you said you know it takes a village and we truly believe that what you guys have done here and the programs you've put in and the people you've put in because the people are what makes the programs um are you know first rate and special and um unbelievable and again we're really appreciative of everything and we'll love to continue and we know we want to see Mason grow and develop and be a great part of this community. So, thank you. >> And our last parent and our probably with our youngest student, um, Miss
080West, would you mind coming up as well? [Applause] Hello, my name is Aaron and I'm actually a former graduate of West Milford. My husband and I have chosen to raise our four children here in West Milford and our daughter Sydney is in third grade at Apua and our son Connor is a kindergartener at Marshall Hill. Our autism journey began about three and a half years ago. Connor was born on May 24th, 2013 and was the happiest baby, but we noticed he wasn't meeting his developmental milestones. After many appointments with many different specialists, Connor was diagnosed to be on the autism spectrum. When Connor received this diagnosis, we were scared and we didn't know how to proceed. We wondered what the future would hold. We wondered, would he make friends? Would he gain more functional speech?
081Would he be able to read or write? He received six months of early intervention, which was wonderful and very beneficial. But on his third birthday, it was time for him to enter the public school. Connor started in the developmental preschool program at Maple Road. Even though the teachers were fantastic, it was determined that he needed more support and therapy and he was transferred into the ABA preschool program. This is where we saw Connor flourish. Miss Langero, his ABA preschool teacher, the classroom aids, his speech therapists, and his occupational therapists created an environment where Connor excelled. The programs that were created for Connor helped him create friendships and taught him how to speak in a social situation. We received fantastic daily communication from his teacher and therapists. He loved going to school and he made tremendous
082progress. In September of 2018, Connor started kindergarten at Marshall Hill in the ABA kindergarten class with Miss Reinhold. The transition from the beginning went very smoothly. Miss Reinhold has developed programs to help Connor develop appropriate social skills while he's mainstreaming into the regular kindergarten class for a portion of the day with the support of an aid. Miss Reinhold and his therapists are in constant contact with us to keep us up to date on the progress Connor is making. Connor is so happy every day going to school and he has made many friends. My husband and I are so thankful that our son is in the ABA program and we know that Miss Langero and Miss Reinhold have actually helped mold Connor into the funloving little boy that we have today. We are so lucky to
083live in a district with such supportive ABA program and we are eager to see what the future holds for our special boy, Connor. [Applause] Thank you, Mrs. West. As you can see, it it does take all of us together and we do really emphasize that parent school connection. Um what I would like to then go on to say which we are very excited about is that we have been trying to identify ourselves as a program because when we we refer to ourselves as autism ABA it doesn't always define the children that we work with or the program that we are because we feel like our kids are more than just the the type of instruction they're receiving or the word autism because they're more than that. They're more than that to us. So, we have
084been trying to name our program and identify ourselves, but it's taken several years. We have narrowed it down to several names as a committee. We did put it out to the parents and the vote, we were fortunate, came through with what we all kind of were hoping it to come through. Um, so the name of our program is going to be climb the climb program. >> And these these are actual actually our students climbing um on the on the wall. And we climb stands for communication and language instruction motivating behavior. So we feel that now we will reference ourselves as the climb program obviously from this day forward and launch that in in April awareness month. So to end our presentation and I hope as the board and the public had an opportunity to really
085get to see what this program and the people that work it are all about because everybody in it is just so important. Um Mrs. Peggy Pollson, our special class aid who's here, I think, right? Peggy put together this video which is amazing because I watched it probably three times with Dr. Beam and I before we came here. Um, so we are going to end with that and we hope that you enjoy getting a chance to see what our climb program is all about. I thought we upgraded our pants. most fun part of being an IT manager. >> Oh, now it'll start twice. There it is. >> Best part of being an IT manager. >> Been there. Let me try. >> Yeah. Can you please my other stuff? You got an antivirus blocking you. [Music] Huh?
086[Music] Oh no. >> It's going to do that the whole way through. >> You got to run it local. [Music] on the other side. [Music] Uh-huh. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hallelujah. Hallelujah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] You hate yourself. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] Thank you everyone. >> Is it all right if I >> Is that okay? And that concludes my report. >> Good job. >> But uh in all seriousness, thank you uh thank you for coming out. I want to take an opportunity to thank Dr. McUade. I know she spends the whole night thanking everyone else. Um I also want to share with everyone a little unknown fact about Mrs. Pollson. along with being a tremendous movie maker, she was also given an offer from
087the uh Harlem Wizards to join their uh their team. I'm glad you decided to stay with us and you turned down the million-dollar contract. So, thank you. You were amazing. [Applause] I I think we're going to take a five minute recess so that everybody could get out so it's not so you know >> because there's so many like a revolution. >> Uh Mrs. Francisco, can you do roll call, please? >> Here. Mr. Sawitz >> here. >> Mr. Drew >> here. >> Mr. >> Here. >> Mrs. >> here. >> Mr. Dino >> here. >> Mr. Oinsky >> here. >> Mr. Mrs. O'Brien >> here. >> Mrs. >> here. >> Mr. Gorino. >> Yes. I would uh like to motion to move item one. >> Second discussion. >> Mr. Drew, >> I would like to make a
088motion to table this item until our next meeting. Um, I have some outstanding legal questions about it and I also think that we ought to uh u have input from the town and their understanding regarding this before we approve this particular >> second by Mr. Discussion on the table. >> Yeah, I agree with Mr. I would like to see some of the items I mentioned like the nonprofit status. Uh some more information on endemification, what type of insurance they have, if they will give an insurance certificate to us, uh and a little bit more update on the composition of the board and their their current status with grants. >> Any other discussion? So, we're voting on tableabling the motion. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Just for clarification, this has been reviewed by our attorney. >> Yes.
089It's my understanding that the present version that is the resolution that is being presented with the um essentially the agreement to allow for um the pursuit of grants had in its current state it is acceptable to council >> and it is only in pursuit of grants Right. Right. >> That's our understanding. >> Based upon the information that has been provided and the the language of the document, >> Mr. Sidez, >> out of respect for my colleagues concerns, I'll be voting yes. Uh with the understanding that it's not going to jeopardize the friends of Walsh. >> Yes. For the tableabling. >> We're voting on tableabling the motion. >> I know >> that's what you're voting yes on as well. That's I'm just >> clarifying. Thank you. >> Uh, any other discussion? All right, Barbara, we're voting
090on tableabling motion. >> Mr. Sy, >> yes. >> Mr. Drew, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwire, >> no. >> Mrs. Fritz, >> yes. >> Mr. Green, >> yes. >> Mob O'Brien, >> yes. >> Mr. Oshinsky, >> yes. >> Mrs. Romeo, >> yes. Mrs. Ben, >> yes. motion table. >> Motion to second. >> Okay. >> Not that he's in a hurry or anything. >> All those in favor? >> I oppose. >> Good night. >> I got cupcake on my pants. >> And it it's a blue stain. >> It's a blue stain. >> Oh my goodness. You're wearing blue. >> I got these to replace pants that