001oh sorry good evening everyone welcome to the regular public meeting I call to order the regular meeting of the bagota borrow of education on Tuesday February 25th of 2025 at 7 p.m please stand for the flag salute United States of America the repblic for which it stands indivisible with liberty and justice for all maybe maybe the New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and attend the meetings of the public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of the the bota board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and place therefore posted in the bagota Bor Hall communicated by the letter to the
002record filed with the clerk of the borough bota and posted excuse me on the bota board of education website eron please call the role sure uh miss alal here Mrs Alvarez absent Mr Alvarez president Mrs Cruz absent Mr Navaro present Mrs Oliva present Miss ret present Mr Chavez present Mr Miranda is absent we have the cor also present our superintendent Damen Kennedy board attorney Thomas coin School business administrator board secretary uran EPO assistant board secretary Elizabeth Ru is not here uh student representative Joanna Morales is here um can we open the floor on hearing of the citizens on agenda items only do I have a motion Alvarez second Alvarez second Adriana any board discussion all in favor if there is any member of the public who would like to address the agenda items only please
003come forward speakers please state your name and address you have five minutes okay is there a motion to close hearing of citizens agent motion motion Alvarez second perfect any board discussion all in favor moving on to section 3.1 of the agenda superintendent report is there any report Mr kenned yes uh first up I'd like to have our student rep Joanna Morales speak on her report first good afternoon members of the board this month has been an exciting and eventful time at BHS with many updates and accomplishments to share first we are thrilled to announce that three of our track and field athletes have advanced to the group one state champions will take which will take place this Sunday in Tom's River New Jersey their dedication and hard work have paid off and we wish them
004the best of Lu in addition Mr Chang and the environmental Club have been making strides towards promoting sustainability they have introduced large recycling bins in the cafeteria and conducted a demonstration for periods 4 through six educating students on what can and should be recycled the BCC Stars program also hosted an assembly for the top 15 sophomores juniors and seniors who have earned free tuition due to their academic achievements we are incredibly proud We are incredibly proud of their success and commitment to their education in Dr Murphy's AP Psychology class students will be visiting Steen school to conduct an experiment on the law of conservation and object permanence with local kindergartener students an exciting Hands-On learning opportunity this Friday this Friday our seniors will be heading to Kalahari Resorts in water park for a fun and
005memorable Tri memorable trip to cap off their High School experience last week we celebrated our winter sports team with a pep rally honoring our basketball bowling track and field and wrestling athletes for their hard work and achievements finally we'd like to extend a special thank you to the BHS Art Club for painting barrels that will be used in the community garden their creativity is helping to beautify our school and surrounding areas thank you for your continued support and we look forward to keeping you updated on all the exciting developments at BHS thank you first up under Hib I have two Hib reported one at Ste that is unfounded and one at the high school that is founded uh notice has been sent out but just to reiterate there will be a redistrict meeting schedule for
006March 6 at 6:30 this will be a virtual meeting and a link will be shared shortly with the community but we would just like to we figure we get more people virtually than having people come to a building so we're going to share information where our plans are as an administra team uh we've been meeting weekly I also met with the teachers and I know Bixby had their first uh staff meeting with their new staff for next year so things are progressing uh next week is uh read Across America all board members should have received uh emails from El uh from Bixby and Steen uh asking you if you'd like to participate if you did not get that email please let me know uh but we're looking for guest readers and it's always great when
007the board can come in and do that spring musical is scheduled for March 14th and 15th be on the lookout for that uh also tonight on the agenda we have two teachers that have been in District Mrs Shepard and Mrs Martinez who are retiring uh Mrs Martinez I had the opportunity of working with as her vice principal and principal and Mrs Shephard uh was actually the Bea president when I became superintendent so I I got very close and she actually helped me uh start my superintendency by working with the Bea and we've had a very successful relationship uh since then so I want to thank them both for their time and dedication to the town of Boda and the students shout out to our building and grounds Department we've been very fortunate we haven't used
008any snow days we know March can be a little tricky but I love the idea that it's going to be March 1st this 50s all the rest of this week is going to be March 1st next week and uh we haven't used a snow day so we have three snow days to give back hopefully and then also I want to give a really uh thank the school Community we did a dress down day uh a couple weeks ago for the uh F the school families that were affected by the fire and and bota school Community teachers and students raised over $99,000 to divide evenly to the children that were affected on that to help with supplies clothing and just overall helping in any way that they can see fit so that was really uh a
009great um experience to see the community come together I know the town did a lot of stuff but when we handed the checks to the to the families affected it was emotional moment for them and it was emotional for me as well seeing them having a bad situation but they were so happy to be in bod and having the community come together to help them so again kudos to all on that that ends my report um Mr Kennedy on the virtual redistricting thing that went out the banner says 6:30 but the body says 7 okay I have to change that so on the um on that flyer the banner says 6:30 but if you read the body of it it says s all right I I'll make sure we get communication out again tomorrow thanks
010Mr Kennedy thank you for your report Joanna you did an amazing job um to our teachers M Martinez and Mrs Shephard thank you very much for their dedication and hard work for for our schools and um kudos to the PE to all our school who actually helped these people that had the fire which was amazing um I I know a couple of kids and parents from there that are so grateful because the community really stepped up and they've never seen that amount of support anywhere El so kudos to everyone for that um moving on to resolution 4.3 which is the approval of the January 7th of 2025 reorganizational opens meeting minutes and the January 21st 2025 regular opens meetings minutes is there a motion to approve resolution 4.3 motion motion second second Mark any board
011discussion Road call Mr alal yes Mr alvares yes Mr Navaro yes Mrs Oliva yes Mrs tret yes Mr Chavez yes motion carried under Section Five there are no policy resolutions at this time so we are moving on to 6.6 moving on to resolution 6.6 in the education section which is for the approval of agenda's items one I'm sorry 6.1 through 6.5 is there motion to approve these resolutions motion motion Marco second second BC any board discussion Road call please M call uh I have to abstain from 6.1 but yes as to the rest sure thank you Mr Alvar uh I actually have to abstain from 6.1 as well but yes to all the others thank you uh Mr Navar yes Mrs solivo yes Mrs ret yes Mr Chavez yes motion carried let's put them down
012as I think recusals conflict on yeah so recusal instead of exstension recusal okay just on just one line item field trip that yeah yeah and if they're separate thing so we still car 6 but it still be recusal yeah it should be a refusal your conflict but if you just don't want vote that's an exstension okay so I I'll change that I'll amend that to say recusal on 6.1 yes on everything same May same cor thank you moving on to resolution 7.11 is the Personnel section which is for the the approval of agenda agenda's item 7.1 through 7.10 is there a motion to approve 7.11 motion second any board discussion roll call mral yes Mr Alvarez yes Mr Navaro yes Mrs Oliva yes Mr record yes Mr Chavez yes motion carried moving on to resolution
0138.9 in the finance section which is the approval of the agenda items 8.1 through 8.8 is there a motion to approve resolution 8.9 motion second any discussion roll call Mr alal yes Mr alvaris yes Mr Navaro yes Mrs olivo yes Mrs recet yes Mr Chavez yes motion Carri moving on to resolution 9.6 is the building and ground section which is the approval of agenda item items 9.1 to 9.5 is there a motion to approve resolution 9.6 Alvarez Alvarez second alal Al any discussion roll call M alal yes Mr Alvarez yes Mr Navaro yes Mrs olivo yes Mr Reet yes Mr Chavez yes motion Carri moving on to committee reports are there any committee course this evening I just have one uh I attended the I attended the Bergen County uh School Board Association on zoom
014and just a couple of key points um that they me uh mentioned because it was a meeting with the assistant Commissioner of education so the uh governor passed a bill for transportation which I'm just going to give the important Point Electric School Bus grant program which which hopefully will be a uh a help to us uh temporary extension of school buses of service life for older school buses uh School meals expansion for the working class and um there's other pending legis uh legislation that's pending uh schools security they're trying to pass a bill for police presence during elections in the school property uh they're also looking to see for school counselor requirements type as school bus drivers uh reform the high school graduation assessment requirements Community School pilot programs act and a preschool placement at
015child care providers act that's all thank you Mr Nar next on the agenda is old old business I'm sorry and item 11.1 is there any old business that we like to discuss any new business that we would like to discuss I I think this is one thing I got to point out and I'm looking into it further um originally on the calendar I think I had January uh July the first Tuesday in July as the election date with the half day um I've been in communication it appears to be the second week in July so there will be a count I mean June June Jun sorry June so there there will be a change on that um obviously uh and also the town is asking us to possibly use Steen school that day for the
016election um and if Steen school is used and I we might consider taking a day off that day because there'll just be too much um in and out of the buildings and Ste Bixby is the gym is closed off to the town where Steen it's wide open with the schoolyard so uh that's on the radar just so people are aware because I know I've gotten an email or two about it moving on to section 13.1 open so we can open the floor to hearings of the public is there a motion to open for the hearing of the public alare I'll call the second is there any board discussion all in [Music] favor is there any member of the public who would like to address the board speakers please State their name or state the address
017right no address no address okay you have five minutes no is there a motion to close hearings of the public Alvarez Al any discussion all in favor hi and I guess uh motion to adjourn Alvarez Al I'll thank you guys you have a great afternoon thank you all in favor I I thank you have a great night guys have a good night guys