001live a couple times a year. >> Hello and welcome to the Monday, December 22nd, 2025 Hillsboro Township Board of Education meeting in accordance with the state Sunshine Law of New Jersey. Adequate notice of this meeting of the Hillsboro Township Board of Education was provided on January 8th, 2025 to the Hillsboro Beacon and the Courier News. >> Okay. Uh can we please take a roll? >> Mr. Davis >> here. Miss Jackson >> here. Miss Craig, Miss Lennon Beer >> here, >> Mr. Lee, >> Miss Nurse >> here, >> Miss Stats >> here, >> Mr. Ho >> here, >> and Mr. >> Here. We have a quorum that one second. Yep. Uh whereas the open public's meeting act chapter 231 of the laws of 1975 provide that a public finding may exclude the public from a portion
002of that meeting of which the public body discusses certain matters for which confidentiality is required as mentioned se as permitted in section 7B of the act resolved by the board of education and town hills around the county of Somerset and the state of New Jersey as follows. Matter to be discussed as a legal matter. Matters discussed in executive session shall be disclosed to the public when the need for confidentiality no longer exists. Can I get a motion and a second? So move second. >> All in favor? >> All right, we'll be back around 7:30. Thank you very much. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. N. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >>
003Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> card. >> Hello and welcome back to the Monday, December 22nd, 2025 Hillsboro Township Board of Education meeting. Uh we've returned from executive session. Uh in doing so, please take role. >> Mr. Davis >> here. >> Miss Jackson >> here. >> Miss Craig. Miss Lanning Beater >> here. >> Mr. Lee >> here. >> Miss Nurse >> here. >> Miss Stats >> here. >> Mr. Hill >> here. >> And Mr. Marine >> here. We have a quorum. Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance. [clears throat] 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. >> All right. All right, I would like to acknowledge
004the correspondence as listed. Uh we'll move on to the board president's report. So for this uh meeting, I would like to acknowledge uh Mr. Danny Lee. This is his last uh day on the board. We truly appreciate your service. Um 23 through 25. Um maybe are you going to run again in the future? >> I'm putting you on the spot right now. All right. Well, I can say you've uh made a a great contribution to the board. I really appreciate your service and I just want to congratulate you. Thank you. [applause] All right. And uh just a general message of happy holidays to all. Glad to see you here. I'm looking forward to the uh the session we're about to start right now. Thank you for So for my superintendence report, the first thing that
005we are going to do is acknowledge some of our outstanding fall sports athletes. And um I think I have a couple of people here from our absolutely fantastic gymnastics squad here. I think tonight do I have um Emily Manetti and Michelle Pogo here? Are you guys here? If you could, can you come up to the Can you come up to the podium here? >> [applause] >> up. Now, our gymnastics team this year were the Skyland Conference champions, the NJS NJSIA sectional champions, and they had the gymnastics coach of the year, Coach Rosano. Additionally, second team Allstate gymnastics. Congratulations, Emily. And we also had someone who was on the third team all-state gymnastics, Erin Gangler. uh the New Jersey Girls Gymnastics Coaches Association Allstate team, Madison Chiodto was a member of that. And you may notice
006a lot of these people aren't here right now for our gymnastics team. And maybe one of the reasons why they're so outstanding is because my understanding is they're all out of club practice right now getting ready for their next competition and their next uh set of victories. But ladies, would either one of you like to uh speak at the podium for a moment and just uh thank anyone or talk about your successes for the You don't have to, but I just like to give you the opportunity if you're going to speak at the microphone. If not, you could just shake your head and it's okay. [laughter] Wow. I I guess I should have prepped the See, if your coach was here, I normally ask the coaches to do that. [laughter] >> Is there anyone you'd
007like to thank? I would like to thank um our coach Nikki and our assistant coach Kelly for like helping our team a lot. Like they're really like the best coaches that I've ever had and they do a lot for the team. So I just want to thank them. >> That's awesome. Congratulations. [applause] Thank you to our girls gymnastics team. You had a great year and we're very happy to acknowledge you here on the board. And I we can take the other certificates for the people who aren't here. Uh, President Marina will take care of that. Congratulations, ladies. Thank you. [applause] >> Next, we want to recognize some of our outstanding field hockey uh achievements from this year. And we have two uh students we would like to acknowledge who made second team all group four
008field hockey. Maline Terrace and Morgan Dansy. [applause] Ladies, you did some outstanding work and we're very happy that you were acknowledged both by the state and here at the board of education meeting. And in the same way that I just kind of put the gymnastics team on the spot. Uh would you like to come to the podium? Is there anybody you'd like to thank in particular for your success this year? Um, I would like to thank Coach Donahghue and Coach Kieran for showing up every day and really giving their all and helping us achieve a lot of really great wins this year. >> Congratulations, ladies. Thank you so much. [applause] >> Next, we want to make some acknowledgements for our uh volleyball team for this fall. Uh, first I'd like to bring up Coach Ioni
009who was Skyland Conference volleyball coach of the year. Coach, are you here? Yes, you are. [applause] Over the years, Coach Ioni has won lots of coach of the year awards and we are very proud for what she also did this year. And coach Ioni, since you are here, I'd ask that you just stay at the podium as I bring up another one of your uh volleyball players uh from NJ.com. Third team all group four girls volleyball is Cynthia Lei. [applause] And finally, while I have the um the volleyball uh people remain there, I just want to share my a story of mine as a um as a student athlete in high school. Um I was not a volleyball player, but I'm going to make a relevant point right here. I was a wrestler from the
010time I was young until my time all the way through high school. And if you look at me right now, I wasn't somewhat successful because I was the biggest and strongest person out there. But what I thought I had in my mind was a toughness, an ability to get through challenges. And the challenge that I really remember from my senior year was during a match I got picked up and I got slammed um sternum first down on the ground and all of a sudden it hurt for me to breathe and I continued on in the match. I ended up winning the match and for the next two to three weeks every time I was sitting in a classroom and breathe it hurt. every time I was participating in practice and I breathed and it hurt
011and I thought that toughness was something that made me really special. And what I have realized in in a moment of emotionality here is I was not tough at all. Not in the least. And the last person that I'd like to bring up to the podium um embodies toughness and I created my own superintendence inspiration award. Ailen Zoo, if you could join your teammates and your coach at the podium [applause] and Ailen, I don't know if you knew my my daughter uh my daughter Izzy Bulpi uh graduated here from Hillsboro High School. The day after your accident, I I don't know why I'm emotional. um she put your name on our church's prayer list and it has been on there to this day and I feel symbolically with everything that you have gone through um
012while you'll still be in our thoughts and prayers we can successfully remove that to you because your story is one of inspiration. And what this plaque says right here is that this award recognizes your unwavering will to recover, your inspiring return to competitive athletics, and the light of hope you have carried for our entire school community. You are the embodiment of an inspiration. And I know you still have a journey ahead of you, but we recognize what you have done. I know your story continues to be told, and we are so happy for you in the future. So, President Marini, if you don't mind presenting Ailen with this plaque on our behalf, [snorts] and then Coach Ioni, I would like to give you a moment or two or any of your athletes to either talk
013about the season or or talk about anything you would like about this volleyball experience and perhaps what it was like to have a lean back this year. [snorts] Um, I'd just like to say, uh, thank you so much to co, not only coach Ioni, um, also coach Jax and Coach King, our two wonderful assistant coaches, um, all the parents of the team, um, for being so supportive all throughout the season. Um, all my teammates, I wouldn't be here, uh, Eileen wouldn't be here either without them. Um, and yeah, thank you to everyone who um cheered us on this season and thank you to everyone who kept that lean in their thoughts and prayers. [applause] >> I just want to say I do remember your daughter. She was really good at Spanish. [laughter] >> She was.
014Yes. >> Um, especially while struggling, support from everyone really helped me recover. I just wanted to thank everyone here. >> [applause] >> Don't feel bad about being teary eyed because it's pretty much how the last year and a half has been for me when Eileen had her accident. But um having her back this year was was amazing and she was an inspiration to the team and the team had a great year playing in a a very grueling brutal division and state sectional. We made it to uh sectional semifinals which was was really amazing. Played extremely well and I'm very proud of the team and the girls especially these two. Um Eileen you know all know her story now and Cynthia not only made 13 all group but she also um achieved this a very fine
015statistic of over a thousand assists in her career which has never been done before. So that's an amazing feat. And Eileen right now and in my eyes, she will always be the leader in kills, but somebody will surpass her eventually because there are more games now and more more sets. But uh in my eye, she would have she would have accomplished she would have gotten close to a thousand kills, which would have been amazing. But it's okay. Just being out there was was amazing. And it's worth more than a thousand kills. So thank you and congratulations to my girls. And thank you everybody. [applause] Thank you all so much for your inspiring stories and your great work. And uh keep doing what you're doing. And uh later on the year we'll we'll acknowledge some winter
016athletes as well. Thank you all so much. >> And we'll take a fiveminute break just for anybody who wants to take pictures or anything before they head out and before we continue the rest of the meeting. So we'll take a five-minute break. >> Freezing in here. [clears throat] Maybe they turn the heat It's awesome. How many feel it, >> right? Get back here. Okay, we will continue with the uh superintendent report. >> Thank you, Mr. President. In addition to uh getting some good communication out and honoring our fall sports athletes, there is other information that we have to communicate out as well. You know, um in Hillsboro that we are going through a redistricting process for a variety of reasons and we're really starting to solidify what our next steps are. Uh at the last
017meeting or two meetings ago, we did say that we were keeping the schools all K through four, which we are, and we were going to redraw the boundary lines. And as Mr. Handler and I and the min administrative team started redrawing those boundary lines and getting numbers in, we started to notice something. So, we are definitely still redistricting, but we want to make it very clear what our plan is going to be there. So, I'm going to kick it over to Mr. Handler to, uh, introduce a little video that we've also put together for the community to make this very clear. So, um, as we looked at our redistricting and trying to kind of balance for what the future might bring, uh, we kind of shifted what we saw as as, um, what we're trying
018to solve for where we had two of the schools that are are very crowded. Um, we were shifting the population to fill two of the other schools knowing that new developments are coming in. um in doing further research, those developments, the timelines for those is further down the road. Um a few of the developments are coming online very quickly within the next um you know year, year and a half, but other developments are still kind of in the planning phases. So in looking at that we decided that maximizing or trying to push all the students to the other schools to allow space for those new students who are coming in when they weren't coming in such a um a time frame was not in the best interest of the district. So what we've decided to
019do is kind of slow down the redistricting a little bit and shift so that we get to a more balanced approach and then re reassess in a few years. So if you want to play the video, it kind of goes through the um what we're kind of looking at. >> Hello everyone. Today we're going to talk about school redistricting. Now I know that topic can bring up a lot of questions and that's exactly why we're here. Our goal is to walk you through the plan and show you just how clear, thoughtful, and stable the path forward really is. So, let's dive in. We have broken this down into five simple parts. We'll start with why this is even happening. Then, we'll get into the real challenge we're solving. After that, we'll walk through our specific
020plan, cover our core promise to your family, and finally take a look at what's coming up next. Think of this as your road map for the whole process. So, let's start with the why. You know, this whole conversation kicks off with something really positive. Our community is growing, and that's a great thing, but it also means we need to adapt and plan for it. This is the big question on everyone's mind, isn't it? This isn't just some administrative exercise we decided to do. It's on the table for a very concrete reason based on real data and what we know about our community's growth. And we can get really specific here. Updated construction projections show an immediate impact from three new housing developments. The Enclave at Roybrook is expected to bring about 33 new students into
021the Amsterdam Elementary area. Campus Associates will add around 14 to Sunny and the Hillmont development adds another 26 students to Woods Road. So, when you add all that up, we're looking at approximately 73 new students arriving this coming summer and fall. This isn't some problem for way down the road. It's a reality we need to plan for right now to make sure every student gets a great school experience. Now, you might be thinking, "Okay, 73 students, just find a place for them." But it's actually a bit more complex than that. To make room for these new students, we have to deal with something we call the domino effect. This slide really explains the core challenge. You can't just change one school's boundary line by itself. Think about it. When you make a change in one
022neighborhood to welcome new families, that one move kicks off a chain reaction, it means we have to carefully look at the lines for all of our schools to keep everything balanced and avoid overcrowding somewhere else. And this really shows the trap we're trying so hard to avoid. If we were to make one massive sweeping change right now to account for every single house that might be built years from now, we'd actually create brand new problems. Some schools would be packed to the gills immediately with no room left while others would be half empty. It's just not an efficient approach and it would almost guarantee more moves for students down the line. And that brings us to the solution. Instead of a big disruptive all-in change, we're using a phased and much smarter approach. I want
023you to think of it less like flipping a light switch and more like using a dimmer. This slide just captures the difference perfectly. Flipping a switch is reactive. It solves today's problem, but creates a bigger one for tomorrow. Our dimmer switch plan, though, is strategic. It lets us address the immediate need for those 73 students now while saving space and flexibility for future growth. It's stable. It's forward thinking, and it's designed specifically to prevent disruption for our students. The plan itself is a pretty simple three-step process. First, we solve for the enrollment needs we have right in front of us. Second, by doing that, we're also intentionally preserving space for future growth all across the district. And third, as other new developments come along years from now, we can make small, gradual adjustments as we
024need to. It's just a smart, sustainable model. Now, let's get to what is probably the most important part of this whole plan. We've talked about strategy and numbers, but all of it is built around one central commitment, stability for our students. Because at the end of the day, this is the only question that really matters, right? How is this going to affect your child's education and their community at school? I want you to know the entire plan was designed with this question at its very heart. And here is our promise to you stated as clearly as we can. If this process affects your child, it will be one move and one move only. Future adjustments to the boundaries will not impact any student who has already been moved. your child will stay in their new
025school. Period. Let me say that one more time because it is the most important takeaway. Preventing repeat moves for students isn't just a happy side effect of the plan. It's the central goal. The entire dimmer switch approach is built from the ground up to deliver on this promise of stability for your family. So, as we wrap up, let's look at how this plan fits into the bigger picture. This isn't just happening in a vacuum. It's part of a long-term vision for a strong and growing district, and we're looking ahead with confidence. This timeline shows you our path forward. We're taking care of the immediate needs right now with phase 1, and we're all set for those smaller incremental adjustments in the future. And what's really crucial is that this plan ensures our other major district
026goals like the launch of full day kindergarten stay right on schedule for the 202627 school year. So, what are the big things to remember? First, this change is happening because of positive community growth. Second, our dimmer switch plan is a smart strategic approach that prevents problems down the road. Third, we are making a firm one move only promise to our students and families. And finally, all of this is being done while keeping our other big goals like full day kindergarten right on track. And so, I'll leave you with this thought. Redistricting can definitely feel like a challenge, but when you manage it with a careful, forward-thinking, and student- centered plan, it becomes an opportunity, a chance to grow thoughtfully, to strengthen our schools, and to build an even more vibrant community for the years to
027come. Thank you for your time. So to kind of recap, uh what we're going to be looking at over the next um several weeks, uh is we have originally redistricted, but instead of moving the lines to the extreme, we're going to we're going to incrementally move them um with the goal of if we move it to here now so we can kind of balance our schools and then continue to look at our population growth and uh re-evaluate in another year or two that if that if the growth does come f to fruition then we would continue to move the lines. Um and the one thing I do want to emphasize and it was um highlighted in the video as well is our goal is to never move a student from a school to a different
028school and then in the future have to move them again back to that school. So >> yes, thank you. Thank you [clears throat] Mr. Handler. I do want to reiterate a couple of those points too, particularly the last one that you made. We're talking about like a phased in redistricting that this [clears throat] might hap it's going to happen this fall and then maybe two to three years we're going to change those boundaries again as these u developments come online. But I want to assure you we're not going to ever pingpong kids once a kid is captured in their new school. that is going to be their new school and they're not going to be sent to a third school because the main the main thing that we noticed when we were going through this
029with the demographers reports uh with the data and information and speaking to the township was it would have been nice if all 10 things came online right away and all the kids showed up. We have all of that but there are 10 developments and they are slowly and incrementally coming on. So we're dealing with three. We've got a plan for that and in the future when the next two or three come along those uh borders will move a little bit further and we'll have a plan for that. But we don't want to cause a problem. We don't want the cure to be worse than the the illness here. And that's exactly what we're doing. We're playing this smart. We're playing it slow and we're playing it kid- centered. So once they're redistricted, that is the
030only time. And Mr. Handler and my team, I thank you for all of your hard work on that. that video that we showed the public here, we are going to share that on a weekly basis through Hillsboro happenings so that anybody who has any questions about redistricting, you can feel free to reach out to the superintendent's office and we will point you in the right direction. But it does kind of sum it up and uh Mr. President, that does conclude my superintendence report. >> Thank you very much. Uh we will now move on to the final committee reports with the current committee chairs for this calendar year. Um if we can could we begin with education? >> We met on uh December 11th and we discussed um the books that are up tonight for approval,
031the revised curriculum, overnight trips and um just to note um concerns were raised about the financial impact when multiple trips target the same population of students. So that is something that we continue to look at. um the Mark Sea Wetard Holocaust Education Foundation grant policy updates um which are being moved forward for first reading for um policy 23 2535 library materials, policy 2530 resource materials and policy 9130 for complaints. We discussed the calendar for June 2nd. That change um where um we would apply the first unused emergency closing day to to close schools on primary day which is right now June 2nd. Uh the 2627 district calendar. There are two calendar versions. And then uh from anformational standpoint, we have a preview of upcoming book and curriculum revisions for January and budget options. And just
032to reiterate for today's agenda item, we have to pick which of those two calendars that we will. >> So we'll have a discussion before that agenda item is voted on to identifi identify which one we will be voting on. >> All right. Can we move to HR? Mers, >> um the HR committee met on Wednesday, December 17th. We talked about the possibility of having a girls high school women's flag football team. We also talked about the possibility of work shift hour changes for a staff member in buildings and ground. And we concluded with uh budget discussions. >> All right. Thank you very much. Uh Mr. Davis, operations, >> uh, operations committee met on Friday, uh, the 19th and, uh, there were several items that came up. One was to acknowledge, uh, a donation from the
033Woodfern HSA to renovate, uh, a staff break room, which was something that's been needed, and we approved that. Uh we had a conversation with uh uh I'm sorry there was another conversation about out of district students and uh going through a process of uh giving people an opportunity to uh demonstrate their residency and so letters are being sent out to contact families who need to reup their residency requirements and uh it is a requirement and uh so if you receive a letter uh from the school district asking you to provide that uh information, please do so as quickly as you can. Uh the result of not replying could end up being uh an attendance problem, a qualification problem. Uh we had a conversation with LAN Associates. Uh LAN being a architectural development firm and the
034question which actually came up uh several months ago has to do with developing a new facility for the transportation and maintenance departments. Right now, all of that work is being done at what we call the Bloomingdale School, which is over on Amwell Road. And it's a it's an aging facility, but the fact of the matter is even just uh logistically the the facility really doesn't work for what we're trying to make it work. Uh we're maintaining buses that are full length and there isn't even a a bay at the facility. where a bus could fit all the way inside. So people are lying on their backs out in the parking lot working on buses. So we began the process of considering could we perhaps use uh the open field that is actually adjacent to Auton
035Road here. It's really just a big open field right now. And as with any development process that uh is going through a lot of discussion, a lot of ifs, ands, and buts, the initial proposal, [clears throat] which was perhaps leans a bit toward the best of all possible worlds end of the spectrum, uh came in with a price tag that was just over $12 million, which kind of startled everybody. And uh so we asked uh land to make modifications. And just to abbreviate this a bit, the land came back on the 19th with uh a couple of different proposals u which included renovations at Bloomingdale as well as doing something here in the field. And it's not it's more than we can talk about here tonight, but [clears throat] uh with these other proposals uh
036the price tag for the project fell more into a much more reasonable range. Nothing to be decided upon yet. But one thing that was uh made evident was that no matter which option is ultimately selected, there's a certain amount of preliminary and preparatory work that would have to be done [clears throat] regarding the the property next to the school or the lot next to the school. Uh really to just determine if it even can be used. other wetland problems, other environmental problems, etc. And so one uh there is a proposal on the agenda this evening to uh give land permission or for us to approve uh land to go ahead with the preparatory evaluation of the of the lot next door. Not to do any construction work or or to even pick which of the
037options we would want to use. uh but to do the preliminary investigation to make sure that even the proposals that are being considered would all be feasible. Uh and so that's an item that is on uh the agenda tonight which can be discussed in more detail uh later. And uh there was another uh unrelated item but had come up previously and that's it was the question about uh going to referendum for tax questions. Uh whether [clears throat] or not the board could ask the town to vote to raise or lower the budget or go to the 2% cap. And uh fortunately uh we received advice uh from our attorney about the feasibility or even this the necessity of taking such a step. And uh just for the sake of completing a conversation that was left
038dangling in the previous meeting uh I'd like to just take a moment to touch upon that question. I don't know would now be an appropriate time. >> So we'll do it during the board discussion after this. >> We'll do it after this. >> So [clears throat] that was the meeting on the 19th. >> So So can I just add on to one of your points? Uh the amount that we're approving tonight is not an 100% spend. It'll be an incremental spend and if issues are found, the total amount will not necessarily be spent. >> Correct. On that. So >> all right. All right. I will move on to governance. Uh governance was a bit of a shorter agenda. But we did review uh an update to the organizational chart um and the governor's committee recommended
039uh it to move forward to the meeting and then we also uh discussed the highle schedule of board meetings um uh which has uh been agreed to move [clears throat] forward for the uh first for the January 5th reorg meeting. So if there's any feedback from any folks on the board, they have time to review and provide that feedback before the January 5th meeting. And I think then we discussed obviously the awards being given out tonight which were fantastic. Uh and I think that was it. All right. So seeing that we will now move to uh comments from the board public. We very much welcome input from the public. During board meetings there'll be two 30-minute periods of time. The meeting we open public comment where members of the public are invited to comment which
040you may do if they attending in person. There's a clipboard for all participants to write their name. Before commenting please state your name and address. There's a three-minute limit on public comment. Please understand that our public forums are not structured as question and answer sessions, but rather offered his opportunities to share your thoughts with the board. In instance where the board believes there's a misunderstanding or inaccuracy, the board president or superintendent will address the comment. There may be times the member of the public makes comment or ask a question about personnel hiring decisions. Kindly note the [clears throat] open public meetings act and the privacy rights of public employees encompass therein do not permit the board to discuss personnel issues in public session. All right. No comments on the action agenda. So [clears throat] I
041will move it on to our board attorney and just if you can give us a brief summary of of the request that was made and what your kind of guidance is to the board. >> Sure. So the discussion from the board was as you all know uh the question as to whether or not the board could consider uh asking the voters whether or not to go up to that 2% cap that the law allows you to go to. So something that my office looked at and we we did discuss uh briefly. The issue a little closer. The issue is that the law allows the board to uh quote submit to the voters a proposal to increase the adjusted tax levy by more than the allowable amount authorized by the law and refers to the the
0422% cap law. Uh so the wording of the statute is exactly is that that uh you the purpose of the second question the special election the referendum that goes to the public is to ask for more money than the board is authorized to raise on its own without voter approval. Um it's quite likely highly likely that the commissioner of education whose approval you need to submit a question to the voters uh would not allow the board to ask for a less than cap. that because the board is authorized by statute to do that without voter approval. Um it's unlikely that the commissioner would give you the green light to ask the voters for something that you can do yourselves. Um the other issue that we have is that even if the commissioner gives the green
043light to put that to the voters, um any voter would have standing to file a lawsuit to prevent that vote from going ahead. Again, we can't um predict the future on whether that would go through or be successful or someone would even make that argument. Uh but just there's a lot of red flags and landmines in pursuing something that would be kind of a a test case uh on this issue. Um so it was our advice to the board that given the language of the statute probably not something we want to explore at this time at least absent further guidance from the state which we do not yet have on this issue. >> All right. Thank you. Any comments by board members before we uh move forward or any other topics before we move on
044to the action agenda? All right. All right, seeing none, we'll move to the action agenda. Oh, sorry. Minutes. We'll do that first. Uh 10.1 motion to approve public minutes 112425. 10.2 motion to approve executive session minutes 112425. Can I get a motion to second? >> So move second. >> Any discussion by the board in the minutes? Seeing no uh sorry. All in favor? >> Thank you. All right. Now we'll move to the action agenda. >> Thank you, Mr. President. As for the board's consideration to approve the following motions in the area of education, travel and related expenses, the superintendent's HIV determinations for the attached cases, books, revised curriculum, overnight trips, new field trip destination, submission of the grant application for the Mark Shwer [clears throat] Holocaust Education Foundation grant in the amount of $500, revised
0452526 calendar as noted by Miss Jackson, then approving the 2627 district calendar that President Marini said, "You'll have to pick one of those." Uh, family math and family science sessions, staff for the peer mentoring program, staff for the administration of portfolio assessments, the collaborative field experience between William Patterson University and Hillsboro Township Public Schools, submission of the amended fiscal year 26 ESA grant application to include carryover funds and approving the long-term suspensions of students whose names are in file in the office of the superintendent. Can I get a motion? A second. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All right. So before I ask if there's any discussion, let's go right to the primary point here. Uh for 11.9, we have two calendars. One, uh option one, the short spring break. I think that was what
046was originally proposed. And then there is an option two for a what's referred to as a full spring break. So, um, between the members of the board, we need to agree to move forward with one. We can do that conversationally. Um, just by getting a kind of a straw hole here of the board members, we'll pick which one we're going to move forward with because not really the action item is going to stay on. We just need to agree which one. So, I'll open to the board if there's any comments or preferences or any feedback on the calendars that they would like to share. Cassie, please. So, after our last meeting, I spoke on the announcements at school and I kind of gave um like the grades an overview of what both of the calendars
047would entail. And I posted a form um asking what people would prefer and I got a bunch of results. Um I got 352 responses from 9th, 10th, and 11th graders because 12th graders wouldn't be affected. Um out of the responders, 25% were freshman, 33 sophomores, and 42 were juniors. And I think the juniors were very passionate about the decision in general because it was going to affect their graduation. So um overall 58.3% of responders preferred a longer break. And some of the reasonings for that was they wanted more time in between well more time for breaks because they felt that there wasn't enough time off throughout the school year. And then [clears throat] also people mentioned that there was AP testing um and people had already planned vacations and yeah and so one thing that
048stuck out to me was the junior class a lot of them so the decision was split 48.9% of them voted for a shorter break and 51% of them voted for a longer break but a lot of the people that I talked to in person wanted to graduate earlier so that was a reason for shorter break but for the longer It was like the reasons I told you before. And then also something I noticed was a lot of the athletes preferred a shorter break because they had stuff going on during break and it's not like they were missing anything. So it kind of just is up to you guys whatever who who you want to prioritize more. if you want to prioritize the students that um think that it's be best for their mental health and
049they want a longer break or if you want to prioritize um the graduating class who just wants to get out or some of the athletes who don't necessarily see a difference. But that's it for me. >> I [clears throat] appreciate that. Thank you very much. >> Any other board members? >> Great. I think I know that um we had asked the um the people who were actually involved in the daily [clears throat] teaching and the preference there and how they think it would um impact which schedule would be more positively impacted by instruction and I believe that answer was for the longer spring break. Is that correct? >> Yes. when I spoke to HA leadership about the options, uh, they were interested on behalf of their members with the the full spring break. >> I
050think, you know, we have to really, I think, listen to the people that are in the classes and um because they're the ones that are at the forefront of the instruction and know their students the best. >> And I think the majority of the respondents did say the full spring break as well. Correct. >> 58.1% [clears throat] I I think just just for some background I think the goal was to stay on [clears throat] schedule what the original schedule was um before realizing you know there wasn't time given for Passover. So um again the the way to creatively go around it and maintain the earlier end date was to do something like this which I think was a was a really good idea you know and for one year [clears throat] where we couldn't make
051everything align well I think it was a a creative solution. >> Yeah. And Miss Jackson if you don't mind me saying to your point I thought I thought it was a lot of hard work that the education committee did. The real outlier uh this year was the fact that Passover and and uh Easter and spring break were were so far apart. Um we don't anticipate that happening in future years. So this is something we could explore again in the future to try and get out a little bit earlier. >> That's I I appreciate how the uh the calendar was adjusted to accommodate those who observe uh Passover, especially like you said, Mr. won't be it doesn't align with the uh spring break, but I appreciate all the the input and the seeking of input by
052uh staff and also students. I love the the time that you put into it having a survey and everything. So, you know, it it helps us make an informed decision because to personally I I I was I want I mostly worried about, you know, honoring the Passover uh date days off. Um, other than that, I wanted to do what what the students and staff prefer. >> Any other comments? >> I didn't send out a form for the staff, but I talked to only a couple teachers and a lot of them did prefer the shorter end. So, they were on um they were in line with a lot of the juniors who wanted to get out earlier. >> Interesting. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, it seems as though some board members are recommending the full spring
053break. Um, is there anybody who has concerns uh for us to vote on that option? >> And just to clarify, that would be the option two for the board members. >> Okay. So, as we move to roll, which we're not doing just quite yet, um we'll consider option two. Um, is there any other topics on this action agenda that anybody would like to discuss before we move to RO? >> It'll be option two. Um, yes or no on option two. Yeah, for that line. But the we're going to vote on the whole agenda, but for that line item 11.9, that will be option two only. Okay. Seeing no other comments, we'll move the role. >> Mr. Davis? >> Yes. >> M. Jackson. >> Yes. >> Miss Lanning Beater. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lee. >> Yes.
054>> Miss Nurse. >> Yes. >> Miss Stats. [clears throat] >> Yes. >> Mr. Ho. >> Yes. Except um on 11.1 no to the trip to London and no on 11.5. >> And Mr. Morini? >> Yes. Motion passes. >> Thank you. Thank you. In the area of human resources, I'd ask for the board's consideration to approve the following motions. Retirements and resignations, appointments, leaves of absence, change in employment status, transfer and change in assignment, co-curricular and intramural adviserss, student teaching, clinical externships, instructional assistance stipens, mentors and buddies, seventh period coverage, and extra coverage. >> Can I get a motion? A second. >> So move. Second. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, we'll move to roll. >> Mr. Davis, >> yes. >> Miss Jackson, >> yes. >> Miss Lighting Beater, >> yes. >> Mr. Lee, >> yes. >>
055Miss Nurse, >> yes. >> Miss Stats, >> yes. >> Mr. Hill, >> yes. >> And Mr. Murray, >> yes. Motion passes. >> Thank you. In the area of operations, I'd ask for the board's consideration to approve the following motions. Monthly bills, monthly financial statements, financial status, line item transfers, non-public expenditure resolution, a settlement agreement, a second settlement agreement, disposal and sale of obsolete equipment, accepting donations, approving out of district placements for 2526, and approved tasks from land associates proposal of October 20th 25 for a possible new transportation complex as noted by Mr. Davis in his committee report. Can I get a motion? A second. >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion before the board votes? Miss, >> I have concerns about uh I think it's item uh 13.11 about proving task for the land associates
056proposal for the new transportation complex. Um it's they were asked to come up with a plan for just just renovating the existing complex and that they it's incomplete. Um at the very least whether even if we do have a new complex here near Auton um as Mr. Davis pointed out um there are some conditions that need to be addressed now at the current complex because it'll take a couple years probably before this one's built. Um and for the sake of of employees like mechanics are working outside in and really you know sometimes really bad weather conditions. Um so I think we need to address that as as soon as possible. Um but I I just worry about Yes. It would be wonderful to have a whole new complex, but I I worry about us being
057more um maybe frugal with our money. There are a lot of other things we still have not recovered from with the cutbacks in 2019 and since then. Um so I I'd like us to explore uh the possibility of improving what the existing existing location is. Um, one point that's been made is, well, we expect to, um, you know, sell that Hillsboro Elementary School property. Um, but okay, we could sell that, but still keep that the rest of that, you know, the Bloomingdale property. And there's even other land there behind that. Um, because I think that would be more frugal. Yes, I know it's not the best thing as far as the buses turning out from there, but we there's a lot of parts of our district that aren't the best. And uh I just want
058to you know uh spend money as as uh as well as possible and keep in mind other other situations that's occurring in in our district. Um uh yeah and you know like just for example um I the Robo Raiders they uh have to pay to have a location where they can do construction of their robot um and have meetings and all and whereas other um like um sports teams and I think they don't pay for for a facility for their activity. So, um it's things like that that I worry that we're not addressing. >> Thank you, Mr. Davis. [clears throat] >> Yeah, for clarity and thank you, Miss Stats, for for bringing that up. Uh at the operations committee meeting, the plan that we were reviewing presented by LAN Associates included uh options or some
059ideas for work to be done at the Bloomingdale site. Let's call it renovations for lack of a better word. Um which in and of themselves, you know, could be undertaken on a different schedule. No, they're independent of the idea of a new facility on the lot next door. So, the item that is on the agenda this evening is singularly it's it's like a rifle shot. It's just a single question of allowing land to go forward with evaluating the next door without any regard to any schedule or any other work or what may or may not be done at Bloomingdown. It's just that one single question. Will we approve the funds for them to do that work so that we can evaluate what the best choice is for that location? [clears throat] And even with regard
060to what you pointed out, um, M. Marini, um, we're going to do each of these would be site work and as if we if they run into any, uh, problems, then we'll stop right then and there. However, the whole amount is $149,000, $149,500. That's a big investment when I still think we still need to uh consider the possibility after a full report is done on what can be done to just renovate uh the property of Bloomingdale. Um, and I'll be honest with you, uh, for land, this is more profitable to have a a new transportation complex built here as opposed to just renovating um, what's what's at um, Bloomingdale. So, I I guess I'm suggesting that we table this until we get a full report on what kind of reserations can be made at Bloomingdale.
061So, just to be clear, we asked them to make this proposal. So, it's not us saying we want to do Bloomingdale. They said no, no, no, do a facility because it's we're not going to say because it's more profitable. I mean, obviously it would be because it's a bigger project, but we asked for the assessments on a full suite, a full suite with adjustments and adjustments. So, this if we're going to do any work on the AR site, this is the preliminary work. So this comes back bad then we're kind of stuck is the wrong word but we're stuck working with Bloomingdale until another >> but I thought I thought we were told that they have not done a report on just doing renovations at Bloomingdale. >> This component of it is for the assessment
062of Bloomingdale. Sorry. >> Yeah. What's being voted on tonight is to basically check and see if the land next to here is suitable. Um they are completing renovations for Oh, sorry. They're not completing renovations. They're completing plans for what potential renovations could look like at Bloomingdale. The um Mr. Recker, maybe you can help me out here. Part of the issue that we we have with this is what the the lag time and the lead time is on all of this. Personally, as superintendent, if if something is wrong here, I'm okay shutting it down. But the longer we delay, I think he's from the time we made a decision to something actually being built if we went full speed ahead. What do was it two? It was two years. It's about two years. >> It's about
063two years. So, >> along the lines of what some of your concerns are, um, Miss Stats, I do want to make sure that we do, as we all do, we want to have a good facility for our employees and make sure they're not working in in, you know, not quality conditions. And then we would also have to game plan, which makes this more difficult, which is why I'm comfortable in recommending to this board whatever the board decides. If we were to renovate Bloomingdale and it was an extensive renovation, the big question there becomes what do we do with everybody who works there? Like during the renovation, we don't have a second facility to move people, to move vehicles, to say, okay, we're going to renovate the Bloomingdale area, so we're going to point X in
064order to do that work. Um, we would need to see what the plans are from land, but then we would have to come up with what what is that second option? Where does everybody go? which is part of the reason why I feel very comfortable recommending to this board and I think the committee was okay with that as well. That being said, to your point, we have asked land for full workup on what it would look like to uh fix up Bloomingdale. I think what we would have to wrestle with administratively is what do we do with everybody during that time? That's that's a problem for down the road, but they are going to work on plans for us >> and and obviously this is not my area of expertise, but um you know they
065can work on in the summertime. there's less use of the buses at that time. Um, but I keep going back to I mean if to to have a a transportation complex here, they're starting from scratch like you said, you know, looking at what environmental concerns and all that or that's not so much that's not an issue at Bloomingdale. And I think it's it behooves us to be um, you know, fiscally sound and and uh using our our our our money in as a way as possible. >> Sure. I I Jerry, please correct me if I'm wrong. We did budget for this coming into this year, right, for this work to be done. So, I just wanted to be clear that this is currently in the budget. It's not an additional expense. Your point is still
066well taken about how to spend the money, but this was part of our budgeted money coming into this year. If I may also, um, [clears throat] the situation at Bloomingdale is such that it would seem that it would could it would not be suitable and could not be made suitable as a longtime solution without basically just raising the entire property and starting from scratch over there. Uh, the building is old. there's lots of problems with infrastructure and facilities and so on and so something would have to be done and beginning the process of looking at doing something with the property next door even though it might seem to be oblique or or off path actually might speed up or expedite [clears throat] some interim modifications that could be done at Bloomingdale while this project is
067is still being considered. And again, there's lots of ifs, ands, and buts. But the the facility that's that's being considered here, which at this point has maybe three different versions, you one more mahalish and one one more simply functional. Uh but that's the point of the proposal this evening. It's to begin the preliminary work by evaluating the space next door. It does not preclude continuing to consider what could be done at Bloomingdale in [clears throat] the short term. But in any event, doing something besides Bloomingale seems to be an inevitability. [clears throat] business. >> I guess I'm getting confused and and because there's so going back and forth between the two properties, the $149,000 is specific to looking at the land here. Does that seems like a lot of money considering what other things that
068land has done for us in looking at land before? Does that mean they're drawing up all different types of plan in the 149,000 or are they just looking at the land to see the feasibility? So, so my understanding and listening to the conversation is basic, you know, we're looking at potentially for a school, the first phase of it, just basic feasibility is a much bigger thing because it's a much bigger parcel of land and I think they're relatively confident that the land that Paris is on would be suitable. So, I think they're putting a a handful of steps here together where in other things we've done, we split them apart into individual line items with some time in between. So this is basically everything we need to do to get approval to build the facility.
069>> So in the things in the past have they been added up to about the equivalent like or are we like >> this is this is approximately estimate to what other things we would have done in this area? >> Like I don't have the cost in front of me for the things where that we did at the um depot site. That was the only similar things where they look for environmental things and and suitability. Um but I I would say it's likely to be similar to that. >> I think it's important. >> It's also important that [clears throat] uh there's a kill switch on every one of these steps. So if you know if the first step of the boundary evaluation or the wetlands evaluation, if any one of those steps reveals a problem that
070was unexpected, uh the remaining steps don't take place. We specifically asked that like, well, is this for everything? And they said, no, if the first thing fails, we stop. Second thing fails, we stop. Third thing, but this is all the line items we need. And I think even they said, even if you're just putting a parking lot for buses, you still need to do this stuff because you're paving a lot. >> So that if you should decide not to go forward with this and all this work is done, it's documented. It would never have to be done again. >> Correct. And if you had an idea go in the future, you would just kind of skip over to possibly implementing something an alternative. >> I don't know the lifespan [snorts] of the applicability of the
071surveys, but >> either that I can't answer that, but in theory we would have done this already with the assessments. >> Mr. H. >> Um, Miss Jackson, I think just based on what heard from the depot that they said wetlands changed. I maybe not here at Aris, but they were saying that the wetlands changed quite a bit >> in the depot area. That's why we had to pay again to do it. So, I wouldn't if this is not something that we're interested in now, I wouldn't pay for it now. But to um Miss Nurse, your point about the expense like that was one of my concerns as well. The um in the operations committee minutes from October, the actually allin of the drawings and stuff is actually like $770,000 for drawings. like so like the
072delta would be like $600,000 so plus to keep going >> and and one of the things Oh, I'm sorry. But I was actually so one of the things in our in our meeting um in operations like to Miss Stats's point is is that that I didn't even think about until she just brought it up is that is like are we kind of is that the most important use of the money that we raised the 26.6 6 million is building a transportation complex even though it's budgeted. Is that the most is that the best use of our money for our district? I don't know if that is that like that's what I was reading to what you're saying is that >> that's part of it. That's part of what I was saying. >> Yeah. And so
073kind of like to the point like we didn't really push land at operations to see what they would do at Bloomingdale to make it [clears throat] like good. >> It they they did present a preliminary plan. They didn't have as detailed of a plan, but and we did ask them to to come with that. So they they will be coming with that eventually. It did take up a lot more land in that area, too. it wasn't just renovating the area. So, there might have to be some similar work done because you would encroach on the HS [clears throat] football field property there for that. So, some of this work might have to end up being done there as well. Um, the one thing that I did want to say uh Mr. He as you were
074saying that was yeah to to the operation committee's um u their their due diligence and their work. I don't know if I'd call it Taj Mahal, Mr. But there was certainly a bigger and and more um spread out expansive. Yes. Something planned and these expenses were much higher. And just by moving where it was and making it smaller, these expenses did come down. I just wanted to point that out that this was not a uh here operations committee, we need to do this. And the operations committee didn't rubber stamp it. They gave it the Heisman and we had to come back another month with with different proposals and costs. >> Yeah. The first shot, if we can say that, the first proposal going back to October was uh in excess of $12 million. >> 12.8
075>> for the full complex being built. Yes. Not for just this >> complex. Correct. And uh with the second go round, we we did review uh two different plans for this site next door. One was down to about 7.8 8 and the other one was in the neighborhood of [clears throat] 4.8 close to five. Um, and there were different reasons. We, you know, we're we're not at the point yet where these plans are being presented to the board per se. Uh and th those conversations did include uh thoughts about what could be done at Bloomingdale in terms of erecting things and and so on that might make the working conditions there more acceptable in the short term. [clears throat] But whether or not I'm sorry just just to finish up it took too deep a
076breath [laughter] whether or not uh this transportation facility is is quote unquote the best use of funds [clears throat] that may be difficult to say but I think it's certainly a good use of funds uh and a timely use of funds and especially from the point of view of uh taking good care of our equipment and and the buses and the vehicles, but also the working conditions uh for the staff. Uh it it would be a really good step in my opinion >> and it could allow for further expanding our fleet which reduces [clears throat] cost to the district. So there's other fringe benefits in addition to the welfare of our employees that work, multiple bays to service instead of one hanging out of a building. So, there's a couple of things there that we're
077looking at. Is that >> I some of us uh did a tour of of the Bloomingdale uh facility and um yeah, it's not in perfect shape, but I mean some of our our school buildings aren't the best that they can possibly be, but so but people make do and they have to deal with that, especially lack of space. So again, I guess it's about priorities and uh that we do have limitations um and sure we we are uh as fiscally responsible as we can be and uh try to make up for uh what losses we encountered have encountered since 2019. >> Okay. >> Can I add just one thing there? No, your point is well taken to stats. I just want to I know there's always a lot going on with with that too. So
078I I want to make it very clear that when my suggestion was to build as much in non-recurring costs as we move forward um buildings and and addressing items in buildings or one of those non-recurring costs, things we can build, things we can fix. This is one of those two, but we'll have other things coming too. We have uh proposals for expansion joints in some of our buildings that need work. Um, we have other projects going on, too. We're replacing the um the modular classrooms at Triangle School. So, those are just the ones I'm remembering off the top of my head. So, there are other things that we are doing uh to to make sure buildings are in better shape. You're right. We're not building additional classrooms. Want to make it very clear that we're
079addressing other needs in the district, too, because your point is well taken. Um, we need to address a lot of these things. I just wanted to make sure that that's out there as well. >> I'm sorry. So, is the goal to move everything from um oh gosh, the current location Bloomingdale to to the new >> I think one option has everything moving and one thing leaves is it >> Buildings and grounds. >> The smaller option leaves buildings and grounds in that building. The the larger option moves everything into that new facility. >> Did we get a definitive answer of every if the thorough plan came back about what can be done at Bloomingdale. >> No, no, no. That's being worked on. >> So, >> it's a separate assessment than this. This was specific to can
080we build a facility in that space, right? >> Give us options of what we could build and do that. And then separately, they're working on the for Bloomingale >> to which we already paid for them looking at Bloomingdale, >> I believe. So, right. >> Yes. It's they've been approved to do that to do that work up for us as well. >> Okay. >> But I I would like us to to see that first before we decide on I guess I'm asking again what to table uh this motion until we can see that plan. >> Do we know when the plan's coming back? >> Does it mean like weeks, months? Do we know of that? I'd be guessing right now. I'd be hopeful for perhaps the January operations committee meeting, but I don't have that definitively.
081>> All right. So, I heard a motion to table. We would need a second and then a an affirmative vote for that. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. All right. Any comments before we take that vote? Uh, I think >> this is a yes or no vote as to whe >> yes would be table. Yes. >> No would be keep on the >> No, it's keep it on the >> right. No be to keep it as is. >> And I think this that this motion addresses I think Miss Nurse your your question about [clears throat] seeing the options or the what what can be done at Bloomingdale. Is that >> I guess I know that uh Miss Stats had asked about where the full where we were in the full report of Bloomingdale and if
082we don't have that back yet. I mean, I think by the January 5th meeting, we would at least have an answer from Lan about when to >> This is definitely not January 5th. Definitely not January 5th. >> No, no, no. Not having the report back, but having an answer from them about when to expect the report. >> Possibly. >> Yeah, possibly. [clears throat] >> Well, we have that second meeting in January. >> Yeah. >> No, I know. But it's also like December 22nd. So, somebody calling and saying, "Hey, is this going to be two weeks, four weeks, two months?" like they should be able >> we can call them to follow up. We can ask >> but what's what is what are we asking land to do to to flesh out that plan >> the
083timing of when that >> assessment what we want is we want to see what they would propose of what they would do at Bloomingdale that would basically kind of fix the transition. >> That's my understanding what the board is asking and what we have asked them to do regardless. Yes. And what do we have a timeline for like number one like if we wanted to do things like right now it's planned to do simultaneously if we are still waiting for the other report back but we move forward with this how many steps are we going to get down before the other plan comes back >> they we did go over timelines and I don't remember the specifics for this they said start to finish we're talking a couple of years um with each step along
084the way But I don't know if we time bound them to how long this specific >> Well, if I may, some of the items on this list are are impacted by responses from other agencies. So, the state has to get back to us. The town has to get back to us. So, any one of the steps on this list could be pushed off months >> because waiting for some other agency to get back. So this this list is itself is not going to get executed in six weeks. >> What is there a way and maybe I there's already emotion on I don't even know where we are. But is there a way to make everybody feel comfortable and explore? Is there a way not to approve the full $149,000 but improve the first 36,000? Is
085that what that says? >> $36,000 [clears throat] to at least get that started. Hopefully then by January 5th we will know how long >> a takes versus how long the report is. >> So the simple answer is we could approve this and tell Jerry and Mike to confirm that they do not move beyond step one until there's a review of the [clears throat] plans for Bloomingdale. So we we could do that and just say step one only until we get something from you on there that we can review and then we'll get the board's approval to continue. But that's like a waste of money because if if we haven't seen what plan three is for the Bloomingdale, like what if we say like, you know what, actually our budget like the board agrees that like
086plan three at Bloomingdale and renovating it is actually what we want. Then we've just wasted $36,000. I don't know. I just like I think Miss Sats brings up a good point. >> Just keep it simple. Let's table it in its entirety until we get that re the the plan for Bloomingdale. >> The one thing I would add is the the the first step, the boundary and partial topography survey is something that Lance said would be beneficial for the district to have regardless of this project because we don't have it for this property. Um so that was something that would that is good to have anyway. So that in and of itself is something that could be separate from the rest of the proposal. and the and the wetlands uh determination part he did say it's
087typically three to six months because it's going to the D. [clears throat] >> So that just that first part >> first one will take >> the first one will take a minute and the second piece is is six months. >> Okay. I'm sorry. And not not to beat a dead horse, but are you going back to the question I had, you would be interested in moving everything over to this new I I guess I'm thinking more in terms of if you could utilize this piece of land for everything, you don't need Bloomingdale anymore and you can sell it. >> Correct. >> And you can offset the cost [clears throat] of building on property we already >> Correct. and it's an aging facility that we may eventually get rid of anyway. So, I think >> the
088suggestion was this is a good idea to move over there one way or the other. >> Um, that's not a land piece of land that we're looking to get rid of anytime. >> Um, and yes, the goal with the larger proposal is to move the entire facility over. I think the smaller one left the portion of it there. Um but [clears throat] the that would not necessitate any majorations if we move the whole thing >> and just the first step alone would be something we should have >> correct >> as practice because we don't know >> the theions or whatever we we haven't really properly assessed >> the size of the property. >> So then I have a question. Do we have this boundary and partial topography survey of all of our properties? I don't
089have the answer to that. We'd have to check to see if we have it everywhere. >> Okay. So, um I guess we'll move Sorry. >> Are we also then while we're doing this and thinking about this and and getting all the different options in, are we also did we already get an assessed value on just the Blooming Deal property or >> Yeah, that's been shared with the board a couple times. Yes. >> Yep. >> Okay. Thank you. [clears throat] >> Okay. So again with this there's a request a motion to table. A vote of yes would table this um and a and a vote of no would keep this on the agenda for a vote of the board. >> Uh can we move to roll? >> Mr. Davis. >> No. >> Miss Jackson. >> No.
090>> Miss Lanny Beater. >> No. >> Mr. Lee? >> No. Miss Nurse, >> we said that the stipulation was they were going to go one at a time with our approval [clears throat] before moving on. Okay, then no. >> Miss Stats? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ho? >> Yes. >> And Mr. Murray? >> No. Motion fails. Um, do we need any more discussion before we move to roll on the actual action agenda? >> Okay, seeing none, uh, we'll move to roll on the action agenda. Mr. Davis, >> yes. >> Miss Jackson, >> yes. >> Miss Lanning Beater, >> yes. >> Mr. Lee, >> yes. >> Miss Nurse, >> yes. >> Miss Stats, >> yes. >> Mr. Ho. >> Um, okay. So, yes, except on 13.9. Um, recusing myself for the Hillsbor Education Foundation and then no
091on 13.11. >> And Mr. Murray? Yes. Motion passes. >> Thank you. In the area of policies and regulations, I'd ask for the board's consideration to approve the following policies and regulations reviewed by the education committee for first reading. [clears throat] >> Can I get a motion and a second? >> So moved. >> Second. >> And we'll move to uh sorry, any discussion on the policies agenda? Okay. Seeing none, we'll move to roll. >> Mr. Davis, >> yes. >> M. >> Uh, Miss Jackson, >> yes. >> Miss Laming Beater, >> yes. >> Mr. Lee, >> yes. >> Miss Nurse. >> Miss Stats? >> Yes. >> Mr. Ho? >> Yes. >> And Mr. Money? >> Yes. Motion passes. All right, we'll move to the second public comment period. Comments from the board and public. We very much
092welcome input from the public. There is a clipboard for all participants to write their names. Before commenting, please state your name and address. There is a third limit on public comment. Please understand there our public forums are not structured as question answer sessions but rather offers opportunities to share your thoughts with the board. And since the board believes there's a misunderstanding or or inaccuracy, the board president or superintendent will address the comment. There may be times when a member of the public makes comment question about personnel or hiring decisions. Kindly note the public meetings act and the privacy rights of public employees that encompass their end. Do not permit the board to discuss personnel issues in public session. All right, seeing none, we will close public session. I'll open it up to the board if
093you'd like to make any additional comments or anything. >> Yes, >> I would like to just thank wasn't paying attention. [laughter] >> She raised her hand first. >> Just want to say congratulations to the boys and girls swim teams who've been pretty successful this season. I'll give more updates at the next meeting. Also to um the hockey team that won their last game and the girls basketball game or the girls basketball team has had some wins. Um also the student council. We've been doing a lot of fundraising which has been good. It's been going good so far. We're going to start doing um halftime shootoffs at the basketball game. So if anyone wants to go to those, they are pretty fun. And we're also having a field trip on January 11th. I think we're going
094to TCJ for a leadership seminar. So that will also be nice. And that's it for me. >> Awesome. Thank you. Mr. Davis, do you have a comment? >> No, I was just I wanted to thank Miss Stats for raising those questions. I think it was a healthy and robust conversation. >> Any other board members? All right, enjoy your uh rest of the year. A little bit of it that's left. And with that, I will take a motion to adjurnn. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? Thanks everybody.