001Hello and welcome to the Monday, September 8, 2025 board of education meeting in accordance with the state's sunshine law of New Jersey. Adequate notice of this meeting of the Hillsboro National Board of Education was provided Mr. Ed >> here. >> Mr. Craig >> here. Mur >> here. >> Mr. here for stand of to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisibley andice for all >> right to acknowledge the correspondent as listed like to acknowledge the correspondent is listed. Um, and for the board presence report, um, I don't think I have anything special for this meeting, uh, besides welcoming our new student representative, Cassie Mononttoya. Welcome. Uh, and with that, I'll move it over to the superintendent. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Wow, that's loud. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I want to say
002welcome to the 2526 school year to all of Hillsboro. Uh I want to say this is the smoothest of the three openings that I've had and it's because it's been a tremendous team effort. Uh not only from the board members and the administration sitting here, but everyone in the schools. We've had some issues to start the year where uh one building a principal got ill and that uh staff and faculty stepped up and really helped out with some things and uh we have made sure that everything has gone as smoothly as it possibly can be for children. There are some things that we're still working out with transportation with some routes for students. Uh but those are coming under control very quickly. So if you do have any uh questions, problems, or concerns, please feel
003free to contact us. But also know usually within the first two weeks those things are figured out. So welcome back to the uh the 2526 school year. One thing that I wanted to point out to the community of Hillsboro is we have a couple of big things going on this year. Um, and two of those big things have to do with redistricting and also uh the budget that we're looking at as and I know it's early to be talking about the budget, but what we got some feedback from the community is that people said that they weren't aware of certain items and certain things. So, I want to make sure that everybody here in Hillsboro knows that we have a weekly email that comes out of my office that's called Hillsboro happenings. And um if
004you go on to our website or if you even go to this board agenda, there's a link where you can subscribe to Hillsboro happenings and you will get a weekly email about events going on in the school district. But I'm also um creating two new sections where we put some news up there and specifically two of the big things that we have going on this year are as I had said redistricting. So, every week you are going to see in your inbox uh an update or if it hasn't been updated, you will see the most recent updates about redistricting. I will not be removing any of the redistricting items. Uh so there will be a list there all year. And what we have right now under redistricting is uh for each month a YouTube link
005to whatever Mr. Handler is presenting to the public. As I've said in both July and August, which the YouTube links are there right now, Mr. Handler is spearheading and overseeing the initiative. He's certainly not doing all of that work on his own. It's a team effort, but he will be reporting out uh once a month. Uh not at every board meeting. He does not have a report tonight. Uh he will have a report in later September that'll be a little bit more detailed than the last two. But if you're interested parents and you want to know what's going on with redistricting, every week in your inbox, if you subscribe to Hillsboro Happenings, you will be able to see our redistricting process from soup to nuts. And as I've said many times too, redistricting literally means
006there are some kids who are going to a school this year that will be going to a different school next year. It is our hope that by spring break or immediately thereafter, we'll be able to tell all students where they are going for the next school year. So, if you want to stay a breast of that and what's going on, please subscribe to Hillsboro Happenings. The other thing that's going to be a permanent addition to Hillsboro happenings is about the 2728 budget. And I'm putting that out there even though we haven't really started working on that at all yet. But again, just like redistricting, every week uh you will be getting this information uh about monthly updates and what is taking place. Some of the things that are coming up about the the budget right
007now is in September we'll be talking in the operations committee about parameters potentially for next year's budget that then would be spoken about at the full board and then usually in October we put out a form to the community to give us input and feedback about the budget. Now, neither of those things have taken place, but if you can see on the uh display behind me, you will see how on the budget process I have what happens in September and what happens in October. And when things like that form go live, we'll put a hyperlink right there. But it is our effort to make sure that we are clear, we are transparent, we're predictable that this is going to be coming out every week with a monthly update in there all the time and that
008everybody knows what's going on. So the bottom line is if you want to get more information regularly about redistricting or about the budget, please subscribe to Hillsboro Happenings. We're trying to make sure that it is chock full of information for all the community members of Hillsboro. So other than that and having a great start to the school year, uh that concludes my superintendence report. >> Thank you very much. We'll now move on to the comments from the board public. We very much welcome in the public during board meetings. There will be two 30-minute periods of time, but the meeting will be open for public comment where members of the public are invited to comment, which they may do if they're attending in person. During the first public comment period, members of the public may comment
009about items that are listed on the night's agenda for the board votes. During the second public comment period, members of the public may comment school districts issued a member of the public school district. Before you see your comment, you'll be asked for your name address. Please understand that our public forums are not structured as question and answer session but rather offer us opportunities to share your thoughts on the board in the board of misunderstanding or accuracy president or superintendent will address the comment for the public comment as a question about personal decisions employees therein not to discuss personal issues in public session. Okay, seeing none, we will close the first public period and I will start open up to the board. Um, I know there was some discussion that wanted to have real quick around
010potentially moving and coordinating. Mr. Rob, if you want to just give a summary from your >> Sure, absolutely. I was actually speaking with Mr. Handler initially and we did get a couple of emails from residents about the um the September 22nd meeting. Now we are off as a school district on September 23rd for Rashashana but the uh the celebration of Rashashana actually starts at sundown on the 22nd. So if there is anybody who was uh exercising their religious rights uh and practices with Rashashana they wouldn't be able to attend or participate in the meeting. So, in the spirit of being inclusive and and we apologize for my ignorance in suggesting the date, um we have kind of kicked around the idea that the meeting could be moved from September 22nd to September 29th as a
011relatively light lift. However, that is in the board's um you know prerogative to do so, but that's essentially uh what we're looking at with those dates. >> I know Mr. Handler had emailed the governance committee and there was no real push back on that. So, I leave it open to board members if they have any concerns or anything. And if they're >> I'm having difficult time hearing you. >> Yeah. His cloud is is software. >> Hello. [Music] >> Um, so um yeah, m Mr. Davis had emailed the governance committee and they there was no objections in that email thread about moving this. So, we decided to bring it to the board and if there's any uh concerns about moving that date, we can discuss them now. Otherwise, we can agree to move that meeting back
012uh to the 29th. So, I'll leave it open to the board to make any comments if they have any. >> Okay. This doesn't require a formal vote. Um so no concerns. Okay. So we will uh move the meeting date from the 22nd to the 29th uh to reflect the observance of Rashana. Okay. That was my only comment going into this. If there's any other discussions that the board members like to have before we continue. Okay. Seeing none, we'll move to the action agenda. Actually, first thing, approval of minutes. Uh motion to approve uh minutes 9.1, motion to approve executive session minutes 82525 and motion to approve regular meeting minutes 82525. Can I get a motion in a second? >> So move second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Thank you. And now we'll
013move to the regular action agenda. >> Thank you, Mr. President. I'd ask for the board's consideration to approve the following motions in the area of education. uh travel and related expenses, field trip destinations, and approving the long-term suspensions of students who name are on file in the office of the superintendent. >> Can I get a motion in a second? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion by the board? >> Okay, seeing none, we'll move the role. Miss Jackson, >> yes. >> Miss Craig, >> yes. >> Miss Ling Beater, >> yes. >> Mr. Lee, >> yes. >> Miss Stats, >> yes. Yes. >> Mr. Heel. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Min. >> Yes. Motion passes. >> Thank you. In the area of human resources, I'd ask for the board's consideration to approve the following motions.
014Resignations, appointments, rescending an appointment, revised appointments, revised bus drivers and bus eight hours, volunteer coach, wait room staff, sixth and seventh period coverage, approving instructional assistance stipens, mentors, group changes, and extra coverage. >> Can I get a motion on a second? >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion by the board? >> Seeing none, we'll move to roll. Miss Jackson, >> yes. >> Miss Craig, >> yes. >> Miss Lenning Beater, >> yes. >> Mr. Lee, >> yes. >> Miss Stats, >> yes. >> Mr. Trillo, >> yes. >> And Mr. Marin, >> yes. Motion passes. >> Thank you again. In the area of operations, I'd ask for the board's consideration to approve these motions. line item transfers, financial status, monthly financials, proposal for an Eagle Scout project at Autin Road Intermediate School, a change order with Spartan
015Construction, an agreement with Gaggle Net Incorporated, and the approval and disposal and sale of obsolete equipment. >> Can I get a motion and a second? >> So moved. Second. >> Any discussion by the board? >> Seeing none, we'll move to roll. Miss Jackson. >> Yes. Miss Craig, >> yes. >> Miss Lanning Beater, >> yes. >> Mr. Lee, >> yes. >> Miss Dots, >> yes. >> Mr. Ho, >> yes. >> And Mr. Marie, >> yes. Motion passes. All right, we will now move on to the second public comment session. We very much welcome in the public. During board meetings, there'll be two 30-minute periods of the time the meeting will be open public comment. Members of the public are invited to comment, which they may do if they're attending in person. During the second public comment
016period, members of the public may comment on any school or school district issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern that the residents of the school district as by law 0167. Before you state your comment, you will be asked to provide your name and address. There's a three-minute limit on public comment. Please understand that our public forums are not structured as question answer sessions, rather offered as opportunities to share your thoughts with the board. In this where the board believes there's a misunderstanding or inaccuracy, the board president or superintendent will address the comment. There may be times a member of the public makes a comment or ask a question about personal hiring decisions. kind of the open public meetings act the privacy right of public employees it comes to their end
017do not permit the board to discuss personnel issues in public session hi Gabrielis debating talk saying anything at all um I live in Hillsboro just wanted to um welcome everybody back. I know some schools have already had their back to school nights. Just wanted to encourage everyone to support your HSAs. Most likely your your dues are probably 15 to $20. Um and it's a great thing to support the schools. Um HMS is having their back to school night for seventh graders on seven uh Wednesday the 17th. And then for eighth graders, it's the 24th. We're also having a Rita's dine out this s this uh sorry this coming Wednesday in two days from 3:30 to 6:30. Um, it's also HMS's 50th anniversary, the building. So, we're going to hopefully have some cool t-shirts and um,
018check them out. Right. Thanks so much. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay. Uh, seeing no others, I will close the second public comment period and I'll board if any board members have any comments or our student rep. Okay, see sure. >> I just want to say Cassie, welcome. And all board meetings are not like this. They don't go this quickly and everything, too. So, I just want to say you're in the middle of an anomaly here. So, when you sit here for a long one, just want to set you up for that. That that could happen. >> Yes. And that you you are free to give any updates or any comments during the uh board uh comment period. >> Okay. With that, I will take Oh, you wanna you want to say something? Go
019for it. >> Okay. I just wanted to introduce myself again. My name is Cassie Montoy. I'm a senior at Hillsboro High School. I just wanted to say thank you for having me and I'm excited to contribute to the meetings in the future. >> Awesome. Yeah, we've had a string of good student reps. So, I'm excited to see what you'll bring to the board. >> All right. Uh I will then take a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. That was fun.