001I'd like to call this meeting to order. Mr. Delg Greo, would you lead us in a flag salute? 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. >> Sunshine Law statement. All requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act have been met for this meeting of the board of education of the Bureau of Ordell. Notice of this meeting was filed with the record and town news and all persons requesting such notice. Mrs. Norian, would you read the mission statement? >> The Oriel Public School District is dedicated to the ongoing pursuit of educational excellence through comprehensive, innovative curriculum and instruction. The district is committed to providing opportunities for social, emotional, and academic discovery to foster curiosity, courage, and
002character. Our goal is to prepare our students to become lifelong learners who are self-directed, resilient, productive, responsible citizens. Thank you. Roll call >> on the roll. Mr. Delg Greco >> here. >> Mr. Dariion will not be here. Mrs. Downey >> here. >> Mrs. Moran >> here. >> Mr. Nutland will not be here. Mrs. Walker >> here. >> Mr. Walsh will not be here. Mrs. Norian >> here. >> Mrs. Nichols >> here. As no one from the public is here at the moment, we will skip to the superintendent's report. >> Good evening. Before I present the 2025 access assessment results, I'd like to review some of the goings on around OPS the past few weeks. All classrooms with the exception of the eight classrooms getting new airdales have been cleaned. The final steps of masonry work
003is being completed in those rooms and then cleaning will occur. The gym floor has been cleaned and refinished. The library, world language room, and auditorium have been professionally cleaned and the rugs washed. The main hallway, second grade hallway, and the kindergarten entrance have been painted. New lights have been installed in the sixth grade hallway bridge area and right as you enter on the main entrance. The three projects we are scheduled for but have not yet been completed are the painting of the key on the basketball court and the four square boxes, addition of new mulch to the playground, new and new classroom signs to be installed on the first floor and the installation of two new cameras. Additionally, outside of buildings and grounds, thanks to Rammy, 250 new laptops have been deployed to first grade
004and fourth grade. The building is starting to buzz with teacher sightings uh every day. It's not as quiet as it was a few weeks ago. This is especially true as yesterday was the first day of new teacher orientation, which will conclude tomorrow. On tonight's agenda, you'll be asked to approve numerous items, including the district professional development plan and mentoring plan. At our next board meeting, you'll be asked to approve this year's district goals, which are aligned to the professional development plan. You are also approving student handbooks and codes of conduct. After you have approved them, parents will receive an email encouraging them to review them as a family before they are asked to sign off when they first log into the parent portal. An additional item you are being asked to approve today is the
005evaluation instruments utilized. And this includes both evaluation instruments for teachers and administrators. The Department of Education has provided additional options for evaluation for teachers rated highly effective. These new options allow them to exchange one of their observations with an alternate activity. The Oriel Education Association and I are in conversation about which highly effective options we will open to staff and the protocols that will be utilized. Once we have firmed up the plan, I will bring that to the personnel committee. Finally, as I expect this will get more press in the coming weeks, the Department of Education has released that the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment will change this year to an adaptive test created by Cambium instead of Pearson. As this is a brand new assessment, there will be a field test this fall for
006students in grades four through six, which does mean additional testing for students this school year. At this point, that is all we know until additional information is released. And speaking of assessments, I will now move to the presentation of the access assessment scores. As a reminder, the access is an assessment for multilingual learners, formerly referred to as English English language learners. It is done in between for between February and March. Um each year students are assessed in four specific areas, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. And then sometimes those areas are combined to create summitive scores in oral language, literacy, comprehension, and an overall composite score. The most important part to understand about the access is it's not just a summit of assessment. Yes, it is a summit of assessment in that students who score 4.5
007are exited from the ESL program. However, it also gives our English language learning teachers um input on what to teach the following school year. So, all students in all categories are are assessed at either level one, they they're really just entering, they've really just perhaps gotten here from another country, um and their English language skills are really just beginning to come out towards reaching which is the highest level of six. each of those areas. And I know you can't really see this, but this is just to give you an example of how there is a rubric for each of those specific areas that tells teachers if they scored a level one, this is what they can do in writing. If they scored a level two, this is what they can do. That allows a teacher
008to then look at the next level and say, "Okay, this is what I have to work on to get them to a level three." So, we had 50 students who were assessed this year. We had 53 students who were eligible. It is important to remember that even if a student is um eligible for ESL services, their parents may choose not to participate in the program. That doesn't mean we we can ignore assessing them. So sometimes we're assessing students um in their English language that we've had absolutely little to do with their progression other than what's happening in the general education classroom. Sometimes parents are part of the program, but they still don't want their student tested because maybe they don't want them to miss more classroom instruction. So, of those 50 students, 31 of them
009are in kindergarten and first grade. And that is very typical for Oriel public school and 19 of them are in grades 2 through six. And it's always incredibly frustrating for me because I would like to pull out that two through six more. However, I'm not allowed to share any test results unless there is a group of 10. So, that's why I have to lump two through six together. And you can see their average average overall proficiency level. Again, a 4.5 tells us that a student can exit. If a student scores close to that 4.5, it may be a 4.2, 4.3, whatever, the um English ESL teachers will assess them again in the fall. If with that additional data point, they're close enough, they may exit the program. So this is the breakdown of each of
010the core elements for K1 and grades 2 through six. And you will see how that core element is created. So in oral language, it's 50% their listening score and 50% their speaking score. Comprehension, it's 70% their reading score and 30% their listening score. And then you'll see the formula used to create their total composite score. I always think it is um interesting because people think comprehension is um the most difficult in some ways. However, if you've ever spoken learned a foreign language, are you more comfortable hearing it or putting yourself in an awkward spot of speaking it? And sometimes that part is a little nerve-wracking. students do speak into a microphone during the assessment and that part can be actually a little daunting which we don't always think of because we think of students who
011what do they do first like if with your toddlers they speak before they read and they write. So moving forward um our ESL teachers do already have this information. We have used this information to help create our class lists because one of the best ways we can help support students is sometimes if we group if we don't put all of our ESL students across five classrooms because if they're across five classrooms, it's harder for us to push into the classroom. Um, all parents have received their reports and 12 students have exited the program based on this data. Now, that doesn't necessarily mean that our ESL numbers will decrease. Our greatest number is typically in kindergarten. And that is partially because kindergartens aren't the best, most reliable assessors. Um, and we see students between K and
012two really testing out. We were very excited this year that we were chosen to be part of a pilot program for a new kindergarten assessment because I do think the access people realize that it's hard to assess a 5-year-old um in anything, frankly. So the other piece that we're really working on is just in even if someone does test out of the ESL program, what are we what are we continuing to do with their academic language? So um as you probably read in the news, um we did receive our title funds and title three is for ESL students. One of the things that we will do again next year with our title three funds is sheltered instruction observation protocols. How are we teaching content while also helping students um grow their English skills at the
013same time? And that is called the SIA protocol. And we continue um Mrs. Clearary, who is one of our ESL teachers. She actually took this on as a personal goal two years ago to really look at what can we do in mathematics to increase our students who may be current or former ESL students because we forget how much language is in mathematics. So, she actually created resource materials for all teachers to have to um help them in the classroom. And that concludes my report today. other than stating um I will begin uh weekly board updates again uh this week. >> Mr. Ayapelli. >> Yes. Thank you. Uh just to give you heads up if you're looking at under the finance technology you'll notice that we are submitting the IDA grant. Um this is special ed.
014We use it for tuition. Also included in those figures of the basic number is the funds for non-public students that were parentally placed at and they go to St. Joseph's school. So the money flows through it's on page seven and the money flows through the local school district. We issue the purchase orders. We make sure the services are being uh rendered. Then we use Bergen County Special Service School District and that money is used through the IDA basic. Also TM Brennan, they are the contractor doing the Airdale units. Uh there's that small change order that was for the masonary repairs in the classroom 103 of $3,77.88 to date. That's the only change order. Um David uh La Pera is coming from LAN uh our architects to review the project this Friday. Uh it's coming to
015its end. A punch list has been established. Uh it's passed all the inspections. They were finishing up the masonry, closing everything up inside the classrooms. Uh they were there's some painting to do. Uh but I'm going to get a better idea of where we stand as to Friday because there's balancing and testing. But we could clean teachers could be in the room when they do that. Uh we also as we discussed at the award to land as we discussed in the uh finance meeting and building and grounds regarding the long range facility plan. So on there is the update. This is a mandated state update and we're doing the long range facility plan and we're also going to include a physical condition survey and the total cost of that is 17,500. And there's also the
016lease agreement with YW.CA. Uh committee agreed to a 5% increase. They've agreed to it and already uh once once we approve it here, I could send them the contract, they'll sign off, but they approved the increase and that's uh my report. If anyone has any questions. >> Yes. >> Um Peter, the um >> for the air dales. Yes. So now what like just a quick overview, what does that now mean >> as far as this ops goes? What have we gained from that? >> So, we no longer have to have the small window units that we were using because that was in there and the heat because that unit that is in there now did heat and AC air condition. So, we could heat the room but couldn't cool the room. So, now that eliminates
017that window air conditioner, upgrades to new technology. So now we could efficiently control those eight classrooms, air and heat together. >> It It's too late now. But is it as efficient? Because I know like the split unit air conditioners that you can get for your home, right? >> That we have them at our beach house. However, they said that still keep your furnace because heating is not as efficient. It takes the chill out till you get the house. >> Right. So this is So these are the heat and the AC. This is both. It's a complete HVAC unit. >> Right. Within one unit. Two different units within one unit. And it's replacing the ones that were already there. The same make >> but not obviously it's a new model because those were cold. Um and
018they were failing. They couldn't heat. They couldn't necessarily control the AC air conditioning. That's why they were those window units. So they'll also remove the window units once those units are up and running. So they'll remove the units also, >> the installers. >> Yeah, they're Yeah, they're contracted to remove the AC units that we have in the windows. >> Are they going to do anything with those units? >> Well, those will then be able to be used because we do have classrooms that still have those that have the unit ventilator. Some of those units when they eventually fail because I mean they're not commercial units. So then we could swap those out. So now we have eight in reserve for when those units fail. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Quick question. I I
019know part of the process I don't know if this is part of the punch list, but I know that during installation there was some damage, you know, in the stairwells and everything. >> Is that being remediated? >> That's all being documented and then I will talk with David about that. We will submit uh a back order, you know, to back charge to them. uh regarding they have made repairs, but there are some tread work that needs to be repaired and I'm going to need to bring in direct flooring uh to have them do that. >> So, we will address that. Anything they did to the walls, they've already done those repairs, but the treads, they couldn't repair. So, I'm speaking with him about that on Friday. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you,
020Mr. Pelli. Moving to minutes, review of July 23rd. Any questions or comments, please email Mr. Aelli. We have um approval of May 21st, June 11th, June 25th, and July 9th. Would someone like to make a motion? >> Um second. >> Second by Mr. Delg Greco. Any questions? >> Call the question >> on the role. Mr. Delg Greco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Moran, >> yes. >> Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mrs. Norian. >> Um, I will say yes to the 11th, the 25th, and the 9th, but abstain on the 21st of May. >> Thank you, Mrs. Nichols. >> Yes. Uh, moving to administrative items. Mrs. Norian, would you take that? >> Certainly. Um, I'd like to present items A1 through A7. Approve. >> You have sec. You want a second? Second
021by Mrs. Walker. >> Yeah. >> Any questions? >> Mrs. Boosezios, could you maybe explain to the rest of the board since we talked about curriculum the other night the new item under A7 that highly effective teachers can do this year to the strong? >> Sure. As I stated during my um opening that this option allows teachers to not do one observation. So it's actually their announced observation, not the unannounced observation. So they will still be un um have an an unannounced observation each year. The six options which we will not be allowing our teachers to choose from all six options um include one is you almost do your own observation. you re you videotape yourself or audio tape yourself and write up what your goals are and what you've learned through reflecting on that experience.
022Another one is teaching professional development. Um, another option is an observation of a staff member who might be doing something in an area that you are weak and then you you do have to write up a report about how you then are going to implement that in your classroom. Uh, a fourth one is uh use of data. we will not allow that to be used as an observation because that's something we're all working on as a school goal. And um oh, and the fifth one is um action research, which is probably the hardest because it's going to take the most time. And remember, it's replacing a 20-minute observation. You're really going to have to want to do this because the 20-minute observation is probably easier. Uh the reason I really liked the action research one
023is uh technology usage and screen time is something we've we've talked a lot about and I actually think that could be an interesting action research project for teachers. So I will be meeting with um the president of the orital education association tomorrow and we're going to start talking about what might this look like um and then I will bring that to uh personnel committee. >> Is this something we have to do or it's an option? >> It is an option. However, if we do it, it has to be on the board agenda. >> Any other questions? >> I have a question on that. Are they all weighted evenly? Like if let's say someone does the harder one, is that weighted the same as the easier one or >> it counts as one observation? So there's
024really no waiting. When a um a teacher receives a summitive score, it's really across all these documents of evidence. So when we um do a summitive on a teacher in a current model, we have two observations. We have um maybe the goals that they set based on their observations the year before, their assessment the year before. And they even have a documentation log of all the things that they are proud of doing that we might never have just been in their classroom when they did that. And it's really looking at all of those pieces of evidence to get your summitive score. So this just it's not like it'll weigh more or less. It's the totality of the information. >> Thank you. >> We also had talked in curriculum that um the qualifications to to qualify
025for this to qualif um because I had asked is it anyone who just becomes highly effective the first year and because we were a little uncomfortable maybe with that. So, I guess you'll let us know what it is cuz >> Yeah. Um I actually not only I I did think that the concept of maybe not in your first year of highly effective but showing a trend of being highly effective over time. I also um would lean at this point um towards 3.5 is highly effective. So 3.49 isn't. So it may be that we say 3.8 or 3.7. So we will put some parameters. It may be that we just do a pilot this year. Um I definitely see some real possibilities especially for some positions that are a little bit harder to um observe. >>
026Mrs. Walker, >> um if you look at last year about how many of the staff qualified to be highly effective offand I'm going to say at least a third. >> Any other questions? Call the question >> on the roll. Mr. Delg Greco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Moran. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Norian. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nichols. >> Yes. Buildings and grounds. Mr. Delg Greco. >> Yes. We did have a meeting on July 29th. Um, as Mr. Pell stated, right, there's a lot of projects going on in the building. We talked about the Airdells, the cameras, the painting shutters. Um, as you see on the doors, that's pretty cool that you have the black shutters up. I played with it before and they're pretty good. The
027basketball court, um, you know, gym floor. We also talked about the softball field. >> Yes. >> In the back, um, looks great. Don't I don't know with the rain today how it looks, but definitely had real-time pictures of a triacal truck dumping 50 tons of clay over there. And um it definitely is a world of difference. Great new home plate. So thank you to Ordell Little League for investing in our fields. And then also just as you stated the longrange facility plan. Um with that I'd like to present B1. Lots of B1. >> I'll second. >> Second by Mrs. Norian. Any questions? Mrs. Walker. >> Um I just have a question. your mic. >> The wireless bridge that that you refer to the eastern data regarding that's a computer. >> What is the wireless bridge?
028>> No, that's for the the cameras that we're going to have outside so it could talk to the buildings computers. Uh so that's what it's called. Eastern Data is going to be installing a camera on the telephone pole uh across the street facing Memorial Field. There will be >> that will be able to >> so it'll be able to communicate. We have a meeting September 2nd. It was supposed to be this week. They had some sort of scheduling issues. Um there was an emergency. So we're having a meeting to discuss the next phase because we had to get approvals from PSEG. Uh we have all the approvals in place. So there's going to be an additional camera that's going to take in Memorial Field and also a another one that will be in the back
029uh by kindergarten. So >> will that that be an increase in cost to us? >> Uh yes, but we >> we've already Yeah. Yeah. We appropriated that. Um so we're just waiting for the kickoff getting it all coordinated uh and trying to get it done as soon as possible. Okay, thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Um, one other question. Sorry. Uh, any update on the PSCNG uh direct >> there was a local finance notice that just came out yesterday and I read it as something completely different than what the contractor that said they have the right to all these projects. Now, they may I read the finance notice. I sent it to him because he says, "Oh, no, that's only for private sector." It doesn't mention anything about private sector. It's specifically a finance notice
030about schools, municipalities, how do they take part of this direct install program. So, what he's called, his contract is actually he's a trade ally for PSENG. So anything below a bid threshold, he could do work without having to go out to bid. This is it's a clo it's it's a open network. So still if it's above the bid threshold, which we know the units and work is above the bid threshold, we're going out to bid. I think he was hoping for because it mentions it in the finance notice to this closed network. Uh, in other words, it was that the utilities had found their contractors. They're acting as the contractor. These are their subcontractors. They did all the vetting, all the bidding, and then they would have cart blanch. They could go and do the
031work on their behalf. But specifically in this notice, they said that is not issued at this time and there's no time that it may ever be issued. So, as of now, the way it stands, and he's sending out, and I don't think he's being misleading, but I'm doubting that we could use that program for what we intended it to use because we still need to go out to bid. I think what they were saying and what they were hoping for, what came out yesterday says differently. It says that we I think they believed that they were going to get have this closed network. They had the rights from PSENG for not only our county at Hudson parts of Pake and then they would get all the work. No bidding, nothing. That would still be what
032they could do, but it would be below the bid threshold. So say $45,000, you know, 44, thou that's we're well above that. that would be we'd have to look for projects for that. Um, so he's looking for clarification. He seemed to be like I when I sent him the the notice, the copy of the notice and the language, I said, "This seems to contradict what you're telling me in your email." And he seemed to be blindsided by that. >> What was his reaction? >> I'm confused. I need to talk to the utilities. They said it was going to be this. I think he was I think they really believed they were going to get this closed network and they were going to have the rights to all these contracts and that's not what the finance
033board of the state of New Jersey said and it and it specifically then states that as of now there is no uh approval for the utilities to have these trade allies as they're called to be the uh contractor for above bid threshold. But are there still funds? Are they still going to do the program? >> They're still doing the program, but it would be for below >> threshold work. So we would have to find >> So no one's going to do it. >> No. What? Well, who you No, but this is also open to private sector and public. It's also open to the public. It's also open to private sector. So other a in a small manufacturer below 300 kilowatts of power could apply for these funds. So So this was supposed to be this
034direct install program that they set up. The state was trying to make it more available to municipalities and boards of ed, >> right, >> by not having to do all the bidding, but all they did was put it up to the bid threshold. Um, so, >> so hopefully it's a mistake. >> So, it seems like, yeah, if we were a manufacturer somewhere or we had a business, we could take advantage of it and you can't. Um, so even so then if we went out to bid and if the lowest responsible bidder is not the trade ally, it's just like we went out to bid, we pay, we don't get anything. So the only way we would somehow be able to take advantage of the program is if we went out to bid, the trade ally
035is the lowest responsible bidder. Then we could take access of 80% or 0% financing, but that's you're going out to bid. There's no guarantee they're going to be. and he seemed to be in this email very surprised because it came out yesterday say four o'clock and I was reading it and I read it and I read it again and I read it again and I was like let me just send this I have questions and his first response I was like that doesn't seem right and I think you know listen he's trying to get work so I think he's going to say whatever he wants if you're not paying attention and reading in more detail you're still thinking that hey you got this program and I don't think that's going to be the case. >>
036Would it pay us though? I mean to if if it turns out we go out to and they come in as the lowest bidder, we would be saving them, right? We would be we would but they would have to be so we could do you know that's going to be something for >> I mean it's good I mean they would have to be >> that's a significant savings if >> right so but I mean we're going to get >> you know we could have eight contractors if they just happen to be the lowest one well then they would get it um but there's no guarantee in that the what we were initially told what what he was saying and the way they were pitching it is that they had it and they do. He does
037have the rights for everything below a bid threshold. There is no rights to anything above that. So our projects that we were anticipating are all well above a bid threshold. Um, I think he was anticipating this closed network and I don't think it went the way he thought it was going to be and they were waiting and waiting and now that the notice has been issued by the state. It's pretty definitive. It says until further not there's no guarantee. They didn't say that they were going to release that or that's a possibility. They just said that if it happens we'll let you know. Any other questions? >> Thank you for that. That's unfortunate, right? We were looking at the program. We're looking at ways to leverage it. >> Um, yeah, I guess we'll take it
038to back to buildings and grounds or finance. >> You never know. They may hear such uproar from the public entities that >> because the point of this program was supposed to be to let public entities access this without having to deal with all of the uh all the paperwork, all of the bidding pro. This was supposed to streamline it, >> right? >> But >> yeah, so they may hear push back. >> So they may get push back and maybe we do still have access. We're still in the queue. We're still submitting the paperwork. Um still going along through it, but I don't know how long we we wait. Uh especially for a unit, you know, that we know needs attention. Um I think that's something we're going to have to talk about. And that's what
039I was waiting for if you didn't bring it up that we're gonna have finance to talk about this finance notice. Um, and I'll see >> I have a question on the camera across the street. >> When we were meeting in Bills and Grounds, I was under the impression it was like right across the street. Who picked the position and how much of the field can we see? Because it seems like it's not where we had originally said it was going to be. >> It's always been there. Um, that >> was the tennis court in the corner. >> That was the location >> from the start. understanding. >> Yeah, it's right in front of the playground like kind of the border. But if you stand in front of the pole and you kind of like look
040to your left, I I think there's field of vision, >> you know, to the left. The only other available pole would be way down on prospect and you wouldn't get then the I think the playground can we see? >> I'm sorry. >> How much of the field can we see? I'd have to ask them the the model of the camera, but I do know that even when buildings and grounds or finance, whichever committee it went to, received the first packet, that is exactly where it was on the map. >> Okay. And we can see the whole field. >> I don't know if we can see the whole field, but I think our biggest priority was the playground and right to the left where the children play. We don't have a really a ton of kids
041going all the way down on the softball field because we try to contain them forward more. Um I will ask him we can ask um Eastern data to give us the specifics on the camera because that'll tell us what the field >> I think in one of the packets you had the make model in there so we can look it up. But even even so, right, you know, the field is so wide, it would take multiple cameras to get even the park app. So, I would hope that the lunch aids and administration would just keep the kids kind of within view of the camera, right? To ensure that, you know, that's what it's there for >> if we know how far the camera reaches. Um, the little league field. So, how is our grass and
042everything? Like, did we drive over it? What happened? Like did we ever get anything in writing from OL that they're going to be responsible for any >> Yeah, they said that they would be. >> Did we get it in writing? >> They did. We have an email and they also the company said they would do it. They came and checked it. Yeah, >> I have an email. >> Can you forward that to um the buildings and grounds committee? >> Yeah, I think I already did, but I'll send >> I think it's attached to one of the emails that Peter M. >> I asked twice for it, so that's why I'm asking for it again. Okay, any other questions? So, our grass is okay. We don't have to do anything. >> Grass is okay. I'm just
043reading from or little league. Yeah. Going back and forth to do that was one of our concerns. >> Okay. We'll took photos ahead of time. So, we'll go back and take photos. Now, just to um compare the two. >> I did swing by when it was happening. They had the sprinkler people come back, verify everything, and the company did state that during a heavy rain, they would come back and look at where it was and regrade if necessary. >> That's good. >> Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> Oh, that quick thing. I don't mean the labor, the playground, the um basketball courts that have all it's been repaid. Are you going to paint that or just leave it looking nice? >> Yeah, as I as I said in my superintendent's report, we are waiting to
044paint a basketball key on both sides and then four square. And I think there also might be a hopscotch. Um our goal was the little kids have a slightly harder time hitting that basketball net. So, we wanted to make sure there were something there for like a first grade recess. >> I think that's great idea. Any other questions? Call the question. >> On the role, Mr. Delg Greco. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Moran? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Walker? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Norian? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Nichols? >> Yes. Curriculum, Mrs. Uh yes, we had a meeting on Monday. Uh and uh our discussions we had a a very lengthy meeting on Monday. Um and uh our discussions included updates on the curriculum uh ELA and math where we are um
045and as Miss Bosios indicated in her report that um we will be changing our testing for the year coming up. Um most important part of that being that it will be an adaptive uh test, but we'll take a field test in fourth to sixth grade, I believe you said, um in the fall. Uh but the spring will be the adaptive test going forward. Um we talked about uh the policy 6115 that was sent to us from the policy committee talking about different the different holidays. Um and that will be also taken care of by uh the administration. Um we talked about um our intervention and where we were with it and how we moved from tier 2 and tier three. Um it's a little confusing. Um but I I believe we got a lot of
046information um that helped us to understand it a little better. talked about the musical performances at OPS in particular. Um the holiday program um and there's still some uh points to uh pound out or to uh clear for um the year. So we'll be looking at those things. Um another policy sent to us in addition was about screen time. And I believe this is a policy that that we kind of um added to our uh district professional development plan um kind of as an additional goal to the goals that we've we've already uh we haven't approved but but that we're looking at for the coming year. Um we talked about coding because that question was presented to us. Um, and the impression we got was that it is embedded in other areas, but they'll be
047watching for any coding that's occurring within within the classrooms. Um, probably what I found the most interesting um was the uh mobility reports and that that really is talking about how children move from um one area of performance to another area of performance and over years we were looking at five years of of comparison and uh it um we've asked u Miss Bosios if she will present that to the entire board so that it becomes clear to the rest of us. Um and then the last thing that we touched on was uh parent conferences and there are some areas of discussion on parent conferences moving forward. And with that I guess I have nothing to to present but um >> any questions for Mrs. Nor? >> Any questions Mr. D Mr. Delgco? >> Quick question.
048adaptive test. Does that mean adaptive as in it gets harder if it or adaptive like they're struggling and it gets easier and how does that impact how do you think it'll potentially impact our scores? One of my biggest concerns right now is actually linkit's our predictability software right linkit helps us see how students will perform it's what it was you know developed to do and I am curious about what that correlation will be now um until I can like with the SATs we know that you need to get x number of questions right for it to go harder or easier and I think that's the piece that I want to see and I I hope that that information will be released like is it you have to struggle in five is it you know specific
049topic so until we know that I'm not necessarily sure and I guess the information I read on it is they predict that this will make testing more efficient because I think you will finish at a different rate. So again, like I was I was away last week when the broadcast came out and I immediately started um texting everyone I knew because I thought maybe I had missed something. Um but this just suddenly appeared. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? Call the question >> or no question. There is no question. Oh yeah. Yeah, that's right. What am I doing? >> Um Mr. Delg Greco, would you take finance? Yes. Let me just grab my meeting notes. So, we had a meeting also on July 29th. It was after our buildings and ground committee meeting. Uh
050we went over the closing numbers for 2425 budget. Um we went over the closing numbers on explorations just looking at the balances, you know, looking at the fund 63 account, looking at um surplus if there was and also how is that money being spent and then you know just looking at next year. Uh we're also uh talked about share services with the bureau. Councilman Tom Kelly came to the meeting and spoke with us for about about an hour um about just are there any ways for us to I guess share services? Is there any benefit to it? And I would proud to say that everything that he suggested we're already doing, right? We're pretty efficient from a budget perspective, pretty conservative. Um so that was a great outcome there, but we appreciate uh Mr. Kelly
051for coming by. Mr. Ipell already stated we talked about the YW.CA CA contract and then we're uh scheduling a meeting with Bergen Tech since there just some technology questions and um just be easier to have that in person. Um with that I will uh bring D1 through see I think we're going through uh D12. >> I'll second it. Second by Mrs. Norian. Any questions? Call the question >> on the role. Mr. Delg Greco, >> yes. >> Mrs. Downey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Moran, >> yes. >> Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mrs. Norian, >> yes. >> Mrs. Nichols, >> yes. I'm assuming no delegate report. >> No, no delegate report. I think the delegate meeting is in actually in November. So, okay. >> We have a ways to go. >> Um, personnel, Mrs. Walker. >> Yes.
052Thank you. I'd like to present F1. >> I'll second it. >> Second by Mrs. Norian. Um we we haven't had a meeting prior to this, but we did have a very lengthy meeting as I recall the um meeting before. And just some of the things that we did go over were um the re and preparing for the new school year. But um a replacement for um let's see a position for the lunch aids, the resignation of some and then the replacement of lunch aids for the new school year. Um and also leave replacements for two teachers that are going out on leave, a first grade teacher, I believe, and a second grade teacher. Um also we're um substitute teachers. We we talked about the substitute teachers and we play and they're going online to do
053the substitute teachers go online to get their jobs or does they do they get a call? How does that work? Every district is different. >> Um they go online, they use the frontline system. However, um because we sometimes know of jobs ahead of time, we also use our main office staff. If someone's leaving and we know something's opening up, we may personally ask them then. It's always harder for someone to say no in person. Um but primarily it's online. >> Okay. Thank you. Um also, uh a part-time lunch custodian was appointed and a custodian substitute was also appointed. and uh pay out for vacation for one of the teachers and that basically oh um morning monitors that will be coming up in September and lunch monitors and finally conference workshop for um two teachers and
054with that I'd like to present F1 >> this is Norian second any qu other questions >> have question >> this This is not a good or bad thing, but I'm noticing see lots of parents on that substitute list just do we have safeguards of you know parent not overwatching their own child in terms of and then confidentiality again because of the type >> they're not allowed to sub in their child's class and whenever possible we actually try to keep them out of the grade level. >> Okay. >> Um but they know they can't even accept a job in their um child's classroom. >> Okay. >> Any other questions? And then also, sorry, one more. Uh, the hip training at the end for our two assistant principles. Is that on top of I guess we're having
055Jeff maybe talk to them have train hip training as well. >> Ask that also. We're still going to that training every year. >> I don't think it's a bad thing for them to hear. At this point, um, we've actually had our an HIV specialists call our attorney for every investigation. They just kind of go over their findings at the end and share um what they're thinking since they're still, you know, getting in the habit of it. >> What do they get out of the conference that our attorney can't tell them? >> I think some of the legal updates that I mean he could do, but it's a virtual conference that that he can log in here, they can do it, and they've heard it one more time. >> Any other questions? Call a question >>
056on the roll. Mr. Delg Greco, >> yes. >> Mrs. Downey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Moran, >> yes. >> Mrs. Walker, >> yes. >> Mrs. Norian, >> yes. >> Mrs. Nichols, >> yes. Policy, if we could remove the roll call line because it's first reading. Um, >> this is accept. >> Well, except I put it in. >> I put it in. >> So, it's first reading. I don't know if either policy members, Mrs. Moran or Mrs. Downey, you want to make a comment from the meeting. If if anyone has any questions, you know, email the committee. >> Uh, public relations, Mrs. Downey. >> Uh, no public is here. Any old or new business? I want to go back to Oh, go ahead. M story. >> Could I just one thing that I uh did want to
057um mention that I forgot um is in the curriculum meeting. You should get a copy of the curriculum by the 25th um so that you can take a look at it and then we hope to have the curriculum for approval on September 3rd. Other than that, that's it. Sorry. >> Any other older new business? I just want to go back to what I brought up about the Ordo Little League giving us. So, it was my understanding in the meeting that Ordo Little League was going to give us in writing something that said they would be responsible for any damage. So, yes, I had seen I'm assuming I saw the email from the v from Scott Brier from the vendor to us or the copy of it. However, we have no say over the vendor. It
058was we specified and I wasn't there but I had talked to people afterwards that our only hook to the people are Oriel Little League. If the vendor decides not to do anything we have nothing in writing for them. We have nothing. So in the future I guess when we agree to something that Ordel Little League or anyone in town should give us something in writing from them. It needs to be from them that they are taking responsibility. No. And I'm not sure why no one answered my email either for three weeks. I guess because we didn't get anything because we just let them on and after it was agreed to in a committee meeting that we needed something and we just didn't do it. So we don't have to delay uh this point. But >>
059what what damage was done? >> No damage was done and we're lucky. But had damage been done, we don't have anything from Ordo Little League that says they're responsible. We have no ties to the vendor. the vendor to a little league that they're going to take care of it. And I had seen that letter. That's the one you're talking about. And I had emailed the next day the committee and our admin team. But like when we say something, I believe it needs to be followed through because had they had they broken something, right? We have nothing from them that's going to say and it's auto little league that has to be responsible. >> Any other old or new business? We're not closing. >> Mrs. Walker, I think you wanted to go into a close session.
060>> Uh, yes. >> Would you like to make the motion? >> I'd like to make a motion that we move to close session. Nothing will be I'll second it. >> Second by Mrs. Norian. Roll call. >> On the ro. Mr. Delgrea. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Downey. Yes, >> Mrs. Moran. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Walker. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Norian. >> Yes, >> Mrs. Nicholson. >> Yes, we will not be taking We will not be coming back and taking any action. Thank you, Ramy. >> Nice job. >> Yeah, I'll take them all. >> Yes, reading.