00123rd special executive session meeting of the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education to order. Mr. Moody, can you please take the roll call? Sure. Uh, I will begin with board member Jeff Bennett. Board member Dearra Brown here. Board member Elizabeth Callahan here. Board member board president Nubia Duval Wilson. Board member Regina Eert here. Board member Bill Gford. Board member Bill Bimal Kapadia here. Board member Will Meyer here. Board member Shaina Saka Gable here. All right. Okay. Great. Now we will stand for the pledge of allegiance. Just stand up. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please take notice that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in the following manner.
002That written notice was sent from the office of secretary of the board at 9:28 a.m. on April 15th, 2025. That said notice was sent via email to Maplewood and South Orange Township clerks and the editors of the news record, Star Ledger, Tapendoma, and the Village Green. Um, I would like to make a motion to move up public speaks before executive session if there are any public speaks. Um, Keith, do you have a sign up? I just realized I don't have that email from you. Yeah, there's no one available. Uh, no one available. No one signed up. No one signed up. Okay, great. So, we're going to skip that. I'm gonna skip having to say the board president uh statement and delegation and move to exact session. So, Mr. Moody, I'd like to make a motion
003to close out the public session of this meeting and enter into executive session at 6:04 p.m. to discuss negotiations. The length of the exe executive session is estimated to be 60 minutes after which the meeting will be adjourned. The board of education will meet again in public session on Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Action will be taken. May I have a second? Thank you, board member Eardert. All in favor? Great. Meeting adjourned. All right. So, now we will go over to the other link that you have in your calendar for exec session. Thank