001I like to call this meeting to order. Roll call, please. Ms. Commando? Present. Ms. Barone? Mr. DeBella? Present. Mr. Archello? Ms. Ainello? Present. Ms. Rollo? Here. Ms. Torbeck? Present. Mr. Verso? Here. Mr. Ronello? Here. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. 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. Adequate notice of this meeting has been sent to all members of the Board of Education and to the Bergen Record in accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, 1975. At this time, please be advised all cell phones and electronic devices are to be turned off. May I have the superintendent's report? I'll wait until Wednesday. Okay? Mr. Caradi? Okay,
002just a few project updates. So, for the referendum, we're, you know, it's it's winding down. You saw, I hope you saw the new sign out front. Uh, they fixed the underside of the canopies. And, uh, doing a few more things in the back. We need to get some pavement done. And, uh, there's a middle school sign coming, uh, hopefully soon, next week or so. Um, at the doors that were in the referendum as well, we did a lot of miscellaneous doors. We We're going to be doing a lot of doors. Um, they've started that. They replaced the doors at the, uh, field house uh bathrooms, and they also just started today Washington schools uh uh the staircase um doors. That'll be a couple days. They should be done by sometime this week. So, again, things
003are progressing. The referendum is winding down, and we're we're going to start quoting projects once the budget for '26-'27 gets approved early next month. Uh we'll start uh getting quotes for projects uh for next school year that will be done over the summer. Do you have any questions about any of the uh work that they're seeing done? I don't forget any one thing, but that was pretty much it. >> Just to share, not a question, just a comment. The sign out problem is awesome. Yeah, if you really enjoy if you if you didn't park out front, try to leave that way and maybe walk around. But all of other improvements with all the referendum work uh that we've done this morning, the last referendum, uh the buildings are really taking shape and beautification of them
004uh just the entrance to here and everything that we're doing. So, you know, we keep chipping away at it, but the buildings do look really um really good. It definitely completes the front walk. It looks really nice. Yeah. Thank you. Board action items B 2526.35 approved. B 2526.38 Any discussions? Any questions? .37 is a um New Jersey high school voter registration law that we send our high school students voter registration materials, a summary of voter registration eligi- eligibility requirement, materials describing the role of a citizen, and materials articulating the importance of voting. So, that's a statement of assurance that we did indeed do that. And point 38 wants to extend a thank you to Saddleback DFW post 3484. They um donate $1,000 to our sixth grade trip annually, and we appreciate it a lot. Thank
005you. On 37, is that something new or is it something we always did? Probably a few years back. Um education and curriculum. E2526.56 through E2526.60. Any discussion? For field trips, our service learning club here at the middle school and high school, they've really been doing a lot with our elementary schools and our preschool buildings, so we appreciate that. They're So, we have a couple trips on the agenda for them. And our DECA are sending our five students to nationals in Atlanta, so that is on here as well. Thank you. Budget. Five bills. On E2526.5859, they're both the same number. Why do we have two uh band attire instructions approvals? They are in different programs. Okay. >> And that's the company that that program is with. And then point 60 is our Give Back Daily, one
006day to give back. So, it will be May 22nd, um the day of the Friday before the mile day event. Okay. This is Dr. Amato. All right. Um B5 BGF2526.83 through BF2526.90. I'll do the professional development. We have um our DECA advisors who are also traveling to Atlanta for nationals to be with our students. We have some counselors. Our director of curriculum and instruction is also our 504 district coordinator. So, she is attending a workshop for that. Anybody else? Okay, Mr. Jordan. F 2526.11 Questions? Any questions for Okay, policy. Mr. Jordan. Negotiations. Mr. Jordan. Nothing to update right now. Okay. Personnel, Mr. DeAngelo. So, we have OP 2526.59. P2526.66 We have a para that resigned from Frankford Elementary School for personal issues. A personal aide, I think that's what she said. Uh there's an appointment
007for high school chemistry teacher starting next school year, um taking the place of uh Mr. DeAngelo. Yes. Um rescinding Mr. Rogers um as of the sixth grade trip coordinator, and Mrs. King is going to pick that up. A volunteer boys lacrosse coach. And then, 266 is a parent para that was moved to the role of a substitute teacher. Um and she is going to She aspires to be a teacher, so she's going to be responsible for the planning and day-to-day um ins and outs of that classroom. Thank you. Um believe the community view course for later. Mhm. Okay. And then, we'll move on two, old business? I'd like to open the meeting for a public comment on agenda items. Okay, I'd like to close the meeting. Motion? Motion? Second. Second. Okay. Whereas the Board of
008Education must discuss matters which are not appropriate for discussion in public meeting, and whereas these subjects are within exceptions to open public's meeting act and are permitted to be discussed in closed session pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12b, and whereas the Board of Education intends to discuss matters as follows: one and two, both HIB cases, you know, one HIB and one personnel. Whereas the length of the closed session is estimated to be approximately 20 minutes, and action will not be taken. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Board of Education will recess to closed session for the only aforesaid subjects. Be it further resolved that the Board of Education hereby declares that the discussion of the aforesaid subject will be made public at a time when the public's interest in in disclosure is greater than any privacy
009or governmental interest being protected from this full disclosure, sorry, in accordance with open public's meeting act. Adjournment? Motion? Second. Second.