001I call to order a meeting of the Wong Burough School District Board of Education for November 20th, 2025 at 700 p.m. We please all 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. >> Welcome to a meeting of the board of education of the burrow of WAN. Please be advised that this and all meetings of the board are open to the public and media consistent with the open public meetings act chapter 231 laws of 1975 and that the advanced notice required therein has been provided. This is a regular meeting of the board of education of the burough of waong at which formal action may be taken. This
002meeting is being livereamed on the district website where a recording of the meeting also will be posted. The public will have an opportunity to be heard as shown on the agenda at points in the meeting provided for the public to address the board. Recording or photographing other than for private personal use requires the consent of parents and guardians whose children may be included in the image. Can I have a roll call, please? >> Yes. Mrs. Amado >> here. >> Mrs. Harvey >> here. >> Mrs. Duet >> here. >> Mrs. Maddox >> here. Mrs. Alearo >> here. >> Mr. Frra, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Craft, and Mrs. Santos are absent. We have a quorum. >> Thank you. So, for presentations, we have a referendum update from Conno O'Brien from Legacy Construction Management, but he was unable to
003attend, so he sent an update to be read out on his behalf. um at Valley View Middle School, they contacted Advanced Roofing to address um an area that needs to be resealed on the Valley View gym roof. Um also at Valley View Middle School, ongoing construction in the courtyard includes that the railing has been completed. The SA shade structure south structure continues and is near completion. The north structure is on hold due to safety adjustments that need to be made. the exit door exterior grates to be completed by the end of the month and landscaping is to be installed in the spring by the facilities. Um then the sports courts the shed part of the ongoing the shed is part of an ongoing conversation but looking to separate it from the fields. Uh new 6oot
004black vinyl fence is ongoing and the sports court work will begin and is expected to take 3 to four weeks. All materials are ordered and will be on site when the area is ready for close out um with Nor Eastern. The library library lights have been fixed and the replacement window sill is on order and is expected the week of November 24th. That's it. Uh, do we have Morgan Landulfi? Um, on student travels and our student a student Noah Chen from Valley View Middle School. >> We have a presentation. Sorry. >> There you go. >> There it is. >> Tada. >> All right. So, my name is Morgan Landalfi and I um was the group leader for Valley View's first international trip this past summer. We traveled in August to BISE. You can go to
005the next slide. Um so, our trip was a specific STEM trip. It was called conservation from ridge to reef. And this is just a map of we flew into Ble City, but we went all over the country and then flew out of Bise City, spent eight days there. Next slide. This is our awesome group. We had eight student travelers and one parent who joined us. And I just wanted to recap some of the really exciting things that we got to do. Next slide. So, first we had the Kaio region. And while we were there, we did so much, but just a few of the highlights are that we got to participate in some ecological rainforest activities and zipline on our very first day, which was the highlight for a lot of people. Um, you can
006see in the picture next to where we're ziplining. That's one of the ecological studies that we did where we were um classifying the invertebrates that we found in the water and working with local scientists at a local NGO. Um that same day we actually got to go out and capture bats and actually take data on the bats that will be used by that NGO. Um we participated in a protected area research and compliance track and we also took a guided tour of one of the ancient mine archaeological sites in the area which is a group picture to the right. You can go to the next slide please. Um, next we went to Punta Gorda where you can see two of the girls are visiting a sustainable farm to discover how the agricultural practices are linked
007to reef health. We also learned about Mayan culture at a local village and got to do a lot, but one of the highlights was making our own tortillas from scratch. Um, we explored the port Port Honduras marine reserve and we supported a biodiversity project um during reforestation. So, we planted a bunch of trees along a river bank and our final stop was the southern coast. We got the opportunity to snorkel the longest barrier reef in the western hemisphere. We visited a marine visited a marine station and worked with the scientists there. So, they took us out snorkeling. They were able to um identify a lot of what we were seeing. We also worked with them to dissect the invasive lion fish that they have there. Um, and so we were able to collect data on
008what those lion fish are eating that they'll use and we also participated in a beach cleanup activity. So, um, Noah is going to share his student experience from the trip. >> Uh, okay. So, hi. Um, I'm Noah. >> Uh, and I'll be giving my speech today. Um, so over the summer break, I went on the school trip to Bise and I really enjoyed it for many reasons and learned hundreds of new things that I never knew before. This trip has enriched my education in ways that no classroom or video could ever do. Being there [snorts] in person, seeing, hearing, and doing things firsthand really helped me learn and create memories that would last a lifetime. One of the most memorable parts of this trip was learning about the Mayan culture. I had read about the
009Mayans prior to this trip, but actually seeing and walking through their ancient ruins made me realize that it was way cooler than I expected. I got to make chocolate and tortillas from scratch and watch a live demonstration of a Mayan technique to make a roof of a traditional house from giant leaves. Being there and actually interacting with the people and participating in the activities really helped me understand the effort that goes into making their homes and food. It was amazing to imagine how people back then lived and to actually try some of their everyday tasks tasks myself really had a lasting impact. I also learned much about the Bise Barrier Reef or the second large second largest reef in the world. We studied the ecosystem of coral and learned about manatees. Learning that increased boat
010traffic and illegal poaching um are making the manatee population decline reminded me that human actions have environmental impacts that are hidden to us if we don't find out what's going on in the world. when we didn't see any man manatees on our outing. This brought home the point that their population has declined significantly. Another unforgettable memory I made is ziplining over the vast rainforest. I got to experience seeing the rainforest as far as I could see. I never before seen a rainforest as expansive as the one I saw. When I hear news about human deforestation, remember the beautiful landscape and imagine it all disappearing. It's difficult to picture all that land just being chopped down. It really brings home the point. It really brings to life the scale of human destruction that is occurring and
011the amount of wildlife that is affected when we lose so much forest. Another part of the trip that meant a lot to me was helping the local community during our beach cleanup. Working side by side with my friends and instructors, picking up plastic pellets called Nerdles really showed me that even the smallest efforts can make a big difference. Nerdles are small pellets that serve as the raw material to make plastic. Picking up those small nerdles under the hot sun wasn't easy. But when I looked back and saw how much we collected, I was surprised. I didn't even realize the plastic was there in the first place. It makes me appreciate how fortunate I am to have access to clean spaces and it also reminds me of the importance of taking care of the environment. This
012journey to BLE has taught me more than any secondhand experience could. I didn't just learn facts, I experienced them. From learning about Mayan culture and history to understanding the delicate balance of ocean life and how to help protect the environment. This trip opened my eyes to a part of the world that is so different from my everyday life. I returned home not only with new knowledge but also with new respect for with new respect for nature, culture and community. Uh I would also like to thank Miss Landalfi uh who is a great group leader and really made the trip like a memorable one. >> Thank you both. >> Sounds like it was amazing. Thank you for coming and sharing your experiences with us. >> Thank you for having me. Sounds great. >> I have likegan.
013>> Do you want to switch back? >> You can go to the next one. >> Um, so we want all of our students to be able to have the opportunity to have an experience like Noah had in Bise. Um, so the next trip that I've organized will be in 2027 and we're bringing a group of students to Japan. You can go to the next slide. Um, so again, it's a very it's a jam-packed itinerary, but just some of the highlights is that we'll be with a STEMA expert touring um, Tokyo and seeing one of Japan's tallest buildings. And we'll also get to visit a disaster prevention park where really hands-on they'll learn about earthquake simulation and how to survive different natural disasters. Um, all of the students are really excited to visit the Cultural Center
014for Fans of anime and manga since that's very popular with some of [snorts] our students. And something that I'm really excited about is that we'll go get to go to JAXA, which is kind of like the Japanese equivalent of NASA um, and work with them to do a lot of hands-on experiments and activities. And just like in BLE, we're really making sure that while we're learning all these STEM topics, we want to infu in infuse the culture as well. So we'll participate in a Japanese tea ceremony and visit a temple. And then we will also go to a art museum that's your kind of part of the art. So it brings the a into steam. Um we actually had this tour fill up within the first 24 hours of opening it up. So, we're excited
015to have an even bigger group and continue our student travel opportunities. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. We're excited. >> It's an amazing opportunity that we're able to provide for our students. >> Yes. And and I will say it's new for um Wong Burough. Um Morgan and um a few other teachers came when I first came. Um, and I'm thrilled that it's been able to grow to a place where you'll be able to to continue to do more tours like this. It's exciting. >> Thank you. You ready to do the NJ quality single accountability continuum? NJQ. >> I don't know if I'm ready, but we're ready. Um Erin, could you put up the DPR the few DPR slides? There you go. So um in the state of New Jersey for the department of
016education there is u monitoring for compliance for um a number of indicators that the state and the department of education have identified as what makes a high-performing school district. Um, when you're a high-erforming school district, you need to only go through this process every three years. And lucky us, it's our it's our turn to um have our QAC monitoring. As part of the monitoring, can't see here in part of the monitoring um there are five areas that are um reviewed and I'm going to talk about that in just a second. Part of the process is having um conversations so people know this monitoring is happening so people understand what is being looked at. This is um our cover page. It requires the input of um all of these people. We have um with the board
017and each committee gone through. We have with our principles and leadership team with special services with the um WBA our teaching association have gone through the indicators. I know attached to the agenda is the copy um of what we are required to do. We included the entire copy and the notes because what is being voted tonight is our self assessment. I'm going to go to that in just a second. Um that is our district view of what we are prepared for right in that monitoring what we have um met the indicators are for us in the self assessment where we start after tonight um the DPR is approved by the board that certified resolution goes to the state um which will allow them to do their part in releasing data, which I'll share in just
018a second. And then we have our in-person review of the documents. They actually come into the district and um audit files, audit documents, are in the buildings, are in the classrooms. And following that monitoring, we have our QAC report from the county and the state. Um, our date isn't until January, January 20th. Um, so when you see some of these notes, you know, we have that opportunity. The first pieces of the review are happening. They've been going through um curriculum and instruction already, looking at the various curriculum documents. um have given huge compliments to our um leadership team for the updates since three years ago's QAC. As a matter of fact, they're using um some of our documents as models for other districts and um I hope that Miss Vickner and Miss Kidd are very
019proud of that because those compliments are few and far between in this process. So that's started already. Um, we've had our facilities walk through um with the business office and um Ricky Boyd, our buildings and grounds person. Again, another really positive experience. I don't know if you want to say anything at this point before I go to the other slides, but just thank um basically we we had a walk through and uh we had got a lot of compliments on the cleanliness and the maintenance of our building. They were really happy with everything they saw. So Ricky was there and he was able to um tell his custodial staff how much you know they appreciated it. >> Right. But that's also done though. >> Yes. And that that piece of the monitoring is complete. So
020those those types of things I guess that's what I'm saying. Those things are >> finished but our actual monitoring is not until January. Erin if you go to the next slide please. So there are as I said five areas instruction and program fiscal management governance operations and personnel that's looked at um during this monitoring and there are could you go to the next slide please? Um there are indicators for each area. Um this is an example from fiscal management and again this is our self assessment of what we've identified. We have you can see our notes of what we are looking at. Um you will also notice that that's the district the county score doesn't go in until January. And in the case of say instruction and program you might have seen a 40% right
021instead of 100%. That's because we don't have the ability to upload the performance reports that kind of thing. When we certify our district performance review, our self assessment, that triggers for the state to begin to upload those other documents and that also lets us know if there's anything we need to do correctively before January. So again, example of indicators. Aaron, next please. Um this is the instruction and program page and you can see um what the point values are. We are not able to add that. That is ex again an example of what the county has to add for us to be able to have any of those point values. Next, Erin. >> Oh, that's it. Oh, I thought I put in a different slide. So when they come in person in those five areas,
022they will randomly right pull files from operations or from personnel um they come in person into the district and again um in January and following that when we have our report we'll finish um telling the community any questions because again it is supposed to be um a a known collaborative of process you know we went through it but >> questions. >> Great. So it is on the agenda the DPR the self assessment to be approved and then um Karen and her team will get the certified resolution to the state tomorrow. >> Great. Thank you. >> Um who wants to read out the election results? >> Well, I get to. >> You want to? You want to do it? >> No, you could. >> I was going to say that's usually the only fun thing I
023get to do all year. Um so um the annual school election for the Wong Burough School District in the county of Somerset was held on November 4th um 2025. 5,251 registered voters participated with there are 5,251 registered voters for um our community. 2,970 cast their ballots. Um the official results were certified yesterday. Um so for the following three-year term, we welcome to the board of education Leticia Marcellis, Sahil Tria, and Mr. Richard Desiana. So congratulations. We're thrilled to have you join the board. You'll be getting a lot of information now that you're certified. So we'll look forward to to having you all. Thank you. Hello, welcome. [snorts] You want to keep going and do enrollment? >> Sure. Um enrollment again you'll see um the impact of the um lower kindergarten class overall. Um that is
024the the primary change. There's nothing significant this month from last month in in the enrollment. Okay. Okay. So, I'm going to give a report this month and this is part of our new goal to improve our communication. So, when I joined the board in 2024, the district was emerging from a complete transportation failure and navigating a significant financial crisis. Her per pupil spending lagged behind the state average and neighboring districts and the district operated without a strategic plan, goals or clear direction. Facility issues were so severe that buckets were placed in the lunchroom to manage leaks during rainstorms and parents were attending board meetings to complain about classroom temperatures. There was a referendum that needed to be implemented. Turnover in the business office had resulted in a new superintendent and business administrator. Thank you for
025joining. And state assessment scores had declined from historic highs. The work before us was substantial. We quickly recognized that meaningful progress would require each one of us. Collaboration is a core value outlined in our vision statement. And guided by that value, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. Today, our transportation system is operating reliably. The budget has been rebuilt with sustainability and academic improvement at its core. Program cuts have been halted and we have added teaching positions. per pupil spending has begun to align with surrounding districts and the state average. We have established a five-year strategic plan, set district and board goals, repaired the roof, reached the final stages of referendum implementation, restored stability in the business office, and most importantly, our student achievement scores are rising. These accomplishments were not easy and
026they were not achieved by any one group alone. They required the collective effort of the board, administration, teachers, staff, and the support of our community. We faced difficult decisions, including the decision to raise school taxes. These decisions were made collaboratively by one of the most diverse teams I have ever had the privilege of serving on. The work is challenging and not without conflict, but we continue because every person at this table believes deeply in public education and understands the value of what we do. Our next major challenge will be planning for increasing enrollment. The demographic study in the regionalization report projected an enrollment increase of approximately 20% for WAN. Addressing this will again require strong teamwork. Our goal is to work in partnership with the town council and the broader community to find sustainable solutions.
027Public education is a cornerstone of our country and it benefits everyone whether they have children in the schools or not. Strong public schools build a skilled workforce, strengthen the economy, reduce crime and poverty and support a healthy democracy by ensuring that all students have access to knowledge and opportunity. Now I'm going to give a report on the progress on our board goals. So at our June retreat, the board set three goals. Action plans for each were then created and approved at the October board meeting. Our first goal is to establish and maintain clear norms, protocols, and operating procedures to ensure effective, respectful, and transparent governance aligned with the district's mission and vision. We have completed the required training for this and will be scheduling a working meeting early in the new year to begin developing
028a board governance handbook. Second goal is the board will continue to engage in professional development to build upon the successful New Jersey school boards association board academy board certification to achieve the Carol E. Larsen master board certification. The certification requires 10 additional hours of professional development within two years. Since June, we have completed two additional training sessions and have another planned for February. At this pace, we may actually achieve this certification within one year rather than two. Goal number three is to clearly communicate how the board of education decisions and actions align with district goals, ensuring transparency, accountability, and strategic coherence. So, the district currently has two academic goals and one culture goal. The first is to implement new initiatives to enhance student achievement. The second is to ensure systems are in place to identify
029and support students facing academic challenges, fostering equity and access to learning. And the third is to foster student and staff engagement and a positive culture. Much of what I've reported tonight highlights the board's efforts towards achieving these goals. For example, prioritizing academic achievement in the budget allowed for us to purchase new textbooks, curriculum, and programs, and to fund a supervisor of instruction, which is directly supporting district goal number one. Additionally, investing in new evaluation and progress monitoring tools and adding a basic skills teacher strengthens our ability to identify and assist students who need support, addressing district goal number two. Finally, culture flows both upward and downward within any organization. By demonstrating collaboration and respect in our interactions with each other and with the public, the board helps cultivate a positive culture throughout the district, advancing
030district goal number three. Move on to principal >> principal report. Hello. Good evening. All right, we're going to start off with our parent teacher conferences were held at Bayberry on November 3rd and 5th and we are grateful to see so many families come in and talk about their children's progress. The partnership between home and school continues to make such a positive difference for our students. Both schools spent time learning about Dvali. This month, classrooms were filled with color and creativity as students, staff, and parent volunteers work together to share stories, traditions, and hands-on activities. It was a wonderful celebration of culture, and community. At Valley View, marking period 1 officially ended on November 5th, and report cards were made available in the Genesis parent portal on November 14th. We appreciate our families for taking the
031time to review their children's progress and continue to support their learning at home. Students and staff honored Veterans Day on November 3rd by wearing red, white, and blue and participating in thoughtful classroom conversations. Our students showed real appreciation for the service and sacrifice of our veterans and were proud of the respect they demonstrated. On November 12th and 13th, students in grades 4 through 8 participated in the NJSLA fall field test. They completed assessments in math, reading, and writing on the new testing platform, and we were impressed by their focus and effort throughout the two days. Our geometry students also took part in the AMC 10 mathematics contest on November 13th. The AMC10 is a 75inut 25 question exam designed for students in grades 10 and below covering topics such as algebra, geometry, number theory, and
032probability. It gives students a chance to stretch their problem solving skills in a unique and exciting way and serves as the first step toward qualifying for the United States team in prestigious international competitions including the International Mathematical Olympiad. We are very proud of our students for taking this challenge. Bayberry participated in the bullies to buddies program this month where staff, students, and parents were trained in this empowering approach to help students confidently respond to unkind behavior. The program was enthusiastically received by all stakeholders and we extend a special thank you to the PTO for bringing this valuable initiative to our school. Thank you. We also had um some bullying assemblies at Valley View that were presented in an interactive game show style where kids were looking at scenarios and deciding whether they crossed that line
033or not. That was received really well. There was a separate assembly for grades 5 through six and 1 through 7 and 8. And then we had a follow-up parent presentation last night in our library. Picture retakes will take place tomorrow at Valley View for any student who requires them, whether they were absent or they just didn't like their photo. And we're also excited for the WE sponsored Friendsgiving celebration happening tomorrow at Valley View. This event always brings such warmth to our building and reminds us how special our community is. Our adopt a family drive is now underway at both schools. We are grateful for the generosity our families show each year as we come together to support neighbors in need. Thank you to everyone who has already contributed and please feel free to continue sending
034in gifts at Valley View. [clears throat] Sorry. Basketball season has officially begun and we're thrilled to see our student athletes back on the court. Our girls first home game is December 1st followed by the boys game on December 3rd. We hope you'll join us in cheering on our teams as we look ahead to the Thanksgiving holiday. We want to extend our warmest wishes to the board of education and to our entire community. May the days ahead bring rest, connection, and moments of gratitude with the people who matter most. We are truly thankful for the support and collaboration that make our schools such special places for children to grow and learn. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks you guys. Um Erin, if you um start. There you go. So my talk tonight starts all the way
035back after the last board meeting. And here we are at the harvest festival. Your board of education are the Wong Burough Chile champions. They'll be getting their trophy um in a couple weeks. There's our own um We Angela who was gathering votes and some other friends who were um with us that afternoon um getting ready for the scarecrow stroll and the gardening. Um it was really a lovely day for the board and the burrow together. So, thank you and congratulations board members. Um, we also, I know it seems a long time ago for you guys, but we had the dances here at Valley View over the Halloween. Erin, you can There's a lot of these. Um, they the students were able to be in dancing in here in the APR or in the gym. I
036um want to give a shout out to the many staff that you'll see in all of these pictures at the dances, at um the trunker tree, at the parades here um at Valley View during the Halloween lunch. Everybody made the holidays special, made everybody have an opportunity to contribute however they wanted to, in costume, not dancing or volleyball or not. Um, this in particular, this closeup, you can see these in the background. Is that Kevin? Who made those? Kevin's class. So, in Kevin O'Donnell's classes, um, you can see who are on the headstones, the decorations. They're all explorers and it has information on the different explorers. So, they were even able to find a way to tie it into instruction and it was a lot of fun. Um, and and looked really cute. Here we're
037at the trunk or treat. Our own officer Mike getting into the act. I guess his costume was was obvious. There you are, Mr. Craft. We had again [laughter] for us um to have the board be as involved in the community is really a wonderful thing. Um it is a lot of work right for everybody who does all of this programing. Wow. Um our PTO [laughter] look what >> oh my microphone stopped working. Where did it stop? Thanking people probably. So, we're um again very very blessed not just with the the board involvement, but to have a community that works so hard, our CPAG um parents, PTO, WE to put together all of these different opportunities to come together. Um and it's a lot of fun. Besides, so Yep. And there's our our burough representatives. Um
038our third grade team at Bayberry the day of our parade. Um is that you? Yep. There's Miss Victor and me. There you are. It is a little dark. And um the office staff I have to say Nona Nona made a hit. And here at Valley View, all of us were uh where's Waldo? There's the whole staff shot. Um but for the students during lunch again these Halloween centers that centers is post but it was just a lot of fun. You can see a lot of activities a lot of um opportunities for um students to have fun. This picture is a special picture because for the first time I know they get better but that's the only one I had of the three of us being honored. So I know Erin move to the next one
039just there you go. So for the first time um our Valley View and Bayberry staffs were able to come together um here at Valley View for professional learning and on that day um the Hindu association that we partnered with last year to learn about Holi um came to honor the staff. It was an event called Guru Vandana and that is basically um teacher appreciation and the valuing of wisdom. They honored each teacher. they um provided a a gift and the speaker really resonated I would say with the entire staff just talking about the importance of um sharing that teaching culture. Following Guru Vandana we did have the opportunity for our staff to engage in professional learning and it was our whole staff. These um those were pair of professionals. I think this is our Valley
040View staff. Um that opportunity again to have uninterrupted professional learning to be able to articulate to be able to um write curriculum as a team is really important and we'll look for other opportunities. And then at lunch we had a special um dessert s'mores bar because we want more of these opportunities to happen. But it was really a wonderful day. It was really um again special. We use that word but in this case it was something we hadn't had that opportunity. I don't we went past the picture pretty quickly but everybody was involved. You see our paras you see our business office. You see um our custodians Ricky was helping set up the whole breakfast for the staff. And it is um wonderful that we come together. There you were um in that way. So
041um again, thank you to all the staff because this is a lot of work to organize. It's a lot of work to to do these events um during the day, in the evenings, in the summer, traveling, whatever it is. So thank you all. Um I also just need to That's the end of the PowerPoint part. Thank you. [laughter] That's where we're going to end it. Oh, wow. >> There you go. Okay, that wasn't me. I said we were done, but it is cute. Um, on a more serious note because, um, this is, um, important and serious and I don't want to take away from it. Um, I need to thank the community for embracing our see something, say something. Um, especially in this case as it relates to safety and security in our schools. It's
042really important to make sure that the information that gets shared around in the community is accurate and verified. In this case, um, a number of people reached out to confirm if in fact we had ICE activity here at Valley View School. We did not. There is not been ICE activity at Valley View or Bayberry School. I understand that photographs of an arrest have been circulated. We did speak with um the Wong police. They confirmed it was not a local police operation. Um and I've been asked to share that the immigrant trust directive issued by New Jersey's attorney general significantly limits the police's ability to assist any other agency um in their work. So local police are not often contacted about activities. they did not have um information on um what was in the picture that
043was being shared. Um I can also confirm according to the um Wong Burough police no local persons have been reported missing. It is something about Wong Burough that I will say again special is overused tonight, but the care and concern that the community has expressed and the the gratitude that I have for all the people that sought out facts in the face of many many rumors is is something that does set this community apart. And I hope you will continue to see something, say something. I hope you will continue to reach out to people for facts and not continue to, you know, follow the rumor trail or to add to that because in that way, um, when we're an informed community, we also can respond in a in a much more powerful way. So, thank
044you for all of those people who reached out. Um, if there are any additional questions about this, I do refer you back to the Wongboro Police. All of my information is from them. Um, and then finally, as um our principal shared, we are looking forward to Thanksgiving. We do have the early dismissal on Wednesday, November 26 for the holiday. The district is closed Thursday and Friday, November 27th and 28th. And I will echo your comments of wishing everybody a safe holiday with family and friends, time to reflect on many, many blessings. And just for me personally, I am grateful to be a part of such a warm and welcoming community. Thank you. >> Yes. Do you have a business administrator report? >> Yes. It's so exciting. So this um so in October and November uh
045this is what they call reporting season. So we have um we are working on many reports with initials like ASSA, Chapter 44, M1, CMP, MYBR, odd sum etc. So very fun time but we are doing it. Um, and that's the going to take us right through to the end of, you know, mid December pretty much to finish all this reporting along with, you know, of course our QAC and everything else going on. I just want to say that on the agenda tonight is the approval of the CMP, which is maintenance report and M1. These are just reports showing our square footage and we have to do a certain dollar amount of maintenance a year. So that's what you see on the agenda tonight. Um, also on the agenda, you'll see something called the US Omni
046and TSACG as a 403b plan administrator. So this is something that this district hasn't had before. We've been through payroll managing the 403bs and the 457s as a district myself. We have um vendors come in, they um, you know, speak with the staff. You can invest in your money. It's totally and at will. But what we're what we are hoping to do now is have an administrator of that plan that has no doesn't affect anybody. There's no cost to the employees. There's no cost to the district, but they would take over that just the administration. It's actually really important because there are new regulations and like a there's an act called the secure 2.0 act. There's a lot of requirements, reporting requirements, compliance that did like a business office the size of, you know, two
047to three of us could never keep up with. This isn't something that we have the skill set for. So, this is really going to be um a win-win for us. It also to the employees, all of us will offer additional um vendors and plans. So, if there's an employee that really wants to invest in something we don't currently have, this will bring them that ability. they have you know many they have many options available. So, and again it's no cost to any of us. And I think that is uh also you also see um something called the cafeteria plan to 2025 flexible spending. That again is um that's to put aside payroll um put aside money through payroll for medical and dental. I think a lot of you probably have that in companies and we
048also have that that's something that has to be approved every year. That's it. And Monday night is the parent information meeting for Right at School, the new um vendor for our before and after school program. They will be at Bay, you might need to say this, Bayberry School 7:00 in the APR in person. Um, if you're not able to attend and have a burning question, please email that to Karen Bishop Johnson so she can make sure your question gets answered um, Monday night. >> That's it. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to committee reports. Mrs. Dwet, do you have a report for the curriculum committee? >> Okay. All righty. In attendance was Fatim of Santos, Jessica Maddox, and Jennifer Aguilerero, president, Dr. Glazer, Denise Vikner, Karen Kidd. Followup. An update was given on the referendum
049field and outdoor learning commons. The canopy is being installed and plantings will be done in the spring. The field is being prepared as long as weather permits. The NJSLA field test was given in grades four through eight. Students were tested on the [clears throat] previous year's material. This was an opportunity for students to become familiar with the format and the test site. There was a mixed reaction from Valley View students with some using the time allotted and others finishing quickly. Aberry school is developing an action plan for a self-contained LLD classroom to address the language and learning needs of students who qualify. right at school. A before and after school program being offered for our children is waiting for licensing. The program will be presented to parents at a town hall meeting on November 24th.
050Um there are plans to begin in January. Split classes such as combining a third and fourth grade class has been discussed for Bayberry School. However, at this time there's not a need to combine different grades. The administration has been working on the 2026 2027 school calendar. It was decided to keep schools closed on election day for school safety, for student safety. From bullies to buddies webinar donated by the PTO was wellreceived by third and fourth grade Bayberry parents. Staff also came away with tools that could be used in the classroom. Earlier grade teachers expressed their interest in this helpful webinar. LA View families attended a presentation bullying awareness for pay uh for parents. This interactive workshop was presented by Hearts and Hands Professional Development on November 13th. The NJ DOE published a guidance regarding parental
051optouts based on religious objections. The process and conditions for individual opt- out requests include degree of notice to parents of curriculum content, the pres uh provision for alternative instruction for the students excluded from instruction and the process for granting or denying requests. All approved curriculum for core instructional materials are made publicly available to ensure transparency for families and communities. Bachang already has in place an opt- out form for health and science. Administrators are looking to use one form for any other optouts. New Jersey district performance review. It's called the DPR. What is on the agenda for tonight is the district's self assessment for the five monitored areas in several areas including the area of instruction and program is waiting for state data to be added to the district score of 40%. Watch scored itself 100%
052in fiscal management, 100% in governance, 100% in operations and 82% for personnel. As of this meeting, we did not receive the finalized WBEA contract. Thank you. >> Thanks. And personnel's gone up since then, but yay, we're good. That's from that presentation. The committee had also asked um Miss Marlo, the interim director of special services, to just give um a description of what an LLD program is. Unfortunately, she went home ill. She has laryngitis. So, I'm going to read it out. Um, what she gave us. The Learning andor Language Disabilities LLD program offers a modified curriculum and specialized instruction in small, supportive, self-contained environment serving children who have similar needs. Students receive individualized and small groupoup instruction from a certified special education teacher and all lessons are aligned to the New Jersey student learning standards. When
053appropriate, students participate in their grade level home room for selected non-academic activities as outlined in their IEPs. The program itself emphasizes a hands-on multi-ensory language-based approach to promote growth in reading, writing, and mathematics. Social and interpersonal skills are nurtured through a positive classroom behavior system. By providing instruction at a slower pace with much repetition and specialized materials, the program fosters a greater academic success for those students. >> Thank you. Okay. Administration finance. Mr. Frraise isn't here, so I will read his minutes for him. Um, the meeting was on November 11th at 5:00 p.m. In attendance were myself, Mr. Frra, Dr. Julie Glazer, Karen Bishop Johnson, Ricky Boyd, Jessica Maddox, and Connor O'Brien. Um, we had an update on facilities and referendum projects. Uh the outdoor learning commons is nearing completion with final inspections ahead and
054referendum projects overall are in their final stages. Operational compliance and monitoring the district passed the quality assurance checklist walkth through district performance review state monitoring items are progressing well as we saw in the presentation. They are complete programs and student services. The right at school afterare program is advancing through licensing steps. A new learning and language disabilities classroom is being developed for students. Administration and budget. A draft of the district calendar is being prepared. The transition to a third party administrator TPA for 403b and 457 retirement accounts is underway to support compliance. And the budget planning cycle is beginning. And under technology, uh, the district is exploring diligent, previously known as board docs, to improve document management and overall board operations. Uh, policy committee, Mrs. Amadeo, the policy committee, uh, met on Wednesday, November 12th
055at 5:30 p.m. virtually. I was present uh, along with Phyllis Duet, Adam Craft, Jenna Gugliaro, um, Dr. Glazer, and Pinky Nielson. Um, we had a laundry list of policies that needed to be addressed uh in advance of the CQAC review. Um, up for a first reading this month from that CUSAC review is bylaw 0173, duties of public school accountant. Uh, policy 1620, administrative employment contracts. Policy 5512, harassment, intimidation, and bullying. [snorts] Um, others that were discussed that are not on the agenda for tonight, uh, regulation 5200, attendance, and policy and regulation 4212, attendance for support staff. Um, additional first reading documents, policy 5512, harassment until intimidation and bullying. Did I say that already? I did. Sorry. And policy regulation 3218, use possession or distribution of substances. I don't think I missed one. >> Yep. Just
056the second reading, right? The one. Yep. um uh up for a second reading. Uh we actually found two policies that had passed a first reading last year and were not fully adopted, but only one is up tonight. >> That is correct. The other one um I do not believe >> we got to it'll be done for next month. So policy 2200 curriculum content. Um there are about nine other policies and regulations that are on the docket for uh December and the policy committee will be in communication throughout the month to make sure these are ready to go >> which and it was a big lift. Thank you. Um I think um for just the public and I know that um the Echo Sentinel sent in a question. Many of the things are existing policies that
057had um um policy updates or policy alerts since our adoption. Some of them a month or two of course after our adoption. So it did make it a little bit easier to to work our way through just the updates. And thank you all for your willingness. It's a lot. >> Thank you, Miss Maddox. Personnel. >> Now it's you here. There you go. All right. We met on November 13th, 5:40 to 7:30 as myself, Danielle, Dory, and Jennifer uh and Julie um Dr. Julie Glazier in attendance. Um the due to privacy and confidentiality, there's minimal information that I have tonight in addition to uh repetition from some of the other committees. So, I have one update. [laughter] Yeah, after two hours. >> Yeah, the uh portion of the curricular supervisor or curriculum supervisor recruitment um the
058job description is being finalized and the posting is imminent. Uh there are multiple internal and external candidates that are interested and um the recruitment has been delayed be due to prioritizing of the special education needs um position that needs to be filled. So that was the update for that. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Quick and easy. On to the next >> despite the meeting. >> It was a long one, but obviously great. Thank you. Um moving on to the board liaison reports. Uh Mrs. Maddox, do you have something for legislation? >> Yes. So I'm going to go back um September through November of some of the updates on here. Um the first one was the labor labor movement um instruction which uh was grades 6 through 12 bill A1 or I'm sorry
059A-1682 uh S-1054 and this was signed September 3rd 2025 which in summary requires districts to include instruction on US and New Jersey labor history uh major strikes unionization and the collaborative bargaining process which applies to grades 6 through 12, excuse me, 12 within social studies standards. The second one is uh Latino and Hispanic history instruction K through 12. The bill which is new legislation and state board standards uh with this was signed September 29th, 2025 which requires a state board of education to ensure social studies standards including Latino and Hispanic history. The district must sign uh or must integrate accurate culturally relevant K through2 instructions reflecting these contributions. The third which is teachers pensions and annuity fund which is TPAF reenrollment changes bill A-1675 and S-2078 which was signed October 1st 2025 extends break-in service
060limits for former educators returning to TPAF standard gap increases from 12 to 10 years and up to 15 years in certain cases. is no additional employer costs may support recruitment of experienced teachers returning to the field. That's the last one. >> Thank you. Do you have a report for the Somerset County Educational Services Commission? >> No updates. >> Um Mrs. Amado, do you have a report for Somerset County School Boards Association? >> Uh we met this week along with our new board members. Um it was a lovely meeting and there was no relevant information to report. >> Thank you. I'm the le liaison for the school boards association. Um nothing to report. Just a reminder for everyone to finish their mandatory training if they have not yet done that. It's almost the end of the
061year. I I am curious because we did have board members attend um the school board's conference since the board meeting and I know that we've you know like board docs that you talked about was something we found there. Is that anybody share a session or anything that they thought was valuable because we do spend time in >> on the in the work in the workshops? >> Any anybody I just >> Well, >> yeah. Um >> school ducks. I know we've spent a lot of time on >> for the workshops. Um, I attended uh one on the school funding formula which was actually really amazing and I believe I forwarded everybody the slide deck for that one because it broke it down. It was done by two board presidents sort of from South Jersey who are
062really into it and it really broke down how they come up with the school funding formula. We don't get any of that equalization aid though. So, but it's it's important to understand how they come up with what the adequacy budget is and then how they determine what the local fair share is with their mystery modifiers. So, that was really good. Um, I actually attended another one on um the values of stability with [laughter] maintaining your same superintendent. [clears throat] That was really interesting. It looked at a lot of the data as to what happens when you have turnover in your business office and the direct correlation that it has with student academic scores. >> We could have contributed to that. [laughter] >> You can present next year. We would love you. >> Trying to remember
063off the top. I know we um you went to the opt out one that went over the new opt out legislation. >> Went to one together. they all kind of merged into >> Yeah, it was it was it was valuable to go to. I learned I learned a lot. I shared all the slide decks that I was able to that they posted. But I also find there's a lot of value in speaking to other boards and other presidents. Um you see the different ways that they do things. You hear about the different programs that they're using. I we we ran into somebody who was going on about an AI tutor. I think it was Washington Township. They got their scores up 40% in one year by using >> I was say you did share that
064with me. >> Yes. >> Are you talking about the AI >> the Amira AI? Yeah. >> Amir AI. >> Um now they were in a bit of a different scenario because they write their they all of their curriculum they wrote themselves like the teachers wrote all of it. They didn't have any programs or resources. they just each individual teacher pulled their own thing. So, they were really um trying to come up with a more uh collaborative comprehensive program, but she raved about Amira for quite a while. So, I I'm just again the same way you're getting board certified and setting goals there to participate right with other boards at a state level and make that commitment because you do have to go down, >> right? You it is a lot to do. Um, and I
065know we've had um over the time I've been here, well, you aren't on the board yet, Mr. Craftsart, but I think every other person who's here, Dory, Jessica, you, Danielle, Phyllis, have all had that opportunity, and it is valuable. So, I'm I'm glad that we were participating. >> They have a lot of really interesting things. I attended I'm going to talk about it actually in my regionalization report the legislative panel as well and just understanding what the state is doing with regards to education and where they're focusing their energy on it's helpful to >> I just thought like I said since we haven't had a meeting since >> yeah no it was good it's very valuable every I've gone twice and both times I went I got a lot out of it >> so it
066is it is a valuable conference for sure >> I think that really liked when I heard Washington Township got this course up 40%. I'm wondering what they did. They they were attributing it to the AI tutor. >> They felt I was talking to the board president was like the ex-meor [laughter] and they were raving about the uh program. Unfortunately, they weren't at school boards. I did look. >> Oh, okay. >> We'll find them. Good. >> Regionalization. regionalization report. That's me. So on October 30th, the Rowan School Regionalization Institute publicly presented its feasibility study on regionalization and shared services for the Wong Hills Regional, Warren, Longill, Wong, and Greenbrook school districts. I would like to thank the team leading the study as well as all members of the steering committee for their hard work to complete
067this report. Regionalization is often a topic of discussion in the community and it is valuable to have the data necessary to understand the advantages and disadvantages of a regionalized district. But of particular important and interest was the work done on shared services and we will be reviewing these recommendations and hopefully create new shared service programs that will benefit our staff and students. I do want to take this opportunity to share with you the findings of the report with regards to the tax impact of regionalization on the Wong community. While regionalization has many benefits, the projected financial savings for the region were not dramatic, representing less than 2% of the overall combined budget. I recently attended a legislative panel discussion where state senator O scan who sits on the state budget committee made a similar statement
068that regionalization is not a magic bullet and unless it results in school closures the savings are minimal. The report also reviewed traditional methods for the distribution of school taxes in a regionalized scenario. The study team reviewed the tax impact on each community under two models. one based on enrollment numbers and one based on property values. They then looked at tax impacts if these two models were combined at various ratios. In all scenarios, Wong would experience a significant tax increase if it regionalized. This increase ranged from $1 million under an enrollmentbased model to $2.6 million under the property value model. The reason for this is because the preK through 8 school tax rate for Wong is lower than the surrounding districts. Basically, Wong hasn't invested in its school district at the same rate as our neighbors.
069And if we regionalized, that would be corrected. The other districts would have a tax savings and Wong would have a tax increase. It is important to note that the high school has indicated that they will not be holding a vote to hold a referendum to regionalize in the near future. So, please understand that this is a study and a snapshot in time as to what regionalization would look like if we did it today. The report goes into depth on the topics of demographics, education and programs, finance and operations, and governance and law. I encourage everyone to watch the presentation and read the report both of which can be found on the high school's website >> and ours also >> and ours too and our website. >> We have a tab on the website. >> Perfect.
070>> Do you have a report for >> No, next meeting for me is December 4th. >> Okay. Um, community engagement. Do we have anyone from PTO? Okay. W CPEG. Okay, moving on to comments from the public on agenda items. We welcome input from the public. There are two times during the meeting when the public is invited to speak. The first opportunity to comment on agenda items only is now. The second opportunity for public comment is towards the end of the meeting. All comments are limited to 5 minutes. The total time allotted for public comment is 30 minutes. Before you make your comment, please state your name and municipality of residence. In the event it appears the public comment portion of the meeting may exceed 30 minutes, the presiding officer may limit each statement made by
071a participant to three minutes duration. Our public forums are not structured as a question and answer session, but rather are offered as opportunities to share input with the board. In instances where the board feels a response is needed, the presiding officer or superintendent will address the comment. New Jersey statutes do not permit the board to discuss personnel or hiring in public session. Names of students should not be used. Members of the public should consider their comments in light of legal rights of those affected and identified in their comments and should be aware that they are personally personally legally responsible with potential liability for comments that they make to the board. The board shall not be held liable for comments made by members of the public. Get a motion to go into executive session. Whereas the
072open public's meeting act NJSA 10 col4-11 permits the board of education to meet in close session to discuss certain matters. Now therefore be it resolved the board of education adjourns to close session to discuss a matter rendered confidential by federal or state law student matters and further resolved the minutes of this closed session be made public when the need for confident confidentiality no longer exists. Action may be taken. >> So moved. >> Second. Second. All in favor say I. I. I. >> Turn into executive session. session. Um we're going to go back to the district update for one minute. Uh Dr. Glazer has something else she'd like to share. >> Sorry. So we had put out um a thought exchange engagement that ended on Tuesday um specific to the district vision. The exchange was talking
073about the fact that the phrase excellence on the hill um during strategic planning was embraced as a standard to strive for almost a call to action more so than a model. And the community at large was asked if the current district vision statement reflected um our commitment to excellence, to achievement, to meaningful long-term outcomes. um for students and for our schools. We um did have 13 if you remember how our surveys work their thoughts and then people rate the thoughts and comments. So there were 13 individual thoughts on the um vision statement with 85 ratings meaning people making comments and suggestions based on that. Um there were um of those 85 ratings, it broke down to about seven uh buckets. I'll call them buckets because we use that during the strategic planning. Um and basically
074the responses were once again very diverse. Um there were people that were concerned that um success would only be measured by academics, by um test scores or core subjects. There was um a call, if you will, amongst those ratings to make sure that um we were making sure that students felt supported, right? and that the definition of success, right, if they were supported, that they would feel successful, that the importance of exploration, critical thinking, inspiration, all of that led to excellence and achievement. Um, and of the 85 um ratings, 3.6 six rating, that highest rating was that the vision statement really reflected that that it was all the ways that we look to the future to make students successful. Um there was uh 3.6% that excellence on the hill is absolutely appropriate, right? that it
075states a goal, but again, well-being, well-rounded outcomes that include mental and social development are also important. So, it's diverse. Um, we will dig into it a little deeper. We got a wordlele of keywords. Um there were also um just for the because again not good, bad or otherwise but the comments as I said were um somewhat split because there were um seven responses didn't come as high as the other ones. But it's important to acknowledge that um feel that the vision statement should start with some acknowledgment of excellence academic excellence right that that pursuit of acade academic excellence should be at the forefront even if all of this other stays right that the support and that um so we will again this is a preview for our December um state of the district and and
076that but I wanted to make sure since the survey ended since we do have some exchange results that I at least um shared that it has closed and that of those um 85 ratings it it is diverse. It will take a conversation but for the overall the alignment that's what they call the engagement the alignment with our current vision statement is um determined to be high. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Any questions? >> All right. Uh we can move on to action items then. Uh Mrs. Harvey, could you read action items under administrative? >> Sure. I move one, approve minutes of previous meeting. Two, approve the superintendent's hip report. Three, approve New Jersey quality single accountability continuum and JQUAC district performance review. Four, approve revised 12-month employee calendar. Five, except Bay and Valley View School
077drills report. And six, approve revised special education placement. Thanks. Do you have a second? >> Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. >> Mrs. Amado, >> yes. >> Mrs. Harvey, >> yes. >> Mr. Craft, >> yes. >> Mrs. Maddox, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dwet, >> yes. >> Mrs. Agliero, >> yes. >> Mr. Fra, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mrs. Santos are absent. The motion passes. Thank you. >> Mrs. Maddox, is your microphone working? >> Yeah, now it is. Can you move the items under personnel for me, please? >> Move to approve um appointment of leave replacement teacher. Two, approve Valley View 6th period coverage. Three, approve observation hours. Four, approve leave of absence. Five, approve salary guide level advancement 2025 through 2026. Six, approve paraprofessional for after school activities at Valley View. Seven, approve district substitute for the
0782025 2026 school year. Eight, approved to change substitute bus driver hourly rate. Nine, approve Bayberry extracurricular position for 2025 2026. 10, approve revised Valley View extracurricular positions for 2025 2026. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call when you're ready. >> Okay. >> Mrs. Amado. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Duet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Craft. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Harvey. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Maddox. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Agliero. >> Yes. >> Mr. Fra, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Santos are absent. The motion passes. >> Thank you. Mrs. Amado, can you move the items under operation finance for me? >> Yes, I can. Um, I move item one, approve payment of bills. Item two, approve transfer of funds for 2526. Item three, accept financial reports. Item four, approve payment application number three for Valley View
079Outdoor Learning Commons. Um, item five, authorize submission of comprehensive maintenance plan and form M1. Item six, approve amendment to the cafeteria plan 2025 section 125 flexible spending account. Item number seven, approve US Omni and TSACG as the 403b 457B plan administrator. Item eight, approve OOD transportation services agreement with SCEESC. Item nine, approve in district transportation services agreement with SCEESC. Item 10, approve updated professional service providers list. Item 11, accept donation of air fryer. Item 12, approve donation of projector. Item 13, authorize the sale of surplus obsolete equipment. Item 14, approve professional development, school business, and related expenses. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Roll call, please. Okay, Mrs. Harvey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Maddox, >> yes. >> Mr. Craft, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juette, >> yes. >> Mrs. [snorts] Amado, >> yes. >> Mrs. Agliero, >>
080yes. >> Mr. Fra, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Santos are absent. The motion passes. >> Thank you. >> Mrs. Dart, could you move the items under curriculum, please? >> Okay. I move approve learning and language disability LLD program at Bayberry School. Approve K to4 mathematics and English language arts curriculum. Approve additional field trips for Bayberry School. >> All right. >> Second. [clears throat] >> Wait, let me make sure that's >> You got them all. >> That was it. >> Um, any discussion? >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Okay, Mrs. Harvey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Amado, >> yes. >> Mr. Craft, >> yes. >> Mrs. Duet, >> yes. >> Mrs. Maddox, >> yes. >> Mrs. Aglaro, >> yes. >> Mr. Fra, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Santos are absent. Motion passes. >> Thank you. Mrs. Amado, can you move the
081items under policy, please? >> I move uh for a first reading. Policy and regulation 3218, use, possession, or distribution of substances. Policy in regulation 3281, inappropriate staff conduct. Policy 7436, drug-free workplace. Policy 1620, administrative employee contracts. Bylaw [snorts] 0173, duties of public school accountant. Policy 5512, harassment, intimidation, and bullying. And I move for a second reading. Uh policy 2200, curriculum content. >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> I just want to check, Dr. Glazer. Um because on my minutes we had up for a first reading regulation 5200 for attendance and policy regulation 4212 the support staff attendance. >> Um [snorts] I did not receive anything additional since the committee meeting. >> Okay. >> That's I know I texted you to ask and I did see the follow-up email but not for first reading. It'll have to
082be next. Okay. Okay. Roll call, please. >> Okay. [clears throat] >> Mrs. Duet, >> yes. >> Mr. Craft, >> yes. >> Mrs. Amado, >> yes. >> Mrs. Harvey, >> yes. >> Mrs. Maddox, >> yes. >> Mrs. Aglaro, >> yes. >> Mr. Fra, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Santos are absent. The motion passes. >> Thank you. Moving on to board business. Anybody have anything they want to discuss? any questions on the regionalization report or >> um I just wanted to actually um just add on to what you said, Jen, regarding the regionalization report that um the tax impact does seem insable for our district, but we should be investigating this disparity and looking at how um the difference in what we're doing in our town versus the other sending districts is affecting our district. Um what that comparison
083is um and I'm and I'm hopeful that we uh can collaborate with the other district on the benefits and efficiencies of shared services in the meantime. Um and just one quick question, Dr. Glazer, uh we we updated the calendar um as part of this vote tonight. >> no. So, when we did the district calendar, >> so the 12 month employee calendar, right, we did the district calendar, theirs did not get updated. It still showed um that Friday before Memorial Day off and uh June 2nd as a regular day and Okay, those are the Okay, thank you. It just >> as a result of the regionalization steering committee, a lot of the other a lot of the board members met the board members from the other sending districts and we actually as a result of this
084had our first leadership meeting of the sending prek through 8 districts. um it was a valuable experience and so we've decided to continue that because what we do to a certain extent affects each other and like I said before networking as well when you see how other districts are doing things and you have conversations about what worked and what didn't work for them it's important information to have so we're hoping to continue that in the future in the new year >> good anyone else okay I move on to comments from the public but we have no public left so get a motion to adjurnn. >> I so move >> second all in favor say I >> I meeting ajourned >> and Daniel we are