001I call to order a staff reappoint meeting of the Wong Burough School District Board of Education for May 8th, 2025. It is 5:00 p.m. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. [Music] 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. [Music] Welcome to a meeting of the board of education of the burough of Waang. Please be advised that this and all meetings of the board are open to the public and media consistent with the open public's meeting 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 bureau of watch at which formal action may be
002taken. This meeting 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 photographing other than for private personal use requires the consent of parents or guardians whose children may be included in the image. A roll call, please. And so, you know, I am your prom tonight um in Karen's absence. And that's she's not here. Uh Mrs. Gugglerero here. Mrs. Amado, Mr. Praise here, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Harvey here, Mrs. Dwet here, Mr. Craft here, Mrs. Maddox here, Mrs. Santos here. Thank you. Now, we'll move on to comments from the public on agenda items. We welcome input from the public.
003There 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. Total time allotted for public comment is 30 minutes. Before you make your comment, please state your name and municipality of residents. 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 a participant to 3 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
004the 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 be aware that they are 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. [Applause] Good evening uh watching board of ed and uh district administration. I am smitt president of watching CPAG and uh I reside here in 110 Nightsbridge. I'm here today to request uh watching school district to expedite the presentation for the introduction or expansion of the special needs program here at Valley View um for the upcoming school year 202526. Um though there is awareness about
005the slowdown in the construction of the newly approved life skills room in the Valley View building, there's so much more that needs to be discussed and presented to the parents of incoming and existing special needs students of Valley View. Uh there has been no talk about instruction or hiring of instructors for the program or the curriculum students will have to be working with or the inclusion practices that will be put in place. There is also no information on how the other referendum developed spaces such as an art room, newly opened, you know, open areas um will be serving the special needs population. And more than anything else, there has just been no communication from the district to parents of special needs students about what's happening in the upcoming year. This school year is racing to
006its end. We have just a few weeks left and I think it's high time the district and especially its special needs department gets all the information out and about ESY and the upcoming school year. Parents should get time to process and along with CPAC be able to provide input to the district. In the end, it shouldn't just be a one-way lastminute rush from the district where there's no room or time for changes or feedback from those invested. Uh we need answers to show that the district is prepared to tackle the next year for the sake of its most vulnerable population. Thank you. Thank you. Right. Seeing that there's no one else, we'll move on to we have no executive sessions, so we'll move on to organizational action items. Um, Mr. Phys, do you want to
007move the items under personnel? Moves moves item move items one, reappoint tenure certificated staff. Two, reappoint non-tenure certificated staff. Three, reappoint non-affffiliated educational support staff. Four, reappoint district aids and paraprofessionals. Five, reappoint central office district staff. Six, reappoint secretarial staff. Seven, reappoint custodials and ground or maintenance staff. And eight, approve change in assignment and reappoint, which is just somebody going from part-time to full-time. Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Mrs. Googliero. Yes. Mrs. Amadeo is absent. Mr. Fra. Yes. Mr. is absent. Mrs. Harvey. Yes. Mrs. Juette. Yes. Mr. Craft. Yes. Mrs. Maddox. Yes. Mrs. Santos. Yes. It passes unanimously. Thank you. Any board business? Yes. I would just in light of the comments that were made um for the curriculum committee. I know we've gotten an update on the life skills room, but if we could
008add that to the agenda. I know we're meeting on the 15th um and to add an update on whatever the academic and educational program is going to be. Thank you. Do you need me to send an email or anyone else? Okay, this is the second opportunity for comments from the public. Anyone else want to speak? No. All right. Can I get a motion for adjournment? So moved. Second. Anyone you want to discuss that? All in favor say I. I. I. You're [Music]