was me yesterday good just that they have everything right we have some people okay according to the bota Board of Education bylaw 0151 reorganization meeting as the board Secretary of the bota Boe the organization meeting is called to order on Tuesday January 2nd 2024 at 7 p.m. at bod High School cafeteria uh please stand for the flag ex salute open public meeting announcement the New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon in in accordance with the provisions of this act the bota board of education has cause notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and the place thereof posted in the bota B Hall communicated by letter to the record filed with the clerk of the B Bor of Boda and posted on the bota board of education website the next is the results of the election the results of annual school election November 7 2023 for threeyear term and for three SS um as the follows Adana alal at post 535 119 by mail five Pro provisional 27 early voting and a total of 686 votes Jose Chavez 502 at polls 104 at Ming five provisional 26 early Waring and total of 637 B rocket 484 at polls 106 mail in two provisional 26 early voting and the total of 618 votes Brandon Escobar 341 at polls 85 mail in nine provisional 14 early voting and a total of 4 449 votes Jonathan Escalante 301 at polls 76 mail in four provisional 16 early voting and a total of 397 David M Senor 253 at polls 80 mail in five provisional 11 ear voting and total of 349 WS the number of the polling places was three District 1 and six at B Rec Center 162 West Main Street District 2 and three B high school gym 20000 cuton Place district four and five at Roy Bigby School 25 Fisher Avenues all polling places were open at 6:00 a.m. and Clos 8:00 p.m. according to the election results Mrs Adriana alal Mr hos Chavez and Mrs P ret were elected for three-year terms congratulations to all newly and reelected board members our office received the approval of the background criminal check for the newly elected member so the next is the both administered by me uh this time we will do one by one um due to the recent Co cases and things like that yeah over I say your name do solemnly swear or affirm hi Adriana alaly do solemnly swear or affirm that I that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the say and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and the state under the authority of the people and the and the I'm sorry kind of sick and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the the authority of the people so help me God I your name do Solly swear or affirm I Adriana alal do Solly swear or affirm that I possess the qualification prescribed by law for the office of the member of a board of education that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of a member of the Board of Education and that I'm not disqualified as the water person to rs9 4-1 and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs19 4-1 nor disqualify due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njsa 18a 12-1 nor disqualify due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in NG njsa 18a subsections 12 through1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the details of that office according to the best of my ability and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations thank you now we use some hand sanitizer on the head I'm sorry I shook it it was like a habit thanks I say your name and do Solly swear or affirm I Jose Chavez do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and the state under the authority of the people and to the government established in the United States and the state under the authority of the people so help me God I say your name and do Solly swear or affirm I Jose Chavez do solemnly swear or affirm that I process the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of the of member of a board of education that I possess the qualification prescribed by the law of the office I'm sorry law for the office members of Board of Education and that I am not disqualified as the voter person to rs1 194 D1 and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs1 194 D1 nor disqualify due to conviction of a crime or offense listed njsa 1881 12-1 nor disqualified due to convictions of a crime or offense listed njsa 18a 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability and that I would will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my abilities so help be got congratulations I do solemnly swear orer I BC rocket do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and the allegiance to the same and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and and to the governments established in the United State and this state under the authority of the people Okay no Okay that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the government established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I do pist where I BC Rucker do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of a a member of a board of education and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs19 4-1 nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njsa 18a 12 through1 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations I mean they are here good good H okay makes look a fish yeah mhm next is the roll call Mrs alal pres Mrs alare absent due to her job uh related uh business Mr Alvarez present Mr Chavez present Mrs Cruz present Mr Miranda present Mr navaru Pres Mrs olivo present Mrs rocket present we have the Quorum also present Mr Daman Kennedy superintendent of schools Mr Thomas Cobin board attorney Mr fesso business ad board secretary Mr Elizabeth rwis assistant board secretary student council representative Miss Ashley Rena is absent today the next item is the code of ethics uh board member code of e ethics read by me this is njsa 18a 12-2 24.1 this is a long one I always have complaints that nobody hear me so School Board member shall abide by the following code of ethics for school board members a I will uphold and enforce all laws rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to schools desired change shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures B I will make decisions in terms of educational we welfare of children and will seek to develop and M maintain public schools that meet individual needs of all children regardless of their ability race Creed sex or social standing C I will confine my board action to policym planning appra appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them D I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well-run E I will recognize that Authority rests with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board F I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for gain of friends G I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to school which if if this Clause would needlessly inure individuals or the schools in all other matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for for its School h i will vote to appoint the best qualified Personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer I I will support and protect School Personnel in proper performance of their duties J I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and will act only the complaints at the public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution according to the NJ a ac68 32- 3.2 and BW 0142 acknowledgement of the receipt for the code of ethics will be signed by the old members please sign in and uh which is in your package and return to our office uh the next item is the election of the presidents uh I would like to remind our bylaws 0152 board officers first before we get into the nomination any member May place a member's name in nomination a second is not required election for each office will be conducted by a vote when the nominations for that office are closed the candidate receiving a majority vote of the members of the board present and constituting their Quorum will be elected to office so now the floor is now open to receive nominations for the Office of the President of the bota Board of Education I would like to say something um first I want to thank Mr frag Miranda for being an amazing president president I believe that you you have steered us the right way and you do it with your heart all the time 100% And I have to tell you that it is my honor to put you again as president today I also would like to uh elect uh Frank or president all right Mr Miranda nominated any other nominations hearing noed Edition nominations the floor is now open for a motion to close the nominations so I move that motion to be closed motion by motion Mr Chavez seconded by oliv Mrs olivo all in favor I any opposed motion carried so now uh I'm going to have the vs for the nomination of the president for Mr Miranda Mrs alal yes yes no yes yes or orain we actually right so took a motion nominations we close the nomination yeah now I'm taking the votes for the Pres motion okay you guys you would like you guys to do but all right um so Mrs Al yes for the Mr Miranda Alvarez absent Mr Alvarez yes Mr Chavez yes Mrs Cruz yes Mr Miranda abstained Mr naar yes Mrs oliv yes Mrs ret yes uh Mr Frank R is hereby elected as the president of the bota Board of Education congratulations um new the elected president assumes the chair passing the Gap and the Gap take your name take the whole thing take the whole thing it sits next to it use the gavel Frank use the gav he wants to use it um before I move on um I thank you again for trusting in me um it's not easy for none of you and myself um but and thank you for your kind words but you can't do anything without a team that's the honest truth I've seeing it I've experienced it our communication is key we have a phenomenal communication factor that plays a big role in this entire process um I think our superintendent can attest to that I think Heron can attest to that um I just can't do it without you and and i' rather not do it without you and that's the truth and for the new members um you're going to see um I've watched previous boards I mean we have an old president a previous president sitting in the and it's hard it's difficult it's difficult to sometimes to get a hold of each other our families are involved our sports are involved and and it's really difficult but in my last uh three years it's it's been a great ride I mean a lot of people scared me away from being part of this process um but they didn't get to accomplish that and I know it's always due to the team it's always due to a good people who have good Hearts they have all the right reasons and I see everybody's face in some sort of volunteerism capacity so I think we Thrive with the same colors purple and gold um and I think that's the agenda right people say oh you have agenda well the agenda is about mot and the kids and whatever that agenda if anybody has something to say about that well too bad for you because that's what we're up here for so thank you so much thank you thank you thank you um I do want to move on to uh just give me a I want to open the floor nominations oh and really quick Our Father you may people don't hear you but you're financially very loud yeah that's what that's what matters um I want I like to open the flo for nomination of the vice president of the bota Board of Education um do I have should I a motion no first anybody wants to make you want to make say anyone want to make a nomination say lules apply uh for vice president I nominate mebc yep I'm I'm very very happy with what how she led us um while in your absence while she how she led us in every committee that she was on absolutely Miss rocket thank you I'd also like to I'd also like to nominate BC I'll third that one so do I have those roll call no nomination what Mr koven says makes sense if we had more than one nomination I know just make other nominations on the floor motion have a motion to close the nomination mot Cruz M Cruz for a second I mean for motion M second all in favor do I have a motion no oh a vote it is roll call Mr uh Mrs alal yes Mrs alvare is absent Mr Alvarez yes Mr Chavez yes Mrs Cruz yes Mr Miranda yes Mr Navaro yes Mrs solo yes M rocket obain so Mrs B rocket is hereby elected as the vice president of the bgo Board of Education she send down an email tell her she got president yeah right I I will say this um I didn't want to put it out front but re Ruck has been instrumental to some of the decision makers I've taken um there's a hot and cool in every relationship hot and she's cool unless you make her hot and then all sudden they have to become cool but there's a hot and cool and she gets me to think a little further than just the instant r r Pati or gratitude as sometimes I'm saying you know this is bogus this shouldn't be this way you know it's just not fair how people think we work so hard and and she tends to do something like that right my wife does this does this so they say wherever good man or structure there's a great woman behind him and to BC rocket it's a it's an honor to have you there thank you um I tell you all the time you're my girl say it all the time but it's everyone everyone plays A Part everyone plays A Part uh Susan's the cool-headed person you know Trina is like let's think a little further and Jose so everybody plays a big role right those truly involved play a big role um we'll talk about the Committees for the next meeting I know there's a delegate for the state and a delegate will you know we'll speak on that I want to give everyone time after the holidays to you know I'm open B I want you to choose what you what what what rattles your heart I do want to congratulate our sitting today officially councilwoman and previous po member previous president um Lisa kohs congratulations I I'm sure you're going to support us big time because you've been here and done that um at least I hope so right and then you have Diana varara who was also elected to council congratulate and then mayor Danielle fi uh first wom to make mayoral position in Makoto so that's that's a first and first you know so thank you her and and that's for me we'll move on to our meetings um just give me a second I'm you know I'm not I gotta get used to this again there's only a few days I wasn't we just here know moving on to resolution 811 which is for for the approval of action items 81- 89 with 810 not being moved for approval at this time is there a motion to move 811 consistent of 81 through 89 motion Mr Chavez for a motion do I have a second Mrs rucky for a second is there any discussion roll call Aran Mrs salal yes Mr Alvarez yes Mr Chavez yes Mrs Cruz yes Mr Navaro yes yes Mrs Oliva yes Mrs record yes Mr Miranda yes motion carried next on the agenda is any old business does anyone have any old business for me uh councilwoman kohs those fields are essential to our town they're essential to Dakota they're essential to our children they're essential to our Sports I know you feel it you know it we've coached you know some people don't have children don't have kids don't understand it it's essential people want it um I truly ask you publicly to to become a voice down the hill um and help us get you know a ro across those roads and get those fields we we'll be in any moment now and we hope to be breaking ground soon any new business on the agenda for 101 I like to open the floor to hearing of the public on any item is there a motion or move to hearing from the public motion Cruz Mrs Cruz do I have a second second Mr Alvarez all in favor I any more discussion I'm sorry all in favor any opposed any memb like to state your name and your address you have five minutes on absolutely any topic hopefully pertaining to the board of education to congratulate no with the with the cable I'd like to congratulate Adriana Jose and bissy very glad that you guys are back Adriana I will say I've always said this it's the most rewarding job you will ever do for the children in the district of Agoda I loved it here six years I left only because I felt let other parents get in their turn and I'm glad you stepped up Frank congratulations you are probably the most passionate president I've ever seen um you're doing a wonderful job keep it up byy same for you too very happy that you're vice president and me as now newly elected um I will be working very close with the board event I'm hoping that I'll be your liaison but we'll see what happens um we need a lot of communication we need a lot of work um too many years went by separate entities and it's time to work together you know we might not all be on the same page we'll discuss it and then you know move forward so again I look forward to working with everybody Damien uran Lizzy everybody thank you very much and let's have a great 2024 thank you thank you li is there anyone else no may I take a motion to close open I mean floor uh hearing of the public Mo Mr Chavin Mrs R was that you for a second any board discussion all in favor we opposed well this is where it ends congratulate those again motion to adjourn motion that was Chavez second rucket any board discussion all in favor evening everyone