to the January 3rd 2024 reorganization meeting for the ril Park Board of Ed please stand for the flag salute I have to read the following statements the New Jersey open public meeting law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with provision Visions in this act the ritual Park Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time place therefore posted in the Bergen Record Star Ledger Municipal Building Board of Education offices and District website public participation will be conducted both in person and virtually through Zoom all public will be muted throughout the meeting public participation comments are limited to five minutes the public will be able to both speak and be seen by the board when participating virtually telephonically via Zoom individual participating virtually that wish to make comments during the public participation will need to raise their hand by clicking the blue hand icon at the bottom of the zoom window individual participate telephone that wish to make a comments during public participation will need to hit star n on her telephone to raise their hand the business administrator board secretary will then unmute individual one at a time to speak in order that their hand was raised I will know I I'll open a meeting and do roll call of the current board as it exists at this time Mr Cathcart Mr Cooney present M Miss craft here Mr fos Mr Gomes here miss mcneel here Miss Rodriguez here miss valz here miss orth here president Martinez former president here I'm sorry this is Mr pitus I'm here got him I will now read off the certified elections for this year's Board of Education John Mal 828 votes berinda Rodriguez 989 votes Jennifer Schmidt 915 votes that has been recorded with the county office and in the Board of Education offices I want I'll call one at a time the newly elected board members to swear in voter as a voter pursuant to pursuant to RS RS 19 19 4 D1 4 D1 nor disqualified nor disqualified due to conviction of crime due to Commission of a crime or offense or offense listed in listed in njs njs yes 188 188 12-1 12-1 and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly perform and justly perform all duties all duties of the office of the office according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so God welcome back good avue elected Miss Schmid come up to the podium I like you please raise your right hand in accordance with njsa 18a 12- 2.1 and njsa 411 D1 and 1-3 the swearing in I Jennifer Schmidt I Jennifer Schmidt do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in the United States established in the United States and this state and this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people so help me God so help me God second phrase I Jennifer Smith I Jennifer Schmidt do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I will possess that I possess the qualifications the qualifications prescribed by prescribed by law for this office law for this office of member of the Board of Education of member of a board of education and that I am not disqualified and that I am not disqualified as a voter as a voter pursuant to pursuant to RS RS 19 19 d one 4- one nor disqualified nor disqualified due to conviction due to conviction of a crime of a crime or offense or offense listed in listed in njs 18a N JS 18a 12-1 and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of that office according to according to the best of my ability the best of my ability help me God so help me God thank you Mr M Mr Mal raise your right hand pursuing to njsa 18a 12-21 and njsa 41 One D one and one D3 the swearing in I John Malo I John Malo do solemnly swear do solemly swear or affirm or affirm that I will support that I will support the Constitution the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established established in the United States qualifications by law prescribed by law for the office for the office of member of the Board of Education a member of the Board of Education that I am not disqualified and that I am not disqualified as a voter as a voter pursuant to pursuant to RS RS 19 19 call for d one nor disqualified nor disqualified do du conviction the conviction of a crime of a crime or offense or offense listed in listed in njsa njsa 18a 18a 12-1 call in 12-1 and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of the office according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God welcome okay before we move any fur further the newly elected candidates can now take photographs with their family members please feel free have to m bye Bernard who said that Jody said it oh hi Jody hello everyone for Mr Gomes if you wanted to make a statement for your final board meeting please feel free at this time thank you sir sorry I'm losing my voice I just want to congratulates um M Rodriguez Miss Smith Miss Malu and winning the elections uh thank you for offering to serve um our community I wish you all you know success in the next three years look forward to watching you guys from Zoom or in the room um thank everyone El who stayed on and is going to be serving the committee thanks the administration I also like to thank my uh follow board trusty who's stepping off uh Mr cathart I hope one day I get to have a drink with him too um uh thank you very much for your service to the country and to our community um and that's it good luck everyone thank you Mr Gomes the next step in the proceedings is the current board now has to select a president of the Board of Education each board member has two slips one for president one for vice president the first order business is selecting a new president I will come around and collect the nominations for president do we have any nominations for president for the richel Park Board of educ I'd like to nominate Dr Martinez anyone second it any other nominations for board president okay I'll will now collect the voting records I will now read the results Mr fos can you read your vote publicly please sure Dr martinz thank you trusty Rodriguez voted for Dr Martinez truste craft voted for Dr Martinez Jennifer Schmidt trusty Schmidt now voted for Dr Martinez Mr Maloo voted for Mr Martinez Miss valz voted for Dr Martinez Mr Cooney voted for Dr Martinez Miss mcneel voted for Dr Martinez Dr Martinez voted for Dr Martinez Miss orth voted for Dr Martinez that's ious vote thank you congratulations I will now turn the meeting over to the new board president Dr Martinez thank you everyone uh I will now ask for a nomination for vice president I would like to make a nomination for um trustee orth as vice president second by Mr Malo do we have any other nominations seeing none can I have a vote well can we please [Music] vote oh B mcneel voted for Michelle or vice president Ricardo Martinez voted for Michelle or vice president Michelle orth voted for Michelle orth for vice president berinda Rodriguez voted for truste orth for vice president jod craft voted for Michelle orth for vice president Carol valz voted for Michelle or for Vice President John malul voted for Michelle orth for vice president Brian Cooney voted for Michelle orth for vice president and Jennifer Schmidt voted for Michelle orth for vice president that's unanimous oh wait wait wait I'm sorry Nick fos Michelle Waris now it's unanimous congratulation guys thank you Bernard thank you I guess before we move on to uh public comments oh we need a new roll call right can I please have a new roll call yes this will be the first roll call for school year 2024 with the reorganization of the current rual Park School Board Mr Cooney present Miss craft here Mr fos here miss mcneel here Mr Malo here Dr Martinez here miss orth here Miss Rodriguez here miss Schmid here miss MZ here we have Corum now before we move on to public comment um I would like to thank uh trusty Gomes and Mr ccart for their service to the community I'd also like to thank District staff uh for their hard work over the past year I know the board has made many changes to the district and that that might have caused a lot of anxiety over the past year I'm hoping that we're past uh much of the anxiety and that we're on to greener pastures or at least on our way there I like to also thank the public uh friends and family of the board for much of your advice your warnings your support uh for this board and I'd also like to thank as Bernard said this incredible board uh which over the past uh 12 months I feel very confident in saying that it's been unprecedented progress and collaboration on the board uh we uh welcome The public's input and we would like to make sure that this room is oftentimes uh more filled with people giving us good news and also uh telling us what they would like from us and I really look forward to 2024 I think uh what I've heard from the public uh people who've spoken to me directly or indirectly and who spoken to other board members is that this district is headed in the right direction uh there's tons of work to do before we have the type of District that our kids deserve but I think you have a board here that's open to feedback and open to working together and open to working with the administration and our teachers to make sure that we get there and so I'm really enthusiastic about 2024 and where we can take this uh this District uh and so we will open up public comments I think we've been kind of uh toying with with not having a second reading of the guidelines for public comments and I think today's a good day to start that uh where we already read the public comment guidelines so we'll just move right into public comments and have a timer and if we have [Music] anybody we have anybody to elevate is the portal open for elevating okay that's a bit anticlimactic but we will move on to um we'll close public comment and we'll move on to adoption of the code of ethics we have it here okay oh that's right each board member has a copy in front of them and we I will ask Mr Cooney to my far right start sure yeah a 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 changes shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures I will make my I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools that meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability race Creed sex or social standing I will confine my board action to policymaking planning and appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them 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 I will recognize that Authority rest with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private actions that may compromise the board 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 the gain of friends I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needless link injure 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 its schools I will vote to appoint the best qualified Personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer I all support and protect School Personnel in proper performance of their duties trusty fust do you have a copy no I don't Mr Cooney I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and will act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution thank you if you can all sign the copy that was given to you ATT testing that you have received the code of ethics okay I guess that concludes our business tonight uh can I have a motion to adjourn I move for ajour a second all I imagine in favor have a good night everybody night