##VIDEO ID:6gzhEwqrd4c## this is uh an organization meeting of the bay own board of education it is 6:05 p.m. the 7th Day of January and we are convening in the Alexander X oconor Auditorium can we please stand for the pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right we have the certified election results of the November 5th 2024 election um we will now do the oath of office U Mr Ed Florio will do the swearing in okay could read the first part yeah first I hereby certify that at the annual School district election held on Tuesday November 5th 2024 the registered voters of the city of Bon did elect Jody casayas Melissa gesi Rodriguez and Pamela scane be members of the Bon board of education for a period of 3 years commencing this 7th Day of January 2025 [Applause] here come on you three come on up all right we're going to make this nice and big so you can all fit on there right hand raise your right hand right hand hand on the Bible yeah I state your name I do solemnly swear Solly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United states that will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and Allegiance I will bear true faith and and aliance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the government established in the United States established in the united St and this state and the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God congratulations congratulations congratulations [Applause] all right so now we will move on actually first we are going to do a roll call trusty bashet here trusty Burke here trusty casayas here trusty Desmond here trusty gesy Rodriguez here trusty Gonzalez here trusty maio here trusty sanola here Trust scan here all right so now we are going to do the election of the Board of Education president first I need a motion to open nominations I'm motion I motion second trusty bashet we're just opening nominations we need a full vote Yes trusty Burke yes trusty casayas yes trusty Desmond yes trusty gesi Rodriguez yes trusty Gonzalez yes trusty magio yes trusty sanola yes trusty all right nominations are open open can I have a nominee I will nominate who will you nominate oh Mary Jane okay can I have a second for the nomination of Mary Jane okay I'll second it's okay do we have any other nominations okay so then I'll need a motion to close nominations nomin you could do two that's why I said is there any other nominations for okay they will be voted on in the order they were nominated can I have a second for Miss Casas I'll make that move okay do we have any other nominations no okay can I have a motion to close nominations move to close second Trusty Vet yes trusty Burke yes trusty casayas yes Trust Desmond yes trusty keski Rodriguez yes trusty Gonzalez trusty maio trusty sanola yes trusty scae okay all right now for a motion for Mary Jane uh Desmond to be the president she will be voted on First and she was nominated first can I have a motion can I can I ask a question is there a discussion on all of this yes discussion yeah is it here now yes yes you can have an open discussion here are we hearing from the two people that have been nominated you sure you can or I mean I this just don't think anybody have to do this I know you I I did I practice r i don't I think it's uncomfortable and nobody matter that's why there I gave everybody contact information that we could reach out to a representative regarding all the information I still got the time to educate and provide the L of Education I was given to everybody up here we knew and I think it would be fair for the people are nomin to be give the opportunity to present themselves on whichever however they would like to within within our ethics that's more than you're right so if you want to start Mary Jane the floor is yours well I appreciate the nom ifed I will do so I will carry out the job functions to the best my ability if not I will still carry out my responsibilities to the best of my ability um I do like serving on this board and I do think that we are all in Tangent when we put the children first I think we all agree with that um there's a few things that I would do different but I've already discussed that with Jody and I I think she's aware with meeting times and things like that but I also think that there's um a little more structure needed and decorum um but I'd be happy to serve okay trusty casayas Flor is yours I've been the president for the last two years sorry and and I've done a lot I've been very involved I've think I've kept everybody involved on the board as best as I can to what we were available with um I'm a I'm readily available at all times for everybody I attend many many functions here um displaying what I've done and I show support all over and um I would appreciate it if you gave me another year again and if Mary Jane wins then we would turn it over to Mary Jane and let's hope for whatever we need to do thank you thank you okay so now uh for truste Desmond uh I'll need a motion a second second Trusty Vet your vote is yes or no okay um no trusty Burke yes trusty casayas no trusty Desmond yes trusty gesi Rodriguez I'm going to give a very unpopular answer here but I don't feel like I have enough information or have I been given enough time with anybody to make that decision would you like to obain I'm going to obain my vote okay trusty Gonzalez no trusty maio yes trusty senola yes trusty scane okay that's five that motion passes congratulations so you can switch seats with Mary Jane if you want now Mary Jane you could take the president's seat okay so now for the election of the Board of Education vice president can I have a motion to open nominations move I have a second I'll second okay trusty bash yes trusty Burke yes trusty casayas yes trusty Desmond yes trusty gesi Rodriguez yes trusty Gonzalez yes trusty masio yes trusty senola yes trusty scane yes okay nominations are now open do we have a nomination I nominate s m I nominate Hector Gonzalez okay on Sam maio first can I have a second I second I'm sorry okay and then on trusty Gonzalez can we revisit the nominations potentially please I you want to nominate another person or yeah I would like to be nominated for vice president please oh yeah sure a third okay so trusty Gonzalez the second for trusty Gonzalez I okay and then a second for trusty GES Rodriguez she nominated herself right trusty get Gess Rodriguez yes did so a second for trusty gesi Rodriguez do we have a second second yes all right any other nominations okay can I have a motion to close nominations to close trusty Basher yes trusty Burke yes trusty casayas yes trusty Desmond yes trusty gesy Rodriguez yes trusty Gonzalez yes trusty maio yes trusty seola yes trusty sane yes all right there will be in the order that they were nominated so we will now vote for trustee miio as vice president can I have a motion I Mo I'll second I'm sorry who was the second Lisa Lisa trusty yes trusty Burke yes trusty casayas no trusty Desmond yes trusty gesi Rodriguez no trusty Gonzalez no trusty majio yes trusty sanola yes trusty scane yes that motion carries congratulations trusty congratulations take seat [Applause] okay so now to the agenda items items a 1 through [Music] a13 you yes which one is the one a13 can I have a motion on the agenda items I'll motion second second trusty B J yes trusty Burke yes trusty casayas yes trusty Desmond question on the time sure we are making a workshop half hour long starting meeting at 6 o' yes that was on the agenda I expected discussion that's why I thought I expected there was a workshop today but that's okay um so I'm asking now that even if we approve it now can it can be Revisited so I'll say yes trusty trusty gesi Rodriguez no trusty Gonzalez yes trusty magio yes trusty sanola yes trusty scan yes carries all right that is all the business I have for tonight is there anything you need to discuss all right can I have that's why I asked about that that was the one I was I got you okay y you're good um I would just like to say thank you to my colleagues whether they voted for me or not still one functioning unit I'm sure we'll work well together um and again I'll do everything to the best of my ability but I would like to take a minute to acknowledge gern sine nicar and I'll just ask what you all say sir and our sincere condolences to Pam and her family I make a motion to close yeah hold on hold on one second okay not no not yet so it's open to the public does anyone have anything to say okay nothing for yeah I just let me I'd like to just uh thank Hector for his Services president no the whole his work and I hand in with both of them have worked extremely hard lightly good evening congratulations well deserved because you knew you knew you knew you knew about the bullying in the baseball uhuh public speaking I get my three minutes get my three minutes this was excellent because this is the leadership that that they need I'm not attacking you I'm telling you that you know I'm telling you that you knew because you wrote an email you wrote an email to them about bullying in the sports programs and I've overed and I'm waiting for it okay so I'm really glad that you're not the vice president I'm really glad that we got someone that we could depend on in leadership great because you said you do a lot what is it that you do you said you were going to say on public record what what you cannot you not violate the sunshine laws as a point of order I have paused your time so that uh one of the trustees has an observation and I can't hear both of you okay so I just can you inform me of where the Q&A is during public session just I want to understand the Q&A when that was enacted the floor belongs to the speaker okay she can ask questions if she wishes there does not need to be a response from the day okay thank you very much for the clarification however I'd like further clarification there should be no personal attacks no absolutely however we spoke on email um we on email you said that you would say on public record that you didn't know about the bullying in the baseball program and what you did was and is very uncomfortable is go around town on a spree on the varsity baseball coach and that's very strange to go around Town asking parents to speak up against him to get rid of him okay now the point is that you knew so I'm very happy that you're not the president anymore and hopefully we can have some integrity and trust with the community so that we could keep children safe today I met with the superintendent and I asked them to please help to clear my child's name in an allegation that was made about him and another teammate who is actually 18 years old and it could be very harmful to him to make any sexual allegation which wasn't true uh superintendent n said a hard no and it was just a no no explanation he didn't tell me why he couldn't um clear my son's name and I asked if the varsity baseball coach could do that because it is his team and that's where the trust is right so it would be up to him to make sure that my son is safe and everyone else it was a hard no to keep my child safe and I don't understand that and I pulled out your your contract cuz you make a whole lot of money on these taxpayers dollars over maybe 320 and along with everything else and why it was so hard why is it so hard to clear his name my son has gotten into over 10 colleges he's never been suspended he's never disrespected Any teacher nothing what is wrong here what is wrong here that we're not trying to keep and even if he was a bad kid doesn't matter he's a kid he's a kid to keep him safe we're not going to clear I I'm not understanding what it is it's like a cult it's scary is it just we're just going to defend this I mean are we defending the the varsity baseball coach because from what I hear across town they're trying to get rid of him all the time I'm not understanding I'm the threat I I I don't get it but what you all don't know is through the years I don't know him through my son I met him before my son was here knew him a long time convinced me to keep my son here to play baseball met him through a student that I had who was actually in the night school who won that game against prep which is an illegal championship by the way because he was a night school student so you could give that to to the coach over at prep so coaches could ask people out to date I have I can show you my entire phone sorry you didn't give me a chance you didn't give me a chance I saw you in hoola hands oh you never this over and over again is that it is that it my time's up thank you Mr FL I'll continue this next time good night thank you thank you does anyone want to answer I'm sorry I I I would I would advise the trustee not to respond okay thank you okay can I have a motion to adjourn I I'll second it third Trusty Vet yes trusty Burke yes trusty Casas yes yes trusty Desmond yes trusty Rodriguez trusty Gonzalez yes trusty magio yes trusty sanola yes trusty scane all right