##VIDEO ID:Ep2Ltu7ZMis## e e e understand e my arms are short okay some good all right all right I hereby call to order the regular meeting of the B Board of Education if we could please stand for the pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all for the record this is a public meeting of the Bon Board of Education it is 6:30 p.m. the 17th day of December and we are convening in the Alexander x o Conor Auditorium for the record adequate written advaned notice of at least 48 Hours giving the time date location of this meeting was provided as follows notice was prominently posted in City Hall at 6:30 Avenue C on the bulletin board reserved for such announcements of the Board of Education the board secretary sent such notice to the Jersey Journal notice was filed with the municipal clerk of the city of Bon Miss meline Medina and notice was also posted to the Bon Board of educ website okay I will now take the roll call trusty bashet here trusty Burke here trusty Desmond here trusty gesi Rodriguez is not here trusty maio here trusty sanola here trusty scane here vice president Gonzalez here president conses here okay we will now move on to the approval of minutes can I have a motion a second okay trusty bash yes trusty Burke yes trusty Desmond yes trusty maio yes trusty sanola yes trusty cleane yes vice president Gonzalez yes president casayas yes okay so now we will move on to the superintendent report which consists of A1 through A4 and B1 through B8 can I have a motion I'll move I got you all right can I have a second there we are all right trusty bashet yes trusty Burke yes trusty Desmond yes trusty maio yes trusty sanola yes trusty scan yes vice president Gonzalez and president casayas okay up next is the business administrators report which consists of C1 through c21 can I have a motion I'll move trusty bashet yes trusty Burke yes trusty Desmond yes yes trusty maio yes trusty sanola yes trusty scan vice president Gonzalez president casayas yes that is all the business we have but we do have some cards uh first we'll start with our B board of ed student rep Miriam Gad good evening everyone as we have started this wonderful cold season filled with many holidays stuga is prepared for and has already begun winter events for Arbon high school students reflecting on past events stuga has made and completed and uploaded a show up campaign video to encourage our students to combat chronic absent absentismo daily next a successful General Assembly was held on December 3rd during which all The Home Room representatives were informed and liked all our upcoming events regarding December Spirit Week Winterfest and holiday Gams finally our njasc candidate was successfully interviewed at neptun high school yesterday December 16 and will attend a conference on January 8th moving on to our new and currently being held events to begin holiday games and Winterfest tickets started selling on December 6th holiday grams are still selling and will be delivered to home rooms on December 20th moreover Winterfest uh Winterfest uh is held today and is still currently going on um and it's it started at 4:30 and we we will end it at 7:30 today um and so far it has been a great success there's a lot of uh people and there was ice skating um vendors and a lot of exciting events for our students we had three stud members prepar this exciting events for our students and um like I said it's full with food ice skating and vendors next our December spirit week is uh beginning from December 16th it has already begun from December 16th to December 20th uh on Monday was JMA day in which many students participated uh and love the idea to be able to spend the school day in their PJs next Tuesday we had a fun ugly sweater day prepared uh for our students in which they get to wear their festive and favorite ugly holiday sweater Wednesday will be our Winter Wonderland where students has have the opportunity to dress in their coziest winter outfits Thursday will be a flers versus buffers where students get the option of picking a side to wear and finally ending the week um with candy cane day where freshman get to wear red and white sophomores green and white juniors blue and white and seniors pink and white furthermore stuga is also planning on making a door decorating contest between home rooms and the best home room will be able to win a dunan breakfast uh next stuga is encouraging students to participate in the veterans holiday sock Drive where they get where they can get new socks to donate additionally stuga has had a new position uh to its board named the charity chair uh for this year we have found the student to fill um this position and they will be in charge of all stuga charity events and their planning lastly we uh we also prepared we are also preparing to have a Valentine's Day grams as well as a sweetheart dance in February uh for the Valentine's Day grams students get to buy uh grams for each other that will also be sent out to home rooms just like um the holiday grams we have right now um and all of our posts regarding our current events and future ones are always posted on our Instagram page at bs. where students can check out and be up to date with all of our fun upcoming activities stuga Advocates to make this year fun for our students and re them with fun holiday and winter events thank you thank you good job uh our next guest is Miss T Tesha Mato it is imper imperative that as the leaders of this District you take responsibility for addressing the false accusation superintendent n superintendent kopaz all the trustees because I know it's really nice to look into your phone and read other things but please pay attention to me because this is serious the assumption that my son made a sexual complaint against another teammate is not acceptable it's untrue and it speaks volumes of the incompetence within the district and Hib investigations why are we hearing this eight months later why are players afraid to speak up why are there not up standards in the school community this false accusation was made against my son by the district anti-bullying specialist who I had concerns with early on who sent me an e a a letter of another student early on violating furpa that wasn't my son's letter so I had those concerns early on okay I had a document that said that a teammate helped my son with a broken zipper never once in any documentation and anything that I said and any appeal and any phone call with anyone that I say that anyone touched my son inappropriately what are we doing here when we allow this type of incompetence what if I had said an assistant coach help my son would anyone have asked him if he if he touched my son inappropriately is if is anyone willing to harm people that much their pensions their livelihood no one ever said that ever it is the duty of you all as well as the varsity baseball coach to clear these false accusations public public L with the team to ensure that the trust is acknowledged and my son can regain the trust and the respect that he deserves allowing this incompetence and negligence has damaged my son and undermines the Integrity of your HIV investigations I mean if someone said anything false on a team you all played Sports you wouldn't want to be around them either and this is what was created by the anti-bullying specialist in this investigation my son never ever said this at no time did he ever say this and it risked my son's safety by making this false accusation I just I just don't understand the damage where this is in any Hib documentation at all it's nowhere so there needs to be immediate action fostering support environment for every player to feel Val feel valued and treated fair in and also to not feel unsafe also those those other teammates because now they don't feel safe because they're looking at my son and I him and saying hey can we trust you we played Little League with you we played C riin with you and now this anti-bullying specialist asked this question so now we can't trust you and it has created an unsafe environment for my son I am asking that it you make this uh you correct this wrong and really acknowledge this situation with my son and the team thank you okay uh up next is Mr Jean Woods Bea president Mary Jane Mary Jane I see your look um so I would like to have started off with have a nice holiday Merry Christmas and We're Off to the Races but there's something that needs to be addressed and we uh superintendent nce and uh assistant superintendent uh Mr fober we've we've talked about it but I think it just needs to be brought to light a little further all right so I'm going to go back in time a little bit in 1999 The Matrix was released and in one of the scenes when Neo goes to talk to the Oracle she warns him about knocking over a vase before he does and then he knocks it over and they talk to each other about well if she wouldn't have warned him would he have ever knocked a vase over as they continuing the scene she tells him that he's not the one that he's not the one who's going to save them however by the end of the film it's clear that Neo ignores the Fate that he was told and he comes and saves the day now we know that's fiction so I'm going to bring you to today 2024 in the reality in a time when educators are leaving the profession and few are entering to be Educators an Educator's fate should not be cast before they have an opportunity to show how good they are and yet that's what took place one of our supervisors in the district told a member even before observing them that they were going to be scored lower than previous years because of our new evaluation tool that we use this caused a great deal of stress to this member and I wonder how many more felt this lack of support and confidence in their work as a result of this supervisor a supervisor is supposed to support Educators in their department and not discourage them we have worked very hard over the last five years to build and rebuild the morale in our district if this type of behavior continues people will not stay they will leave and they will go somewhere where else where they feel valued and supported now as I said when I started a temporary resolution has come up where this supervisor is not evaluating the teacher that they told would receive a lower score however we're concerned that the behavior will continue unless it's fully addressed and that is what I hope happens we need this to be fully addressed because we cannot allow that to continue it's not fair it's not right and to be a supervisor there has to be some quality in that person that sees the inherent good in others and how well they do their job and if they don't then another conversation needs to be had but you cannot walk into a space and tell them you're going to be scored less and I'll take it on a Sports realm right I used to coach I would never tell my players before they walked on to the court if you make a mistake you're coming out because all you're going to do during that game is think about oh I can't make a mistake and then you're G to make mistakes so I want everybody to know that this is going on and even though again that's one part of the resolution more has to be done about that because I fear if one is allowed to do that it could trickle down and become worse so I please take note of that I appreciate your time I do hope everyone has an you know a very enjoyable holiday and some time off and we appreciate what you're going to do for us and continue to do thank you thank you James right president that's all the cards I have for today um can I have a motion to adjourn I'll make that okay second okay trusty pet yes trusty Burke yes trusty Desmond yes trusty maio yes trusty samola yes trusty Gane vice president Gonzalez president Casas yes all right --------- ##VIDEO ID:dTYamzX18mk## e e e e e e e e e e e call to order the uh open Workshop portion of the meeting we'll do a quick roll call is not here yet she's coming B not here yet trusty Desmond Rodriguez is here no trusty magia here sanola oh here I'm here here president Gonzalez and president gas all right I'll turn it over to the superintendent good evening everyone Welcome to our Board of Education December's Workshop meeting uh what we'd like to do is we like to start this meeting off with a presentation to one of our teachers who did a very courageous act in October um and I can't express the Gratitude of the board of a the entire school district and and all the students of of Bon but most importantly let me take a moment to read this the Bome Board of Education the October 2024 Valor award is presented to miss Kathy Hurley at the William sheman midtown school for your exemplary display of Courage Valor and citizenship so Kathy please on behalf of President casayas members of the UC vice president Gonzalez and all of us we cannot thank you what you did that evening that afternoon was courageous it took every ounce of what all of our Educators do here in B and you displayed that on the streets of the city to protect a child and that means so much to us and it's Exemplar but yet it represents what every educator all of us do here in Bon and we just want to thank you so on behalf of all of us please come up I [Applause] got get his good side I don't think there there isn't one there isn't one trust me so I just I just want to let everybody know and Kathy's got a few words but I just want everybody to know that um Ernie went to visit her next day and um she while she got out of that unscathed Ernie scratcher uh but thanks K the Flor it's all yours um first of all you promised me Ernie would be here so I'm a specializ teacher at Midtown community school but in my heart and so well I started out as an English teacher so I couldn't miss the opportunity to write a speech and I just I wanted to say this and um when the news went viral with this story I had concerns I'm a bon native my mom graduated BHS I did and two of my children did this is my town and I was very sad about what occurred and about how it might reflect on our school so if I may I'd like to share with you about that day when the young man came around to ask the atrocious attack he asked for two things he asked for Jerome Hayes and I didn't have his phone number so I called Tico Barett and within 10 minutes both Tim and Jerome were there and they never left his side we didn't hear about that I know know but I don't know if everybody knows that the second thing he asked was let me go I want to go back to school I needan my boys my friends he wanted a school Community I share this with you because I think it's important to understand that this violence is a society problem it filters down into our schools but it doesn't originate there our schools are the Arenas where every day it is our mission to prot protect and shield them from it we promote kindness respect and acceptance as an educator I can tell you from inside the arena these situations break our hearts and so many people can try to point the finger at what it is we are and are not doing or failing at but I think they fail to realize that we are the ones who are there every single day all of us trying to fight the good fight what I did that day is what we all do in some form or another every single day and we never will give up thank [Applause] you thank you Kath thank you thank you everybody for coming for for Kathy that was amazing and um I'd also like to introduce a new guest a new president of the NAACP Mr Chester Banks is here so I can't thank you enough for [Applause] coming all right thank you all for coming that's the real good stuff this is kind of more of the boring stuff so all the packets were emailed home you have all the resolutions they were all discussed at committee there's nothing new being presented tonight do you guys have any question questions about the packet okay I just I already asked this question and got an answer which I know I must accept but on B5 um the moving of the emotional social learning counselors mid year for the very reason that we just discussed seems very it's almost tragic tonight and I know there was explained to me in detail and I know that much was tried to avoid this and we actually went from not moving three people to only moving two but I still must ask the question if somebody in Washington I might get the schools going being sent for Henry Harris but you have somebody I don't know where they are being sent Washington why can't Washington stay and the other person just go to Henry Harris I'm just putting out there again I do understand has to do with certifications but there are children attached to these people and in the case of the Washington school counselor I was crossing a street and a mom stopped me to tell me this was happening and the fact that her she three kids in school and the fact that her son had just opened up to that one teacher that week it's just scary that being said it is if there was any Miracle to be formed for Christmas that would be the one I asked all right I know you had spoken to time about that so I'll be it is is there anything else all right then we will adjourn open workshop and we'll see everybody in 6:30 in the auditori