passing one two all right ready good all right meeting open at 5:33 p.m the New Jersey open public meeting 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 interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of the act the East retherford board of education has caused notice of this meeting by having the date time and place thereof provided to the record and South bergenite newspapers and to a published and post in the vestibule burough Hall in the public library copies of agendas are available 48 hours to said meetings in the Burt Board of Education Office and are posted on the east Rutherford school website www. erboe.net now if we could please stand to salute the flag and have a moment of sign and please remain standing for a moment of silence in honor of the members of our Police Department fire department First Responders and our Armed Forces I pledge alance 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 thank you well call here Mr Russo here miss KY here miss laruso here miss shamley here Mr Varan here Mr segalini here fire exits audience left our right straight through or straight through these doors audience right our left now uh in a little slight change I'm gonna no that was that was the call you were reminding me that there was a change to the agenda uh I'm going to hand off to Mr tanell who's going to introduce our student speakers to go over the ongoings in the schools good evening uh I'm here tonight with our National Junior Honor Society Representatives we have three students here from F school tonight Hannah alac tenzen seang and kavish ganger tenzen seang was newly inducted to the Honor Society uh last week and she is also elected as our fa School president Hannah alac is going to read for f School congratulations to the F School National Junior Honor Society F School proudly inducted 55 members into the National Junior Honor Society on December 5th thank you to Mr tanell for organizing a beautiful evening for the students and their families congratulations to our F School student council president tenzen seang and vice president aush chowri for being voted into office National Junior Honor Society members participated in the Bergen County tree decorating at vanon Park on Saturday December 9th the njhs members decorated a tree with the theme of wildcats and MetLife Stadium special thanks to councilmen buer and well laruso and Mr Tel our F njhs adviser for giving students this opportunity F school students participated in the hunger and homelessness event the school proudly collected 235 cans of food to be donated to a local shelter for those in need foul School winter concent concert will be held at 7M on December 19th at beckton Regional High School we look forward to celebrating the Arts as they bring the holiday spirit to East reord Community Mrs browley hosted her Principal Honor rooll breakfast for all students that achieve principal's honor rooll and commendable honor rooll tenen Sean will'll read for Lincoln School the Thanksgiving fast at Lincoln School was held on November 22nd thanks to the countless donations from our families all of our fourth and fifth grade students were able to sit down to a wonderful meal with their friends and classmates students created Thanksgiving placement and participated in gold noodle activity to get them thinking about what they are grateful for this holiday season thank you to the PTA and all of the parents that volunteered their time to make this such a resounding success this opportunity along our Thanksgiving food drive with with proceeds to going on the East Redford YMCA as we move through the holiday season Lincoln School continues to celebrate our div diverse Community through our acknowledgement of holidays including Dali Hanukah and K Quanza and Christmas our staff including the vpa department are working to expose Learners to these Traditions as well celebrate throughout the season Lincoln School will continue the tradition of our Winter Wonderland week SL saddled for the week of December 18th students will participate in an array of activities coordinated through our Visual and Performing Arts staff and the week will close with the holiday hot coco special thank you to all of our PCA and staff volunteers who help them create these meaningful experien es kavish ganger is going to read for McKenzie school McKenzie school celebrated and honored our local veterans and invited East rer Force VFW number a474 to be honor guest McKenzie school did a week of giving at the end of November in which they which the school collected over 30 boxes filled with important items for donations to our local food pantry at St Joseph Church donations include canned food other nor perishable foods towels warm clothing bathroom and S sanitary supplies thank you to all who donated and participated on November 29th maso's Food Service Chef for the do for the day took place in the gym where some students from each grade level participate in a food tasting McKenzie school held a second grade Winter concert pajama party in McKenzie gym on Thursday December 7th the students looked wonderful and the performance was terrific McKenzie school kindergarteners presented an ABC boot camp fashion show assembly with in the McKenzie school gym on December 20th the week of December 19 McKenzie school will have a school spare week transition into winter break these are some things that all of the schools did Operation cookie drop all district schools participated in an event to support troops actively stationed at Joint Base mire dicks Lakehurst this holiday season at the end our district was able to sponsor 43 troops to help spread some holiday cheer to the base this this December all district schools participated in the PTA and erpd toys for toys for Todds donation drive thank you to all who participated and donated all right thank you thank you all so much one final thing um Mr J CASRO has been working alongside me and he is going to be recognizing all of the National Junior Honor Society members for a breakfast with the superintendent next Friday so we're looking forward to that and I'm on behalf of McKenzie school Lincoln School and F school we wish you all a wonderful holiday season thank you and I just want to uh once again thank you Mr tanel for all you do for the students especially and thank you to Mr tanel and the mayor and Council I know the van Zone Park event was was great uh we the tree looks amazing if you're able to go over to vanon park and see the east Rutherford tree it's really representative of our town and it's something to take pride in so thank you all for thinking about that thank you again to councilman Boulder and councilman laruso for taking a lead on that and thank you Mr tanell for all you do really appreciate it all right all right so I'm going to Pivot slightly off the agenda and I would like to honor one of our board members who has uh who stayed with us for a few years uh Orville we have a right we y um Orville druman on behalf of the East Rutherford Board of Education I want to thank you for your service to the board and the students of East Rutherford your passion for your daughters as well as the rest of the children of East Rutherford has shown through with everything you do you always put the kids first and always emphasize improvements to the district for the better of the students we are all grateful for your service and know that you will not be a stranger to these parts picture right you so I now will go on to tell everyone here that rich did not know anyone was showing up today uh and I will say one thing I asked your wife if we should tell you and she so blame her she said it's fine don't tell them it'll be a nice it'll be a nice it'll be a nice surprise all right so if if you want to hit in with the cane don't don't go this way all right and there's crumb cake here Mr yeah we got yeah of course so it is truly my privilege to be the one that gets to open this celebration of Richard vartan's 37 years of service as a board member 30 of which have been here in the east Rutherford school district Rich there are not many words that can adequately capture your impact on East Rutherford generations of students have come through these doors and come out of it better because you are helping guide the ship they've raised families grown up and for some of us become board members and local government officials you sacrificed your time effort and probably some of your sanity to help better the students of East Rutherford as you leave behind all of this craziness I hope you're able to take a moment to reflect on all you've done for this town you are a fixture of East Rutherford education and we are grateful for your stewardship Mrs Varan I want to thank you for all you've sacrificed over the past 37 years in one of our recent car rides rich and I discussed the sacrifice a family has to make for someone to join and stay on a board you shared rich with East Rutherford and I cannot imagine how many long days and nights that encompassed on behalf of the district I want to thank you now now if I may I would also like to talk about rich the person rich rich rich rich rich for for those of you don't that don't know rich and I have driven to meetings together for the past year I remember once thinking to myself that it was great that I got to have the last conversation with you rich before a board meeting but now that I think about it more it might have been the other way around you got to have the last uh conversation with me I've been lucky enough to receive his advice and listen to stories from Rich bounce ideas off him and learn history from someone who has who is a wealth of knowledge these car rides started with discussions on education and school boards but Mor to discussions about family and fatherhood after my wife and I welcomed Amanda conversations about sacrifice about priorities about life I am truly truly appreciative of those car rides and we'll miss them dearly you've been an amazing mentor and friend and thank you so much for everything Rich you are an incredible board member and an even better person on behalf of the Eastford Board of Education I want to thank you for everything now I know Mr Jean Casper has something he would like to say as well thank you Mr Von it is with immense joy and gratitude that I extend my heartfelt congratulations to to you on a remarkable Milestone of 30 years of dedicated Service as a board of education member for the east Rutherford for Board of Education your commitment to education has left a mark on this beautiful community of East Rutherford and it is an honor to acknowledge your trend mendous impact that you have had reflecting on our on our journey I am reminded that you were among the original board members who entrusted me with the responsibility of leading the east Rutherford school district as superintendent your Keen insight and foresight for uh were were evident then and now and recognize the leadership qualities that you believed would Propel this District to new heights under your guidance and long alongside your dedicated colleagues we have witnessed the transformation of our schools in bastions of academic Excellence the updated facilities that stand before us is a testament to your vision for a conducive learning environment while the implementation of rigorous curriculum initiative initiative Innovative sorry Innovative programs has shaped the Mindless and countless students that we have here in East Rutherford Mr Varan I want to emphasize that your on going support has been instrumental in achieving our shared school districts goals and Board of Education goals over the years that we've been together your wisdom experience and knowledge you're gracious graciously shared with me is invaluable a deep I deeply respect and appreciate your mentorship your collaborative spirit that you brought to the Forefront as you embark on a well-deserved chapter of your retirement I extend my warmest wishes for good health happiness and abundance moment with your wonderful and beautiful family and friends your contributions will be missed but your legacy will undoubtedly be endured forever and ever please know that you are not merely a respected colleague but a chish friend and a mentor and your presence will always be welcomed at any of our future board meetings and just think about it you're free to say whatever you would like at any time whenever right once again congratulations to a remarkable man again congratulations to a remarkable man a mentor colleague and almost like a dad to me so thank you for everything Mr foran now I wanted we actually have a proclamation a resolution from the New Jersey school boards Association uh we work with Matt Lee and they have a resolution honoring Richard faran if I may read it so resolution honoring Richard Varan for service on the east Rutherford and carlstad East Rutherford Board of Education whereas Richard Varan has served with distinction on the Eastford board of education for 32 years including more than 10 years as President and Vice President through his whereas through his leadership the Board of Education successfully implemented improvements to an instruction instructional programs and its facilities including McKenzie Construction referendum as well as a successful F and Lincoln School construction referendum and whereas he has further contributed to the Community by serving as a long-term teacher guidance counselor and principal in Linhurst a board member in the carlat east Rutherford beckon uh school district and as beckon wrestling coach and whereas Richard vartan's exe exemplary commitment to the young people of Eastford has expanded opportunities for them in both the classroom and in the community and whereas Richard Varan has provided leadership to school boards throughout Bergen County by serving on the Eagles advocacy group and whereas he has demonstrated a commit to the professional development and Schoolboard governance by attending many professional development programs sponsored by the New Jersey school boards Association through its board member Academy now therefore be it resolved that the executive committee of the New Jersey school boards Association recognizes Richard Fan's dedication and commitment to advancing educational opportunities for the students of East Rutherford the county of Bergen and the state of New Jersey and be it further resolved that the members of the njsba executive committee extend their sincere appreciation to Richard vtan for his years of service on the east Rutherford Board of Education and be it further resolved that the officers and executive director of the East Rutherford school boards Association extend her best wishes to Richard Varan in all his future endeavors Karen cortellino president and Timothy Pernell executive director CEO now I know mayor leulier and the council are here as well um and they also I believe want to say a few words so mayor if you could just grab the mic so the people from at home can hear your thank you and I'd like to uh thank uh superintendent Gan casbro for the invite the school board um I didn't prepare anything today because I I think of rich is more of a friend than a school board member um back back in 1971 I entered beckon Regional as a freshman and Rich was my freshman football coach at that point so I knew Rich all through high school um how better prepared could you be to be a school board member than Rich if you really look at it he served as a teacher he served as an administrator he's a taxpayer he knows the finances in and out you couldn't have got a better school board member than rich and you know look looking at all the new members coming aboard or any of these members that are here if anybody ever has any questions I mean I've been down to his house many times with his Hospitality he would be more than willing to help you out with any questions and uh his knowledge but um again I don't know if everybody here is a Star Wars fan or not but he is truly the Yoda of school boards Rich we appreciate everything that you You' done for the Schoolboard system the mayor and Council also appreciates you I have councilman U George Kon here he's in attendance I have Danny Alvarez and uh Jason could not stay Jason Boulder had some family business he had to attend to so I have from the bur East Rutherford a certificate of res of recognition we honor and thank you for many dedicated years of service to the Bur East Rutherford and its citizens especially the children serving a combined 37 years with both the local and the regional boards in the burrow Richard Varan signed and sealed the 14th day of December Mayor Jeffrey J lulia and the Council of the and the and the mayor and Council so rich thank you very much enjoy your retirement you are truly going to be missed um now I'd like to open it if any other board members or any member of the public would like to say anything uh you know we'll wave the five minute rule uh for this part huh how do what do we say about that all right and that's first of all my wife she has suffered we fool around we say things but all in all I couldn't have done this without you and my daughter Paul and two of my grandsons Nicholas and athon and a lot of people here that have become not only you know sitting with me but they beone they became step by step more and more in this town for many many years and I I I appreciate it uh Orville all I got to say is you knew you knew it was all in just I know that we we talked about it many many times when you drove me home I uh I I I I love what I did uh to me teaching is not a job teaching is a career teaching is something that's more important and no body that has not taught can never really truly understand what it means uh and I I was very lucky I didn't have to teach the young ones God bless you teachers that young I could never done that that's not my style I needed the Juniors and seniors in high school so I could kick them in the head a couple of times you know and nobody would say anything but uh I'm leaving it no this it was it was a beautiful ride it really was and I enjoyed every minute of it and I enjoyed it every minute being on the board because I've been with a lot of really good people and that's the main thing it was many many years and many many many not fights we didn't fight we argued but after it was all over we came out and we said what was really best for the children that was the most important thing and uh I'm I'm gonna give a farewell address because I I wanted to put it in writing and I don't know if she do it now do it later I'm on it I might as well because I told this is Rich do you want you don't like you want other people to to go before you or they can go before me oh absolutely this is the last farewell you know I because I gotta mentioned a few other people Soo especially the guy in the back yeah my buddy all right my buddy so so what I'm going to do and I W at each other many many times and and every time it was for best for the kids and best for the curriculum so if I may I'm going to open it get a motion to open it to the public second all in favor all right uh please what yeah you can come come yeah come to come to the front uh is there a mic yeah come yeah if you if you don't mind for the people at home yeah hi everyone my name is adrana and um I'm here because I want to advocate for my kid um as the gentleman said education is very important so if you wanted to comment generally or about just just about rich there's gonna be a second portion General okay yeah yeah no problem no problem you can yeah I don't prepare or anything um I first met rich I believe it was at the Landmark at a political event and uh we discuss the facts that we have very much in common uh both teachers involved in wrestling they both served in the Army y around the same time or within a few years of each other um yeah I'm older than you I got elected to the school board and Rich was my mentor and I'm so appreciative for everything that I learned from you okay we served on many committees negotiations we hired the current superintendent um and even though I'm not on the board anymore we still stay friends with you and your lovely wife and I want to say and we will continue to yes we will I want to say thank you so much you said I can roast it right um so rich when I thought about becoming um a member of the board I walked up to your house and uh sat down and said you know why should I sacrifice my time and you told me you know I've done it because of your kids you know and you wanted to do for the kids of his and I said well I have two kids I needed to um make sure had the best opportunity possible despite our chests and Jabs and jigs we always were cordial and friendly to each other and the the level of respect I have for you is insurmountable you're an amazing man I learned so much being on the board with you learning how to deal with people and having a Pion for service and I want to say thank you you are truly amazing thank you it's I'll make it brief you have touched so many people obviously see myself included my two mentors here that got involved with the school board thank you both I learned from you you learned from him we've been on committees together um I'll cherish every moment we've ever spent together and we will you have you were a friend you were a mentor teacher father figure all of the above um for those who don't know I had a pleasure of going Rich to um the Atlantic City conference a few times and no matter where you go with this man he knows people I mean restaurants in New Jersey we were in Atlantic City and people would stop and just start talking to him I'm like Rich do you know who that is I taught him x amount years ago I I'm like first of all the fact that he remembers it it's amazing I can't remember yesterday but I mean he's touched so many lives and all I could say is thank you for myself from everybody you're you're like a father figure and I will always love you and thank you for everything you've done you've always had had the best intentions for the community and the children you've always been the biggest Advocate we love you thank you all now I get tacked to the wall I just want to say congratulations to you for all the years of your service and everything you've done for the community and I would say to my dad but Dad my kids aren't even in this school district why are you still on the board he goes for the children he says they need good education they need a good school everything for him is for the kids for the kids and it helped me become a good mom which I think I am I hope but and it warms my heart to hear everybody say such nice things about my dad and I love when he sits outside and I go by because I only have a few houses away and I see him sitting down and people just come and they talk to him and they'll even ask they'll come to my house like can we come talk to your dad I want to you know pick his brain I'm like sure two houses up go ahead and it's just beautiful and I'm so proud to be your daughter I love you law and a lot of love today oh here he comes here he goes here we go I'm just here keep first of congratulations with the Lord thank you has been coach Rich has been a hell of a run it has been for all of us that's right no we're not talking about I am and I can honestly say to everyone we did a good job damn right and just so you know this is a picture a long time ago and everybody that knows anything knows who's in that picture oh my God was I that young ever there we were amazing is that the only one you got unfortunately yes but I could make copies which you yeah I mean it's the only one I have pick up the microphone if you can because people I'm sorry if everybody can't can see the picture but it's a uh we were at the East R Board of Ed one night and we were taking a a a group picture okay for I think it was the uh cat view wasn't it yes I think it was the cat ey View and we had everybody in it except for uh Peete unfortunately he wasn't here that night the baby of the bunch I'm sorry I apologize you're right I I see he was before that okay at any that's what this is I'll pass it around if you please take care of it just that's that's 2005 I started back we started in the 80s early 80s you and I I do that four terms at least four terms I don't remember hell I've been putting in over 30 years in same as you yeah but at any rate congratulations I I hope everybody here has a great time and uh keep the ball on say I was able to serve 12 years with you rich and they were real privileged I used you when I was the president as a resource and everything just like everyone else is talking about you um and I'm surprised nobody said coach to you tonight so I'm saying it okay thank you good luck coach okay thank you there was our there this is our lawyer when we first got on and then he became a judge I came just I came just to keep him in line that was the only oh yeah you know many get me jail I want to know know Mar I was Prior board attorney and I had attorney years work very closely and everything that you heard is I was gonna give hert but I can't he was the nicest one at the meeting apart from my colleagues in the back Rich always managed to bring compromise and as he said it was always for the kids great coach great teacher great board member great leader enjoy retirement Ser thank you very much please so I did not I did not come prepared for L speech today I was actually sound I was Ill prepared um but I did want to come up here and just than you for everything that you have done over these last few years um especially with my kids in the district now on behalf of our community and all the parents that are here tonight um I know that you have served us with honesty and integrity and knowledge and stuff true to your beliefs and always had the kids' best intentions in heart um you have set the bar extremely high for myself and any other board members that will be joining us you have truly impacted a lot of people in this community in the best way possible so I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart my family's heart and everyone here tonight um and congratulations on your retirement thank you very much he will be our newest board member in January so there were a couple people that couldn't be here that sent me messages the first was Michael meek he's in Florida but he wanted to say congratulations on your retirement and he he loved the time he served with you and thank you so much for all you did for the town and then also Carla Mion send me a message Co Mr Varan I want to congratulate you on a well-deserved retirement your dedication to the students in this community has been remarkable I thank you for your mentorship during my time on the board of education and I thank you for your commitment to all of the East Rutherford students wishing you the best enjoy your RTI well-deserved time and retirement from the Board of Education God bless you Carlo I would be I I shouldn't I'm trying to make sure that I don't leave anybody out one of other person that I served with for many many years and I think she was a super board member Mrs is all does anyone on the board want to say anything I know we've we've talked his your offia true okay so rich I just want to congratulate you on your retirement from this board um I hope I can serve for as many years as you have with the passion and the con ition that you have for this community and I'm truly honored and I aspire to be like you one day when I grow up thank [Music] you so rich I just want to say something really quickly um you know I Met You in 1997 right and you know I became the board attorney after judge bariso back there in 2004 and I think there was a little Hiatus when you were down on the beckon board but what a pleasure it's been to work with you um you know we we kid you sometimes because of some of your Bluster and so forth but you know and we all you know at every level of government should should take a lead from you you're always reasonable always reasonable and always respectful um and it was just such a pleasure to to learn from when I was a young lawyer representing this board and uh and just always learn from your wisdom and your reasonableness so congratulations it's been all of our pleasure and the and the district's uh benefit having it's been great working with you my right we have there are many plaques you're gonna go home with a lot of Hardware today Rich uh if we want we uh Mr Jan Casper and I would like to present you with a plaque and also a another gift as a token of our appreciation for you just T more time does he want this do I Know Rich is gonna speak if anyone else wants to speak I know if not all right go for it rich I will no gavel I promise oh I'm gonna read something that has to do with my generation not your generation My Generation okay M and I think lari is going to love this because he's my generation too all right Born between 1925 to 1950 the best years to be born in the history of Earth and we got to experience it all thank God for all the times the adventures Wars one Tech technology developed Generations after future Generations will never experience what we did what a generation we turned out to be and for all the kids who survived the 1930s the 1940s and the 1950s you remember those days first we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and or drank while they were pregnant they took aspirin ate blue cheese dressing Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes we had no childproof Lids on medicine bottles clocks on doors or cabinets and we were when we rode our bikes we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads as infants and children we would rideing cars with no car seats no boosters seats no seat belts no airbags ball tires and sometimes no brakes riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always a special treat we trank we drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle we shared one soft drink with four four friends from one bottle and no one actually died from this we ate cupcakes white bread real butter and bacon we drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar and we weren't overweight why because we always were outside playing that's why we would leave home in the morning and play all day as long as we were pack when a street lights were on soon as the street lights were on we were back in ass nobody had to tell us no one was able to reach us all day and we were okay we didn't have a phone every sir we would spend hours building our go-karts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill only to find out that we forgot about breaks after running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve that problem we did not have PlayStations Nintendo Xboxes there were no video video games no 150 channels on Cable no video movies or DVDs no surround sound or CDs no cell phones no personal computers no internet no chat rooms and see I'm sorry go yeah no here we had friends and we went outside and found them we fell out of trees got cut broke bones and lost teeth and there were no law suits from those accidents your lawyers didn't make a penny on us okay we would get spankings with Wooden Spoons switches pingpong paddles were just bare hand and no one would call Child Services to reort to report abuse we were given BB guns for our 10th birthday 22 rifles for our 12th Ro we rode horses made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it wouldn't happen nobody put their eyes out we rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on a door or rang the bell or just walked in and talk to them now here's little leag had triumphs and not everyone made the team those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment oh my God disappointment imagine that the idea of a parent Banning us out if we broke the law was unheard of they actually cided with the law these Generations have produced some of the best risk-takers problem solvers and inventors ever the past 60 to 85 years has seen an explosion of innovation and new ideas we had freedom and failure success responsibility and we learned how to deal with it the world don't care about your self-esteem and the world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself and that's my generation Our Generation those days always always all right I I want just want to close this rich thank you again for all of your service andk thank you all for for coming to celebrate him thank you Mrs Varan as well and Mrs oler thank you so much for reaching out giving us list of people to contact to talk beete and everyone and we couldn't have done this and planned this out without you so thank you again we really appreciate it please eat crumb cake on the way out because I said I told Alex we're definitely going to eat crumb cake and there's like two pieces missing so he's going to be mad at me if you don't take Crum cake so all right yeah let's we're going to take a five minute break for everyone I I I know some of you may not want to uh keep and stay for the rest of the meeting I understand and that was actual call all right um first I need a motion to close to the public on the rich Varan all in favor all right School business administrator report Mr Roger thank you Mr President uh first I want to open up with the buildings and grounds and transportation report for December and this was as of December 11th districtwide we're continuing our routine work orders and emergencies annual boiler treatment was added into the boilers as required uh we did have a new codian start at Lincoln School and we're in the process of the Winter concert setups over at fa there was a section of a 3-inch galvanized waterline which I did see that needed to be replaced so I want to thank Mr abani for pointing that out and addressing that uh that problem before it became an even bigger problem uh transportation we did have a few absences due to medical and personal leave uh thankfully everything was covered by sending out a gen PL to the parents and lastly for transportation we have a permanently dis decommissioned bus that needs to be brought to the junkyard if I'm not mistaken I think right now uh DPW or the burrow is housing it somewhere if I'm not mistaken and the last thing and I'll have some good news and yeah some good I'm gonna get to that uh so as of December 11th there was something in reference to the switch gear uh was being housed at the DPW for the past two to three years years and the DPW needed the space and we were looking into options trying to sell it we weren't successful The Next Step was to go to U-Haul rent to space but I'm glad to say that as of today there is the walk-on resolution we did find a buyer for the switch gear after two or three years I Mr Jen CASRO and uh Mr coin could probably attest to that how long it's taken we've been done successful but uh we found a buyer so we're happy to report that uh excuse me yes uh do do we ever use gov deals or we did but no lu with that horrible y okay thanks yeah we tried multiple times yes but thank you for asking uh for the next thing with buildings and grounds is we do have a date for our qac physical facilities walk through it is December 21st and the state has chosen two schools where will go through we don't know which classrooms they'll visit but we have begun preparations email has been sent out to Administration to inform staff of what is and is not permitted in the classroom next is the mashio Food Service report this is as of November 2023 our prepaid balances at month end was $785 to8 our negative balances I want to stress that this does include negative balances from 2223 at month end was $1 18,25 of12 this is still about n we were able to cut off about to $10,000 from the outstanding balances from last year but we are working diligently to get this uh negative balance resolved by the end of the school year uh let's see next is the physical facilities items pf1 the board will go ahead and approve the calendar for 2024 pf2 is where pf2 is the district use of facilities application and this is [Music] for yes for um yes Wildcats boys and girls basketball practice and games and pf3 this is the contingency this is to for payment to CED dority this is the Bo Oiler replacement project at McKenzie school we are near the end we're almost done with the project over at McKenzie and then pf4 this is to amend the use of facilities application on October 19th we approved the buau of East Rutherford Recreation to have their holiday lighting event for December 1st it was postponed uh there was no rain dates so just to make it formal we we have we go go ahead and amend that resolution the event did happen this past Friday okay moving on to finance the approvals of the bills list for November of 20 I'm sorry for December 23 fund 11 is $222,600 special Revenue fund 20 $1 4,994 36 and capital projects fund 30 is $655 28 for a subtotal of $265,400 the next set it has to do with state health benefits and prescription for November that cost was $223,000 $277 Food Service fund 60 4738 55 and the total of all those funds is 535,000 46 F2 is payroll our two payrolls for November for a total of 1,1 158,000 7242 uh F3 is the financial reports for November 2023 uh I'm happy to report that we are in in line with our Treasurer so we are up to schedule we're not behind and everything is in order F4 is the our transfers for the month of November 2023 our monthly transfers F5 this has to be done on a yearly basis uh on a calendar year basis is to renew our consultant Services agreement with Brown and Brown F6 is the approval of providers for Extraordinary services for 2324 uh what we needed to do here uh ladies and gentlemen of the board was to put a not to exceed amount for learn well and advancing opportunities F7 is the approval to amend an out of District tuition for 2324 this was approved back in May of this year the reason was it was amended is that the student had a can I say they had a one can I say no the there was an amendment to the contract so we had to memorialize that the contract was being amended with new beginnings and f8 uh it this is to amend I'm sorry yes to amend the contractor Services there was not an uh not to exceed amount for southberg and jointure to provide us uh Physical Therapy Services so that is something that was uh not approved of back in February 23rd of this year so I'm asking that the board go we are amending it to include the not to exceed amount that's all we are that's the only amendment to it and then the last few things are the addendum items PF 2A uh this is a use of facility application it is for the east Rutherford Recreation indoor soccer practices at McKenzie uh school on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9: pf3 a this is the approval contingency allowances for C Dy which is the boiler replacement project at McKenzie and yes stop go so we're getting we're getting close we're almost there almost there uh p uh f9a we had to amend the renewal agreement with Kelly Services that's our substitute company the reason why is because the minimum wage in New Jersey is going to increase January 1 to $153 we had a contract for $15 so therefore we needed to amend the substitute power professional hourly rates so we would be in compliance with state law and last is F10 a we are having an we are going to go out for an RFP for nursing services to school students and the reason why ladies and gentlemen is because I foresee and project that we are going to go over to 44,000 and if that's the case we need to have an RFP for for those uh purposes the ad will run tomorrow the uh potential vendors have two weeks to submit their information and what I'm looking to do with the board's blessing is to approve the vendor as of January of 24 and if anyone has any questions does anyone have any questions comments yep no you're good one I don't want to slow this down but quick one the Brown and Brown what do they do for us they are our health benefits uh advisers but but what do they actually do they actually they look at the market they they work in our best interest to ensure that the rates that were given in the state employee health benefit program is what's best whether we should stay in the plan we should we go private so they advise us based on the rates that the state provides but we've been in the plan a long time right I mean are we ever moving out of it do we need this every year yes I would highly recommend okay because they act in our best interest because uh I can only tell you from my prior uh District that was this was something that was needed and they do act in the best uh in the best interest of the district to try to save us money I have been in contact with with them a few times and they answer a lot of questions they may have questions about insurance that the business office we are we are not insurance agents and they they help outside of just just okay they they've been helpful with that thank you you're welcome Tom they also we'll consult with them on in the negotiations too and see like what's going on and those types of things this year wasn't really you know there wasn't a lot happening in that Arena this year you know except for the big increase the market yeah and they do get involved in specific employee questions I think sometimes too have over the years so the business office we don't want to misguide our employees and give them the wrong information so when we don't know regardless it even if I know the answer I always reach out to Brown and Brown to get a definitive answer and relay that information to our employees thank you you're welcome and uh there's no other questions that that is my report Mr President all right thank you Mr Roch superintendent report Mr Jan CASRO thank you Mr seini so today uh to date McKenzie school 372 students down one student fou School 233 students uh steady and Lincoln School 153 also steady at uh 757 students districtwide down one student um all the fire drills for the month of December and evacuation drills were done according to any mandates um we have two HIV investigations um one confirmed Hib one non-confirmed Hib we'll discuss that in executive session uh we're finalizing as Mr verrai has said regarding referendum closeout materials um with the guidance of our legal department uh we're going to be meeting with thco to finalize all different uh all um payments that need to be done um and move from there hopefully we can meet with them next week uh we're anticipating A Tuesday meeting so hopefully we'll get some a little bit more feedback for next month and we can say that we totally closed out um as cusac preparations is ready for February 12th as Mr vachi said our walkthrough is going to be on December 21st uh we walked along with Mr vachi and Mr abani uh going through with the building principal all of the nooks and crannies of every one of our buildings to make sure that we are in compliance um I was very impressed with the work that the teachers have been doing um as well as the administrative team working really hard to make sure that we stay high performing here in East Rutherford uh moving right along uh what in the area of Technology our information security program plan is continuing for the next three years our e- rate purchasing discussions for the 24-25 school year is underway so we can get the best rate we possibly can that will support our technological infrastructure um currently right now our servers and networking upgrades have been completed uh through the federal e- rate program for the 23 24 school year uh and we are currently looking at we right now we have no before which is our program for our fishing campaign so that we're able to dodge goab any kind of any kind of situation where we're clicking on something and can cause a major Cyber attack so uh the the entire district is trained on what to look for what not to do um and we send out um campaigns periodically without the staff knowing not I got you kind of thing but just like making sure that we can secure it if they do make a mistake which is followed up with a comprehensive training of all staff um if they do click on something uh accidentally we uh do that and it also helps us with insurance too that we have a nobe mechanism in there or program to assist so that we don't have to go down that road uh let's see special okay under the special education business we have 135 students total up one student um out of District are six um from our original 26 students that were out of District um underneath the county update we have an Autism program quality indicators uh that are slightly changing you may know this uh for the 20 from 2004 they're looking at a fall training for all district um all district laas uh we're looking at improving discipline practices and we're looking at different Behavior Analysis um panels that are working out right now with the doe making sure that we are doing what we need to do um and trying to find school-based board certified Behavior as which are very very difficult to find as well as extremely expensive extremely expensive so uh we're looking at that um some other things that are coming down for special education online resources is the evaluation the um the IEP program kit that's been upgraded we're looking at preparations for the 23 24 access uh for alls or for elll students and our we our weda alternate access State assessment as well as looking at our dlms uh that's all I have for special ed um just so you know East Rutherford like we said is being cacked on February 12th but we also have our USDA Federal audit which is happening the next day so February 13 we're looking at that uh we are not worried we're doing a great job mashos is phenomenal um they work hand inand with us uh we're looking at comprehensive administrative reviews so that we're prepared for that audit and then we were just notified about our special education audit so East Rutherford is being evaluated there as well so this is an A year of assessment um but I will tell you I I have to say publicly that our teachers are nothing but the best um my administrative team so helpful um I want to publicly thank um Mr verrai and also Mr uh imio Deandrea uh we just went through our financial audit and we are sound uh no new repeats uh we're going to be we're going to be presenting that um in January I believe Mr harachi Right January uh really the board is going to be extremely proud of the hard work that everybody has put in and I I couldn't lead a better team so I mean it's really been great uh kudos to Jeff Bliss and his team um not only are they Auditors but they're a firm that really helps School us like teaches us what we need to do making these projections and and try this and try that don't do this don't do that it's just a great partnership that we have here in East Rutherford and we as an administrative team learn so much um from them and are the dos and don'ts so I I want to publicly thank them uh that's the end of my report I'm going under the underneath curriculum see public okay okay so underneath curriculum um these are different locations for that we are having trainings um and then some Clash trips that we have the Kalahari Resort for our eth grade trip uh we are approving CBI Community Based instruction in these areas here I will tell you that our our community based instruction is second to none uh I want to publicly thank the principes um as well as Dr King Dobson uh with this I'm really doing a great job uh we just heard from one of uh Mr vero's um administrative assistants Mrs Baron that she was down in Linhurst at the dollar store down there and she heard a couple of people over talk speaking about the Wildcats that are coming from East Rutherford how disciplined how wonderful they were and they it was just so great so she was like actually sh said well I work in N fford so it was just nice to hear something about our students that we are doing such a great job and well received by another Community like Linhurst so I I kudos to the entire team so really really very very impressed underneath Personnel we're approving this evening our Kelly substitute like we normally do each every month we do have our um replacement extension of our first grade and fourth grade replacement it's going to be an extension our leave of absence there is again medical leave and extended maternity leave replacement um again all contractual then we have our program coordinator which we have for our After School academic program which we already have this is just an extension to that which is our Title One monies I know Maria that would be I know a question that you usually ask and I appreciate those questions that you asked and Tom as well so thank you for asking these important questions uh that's Title One funds uh that come out not from the from the taxpayer there was a title one so that's something that we pride ourselves in um going down to community relations I want to publicly thank Mrs laruso putting a flame under me um and working with me on uh working with a resignation um um she was very instrumental in bringing stuff that's happening in other districts we looked at it um just some concerns about what we're doing but it's not mandatory uh that's one of the things that I got from legal from St SM as well as Mr uh coin's office we can't mandate that they take it but it's nice to give us a lot of times people that leave the district they leave for like traveling or their spouse is going somewhere else or they just want to go out of the profession altogether right but at least this will help us to figure out like why people are leaving and maybe to look back and make make it more of a reflective measure that what we can do here in the district so thank you board uh for assisting me and and guiding guiding us on that so I thank you Mr Russo CR2 this is the waving uh from a two read to a single read and this is our policy for our code of conduct every nothing has changed in it the only thing that we did is we implemented a table uh which aligns with our restorative justice practices that they're aligned to all infractions um so really a really great job I want to publicly thank Mrs um Mrs barali and her middle school team who actually spearheaded this and we're going to be trickling it down to Lincoln and foul school um a lot of great work that our Educators have done uh Dum items I just have the Clash trip c1a those are some additions uh that were there that we put in there um one of the things that we just recently put on I think Mrs Baron had sent that out was the Community Food Bank because if we had to wait until January all the food would rot so we would have to make sure that that stuff would be able to get that out right away so that's why you're approving that last minute thing so my apologies of doing that to you last minute um and that's really all I have Mr President perfect any questions for Mr Jan CASRO do Mr President um I know we talked about these which number okay I'm sorry um the c1a approval of student field trip some Transportation request let me get there one second C1 field trip C1 C1 C 1.1 the ones uh the community based instruction those oh yes okay so did these already happen this here um requested by these these aren't the actual dates these is the date of request the reason why we don't put the actual dates because security we don't want the public to know when our students are out no the reason these just request dates these are just the re remember when talked about we don't want to I personally don't want to approve a field trip after after it's happened correct correct I really don't want to do that UND now sometimes sometimes we will have that and I will let like President Bo president or even some of the board members know if there's something where it's something that we have to do and sometimes it comes in last minute I know I try to frown down upon that because I know that's the board's Direction and I follow that sometimes it's out of our control but I will say like nine out of ten times it's you know we we do it at we we do it before we don't do it after absolutely okay yeah we actually had a back and forth even with the physical facilities with the school um with them using the in school well technically we approved it for the first the eth right right we have a rain date didn't have the rain date so was like a combination of look next time please book both dates let us know right right but obviously for the town we want to do right by the town we want to approve it and just get it done so we had a conversation and even Mr r and i and m and I we had we had a conversation of okay can we just do that and retroactively approve it and you know because otherwise they wouldn't have been able to use like it's goal well it's something we have been trying a big and insurance wise we were okay we did check with insurance to make sure that we were covered and we would be covered um but again we we don't want to start a practice that's not good so I I totally respect your yeah absolutely 100% that that's a that's that's a concern right on right on the money something after it's happened agreed um the other thing is Mr G they're going to the playground at cake and Cone uh which one is it with number is that is it the addendum we're in the uh yeah we're still in the addendum yes they're going to yeah yeah playground cake playground SL Kake and con Kake and Cone right so there there playround Kake and Cone that's there they do like a whole program with them on how to order you more social skills that's what we're we're trying to instill actually go to cake and Cone and Cone correct correct correct when when you said the a lot of times a lot of these CBI um class trips is more social social aspects of things learning how to order how to take order you know certain things like that um how to work and uh with others in a group how to clean up after yourself there's a lot because we have our whole life skills program too where we have that where we have like a little kitchen area we have microwave we have like a little area how to clean up how to make a bed how to so a lot of that skill-based stuff is really important for instructional reasons thank you excellent question thank you any other questions for Mr Gan CASRO okay thank you Mr Jean CASRO um now I'm going to open to the hearing of citizens uh because we have been going for so long I'll open to any comment not just agenda item only so opening public comments on any item please address the board president each person wishing to speak will have five minutes each anyone wishing to speak will be given the opportunity to do so please state your name and sign in just thank you hi everyone thank you um my name is Adana I have twin boys Mato and Lucas and they attend uh McKenzie they're in kindergarten um I do have one of the twins that does have behavioral issues um he's um testing him for on this for possible autism spectrum and for ADHD um prior to him starting to kindergarten I've been very vocal with the children's study team to inform them of the struggles that Mato had so come kindergarten we can work together and it could be an easy adjust um that was November of 2022 fast forward he started kindergarten um he has been struggling significantly um he's consistently getting suspended getting four days suspensions um I was told about a modified schedule of 11:05 pickup I told them my concerns that POS what can you really learn in two three hours um I was told I had no other option so we finally agreed to it um but I just want my voice to be heard because because I don't feel like he's receiving the right education um I feel like as much as they're saying that they're trying to help me to come up with the plan um I don't feel that way especially being forced to have this 1105 pickup um and unfortunately my Advocate couldn't be here today um but I'm extremely upset about an incident that occurred yesterday um I know he was in a crisis mode um but he was dropped on his head and no one informed me of this incident I was informed by my 5-year-old son um he fell on his head um during I guess a restriction that someone me may have tried picking him up and during that he might have been restricting back and he fell on his head had he not told me and I would have put him to nap who knows what could have happened so I just really want my voice to be heard I want answers and I really just want people to work with me um because not only is this 11:05 pickup affecting my family's Finance but it's also affecting his twin brother Lucas um so if I can just please be heard and please work with me because I really do not want to get an educational attorney um so if you guys can please work with me I would highly appreciate that thank you thank you so much for your comment any other anything all right see seeing none hearing none I close Okay I close close public comment the hearing of citizens correspondents we have none all right adoption of Prior board meetings can I can I get an adoption of Prior board meeting minutes can I get a motion so moved a second second roll call Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss KY yes Miss laruso yes Miss shamley I have to abstain thank you Mr Varan and Mr calini yes curriculum committee Miss shley upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves motion C1 C1 approval of student field trips and transportation requests for the 2023 2024 school year as before you can I get a second second any questions comments uh yes just uh so I'm looking at what they it says $50 per class to the erboe what is that mean on um on the IHOP the cbis IHOP and the yeah um that's see resort we're getting turtleback not turtleback the top yeah right there right there yeah yeah it's IHOP and it's the Rutherford post office she's that's per per class to the e or Boe what is I don't understand that that's the cost to the cost to us to the district our cost to send them okay if if if we could in future not but if we could add to those maybe just how many classes there are just so we know what that total yeah the total number would be yeah yeah I think if you if we open the attachment I think it says how many classes are on the request I think let's [Music] see I saw it on one of them yeah like the one it says $50 per class equals $100 okay uh $50 per class equals $100 so it's onest it yeah I can't open it either right oh because you know what it loged you out you have to log back in yeah yeah any other questions okay see on roll call Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss kie yes Miss laruso yes Miss shamley yes Mr Varan yes Mr segalini yes report all right thank you m no I did I got a motion for super resolution we did it yeah no no he you said it but oh oh we didn't we didn't do a roll call all right let's go back can I get a motion for superintendent resolutions so moved a second any questions or comments now let's do a roll call thank you Mr President Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss KY yes Miss laruso yes M shley yes Mr Varan yes and Mr seini yes I could want all so far all right anyway uh no maybe Personnel committee Miss Caruso thank you Mr President upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves P1 acceptance I'm sorry approve the Kelly education substitute list P2 approval of travel expenditures P3 Personnel actions P4 for acceptance of resignation for FL I'm sorry Flava Rodriguez Gomez can I ask who she what she did or was a subtit substitute substitute bus subtitute bus okay P5 leave of absence P6 approval of After School academic Intervention Program appointment for the 2023 2024 school year thanks any questions comments seeing none roll call Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss KY yes Miss laruso yes Miss shamley yes Mr Varan and Mr seini yes and then ends my report Mr President thank you Miss Caruso physical facilities committee Mr Varan recommendation superent here by P PF PF one approval fac calendar pf2 approval of District use facilities application pf3 approval of con allowances and pf4 approval of District use fa application Amendment from 10923 I have a second second any questions or comments so so what happened is we had approved in the October meeting um for the civic pride the sford civic pride uh for the tree lighting and then they also used Lincoln school for like a vendors so what happened is that was approved for December 1 but December 1st they had a rain out they pushed it to December 8th but we had only really approved December 1st so we you know yeah yeah I just had a quick comment I just didn't know I saw some of the dates for the boys and girls basketball games overlaps with some of the wreck basketball practices so I just wanted to make sure that was communicated to wreck that there's games that night for the f team so that their both don't show up I do know that Mrs Baron looks at it and makes sure that there's no you know double booking kind of thing but we could I'll just make a note maybe just to check one more time if that's the case then obviously our students get priorities and she actually we did have a conversation she did reach out to rec and say there is a conflict so our students would take priority correct there's you sayar yeah but there are some things that you didn't expect at the beginning and they take priority over of course yeah yeah yeah I just wanted to make sure that both team W yeah that yeah that we didn't have kids showing up for wreck practice and yeah we did relay with the uh coordinator director we did inform him of that yeah all right any other questions comments nope see none roll call Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss colie yes Miss laruso not to be complicated yeah you have the but I have to what are you abstaining from pf1 the calendar W stuff on it okay and pf4 A5 because it's also civic pride and funded by the wreck so okay so pf4 which is to amen pf5 yes got it and everything else yes is a yes thank you wait we didn't do PF 2A that's the addendum right no that's the addendum one yeah you're good you're good for now we'll be there we'll get there soon enough Miss shamley yeah yes M Varan yes and Mr segalini yeah well everything a Mr Varan yeah that was that thank thank you Mr Varan for everything yeah you you still have the you're coming to dinner though you're coming to dinner you still got one yeah all right yeah yeah he's F yeah no they say the incoming president buys oh is that it yeah all right good all right I'll just feed you the wine one last R all right thank you Mr Varan Community Relations Committee Mr Luso upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves cr1 approved second reading of new and revised bylaws policies and regulations and C two waving requirements for two readings and approving revised policy and regulation 5600 student discipline code of conduct okay a second second any questions or comments just uh thank you Mr Russo for the the exit interview portion of the resignation I think it's gon to be good insight for us for us as a board to get that information as well so all right roll call Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss KY yes Miss laruso yes Miss shimley yes Mr Varan yes and Mr s yes all right thank you Miss laruso finance committee Mr Banker thank you Mr President upon the recommendation of the superintendent the board hereby approves motions F1 through f8 F1 approval of bills list December 2023 F2 approval of November 2023 payroll F3 approval of financial reports for November 2023 F4 approval of monthly transfer for November 2023 F5 approval of consultant Services agreement with brown and brown benefits advisors F6 approval of providers for Extraordinary services for 2023 2024 school year F7 approval to amend out of District tuition contract for 2023 2024 school year F 8.1 approved at the at 20 525 23 Boe meeting f8 approval to amend contracted services with the South Bergen joint your commission for the 2023 2024 school year F7 approved at the 22323 Boe meeting can I get a second second any questions or comments yeah approval of providers for Extraordinary services that the uh Services it's learn well and advanced learning disability oh learn well and advancing opportunities are not right they they are there suffer like communication and um like bedside instruction things like that yes it's changed something else yeah yeah yeah no it is yeah we have an expert we have a yeah she yeah yeah that's what she yeah okay any other questions or comments now roll call okay Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss colie yes to all but I'm going to abstain from F1 check number 0311 96 03 one the one that's the one that's addressed to her yeah we go exactly okay Miss laruso yes but I have to abstain from F1 check number 0 31225 yeah okay okay yes to everything else right yes everything okay Miss shley Mr Varan yes Mr seini unfortunately I do not have to abstain from a lovely check from AC uh so yes keeping it interesting I would ask you to repeat that check number later uh then items can I get a motion for the following items c1a approval of student field trips and transportation requests for the 2023 2024 school year PF 2A approval of the district use of facilities application PF 3A approval of contingency allowances f9a approval to amend the renewal agreement with Kelly Services Inc for the 2023 2024 school year F6 approved at the 1192 23 board eved meeting an f10a approval for the school business administrator to send out requests for proposal for nursing services to school students so moved I a second yes yeah we were G because you because yeah rich brought this up months ago and I know we talked we actually increased the rate that we pay Kelly it's been much better but yeah is rates is it better than having yeah is it a much better system for the money the the reason why it's good Mr V is because without it we couldn't find sub enough substitutes so we were doing it in-house and then we have to worry about if you have a substitute for more than 20 days and somebody misses it then you have to put them on the first step of the guide of the teachers guide so that was and it's really like checks and balances for us and since the board had given me the power to move forward with increasing the rate our fill rate has been much much better we had a second did yes years ago he did a great job that we just can't we just can't find even even some of these these substitute companies are finding very very difficult to recruit uh viable uh substitutes and even sometimes when they do come if we're hearing something from the step that they're not so good we don't call them back again so but the way they're paying substitutes to change per day they want that I'm just listen we we we entertain it we definitely want more the marrier so if you know people that are looking and we go to Kelly education please apply with Kelly education we will take you so we don't hold back on that because we we Embrace that we need subs absolutely I like to see Subs a good job yeah and we have many of them that do a really good job sure yeah oh absolutely we've had that happen we've had thaten we people yeah any other questions or comments right correct value that's the two well yeah and they know the school district they know this you know that ins and outs 100 perc 100% okay so just just to piggyback a little bit on sport in um so they are coming in these Subs correct what I've been hearing that teachers are still having cover some classes specifically no teachers are still usually Subs aren in around I am having an administrative core meeting tomorrow and usually I'm the first to hear it from the building princi like I can't get coverage Mr G what am I gonna do coverage I have not to be honest with the board I have not had one principal come to me tell me that they're lacking coverage that I'm aware of I mean I don't know you know if the person that you're that's speaking to you if you can send them my way so I can have that conversation with them I would really appreciate because maybe I'm missing it persons persons persons that are saying they're still we're using this Kelly substitute these are teachers when you're saying persons no no they're not okay I don't know uh okay maybe we can maybe we can do this we've we've increased the rate for six months now yeah doing pretty good can we do can but we should be able to look at a percentage of our fill rate5 six month well we we have a three- Monon sample I guess because we did over summer can we just get the three-month sample of the of it'll be for January so we'll get uh September October November December four months September October yeah November and December and December right because it'll be in January the next meeting um we'll see the fill rate we'll compare it to let me see if I can try to get September October November December from the year before so something to compare yeah sure yeah let's do yeah straight comp would be great yeah and then we'll just do a comparison over time and we'll be able to see yeah Y no problem numbers don't lie well of course I'm I'm all in no yeah and if we're using a service we should be able to almost do our own internal audit of is this effective we made we we felt like it wasn't being effective we raised the rate and now let's see if if that's still not effective then maybe it's something else so right cool good all right uh any other questions comments on the addendum items I'm gonna separate out the walk on because we still have a walkon item that we need yeah so I'll separate that out all right uh seeing none roll call Mr Banker yes Miss guso yes Miss colie so yes to all but I'm gonna recuse myself from pf2 a point1 there yeah f2a point1 poor guys's gonna get carpal [Laughter] tunnel Miss laruso oh they just they just love me yeah really really I will re yes to everything um but I have to recuse from pf2 a 0.1 yes okay okay Chinese men oh man that could have got so wrong Miss shley yes yes you are Mr Varan yes my favorite too Mr seini yes all right one last thing we have a walk- on item which is its Finance right yes f11a yeah this would be f11a it is uh Mr R already talked about it it's the approval of the sale of the switch gear yes so can I get a motion to approve f11a moved okay a second second all right roll call Mr Banker yes Miss Caruso yes Miss colie yes Miss laruso yes Miss shamley yes Mr Varan Mr segalini yes any old business uh I just want to thank again Mr tanel um for both and and the and the mayor Council councilman laruso Council buer for Van Zone but also Mr tanell the um the junior National Honor Society event was really great the kids were happy the turnout was insane I want to say that like they it actually was warmer in the allpurpose room because there were so many parents and everyone was engaged it was it was it was a really really great event so I I mean I I've said it before to the board and I know B and I talk about all the time M Mr tanell has been nothing short of incredible um with all the stuff he does for the school district and we really appreciate it all right and I I also want to piggy back on that that event the the induction was wonderful it really it was a wonderful wonderful and I heard van s Park was just y another good one all right any new business Mr tanell um he was here earlier he's the teacher yeah you taught him I know you I know that's why I I yeah we yeah yeah does your shoulder hurt does your shoulder hurt he's not GNA he's it's not the head's not gonna fit through the door after today um all right any any new business all right and with this I just want to thank you all for trusting me being your president has been an honor um I really I've been very grateful for all of you uh and yeah yeah thank you all thank you all all right any other new business I again we if we're talking about you Antonio I I can't say enough about what a wonderful job you did I believe you are the youngest sitting president if I'm not mistaken from on this board of education you you were are were I don't even want to say were but you were I got like 15 more minutes total professional and there's no words I don't have many words to say about how wonderful thank you of a person you are and and president 100% I I owe it all to you guys you you entrusted me you guys have been great to work with you guys have been great to somewhat lead uh during all this and I appreciate you all all right so uh with that said we're going to adjourn to Executive session we have hibs two hibs and one personel matter one personel matter and action will be all right we're g to call it 15 minutes AKA 28 minutes we're gonna return at 18 this is be negotiations quick and then advice Counsel on the contract with doco and we probably will take formal action when we come in all right we may all right so we'll say return at 800m formal action may be taken uh yeah all right can I get a motion don't move second second all in favor all right adjourn to Executive session 7:33 pm well we have we we on the don't anybody sit down one is negotiations and is you know just do it in finance though actually yeah be f12a and f13a right f1a was f11a was um the server the switch gear so f12a will be releasing the money with a doco which one is it f12a be doco right and then f13a will be the bus drivers you want to read them yeah yeah nice all right I'm sweating should I say 35 40 based on on experience experience right can I to return to public session second all in favor I hi all right we have two items the first is f12a which Tom will read okay so this is a resolution uh authorizing the payment from retainage to doco in the amount of $276,400 all right and then we have uh we don't need to do them separately right can we do them together we can do them together yeah let's do F and then we have f13a okay so f13a is a resolution approving the payment uh to hourly bus drivers of$ 35 to $40 an hour based on experience and we can make that effective immediately I think rather than January one can I get a motion on these two items can I get a second second roll call uh Mr Banker yes brusso yes Mr Callie yes Miss laruso yes shley yes Mr ban yes and M seini yes can I get a motion to adjourn second all all in favor I I I all right our next meeting will be our reorg meeting on January 3 I do not know what time it is not my problem