e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e for e e e e e e e e e good evening our apologies for beginning a little late this evening ladies and gentlemen this is a combined regular agenda and business meeting of the Board of Education pursuant to New Jersey statutes and the rules adopted by the Board of Education notice of this meeting was sent to the Star Ledger and cable vision of Elizabeth on June 20th 2024 in addition this notice is posted on a bulletin board in the lobby of 500 North Broad Street and pursuant to this act a copy has been filed with the city clerk of Elizabeth we want to welcome everyone present here today at school 51 to our and our television viewers to this June 27th 2024 meeting of the Board of Education we are here to govern provide management oversight and to make policy for the district the superintendent manages this District this is a meeting of the board in public not a meeting of the public this meeting is being recorded and will become part of the Li the Board of Education permanent record and in order for the recordings to adequately reflect the proceedings please refrain from speaking we ask that you silence the sound of electronic devices there will be a public portion for citizens to address the board participants for the public portion must sign in prior to the start of that portion the sign in sheet States the name address telephone number and reason that the person wants to speak whether it's an agenda item or a general education comment again we are pleased that you have taken this time evening to join us here for our Board of Education meeting thank you for your interest in Elizabeth public schools Mr Kennedy roll call please Barbosa carvalo here Cheves Jacobs present Marina Ortega naron Galas pastana president Rivera here baas here if we can all just stand please um if we can do a moment of silence for Alberto Alberta Betty Thompson uh retired secretary secretary 4 from the superintendent's office Jonathan L Williams board attorney for the Lizabeth Board of Education Lisa an Raa guidance counselor from school number eight Ernestine Williams retired secretary two from school number one and school number 52 Raymond mag magnusen a retired administrative aid from the Mitchell building and Anthony Cruz are 12th grade student from from William F Hy and Hill Crest Academy thank you at this time if I can have board member Stephanie pastana kav pastana lead us and the Pledge of Allegiance please Al 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 if we can remain standing for the star sprangle banner oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we held at the Twilight last ging who's brought stripes and bright stars through the parous fight or the ramp parts we watched were so gly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled B our head wave for the land of the free and the oh mother the brave thank you uh please remain standing uh if we can have board member Maria cavalo lead us in the pledge of Ethics please as a member of the Elizabeth public school professional Learning Community I will treat people as I wish to be treated to do that I pledge to understand that the school Community is a special place listen respectfully when some else is speaking by paying close attention and not interrupting speak in a calm voice and use proper language dress appropriately for teaching and learning Inspire the best in myself and others by celebrating successes and learning from mistakes care about others by demonstrating acts of kindness be a lifelong learner by taking every opportunity to learn from others thank you you may be seated uh I just want to take a moment to um say a few thank yous um as everyone knows we've come to the end of the school year and uh I just wanted to congratulate all of our students from the class of 2024 um and on Monday and Tuesday we were all at graduations from 8:30 in the morning until 7 or 8:00 p.m. and I just wanted to take a moment just to congratulate and thank a few people so I just want to congratulate the class of 2024 from Hy Health Academy Hy health and Public Safety Academy I want to congratulate our students from Thomas a Edison Korean tech technology academy our students from John E dwire Technology Academy our students from J Christian boage Finance Academy our students from Elizabeth High School Frank Jarel Academy our students from jvj STEM Academy our students from Alexander Hamilton prepatory academy and our students from Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy as I mentioned before um we had uh graduations all day on Monday and Tuesday and it would not have been possible without the help of um some key individuals so I wanted to take the moment to um acknowledge them uh starting with uh uh Jason for his overall operation coordinator thank you for doing that thank you to Pete for the broadcast navigating videos um thank you to Lewis Joelle and javanni for the sound thank you for Justin who was on the the middle platform camera I know that was very hard um thank you for Mike R for being a Press Box camera I want to thank Kedrick for being a cherry picker camera uh thank you to Christian and Danny for being doing the floor operations uh I want to thank Eric Mike G and Ray for doing photography I want to thank Tatiana uh gallago for being the coordinator of all the high school graduations so thank you for that I want to thank our members from the plant and property committee or um plant and property Department Orlando Roger Kiko Nino Lewis and Manny for assisting with the weather whether it was hot cold water thank you for doing that for us I want to thank the Elizabeth public excuse me the Elizabeth Police um officer ERS and security guards for helping with the traffic in and out of the graduation and also helping with the turnover and bringing people in and out of the um gym want to thank our custodians uh for cleaning the bleachers the bathrooms and the stage as we kind of did the turnovers for all eight graduations uh thank our superintendent Ola Huger our assistant superintendent Jennifer sedel um who also jumped into be the MC when we were um missing um MC for a little bit but thank you for not missing a Beat um our assistant superintendent Raphael saniel um thank you to our assistant superintendent Judy Fritz Johnson thank you to our amazing uh masters of ceremony vice president Stan neron uh just want to also thank our Master Sergeant Geral Jr and the entire Hy Junior RC students they were only supposed to be at the Hy graduation but they ended up being at all of the graduations so I wanted to take a moment to say thank you I want to thank Eric and Omar for recording the board member graduation video um it was amazing um and I truly truly appreciate you guys recording it a huge thank you again to Jason uh for creating the overall graduation video I love the video um I want to take a moment to thank the graduation commencement keynote speakers uh Sandra gobbin from Edison edwi Nunes from dwire Todd lecher from BWI Academy Brian Sullivan from Hamilton um our Elizabeth City Council president Carlos Torres for JV J Sandra troll for Jefferson and Gerard borish from Elizabeth JFC also want to thank our elected officials um who came mayor Christian boage attended seven of the eight graduations so I wanted to thank him for his continued support thank senator Joseph cyan assemblywoman Anette keano Union County Commissioner Vice chairwoman lordes Leon and commissioner Sergio granados for also attending and uh Sergio is also a Kino speaker so thank you for doing that as well and our Elizabeth City Council woman at large Patricia Perkins Augustine I just want to also thank the following individuals for attending uh board secretary Mr Kennedy uh board attorney Heather Ford our chief operations officer Frank pusta our com controller and our money guy rajie maholtra I want to also take a moment to thank all our investigators our directors our supervisors our principes vice principls teachers ERS guidance counselors social workers and staff if I forgot anybody um for attending and being in attendance uh thank you for supporting us and finally I want to take a moment to thank um my fellow board members for one for recording the graduation video um I know it was a lot but I thank you all for doing that I want to thank you for attending the e8th grade graduations um and making yourself available even with the you know the half days and thank you for attending the one two 3 four five six or seven or all eight um High School graduations we couldn't have done it without everyone who was there in attendance so the parents the students um so I just want to thank everyone just to take take the moment it was a team effort and that was a reason why it was very successful so again thank you all right next one my agenda so on June 16th we celebrated Father's Day and I wanted to take a moment to recognize um all the wonderful families or excuse me all the wonderful fathers in our school Community um and in our Elizabeth Community um the men on the day is always think that I always favor the women um however I wanted to make sure that they also felt recognized and they felt appreciated so we recognized them um a few weeks ago before Father's day but we wanted to do a special video in honor Father's Day so please look at the camera or look at this screen and uh we will play our father a [Music] tribute I think probably the greatest quality that a father or a father figure has is reliability someone who is willing to like set forth a plan to do whatever it takes to be able to support the people he loves a father their role is being the protector being a provider potentially being involved in your children's lives uh being present means that attention is paid to them every second that you are with them I believe that empathy and understanding a great father should show empathy and understanding for his children a source of Love patience guidance support a role model a teacher and a person that is reliable be there for your son be there care for your daughter whenever they want to talk to you just have an open ear definitely dependability uh reliability someone you can always count on putting your children in front of you they automatically become the number one to be loving transparent to be understanding of the person that they're looking after I think the quality is is really based upon just being consistent and loving Stern and also kind in the process good father leads by example just like a good administrator he provides for his family love and affection is the main quality provid uh whether it's shelter or safe environment or nutrition uh you have to make sure uh the well-being of a child is uh is taken care of discipline accountability responsibility talking to them today day with today's problems being there for them accepting them for who they are the person that inspired me the most is my father just showed me every single day how much he loved me definitely my father I need someone that to this day uh continues to inspire me and drive me to always follow my dreams uh my father always supported me in sports in education I've had multiple father figures in my life and I've learned from them all from their mistakes you know from their successes they've always demanded respect but they've also given respect my older brother who took care of me help raised me guided me still continues to guide me and to teach me things my father growing up he led by examples at all times times good or bad he's always present my father guided me to become a teacher and then eventually become an administrator he pushed hard due to that I think I had a very successful life and career and I thank him even though he's not here with us anymore I thank you Dad for your guidance and love I remember growing up my father always wanted for me just to have a better life than he had my father he taught me to be humble work hard looking at my father and getting up in the morning and going to work every day you have to go out there you have to do it what's best for your family and that's what my father did to me and that's what I do my best to do it for my kids as well one of my uncles was someone who's very disciplined uh knew exactly what he wanted and actually work really hard so he took the time to really be part of my life and Mentor me was my father who always taught me to work hard to respect he taught me the meaning of love and love for the family I didn't necessarily 100% appreciate my father and what he did until I became a father myself my father taught me responsibility there consequences to all of your actions be proud of what you represent and accept everything that you do my own father left Cuba from there he set forth a plan for his new adopted country and what he was going to do over that time he was able make a lot of contributions and build a great family and do a lot for his community in honor of celebrating fathers and father figures alike during the month of June Elizabeth public schools would like to thank and recognize the wonderful fathers uncles Godfathers mentors and father triggers here in our school community in the greater Elizabeth community and everywhere thank you for the role and responsibilities you take on in teaching and developing and raising children to become our next generation of leaders thank high high hopes for a living didn't know how but I always had a feeling I going to be that one in a million always hes for living shooting for the star make killing didn't have time but I always had a vision always had thank so surprise beautiful um so yes we just wanted to just recognize all the men in the district and say you're you're appreciated okay I mean anybody like to say something you good you good Madam president oh yes yeah I like to thank you personally for you know being one of the uh gender minority members on this board right that we have some equality and that we're seeing that with men and our fathers are important and you're recognize in that role as as as Madame President and I truly do appreciate you bringing that balance back to the board thank you Madame President you won't be hearing from commissioner Jacobs anymore than thank you for that beautiful tribute that was quite a surprise and I really love how it showed our our um the men in our district um the type of importance it is for fathers in the household cuz you know often times we just get to tie so you know it was nice to see or the socks you know but it was it was nice to see so thank you thank you for that awesome tribute thank you I'm having an issue with the sound [Music] I'm going to this is a test I don't know if these are too close to each other I don't know I don't okay anyone else saying none thank you at this time the microphones are open for public comment to those who signed in prior to the session I shall call individuals to the microphone based on the order of the sign and Sheet each statement made by our participant shall be limited to 3 minutes in duration the toal to of the public comments shall be limited to the 60 60 Minutes no individual is able to yield their time to another individual all statements shall be directed to the presiding officer no participants May address or question the board members individually each speaker shall comply with all respects to the board policy 9 322 copies were provided yeah it's a lot of feedback the following rules shall apply time limits will be strictly enforced no personal attacks on individuals or naming of individuals no vulgar or indecent language a person may address the board no more than once during a single meeting comments will not be debated any person in violation will be warned as a meet as a reminder this meeting is a meeting in the board of this is a meeting of the board in public not a meaning of the public at this time I call Miss Maria [Music] lorens huh you have some copies of something that needs to be passed out what is that what is that oh my God I thought [Music] thank you is it on okay so I also have a few people that I would like to thank myself Madame President and my son graduated 8ighth grade uh very proudly this past week and I also have a list of people that I would like to thank that I think it's important for this board to recognize these teachers for all the help that they do um Mr Kaufman has been absolutely instrumental at school 29 for my child Mr Rino Miss Rivera Miss Bundy Mr Mr Rodriguez and Mr Maxwell have been teachers that have left such a great impression in my son and also and I know I'm going to butcher her name and I do apologize is a science teacher at school 29 Miss yanowski um I try to pronounce it as best as I could these are all teachers that have touched my son he appreciates all of the help through all the trials that he's had um throughout his life and his health condition and have been attentive have been supportive and I don't always come here to talk about all the bad things but I want you to understand that these teachers were absolutely the best teachers he's ever had and I know what that feels like at graduation my son made top 10 of his class my son also made the National Junior Honor Society these are two huge accomplishments for a child that has an IEP and hat struggles still continues to have them but I was very disappointed and very shocked when at graduation he wore his cords and at the end they took them away that's congratulating him on one end and being an Indian giver in the other the cour his accomplishments what he wore around his neck was collected to be recycled for the next eighth grade class that comes into to school number 29 I find this insulting I find it appalling that the district with all the positions that you create for your friends and give them six figures would turn around and couldn't afford a dollar cords for these children to keep and acknowledge acknowledge their efforts I bought my son his courts back I have to say that is the most ghetto thing I've ever seen in my life I bought my son his courts and I also took the liberty of buying extra Courts for this board so because you're so hard up on it right you need them you need that extra $1 cuz you need them to create positions for your friends and your family members positions that we don't need that we could have saved services that could have been given to special needs kids that they're not getting it's disappointing it's an embarrassment you should be ashamed thank you Miss Lauren um at this time we're going to have Ashley McBeth come to the mic [Music] dear superintendent super superintendent and board education Commissioners my name is Ashley mcbf and I'm writing to you to ple the case 5 music and art teachers there's an extraordinarily strong need for a music and art room and drone d Academy school number n as a parent PTO president and now a new ESS substitute I have witnessed firsthand how dedicated and hard workking the Arts staff in this Arts Academy work they continue to go above and beyond and even though their space is getting taken away and more limited each year the music and arts teams are creating a wonderful for performances and showcases for students to participate in however it is becoming increasingly difficult as they no longer have any rooms or space in the 2003 2004 school year there were over 850 students that attended at school N9 and these teachers must either run from class to class and building to building every single period or share an oratorium and or cafeteria with two to three other Stu teachers in order to teach music and arts to their students since the a Auditorium is a shared space between two schools every time there is an event or assemblies these teachers are kicked out of the auditorium the cafeteria is used half of the day for lunches this has resulted to teaching in the hallways at times since there are no rooms for them to teach in since there since there is a third building that will be a part of school N I beg that you consider giving back the music and art rooms that existed in this school before so these teachers in the Arts Academy can grow to their programs and shine it is always said that is about the children so let's make the children a priority again the children that thrive in the Arts serve a place to do it not a hallway not overpacked cafeteria and not kicked out of an auditorium the Arts and teacher arts and music teachers are and can nurture the next singer artist instrumentalist and actor or actress how can the school be labeled the Art School of Arts when we have no room deated to it I leave with you a petition I have started over 150 signatures and Counting from individuals residing in 20 states of the United States of America I'll also leave pictures of the small space shared by two music teachers and two arts teacher I thank you for your time thank you at this time I end the public participant portion at this time we're going to be reviewing the agenda Madam Madame President yes Mr Kennedy so the only changes to the agenda were the two amendments that you sent us Tuesday and what was on the table thank you [Music] all right [Music] all right any questions or comments regarding tab 1 [Music] a official and private minutes of May 2nd May 9th May 29th 2024 and June 17th see no comments or questions Mr Kennedy please please add it to the agenda any questions or comments in regards to Tab 2 a or 2B Personnel reports um and if there are any if there are many questions I'm open to I just have one question is this part up the updated version this page okay yeah if there are many questions about hold on if there are many questions in regards to Tab 2 a and 2B we can bring it to private session okay Mr K I make a motion second I second that motion Mr Kennedy um it's been moved and probably second to table Tab 2 a and 2B for private discussion please just Barbosa yes carvalo yes Jacobs yes naron yes kavas pastana yes Rivera yes bthis yes thank you uh tab three tuition's report any comments or questions seeing N Miss Kenedy added to the agenda please Tab 4 a superintendent report sure Madam president I'm going to ask our uh director of bilingual ESL and education Dr sander Nunes to please present under considerations good evening everyone um so here in this consideration it was for our bilingual um social worker to who attended a workshop on holistic approach to understand and support the well-being of our students so we always encourage our team members to um pursue different professional developments and this is a Cas you're right you're right thank you Dr VZ thank you um so we're going to do this sorry directors we're going to do the same thing we did last month so if um the board members have any questions they'll ask you questions if they don't we'll just move on okay so thank you for that report any questions from the board members from uh tab 4 a for considerations seeing none Mr Kennedy added to the agenda any questions for tab 4B superintendent report use of facilities seeing none Mr Kennedy added to the agenda any questions or comments regarding tab 4bb for the use of facilities considerations seeing none Mr Kennedy added to the agenda any questions for tab 4C field trips and I know board members want to know how many field trips there were total so someone could say that I don't know you know a total yes total for the year we are we've completed 743 field trips for the year for the year from July 2023 to to thank you any questions or comments regarding uh tab 4C field trips seeing none Mr candidate you can add it to the agenda at this time I'm going to have the superintendent give a tab 4D the harassment intimidation and bullying investigation report thank you Madame President pursuing to board policy 51311 harassment intimidation and bullying and New Jersey statute 18a col 37 the results of each investigation shall be reported to the Board of Education no later than the date of the next board meeting following completion of the investigation and include any Services provided training established discipline imposed or other action taken or recommended by the chief School administrator since our last Board of Education meeting on May 9th and through June 17th our school counselor school based social workers and supervisor of anti-bullying have completed 76 HIV investigations of these investigations 30 cases were founded for HIV as per New Jersey Law there were 35 males 57 females 81 regular education students 11 special education students that were the alleged victims there were 95 males 37 females 108 regular education students 21 special education students and three non- students that were the alleged offenders of the 30 cases founded for HIV five cases were founded based on race and national origin four cases were founded based on color one case was founded based on religion one case was founded based on sexual orientation two cases were founded based on gender one case was founded based on gender identity and expression one case was founded based on mental physical or sensory disability and 27 cases were founded based on other identifying characteristics of the services provided and actions taken for these investigations there were 31 skill development lessons and trainings 69 counseling sessions five targeted Behavior interventions 17 referrals for outpatient mental health treatment eight changes of classroom three changes of school placement 16 administrative counseling sessions 21 in school detentions 51 parent conferences seven referrals to outside agencies two professional development trainings 28 out of school suspensions and 13 are continuing to be monitored the Hib statutes further requires that at the next regularly scheduled meeting after board members received the initial report of Hib investigations that the board issue a decision in writing to affirm reject or modify the superintendent's decision pertaining to the 28 cases that were reported to you at the last board meeting on May 9th in order for you to do so the investigative summaries for those investigations which were reported to you at the last board meeting have been provided to you uh prior to voting in addition I also have the public hearing uh welcome to the public hearing on harassment intimidation and bullying and our student safety data system reporting for the period starting July 1st 2023 and ending December 31st 2023 in July 2011 the anti-bullying Bill of Rights was signed into law as public law 2010 chapter 122 in accordance with this law all New Jersey public school districts must designate the full week the first excuse me the first full week of October of each year as week of respect during the week of respect school districts are expected to organize activities including but not limited to age appropriate instruction and opportunities for student discussion on conflict resolution issues of diversity and tolerance a resolution was put uh before the board in September declaring the week of October 2nd through the 6th 2023 week of respect each of our schools planned appropriate activities for this week in fulfilling the reporting requirements pursuant to the New Jersey Administrative Code 18a col 17- 46 to two times each year between September 1st and December 31st and between January 1st and June 30th the school board shall hold a public hearing at which the school Min uh School Chief School administrator will report to the board of education and the public any acts of violence vandalism and harassment intimidation and bullying which occurred during the previous reporting period from September 1st 2023 through December 31st 2023 there were 156 HIV investigations conducted by appropriate School staff of those cases investigated 67 were confirmed cases of HIV the following anti-bullying specialist anti-bullying specialist alternates and the anti-bullying coordinator conducted these investigations and these include Katherine gon Danny Yola nafisa Freeman dinora Mahia Michelle Zuber Andrea Juka Moren CR yenia Torres shenise Hurst Tyler lemons Megan Courtney Kina Johnson Lisa Raa Sophia Verma NAA Rodriguez Eric Stanley Judith lantigua Yaya Guero elesia Cindy Gales Daniel kangu Tanya santui shyra Bustamante Kathy Amato Cindy lickstein Melvin Luciano Maria Caba Antonio sapio Naga Elara Sarah Brown Cathy Santos Jennifer Hernandez kyli Montero uh kenetta Jackson Shantel Hernandez Colleen Reynolds Jason kco lordis so Anna Ray Christine flarity Carrie Conor Laura Belleview Jada Nicholson immani lur Edson martinz Le Lisa binsky Matos ishmail medley Jessica seula Judith Valdez felis Fabiano Jessica sa Franco Valerie henden Wendy moravi Christine Raa Guadalupe ferero Lauren Delgado danela Gro Yasmin Maher uh danan Brown and Peter vosler of the founded cases for HIV there were four in based on race and national origin one based on color four incidents based on sexual orientation one incident based on religion and one based on Ancestry nine incidents were based on gender two incidents based on gender identity or expression one incident based on mental physical sensory disability and 54 incidents were based on other targeted bases of the founded incidents 37 were verbal 13 were physical and 17 incidents involved electronic communication for all HIV investigations there were 52 out of school suspensions 19 in school Su uh detentions 19 classroom changes 10 changes of school placement 11 administrative counseling sessions and then of course additional services such as counseling Skool development classroom lessons uh Behavior interventions referrals to uh outside mental health facilities referrals to outside agencies and parent conferences were offered to all students involved between September 1st 2023 and December 31st the district provided appropriate in-person and virtual Hib training to school counselors and social workers and new staff and in addition District certified staff received a 2-hour mandatory virtual Hib training which is required every 5 years the district also provided extensive in-person and virtual specified training to the anti-bullying coordinator and to all anti-bullying Specialists and their alternates non-certificated staff also receive training and new school level administrators and new Hib staff receive virtual inperson training in the hips reporting system from September 1st through December 31st there were 137 substance abuse incidents districtwide there were 273 incidents of violence 36 of vandalism 17 weapons incidents and 262 other incidents leading to removal which are broken down amongst our 37 schools and that concludes the public hearing uh the PowerPoint presentation will be made available on our website um as early as tomorrow morning thank you madam superintendent tab five authorizations report any comments or questions regarding tab five yes Madam president I have one question yeah tab five on page 8 authorization to increase 2024 2020 meal prices could we I'm Sor I'm so sorry I'm so sorry I'm having issues hearing I don't know if we need to turn this air off or or what but I cannot hear board members as are speaking can't anything it's all I don't recall this being on before whatever the sound whatever that sound is page eight yeah we're going to we're going to try so board members could just speak closer to the microphone we're going to try sounds good thank you I just wanted a little bit more clarity on page8 authorization to increase 2024 2025 meal prices we can understand a little bit more of the rationale behind it I can I can answer that so unbelievably to me where we had a corrective action plan to spend our cash uh there's a USDA in state of New Jersey requirement that says um the weight of if our weighted average of what we charge for our meals is less than 385 we have to make an adjustment in the prices and there's a formula that you have to apply to your current price so our weighted average was $318 and what they tell you you have to do is increase that 3118 by first 2% which is um well it's just a 2% rate increase and then you have to mark that number up by the Consumer Price Index which is 8.27% so that gets you to those two percentages are what they say were required to do so that brings us to a weighted average of that we have to meet of $351 so then you go through this whole worksheet of what how you adjust the prices so the prices you're seeing there is an increase from $3 and $3 to $3.30 for prek to8 and 360 to4 for the high schools it's it's a little confusing to me but that's the requirement and then if we don't do this what they do is then they take away from the reimbursement that they give you for your free in reduced meals every day can you repeat that again if if we don't do it they'll take away what reimbursement I didn't understand every every um free and reduced um price meal that we serve we get a certain rate for each of those meals from the USDA and from the state so they're saying if you don't comply by increasing the the paid rate in accordance with the um formula that I just described that they'll come back and take away reimbursement on free and reduced meals I I'm not so bold as to say I'm going to just flaunt what they're telling us to say but it's very confusing to me with as you know our corrective action plan our only comment was that we had too much cash and we had to spend that cash so that's that's what you're seeing in in front of you is that required adjustment in the school prices I can send everybody the um the documentation that shows why we have to do it and what the calculation is thank you madam president Mr Kennedy if I may would you also be able to tell us how many children this affects what the breakdown is cu there's children who don't pay then there's there's another middle ground right there's three three yeah three tiers people three kids so how does it affect the middle tier um yeah they would have to they would have to play a pro of share under their reduced price um payment that they make every day is this something that will affect us if we don't vote on it today no it won't it won't affect us Madam president I make a motion to table this so that we can uh have more second thank you it's been m in probably second to table um the item regarding the authorization to increase the 2024 2025 meals prices Mr Kennedy roll call please Barbosa yes carvalo yes Jacobs Nan yes gavas bana yes Rivera yes bathless yes thank you Mr Kennedy I need a I I need a 5 minute recess to fix the the sound please before we fix the sound I just want to say thank you for the support in this cuz it was baffling to me will we be bringing this into a committee Mr Kennedy we could bring it to finance okay you didn't get never mind we're not having a 5 minute break sorry it's an issue outside my apologies narrow it it down yeah all right any other questions regarding uh tab [Music] five seeing none Mr Kennedy can you please add it to the agenda minus um the item that was tabled any questions or comments on Tab 5A the Revis calendar for the 2024 2025 school year can we I just want to make sure Mr Kennedy I just want to make sure the items that we had discussed were changed on this um yes yeah I see two professional development days moved uh from mon uh the two professional development days removed from Monday to Friday the third one was maintained on Monday since it um is training on State uh testing so the changes were made thank you so much Absolut still starting on first day administ students okay still Friday the the 6th okay thank you any questions uh for tab 5A seeing none Mr Kennedy please add it to the agenda any questions for tab six Finance and Accounting report Madam president I have one question yes board member Rivera on six on item 20 I was I was just wondering does the board or maybe the superintendent may know does the board have a policy to reimburse employees if for example other personal items like a glass cles or a watch or something is is do we have a policy on that or no no specific policy they come come to my office and tell us a story um we try to ask for proof of what they say they should be reimbursed do they have insurance and in that case on the phone was it through did they get the phone through the um a carrier and in this case it must have been about six or seven visits to central office and it just seemed reasonable to reimburse this person for um can you repeat that was the reason why you reimburse the person is because of what some a kid took her phone and threw it and broke it oh okay thank you and and then they had to go out and replace the phone so we got proof of what they paid for it and um we got proof that the old phone couldn't be repaired um and that they didn't have well they said that they didn't have insurance on the phone through their carrier or they weren't leasing the phone from the carrier um so after many many meetings um finally it ended up with the superintendent and we decided that they had pleaded their case and reimbursed them for the phone okay thank you any other questions for tab six seeing none Mr candidate added to the agenda please any questions for tabs 6 a transfer funds seeing none Miss cityy added to the agenda any questions for tab seven Awards of contract report Madame President yes Jacobs uh I have a question for tab seven to the microphone please I have a question for Tab 7 page 13 thank you page 13 um the Dage Landing Financial Services uh director Marcel yes sir uh what is that for that is for the um license for the uh security for the cisal equipment for 5 years for the security of the what for the security cyber security for the cyso systems it's uh there is a security intelligence so it actually can determine if changes are happening that are not uh that are anomalies so that so that it could alert us are you saying that's related to cyber attacks yes sir is this the this is what our a r started this contract last year we starting July 1st we're starting it this year yeah but we had it for 5 years already we're renewing it okay thank you um my next question is uh page 17 what page I'm sorry page 17 thank you uh the first item with Hudson County motors uh Mr milanes um so is this cuz I thought this appeared on the agenda pre previously for the electric box truck so what is this for this is what I understand okay we have two uh vehicles that we're buying from sorry we're buying two two different vehicles from uh par of the grand for the electric vehicles and this is the second vehicle I thought the when it when the initial uh request came it was for two vehicles that we we approved there was there was a the box trucks and the buses two school buses so now are we getting a grant for this yes do we get the money yet that's a little grant that we had for for quite a what yeah we had I think this is the fourth or fifth year that we had this grant cuz remember it it takes about 3 years to get the buses um manufacturing and because of Co it took even longer so we we've been waiting for this vehicles for almost 3 years now so how many electric box trucks now will we have we we will have two and we will have two electrical buses and when are we expecting this to receive delivery we're hoping that we get it by the end of the year but it's we've been they've been saying that to us now for about a year so have we received the other one we have we haven't we received the the other ones that we bought that are not electric we bought two uh two other uh box trucks that they are not electric no I'm talking about the so we haven't when did we approve the other ones that was what 3 months ago or two months ago Way Way Back yes and so we're still waiting to receive those no those we got the electric ones no the electric not the electric ones not electric the electric ones correct no electric one we the electric ones we have not received at all thank you uh my next question is on page 19 uh the last item for Mr milanas again the brightly software uh what is this for brightly software that's our um a work order system that's uh School dude that's School dude yeah so uh we're doing like a uh an upgrade to the system we're cleaning up a lot of the you know the old stuff that we have in there so we needed them to do a a software upgrade thank you thank you madam president you're welcome any other questions for this sta I have a quick question for Mr milanas U actually for Mr milanas and and for Michael also are we prepare for these charging stations no you take it no you take it I'll take this one um for the charging stations no uh we're still waiting I believe we're waiting for um an upgrade of the power for the bus yard for your for your bus yard for the for the uh I'm sorry for the warehouse is done we already did the power upgrade at the warehouse now what we're waiting for is to do the one in the in the bus yard we need to add a an actual uh Transformer in there and upgrade the service because what we have in there is not not capable handling that Madam president I'm going to ask if we can bring this to um plant property committee so that with uh also our director of our uh Transportation so that we can have so that we can have a conversation about these charging stations and maybe even collaborate with the city and the county cuz we have been installing them and maybe we you know we I think with what is it the chicken before the egg we're getting the buses and we're not going to be able to charge them so let's maybe we have a bigger conversation before September the the only the only thing I'm going to mention is that I know this part of the grant we they actually are installing the charging stations so I know contractually that's part that's what was agreed with the grant that they were going to install the you know the two at the warehouse and the on at uh at the bus York great thank you right so uh board member cavalo do you still want to table it no no I don't want to table it I'd like to bring it to uh the next Plant property meeting well Madam chair of plant and property add it to your agenda please thank you thank you any other questions for Tab 7 yes madame president yes M uh let's I'm going to start on page seven of of the tab um do we know have we worked with the nardone brothers baking for the pizza products are we changing that or is it the same I'm not sure who I should address Jamie's not here um or maybe yeah just get back if we're changing our uh you said page seven which one page seven uh the last contract yeah uh the brothers Baking Company it's our it's our pizza product so I just page seven of seven tab seven it's okay give us a minute if then maybe you could just I would love to know if we're changing or we're keeping the same company for especially our pizza I feel like our kids it's they always talk about the pizza day Friday so I want to know about the pizza so then I'll just you can get back to me on that well it's it's a result of a bid and there was there was one bidder and nardone won oh so is this the first time that we're using nardone or have we used them in the past that's the question I can't answer oh I'm Sor it's okay then if you could get back to me Mr Kennedy um then I'm going to keep going just on page on page 14 Mr Marcel if you can help me understand the contract with the page 14 the first contract with power school so is power I know our power school but do they do they don't do our Robo calls right do we do our Robo calls no um Blackboard sold sold the business uh Blackboard was the uh vendor that we used they sold the business so Power School bought a company uh called School messenger that does the rooc call but it's now integrated into power school so we don't need to go to a different software to make the calls make them through Power School our schools okay thank you and then last um just going to bring it to finish it up with Dr OA please um Dr OA we always use our services page I'm sorry page page 27 last contract to a Children's Specialized Hospital we always contract with them for occupational MPT or is that a change I'll just just project project yes we do yes we do that was out mid and there understand okay thank you I think that's all I have thank you technology department I gave you guys great acknowledgement for graduation I don't know what's going on I love you guys but I don't know what's going on tonight Madam president uh page 19 uh open systems Mr milanes can you explain what the ONG guard on guard Central Station remote monitoring and Licensing it's I know it's a renewal but I've never seen the on guard is maybe is that a new system a new program no onard is is actually the software that is used to um to run the whole system all the car aess the C uh the camera systems are different but uh the aess mainly so it's the operating system in other words for the entire district for the entire district oh that's great thank you yes Madam president on page 32 I just wanted to get more information on the contract with the college essay guy I I I don't know if this is based on the number of high school students because it says that a cost not to exceed 5,000 I wonder I was wondering if there was more information about that sure good um so that's actually going to be a professional development for our counselors so he's going to train our counselors on how to uh write proper um you know letters of recommendations how to review students essay work so it really puts our students in best possible position to get into competitive colleges so it it says take place on July 23rd and on September so it's two days correct and then there's a virtual workshop for high school students so oh yes we extended the contract correct we're going to open it up to all the virtual one is for the um high school students uh that they're going to be able to attend okay thank you and will this be given to all of the district counselors or for yes thank you thank you uh are there any other questions for toab 7 seeing none Miss Mr Kennedy if you can add that to the agenda please thank you at this time I am we're on Tab eight I'm going to have our chair persons uh read their reports for the month and I'm reading the one wrong one I don't have in front of me um I'm going to start with uh chairperson Maria cavalo for the plant and property I don't have it with me oh thank you okay good evening everyone on May 15th uh president bais um myself Committee Member Eliana Cheves Jerry Jacobs uh Judge Malone general counsel Mr kogi Mr Kennedy business administrator superintendent Olga hug reie mahra comproller Mr Ben candelino and director our director of Athletics now I remember we have so many meetings I'm trying to figure out which one this one was all right here we go I also believe that um board member Stanley neon was in the meeting with me the committee discussed the following items the expansion of Williams Field Fieldhouse including budget and design the reimbursement of Williams Field concession stand building and parking access at DWI 9th Grade Academy the kitchen access at EHS fjc 9th Grade Academy we spoke about the updates on the facade project at Thomas Jefferson arts academy and the main complex we also spoke about custodial efficiency software uh we were updated on a list of all summer projects and the status of HVAC projects under the EIP program thank you thank you at this time I'm going to have uh Ilana chz do the special education committee and uh committee people if you can just skip the attendees and just do the report please thank you thank you Madame President um May 23rd uh the special education committee has a monthly meeting for the May for May um our board president charene BOS oh sorry discussion yeah members to the committee attendant including our board president and the following item what discuss CA policy revision graduation requirements for students with IP postsecondary transition programs the annual round table with division of special services extracurricular programs including summer program and Sport Clinic Personnel for summer program also in June 6 the committee has Theon meeting for this month and the members to the committee attending and the following item what discuss revision of the seat policy parents workship including transition be annual Round Table days for you and summer program visitation sceds thank you thank you at this time I'm going to have oh minut oh um Madam chair for the special education we have two me meetings then oh you did both oh thank you uh at this time I'm going to have our chairperson for the education management committee uh Stephanie Pana do her report thank you madam president um the educational management committee met on June 5th at 4 p.m. and we discussed the following proposed dates for professional development on the 24-25 calendar the committee discussed the parent input on the frequency of half days on Mondays we also discussed the possible modifications to districts use of Technology policy and that concluded our meeting thank you so much and finally I'm going to have our chairperson jery Jacobs do the Finance and Accounting committee report thank you madam president uh the financing committee met on June 26 uh the meeting was attended by all uh board president chairperson uh commissioner p gonz no attendee you to see oh okay that's fine thank you uh the committee discussed the renewal of Property and Casualty Insurance package for the upcoming school year authorization to submit Lake liquidation application for ARP and the agenda preparation software of of uh for docs board docs thank you Madame President thank you mad president Mr add those yes go ahead I'll add that to the agenda just going back to um commissioner Barbosa's question about nardone we have used them pretty fully since 2122 for our pizza products thank you thank you Mr Kennedy okay tab nine claims report any questions or comments for our claims report seeing none Mr Kennedy if you can add that to the agenda Tab 10 I want to recognize Colombia's Independence Day which is uh sometime in July July 10th uh gun violence Awareness Month in July as well and um if there are any questions for uh anything from from Tab 10 to Tab 10 PP any questions or comments for anything from Tab 10 to tab PP Madam president yes just want to acknowledge the tab 10B uh juneth Independence Day um celebration I want to thank the district for um supporting juneth day and juneth is independent day and um definitely helping to promote the festivities that happen throughout our community during the month of June for juneth thank you Mr Kennedy if you can just add juneth Independence Day on top of that I didn't see that resolution Just Tab 10B I know but it's not on the top like the other ones it doesn't have a title if you can just add a title understood that's why I missed it it doesn't have a header hm doesn't have a header yes a header please so add a title header on top of 10B thank you any other questions or comments for Tab 10 to tab PP seeing none Mr Kenedy if you can add them all to the agenda we have a first reading for uh know which one goes first oh they're both the same uh a first reading for the special education parent advisory committee for um file code 1221 for the regulation and we have uh another one for the policy do I have to read it no but if we have to let everyone know that those the policy and regulation are available in the office of the school business administrator for riew and will it also be available online not yet okay I the second okay thank you all right okay well I just want to thank I said a lot of thank you earlier so just want to thank all the directors that are here today I appreciate you being here I appreciate you spending your Thursday evening with us it doesn't go unnoticed I know you know we changed a lot of things this year but I just wanted to thank you for taking some time away from your family and being here to answer our questions during our board meeting you're very appreciated so thank you very much um before I go into private is there any comments from the board members okay seeing none the president request a motion to go into private session to consider matters exempt under the open public meetings act specifically for the discussion of personnel matters specifically interviews Personnel transfers reorganization job description Personnel report suspension LG administrative leave eel contractual matter specifically 2024 to 2025 property and liability insurance late liquidation application legal matters litigation specifically workers compensation matters Jr and AE and transportation settlement discussion the board will reconvene in public and take formal action Mr Kennedy may have oh no sorry may have a motion in a second please I'm making motion to go into private session second it's been moved in private second to go into private session roll call please Barbosa yes thank carvalo yes Cheves yes Jacobs naron yes Galas pastana yes Rivera yes baas yes thank you to our audience as well and God bless e e e e check check one two one two check check one two are you really h e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e um may I have a motion to return Tab 2 a and 2 b or to add 2 a and 2 B to the agenda I make a motion to add Tab 2 a and 2 B to the agenda oh and uh it's been moved in probably second to um add Tab 2 a and 2B that was tabled back onto the agenda rooha please Barbosa yes Jacobs yes and Calvis pastana yes Rivera yes Bist yes um at this time I would like to add tab 2C um to the agenda um with additional uh changes Mr Kennedy can you um let me know the additional for tab 2C please well there's a few additional items that needed to be added and I'll read them now is that for tab 2C um no Tabs 2 as a whole is going to be added to the agenda but there are other ones that we did too oh I was going to go through um okay go ahead okay the first one was appointment of principal a resolution for school 16 Maria Gada a resolution for appointment of principal School 4 Jena Fernandez a resolution for termination of employment l a a resolution for suspension with pay effective 523 eel um as you said before personal report 2C a resolution uh for 2024 2025 Property and Casualty Insurance a resolution approval of ARP late liquidation settlement I mean late liquidation application and a resolution for reorganization and Personnel actions with a minus two number six correct on 2C okay um you've heard all the items that have been added to the agenda I may I have a motion and a second to approve the entire agenda in its entirety I move the motion to approve the agenda in entirety I second that motion it's been moved in probably second to approve the agenda in its entirety with the added items uh roll call please Barbosa yes Jacobs yes and Calas pastana yes with subtension on Tab five page two and congratulations Rivera yes with an exstension on Tab five page two and bathless I got it thank you uh yes with an extension to tab five page two so congratulations to our two new principles thank you and we are at the end of uh June so happy end of the year to all of our teachers our staff our administrators uh thank you for all that you've done throughout the year we appreciate you and your efforts um congratulations to our students moving on don't forget about Elizabeth and continue to make Elizabeth proud thank you and God bless may I have a motion to adjourn tonight's meeting I make a motion to adjourn tonight's meeting I second the motion uh is it moves and probably second to adjourn tonight's meeting at 11:06 p.m. roll call please Barbosa yes good night Jacobs yes good night Galis pastana yes good night Rivera yes Bas yes thank you have a great night God bless