okay uh may I call the uh June 25th 2024 meeting of the High Point Regional Board of Education to order please please stand for the flighted Al to the flag the United States of America and to the repblic for stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all open public meet meetings act statement New Jersey open public meetings 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 board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and place thereof posted at the Augusta Branchville and Sussex Post Offices and notice sent to the New Jersey Herald Sunday Herald and the clerk of the burs of Branchville and Sussex and the townships of Frankfurt Lafayette and wage our mission statement High Point Regional High School in partnership with staff family and Community is dedicated to the Quest for individual Excellence by fostering high standards of achievement we prepare students to become responsible and productive members of a diverse Society I ask for a rooll Mr confor here Mr dun here here M palac here M Schuman here M Don is not here Mr V Stone here M wise is not here Dr Ripley here okay uh so we are uh temporarily in new location here for this meeting uh we have opened in public we're going to move to executive and at the close of executive uh return to public also in this location so a motion will be made by the High Point Regional High School Board of Education to enter executive session to provide an update on legal personnel and negotiations items which are exempt from public participation pursuant to New Jersey Public Law 1975 chapter 231 open public meetings act any discussions held by the board which need not remain confidential will be made public when appropriate minutes of the executive session will not be disclosed until the need for confidentiality no longer exists the board will reconvene public session in person and virtually at the conclusion of the executive session it is not anticipated that any action will be taken I will make that motion I have a second second all in favor I any opposed okay now an executive session e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e I have a motion to return to public session please motion and a second second all in favor I any opposed okay we turn to public session uh no unfinished business so approval of minutes regular meeting minutes from May 28 2024 and executive session minutes May 28 2024 uh I'll make that motion may have a second second any comments Corrections seeing none I'll take a roll call on uh minutes please Mr Tona yes Mr confor yes Mr V yes Miss pal yes Miss Schuman yes Miss ory yes Mr dun yes brings us to our first public comments uh section of the evening on agenda items only in accordance with open public meetings act we will open public comments for agenda items only at this time each speaker should State his or her name and address you will have three minutes to address the board which will be Ed by myself we will limit this section to no longer than 45 minutes please be respectful and mindful that your comments are being recorded and I'm going to first ask if we have anybody on our virtual platform to submit any comments and there are none anybody in the public like to make comments okay um well it's not too hard to then by process of elimination may have a motion to close public comments and second second all in favor I uh any opposed very good we have actually no presentation for the evening or other business we're going to move right into action items first up is curriculum instruction and Technology take your way okay so um faculty attendance student attendance and suspension report for May are attached and I'd like to move items four through S together four is the harassment intimidation and bullying report from May 29th through June 25th 2024 number five are the field trips that are attached number six are professional development activities as attached and number seven is the three-year La threeyear plan as required by the New Jersey Department of Education making a motion seeking a second second any discussion okay roll call please Mr confor yes Mr V Stone yes M pal yes Miss Schuman yes Miss zy yes Miss Tona yes Mr D yes okay I'd like to move to item eight by itself uh it's the recommendation of the uh by the superintendent of the board accepts a unified Champion schools Grant award in the amount of $7,000 from Special Olympics New Jersey to support our unified Athletics program for the 2425 school year making a motion second second any discussion This was um done by uh members of our guidance uh office I believe it was spearheaded by one individual but I don't want to be wrong so I'll just say that our guidance Department uh was were the ones and our child study team were the ones who spearheaded this and this is a significant uh amount to continue to support what is a really uh growing program uh that's just been wildly successful and something we're really excited to have been able to put in place we tried to put it in place a year before uh or right around Co that year was supposed to go into place and then we just got sidetracked to be able to have it as robust as it is now is something about which we're very very pleased and for them to have put the work into this is just greatly appreciated thank Youk you I mean anybody that's happen to catch even the video that gets Dr Ripley has passed around from one of the uh unified events it's uh it's heartwarming and then I was fortunate enough to be at the uh uh Athletics Awards in the Hall of Fame induction uh and unified athletes are right there very proud of their recognition alongside all the other athletes we get some okay roll call please Mr V Stone yes M pal yes M zy yes Mr Dona yes Mr cfor yes Mr mun yes Mr D yes okay moving next on to personnel just remind me a couple on the yeah um I'd like to move items 1 through 24 they're mostly housekeeping assignments and stuff number one is the approval of a school doctor number two is the approval of The Treasure of school moneys number three is the approval of interim School business administrator board secretary number four is tax shelter annuity companies approval number five is approval of our head coordinator six is the appointment of the attendance officer and school space SP safety specialist um number seven is the appointment of the homeless liaison number eight is the appointment of the supervisor of buildings and grounds number nine is the appointment of the title n coordinator number 10 is the appointment of the 504 coordinator and issuing officer of working papers number 11 is approval of affirmative action team number 12 is accepting the resignation um of a a school security officer number 13 is to approve the special education teacher for the 2425 school year um Nicole Olstead number 14 is to approve bus drivers number 15 is to approve a substitute assistant transporter transportation coordinator number 16 is to approve the an Lisa Turner currently approved part-time English language arts teacher as a full-time English language arts teacher for 2425 school year as listed number 17 is the approval of the anti-bullying specialist school security uh officer number 18 is to approve the anti-bulling specialist for the 2425 school year uh number 19 is to approve the um Rosemary G as the uh part-time special education teacher for the 24th 25th school year as listed number 20 is approval of a revised list of individuals who work during the extended school year program and number 21 is the approval of the summer workshop days and on the addendum we have item 22 which is the approval of the guidance department and child study team uh summer work days as listed number 23 is the approval of the njfla leave of absence for employee um 1266 effective July 12th 2024 through August 9th 2024 and number 24 is to accept the resignation of the special ed teacher as listed making motion seeking a second second any discussion roll call please Miss pal yes M Schuman yes M ory yes Miss Kona yes Mr confor yes Mr van Stone yes Mr dun yes that is it for personnel I'll move uh items one through four under extracurricular item one is a recommendation to approve R re Sports Medicine provider of substitute athletic Trainers for 2024 2025 School year as listed two is a recommendation uh to accept the resignation of art minina as assistant growth Lacross coach effective immediately and three is the recommendation to approve the updated extracurricular appointments for 2024 2025 school year is listed in attachment and item four is a recommendation to approve Jay RoR as a volunteer boy soccer coach pending receipt of Reed paperwork um making that motion may have a second second any discussion or comments on those M shim yes Miss ory yes M Tona yes Mr confor yes Mr van Stone yes M pal yes Mr dun yes um no policy items no negotiation action items no buildings and grounds action items although I'll mention as member of the buildings and grounds subcommittee uh that we are very pleased to see the work proing on the uh hbac yeah I walked through the entire building this morning there's a full crew and they're getting a lot of work done already yeah you said they were there 6:00 the morning after graduation yes yep first day we had several meetings to prepare for that very pleased that they heated that so it's very very good plus this summer they're uh we're also extending those stairs that are next to the uh bleachers up the up the hill so I don't have to hold my breath every time someone sliding down going down me included down those stairs so there will be nice stairs all the way to the top so that'll be good um so bringing us to finance I will move items 1 through 18 together uh item one is a recommendation to accept the report of the board secretary business administrator item two is recommendation accept the report of the treasurer and three is a uh recommendation to approve the reported transfers minimum expense transfer report item four is a recommendation approve for payment pach schedule audited audited bills item five is a recommendation to accept all of those accounts I'm not going to read this time uh and item six is a recommendation to approve the schedule of tax payments for the 2024 2025 school year item five is a recommendation uh to approve mileage reimbursement for Central travel expenses uh for 2024 2025 school year as listed um item eight is a recommendation to approve the following vendors for Professional Services for the 2024 2025 school year as listed item nine is a recommendation to uh approve School Alliance fund commissioner um effective for the 2024 202 school year uh resolution I missed n um item 10 is a recommendation to approve the resolution uh placing monies into capital reserve at the end of the 2023 2024 school year as uh listed item 11 is a recommendation to approve an agreement between High Point Regional High School and J&D Therapy LLC for uh occupational physical and speech therapy for 20242 school year is listed item 12 is a recommendation to approve the following lunch prices for 2024 2025 school year listed and 13 uh is recommendation to gratefully acknowledge a donation in amount of $1,500 from the municipal Alliance uh from the municipal Alliance support end of year senior activities item 14 is a recommendation to gratefully accept a donation of two uh CNC Mills from suss County Community College to High Point uh points Department of technological studies item five is a recommendation to approve the disposal recycling of IT department items that are obsolete item 16 is a recommendation to approve the list of surplus property to be sold through Gob deals as listed in that resolution item 17 has a recommendation to approve total withdrawals from maintenance Reserve in the amount of 32956 to fund the replacement of exterior doors and a Pneumatic valve and Boiler Room item 18 is a recommendation to authorize the execution of an agreement between Water Management Services Inc and High Point School District for 2024 2025 school year and 19 is a recommendation to approve and authorized tuition contracts uh between High Point at the standing district and the um and the sending uh rece receiving District as listed uh did I say 1 through 18 actually went 1 through 19 right okay so 1 through 19 so I will make that motion on one through 19 may I have a second please second any discussion on any of those items uh what is sorry sorry what is water manag oh that's to take care of our um waste water was water they have to come and test it every day the the company's been in business for 50 years and they are phenomenal at what they do they charge us uh very minimally compared to the going rate that they could charge us and they are never not here they're like clockwork um about 11 years ago there was a consideration to move away that lasted for about three months and we co COA them come back and they're they're a tremendous asset to the district and he minimally raises his price about 1 75 years wow it's the same guy that also does kid they have a little Waste Water treatment plan also between municipal building and school same guy he comes here father did it yes y on very infrequent occasions there's the red light alarm that goes off right and that usually means he's got to come yeah there's but it's it's really it's quite we've had that and we we monitor it he monitors it and our buildings and ground staff monitor it and it has it is required very very little maintenance at least in my time yeah they they stay on top of it just want to acknowledge the donations from Municipal Alliance and susex County Community College very generous yeah we reached out already and absolutely generous um the um those two pieces of equipment um are similar to De equipment I program they're not cheap and to get something like that from um another you know educational facility uh is is phenomenal what are you guys useing here for uh technology for various uh technological they'll teach you whatz that they um techology one of the either CAD class where there there's some Pro CAD cam programming of them that they do it's it's it's purely XY it's not reais right so um they they cut out little things and they can put it together like puzzle pieces and stuff I could speak informatively of 19th century European history better like an apple press done unless you're making some type of apple cider um if no other comments I'll take a v Miss ory yes Miss Tona yes Mr confor yes Mr V Stone yes M pal yes Miss Schuman yes Mr dun yes you want to run sure you kind of been together of the superintendent authorize the execution of the following Dum for additional mileage approves and authorizes the execution of following contracts awarded to the lowest quote for the 2024 extended school year authorize the execution of following contracts awarded to the lowest quote the 2024 extended school year number four approves the following completed bus evacuation drills for the 20 3 24 school year number five the agreement for to and from transportation for the 2024 extended school year and number six the following joint Transportation agreement for two and from Transportation 2024 extended year make a motion for a second any discussion roll call M Dona yes M con yes M van Stone yes M palac yes M Schuman yes M ory yes Mr dun yes I believe that is conclusion of our action items um under miscellaneous we have that note uh standing note about school school board mandated training um if any of you are required to do that and would like to sign up I'd catch Mr mwit in his last few days otherwise we uh we'll have to have the new guy take care of that he'll be here Monday okay um yeah if anybody ever needs anything uh you can actually go through me and I uh I'll speak with him but uh as I he's he's here on a perdm basis and so um I want to make sure that I'm fully invested in every area particularly in buildings and grounds so if there's anything that you specifically need you can always reach out to me and I'll make darn sure that it's done uh quickly and thoroughly okay uh so that brings us to our second public comment section of the evening same rules apply as for our first however we're not limited to uh agenda items only so at this time public comments so I look at this is the point where I look at Mr yard see if we have anything submitted and nothing here so like a motion to close the second public comment section motion second sorry you get one or the othere she's going for both uh all in favor any opposed okay uh so with that um oh let me just want we have no non-committee board member reports unless somebody wishes to speak upon that uh in our other business there is nothing listed under our you know I had I had an OP request and I fed this up but it didn't make get on everybody's so I did have one op request and it was for the video clip of the uh accident that we talked about earlier a little bit and it was about a 10-second video clip so I sent it off uh to the attorne who requested it um and that that's all took was 10 minutes of my time in this yeah time they have to go through to get yeah I guess that would make sense unless they did so through a different interesting um so we have a second I'm make a motion to uh enter a second executive session um before we close would you like to say something oh absolutely pardon me yes um yes before we enter our executive session we will have to come back out of executive into public and close but i' like I'd like to use this don't have to we don't have to we can enter or we can well then I'd like to um acknowledge Mr mink for his uh years of service to High Point this is where I uh I really appreciate having worked with you sir thank you you have uh kept us along straight and narrow and I wish you best in your retirement and hope you don't work too hard thank you no I I don't plan to so thank you thank you I appreciate everybody it's uh I don't dread coming to meetings and I haven't always said that in my in my career so thank you for that congrat you congratulations [Applause] toet thank you thank you for the reminder um so with that then we uh I will make a motion to uh enter executive session uh second session here this evening will be to uh conduct the uh CSA evaluation which is exempt from public participation pursuant to New Jersey public 1975 chapter 231 open public meetings Act any discussions held by the board which need not remain confidential will be made public when appropriate minutes of the executive session will not be disclosed until the need for confidentiality no longer exists the board will Rec will not reconvene a public session uh at the conclusion of the executive session it is not anticipated that any action will be taken so if I may I'll make that motion I have a second second all in favor I any opposed okay thank you thank you for attending so Mr D we're done yes we are we yes