e e e for Mr pasamano for Mr Parada for Mr petronio for Dr Scardino Miss Stella for and Mr valano for motion carries before I send it over to the students report just want to let her know and those folks here that we are looking into the bathroom area it's just that we have to getting quotes the walls may have to be broken down to see how bad the galvanized pipes are down there that's probably what's causing the problem of no water flow and that's expensive it probably has to come from the boiler room all the way in but we are looking into it okay and now we'll have our students report good evening to all my name is niceta anesco and I am the student representative of the lur Board of Education starting my report I would like to highlight and congratulate our high school fbaa future Business Leaders of America chapter this past week the group of 80 traveled to Atlantic City to compete in varying competitive events congratulations to the 13 groups that placed in the top 10 and the Seven that placed in the top three and up the trip was extremely successful for Linhurst and hopefully the fbaa chapter will have many people attending Nationals located in Orlando Florida returning to the building from the FBA trip I noticed that again the lighting in the building varied in colors in some hallways the color of the lights or panes is more yellowish than the typical white Bright Lights while talking to the some while talking to some students about the issue they agreed that it threw them off in the hallways to address this issue I don't mind taking pictures inside the building and sharing them with the rest of the Board of Education another concern in the building relates to the students taking music classes in the music Wing in the music Wing there is a bathroom to the left however it is always Clos the students Express that they would like to see the bathroom open since it is closer to their classes this also allows other students who not who don't take classes in the music Wing to have another bathroom to utilize the two main bathrooms won't be as crowded and the students will be more dispersed on a good note I have heard positive remarks made by the student body regarding the new upcoming lcap program this is a great opportunity for the upcoming seniors to get an experience inside of a college classroom environment though many said they think it will be tricky to figure out in the beginning they are excited to try it out students will be offered to take higher level classes without money being an issue that is all for my March report thank you all for listening good night to all thank you four with the uh School principal there okay you could just pass that down so he has it to us here thank you you go okay state monitor's report all right uh our state monitor Mr demov is watching live via remote stream and uh he asked me to read this statement into the record I have reviewed the financial reports for the month ending February 2024 and support tonight's res resolution that certifies that there were sufficient funds available based on the February financials to meet the district's Financial Obligations for the remainder of the 2324 school year as we continue to monitor the 20 uh 2024 financials all indications are that the district's financial position should remain positive for the remainder of this school year on the agenda this evening for board approval is the preliminary 2425 District budget for submission to the county office I have reviewed the various resolutions related to this submission and fined the preliminary budget for 2425 is balanced and support its approval and submission I have also reviewed and discussed the other resolutions on tonight's agenda with Mr dorso and support his recommendations to the board that they approve the resolutions on tonight's agenda that concludes my report for this evening thank you Mr demov board president's report that would be me I just want to congratulate all of you that are here for an award tonight it's going to be really great to see you get these Awards good job to all of you I'll hand it over to the superintendent thank you before we bring our students up I just wanted to go over a couple of things niceta mentioned in a report that our students did a tremendous job at the states and fbl um Miss funo which who's here tonight was a judge down at the state competition so thank you for going down and supporting our students um I've spoken to miss vuno and we're going to invite the fbl winners um to the April 30th meeting um so she'll um come with the fbaa advisers that night and we'll present them as WS as well so um congratulations to all of our students in the fpla as well um before I bring the students up I just want to also give an update on Washington School um I'm really excited to say that students returned to Washington school this Monday we brought back the first floor of Washington School which were the kindergarten classrooms um we brought back uh two General Ed and two special ed classrooms um so we're now completely out of the property um adjacent to mount caral Church they generously gave us space and I want to thank um the church for doing that they really helped us out in a time of need and so um we had an open house last week for for those families um it was really well attended one of our board members attended as well parents were just excited um to be back in school and and the updates that we did at Washington really you can see tremendously the whole building was painted LED lights throughout the entire building the boiler was updated and so um the building presents really really well and you know um the contractors did a great job at this point in time really the most of the construction actually all the construction is done in the basement really the only thing we're waiting for is to just finish painting down there and so um I'm very confident that we're going to have the rest of the building return after the April break so um the rest of the building would return on April 88th and really the top floor of Washington is completely done the only thing that's holding us back there is the fact that the the only bathrooms in the building are in the basement of Washington and they're just finishing painting the reason why I was able to bring back the first floor is because there's bathrooms in every one of those classrooms so students don't have to go downstairs um um thank you so much Mr Corso by the way I think you did a great job and you got the students back in and I'm thank you so much oh thank you you're welcome okay at this time I'm going to ask Miss vuno to come forward for our first award and then I'm going to stay um down there miss TK our gifted and talent teacher could not be here tonight but I'm I have some words that she gave me and I'll bring up the rest of our students so miss funo so n Sami is a solid student involved in various activities a 4-year varsity football cheerleader uh she's cheered since she was 5 years old old and now coaches 5-year-old recreation football and cheer competition teams and also has over 246 volunteer hours at loner's high school Sammy be began her High School quiet and reserved she had some health issues however she never let her health be an excuse she has grown into a leader on the cheer team and has matured into a confident and resilient young lady unknowingly her empathy and Leadership on the cheer team resulted in positively impacting the life of a very special teammate it wasn't until I received that unsolicited email from the mom of a special needs student Janna Cruz that I realized how deserving Sammy is to be nominated for this award this is an exert from the email that I received and embodies what an exceptional young lady Sammy is this letter is in regard to Sammy do bres a senior at LHS my daughter Gian Cruz is a student in her eighth year at lur High School graduating this June from the senior plus program Giana got to know Sammy from her years on the chair team when sheer season began this fall Giana was very emotional because most of the girls she knew had graduated Samy looked out for Gian and made sure she always was involved and included she welcomed Gianna with a huge hug every game and made sure she included Gian in all cheers pictures and activities but Sammy went above and beyond this season one special moment when was in a powderpuff game I was in tears as I watched Sammy take Gianna by the hand and safely and lovingly run with her across the field to score a touchdown Sammy should be recognized for her kind heart and willingness to make sure Gian has felt included in a world that has been very challenging my wish for the future is that we see more samies in this lifetime a teen who is unafraid to stand out to her peers and bef friend the unique differently abled girl who just wants to fit in it is an honor to have her as a mentor and friend to my daughter receiving emails like this makes me very proud of my students at ly her high school and even more confident in selecting Sammy for the unsung hero award this year she's attending the University of Rhode Island to study Elementary education and I know she will continue to make a positive impact in the lives of others congratulations [Applause] so I'm so happy to hear you're getting a degree in elementary education so I will definitely be looking for that resume in a couple years okay and I also just want to mention that yeah they'll always come back absolutely um that Sammy was also honored throughout Bergen County last month they had um an award dinner and Sammy was recognized there so it's a tremendous story and it just speaks to her character and so congratulations and I wish you all the best and I will be looking for that resume okay next I would like to honor three students um as I said Mrs Tull couldn't be here tonight um our gifted and talented teacher um but she did prepare something that I'll read for you so I have the pleasure to give these Awards tonight the New Jersey Association for gifted children had their annual contest for the 24th school year the theme of the contest was valuing Joy the linnhurst school district had three winners two in the art category and one in the video category the first student I would like to recognize is fourth grade student Rees McWilliams Rees earned honoral mention in the third to fifth grade art category ree come on up next would like to recognize fifth grade student Ella Nan Ella also earned honorable mention in the third to fifth grade art category Ella okay finally I would like to recognize fourth grade student Bella [Applause] sylvestri you're welcome Bella earned first place in the fifth grade under the video category the theme of Bella's video was fashion is my joy where she created a piece showcase showcasing how being creative in her clothing choices gives her a sense of Joy congratulations to both of our [Applause] students Joe bring the book [Applause] up doing non agenda agenda agenda public uh hearing on agenda items only there are no none okay so let's move to discussion oh discussion anybody on agenda items okay finance committee Peter pursuant to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools the committee on finance recommends the following resolutions be moved forward for a roll call vote I make a motion to move forward resolutions 1 through 19 to be adopted move it Mr Ponzi on the motion Mr pasamano on the second roll call Mr abat Mr andrinopoulos for Miss pasamano for Mr pass Mana for Mr parda against due to the fact such a large increase in the budget I must vote against this and not put the burden on the taxpayers is not ethically and morally accepted I cannot do that so with that I must vote against Mr patronia for Dr Scardino Miss Stella I vote for everything except for number seven I want to abstain on that and till I can see the tax impact on total for the taxpayers for the amount of um increase it's going to cost and I want to check the figures that I was given tonight so at this point I will abstain on that on number seven only not thank you and Mr valano for motion carries education and curriculum Anna brail going to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools the committee on education and curriculum recommends the following resolutions to be move forward to a roll call vote I make a motion to move forward education and curriculum resolution one to be adopted second second Miss Stella roll call Mr abat four Mr andrinopoulos Miss pasamano for Mr for can we just Mr par for for pursuing to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools the committee on policies and rules and regulation recommends the following resolutions be moved forward for roll call vote I make a motion to move forward policies and rules and regulations res resolution one through three to be adopted mrop four four Mr four four four four pursuant to the recommendations of the superintendent of schools the committee on Personnel recommends the following resolutions be moved forward for a roll call vote I make motion to move forward Personnel resolutions a through n four Mr four four Mr Mr four Mr four four Rec a of these reduced State figures ofeducation must signic budget cuts in order to maintain a balanced budget and of Education seeks to express its displeasure and concern with the school funding formula and the application of said formula and now therefore be it resolv that the lard event authorizes the Drafting and distribution of Correspondence to the office of the Governor State and United States Senate and House of Representatives to object to the state a figures allocated for the 2425 budget cycle and SEC consideration of the amount received can I get a motion motion second for four Miss Pas four Mr uh Mr Pas Mr P four Mr P four for for wa what about new business he just did that on any other new business yeah I I have new business Mr President I think we need to bring somebody in here to address um ethics problems that will be going on there seems to be a lot of things that are going on off the off the card here I'm going to hand this packet to you please go hand that to Mr pasamano please all right there's problems going on where there's board members voting to give their uh spouses um or Partners money and they did it on uh January 31st of 23 again on 523 of 23 and again on 129 of 24 in there in policy 0142 of the board members code of ethics clearly states no board member shall act in his or her official capacity or any matter where he or she or member of his immediate family has a personal involvement that creates some benefit to the board member or his immediate family number one number two I have a two copy of in that packet of 2023 and 2024 um ethics commission personal relative disclosure statement that is also in there that they did not put that on there that they received money from the Board of Education as an income can we please get somebody here from the state or whoever you can get to to address this matter and have it rectified so we go so we're all in compliance and do the right thing abely yeah uh just receiving this now um basically what I'll do is I'll consult um with our um board appointed attorney I'll go over the complaints that I have here now we'll look at the complaints we'll look at the um the agendas and the votes that were conducted and I'll sit with the attorney and we'll do a review of what was voted on um I guess the claim is that uh board members voted on things inappropriately um and so um I'll work with the attorneys and I'll get responses to the seven claims that Mr parate has here um My Hope Is that yeah that that could be done by the April 30th board meeting I don't see why they wouldn't be able to um but even if I don't I'll have um feedback and an answer at that time so so we'll have it by the next meeting if not full we'll have an answer though thank you you're welcome anyone here to speak on agenda items hearing none motion to adjourn motion all in favor I any against any ABS you look at it shows you where was and then I have a copy of the meeting where he approved the meeting after he did it so he he had a chance to it do that me and I do my thing do I always do I always abstain even on the little estate or or refuse am I right or I wrong yeah this might be different cuz it's reimbursement though so if she paid for things I have to just double check to see what it is no Aiden Lou is for um transportation aen Lou is for transportation I want to go over