good morning morning okay here we go this meeting of the MAA board of education is open to members of the public to be physically present members of the public that attend will be asked to follow the same procedures as all other visitors to our schools those procedures can be found in the agenda page of our website Additionally the board meeting will be live streamed for viewing purposes only anyone to view the meeting May do so via Zoom the webinar ID for this meeting is 869 5575 7615 and the required password is 718 785 right I call this meeting to order uh we need have call Mr CH Mr copin here miss Deano here Mr DOA here Mr Denise Mr Gallow here Mr Hughes here Mr FIS Mari here Dr Mory here and Miss Ting Johnson here we have a Corum thank you very much adequate notice of agenda of this meeting has been provided to the Ridgewood news in the record specifying that the ma Board of Education will meet on July 3rd 2024 in the administrative offices 60 Ridge Road Mawa New Jersey copy was was filed with the Township Clerk uh salute to the flag Mr Kar lead pled allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible with and justice for all okay uh would do not need a executive session uh in the beginning so let's move on to agenda questions please limit your questions at this time to resolutions under new business on this agenda as a matter of fairness you're asked to limit your questions to no more than one and your remarks to no longer than three minutes if you are here representing a group please identify yourself the group and your position in the group if you're here as an individual please give us your name and address the section of public participation will be limited to 15 minutes please specify the resolution you were referring to in your question all right I need a motion to open the meeting to the public Mr DVA second by Mr Gallow we are officially open to the public seeing no one coming forth at this time uh I need a motion to close the meeting to the public Mr kmari and second by Mr Hughes all right do not have a m student representative for our summer meeting we're we're in transition there'll be there'll be a new in in September now we're completely add but I'm certain we have a superintendence report Dr Toro yes my superintendent report is very brief first I would like to welcome Mr Turner um Mr Turner and his team are going to be serving as interim Bas to support our transition from Mr bleer to Mr lamb Mr lamb is scheduled to come in um at the latest July 23rd he's trying an exit strategy sooner but July 23rd Is His official start date so thank you Mr Turner for you and your team uh to come in and and support our our school district um the second piece this is the the last piece of my report um as we've talked about we're constantly looking at opportunities to um connect with our community and showcase the things that are happening around our district uh we worked with our administrat team at all levels K through 12 and we were also able to work with Laura bishop and her team to develop uh our newsletter uh the Thunderbird times will be distributed to all residents in MAA not just our school Community but our community as a whole um that is that is at the printer now and headed to the post office we're hoping that they'll be in everyone's mailboxes uh middle of July next year we're going to have a schedule of times going to gr um out to our to our community um at least two if not three times next year that's going to be partnered with our T Bird talks and also um getting the information from our communication audit from law Bishop so uh we continue to move forward on looking at our communication strategies and we're really encouraged about the product ahead um as you can see within the newsletter it speaks to not only the celebrations from each school but it also talks about our strategic plan um um our current strategic plan and the opportunities to um encourage our community to come in next year to build our strategic plan uh the MAA blueprint 2.0 um starting year 2025 thank you thank you Dr dor and uh exciting times the Thunder time it's very interesting thank you um all right our uh business ad administrator Mr Turner do you have any report for us this evening yes I do okay great I have to I I talk a lot that's what everybody complains about there there's a lot of us at this table that you'll feel very comfortable I mean good company all right so in the in the short time that we'll be here all right um Mrs Gillis and myself uh retired business administrators you know there's the uh time of the year when you have to do the year end close out and in talking with uh Mr ble and I've spoke with him on several occasions in coordinating the transition from from his position here to the time that we're here and then to prepare for Mr lamb when he comes on and just so you know Mr lamb is a good friend of mine I've known him for years so we want to make a transition as smooth as possible so at this time of the year there are a number of things that need to be done and one is is that we're starting the year-end closeout process uh we want to make sure that that we do all of our acrs we make sure that our encumbrances are correct I am going to reach out to your board appointed auditor who I'm very familiar with to ask if there's any issues that the auditor needs us to address while we're here we'll certainly do that and coordinate that with uh with your auditor as well there's also the applications for the esa which are the title programs as well as the idea programs which are due in July right up until approximately our last day here but we'll work with the uh the administrators within the district to make sure that we complete those reports get them in on a timely basis as well too so that uh so there's not any issue with that because uh those are important grants that every year the district receives we want to make sure that we get them in and that that you get the money that the district is entitled to as well in addition to that um Mr bleer had indicated to me that there was also some follow up on the school register report which we're very familiar with uh the majority of it has been completed but there was I believe one issue with one school that needs to be addressed and we'll uh we'll tackle that as well too to make sure that that's filed in a timely basis and then um just working here I'm leaving ourselves uh you know myself open to assist you in any way possible if there are any issues that you need to uh have uh Us address at this time more than happy to do it and uh you know just just so you know we're here to assist you make sure the transition goes as smooth as possible so thank you very much I I already enjoy being here thank you very much Mr Turner appreciate that um all right Dr Fair do you have a report yes uh brief so you'll see on T today's agenda um we are fully staffed for the 24 25 school year so yeah we're really sa I wanted to thank the board um I know that there are times when you get some last minute emails for me um uh so I know that you received an email from me I believe it was yesterday or the day before uh where we have an asterisk on here but we're excited that we uh we believe we found uh the right people so very excited about that and um lastly I just want to thank um all the board members who were able to come for end of your barbecue um your help is greatly appreciated and I know our staff uh really liked uh your presence so thank you for everything that's it thank you thank you Dr Fair thank you um all right my report is brief hope everyone is enjoying summer and uh happy 4th of July weekend so um let's move on to board committee reports do we have any this okay look at that all right board member remarks okay then let's move on to new business um and I was trying to find the end of the new business but a through so it's not it's more Personnel yeah so a through e um let's take new business a through E I need a motion on the floor Mr Gallow second by Miss team jansson um all right Mr Turner I need a roll call please Mr copin yes Mr Aero yes Mr Dila yes Mr Gallow yes Mr Hughes yes Mr kzar yes Dr Mory yes and Miss tting jnon yes motion passes thank you thank you very much um all right let's now take new business um Personnel a through I I they've been busy here in the district um and thank you Dr Fair again for um getting us I mean this is this is just July and you're you know well in advance so thank you to you and your team we do appreciate that um Mr kmari did I have that motion thank you and Mr copin a second second Mr Turner roll call please Mr copin yes M Dean hero yes Mr dilva yes Mr Gallow yes I just want to thank the businesses who were helping us up out on the externship and internship program and I look forward to the cross country program at the Ridge and I thank um Miss Chung for being our future Engineers per Mr Hughes yes Mr Mari yes Dr morthy yes and Miss T Jansen yes motion passes thank you Mr Turner all right um now we public questions or comments um public participation at board meetings is in accordance with bylaw 0167 at this time members of the public may ask questions or make a statement on educational issues or School matters of community interest it's a matter of fairness you're asking to limit your questions to no more than one and your remarks to no longer than 3 minutes if you are here representing a group please identify yourself the group and your position in the group if you're here as an individual please give us your name and address I need a motion to open the meeting to the public Mr Hughes second by Miss T Janson and we are officially open to the public seeing no one come forth uh motion to close the meeting to the public public Mr cin and second by Mr Gallow all right we do require an executive session at the end so I need a motion to recess to exec Mr Hugh second by Mr Gallow and we will directly adjourn uh from that thank you everyone have a good day