##VIDEO ID:jhTPAxXQdcM## e e e e e e e when are e I it's Tuesday no M that's the kind of life you're living huh listen I would not judge I will not judge I would never do up this is the weird I'm okay how are you very yes I saw from whom we discussing what to do about honoring the sports teams when Vince comes back see what he says is right in my eyeball what is it is that what is very very pretty very uh interesting give to the kids at Ed very so so like that just like that College figured out yet no I know we'll be there we're going to GW in January because they dayon where I went it's playing basketball at GW so we're going to the game well she should go to Dayton instead good for I love that love she'll be able to put you in a nice nursing home that's what we're doing it for we're doing it for the end game pick something nice I only heard the end of that I was like what I tell Kate all the time I'm like I'm like listen you're expensive but I'm doing this so I get Prime the nursing home she's the big one so she'll make the decisions I know you don't think I don't know that she gets the nicest stuff right like this is what listen you got to focus on the end game that's open I got this micc and a I'll talk about so yes so we'll F off my SE see how goes all right good evening this is the matachin Board of Education meeting for Tuesday December 10th 2024 would you all rise to the flag salute please pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you notice the meeting please I hereby make the statement to indicate compliance with the open public meetings act known as chapter 231 of the public laws of New Jersey 1975 which became effective 90 days after enactment January 19 1976 notice of this meeting was given by providing the location time and date of this meeting and posting of the same on the front door of the Board of Education offices by delivering copies to the burough Hall and the matachin public library the home news and Tribune and by filing a copy with the burough clerk as prescribed by this law thank you roll call please Mr bot here miss cook here Mr derflinger here Mr glasberg here Dr Johnson Marcus here Miss Colleen here Mr lifton here miss thresa here Dr spner here Mr sus here thank you Dr Caputo we have quite a few guest Full House tonight very exciting um tonight first to start us off it's always wonderful to start off with some of our outstanding musicians we have Mr messenger in the MHS Jazz Ensemble behind us so we're excited yeah yeah let him have it we are really excited to welcome the um touch and high school Jazz Ensemble to us uh to the board meeting tonight The Ensemble will feature uh Samy n Tio's arrangement of Jingle Bells at their upcoming Winter concert the concert will also showcase the MHS jazz band and the MHS concert band and that will take place tomorrow night 7 o'clock we invite everyone to join us in supporting these very talented students as they continue to make our community proud with that I'll turn it over to Mr messenger thank you John for being here [Music] a [Music] n n [Music] la [Music] [Applause] [Applause] well thank you it was wonderful um the performance is tomorrow night 7:00 right here right here tickets tickets available tickets available well it was just wonderful thank you so much for coming tonight and sharing it with us so um I M first of all Mr messenger I proclaim the uh band concert ready with that performance thank you um secondly we often give you a few minutes to clear if you would stay put if everyone could stay um a number of your students are going to be involved with the next presentation um as part of our showcase success for the the sports season which the marching band has some nice honors excellent so uh transition if I may Mr lifon to the next part so thank you everyone for being here tonight um again come see the jazz band tomorrow um we celebrate tonight the as a Night of Champions are our fall season Champions and we have several teams and individuals uh that are here tonight with their coaches um Mr cathar will be taking the sports teams but first on our agenda is the marching band so I'll let Mr messenger introduce the uh Championship that they won why they're being recognized tonight the Night of Champions um and then we can recognize by section what we're going to do tonight Mr M because you have so many we'll recognize by section if they have their certificates already they they'll uh Mass on the um the right side they'll come up on stage whether it's a whole 15 one section or three in another section photo op with their certificates uh folks uh if you haven't gotten your certificate yet that I think either Mrs alevic has him or Mr messenger has him that's great so you can see Mr messenger after for those folks not here tonight we we have those and we can get those to you uh before the end of the week at school is that sound a plan sounds great all right thank you um so thank you for having us here tonight um marching band had a really successful season uh tonight we're being recognized as the tournament of bands chapter 74 open Champion um that's uh a state championship we also were a bands of America which is an national uh Regional the New Jersey Regional we were Class A champions for that our first year ever that was at Ruckers University really exciting night uh for us CU we got to perform twice in prelims and we made finals um so that was a getting to perform at Ruckers twice in one day it was was really really exciting for all of us so um we're going to have all the kids come up and we have our our two championship banners so kids when I call your name just come up on stage and then I'll give you your certificates uh after right so I have all of them in front of me and then we'll we'll get going right here we go with starting with the flutes it looks like ready Jackson Cruz Angela hoe Abigail Hogan when you hear your name go right on stage Mirabella ham Moira hang Violet Osborne Jones Bella stall Nathaniel villan NOA Ashley Chen oh we're on to the clarinet Ashley Chen Daniel Choy aah Dolan Amir elsaed Emma Huber Nila Meyers Anri satar Daniel Alami uh onto the saxophones aan Saha isan sarar satah Huck Eileen he eliman Cog Koli uh shinoski morero Ryan Stein uh Shin uh shiun Wang Victoria zeni Melody Zino Caleb Han uh Habib kog Hari Pam Daniel Ruiz and Nicholas Timco now we're on to the trumpets TK Ali samon sha Blaze Julia Diaz Julia Delino Alistair faucet Elizabeth feinan uh Connor gone Jackson Gould aen mcferson uh barov Mitra uh Ariana uh Sami Laur so Mr messenger I'm excited for the mellophones next can we get the first group up there photo op with the first group recognize them so there's room otherwise the other folks won't get on stage yeah um so why don't we uh why don't we come up squish together and why don't we have a picture with uh all of our first third trumpets flutes through the trumpets there you go and Claire is just going to bring up the banners real quick oh very nice we have some Championship banners absolutely I remember that from I'm glad we have those I was going to ask you nice there we go wow that's awesome all right if you guys want to have a seat or meet me in the band room and keep the banners up there for the mellophones through the color guard ready Messenger as we're just letting them come off that'd be great I played the French horn so I'm excited as a French horn on the the ban amazing and as we're switching groups here they can come down where will the banners in case we want to see see them where will the banners be uh displayed um we're going to have them hanging up in the in the Band Room excellent all right here comes the the marching French horn the Melones ready Allison Shan Nick cenza Ethan delagarza Gianna Hernandez and then L brass Johan stall Nate borit avner chaplain n Massie Sid Nik who just made region band congratulations yeah uh ni Nicholas Rutter Gage Rody Bowen Zang chamber lamb who also made region man uh Jonah Lopez uh Rose Michaels lamorte Oliver cider um here's the drum line Maddie cook Peter keshi Milo havlin Emma Hogan pra Jaa art kumman uh John V Malik Reva nagar Aiden ogor Ripley Wong Allan Zang uh Front Ensemble Jackson Blaze Katie Don Hue Eli dooming Feldman uh shayin Gandhi Alex ho Lindsey K Peter karaza Emily lanton Carmen D Lee Gavin Mormon T NES Ron and sequera Daniel Stone and then the color guard joshelyn BR Faith Cordova Eevee Han one of our guard captains uh Benny Harrington Zora havlin renie he uing he I'm almost there I promise uh Adrien Lee Melinda Lee uh Lulu Lyn Nick mcar CC ing uh Gwen Osman Rihanna Perez Caleb ritzdorf another one of our guard captains and that is the second half of the old uh March [Music] looks good it's like St Virginia yay thank you guys so much and thank you for uh having us here tonight and recognizing our accomplishments we appreciate it we'll see you at the concert tomorrow night yes thank you Mr messenger thank you B thank you hang Mr messenger since the excitement is is rolling is it all right if the Jazz Band just hangs for the sports awards rather than and then you can clear out we'll take a break for everybody awesome Jazz bin thanks for hanging in there just for another minute or so unless you you have your stuff you're gone all right bye see you gone I know I need to get better at this to figure out like Logistics best best slate plans yeah I just didn't want this big ex so yeah you got mic it's kind of hard when it's like 9 Mr ccot I want to keep the momentum going so how about coming up to the podium cuz this is not the break we'll do a formal break after the the award so let's get rolling with the the next part good excitement tonight if everyone if the people who are leaving would at least try and be quiet because we're this isn't the normal break in the in the program we have a number of more people to honor students who did wonderful things in the athletic area so if we'd like you all to stay but if you're leaving just if you could please be be quiet thank you okay we're going to introduce the rest of the school now uh uh first of all uh I'd like to congratulate the band too I mean they do a great job especially uh at all of our football games it's a huge huge Spirit lift for all of us so congratulations to you guys and thank you for always being there during our week of Lights you can't I can't even tell you how much that means to all of us uh first up will be our girl soccer team uh our head coach Mike no who was the white Division champion or excuse me white Coach of the Year uh and also uh White Division champion for the team I'll have him come up and ladies yeah we're going to do Plan D so now we're going on stage okay we've gone through four stages already so coach it's all yours welcome coach how you doing uh thank you uh Dr Caputo and members of the board of education for uh honoring our girls tonight uh the ladies had a uh very successful season this year they finished the here with 18 wins five losses and one tie uh they went 11 and one in the white Division and won the division title went to the sectional final this year unfortunately we didn't make it through the Section but uh very good year for our girls I'd like to uh recognize them uh now uh please step forward when your name is called Sarah Heyman Caitlyn Connors Julia chinar Kylie trano Juliana Castellanos Leah honig Lucy P Victoria zanaki Katherine Morano Grace Van Luen Rose sergeon Julia haar Olivia Barry Charlotte Murphy Samantha Powers McKenna Bruns Maria defino Isabella Venegas and Emma Valentine we did have some uh young ladies this year who received postseason honors I'd like to recognize them at this time too if Sarah Heyman and Caitlyn Connors could step forward both of them made all GMC this year they were in the top 18 players in Middle sex County in addition both girls made all white Division and both girls will be recognized in January at the uh New Jersey yall State uh banquet at the Pines Manor so congratulations to them in addition to them would Kylie Cho step forward Kylie also earned New Jersey girls soccer coaches association All State uh recognition and she will be attending the banquet at the Pines Manor also we had a very strong season girls played hard and uh I I'm glad they had an opportunity to be recognized tonight thank you to everyone who's here thank you ladies congratulations on the season coach and and congratulations girls on a wonderful season and thank you for coming tonight and letting us honor you thank you we appreciate it it's our honor so thank you okay as you can imagine a lot of our girls that just were up on stage just came back from either a basketball scrimmage at North Brunswick and some of them just finished with winter track so like our band we are very multi tasking in our uh in our Athletics next I'm going to do the uh boys cross country team unfortunately coach Allen can't be here tonight so I'll ask the boys come up on stage as they're coming up just a little bit about what they did they were the uh Central Jersey group one sectional Champions and they were also the group one Champions so this was a very prestigious awards for us as a group one team okay guys when I call your name just step forward Eric [Applause] [Music] schli Brady [Music] [Applause] Allen Ty anger R cumans Asher green bomb Asher has his cheering section here James velli and Miles borne I'd also like to recognize Eric please step forward Eric was the Central Jersey group one sectional Champion congratulations thanks guys okay come on down [Applause] here we go next up girls cross country I would like to introduce first coach Kelly hollerin who was our Red Division Coach of the Year GMC coach of the year and probably uh everything else coach of the year so coach Howen come on up girls [Applause] okay uh I want to start by thanking you for having the girls here tonight um it means a lot to us to be recognized for the incredible season that they were able to put together we have an extremely dedicated group of young women here who started back in early July putting in many many miles to make this season uh the success that it was which was very successful um I'll start off by uh saying their names individually and then I'll get into season highlights quickly um to start so step forward girls when I say your name Sabrina Kendell Amber Murray Caitlyn shre Ella Anderson Sally [Music] Kelton Giana Hernandez okay thanks girls um so just to before I name the Championships that they have won this year I know that that's why they're here to be honored tonight but behind those championships is so many miles so much courage that these girls have within them that they show every weekend on that starting line when that gun goes off they have to um put their bodies through a lot and week in and week out they do it and they should they make me incredibly proud and hopefully our entire community um the highlights that I will recognize tonight for the team are GMC Red Division Champions the GMC Champions the Central Jersey group one sectional Champions and the state group one Champions they have also yep they were also recently named the GMC Team of the Year not really a surprise they are the team of the year for the GMC um we have some individual highlights as well Sabrina kandell you can step forward Sabrina was named um all red Division and yes that it's her first year great job Sabrina Caitlyn shre she was named First Team all GMC and third team group one [Applause] Ella Anderson first team GMC and third team group one Sally Kelton First Team Al GMC and second team group one and Giana Hernandez Giana was the individual GMC Champion the GMC Red Division champion she was named First Team all GMC First Team all group one and she was named the GMC Runner of the year I'm incredibly proud of this group of young women and um thank you for recognizing them tonight great job coach congratulations congratulations again we'd like to thank you and actually if you watch these guys come off the stage they probably were just coming in from in the cold a little while ago all soaking wet and we came home and came right back to uh to be here tonight so uh very dedicated group of young ladies so we will thank you tonight for having us here it's a great honor it's it's good to be here because that means we won a lot so we hope to be back in the in the uh winter season and in the spring so thank you very much thank you so much for coming tonight all of our athletes tremendous tremendous achievements and um you know when you say this is an extraordinary um girls cross country team you're really Sayang something because of our our deep history and culture of having wonderful track teams in general all our sports teams but specifically the women's cross country team uh has a tremendous history and and you've done nothing but Amplified and augmented it just a wonderful season so thank you all and thank you for letting us honor You by coming tonight thank you very much yeah we're we're going to take just a couple minute break to let everyone who'd like to leave um go ahead and leave we have a very excited program coming up but um whoever like to go uh we'll give you a few minutes to do that thank you I will fine you have a you have another thank you woohoo thank you so um we'll uh pick the meeting up again again now for those of you at home you get to watch us but you didn't see the Exodus uh the auditorium was pretty much filled and now it is pretty much well not quite empty but uh as close to empty as uh as can be without being empty so um it's a huge crowd we certainly uh appreciated everyone coming and letting us honor them some really extraordinary achievements um in the uh in the fall and and uh very pleased that they could come okay uh the meeting is now open to the public for any topic seeing none we will move that we have a presentation Dr Caputo yeah very brief presentation um as required for every District a six-month update on the safe return to school Road forward as you remember um the state required districts as part of the return after the spring shutdown in 2020 to up update their Community um with any changes to the plan and of course in 2020 and in 2021 and 22 we had lots of updates as we progressed from the initial start of the pandemic through the worst of it and sort of out of it um the update for for December is no there's no changes from the June update we continue to monitor cases our nurses are aware of absent reasons we still have um um masks available to students or staff if they need it we have uh hand sanitizer um and certainly we s you know we suggest you talk to your doctor or visit rid or boits and and get your vaccines um and we continue to monitor uh any any unusual cases whether they respiratory cases or other to keep our students and staff safe so that's the update the safe return plan as always can be found on the website Miss alvich thank you for posting that um and we'll do it again in six months thank to Dr kuto any questions from the board Dr Caputo on on that I just mentioned Dr kuto when I saw it on the agenda I said how long have we been returning we have is this uh is this requirement in the in the I guess it's not a law it would be a like an action whatever an action is there a timeline on this or you know in 2060 you'll still be here giving the uh the back to back you know returning uh anyway thank you thank you for the uh update um next item is the president's report um this evening I I think it's appropriate since it's the December and our last meeting of the year to talk a little bit about uh both Looking Backward at at some uh wonderful work and achievement and also looking forward at the uh at the year to come and the years to come in the future and um we we have one uh board member who will be uh leaving the board at the end of the year and um just wanted to talk a second about Michelle cook Michelle this is the end of your sixth year on the board you finished your six-year sentence you know been been released on good behavior um Michelle amongst other things has been the chair of policy for the last number of years which uh anybody who's been on that committee or maybe even just see sees from the back it sounds very anod but it touches on really what the board does uh the board is a policy setting body uh we don't administer the schools we don't you know we we we don't you know write curriculum we don't interview you know staff what we do is we we are in charge of policy and that policy then gets interpreted by the administration through regulation and and how they actually administer the schools so the chair of policy you know I think people think about it as being dry but it's really this the heart and center of all board action and really um all all board power if you will what what can we do public always wonders you know what does the board do you know you guys say you can't do this you can't do that you can't do this you can't do that what do you do well setting policy is one of the key components of what the board actually does and U amongst other things Michelle has also on been on um construction and um I'm sure you know I don't remember all the Committees you've been on but those really stand out obviously we're in the middle midst of construction she's been a leading voice in the referendum process and on the construction committee and and with her policy work work and just her General um hard work um if I might say good demeanor um always makes a you know board meetings can be especially enclosed when we deal with some some contentious issues the uh the the good nature and Good Will of those involved is always very important and uh no one brought more Goodwill and more good intentions than Michelle and I want to congratulate you on your six years and I want to present you with a a present from the from the School District [Music] [Applause] so good job getting a little a little kid scooch down so nicely but inside is a box with the gift if you'd like to very carefully and show stop thank you thank you guys so Michelle as you as you're opening your your gift for us if if I might Mr liin just certainly the superintendent doesn't evaluate um the bo the board members in fact it's the opposite you evaluate me but if I were to evaluate your your time on the board I just the your growth has just been incredible uh to being a leader to being a new board member who wants to serve and that's Noble in itself uh and obviously getting elected twice but then becoming a leader a voice on the board I just want to say personally thank you and your growth is like a case study that school board should do just an incredible rise for you and a really successful run on the board thank you so much thank you thank you Michelle there it is there it is there's blue Apple so I started to write a longer speech and then I shortened it because we kept going on and on um and if you don't know anything over six years I'm not one for long speeches or unnecessary AR speaking but I did just want to say um you know it's been an honor working with all of you I've known board members in other states and other towns and it's been a pleasure to work with people who always have our kids in their interest whether we agree on the decision or not and we've seen some interesting things in my six years I came on thinking O Okay construction and then covid and all of its fun and then finally construction so it has definitely be an adventure I jumped into education head first in 2018 running for the board and becoming a teacher so I'm looking forward to watching these meetings from my couch I'm not going to lie with that 5 a.m. alarm um but I'm also looking forward to following the progress of the district both you know the construction and all that but also as an educator and taking inspiration from all the great work that you guys do here in a touchant and keep it up well thank you Michelle we appreciate it and [Music] um and you know at the end of you know often you know Dr kaputo will announce retirement we accept retirement ments and we always say I always say good luck in your retirement not exactly retirement you got a lot of work to do but at least good luck in your retirement from the board of education at least thank you guys thank you so much and um and looking forward um Miss Cook will be replaced by Miss Nadia chetam who will be a brand new board member and we're looking forward to that starting in in January and for myself this is the end of of my presidency for those of you who don't know presidents of the board are elected by the board at itself in a year-to-year basis so although I have another year on the board my presidency ends on December 31st um it'll be the end of my sixth individual yearly term as president non-consecutive but six six years and I have to say that um I've enjoyed all my years as president all my years on the board but I truly appreciate our current the current makeup of our board at least as much if not more than the boards in the past just the Goodwill and as Miss Cook said I have absolutely no doubt in every fiber of my being that every single board member no matter what side of an issue they fall fall on only wants the best things for our children our community our parents our staff um I know other you know I've been on the board a long time and I've heard stories and talked to board members from other boards and that isn't always the case there are a lot of mixed motivations that people have um for why they might run for a board of education um but I have to say aou and now and and really for all my my is it really 14 years so 14 and a half years on the board I can honestly say that I've I've never felt that any board member had any motivation other than the best interest of the students and the community and um that's a gift that's a gift to be able to work in such an environment and feel that we're all if maybe having have different ideas of certain things but we're all trying to row in the same direction which is for the betterment of our of our children and and the community of mouin so I want to thank my fellow board members for the trust you gave me electing me president this year um and uh so many you know I get to run these meetings but the work is all being done by the other board members really uh our our committees do a tremendous amount of work our our chairs are wonderful and um you know they give the committee reports and and it sounds like well what they doing this they're doing that they're really doing a tremendous amount of work and uh that's where the work of the board is done and I want to thank them and all of all the board members for all the work they've done and I look forward to seeing what the board will do next year so thank you all and I appreciate it superintendent report just a brief report but I think an exciting one uh on a night of the Showcase of success we honoring our Champions uh I was very fortunate enough to spend this afternoon part of this afternoon down in Trenton um uh at an awards program where nine entities from across the state a school a nonprofit an activist group a student nine different entities across the state were honored for their work in um in in protecting the environment so it was the department of educ Department of uh Environmental Protection and the governor's office uh and their Awards assem uh Awards program today and mouin public schools was one of the nine honores honored for their work in the climate category so I was very fortunate to be able to attend with our supervisor of math and science Kate lemich with our Middle School um teacher and environmental Club adviser Chrissy Kremer and our high school environmental science teacher and environmental Club adviser Yoko KO and also with high school senior Rowan Brown and it was it was an honor to be recognized the Deputy Commissioner of the um of the Department of Environmental Protection uh gave us this award today it's right here and this is like the Stanley Cup this will spend you know a bit of time at each of our four schools because we were honored for our work across the district whether it was partnership with the uh the tree ambassadors was whether the work around the the the rain Gardens whether it's the collaboration with the burough all these areas played into our application and our honor uh to receive this honor so this this nice uh trophy here which is inscribed with 2024 climate we're touching public schools on the back and on the front New Jersey Governor's environmental Excellence award um recognizing the matachin public schools for their work around U environmental Excellence specifically in the climate category so really proud and I knew the board would be proud I wanted to bring this tonight and again this will spend some time in each of our schools um because that's really where the work takes place so thank you wonderful congratulations I was off congratulations Dr Caputo and to everyone in the district who contributed to to the award it's uh it's wonderful somewhat not surprising but was it expected or just so we had found out about 6 weeks ago cuz they they told us who would be in the picture and who was coming to the ceremony and how many and and but not to share anything until today there'll be a press release that comes out from the governor's office or the department of environment protection and we'll certainly plaster that right before the meeting I did post a photo of myself Miss lemich Miss KO um Miss Kremer and Rowan uh on Blue Sky and and Twitter um but there'll be a press release and we'll certainly uh advertise the heck out of that when they release just a wonderful job and I know so many people in the district have contributed to the effort the um the climate effort the green effort um there's a I believe there's a committee of of teachers there's a lot of lot of effort has gone into it and a lot of years I remember going back a long time the initial efforts in in an anti-idling and I I remember discussions years ago and certainly not the culmination but certainly an acknowledgement of all the works that's been done it's a wonderful thing so congratulations um um one other thing just backtracking um I did mention that um that my presidency ends on on on December 31st the board will reorganize on January 7th 7th Tuesday Tuesday January 7th at 8:00 um our new board member will be sworn in and for those of you interested Mr harvier will be leading the meeting so you need to tune in for that it's always the most exciting meeting of the year were we considering 7:00 for that meeting or uh we talked about it Dr Kudo had asked me in the past have we started it at 7 I didn't remember that did we though we've done both in the we've done both in the past I feel like some people couldn't make it or something at seven um more recently but I mean in the end he he asked me I think we settled on eight but if the board would prefer I mean I'm I'm open to changing it I I just we all our meetings are at eight it's not a particularly long meeting typically no it came up last uh last night a little bit in one of the committee meetings um there we might have an after meeting we might have a that is true that I think that was maybe part of well but we already did we already set the after meeting I mean did we send out the um information for that yet or not yet no no we didn't it didn't go out yet right no so we did some like initial contacts we haven't announced that meeting is it the is it the pleasure of the board to start that meeting at 7: no is that I won't be here well that's that's at all you can't make seven won't be here at all okay so we don't need to worry about you now but I'm I'm usually the proponent for 8:00 right and that might have been why we did the eight in the past but he said last night that he wasn't going to be is there anybody else who I mean would we prefer seven I have I have no issue is seven better for everyone okay so we will set that meeting at 7 and the the um new president and officers can decide maybe to go forward with 7 and Eric will just be late but anyway we so so that so I guess that's the determination of board we we will have a 7:00 meeting on January 7th 7 on 7 at 7 7:00 on the 7th yes and uh at that point we will reorganize the board have our election of of new leadership and of course swearing in our new board member and uh there'll be a lot of approvals of various uh service providers and and other things so okay I just wanted to make that known that that reorganization meeting will be 7:00 on the 7th of January okay uh we will move to committee reports um M cook policy so we have technically not met um since the last board meeting but we are meeting next week with our big calendar discussion so I just wanted to let everyone know that um and just let everyone know you know our goal is always to get it to the full board by the second meeting in January we're still on that track um it will be my last hour of board work next week to try to get a a calendar to everybody um and I just wanted to I know I've been asked a lot of questions about will it be late we'll be on time so I just wanted to put it out there that at this time it is our goal to begin at what we call the quote unquote normal time right after Labor Day that is always subject to change but at this point in time the assumption is that we should be beginning directly after Labor Day and we'll keep everybody posted as construction continues wonderful thank you Miss Cook Mr der your curriculum thank you curriculum hasn't met so I'll have a report for our next meeting thank you um Mr Glasper Construction Construction met last night it was uh open to the public we received an update from greyhawk our construction management company and spel our Architecture Firm uh the high school cafeteria Edition has still set in uh Place masonry has started in the gym the pier Foundation uh needed some approvals which caused a delay that work has been completed the the pier foundation work um there's been some underground work taking place as well steel should arrive in the next couple of weeks uh HVAC is set to arrive in January and they'll start a couple rooms at a time putting putting in that new equipment Campbell cafeteria Edition is very far along uh the flooring ceilings those things are in uh inside HVAC Renovations should also be happening a couple of rooms at a time soon Edgar uh the addition is continuing well the brick veneer is going in a coming in a couple of weeks uh the roof of the new portion is on rough electricals going in uh most unit ventilators were have been put in um the heating works in those the air will come on when the switch gear is installed um at Moss the steel is uh pretty much complete there the concrete floor decks are installed masonry has started um the underground water retention system is in retaining wall is complete on the Vorhees and most of the hunt side and the Bounty side is coming next and uh much of the HVAC is um in in the existing spaces I think um we also had some comments from the public related to playground and field at Campbell uh questions about grade realignment busing and the lighting at moss in our closed session we discussed um some potential change orders that we're waiting for the numbers on um that relate to Windows and bathrooms primarily and we discussed one of our contractors um the construction company and the progress that they were making so uh just two more things or one more thing to piggy back off of what um Michelle said so we hope to have that calendar sometime later in January decision about F day kindergarten made in February and um busing decisions hopefully made around uh March in terms of what we would be doing there great align realignment Could Happen later on uh depending upon the progress we'll just continue to update you as frequently as we can both on our website mouin schools.org uh as well as at these meetings thank you thank you Mr glassberg um Dr Johnson Marcus I was so enraptured by the construction committee update that I lost my thought he's Hypno even though I actually attended he's hypnotizing indeed I was like oh my gosh so much progress that's amazing all right apologies folks um I just have one quick update today is actually human rights day uh so the human relations Commission of mouin would like to remind folks that it is human rights day it commemorates the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking Global pledges the universal Declaration of Human Rights this Landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being regardless of race color religion sex language political or other opinion National or social origin Property birth or other status and this year's theme happens to be our rights our future right now so just wanted to give folks a chance to think about the universal Declaration of Human Rights and maybe go look it up and learn a little bit more about it as well that's all for me today well thank you all right um Miss cleen uh extracurricular yeah extracurricular met last night was a quick meeting but we have a couple of approvals on the agenda tonight for everyone to uh take a look at we've got some volunteer coaches that we're approving a volunteer Club advisor there was a change in the adviser for the English Honors soci that we talked about and then two additional event staff uh that we're approving tonight so um important approvals but just wanted to bring that to everybody's attention that's what we discussed and that was the that was the whole meeting okay thank you uh Dr spner Equity Equity committee has not met since the last board meeting but we depending on agenda items we'll be meeting next Tuesday December 17th okay wonderful thank you uh Mr sus Finance yes Finance met last night after construction uh we talked about busing um if we have uh we talked about busing the various different scenarios so if we do not do grade realignment and full dayk only um nothing will change for the busing we'll still have busing at Campbell and Edgar but not from Moss if we do a complete reorganization it is highly likely we'll do busing K through 8 um we talked about um some other issues with busting Magnet School busing um some issues with payments for busing um we talked about um a couple of other uh circumstances which are causing Transportation cost to go up we talked about the lighting project at uh MHS um actually one of the budget transfers I had a question on Mr Harvey so kindly answered uh is for money for for those of that read the budget transfers one of them is for money for the lights plus some other work that's being done here including the uh high hats that you see in the back among other things um we talked about uh bid specs for furniture this is part of the referendum so it's it's you know the money is accounted for but um we are sending out the specs for furniture for the new spaces um uh for the board we did get uh our Auditors did send us a letter um audit coming soon and of course we'll get to hear from the Auditors uh read the audit um Etc uh that's pretty much it thank you Mr Su um Miss sha do you have a report we missed you at the last meeting I I know I was really sad that I couldn't attend but I'm here today so just wanted to say um good evening everyone we just get started into talking about the elementary school the holiday bazer is happening and it's bringing joy to students and staff alike there's excitement about the possibility of the fifth grade joining the school my cousin was talking about how she's really excited about that and um at the middle school students showed incredible generosity during the Adopt a Family fundraiser raising over $3,000 I think that's absolutely amazing and after school orchestra and B members are teaming up to go caroling next week spreading holiday cheer throughout the community sounds really fun finally at the high school students are busy with preparations for teams like the mob trial or consumer Bowl competitions and recently there's been the special event schedule and we've actually been liking it um just to let you guys know and to top it off The Snowball Dance was a great success I talked to a couple of people across grades that went and we all had a lot of fun so and just just to wrap it up it's clear that holiday spirit is Alive and Well across our schools and with the temperature suddenly turning cold like out of nowhere it's perfect time to enjoy the warmth and joy of these Traditions thank you so much thank you so much for your report go ahead M do you have any college updates for us um not yet not yet all you'll keep us informed I will keep you guys posted well thank you thank you for your report go ahead what no pressure do you can tell us if you want I will thank you are there any questions or comments on any of the reports from the board seeing none we will move on uh is there any old business from the board is there any new business from the board i' if not I'd like to move the approval of the following minutes of the Board of Education November 12 2024 special business meeting 1 November 2024 special business meeting 2 November 12 2024 board meeting November 26 2024 special business meeting 1 November 26 2024 special business meeting 2 November 26 2024 board meeting is there a second Dr Johnson Marcus are there any comments or questions on those minutes I have a question um I saw some something about why we we why we're actually voting again did we not have the appropriate Quorum the last time yeah last time we had four people vote to approve the minutes right but four extensions so there was no majority 40 and four you need an absolute majority of the board to approve minutes we weren't exactly sure it again just to be sure all right I appreciate it so do we vote abstain for the one that we not add yeah there's but the same people are probably going to have to abstain well there'll be there's someone here that wasn't oh that's true that's true and we're not sure about that but if it happens again we'll check with our attorney okay and just to reminder for the board uh in terms you know this just because you weren't a me doesn't necessarily mean you have tostain you may choose to abstain but you don't have to abstain if you've read the minutes if you've you know answer questions but I'm not just to amplify just to amplify what what Dr P said I was taught in N njsba training that if you have familiarized yourself with the meeting which usually would would mean watching the the tape watching the uh the recording we record every board meet every board meeting is recorded and is on the uh District website so um board members can review it review the information and then if they feel comfortable that they've that they've learned everything that went on they can they can vote on the minutes whether or not they were here so and before we if we do have that same four votes to approve that November 12th we'll just confer with our attorney we figured not to spend money on the attorney we would put on again and see what happens tonight with the with the full compliment of board members makes sense so we're excited to see what happens tonight any other uh we have a a motion in a second second are there any other comments or questions on the minutes or Corrections sing n wo Please Mr bot yes Miss Cook yes Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg I uh yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes Mr SAS I'll abstain on November 12th all three and yes on the 26th all right thank you very much thank you and that motion carries wonderful I didn't watch I didn't watch the video no in 3x we took the suspense out of it it was good stuff there thank you Mr um at this point I like to open the meeting to the public for any topic seeing none we'll close that section and move to the recommendation of the superintendent of schools often times it may appear to members of our audience that the Board of Education takes action with very little comment and in many cases anous vote before matter is placed on the agenda at a public meeting the Administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the superintendent of schools if the superintendent is satisfied that the matter is ready to be presented to the Board of Education it is then referred to the appropriate board committee the members of the board committee work with the administration and the superintendent to assure that the members fully understand the matter when the committee is satisfied with the matter it is presented to the board of education for discussion before any final action is taken only then is placed on the agenda for Action at a public meeting I'd like to move the Personnel items A1 through 14 is there a second Miss Cook um are there any comments or questions on those items seeing none wel call please Mr bot yes Miss Cook yes Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton uh I abstain on eight but yes on the rest thank you very much Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you uh next are the finance items Mr sus I'd like to move items B1 through B7 is listed on the agenda thank you is there a second Dr spner are there any comments or questions on those items Mr sus just one just one comment B7 is actually some change orders um not different from what Mr glasberg was talking about that we're waiting for some uh prices on some other things but these are actually some change orders thank you other comments or questions on these items seeing none wo Please Mr bot yes Miss Cook yes Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss cleen yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes Mr SS yes motion carries thank you Miss Cook policy yes I'd like to move item C1 as listed on the agenda thank you is there a second you see if we don't second your motion I don't think we can end the meeting and then you'll be stuck on the board forever it's like a Twilight Zone episode nice job nice job Chris Chris messed up the joke but that's okay I the I was the one that called the idea cute brain part sorry now miss cook you probably think that was my idea but I have to say it was Mr glasberg from the beginning I wish I had thought about it but it was Mr glas so the policy item was seconded by Mr derflinger nice job Mr derflinger getting L any comments or questions on that item seeing NW call please Mr bot yes Miss Cook yes Mr drifer yes Mr glassberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you Mr derflinger curriculum thank you I'd like to make a motion to move items D1 through 4 is listed on the agenda Revenge folks thank you is there a second Dr Johnson Marcus I'm going to take back all the nice things about I what I said about all of you okay uh there any we have a motion in a second or any comments or questions on those items seeing none roll call please Mr bot yes Miss Cook yes Mr derflinger yes Mr glasberg yes Dr Johnson Marcus yes Miss Colleen yes Mr lifton yes Dr spner yes Mr sus yes motion carries thank you the meeting is now open to the public for any item one last time going going here he comes and he's off I really liked coming to the board of ed meeting and listening like how the town of matachin works oh great than well we appreciate you coming it's uh it's really fun like listening to what you guys talk about are you 18 you know could run right I'm 19 we have it next year we appreciate an audience too actually yeah thank you for taking your time to come out to uh to listen to us we appreciate it thank you for coming thank you for your kind words thank you thank you okay um seeing no more comment we'll close that section and we will move to announcements Mr bot sure uh I'd like to First say uh congratulations to to All The Talented students I think perhaps uh I really want to call out the the boys cross country team because to be able to run in that sustained way with that gen Z hairstyle I think is is a true talent I think is a true Talent um I want to say look holiday bizarre 12:11 to 12:13 uh Thursday is the evening hours so 5 to 7:30 uh 12:11 tomorrow you heard we've got the band and jazz concert 12:14 8 acts 12177 uh Campbell book swap 1219 Moss book swap 1220 Campbell holiday parties uh and then uh schools are closed from 12:23 to11 uh I also want to announce I want to thank Mr lton Dr Johnson Marcus for your leadership again we'll have that sort of turnover as well I also want to thank uh Miss cook for honoring tradition uh and by that I mean the person who sits next to me is usually the first person to leave uh so I really want to say thanks for that but of all the Committees you on I appreciated the welcome in committee and uh thank you that's all thank you Mr bot before I call for a motion to adjourn I just would like to uh wish our community of mouch in a wonderful holiday season happy New Year um and um you know hopefully the weather you know we we like to everyone would like to see a white you know white Christmas as the song goes but uh hopefully the weather will be somewhat mild and we can continue to enjoy because that cold snap That Came Upon Us so quickly really knock knocked me for a loop I don't know about anybody else you know it was nice and then all of a sudden it wasn't so nice so so I just want to wish the entire Community uh wonderful holiday season happy New Year and we will see you in 2025 which is truly amazing at this point I'd like to make a motion to adjourn is there second Mr glassberg all in favor thank you and good night for