##VIDEO ID:hMx5HGFEGgI## okay good evening everyone I'd like to call the meeting to order the time is 7:01 I am going to now read our declaration in according with the state Sunshine Law adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by mailing notice of me the meeting on January 8th 2024 and January 3rd 2025 notice was provided to the Board of Education members Montgomery Township Clerk Rocky Hill burough clerk Public Library Township posting School posting PTSA officers CER news Princeton packet Trenton Times andore Legend the board reserves the right to enter into executive session during all meetings of the Board of Education this meeting is being reported for the purpose of Board review and future reference and to assist in the preparation of the minutes next at this time I will announce the results of the annual school election on nove from November 5th 2024 uh first there were three threeyear terms up for vote and the uh top three winners were uh Maria Spina with 5395 votes Patrick Todd 5269 votes and Tina Wang with 5,36 votes there was also one 2-year term up for vote and uh the winner for that seat was Mita Arland with 7 , 447 votes that being said uh we're going to now swear in the um four new board members so every the four board members you have a sheet of paper that I put in front of you if you could just come to the podium with me we're going to just read these [Music] together probably we all can't use the m I speak so we're going to read these fragmented except the only difference is you guys are going to say your name on not phone too all right you guys want to do a quick picture picture thank you so much thank you okay everyone raise your right hand repeat after me I I patri Todd do solemnly swear do confirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and Constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear truth faith and Allegiance and I will bear true faith and aliance to the same and the government established in the United States and this state to the same and to the government established in the United States state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people you could just Mo the second paragraph aloud together I Patrick Tod doly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education am not disqualified as a voter pursu to RS4 and that I will Faithfully partially and justly perform all duties that office according to the best of my ability thank you very much and congratulations all right all right thank you way just sign and leave at their seat I'll collect again Mee all right congratulations to the new board members and now that we have our full board I will take the role Miss D here Franco Herman pres Dr Wang here miss felak here M Harris here W jigan here norgan here Spina pres Mr T here thank you please rise for the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under God indivis liberty and justice for all okay at this time the board will go into executive session um the board will be discussing materials that constitute uh unwarranted Invasion and individual privacy which is item number three do I have a motion second all in favor opposed extension okay the time now is 7:07 okay the time is 7:25 and I can I have a motion to reconvene in Open session so second second all in favor I oppos extensions okay motion carries at this time we are now going to open the floor for nominations for president of the Montgomery Township School Board um at when I open the floor I'll go to ask for nomination I'm going to ask if there's other nominations and then I will close the floor and we will have a discussion and then I will let the public and remind the board know what our process is so at that time the at this time the floor is open and uh can I have the first nomination for the position of board president [Music] I'd like to nominate Patrick DOD for president okay noted thank you so Mr Todd is the first nomination are there any other nominations okay if there are no further nominations I am going to close the floor for nominations for the position of board president and I will open the floor for discussion is there any discussion okay if there is no discussion I am just going to quickly review what our procedure and policy is uh for nomination process uh the first candidate with the majority vote of the board members present will be elected to the position of board president um there is one nomination that is Mr Todd and I going to now take a roll call vote uh for Mr Todd for the position of board president m d yes M Franco Herman yes Dr wayang yes filac yes M Harris yes Jernigan yes organ yes Spina yes Mr top yes thank you congratulations to Mr top and this time I'm now going to pass the meeting to Mr Todd and then he will continue on the agenda for the nomination of Vice President congratulations I didn't have it'll do as we do here and you have the honor of signning all that before you thank you app uh first of all I'd like to thank my fellow board members for entrusting me to lead this wonderful board for another year um we have some amazing things to do um but no matter what we all have to remember that we are here to serve these children that is our number one goal to make sure these children are well educated and their mental and physical health is well taken care of so again thank you all appreciate it all right first order of business for will now be open for the office of Vice President any nominations for the office of Vice President I would like to nominate Joan okay it's noted that miss filac is the first nomination any other nominations I would like to nominate Maria Spa noted thank you any have nominations for the office of Vice President Montgomery Township School Board heing none nominations for the office of vice president is now closed roll call please Mr Italian okay just to uh for the record the roll call is going to be for the first nomination for the position of Vice President which is Miss felak Miss ding no Franco Herman no Dr Wang can I observe because I don't know her abstain yeah noted felak uh yes is Harris no le Jernigan yes nargan yes Spina no Mr top no motion does not count so now we are going to move on to the second nomination which is Miss Spina for the position of Vice President I'll take the role Miss D yes M Franco Herman yes Dr Wang yes M filac no M Harris yes Fela jiger no m n no SMA yes Mr T yes congratulations m [Applause] congratulations marel thank you we'll now entertain a motion to approve the following administrative items items number eight [Music] through 21 through 21 motion second second it's been properly moved and second to approve the administrative items 8 through 21 any discussions on any other items roll call please Mr Italiano St yes Frank Herman yes Dr Wang yes M filac yes Harris yes Lea Jernigan yes norgan yes Spina yes Mr yes thank you motions Carri thank you uh we're just going to take a break in our agenda if um for the folks that don't have the agendas in front of them one of the items on the agenda is the New Jersey school board's code of ethics for school board members and annually the school board members need to sign a declaration that they will adhere to the code of ethics and for a date to be uh named later in the future in the year the school board members will receive a training from the New Jersey school board's field rep for the um ethics training at this time board members in front of you you'll have two pieces of paper paper clip one of them is acknowledgement that I'll need you to sign please and you can just leave that at your spot at the table and I will collect that at the end of the meeting and the coda ethics is your copy to keep um does anybody have any questions okay thank you very much uh Mr Todd I going to pass that to you thank you um just in reference to administrative item 21 appointments to the various Awards I will not read them all out they're on your agenda Maria and I will be meeting over the next couple of days um we will send out a Google sheet um a Google sheet like we did last year to um allow each board member to um rank which items um in in order of importance to them which committees they want to uh either chair or serve on um we're going to ask you to get that back to us as quickly as possible so we can get the all the information back to Mr T tallano by Monday any questions on the appointments all right hearing nine we'll now move to public comments members of the public are allowed at one opportunity to address the board regarding the action agenda or any other business for up to a maximum of 3 minutes during this period of the meeting all comments must be directed to the board before you make your comment please state your name and address and write both in a notebook provided being mindful of privacy rights regarding students board employees and board members and to avoid any potential liability on the part of the speaker the board discourages defamatory and discourteous remarks the public comment portions of the meeting are not structured as question and answer sessions the board may need to refer issues to the superintendent if issue has not been handled through the appropriate chain of command usually starting at the school level responses may may be provided at the end of the session public comment section is now open no notebook laptop do it afterwards or if you could just sign in over on the laptop that would very fancy hi good evening my name is Vince Baran uh from scum New Jersey and I have the honor to serve as the deputy mayor of Montgomery Township on behalf of of Mayor ni Singh and the entire Township committee I'd like to congratulate Patrick Todd and marp under reelection Ting Wang and V Naran under on their first election and most important I want to thank all of you for for serving uh the students of Montgomery Township uh and and Rocky Hill my daughters and at OES and so means a lot to me so thank you um you know we look forward to continuing you know our successful collaboration between the township B and the school board uh to meet all needs of Montgomery's residence I'm also a US Army veteran and and a member of the Montgomery Veterans Memorial committee we've established a great relationship with the Montgomery school system especially in support of our annual Veterans Day ceremony and I'd like to highlight that you know we work very great well with uh our superintendent Mary mclin and our principal Lisa Romano who has been you know outstanding Partners um in our annual Veterans Day ceremony one of our committies goals this year is to earn the New Jersey Governor's we value veterans community award monom already has an outstanding Heritage of honoring our veterans this award provides an additional Avenue to honor new jerseyans who have answered the call to Arms in the defensive American values look forward to partnering with the mine school system and a board towards achieving honor for our Township and for our veterans thank you thank you [Music] hello I am a b me resident and I would like to address a statement that Miss dings made last month um to summarize um she addressed the board uh that there is some buing and harassment and defamation in the community and uh she would like that the board um addresses it with the board lawyer and suspend it and eradicate so I would like to know how the board will decide uh what is bullying and what is harassment and I also would like to remind you that uh First Amendment stands and you do not suede it and um just to cite a case law from 1964 New York Times versus solman the judges wrote this nation is sorry is sponded on profound National commitment to the principles the debate on public issues shall be uninhibited robust and wide open it may include vement costic and sometimes unpleasant sharp attacks on government public and officials that means and we also addressed that we hold students to certain codes of Ethics yes but we are not students we are public and this is a public meeting and you are a public official and if you don't like comments from public how they are addressed or otherwise I suggest that you leave your seat and if this is personal matter why you bringing it up to the board thank you any other comments from the public comment from the public are none public coming session is closed anything to address superintendent how you working with you to achieve that honor thank you any comments from board members know all right now now entertain a motion to adopt the one action agenda item there are no public comments uh section on this item retains to Hib have a motion to accept this 1.1 I move second it's been properly moving second you would adopt 1.1 roll call please M ding yes M Franco Herman yes Dr Wang yes Miss filac yes Miss Harris Yesa Jernigan yes norgan yes minina yes Mr to yes thank you motions car thank you before we adjourn again I'd like to thank the board members for uh reelecting myself and Maria as president and board President we look forward to working with each and every one of you uh continue to engage the public continue to engage um this amazing Administration and superintendent we have looking forward to working with you all again this time I entertain a motion to adjourn move second it's been proper moving second it all those in favor State I I thank you thank you all for coming out have a good evening everyone than you too thank you everyone