##VIDEO ID:Zhmpai1WK14## is this closer good evening everyone I'd like to call this meeting to order this is the north Bruning Township Board of Education regular public meeting today is Wednesday December 18th could we please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice problem Mr Ali Mr Brockman Mr Carter here miss James here miss Keith here Mr Lori Dr Patel here miss toad here and Mr W here we have a quum thank you the 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 interests is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the open public meetings law the public notice of this meeting which included the time date and location was distributed by 300 p.m. on Monday January 29th 2024 and Tuesday March 19 2024 in the following manner posted on the bulletin board reserve for announcements in the board office 25 lennwood place North Brunswick mailed to the home News Tribune Star ludger nj.com and the clerk of the township of North Brunswick and delivered to the nine du elected board members good evening everyone it's great to see a full house for our last meeting of the year um it's uh definitely been a long year but it's been a great year for this District as as well as this board and um we are here tonight to have a great presentation to celebrate um some successes that are happening in our high school and so while you're all here I'd want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season a very happy New Year and we all look forward to being back here um in 2025 so I will turn it over this time to superintendent choka thank you Madame President I'm very excited to invite our athletic director Mr Morel up to the podium to begin presenting our fall athletic honors and just so you know apparently it is a wired mic tonight so nobody has to turn it on or off good news evening and welcome like to welcome the athletes parents uh thank you for coming outside to celebrate some of the successes of our fall High School sports athletes thanks to the Board of Education um Mr Roa for all their help this season and all the support that they continue to give throughout the course of the school year so this year we saw some success we had 20 all division high school athletes for The Fall season we had one all count athlete and our cross country team boys and girls both won their divisions and were also awarded with a sportsmanship award so we've seen some good um some good successes this year first up I'd like to introduce our girl soccer coach coach Megan Carol hi everybody I'm Megan Carol I'm the head soccer coach at the high school so I have two girls we are recognizing tonight Jillian fer and no Hernandez so Jill is a senior she's Beyond deserving of all white division this season she's made an impression on many of the GMC coaches who have recognized her for her consistency in our defense um I considered her to be our defensive stronghold uh coaches made many comments um numerous occasions throughout our season regarding her game gamemanship and her Talent she kept our defense in line and got us organized even against our strongest opponents her lead leadership in the back made her a true asset to our defense and to our team as a whole she was also able to use her leadership abilities as one of our captains this year as a player Jill is composed and a quick decision maker which makes her a difficult player to go against she's very deserving of allh division due to her continuous commitment to her own development and her commitment to our team and their success Noemi Hernandez is one of our most versatile players she's played all over the the fields at a multitude of positions on the offense and the defense defensive end literally every position um her dedication to her personal development as a player is unmatched furthermore her Talent has been seen by various coaches in the GMC as well she is a key player that makes a difference no matter where she plays in the field she's also a leader and ser will serve as a captain our next season um moreover Noemi plays with all of her heart she gives it her all and leaves everything on the field this this tenacity in a player is not something you can teach it's something you just innately have and when she's on the field she puts her excuse me when she's on the field she continues to I wrote that wrong so back space I look forward to seeing her to continue to develop as a player and young woman she's a junior so lucky for me I get her again next year and unlucky for me Jill will be graduating in the spring so we lose some but we still have no next year which is a good thing so congratulations [Applause] [Music] [Music] coach Carol will also be presenting for Coach Mike roal the boys coach so she'll here present for him as [Music] well so there are two boys that coach roal um wanted me to speak about um Hayden McCarthy Hayden McCarthy's High School soccer career is a testament to his dedication and skill as a four-year Varsity player he showcased his talent on the field in one of the most competitive conferences in the state over the course of his career Hayden recorded an impressive 13 goals and seven assists numbers that reflect his ability not only to score but also to create opportunities for his teammates his strategic understanding of the game and Relentless work ethic allowed him to consistently perform at a high level earning him respect from coaches and players outside of the north W program we will miss aen in program next year a tremendous talent that is nearly impossible to replace and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors the next is Ivan panita has showcased remarkable talent in his second new a soccer player netting an impressive five goals throughout the season his ability to read the game and exceptional technical skills have made him a stand out a standout player on the field Beyond his goal scoring PR prowess P's potential shines through in his strategic understanding of the game he possesses the rare ability to create opportunities making him a valuable asset to his team as he continues to develop and gain experience there is no doubt that he will refine his skills and Elevate his game even further P's passion for soccer coupled with his natural Talent points to a promising future with continued hard work and determination he has poised to become a formidable force in the sport for his remaining years at mvts [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] congrats presenting for Poli cross country R cross country is going to be coach Grimes who will be um standing in for coach Mark mlan who was unable to be here with us coach R is no stranger to be here thanks for joining us and fall as well good evening M his daughter is an infant she had shots today and his wife gave he got theer Duty so all um cross country go ahead up for last week so this is Race season it's been about five or six prob six years since the boys cross country team has won the division and this is actually the first division title for the girls in school history so it's a great season this year um we have here all right well let's talk about Yash yashi actually is in Lyn for the girls team she's actually the strongest um she's one of the top girls in the entire Division and pretty cl to being one of the top girls in the entire County Billy as well is one of the top guys in division and he keeps up to be one of the top guys in the county this young man right here the senior is Blake he's actually more of a little distance guy he stepped up for the team this year to help the cross country team get over the hump and he's currently being recruited by several schools for track division one school so we're going to be sad losing him but you know we still got two more seats to go with that that's and that's coach on the end he comes up with the as to be here tonight is the same height as him up so he com up with Works he's all my class in 2013 so he puts a lot of personal Pride into put this together my job is just to make sure the T that's a fly away during the Beast and lastly we have our uh the sportsmanship award I'd like to point out Mr world it's a conspiracy the track coaches going so they gave it to cross country de I think they like this might be the last time if you still there that's that's actually why came to St I might not actually get this for not CU of me they just I don't know what that is that's the cross country Seas [Applause] s there's another young lady that also made up old division that's her mom gab Warz she unfortunately is sick so she couldn't be here but she actually one of our primary school and she's only sophomore so we're quite excited CU we got two more years in her for three seasons so we're very excited next up we have coach cpop for our football team football players should come up I want to thank uh superintendent M to and all the board members um they at my football dinner two weeks ago and they're probably like oh my God I listen this guy talk sh over to him um these players um starting with my juniors uh Zach cot and Brian Gomez um lucky to have them back for another year um these guys not only um being very active in the community in a lot of the community servicing that we do um gaining all conference we playing a big Central football conference also getting all County honors for all middle sex but um we returned both These Guys these guys are the heart and soul of our team next year our leaders on our team the middle of our defense and um I'm really proud how Zach and Brian uh played this year uh so that is Zach saot and Brian [Music] Gomez and for seniors uh again awesome job getting uh honors for the big Central conference also uh All County honors um not no particular order uh ABD Caro who was also our Defensive Player of the Year this year with the way he performed on the field um n Houston was our special teams Player of the Year this year uh some exciting plays that he made a lot of return touchdowns and whatnot a duel I want not say anything about him but just played football the right way he played the r way he was tough like team tfls in sacks it's a pleasure to watch him play I don't want to see him leave but he is um Mr jir D now Mr jir dud is also continuing with his career at pen University next fall committed and is also a recipient of the build deny football award that Ruckers gives out to schar athletes and which I was at a meeting on Monday at Ruckers might be up for one of the super 100 football players in the state of New Jersey uh also Tom coroma which was also not only2 years from which was four I talk to Mom and Dad but uh one of our starting point guards on basketball for four years also um but Tommy for the two years of this year probably one of the most um special productive and exciting seasons in one year for a raer football player was absolutely outstanding playing receiver running back and quarterback kicker punter kind of did it all for us uh he's also our offensive player of the year on top of all four of these um all four one two I 1 two three four five uh the last month have been very uh um highly uh the colleges have been coming in looking at these guys uh for the last month so very exciting time for them uh looking and seeing where they're going to go for the future so I respect that I love all these guys and congrats and good luck in the future [Music] right next up we will have our Coach Frank Williams who will be speaking for coach Brian who was unable to be here as well girls volleyball evening um my name is hes and I'm the girls volleball assistant coach uh coach Brian Muller head coach Brian Muller send his regards for not being able to attend tonight um but he did leave me with some remarks to say about our two allwhite division winners uh for the fall uh and so I'd like to you know give them both an introduction um first uh we have Anna calus who is uh not with us tonight but I still want to acknowledge uh Anna is a senior this year at the high school Anna has been a part of our program for 4 years as well as being with the varsity team for 3 years Anna has been named uh captain for the past 2 years and starting for the last two years as well I has been a great role model through our younger programs both during the regular season as as well as our offseason I would also like to acknowledge that an was selected to this year's North pars Township High School's representative for the N Sia sponsored National Association of girls and women in sports day congratulations Anna on your accomplishments and earning all white [Music] division next we have Jordan teria uh Jordan is a senior this year at the high school uh Jordan has been a part of the program four years as well as being on the varsity team for 4 years uh she's been a threee starter for us uh the biggest thing I have to say about Jordan is that she works very hard in the offseason lifting playing for an outside club team and attending a ton of camps and Clinics all of her hard work paid off to earn this honor congratulations Jordan on earning all white division [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] and we conclude with coach Mark Fitzpatrick for our girls tennis team [Music] [Applause] [Music] um it's been a tough couple years for our team uh we were up in the Red Division for the last two years and for the last two years we had no wins this year uh one of our brightest spot she um she was 12-3 this season and with only one b in the wake of it she L uh she PA played second singles for one match and also played us first singles I'm sorry second singles for us in GMC uh rash uh is a freshman came to our team and transitioned seemlessly she felt she walked right in working with the seniors and everyone else on the rest of our team and and uh we're really looking forward to having her for another 3 years as a a really bright light we won four of our last five matches this season and we're looking for Risha to lead the way for the next few years [Music] [Music] thank you to see you winter and spring season as well thank you and a final congratulations to all of you being a a an athlete as well as being a student is is a very important part of uh the high school life and we're very proud of you guys for balancing those two things and being a scholar athlete and also being an outstanding athlete so thank you parents for supporting them and thank you for coming out tonight anybody else thank you all congratulations again ready all right we will continue with uh the rest of our regular meeting uh Dr Patel would you please take item number six yeah I'd like to make a motion to approve the board board minutes regular public meeting minutes on November 20th 2024 executive meeting minutes on November 20th 2024 and the board retreat meeting minutes on November 18 2024 second all in favor I anyone opposed all the minutes are accepted thank you uh do we have any Communications this evening we do actually um I received a letter from the North Brunswick food bank to everyone at the North Brunswick Township Board of Education please accept my deep appreciation for your extremely generous donation to the food bank which was collected at your recent jees day since 1996 we have provided hope helping other people eat for thousands of North Brunswick residents there have been challenges Through The Years A Public Health crisis a natural disaster that destroyed our food refrigerators and freezers and required us to locate to our current location and times when shelves were practically empty but we never closed our doors thanks to your support we are able to provide food to our neighbors in need on behalf of our food bunk volunteers I want to extend to you our heartfelt gratitude along with our wish that you have a happy and healthy holiday and New Year Kathy Aruda president North Brunswick foodb it's wonderful thank you thank you for sharing that at this time we'll move to item number eight our reports um I'm assuming we can jump right to administrator yes ma'am great all right good evening to all our families guests and viewers here tonight over the last year the board and AD Administration have been working diligently with our architect to assess and prepare a full assessment of our district facilities and their needs in order to ensure that our buildings remain safe comfortable environments for our students and staff this little notebook not too big you know nice bck binder uh entitled a comprehensive facility study and proposed recommendations a long range facility plan was the culmination of a building walkthroughs completed by each of our principles with our architect Pete campasano of USA Architects as you can see this is a very thick binder that is truly a comprehensive map of the conditions of each building it's internal and external and provides suggestions for priorities in each building with this Rob map in hand the board and I have worked diligently with our architect to identify vital infrastructure work that needs to be done in our schools additionally as a board we have also been aware of a rare opportunity to reinvest in our district this spring with a facilities referendum each year the district pays on bonds that have been financed for a myriad of past facility projects unlike a Township or local municipality a sto a school district is not permitted to finance bonds without a vote by the community called a referendum this spring some of those Bonds mature and in other words part of our mortgage will have been paid off this gives us a unique opportunity to present a referendum to the North Brunswick Township community that will provide for an investment in the much-needed infrastructure in our schools at zero cost to the taxpayer after many meetings and discussions throughout the late summer and fall the board has determined that the most needed infrastructure work for our buildings and this fall this will fall into two referendum questions the first will be for 53 million and focuses on vital HVAC heating and cooling work in all of our buildings a building envelope repairs to the brick work at both nbths and lywood to keep our buildings safe and secure and on the upgrade of bathrooms in our buildings to ensure that they are Ada or handicap compliant with federal law which they currently are not then there will be a second question for 11 million that can only pass if the first question passes this second question asks for this money to replace outdated windows and doors and locks throughout our facilities improving both Energy Efficiency and safety we submitted 23 required plans to the NJ dooe in September and received a final approval on all these plans this approval indicates that not only are these projects going to be at zero impact to the taxpayer in North Brunswick but they are also eligible for 40% facilities funding by the New Jersey Department of Education as stewards of the North Brunswick taxpayer this is very important to our board and our Administration following our general meeting the board will go into closed session to review the proposed motion one last time and we will come back to take a vote on it presuming this passes this evening beginning in January we will begin a full Outreach to our community parents PTO and staff to fully explain each part of the referendum and the important implications of the vote we very much look forward to engaging fully with the community to describe and show the infrastructure needs of our school district and the best way that the community can support these needs and keep our North bunsick Township Schools facilities safe and healthy for our children for years to come additionally beyond that schools will close this Friday with an early dismissal and reopen on Thursday January 2nd I want to wish all of our North Brunswick Township families staff and students a very merry Christmas happy Hanukkah happy K Quanza and happy New Year enjoy the break with your families that's it for my report this evening Madam president thank you at this time we will look to our students good evening good evening um so we have kind of a bit of a longer list tonight so on Friday November 22nd sgo in the class of 2026 hosted a dodgeball tournament eight teams participated and it was a very fun night um the final game was definitely something to watch and everybody storm the court after and it was actually hilarious um December 6th was a very busy night at nbths the class of 20126 hosted a movie night where they showed elf and the boys and girls basketball team hosted their first ever annual take flight night and so basically the girls basketball team played an inner Squad scrimmage the boys basketball team played and then there was an alumni game that was played afterward so we had a ton of people in the gym and then some people like came for one of the games and then went to the movie night and was just a lot of people at NBT chess uh the class of 2028 and 2026 both hosted successful morning fundraisers they sold chocolate chips chocolate chip cookies uh candy canes hot chocolate chips bunch of different snacks to start off the day in a good mood and then sgo Key Club and the National Honor Society all participated in the Salvation Army adopt an angel program over 45 Angels were given holiday presents with the assistance of our students and then this week or actually last week our band in chor per performed an amazing holiday show on Thursday December 12th and then this week they performed for elementary students at our school all the little kids were so excited to hear the band play and they were just so cute like leaving the school this on Friday the high school students are also eagerly anticipating the holidays in the Commons during all the lunches which is when the band sets up in the Commons and for all four lunch periods they play holiday music and everyone just has a good time with their friends this week SJ is also sponsoring holiday spirit week so there's different themed days to get everyone excited for winter break so Monday was Marry Monday so you wear colors with different holidays you could wear like blue and white for Hanukkah red and green for Christmas stuff like that Tuesday was S as helpers so people dressed up as like elves reindeers everyone got super into it Wednesday is or today was What Not to Wear Wednesday so it was ugly Christmas sweaters and it was really fun to see the the hallways were lit up and then tomorrow is tree toppers and socks so like headbands like reindeers and stuff like that and then you were like fun Christmas or really any holiday socks and then Friday is Pajama Day so the commons will be filled with like all these different sorts of colorful pajamas and it'll be so much fun and then when we return from winter break SG will be hosting our winter pep week and pep rally to honor our winter athletes and that's all thank you great it's nice to see that some of these uh time honor Traditions are still going on as some of the alumni could definitely attest to and uh Mr W thanks for participating in spirit day today we didn't get the memo but let us know next time um all right thanks ladies we will move to our committee reports um this evening we'll start with Mr Ali he has a quick update from um New Jersey school boards and the county yeah okay so um uh at our last school board meeting the County school board meeting it was on [Music] um it was Thursday December 12th at 6:45 p.m. I um fortunately didn't make it I wasn't feeling pretty well um but I reviewed some of the recording and some of the notes it was essentially um talking to us and just helping guide us through the the process of the school budget approval because it's a collaborative process between us and superintendent but uh the one thing about it um one of the underlining tones is that um it's important it's it's um it's crucial cuz without the budget you can't really run an effective district and recently with some of the uh the budgetary conflicts that we just been going on with the the state and federal government it's a it's really important that um we all work together and we know what's important from y'all in the next coming months and days and with the recent legislation that was passed a 3446 and S2 421 um the freedom to read act which prevents book bends um some of these things may be coming up in our communities and just at home so just um be be cognizant and be aware and just be on a lookout because so many things may not be impacting our school district and some of our students um yet but it's happening all around the state so just be you know keep your keep on the lookout and just be aware and just you know um get involved more if you can with your family and your your own students just to be aware that um a lot of what's going on at the state and federal level has an impact on our the way we do our budget and um it's going to be um up for discussion federally in the next few years so um just thank you thank you all right we'll move to our uh regular committees uh Dr P tell would you like to start us off with education yeah thanks uh Madame President so the education committee met on Wednesday December 11th we discuss the district Arts Festival which will be held on March 27th 2025 at the high school which will have performances and display artwork in regards to planning for the 2025 2026 school year there'll be new courses of the High School AP environmental science CP physical science um construction 2 which will replace Advanced wood course Coast Marine Science it's a renaming of of a comparative zoology course AP cyber security and Kickstart it's a new course which will allow students uh to work towards industry certifications internships cyber security gaming animation which is renaming and already uh operates under the principles of engineering course research and seminars in biological science honors we talked a little bit about the prechool partner visits that Moka and her team did last month and they went very well we also talked about the lifeline curriculum and received an update on mcken vento we had no policy readings at this meeting and that concludes my report great thank you um Miss Keith will be filling in for Mr Brockman for human resources thank you madam president the human resources Community Relations Committee met on Wednesday December 11th to discuss various Personnel topics for any of those that are on the agenda tonight who are resigning the board thanks them for their service and we wish them well there are also new staff and new substitutes on tonight's agenda welcome to the district and we look forward to having you here in North Brunswick as of the date of our committee meeting any remaining vacancies for the 24 25 school year continue to be posted on the district website social media pages and displayed in all of our buildings for teaching positions whether alternate route or traditional route candidates are encouraged to apply we discuss vacancies along with how those vacancies and leaves of absences positions will be filled there are some reassignments on tonight's agenda as well as coaching and Club advisor appointments we thank our staff for taking on these new roles Mrs ke also shared with the committee that there are several support staff that have now qualified for additional stiens by obtaining other licenses and certifications congratulations to all of you and we can appreciate your continued development and your professional growth finally we discussed the hiring of the English supervisor at the high school and that will be finalized in the coming weeks and lastly we look forward um to the district website updates um we were presenting with a video montage of students and staff that is now the main landing page that concludes your report for HR Madam president thank you yes it looks great thank you uh and finally we will move to Mr Carter who will be filling in for Mr Lori for business operations thank you Madame President uh the business operations committee met Wednesday December 11th uh we have a motion in tonight's agenda Finance Section 3 3F to approve uh the replacement of concrete Parson's Courtyard and sections of sidewalk we also received status updates uh on the audit The Lynwood Chiller um some Roofing repairs uh some additional repairs at the elementary school and districtwide repairs on the HVAC controls and water testing that's it great thank you all right at this time uh Miss Keef would you please take item nine yes Madam president I'd like to make a motion to approve the administrative student and committee reports second all in favor I anyone opposed all the reports are accepted thank you at this time we will review our agenda as stated at the beginning of the meeting and previous meetings we do receive a copy of the agenda prior to this evening's meeting so at this time we will go Page by Page um any changes are listed in bold as we know so Pages uh three and four five and six pages 7 and 8 9 and 10 11 and 12 13 and 14 15 and 16 and finishing up on page 17 at this time we'll open it up to the public to have a public session on agenda items only at this time if anyone from the public would like to come up and address the board we ask that you just state your name and you'll be given 3 minutes to speak on any agenda items seeing none can I please have a motion to close the public portion of the meeting so move second all in favor I anyone opposed this session is closed thank you um Vice President James would you please take item 13 happy to I make a motion to approve the following consent agenda items Personnel curriculum miscellaneous Finance items 1 through three and transportation second I'm sorry if it was second oh thank you Mr car all right I'm going to take roll call now Mr Ali yes Mr Carter yes Miss James yes Miss Kei yes Dr Patel yes Miss to yes and Mr W yes all the uh motions are passed and approved thank you okay at this time we'll jump all the way to page 16 and our generally short agenda to wrap up the year um um and at this time we will have a public session on any matter at this time if anyone from the public would like to come and address the board we just ask that you state your name um and you'll be given 3 minutes on uh any matter ni good evening Miss pasner good evening [Music] good evening everyone my name is Beth pner I'm the president of the North Brunswick Township Education Association good to see you all tonight um to start even though he's not here we do want to wish Mr Brockman well and thank him for his service on the North run of Township Board of Education uh the NBTA is extremely pleased that the Board of Ed has taken on the extremely challenging task of holding a referendum for the items that are desperately needed in our schools and our buildings HVAC updated bathrooms masonry Windows well not normally on the radar of our parents these are all essential um to the education of our students and the safety of both students and staff let's start with HVAC alone the need for new and updated HVAC systems are desperately needed in our schools it's hard for someone who doesn't spend their time in the classroom to understand the impact that extremely cold or hot temperatures have on the learning of our students as an example when we returned from Thanksgiving break we had classrooms in our high school that were registering at 36° um and just on a side note the reason we know was 36° because they were science classrooms and they'll have thermometers Celsius and this history teacher had to convert 4° Cel to Fahrenheit that's how I know it's 36° um teachers and students alike wore winter coats and blankets in our classrooms and classes of students needed to be moved to areas like the commons to have class which all of you have seen the commons and know that's not a conducive place to hold class likewise you can imagine the difficulty in setting up a classroom when the thermostat in your classroom reach 85° and the impact that has on students in those classrooms with all the different issues that make teaching difficult extreme temperatures should not be one of them likewise the average parent probably doesn't think about the impact of masonry or Windows in their child's school but just like how improper HVAC circulation can cause health issues wet ceiling tiles and carpets caused by leaks do the same the n ta would like the Board of Education and the north Bruner Community to know that we fully support a referendum that works to improve the conditions of our school you as Board of Ed can count on our full support and we'll work with you to the best of our ability to ensure that this referendum is approved I would like to wish you all a very happy very healthy holiday season and a happy New Year thank you than you your support means everything to us we really appreciate that um you know the next couple of months getting out to our community members and parents and staff and and PTO that you know live in this town um it's it's a big ask and we really appreciate that you are fully on board with us so we thank [Music] you anyone else at this time I'd also just like to say um you know thank you to Mr Brockman as well I know that he's not here with us this evening he had a work commitment to attend but um you know Dave has been with this board of education for uh many years a couple of terms now and um he's really done a lot for the students the staff the community of North Brunswick um bringing his expertise in his construction background I know he was um a huge part of the building of our new Middle School a couple of years ago um and so he has been a mentor to me a friend to me and I know many of uh you know others on the board as well we will definitely miss him and we wish him well with um his future endeavors and having a little bit more free time on his hands so um we we hope you get the message Dave and we'll definitely miss you anyone else all right seeing none uh can I please have a motion to close this public portion of the meeting second who was the first one I think that was M oh okay Miss James you get that one and I think over here was Mr Ali thank you all in favor I anyone opposed this session is closed thank you at this time uh we will move to go into closed SE session whereas Section 8 of the open Public's meeting act chapter 231 PL 1975 permits the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances and whereas this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances presented exist now therefore be it resolved by the north brunic Township Board of Education that the public shall be excluded from discussion of and action upon the here andafter specified subject matters the general nature of the subject matter to be discussed is as follows financial matters it is anticipated at this time that the above stated subject matter shall be made public at such time as the need for non-disclosure no longer exists this resolution shall take effect immediately can we please have a motion so moved second all in favor I anyone opposed we can go to close session thank you all have a great holiday everyone thank you 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 turn talk H all right we are back on so at this time uh can we please open the meeting again can we please have a motion to open meeting second all in favor anyone opposed we are back in session thank you um Mr W I'll turn to you for our motion thank you madam president um i' like to make a motion to approve the following resolution to provide for a special school district election to be held on March 11th 2025 for the consideration of two Bond proposals by the legally qualified voters of the school district I'm going to do a roll call on second second second second okay thank you here we go Mr Ali yes Mr Carter yes Miss James yes Miss Keith yes Dr Patel yes Miss toast yes and Mr Wen yes the motion is approved resolution is approved very good thank you and thank you all for a great year really appreciate everyone's hard work and um I know that we all spent a lot of extra hours and we all do this because we care about our community and we care about these schools whether we went here or not our kids do or not so thank you all for a really great year really appreciate everyone thank you for all your work on this this is this was a lot to get ready for and uh we appreciate all your support and your insights and helping us get to this point so thank you great thank you all at this time we will adjourn our final meeting so moved second all in favor anyone opposed we are a thank have a wonderful holiday for