e e e e let him do like half days in the summer I hate that portal I can't it I mean he good Michigan but he might be good enough to we'll see I know du too your's your [Music] good evening good evening everyone this is the north brunic Township Board of Education meeting today is Wednesday June 26 can we please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and Justice Mr Ali here Mr Brockman Mr Carter here miss James here miss Keith here Mr Lori here Dr Patel here miss to here and Mr Wen here we have a quarum 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 19th 2024 in the following manner posted on the bulletin board reserved for announcements in the board office 25 lywood place North Brunswick New Jersey 08902 mailed to the home News Tribune Star lger nj.com and the clerk of the township of North Brunswick and delivered to the nine duly elected board members good evening everyone it's great to see a full house I hope everyone is is doing well and your Summers have kicked off to a good start um we have a couple of presentations this evening so I will turn it over to Mrs choka thank you Miss to um we're very um pleased tonight to be able to honor a very special group of students um uh they are our student volunteers with Buddy ball and for those of you who may not know what buddy ball is um I'd like to invite our board member Steven W to talk about it it's a very special program to his heart all right all right everybody the north BR buddy ball program is a program that provides athletic opportunities to our students and young adults who are neurologically diverse or have physical disabilities over the past Academic Year we had three Sports Seasons fall winter and spring and each of our Seasons we've had over 40 participant registrations with an average weekly participation of 30 participants because our program aims to provide as close to a one:1 buddy to participant ratio as possible we are heavily dependent on our volunteers for each season this past Academic Year we've had over 40 middle and high school volunteers so this year we've had over, 1300 hours of volunteer service through buddy ball Alone um if we also include the hours uh through the 4 club and nbths Key Club that our volunteers have a mass over 1,400 hours today we want to take the opportunity to thank and honor our senior volunteers who collectively served over 100 hours this year in over 220 lifetime hours with Buddy ball and this lifetime is tracked since I took over in 2022 so I know some of our seniors have volunteered longer than that so there's probably a lot more hours involved there this is on top of many activities and commitments that they have uh they have had during their busy senior senior year and in fact what makes it so amazing to me is that all these seniors really don't need uh any more community service hours yet when time permitted they still chose to come out to Buddy ball and interact with our players and Mentor our younger volunteers many of these seniors were asked to be student leaders to help guide and Lead groups of players and volunteers they were also asked to model the behaviors and attitudes that make our program successful so for my seniors there as you move on to new experiences new places and new people I hope that you have learned the following lessons at buddy ball through your inter actions with our players our volunteers our parents and coaches that everyone is deserving of love care and respect family can extend beyond the walls of your home to the Open Fields of community park and as we continue to chant at the end of our sessions who are we buddy ball and what are we family know that this will always include all of you regardless of where you are so thank you from all of us at buddy ball um I think uh Mr Cher is going read or actually something and I have we have everyone come up uh that's here uh for Buddy ball I'll readiz names adtia Patel Alex sport Andrew Lori Jack fiso Logan Prof propio oh my goodness I messed it up uh Mia Morgan Natalie Miranda and panel B Jones [Music] Miss to is actually going to come up and read the resolution okay all right be it resolved by the Board of Education that the following resolution be approved whereas the Board of Education recognizes the efforts of our student Volunteers in building a better community and a better sense of One's Own well-being and whereas the Board of Education recognizes that our student volunteers have shown they truly Care and Share generosity of themselves and whereas buddy ball is a soccer and basketball sports program which pairs up players with special needs with volunteers the volunteers provide the players opportunity to learn and play soccer and basketball in a positive and meaningful way and now therefore be it resolved that this public aaim be given to Alex bort Jack rasillo penala Jones Andrew Lori Nathalie Miranda Mia Morgan Adia Patel and Logan Pro procopio we're volunteering in the north bruny Township buddy ball program be it further resolved that Alex B Court Jack rasillo pent B Jones Andrew Lori nathie Miranda Mia aidia Patel and Logan procopio shall be recognized appropriately and that a copy of this resolution be spread in the permanent minutes of this board congratulations copy of the resolution if you guys can come up and get it uh volunteers I have something for you here nope he's not here [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you so much Mr W it's an amazing program and we're proud of our students for participating and perhaps we'll get some more volunteers from uh from this publicity too for next year um I'd i' like to invite um our athletic director Mr sha Morell up to provide uh spring athletic honors okay thank you to the board of education to our superintendent Mr Roka and to of course the families um for the support for the athletes the coaches and the athletes themselves to put in all the hard work and dedication on that Sports at North BS Township High School required so thank you to everybody now today we are fortunate to recognize our spring athletes we have 10 all GMC County athletes from North bunik in the spring Alone um that's a great number so we have like to congratulate them that brings our a total for the year to 17 All County athletes at the high school uh all division this year uh in Spring we have 24 athletes receiving all division honors and our total for the season for the school year is 76 athletes have received all division [Music] honors this year we do have a State athlete um someone named to All State nj.com third team um our wonderful track athletes we coach will talk about we have a Coach of the Year this year for spring we also have an nj.com honored coach of the year for spring uh we also have a division championship team and we have a sportsmanship winner in the boys lacrosse team so U very proud of the accomplishments of all of our athletes and coaches first I'd like to call up our baseball coach Jake Rosenberg uh to speak on his [Applause] [Music] a and Coach well thank you guys for having us today um yeah like uh Sean said we are uh very honored uh to be here um we had our you know it's my first season back here at North Brunswick where I had the privilege and honor of playing and you know being a captain so this year definitely meant a lot more to me um but like coach said uh today we're here to honor jar Carreras who had an outstanding season um to top off an outstanding career um he finished with 119 career heads um which is one of the best in school history he was first team all count for the second year in a row um and you know as one of the best Short Stops in the state um he'll be headed to Ruckers University next year on a scholarship and is hoping to get drafted in the upcoming uh Major League Baseball draft um so very exciting opportunities for him coming ahead um was an excellent uh student athlete for us in and out of the classroom great example of you know how to be a North brunic leader and uh you know just a great kid um and look forward to seeing what he has uh in [Music] [Applause] store next up we will um hear from coach Danielle tamarana our girls softball coach and also recipient of the blue division coach of the year and the team was our blue division champions for the second year in a row [Music] hi everybody um thank you for coming out uh I'm going to start by calling up the players that came out because they are all Champions so I have Cadence green har Abby Mendez anybody else for the second trade season is as Mr Morel pointed out we were the division champs this year we went undefeated in our division um our ending record was 17 and S which is tied for the highest softball record in school history just a few accomplishments um we sent we sent off one senior this year she's currently at her orientation to play Division One softball at hire University we broke the hits record she broke the hits record this year with 134 I think she ended hits uh Jordan has led us in the circle for the past three years and next year we'll be standing at this board meeting and she will telling you that she broke the strikeout record for school history as well prev we have five members of the team join the Home Run Club this year we had juel we had Gabby Cadence hay and Vick pretty big accomplishment and then we also had some players that were recognized for all division so for all division this year we have I have your things but I to go room so I'll give it to you after we have we have Jordan taboka Jules Williams Gabby Melendez Kaylee shess and then Victoria fil is all Division and all GMC so big accomplishment we get to move up to a more competitive season next year we hope to give you bring news bring you good news next year and uh thank you very much [Music] we have one boys volleyball player who made all white division who's not with us today Aiden l but congratulations to Aiden for making all white next up I'll call Coach Grimes for our track team coach Grimes always has great news for us here in North Brunswick coach Grimes was named to new jersey.com GMC Coach of the Year well deserved and I'm sure he's going to have some staffs and record Breakers as well bro uh track team can you come forward real quick you guys have speed so you can move faster than now couple of quick uh season highlights um we're only graduating three seniors one girl two boys so everything I'm going to tell you is pretty much freshman and Soph boys and juniors our 4x1 100 met Relay Team broke the state section of record and ends the seas in number five in County History our shadow hurdle relay team is number two in the state number eight in the country they missed allamerican status by 0 49 at National Championship three of the legs are returned the only ones a graduate so three are returning including ones night here tonight but being actually recruited by NGIT he's out working real hard the team as for as a whole ended rank number 19 in New Jersey as determined by miles.com the first time in school history we break broke into the 25 top 25 so it's a really great [Music] seet I'll introduce the ones to he first and for Zach step forward please that broke the school record in the triple jump he went down to meet a Champions took the silver medal so he's ranked number two in the state nj.com named from All State 13 te and all group four he's currently being recruited by Mammoth University Youngstown University and Holy Cross among [Applause] others next man's also a jump specialist quiny he set to school uh freshman records in both the long jump and triple jump he's the Freshman GMC champion of both jump setting the Freshman County records triple jump as a freshman he made it all the way to me the Champions that's pretty impressive because he take also by of 18 and 19 year olds as a freshman to make into the big dance he also made it down to National Championships and he's ranked number two in the county behind his teammates so you can see how he's so [Applause] excited another freshman Michael is a very fast kid but he's a 110 hurdle uh School record holder in for freshman he also won the Freshman title for the 100 met hurdles and a couple of weeks ago he went down to Nationals and uh made freshman all americ by taking the bronze for the 100 he's not limited to freshman events cuz he's the lead leg on that record breaking 4x1 he's also the lead leg on that record breaking sh H relay team so you can see why I'm great exit [Music] this one's mine is the anchor to that shuttle hurdle relay team and he's one of only five guys in the entire state who's able to run all the hurdle events only five Five Guys in the entire State include two in our County but he's one of the only people ranked in both throughout and last but not least is Elvin he is the third leg on the 4x1 the second the lead leg on the 4x2 that also went International he's ranked in the county in both the 100 and the 200 we're going to expand his role this summer by teaching him how of the hurdle because next year the hurdle relay team is not only only chasing the national title they chasing the state record just real quick there some kids miss I just mention name Jamal W Mo he broke the school record in both the 100 and 200 this is his very first season of track and field so passes in North run history after two months so you can know he's only a sophomore too so we're very excited about him we also had uh Samad Hicks the one Sprint senior who graduated he was on all our relays it was a steady enforc of that group uh Manish vadara he battled through knee injuries all season to be the sectional pole V champ he'll graduated as the most decorated male pole wter and then the lone girl was Hannah the girls team has been struggling to come back since Co but this year they be major strides them next year there going to be a whole day is full of them next year but Hannah is the most decorated pole vter in school history she set the school record about 45 times at this point the word is she [Applause] [Applause] coach you come with some stats all right um next up boys lacrosse coach andreadis cannot be here today so I'm to read uh just briefly about each athlete receiving an award or recognition um first of all the team was the sportsmanship uh winning team which we were very proud of I think North pic second year in a row we are the overall white division jimc sportsmanship uh recipient so we won that as a GMC thank you everybody cross program uh came in second in the white Division and received a sportsmanship award they had four first team white division SEL sections uh White division first team Midfield madeni abuan Denny is here he finished the year with 20 goals 18 assists totaling 38 [Music] [Applause] [Music] points white division first team attack Logan blaska finish year with 31 goals 11 assists holding 42 points and finish his career with 167 points as a four-year Varsity player for North Brunswick so Logan if you're [Applause] [Music] here white division first team defense Matthew NAIC um Matthew uh finished the year with one goal eight assists and 114 ground balls finished his career with 191 ground balls and over 100 cause turnovers so Matthew congratulations [Music] and white division first team specialist Joe Marina he finished the year with 115 Faceoff wins 58% win percentage and ended his career with a 57% win percentage he'll be attending the University of Castleton in the fall for wrestling so he's also a wrestling standout so congratulations very [Music] [Applause] thank you guys congratulations and lastly we have our girls across team uh coach porio will come on up and speak about our [Applause] athletes thank you to the board and Mr Morel for having us tonight and congratulations to the other athletes that are being recognized um we had four girls this year make um all ride Division and all County our first girl couldn't make it tonight senior Katie Deano um Not only was she all red division she was all conference and also the GMC Defensive Player of the [Music] Year another senior and Captain penel Jones give a wave um she was also named to all red Division and All Conference she ended her career with 35 goals s assists 75 draw controls and 65 cause [Music] turnovers um we have two Juniors that are being recognized Megan Keith and naoli [Applause] [Music] cop Megan Keef was also named to the all red Division and All Conference she eded her her season with 31 goals seven assists and 31 draws and 23 cause [Music] turnovers and our last but not least at all is our goalie Naomi sapad she ended up having an amazing year she had 167 saves and she also hit her 300th save as a [Music] junior she was also named to their um all red division all conference and she was the only goalie on the All Conference team so again thank you um and congratulations to everyone [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] again thank you to everybody I just want to let you know we did have 13 student athletes going on to the next level uh this year signed to play at the collegate level proud of that five of them would be participating at the division one level so we like to see that happening here at North bronley again thank you to everybody parents student athletes really appreciate everything you've done especially our seniors take care [Music] [Applause] all right thank you and congratulations again to all of our student athletes um we will continue with our meeting this evening um moving to item number six we'll have a public hearing on policy and regulation 2361 acceptable use of computer network computer uh and resources if anyone would like to come up to the podium and speak to this specifically we ask that you come state your name sign in and you'll be given 3 minutes uh seeing none can I please have a motion to close this public hearing so moved second all in favor I I anyone opposed uh we can um close the session thank you um Mr laryy can you please take item number eight sure Madam president I'll make a motion to approve the following board minutes the conference public meeting of May 8th 2024 the executive meeting of May 8 2024 the regular public meeting of May 22nd 2024 and the executive meeting of May 22nd 2024 second all in favor I anyone opposed all the minutes are accepted thank you um do we have any Communications this evening we do not all right we'll move on to our reports um any old business or new business we do not I just have my administrative report all right great thank you so good evening to all our families guests and viewers here tonight last Thursday morning we had a wonderful graduation at North Bruns Township high schools of of North Brunswick's Township High School's 50th graduating class at the r Ruckers Jersey Mike's arena in Piscataway honoring 484 graduates congratulations to our V valedictorian Salone aiker who is attending the Georgia Institute of Technology in the fall and our salutatorian an shadid who is attending Rucker University in the fall along with at least 28 other mbth graduates the class of 2024 will be moving on to attend many four-year schools including Indiana University James Madison University the University of Michigan mom withth University Rowan universities Stevens Institute of Technology the College of New Jersey and George Washington University just to name a few other students will be attending middle sex college and some starting a career or entering the military we are extremely proud of our mbth graduates and look forward to their accomplishments in the future our extended school year program for special education students kicks off virtually this Friday June 28th and runs through August 9th our summer Academy and summer Institute will run from July 8th to August 1st Monday through Thursdays please note that our schools and Board of Education offices are closed on Fridays in July and August a big thank you to our staff families students and board of education for all of their work and support that helped us achieve another successful school year our leadership team met yesterday and began the process of preparing for the 24 25 school year as part of our annual Reflections our administrative teams look closely at HIV or what you might have heard of as harassment intimidation and bullying data as well as other instances of student conflict that may not technically be classified hi due to the definitions given by the state of New Jersey I know there are a lot of people who like to share their thoughts on different social media platforms often Anon anonymously however as a district this does not help us resolve issues that may be occurring I always encourage parents to work with and be patient with our administrative teams as they look into and investigate student issues ask questions these cases are complex involve multiple students and often take time for proper investigation to be completed I can confidently say that our Administration administrative teams work diligently to investigate and work with all issues of conflict and potential bullying cases that are brought to our attention discipline can range from out of school suspensions to a mediation session between two students it may be Counseling in school suspension or some other type of restorative support we have to remember that we are looking to teach our students how to get along with one another and how to address similar situations if they come up again we also want to ensure that those found to be the victims of an of an HIV incident are supported by our school emot social emotional and behavioral work um EXC excuse me supported by our school counselors and by other mentors we hold many programs and we social emotional and behavioral work throughout all our schools all year long this last year our instructional Deans who are our school anti-bullying Specialists and our district anti-bullying specialist Amy ke attended a great deal of training and workshops um and they work collaboratively on different situations to ensure that we are following the law and making sure that we are being consistent this year alone we have seen a decline in HIV cases at the elementary level and at upper High School levels in future administrative reports and newsletters I will be providing more information on this process and how to navigate it as a parent and finally this evening I would like to acknowledge and introduce to you all Miss Lisa Rudolph who was on the agenda to be approved as the new instructional Dean at John Adams School Miss Rudolph has worked for many years at Parson school and is familiar to many of you and is also the Lead Teacher of our summer Academy Miss Rudolph if you want to come up and say a few [Music] words good evening everyone tonight hi everyone I just want to say thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity I've been so lucky to be part of the north Bronto Community for the last 16 years at Parsons it was an amazing time there and I look forward to the next chapter of joining John Adams and working with my fellow administrators and supervisors the teachers staff students and their families as we continue to build wonderful things together and I just want to wish everyone a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing everyone in September thank you congratulations congratulations congratulations Miss Rudolph and thank you for your parents to your parents for coming out this evening as well um and I wish everyone a safe and relaxing summer and hope you read a lot of books um that is it for my report this evening Madam president thank you congratulations we're lucky to have you there all right we'll move to our committee reports um we'll start with education Dr Patel yeah thank you um the education committee met on Wednesday June 19 2024 we discussed the Summer Academy Institute and we're pleased with the number of attendees for the summer on August August 1st 2024 the Summer Academy showcase will be held and has a carnival theme and it's fully Grant one funded we also discussed the high impact tutoring it's in small groups of students for grades 1 to four and there's also a virtual tutoring opportunity for students in grades 5 to8 access scores were released on June 12th which were shared with supervisors of ela and they will assess them njla score reports will be released on June 28 and the printed reports will be mailed out on September 12th we discuss the teacher climate Innovation Grant and calendar and the provisions to the 2024 2025 school calendar the committee also discussed the nbts mural for the 50th anniversary of the high school as part of the Ruckers university project for the 50th Anniversary the mural will be a Living Museum and represent the diverse population of the student body and we're looking forward to its completion this summer we also discuss the sore sore update and the additional support that Lynwood will now have the district is also piloting a Smithsonian science in grades K 4 for the 2024 2025 school year and we'll get an update on that later we also talked a little bit about the PSAT testing for the fall school year as well as juneth activities that were held across the grade levels we also reviewed data from thrived and we also had a second reading of a policy that's on the agenda tonight and that concludes my report thank you uh Human Resources uh Mrs uh excuse me Vice President James will be filling in for Mr Brockman this evening thank you the uh HR committee met on Wednesday June 19th and as always we acknowledged and addressed those current vacancies that exist as well as new hires um retirements and resignations and for those who are retiring and and um resigning from the positions with North Brunswick Township um Board of Education we do thank you for your service as for leaves of absences we did reso go through those as well as as six period teaching periods um we discussed reassignments as well as um some new hirers for certified and non-certified staff and also on this agenda it is a lengthy one because we went through annual appointments um summer work for esy and summer programming our coaches and Club advisor appointments as listed on the agenda um as well as um Subs volunteers and we have listed also on this agenda the revised description for the instructional Coach position the committee also discussed the district health and safety um reunification plan and the exit interviews and the stats and Trends as related to that finally the committee also uh reviewed for second reading policy 9202 on Civility and finally we discussed the early closing days to be used for the Innovation grant that uh Dr Pella just mentioned and that concludes the HR report thank you thank you for filling in uh for business Ops Mr Lori thank you madam president the business operations committee also met on Wednesday June 19th uh among the items we discussed there was a lengthy discussion of a legal matter which needs to remain confidential uh a lot of our spend uh is broken down into two categories in that meeting and on our agenda this evening as well first there's fiscal 24 which is wrapping up in the next week or so and then fiscal 25 which begins on July 1 in the fiscal 24 category uh on tonight's agenda there is an item related to streamline uh which is our Cobra vendor uh we heard a story about how they were fished with a pH um they're working with their insurance company to get their money back we're currently out $244,000 and there's an item on tonight's agenda that we would get 12,000 and they would continue to work with their insurance company on the remaining $122,000 uh there's uh an item on our agenda tonight as well on page 45 having to do with our ongoing uh forensic envelope assessment by our architect of record uh item 3j on page 45 addresses the middle school for 12,100 and the high school for $31,800 pertaining to that assessment uh on page 45 there is uh we're asking for approval of 16 replacement tables at the Lynwood cafeteria $335,000 all funded through our food service fund not in our operating budget and then there's also an item in fiscal 24 pertaining to the lywood MRC which is going to be slightly uh broken down to include two new classrooms so we're ordering two sets of chairs and desks uh and items such as that for the library uh item 4T on page 54 then for fiscal 25 um there is an item to address that uh there was approval previously for security cameras from CDW on tonight's agenda we're actually revising that number downwards a bit from 231,000 to 211,000 so a slight adjustment downward on that item um also on tonight's agenda bouncing back to fiscal 24 we've been talking about our Rod grants for quite some time now uh this evening we are looking to award Hannah uh the award for the HVAC portion of that Grant they will be awarded through the Cooperative agreement with escnj that's on page 45 item three o um the committee also discussed an audit timeline for the upcoming year uh thanks to Rosa and our administrative team uh that we've worked out with our auditor uh more diligent time frame for the upcoming year that starts actually next month with documentation requests and goes all the way to January of 2025 with their presentation to us and then just some status updates uh happy to report that much like all our other Summers there's going to be a lot of work going on at our facilities this summer a couple of things to point out that we've been talking about for some time now at the high school the 500 Wing the work is in progress and should be completed during August the TV studio work is wrapping up the work in the pool is going to begin at the end of August and should be completed in September um the athletic area issue with the sewer that we had talked about in the past uh that will be scheduled sometime after the last day of school if it hasn't been scheduled already the audit torium lighting project will begin on June 24th as well at Lynwood we've discussed the the two classrooms in the MRC that'll begin in July uh we had also discussed a walk-in freezer refrigerator unit that was going to be arriving in the end of July and then in our elementary schools uh among other things Parsons and Jud their prek Courtyards are going to get the uh rubberization beginning at the end of the school year and then on our agenda tonight Pages 53 and 54 talk about a whole host of floor repairs and Paving projects that are going to be undertaken as well at our various facilities around the district that would conclude our business operations report thank you uh negotiations Miss Keith uh yes Madam president I'm happy to say that on tonight's agenda for the board approval on page 32 items VV and WW is the approval of the administrator's contract for 24 to 27 school years um we appreciate the administrators Mr Dawson Miss Mr felt for their partnership their continued collaboration their creativity uh we appreciate everything that they bring to the table um the contract has already been ratified by the administrators and it again is on the approval list for tonight's agenda great great news um at this time I'd also like to recognize our I'd also like to recognize our student Representatives um that are not here with us tonight um but miss babalola and Miss Martinez uh were with us up here on the de for the uh 23 24 school year we wish them the very best as they head off to uh their next chapter After High School um and appreciate their collaboration throughout the year uh we look forward to having our new students uh with us on the Das uh come September um I think that wraps up our reports at this time so um Mr Carter can I please have a motion to approve see reports sure uh I'd like to make a motion to approve the administrative student and committee reports can I have a second second all in favor I anyone opposed all the reports are accepted great thank you um at this time we will review our very lengthy agenda um we have received a copy of this uh prior to our meeting all of the board members on the Das have reviewed it so we will need to go through um and we will go Page by page again any changes as always are in bold um but again we have receiv receiv this prior to our meeting this evening so we will go to page four and five six and seven 8 and n 10 and 11 11 12 and 13 14 and 15 16 and 17 18 and 19 20 21 22 and 23 and a lot of what we've discussed in our committee reports are listed as you could see 24 and 25 26 and 27 28 29 30 and 31 32 and 33 34 and 35 36 and 37 38 39 40 41 42 and 43 44 45 46 and 47 48 49 Pages 50 and 51 52 and 53 54 55 56 57 58 and 59 we're almost there 60 61 62 63 64 and 65 66 67 68 and 69 and wrapping it up at page 70 I've been on the board for four years and this is definitely the longest agenda I've seen so all right um at this time we will have a public session on agenda items only um if you would like to come and speak to anything on the agenda we ask that you come to the podium state your name sign in and you'll be given a total of 3 minutes this is agenda items only all right seeing none can I please have a motion to close the public portion of the meeting so moved second all in favor anyone opposed this session is closed thank you um Mr Wen can I please have you take item 15 sure i' like to make a motion to approve the following consent agenda items Personnel one and two two curriculum 1 and two miscellaneous Finance items 1- 4 policy and transportation second I'm going to take R call now please Mr Ali yes Mr Carter yes to all consent agenda items with the exception of personnel item F and finance item one bills list for which I abstain Miss James yes Miss Keith yes Mr Lori yes Dr Patel yes Miss to yes and Mr W yes all the resolutions and motions are accepted thank you all right at this time we will flip all the way to the back of the agenda on page 70 um we'll have a public session on any matter um good to have everyone come out this evening I'm sure that um a lot of you will probably come to the podium and speak to our on ongoing uh negotiations so I figured I would open it up to um that specifically and I just wanted to make a statement on behalf of the Board of Education and our negotiations team um I'd like to recognize our staff members and parents who have come out to speak on behalf of our teachers and staff member this uh this evening however it is important for us to reiterate that although we have not come to an agreement not yet come to an agreement with the NBTA we care deeply about our staff and acknowledge how hard they work for our community day in and day out we have recently had a mediator assigned and are looking forward to setting up productive meetings to move the contract forward and come to a resolution so at this time I'll open it up to the public on any matter um I ask you come to the podium state your name sign in and you'll be given three minutes as always good evening Mrs passner hi good evening everyone my name is Beth pner I am the President of the north Bruns Township Education Association as many of you know I come to every Board of Education meeting that I can I'm typically the only one in the audience as you can see that's no longer the case typically in June I stand up before the board and reflect on what a great school year it's been and wish you all good summer I'm not going to do that this year because unfortunately the end of the school year has been tainted by the fact that an impass has been declared in our negotiations with the North Brunswick Township Board of Education for those of you in the public who do not know what that means it means that the NBTA bargaining team and board of EDS team will no longer be meeting without a state me appointed mediator and that this will now we're now going to have to wait many months probably before we can even meet again although we just received news of getting the mediator here's a history lesson for everyone I love history I'm a history teacher the last time the NBTA and the Board of Ed had to go to impass was in 2010 most of the current members of this Board of Ed were not on the board at the time and some of you were even our students for those of you who were around you will remember that it was an extremely difficult time filled with job actions from the association for myself I was a newly elected NBTA Executive Board member and at the board of ed meeting I gave a speech about how much I owe North Brunswick unexpected right that I owe North Brunswick you see North Brunswick hired me at 23 years old took a chance on me right out of college and gave me the educator that I am today and for that I'm grateful it has become my second home it is also where I met my husband right in the MRC at the MBS and now I have a beautiful family so yes I owne North Brunswick a lot but as I said in 2010 and I'll say it again now North Brunswick owes me too I've been teaching in North Brunswick for 19 years countless students countless lessons not just about history but life skills so our kids can Thrive out there in the real world and while I love each every and every one of my students that I've taught but I also have a family and I have bills to pay and public thank yous and praise from the Board of Ed while appreciated do not cut it what we need is a fair and competitive salary I don't want that to take with the collaborative relationship that has been built between the NBTA and the Board of Ed over the past four years this should have been easy and that's what saddens me so much now we're at impass and to say we're disappointed is an understatement as the Educators and support staff that care for the children of North Brunswick will be working without a contract starting on July 1st and working without an active contract impacts a lot for our staff it affects their morale and working conditions for the district it raises questions of whether or not the district can hire and retain staff for families it raises questions and concerns over how this will affect their children's education and we want the parents and guardians of North Brunswick to know right now that no matter what happens in the upcoming year with regards to negotiations our staff will always be dedicated to the education of the children of North Brunswick however however with some of the lowest top salaries in middlex County the NBTA will do what is necessary to further a fair settlement that our Educators and support staff deserve few more sentences we encourage the Board of Education to reconsider what was discussed at the table and to reach out to us so that we can come back to the table to avoid a many month long mediation thank you [Music] [Applause] Jo I'm gonna translate the message of the association for nor br brwi for [Music] for for sir can you hear me sir sir can you hear me I'm sorry how much longer I'm sorry one more okay fine [Music] gracias just just before the next speaker if I can we're going to make sure that we're limit to three minutes just to be fair to everyone so obviously we don't want to interrupt you but as you hear the the timer just you can wrap up your comments okay thank you very much well for those of you that know me I'm a fast talker so hopefully we won't have to worry about that for those of you that don't know me my name is Fran Alvarez and my husband Manny and I moved into North Brunswick in 2007 we consider ourselves Community Partners In addition to being business owners and taxpayers we have loved raising our four children and scrubbing Our Roots here since we moved in the community and school system has meant so much to us that we have become active participants serving as class parents chaperons PTO executive board members team parents and coaches any opportunity that we have been given we have taken because we love this community and we love to give back when our oldest daughter alenny entered kindergarten at Jud school we were blessed with amazing teachers who cared and worked tirelessly for their students because of them I decided to change my career and go back to school for my master's degree in education and I became one of them I started working in this District in 2014 and I have loved going to work every single day since then when I look at this board I can say that most of us have a personal connection our children have grown up together we've played Sports together done plays gone to Stokes attended dances together not to mention that I have had some of you in my home and I have been a teacher to your children as well despite all these personal connections I have never felt more disheartened to have a board whom is turning their back on us during NE negotiations yet when some of you on this board needed support during your election my family was there for you your sign my it seems that the districts around us are valuing their teachers much more than ours and because of that we are losing Personnel yet my colleagues and I have a job to do and we show up every single day during natural disasters when our houses were flooding and we had no place to go home we were there we showed up when we've had tragedies in our lives and lost loved ones we are there we show up during a worldwide pandemic we needed to continue to teach our students despite the state of the world we were there we showed up yet right now we feel that our board is not showing up for us we ask you to please consider reconsider negotiating for us think about us fight for us please value value US come back to the table for us thank you good evening Oro okay good evening North Brunswick my name is Kaye schules I'm a rising Junior a Varsity softball player as as recognized earlier and a trumpet player in the marching band of mbts I'm the daughter of a Jersey City teacher as well I am here to support the educators of North Brunswick in their fight for a fair and competitive contract due to North Brunswick's unfair and non-competitive contract numerous Educators have resigned from North Brunswick and most if not all have chosen to educate at other districts with much better contracts to name a few teachers who pushed me to be the student I am today that I sadly heard have left the district Danielle patrio my middle school softball coach of three years Stacy berer my seventh grade social studies teacher and njhs adviser Rachel Clark one of the marching band faculty members and Sarah Cho my sophomore year English teacher a first year teacher who is already moving districts so many other districts beat North funic salary by at least $10,000 like sville Monroe Woodbridge and Edison no wonder there's so many resignations North brunic needs to give teachers a fair and competitive contract so they want to work here a North PL teacher has a salary 83,5 while the towns I mentioned pay their teachers at least 94,000 our Educators need a fair salary if we actually want them to teach here until retirement on top of our teachers unreasonable salaries the AIDS of North Brunswick also have unfair salaries I have worked in Special Needs classrooms throughout my middle school years and the patience adaptability and compassion that special needs AIDS have is beyond belief it doesn't make sense to me how the average Costco employee makes more than our North runic AIDS do I am proud of most educ and I support them in their request to secure a fair and competitive contract the Board of Education to support them too by doing whatever is necessary to make that happen thank you [Applause] that's a tough act to follow sorry good evening my name is Debbie schules some of you may know me as Austin and kayle's Mom both children have attended North Brunswick schools from the beginning of John Adams Austin just graduated from North Brunswick Township High School Kaye will graduate in two years I've lived in North Brunswick for 20 years I'm here to speak on behalf of the teachers and the teacher aids I myself am a Jersey City teacher I've commuted an hour each way to and from work in traffic and weather conditions for 25 years people ask me why don't you just work in North runswick ideally that would be wonderful and convenient but even back then it was not worth my while now today it hasn't changed much compared to many other districts um the north Fric teachers are not getting a fair and competitive contract this is why you're losing so many great teachers each year teachers are the backbone of this community they're the reason our children become teachers police officers firefighters doctors nurses engineers accountants business owners Etc my children have had so many phenomenal teachers and they've had so many of them lead the district for better opportunities I don't blame them for leaving they put in all this hard work and long hours in need to support their families too just the other day I was reviewing all the resignations on the pass board docs and I can't believe the turnover it's has been going on for years let's not forget about the AIDS they also go above and beyond their duties to care for the special needs population they too need an incentive to stay in our district in closing let's give the teachers and AIDS what they deserve a fair and competitive contract it's not fair to the students to watch teachers come and go when educators are paid well and supported they stay we need our Educators to stay thank you want to my name please Dean address address sorry address address uh yes could you please fill out the um I think you have to put your address on there as well on the sign in thank youc exellent thank you good evening everybody uh sir if you could just sir if you could just speak at the microphone that'd be helpful that's you don't have to speak in the micophone but you have to stand there General instead of facing there we need you to speak into theic speak to the microphone people that are watching online yeah you can they won't be able to hear it on and you can you can speak and say whatever you want in the 3 minutes and I'll pause your time while I'm saying this but it's you got to face the chair and you have to address from the podium okay thank you and and please use the microphone so the people on TV can can hear it otherwise it won't won't go through thank you sorry thank you all right baby uh did you see the email that I sent you regarding the properties we're looking at we want to buy a house at North Brunswick no honey I didn't get a chance well look at it because there's a house in North Brunswick but I have a concern about the educational system we need to address that we need to look at what we want that property it's a beautiful house well baby what I saw was it's close to Home Depot uh there's a 7-Eleven two blocks away Ione I need you to look at the educational system what's going on okay when you look at the educational system and you get the understanding of what's going on the word on the street is that the teachers are not getting paid an adequate salary to represent present not only the students not only the parents and the communities but also the businesses in particular real estate agents one of the first questions asked not how big the driveway not how many basements or bedrooms it is what's going on with the educational system can our children learn if once we P purchase this property all right so I bought my house 18 years ago with my lovely wife my daughter has attended North Country School System since kindergarten okay got to check with the boss I know for a fact that my daughter who is absolutely amazing she has learned every step of the way from Mr a Mr aiman to every teacher at Parson Elementary School and that's a that's a guaranteed fact all right there's a few here if I may look all right okay moving fast forward now she's a junior in high school and on to on to doing some great things but the most amazing thing is when we go to parent teacher conference me and my wife go every time there's a meeting and we love her teacher so much because they're so great we asked if ask her to not go to school so that we can sit in class for her and I'm not exaggerating so if the question is money give them show them and and and share with them the money because it is important now the second Hat real quick I have a six-month-old grandson he will be attending northr school system and I want him to have great teachers that my youngest daughter has had thank [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you hello my name is Crystal ckins and my my son just finished first grade at Jud Elementary School this is our first year with the school system um first I'd like to thank the board for taking the time to read the letter that I mailed to you I appreciate you listening to the thoughts of the community members and making this space for us to feel H I understand that the board and the NBTA aren't able to engage in discussion with the public about negotiations but I acknowledge that there is hard work being done behind closed doors to create the budget as well as move toward a settlement um with that said I just wanted to reemphasize some things that I wrote in my letter we had a wonderful experience with my son's classroom teacher this year um he even says that he wants to be a first grade teacher because of her um we also had a really great experience with all of the teachers and staff that we encountered this past year I just want to publicly thank and appreciate all of them as well as the other teachers and staff in the district who have worked tireless ly um even Beyond school hours to make sure that kids are taught well our children I believe that teachers and staff are at the heart of what make a school system amazing we should be offering competitive salaries comparable to neighboring districts and make sure that they are fairly compensated we don't want to lose these amazing teachers to other districts if they don't feel like they're being compensated well and they feel the need to be looking for other jobs throughout the year because of that our teachers should be paid well so that their time and energy can be focused on what they do best which is teach our children to the best of their ability we want North Brunswick to be known as an amazing School District um not just because of technology or um test scores but because it cares so well for teachers that all of New Jersey knows that North Bruns of teachers are very happy employees of this town and they desire to remain here for the duration of their teaching years Years thank you we have stars here hello I'm Eric Parson Geller um and these are my children Jacob Parson Geller and Valentina Parson Geller would have something that you want to say to everyone today about your teachers my name is Jacob hey Jacob ja Jacob Jacob you're very cute could you do me a huge favor can you stand over here and say it right in that microphone it'll sound louder so everybody can hear okay we want to say there you go right there perfect my name is Jacob interon and we have fun of the middle school and the high school was so fun on College okay hi I'm Valentina par G I love my teachers so much and um you want to introduce dad to talk and I want to introduce dad to talk I just I just want to make uh a few comments I have both of my children attend Livingston Park uh Jacob is in special education and I do have some concerns um with the fact that we have lost three major Educators um that are part of this program and one of the things that I have experienced with this in just the short time with these departures is just a degradation in some of the instruction right because there's a gap and I just want to just kind of support the teachers let's give them a round of applause they're all I will tell you I'm also in process of relocating we are not going to be back in the district next year because my job is taking me to back to Indianapolis and the first thing that I've done when looking for a new home and a new neighborhood is what look at the school system I look at the the ratings right I think that it's very important that we provide a competitive wage for these teachers as well as student student AIDS the teachers that help the assistants that help the teachers it's extremely important when you look at the demographics and the statistics of the surrounding communities there's only a $10,000 Gap it's not that big but $110,000 $122,000 a year to a family makes a huge difference let's try to make that close that gap for these tremendous people that do gifts look at them they came out today I know we can't talk about anything else but that's my personal story and I really would like to see if I come back to Jersey and I come back to North Brunswick that we have great teachers that stay for a long time okay [Applause] my name is McKenzie this is my first meeting hello thank you to all the teachers I'm new to North Brunswick I've been here for two years I have three kids one just graduated high school my daughter is in Jud and my son is in lywood my son special needs we came from a different District my son wasn't treated nicely so I had a very big attitude when I came I didn't want to talk to any teachers I just wanted my son to be treated right the last District we were in they only seen his behaviors when I came and sat down with Lynnwood the teacher actually sat down and talked to me they said how wonderful my son was they said don't worry about it we're going to work with him his case manager endlessly talked every day with me cuz I had very big concerns today my son loves going to school you don't cry he wants to see his teacher in fact he's going to ELA and he wants to see his teacher but she's not here this year she's coming back next year but he was very upset because he loves his teacher he loves his school the teachers deserve every scent that they want cuz they deserve it do you know how hard it is to they care of kids I was at by 20 I was Z by 30 I'm a nurse I'm not I can't take care of a lot of kids they do it with a smile every day day in and day out and my children came home Happy from New Jersey to now my children were never happy in school this District did it and I would like to stay here my son in special needs so I have to go where he is accepted he accepted here I don't want to lose their teachers I don't want to lose his keys worker please give them what they deserve thank you good evening everyone so this is also my we ask that you use the microphone please just pick it up thank you you should microphone it's get everybody your but good evening uh this is my first time attending um and I'm pleased to see that there are some of you that I went to school with my name is had mystery I have joined this very School uh back in um when I was I just came from India um I just I see many familiar uh uh faces and Mr Carter that I went to school with um I I'm pleased to see that and a lot of the the features that um were my my daughter's teacher the reason why my voice is uh little shaky my daughter Richi Bal passed away last year July 2023 okay um it's so sad to see that if the teacher are treated this way in the education system and the student to teacher ratio and the councel to teacher um the student ratio I'm I'm I'm just baffled I want to understand what that looks like I want to understand what the overall um process is I want to understand what the education curriculum and how we're pivoting that based on the the overall society that we're in right now how are we providing the the support that our students need I don't think sign and cosign is going to be helpful in the real life I really don't so um I would like to understand that some visibility around types of HIV cases that you are seeing and what are the outcomes of those would be really helpful I understand there's a confidentiality with that but high level would be grateful right would be really nice these podiums that you're seeing or the the the TVs that you're seeing would be nice to actually get the policies and and see those it's really great that you're putting it with fancy Arts but this is a grieving mother talking to an education system now she was my only daughter I'm still here because I want to see change in the curriculum I want to see change in the student to teacher ratio I want to see the change in the student to counselor ratio so that our teachers and the counselors are able to provide the care and the support that our students need in the time of the changing world if the the teacher themselves are not feeling supported I can only imagine how the kids are feeling in school especially with the changing teacher in and day out thank you before you sir while you're signing up if I can just respond to just a one thing uh it's very important obviously um as the woman who just spoke there's all of the board's policies and regulations are available readily on the board's website it's important for us to to to make sure that that's clear um yeah of course and also there is there is a lot of um I don't know the exact information it's more of an administrative um answer here but there is a lot of highlevel HIV information available I don't know exactly what we have um we deal with it as you know in a more um specific basis and a confidential basis because we're required to protect our okay our students but but we We There is information that's available and to the extent that's available we can make sure that uh if you email um our superintendent I'm sure she can provide that for you yeah okay um she died of suicide by the way so this is very near here to me no you're sorry doesn't cut it from no no no I said I'm sure I can imagine only imagine no you cannot imagine unless you near my shoes you cannot no I I recognize that so thank you sir I'm sorry go ahead sorry for your loss as a parent thank you good evening my name is Cooper Ford I'm speaking tonight as a resident of North Brunswick having been a part of the community for over 20 years I am also the orchestra director in our high school a position I held since 2015 where my wife is a spe also uh she is also a teacher uh in elementary special education in East Brunswick as Educators my wife and I both understand the importance of quality education which is why we chose this district and this community to raise our children our three children are all started in kindergarten at Jud one is now in college and two are still in the high school all three have benefited from the offerings of our school district many of them coming through our staff as a teacher and a parent I have unique perspective that allows me to witness our educational system firsthand I have seen our teachers and staff do amazing work in the lives of our children including my own one of them even wants to be a high school biology teacher and no it wasn't because of me I've seen teachers come here and grow into fantastic veterans providing topnotch educational experiences for our children we are truly lucky to have them in this same vein it breaks my heart when they leave because I know firsthand the loss to our community teachers like Miss valty who taught science left partway through the year she was the first of three teachers in the same class that year one of my kids was in that class there's Miss Tapia a high school bilingual English teacher who joined us in 2016 and also left during the year you can imagine the impact on both of their classes I think of Miss W wter and Miss K experienced teachers who taught my youngest who's on the autism spectrum their departure is our loss and there's Miss Nunes one of the pillars of our high school World Language department and the Latin American Club and Mr scalla the Elementary music teacher and one of our own in North Brunswick these are just a few but the list goes on the impact on our children is real the loss of wisdom and experience when someone leaves whether it's an educator or support professional is a loss to us all everyone has their different reasons but for many salary is a part of the equation simply put they can make more by going to a different District or leaving education alog together and who can blame them for trying to provide for themselves and their families the best they can right now our district is seen as a stopping point for educators they come here they get experience maybe are a masters that we as a community help pay for and then they move on to another district with a more competitive salary where they build their career this is not fiction this is what is happening right now I can't help think how things might be different if more people stayed better yet what if people left their districts to come here not for a few years but for the long run what it might do for the future of our educational system our children and our community so as a community we need to take care of the people who take care of our children they are depending on us s did you say an address just yeah if you can't name an address for the record and that's just a request for okay I it's a number name okay that's fine go ahead go ahead that's okay we want to hear what you have to say go ahead thank you um okay my name is Jennifer guio uh I've been a teacher here in North Brunswick for 13 years I wasn't expecting to speak at all so this is off the cuff uh I'm a resident of North Brunswick I am also an alumna of North Brunswick 06 mths um after I got married we moved to Franklin Township I felt that charter school was the best option for my children in Franklin um there are pros and cons however they didn't have great experiences my my daughter felt very isolated emotionally my son who was an advanced reader was um Step tracing the letter A with no differentiation um I was told to bring in a workbook for him so when we moved to North frck we got the excellent opportunity to bring both children into the public school district where things changed dramatically for them my daughter was way less press um and I I attribute that to her teacher Mr a um my son is now in the gifted and talented the sore with Mrs Hart excellent program and his classroom teacher has differentiated wonderfully so I couldn't be happier but I will say though when we go to the re Sports my my husband's all about the re Sports when we go to the re Sports um it's almost a weekly conversation that I need to have with other parents who asking about the charter school and they want to go to the charter school and I know this is a big issue um I know it takes money from our district and I have convinced numerous parents to bring their children to North bronswick instead but it is an ongoing issue and the answer to that issue is all of them so I appreciate your time that's my two cents I just no one really brought that up so I wanted to say something but they are your answer to that problem so I thank you hello my name is Kim Weston Heiser I'm a North Bruner graduate and parent I wanted to speak on the issue of the staff's contract it's SP soon as a kid I enjoyed attending school in North Brun just as my mom did before me when looking for a place to live we chose a home nor runwood because of the diversity represented in schools as well as the incredible staff members little did I know just how incredible the staff members that Jud truly are my son is dyslexic and has ADHD he was a preschooler in kindergarten during Co and the staff members this one especially worked relentlessly to find ways to teach him it was not easy thankfully his teachers have advocated from him for him for the start knowing he was having a hard time they never hesit to reach out and suggest different options ultimately they worked with us to get him an i and the help he needed to thrive while this was very overwhelming for a parent they made us feel supported and heard every step of the way I will forever be grateful for them because they truly had this best interest at heart in addition to being a parent I have had the pleasure of working with the staff members as a PTO board member for the last four years I have spent many hours in the school and have met with the most met the most kind and gracious staff members they go out of their way to ask about upcoming events support fundraisers and make us feel valued my husband grew up in South and we had a choice we were thinking we were moving here if we were going to live in North Brunswick or South Brunswick South Brunswick has better rated tools we all know that my husband works in South brunic forette the difference is the special needs kids my son would be lost in those schools I have a friend who lives in South BR her daughter has ADHD and dyslexia and she's having the exact opposite education she's getting lost and she's not getting the help she needs and her her mom has to fight for her I was so grateful that I didn't have to do that because of these staff members please just pay them what they want I'll turn it over to Mr Bush at this time yeah okay than listen I I'm the board attorney I'm Jonathan Bush I want to thank everyone for their comments on behalf of the board um a couple points in particular I want to make I I want to start off um by saying to you that on behalf of the board that I think we agree on so much of what was said tonight the you know obviously the hardworking part the Fant some of it was coming from parents not even just the membership right the Fantastic uh work that this that these teachers do I just know from talking to the board all the time about you know their their their support for you all it's important I I I grew up in this District too 1995 North run Township High School graduate went to this school Lynwood Livingston Park I admire everything you do in this District as well um but I I want to be clear on a number of things that are being said tonight because it's important that we at least put our position forward um no one is turning our backs on our teachers okay no one's doing that we we we genuinely appreciate the value um you know this is a this is a this is a negotiation that's what collective bargaining is um miss pasner the the steam your esteemed president you know said it herself this is the first time that the union has had to come at least in recent memory to the microphone and speak in a during a June meeting about anything other really not the first time but the first time at this meeting in the June meeting at least about the fact that um you know there's some concern other than the fact that it's summertime and she want to wish everyone a good summer um it's it's it's it's obviously because for a long time things were easier at least with respect to negotiations they've gotten a little bit difficult not just for the association for the board um you know obviously everyone's trying to get to that word that's being used competitive Fair um everybody wants to see all of you or at least all of the the members of the association paid fairly um but it's the give and take that makes this hard and right now we're in a period of give and take uh some of the discussions about teachers leaving look it's Personnel so we're not going to be able to speak specifically about any one person but teachers leave districts and come to districts for any number of reasons some of the people nobody specific that were being referenced today aren't even leaving necessarily for teaching positions there's people leaving for to pursue careers in other areas it's possible some people have left for it's possible for excuse me we we all we let you speak so I just want to be able to have our our opportunity it's possible that some people are leaving for personal reasons it's some possible some people leave for financial reasons this is a large organization and sometimes people leave but what's most important for us to say here is there there is tremendous Beyond respect for the work you do because this wouldn't be a system of Education if it weren't for the teachers here we know that we acknowledge that that's not what this is about this isn't about respect this is about negotiation which is acknowledged in the law as the process that we have to go through whenever a contract ends and yes we're getting close to the expiration of that contract yes we're at impass yes we have a mediator yes we want this done yes we don't want this as much as you don't want this but we got to get there and we've got to get there fairly and we got to get there in a way where we respect one another and we continue this conversation in this dialogue and I know this committee is dedicated to doing that I could speak for the board and I'm looking at nodding heads right now that this board is focused on what the next steps are to get through this and hopefully it's easier from this point going forward so I just want to say that we appreciate you on behalf of the district thank you uh seeing no more we will move to close the public portion of the meeting can I have a motion please so moved second all in favor anyone oppos this session is closed thank you at this time I'll motion to go into Clos session should we to close you can just go have to read it it's okay just keep reading go whereas Section 8 of the open public meetings act chapter 231 PL 1975 permits the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances and whereas this public body is the 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 Anda specified subject matters the general nature of the subject matter to be discussed is as follows number one Personnel matters superintendent annual evaluation and number two legal 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 I please have a motion to go into close session so move second all in favor anyone opposed we can go to close session thank you for 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 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 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 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 e e Coral everyone gave me their coffee last yeah do we need Rosa Mike can you check on Rosa please Rosa okay I can write write it down okay all right um can I please have a motion to go into Open session at this time second all in favor I I any opposed okay and can I have a motion to adjourn the meeting so moved second all in favor I any opposed all right thank you everyone thank you thank you oh there's Rosa