##VIDEO ID:SyKWABMJCOQ## [Music] goodies here I know I need who sitting next to public well hello everyone and welcome to tonight's meeting May I call the meeting of the par Troy Hills Board of Education to order on December 19 2024 in compliance with chapter 231 Public Law at 1975 entitled open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as specified in the act in the following manner a meeting notice was published in the newspaper and on the district website on January 17th 2024 in addition the notice of the meeting was posted at the municipal building in the schools and a copy of the notice filed with the Township Clerk and transmitted to other newspapers on November 19th 2024 these include the Daily Record Star Ledger parpy Focus tap into parsipany parsipany patch and the district website this regular public board meeting is being video recorded as per bylaw 0168 the recordings of these meetings will be available on our district website and our video on the Go YouTube channel we ask that you please refrain from using student or staff names in your statement professionalism is expected at all times may we have the roll call please Mrs Abraham here Mr baros here Mrs kogan here Mrs mayor here Mr Rea here Mrs Chappelle here Dr wght here Mrs Golder just absent and Mr chappa here may we please stand for the pledge I pledge to the flag of the UN United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all okay we have uh our student reports this evening who would like to start good evening I'm Emma Gonzalez from parpan high school and I'm so excited to share this week's past events with you first The Freshman Class had an amazing idea to sell $5 pictures with Santa which was Mr Smith and a crumble cookie it was an amazing success and a huge turnout with kids hopefully we can have the same turnout for future events another great fundraiser is a Spanish Honor Society fundraiser where we are collecting toy donations from home rooms The Home Room with the most toys will win a bagel party we plan to give these toy donations out to children that are less fortunate for our Music students the last week has been a complete success last Wednesday we had our Winter concert for our supportive parents and Thursday morning we had our school concert for any teachers that wanted to experience the festivity with their students within our W Wednesday concert the trim Honor Society had their induction ceremony as well we inducted three new students on Saturday a handful of band students got to see back to the future on Broadway it was a fun event and eventful experience for so many students and they are extremely grateful for this opportunity this Tuesday upper classman band and choir students got to meet with the Central Middle School eighth graders to talk about the music curriculum within parsipany and perform a few pieces to encourage students to join it was a successful outing and we could not wait to have our eighth graders join our musical programs on Wednesday night the Indian cultural Club hosted a Diwali dinner full of games food and performances for PHS students and parents to enjoy it was a huge success this Monday our student council held their annual Deck the Halls event where each hallway is decorated by either a grade level or the staff this year our PHS staff went all out with the Polar Express themed hallway that has been the talk of our school our Key Club is preparing for our winter Workshop we plan to do an escape room and presentation on how students can better manage their time management with their extracurriculars Mass amounts of school works and their social life as well we hope that it will be a big success for students we also have a student running for the State Board of Key Club on January 8th so we cannot wait to support her through her election our School Musical Guys and Dolls is holding their auditions this week good luck to all of our actors and actresses preparing for their tryouts HOSA is having a hot chocolate fundraiser where they have been selling hot chocolate after school to raise money for their club and today our French Honor Society took a trip into New York our school is so grateful for the opportunities we have outside the school to learn about different cultures and different experiences for our Sports all of our our winter sports have finished their tryouts and have begun their Winter Games our school is so happy and proud of our team members and we're excited to see where our school teams will take us um we do as a representative our school has been talking a lot about our school day on Monday so we do ask that you take it into consideration okay thank you so much thank you who who is the young lady uh up for the key Key Club Z I'm not sure if her last name okay thank you good evening all I hope you all are doing very well let's get started with this month's wiking report starting off with student council updates the student council is gearing up for an exciting winter Spirit Week starting December 16 culminating in a winter pep rally on December 23rd during the second half of the half day events such as our beloved pep rallies aimed to boost school spirit and Community engagement additionally plans are underway for our upcoming event H senior standouts which is is an event hosted by seniors for the seniors that recognizes them by giving out class related awards for example most athletic did the most for phhs most likely to be 15 minutes late 15 minutes early Etc student council will also be attending the njsc winter conference on January 8th and we are proud to say that a student council member from our board will be running for a state position we wish him or her the best of luck moving on to phhs events and updates here are some highlights from events and initiatives have happening throughout phhs fast a reminder senior families are encouraged to begin the fast application process if they haven't already completing this form is a graduation requirement for the class of 2025 senior cap and gown orders a reminder to order graduation caps and gowns before February 1 2025 to wait a late fee senior internship program expansion phhs is seeking businesses in Morris County to partner up with partner with us for our senior internship program which runs from May 20 May 12th to June 19th interested parties can reach out for more details scholarship seminars will be held during lunch on December 16th and 17 to assist students in exploring financial aid opportunities the class of 2025 is hosting a project grad fundraiser richle on Tuesday January 7th from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 25% of event sales get donated to the class of 2025 for Project Graduation the Chipote they have partnered with is located on 1711 State Route 10 more plan 07950 all right moving on to phhs athletic updates as we transition to winter sports here are some highlights uh a reminder about the phhs Athletics account at par Hills Athletics has been launched to keep everyone updated on Vikings Sports achievements and events fall athletic awards several P fall athletic awards several phhs Athletics athletes have been recognized for the exceptional performances with all County and honorable mentions for their SP fall Sports winter sports teams begin their season this week we wish them all the best the following are the upcoming wiking games boys B boys basketball will face Lenape Valley at 400 p.m. on December 13th boys and girls swimming will go against mendum at Morristown at 4:30 p.m. on December 16th boys and girls swimming will ver PHS at morrist toown at 4:30 p.m. on December 19th hockey will play against Newton at men in Arena at 6:15 p.m. on December 19th boys basketball will wor SP John at 7:00 p.m. on December 19th that concludes this month's phhs report thank you and have a joyous holiday season thank you do any board members have questions no Tanish Emma thank you have a merry Christmas and happy holidays thank you so muchy holiday thank you thank you so much for everything we are going to have a presentation um by the school auditor it's Mr John finina from pkf o Conor Davies and he will present the 2024 audit report good evening everybody um again my name is John finina I was the uh director on the audit for pkf o Conor Davies for the uh June 30th 2024 audit um the audit is complete and was finalized as of today um ahead of the states January 1st and January anary 15th uh statutory deadlines um just want to start off by thanking Robin Colleen Nick and the entire uh Administration staff for really um all of their assistance in completing the audit we spent a great deal of time on the audit uh we spend hundreds of hours between us working on the audit and we can't get it done without uh reciprocal commitment from the administration so really a lot of effort goes into it on all sides and uh we really appreciate the uh the the effort we get um you'll notice in the audit the district earned the certificate of excellence from asbo International um for the June 30th 23 audit which is included in the June 30 24 report and uh the district is in in the process of applying for the next year's certificate of excellence uh just some of the audit highlights the the most important part of the audit uh is the auditor's opinion uh once again this year the district earned an unmodified opinion which is the highest opinion we could give um we give you an idea of what we do we come in we spend a lot of times evaluating evaluating and testing internal controls which means there are safeguards in place for your receipt processes your dispersement purchasing processes and I'm happy to say that that there was nothing that we found that Rose to a level of uh requiring a recommendation in the audit um as part of our audit we also do a single audit due to the level of uh federal and state spending which means we have to look at specific grants and test compliance requirements with specific grants this year we tested the national school lunch program and the acers Grant on the federal side and there there were no instances of non-compliance and on the state side we tested the uh tpaf uh FICA reimbursements and once again no instances of non-compliance so we spent uh a little more time in detail in finance committee before this so um just that was just a brief overview um so really good job by the district and I can answer any questions do any board members have any questions for John Mr Ray um first I'd like to thank Robin and your staff for a great job well done and as always every year that you have a great job and Well Done um one of the questions we talked about is um cyber security okay and um and you did answer it and and we did note that there is that some school districts have had some problems with cyber security but also um but we are being proactive in in that way and there's some training involved uh people are taking training to hopefully avoid cyber security incidents which are occurring more of more and more often um and let's see what else Michelle I think you might have had a comment as well yeah I I don't have a question but I do have a comment again um thank you uh to the staff I mean it was an amazing effort I know it was a very heavy lift given the changes in Personnel we had this year so thank you very much um and thank you um we had a very thorough report um I love looking at financial statements as an accountant um and it was very interesting to look through this um again a as I mentioned in the room before um every question I had written down you had answered later through the document for the different commentary that was provided so it's very thorough um I do want to call attention to just one thing that you mentioned in passing um to everybody uh so you had mentioned around the certificate of excellence in finance financial reporting um that is something that we actually have won seven years in a row um so uh thank you again for the recognition for the upcoming year um looking hope you know looking forward to hearing what they have to say about it but it is quite an accomplishment to you know make you to to recognize that we have performed so strongly in those ways the other thing I was going to highlight is that um you again mentioned in passing but I think it is worth just reinforcing a big part of the audit that you do is around the control framework around the way we do things things that ensures that as transactions are happening there are the appropriate level of controls to ensure that there is nothing getting recorded incorrectly by the wrong person um and there's no Mischief going on um in how things are happening so thank you for uh for highlighting that and the work you do in that space thank you any other questions uh Al I ask this every year but I just want to make sure since you look at a bunch of different districts there's anything that other districts are doing to either increase revenue or decrease expenses that you have seen that we are not doing you would bring that up at some point to us correct I yes we would bring it up but I I we don't see anything any missed opportunities or or anything so thank you okay Mr baras yes thank you um I just also want to thank uh Robin and her team um once again you do not disappoint uh you guys are rock stars especially with some of the abuse you took this year I want to thank you and I appreciate your uh you know keeping us uh afloat and uh to get another recognition would be a great thing so I want to thank you personally thank you thank you anyone else no John would you mind sticking around for for a few few more minutes because I'm going to um open up a public comment section right now uh for any comments from the public specifically on the audit report okay so if any members of the public would like to uh come up and ask a question it'll be addressed to the chair not to uh not to John uh please feel free to do so sign sign in at the table and you're free to answer questions about the audit okay okay seeing none I will uh close the public portion uh John Merry Christmas happy holidays thank you again thank you everybody and Robin and staff thank you thank you so much is there any correspondence com before the board no there's not thank you well I was hoping that Mrs gold would be here tonight but she's still um under the weather and um this would have been her her last meeting so I wanted to just thank her for her service to the board over over the last several years um and wish her well I don't know what her future holds in terms of politics but certainly you know her time on the board is much appreciated would anyone else like to make a comment um Susie thank you so committee reports um let's see we'll start to my left so stage right no stage left um Communications Mr Rea yes uh the communications um committee met on November 19th um Mr Chao was chair for Mrs Abraham it was also attended by Mr beros Mrs kogan and myself and Mrs benos um we put we prepared a press release during that meeting which we then edited and uh submitted out the Press which uh was sent out on November 22nd and it was picked up to some extent but not as U probably not to all the uh newspapers the local newspapers so but uh basically was about the uh pilot programs and some of the things it was to give an update and provide some transparency on the uh negotiations between the township and and uh the board of education so that went up thank you any questions for Jack okay uh Judy any report Lon or committee I do have um I'm sorry you have a lison jack yeah okay yeah please um I'd like to just acknowledge uh Mr Nick bronzino is in the audience he is the president of the palal and uh he was appointed two months ago I believe and uh I went to the last uh pal meeting which was uh two weeks ago and and uh one of the highlights was the rece of a $5,000 Grant the pl had a $5,000 Grant received from the kuas club and it was for the purchase of a new scoreboard and since um Mr bronzino became the new president there is a new energy at the P which hasn't been there in a while I've been to Liaison for now for two years and there is a new energy changes are going up and if you look on the Facebook page for the pal there is a new um there was a new display that was being prepared when we were there it's honoring the the parity P palal Board of Directors and uh but there are a lot of new programs and then as in future meetings there'll be additional um we'll be sharing additional programs that are going on and uh I I welcome everyone to check out their their uh social media okay thank you Jack and before we move on um be remiss I like to acknowledge uh two council members Council vice president president nley is here and council member McGrath is here so thanks for attending our meeting Judy thank you um I was going to report out on the delegate assembly meeting that um Mrs Mrs kogan and I both attended virtually um there were a few resolutions that were passed I'll go over them pretty quick okay the first one had to do with um submitting the report earlier so that it can be brought the resolutions can be brought back to the boards to review and give their opinion whether they're going to favor it or not so when the delegate goes to the meeting they can vote knowing what their board wanted um the next one was let's see oh um electronic posting of board meetings um because a lot of newspapers are not going to be printing anymore and they said that you can you know if you can do it still with your papers fine if not you can do both or you can do with the computer um there was going to be something about putting up a a central place that would have meetings I believe um so they were talking about that um let's see oh there was something in our um about the if students are training for the military and they have to be out of school um they were talking about that these should be excused absences and they can extend and I think one of our policies that I read had something in there about Civic duties that there is an excused amount of time they can be out so that was another one pilot agreements was an interesting one this was asked this was um put in by Verona and I'll read you the wording because it's pretty good um the New Jersey School Board believes that the municipality should be required to include the Board of Education in the consideration and development of any pilot of any p uh payment in Le of taxes agreement that has the potential to increas increase student enrollment um the Board of Education should be a member of the municipal renegotiation committee with equal rights and decision-mak authority to provide input and receive appropriate portion of community benefits so that was another one that was passed um I'm just going to I mean you can probably just pick these up if you want to go delegate assembly you can get them um naming of schools that was not past they were saying that you know if schools want to rename their school because it's bearing the name of something in history that's not popular they can do that it doesn't have to be come from the state it's pretty much up to the different districts to do that um curricul and diversity you know we have to have different and again we are already on that having different curricula that address certain um minorities in our district oh he all upside down um and that's basically it uh like I said you can just pull up the delegate assembly and you can read them all in detail um that's the delegate assembly can I report out on that visit today to Brook LA or do you want me to wait um I think Madam attorney could ask him context to the point you made about uh posting of notices so the board's aware uh today the house and the Senate both passed the electronic posting it's sitting on Governor's Murphy's desk it takes us through March 1 of 2025 we'll see what happens after that thank you um uh today Mrs kogan and I were at Brook on this morning um the optimum Hispanic har AG essay writing contest there were thousands of entries from across the country and our student in e8th grade was the grand prize winner um her essay is at your seats her name is agustina oh glasses where are you Austina vinals I'm not pronouncing her name correctly but it was a lovely ceremony the mayor was there he read a proclamation the optimum people were there they presented her with a check for $3,000 um her teacher that kind of guided her and helped her was there uh the Pres the principal was there it was just a lovely time for this girl um she was she was touched by the amount of people that came I believe and it made it made me feel proud to be a board member because this is what gives us the best feeling when our kids are doing things that are just so incredible and our staff is helping them I mean this this is what it's about so I was really proud to be there and to be considered a board member and I think that's all I have thank you any questions your dudy no talking too much Mrs K the adoc committee for the superintendent search met on Monday Mr R president tro Mrs mayor mrco rer and I reviewed and updated an RFP to go out for Consultants we basically asked for a list of their services for the search and prices for each of the services so that when we get the rfps back we can see what they will offer we will see how much each of those services will cost there is a um it has to be posted for 20 days before we open the rfps so it'll probably be mid January before those are back there is a grid or Matrix for what was requested in the RFP so that will hopefully help narrow down the firms that the en board will then interview based on some of the recent super superintendent searches that we saw we are hopeful that a July 1 start date is still possible but it definitely will take a concerted effort on all of the non-conflicted members parts to make sure that we meet the timelines in order to make that happen so that was the ad hoc committee and then Mrs mayor and I attended the school board's legislative meeting last Saturday I did put the summary of that meeting in the board drive so you can all go through that most of the discussion was on the potential school funding changing of the school funding formula student cell phone use and the public notice requirements that we already talked about there are lots of links in that summary so that you can get a little more detail there are several public forums for the Department of Education to hear from local schools about their issues with the current funding formulas and our theoretical requests for the updated current the funding formula so I would like to suggest that we prepare something to either be written and sent to them or for somebody to attend one of those sessions so that they do hear from local boards that you know the school funding formula definitely needs addressed and improved so that we can function thank you Allison and you had said that um they would accept a um a letter or an email to the effect yes um Jack would you mind working with Allison to draft um such letter yep and um perhaps circulated to the finance committee for review I think there's a deadline of January 9th the deadlines are all listed in attended the the most local forum is I Su after okay yeah because um I think the point is that New Jersey school board does a great job lobbying for certain things but I think the you you legislature may be be impacted of a number of local school boards representing thousands of Voters also waigh in on the issues with the school funding formula yeah it's a good idea okay thank you thank you uh Wendy anyit L on I have none okay thank you very much Michelle Personnel uh thank you I have two uh so on December 10th the human resource and Labor Relations Committee met it was myself uh Judy mayor Susie Golder and Todd Ricker who attended uh there were a number of confidential Personnel matters that we discussed um there are uh three new job descriptions oh sorry two new job descriptions and one revised job descriptions in the bulletin tonight for approval that we discuss there and then there are two um significant roles uh one supervisor of buildings and grounds as well as the hills assistant principal and athletic director um that are still open we're getting closer um it's nearly there so uh that our next meeting we uh expect to have some more information to share on both and then my second one is the Educational Services Commission of Mars County one of my favorite meetings to go to um uh I I it was a it was a good session um there wasn't a lot covered um they were talking about if you recall they were talking about uh purchasing the building um that they have been residing in for quite some time um they're still in the process just like anybody trying to purchase a piece of real EST estate um there is a quite a bit of veroll that they have to go through so they expect to hopefully be done with that um by the end of January but it speak any questions so Michelle you've uttered two things I've never heard uttered at the board table one you know I I enjoy pouring through audit reports in detail I've never heard anyone really say that and that they enjoy attending the ESC meeting so thank you for both of those you're a lot of fun at a cocktail party I'm sure I'm sure um sheel do you have any any no okay Tim any uh report yeah policy did not meet but the U items for review are in the bulletin um looks like they I thought they were second reads but they're first read um but they were um having reviewed them they looked like there were just word changes but um again we did not meet this uh this this session here any questions on the policies that are in the Bolson all right seeing none uh we are up to approval of the minutes for regular and executive uh minutes of November Juni I put on my glasses um November 14th 2024 and executive uh and special meeting minutes of December 5th 2024 may have a motion to approve the meetings Wendy Judy seconded a roll call please Mrs Abraham yes Mr baros need to abstain from the uh special meeting uh the public session of the special meeting on the 5th yes to everything else Mrs kogan yes Mrs mayor yes Mr Rea yes Mrs Chappelle yes Dr Wright yes Mr Choppa uh yes Dr Sutter superintendent's bulletin number nine if you please thank you president jafo good evening everyone um our inim business administrator and I attended our midyear budget review meeting on on Tuesday December 3rd 2024 along with all the other districts in mors County Miss Tesco was called on to answer questions as she is the resident expert concerning uh building a sustainable budget so nice work Robin uh please tune in to view our Beyond thebell podcast with the help of Ryan satch we are going strong with our podcast initiative good news from brookln thousands of students across the country entered Optimum in univers univision's annual Hispanic heritage writing contest and brookland's own Austina venalis was chosen as the grand prize Middle School winner as was mentioned earlier she was honored at Brook lawn this morning by optimun Vision as well as by the Boe members and mayor Barbaro congratulations Austina I was unable to go there we had uh another commitment um for I want to mention Dr morone his mother's passing and um our condolences go out to Dr miloon um holiday concert season I would like to thank Allison carvano our coordinating supervisor of K12 Visual and Performing Arts as well as our music teaching staff for the wonderful holiday concerts they created and directed at our elementary middle and high schools our students sounded wonderful nicely done in closing I would like to thank Mrs golderer for her many years of service to the Boe and for the support she has shown me over the years I wish her continued success health and happiness and finally I would like to wish everyone a happy healthy and pleasant holiday day season and New Year see you all in 2025 tonight for your approval we have superintendent bulletin items 1- 51 with addendum and reading items 52 through 65 thank you Dr Suter any questions for Dr Suter seeing none Mrs Tedesco would you care to comment on the secretary's report sure hi everyone on tonight's secretary's report we have our regular business motions including the approval of the June 30th 2024 audit does anybody have happy holidays everyone thank you Robin uh any new business that come before the board oh miss m Mrs Dr R sorry problem um I just wanted to report that uh so in our board goals set for uh the coming this ongoing year U one of the things we had said was our had a goal of achieving um board certification uh by 2026 I had reached out to Charlene Peterson our NJ SBA field rep Field Services rep on a different matter and asked her something about it was like while I while I have you can you comment on this and um she uh a gave me some information that I will share by email to or I'll share it to Joanie um about the process for board certification but also uh she shared that so if you recall the one of the requirements is 16 credits of training over a 4-year period if we look back to uh March 2022 we have 6.5 already so we're actually like if we can in in in they carry over to a 4-year period so our original board goal was to achieve uh certification by October 2026 but if we ultimately set up that calendar aiming to be completed by March 2026 we will be able to count um that 6.5 which is you know it's over a third uh of our of our total training credits thank you thank you for that uh thanks to the reminder too because we did have a goal to um get some uh statements from from our committees um before this term ended but we'll have to punt that to uh to next year and I think we'll take up the uh the board certification you had that as a list okay thank you yep uh let's see no any other new business no okay hearing to the public at this time if there's anyone who would like to address the board please come up sign your name and address in the book at the Lector and state your name for the record and please address the chair each person will have three minutes to speak to the board it will be helpful if you would like to address the board to please come up now and sign the book so that you are ready when the first speaker is finished as a reminder we are video recording this meeting if you are a student who wishes to speak we ask you not provide your home address but rather give only the name of the municipality in which you live if you are a parent wishing to discuss a specific student matter um to your uh regarding your child during this portion of the meeting you may request the board temporarily suspend the video recording alternatively please consider speaking privately about the matter to the superintendent after the meeting speaker should refrain from using specific stud your staff names in their comments and refer to bylaw 168 for further information regarding the videotaping of our meetings yes please Mr Mr Matt good evening everyone Matt toito uh pity resident uh I just want to wish uh Dr Suter president chafo members of the board uh happy holidays and to all to all your families and also to all of our staff teachers uh staff and every everyone have a happy holidays thank you uh thank you Matt good evening everybody how are you my name is Nicholas bronzino I'm truly here to introduce myself as the new executive director of the parip P um it has been a transition for me from the board I was on the board for two and a half years as the vice president our newest executive director did step down and they asked me to transition into the role I here to say thank you to uh Jack for all of the help I'm here to say thank thank you to council manlia for the help on the introduction I have met a couple of you already via email and uh I just wanted to let you know that my message is simple to get back involved in the community a lot of the kids through including my my daughter I live in town but a lot of the kids just come through the building that are in the school district and I really want to invest and spread the message that we are a community center and really support the town um and just a quick side note I've already had conversations with actually today in regards to having both high schools combined together and come into uh pain a mural in my building so true partnership I'm just looking for a true partnership in any way I can support anything I'm here to do so I will sure shake hands after the meeting and hand out some business cards but if anybody ever needs anything from me please don't hesitate to reach out thank you very much enjoy the holiday thank you appreciate it mer happy happy holidays would any anyone else like to address the board okay we'll close the public session we are at a roll call vote for superintendent bulletin number nine items 1 through 51 with addendums 52 to 65 and readen may I have a motion please sheel seconded by Judy uh roll call please Mrs Abraham yes Mr baros yes Mrs kogan yes Mrs mayor no to number 13 yes to everything else Mr Rea yes Mrs chapal yes Dr Wright yes Mr Choppa have three cues on uh the uh the bill list 5408 is that's a reimbursement to myself I am a yes to everything else so just before we adjourn I just uh like to to um take a minute to thank everyone um as my term as president of the Board of Education ends I'm filled with deep a deep sense of gratitude and pride for the work that we've accomplished together serving this district and our incredible Community has been one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences of my life over the years I have witnessed firsthand the dedication resilience and passion of our Educators staff students families and Board of Education members together we have navigated challenges celebrated achievements and remained steadfast in our commitment to provide the best possible education for every student none of this would have been possible without the collaborative efforts of our board members the administration and the unwavering support of the community as I step away from this role I am confident that our district is in capable hands the work of the board of education is never done and I know that my successor will continue to advocate for our students and uphold the values that make this District exceptional I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to each of you who have supported me during this journey your constructive feedback encouragement and Trust have meant uh the world to me just a just a couple of shout outs to Dr Sutter it's been a pleasure working with you this past year you are a great guy an except an exceptional superintendent and I'm proud to call your friend so thanks Bob thanks Andy I wanted to say this same to you it was a real pleasure working with you this year and you've supported me for the last nine years along with all the other board members Pary really is a great place and under your leadership I really enjoyed my time thank you thank you and certainly to your staff and I you know I I I hate saying names because you always miss one but certainly to miss Desco uh Dr Rooney uh Mr Ricker uh and especially to Joanie who I call JB it was a tough start to the year Joanie but I think we came through very strong and we ended stronger so thank you for everything you do you know board members come and go and superintendents come and go and administrators come and go but you're this bright light that keeps shining on everything so thank you for that I appreciate it um that's it thank you very much uh motion to adjourn Judy oh oh no oh that's right we my apologies yeah I was like going to get out of here uh we have to go into uh executive session for the um for hi matter and uh will there be action yeah there will there will be action after that uh after that close session so motion to go into close session Michelle you've had too many uh sheel you're limited so we will we will uh actually our close session doesn't begin until 88: so we have some time yeah unless they're here yeah oh are they here they are here okay we do okay thanks JB The Shining Light everyone's a yes right going in Nice Work Mr Cho [Applause] one last thing to do sorry I know you felt she'll know better you did not not that not that yep okay did motion to go into Open Session Michelle thank you Jack second all in favor okay well thank you um everyone for participating in the discussion a few minutes ago um I'm going to read item number 16 66 hip hearing d8 phs8 affirmed resolve that in ordance with njsa 18a colon 37-15 and following a hearing on the merits the Board of Education hereby affirms the administration's hip determination for case d18 phs8 on December 19th 2024 as it pertains to student number 34711 pursuant to board policy and applicable law and be it further resolved that the board secretary is here by directed to provide wit notification to the parents of the board's decision you do Rob uh roll call please Mrs Abraham yes Mr baros yes Mrs Hogan yes Mrs mayor yes Mr rehea yes Mrs Chappelle yes Dr Wright yes Mr chaa yes okay any action for the board no okay motion to adjourn the meeting oh wow you just got that in didn't you yes Mrs kogan oh motion I thought you were waving at me like you had something else okay I thought she was second okay Wendy all in favor merry Christmas happy holidays everybody happy holiday mer Christmas