##VIDEO ID:KTRH0jBWB2s## okay it's 7:41 p.m. we're back in session um let's have our second roll call Miss Brown here miss crosbow here M tandro here Mr Cohen Mr Langley here Mr Sim here and Miss Ken here it's all for i al to the flag the United States of America and to the for it stands Nation God indivisible andice for all you read the T the River Edge school district is a partnership of students parents staff and community members dedicated to providing a supportive environment in which all students can reach their maximum academic potential while developing as responsible citizens who respect individuality our goals will be achieved because curriculum and instruction are aligned with the New Jersey student learning standards all decisions reflect the academic social emotional and physical needs of prek to sixth grade students cooperation and ongoing communication exists between the school district and the community school administrators and the Board of Education work together to assess and adjust procedures in response to new mandates and the changing needs of the community thank you Mr the open public meeting notice pursuant to the open Public's meeting at notice of this meeting its daytime and place have been delivered to the post office the municipal building the record and posted on the district website at least 48 hours prior to the time of this meeting thank you um so at this time I open it up to the public for com agenda items only um seeing that there's no members of the public here tonight we'll move on to item2 honory of Board of Education member that was awkward read first whereas uncang has served as a member of the Riveredge Board of Education from 2019 2020 and served as board president from 2021 to 2024 and whereas she was nominated and received the honor of the rch F award for leadership in education and commitment to the children of Bergen County and whereas she has served on numerous committees including but not limited to policy personnel and management finance and Facilities curriculum instruction and negotiations and uh where whereas she has been an integral part of both the budget development process and the negotiation process resulting in stable District finances whereas she promotes The District in the community through her efforts to share the students needs of the Riveredge public schools with various members of the public and whereas during her tenure of office she gave generously of her time and talents in fulfilling her responsib in this role and in the continuance of the tradition of educational excellence in the River Edge school district and whereas her dedication to the Improvement of the education program and her caring for Riveredge students staff and families have had a tremendously positive influence on the wellbeing of our children and their continuing growth and now therefore be reol that the Board of Education of the Bor of rivered on this 18th day of December 2024 present encamp this resolution of appreciation for her valued service and Leadership wow go next to myrul oh I picked this up from you at the New Jersey school board um this is Senate and general assembly citation commendations and praise are extended to un um this is from assembly woman Tully and assembly will woman SW [Applause] um six years years a a lot happen yeah um I just want to say thank you to all of you um it's been a great journey I know there's been a lot of uh challenging decisions there a Mr s with me when U we started 2019 I was new to the board um and then and that was very interesting to say the least um but you know I think I got to do everything as board president so um it's just been a really good learning experience for myself um but you know I couldn't have done it without my fellow board members so thank you um thank you Lu thank you Dr Bice thank you my family who graciously um share this time I was always just doing board stuff my children are always like what do you do your homework um my homework um so um it was just such a great experience who knows maybe I'll come back um I think it's it's it's a unique position to be in and I really did appreciate all of it so um thank you guys well I wanted to to say thank you um six years ago I remember sitting next to you and I remember showing you like move show proof and it's your turn yeah um I remember um when you became president and how proud I was how you just joined the board and you just brought so much life and dedication and light to the um to the DS and um I'm thankful for all the phone calls where we just hammer ideas so thank you for encouraging me when I felt like I wasn't going to be able to take another step and sit down in the seat and I I thank you for your friendship because um you're not just a word member you're also my friend so I'm enjoy enjoy thank you so much all right moving on Dr br's superintendent report uh good evening everybody um we have 1,174 uh students in District students um in the district that's a increase of three updates and information I I'll comment on agenda items first administrative items to fire emergency and bus drills have been completed for November they're on the agenda um tonight on the agenda is also the Summer Academy approval happy to Brien that again this year looking forward to seeing how to operates uh curriculum and education items there's regular travel that we're also uh approving the field trips for grades four five and six I've never been to the m Art Museum but maybe I should go Al the stem event at the skating branch Branchburg it was a thank you Branchburg um for buildings and grounds we have no items financing items there's regular Finance items um mran can discuss the busal I commend her for uh arranging this contract in personel there's appointments resignation leaved there a riff and the abolishment of the now Antiquated job description based on the approval of the job description from the last meeting we know need this one and you don't want extra job description floating around it just fores confusion later uh in special ed there are no items for this meeting region five standard resolutions to support their operations we had a superintendent uh counil meeting this morning uh the lease was approved by the superintendent Council and is on the uh agenda for for the St Teresa's campus uh in policy we remain in the 12we dwell period for stra asme from the initial onboard meeting that which took place in December until they delivered initial draft ly and I had a meeting with Phil the pastro last week um they had some questions about region five as it is something that's not always there so that has some questions and they are moving forward with our drafts we will likely have them at the the New Year early in the year in fact I have some closing items um the administ met with Dr Murphy on the strategic planning effort uh this is not the I want to this is not the official announcement I'm just tipping everybody off this is a tip off I'm leaking the information um the dates are set for January February and if we need it in April it's really three meetings but then we might get snow out or something so we have a fourth date um plan January 23rd February 20th uh and March 20th I W April 24th uh this is a board goal rivered uh Public Schools strategic planning process there are goals increasing awareness and ensuring all stakeholders know the Strategic plan process is significance and how they contribute engaging stakeholders in active participation in meeting surveys and feedback opportunities and ultimately building trust trust maintaining transparency with these regular Communications throughout the process and building trust and demonstrating responsiveness with their input um internally District administrators teachers and staff will uh Board of Education members and students will be on uh giving live feedback and then externally parents and Guardians community members local businesses and organizations will be invited local government and law enforcement officials and we will be uh using various media Outlets to um push forward Communications throughout the process we'll be using email uh the district website will actually build a separate link on the website just for strategic planning so if people are curious they can go ahead and check it out we'll update that as as we move through the process we'll use our social Med media Avenues to um reach a Brader audience but also push out information that'll we printed materials um the district and school newsletter we have that um if we have things if we won't but we'll push out a separate newsletter and then the public meetings which will also be uh open to the public and I'll also be giving updates to the board and public during uh regular meetings and you're probably in this section of of the agenda um this will be announced when we get back from break uh formally it'll be emailed from me announcing to all the stakeholders with an invitation be that's when we'll watch the website and push things on our social media pages so um the process is has kind of started uh internally with the administrative team there'll be one more meeting with the administrative team of Dr Murphy prior to the first public meeting which will be on uh September no not September January 23rd um so that's that's it I'm going to information and there'll be more more more to follow um special thanks to you mam president for your many years of service to the to the board and ultimately the district uh and then finally just um to those who celebrate the holiday season enjoy however you choose if you don't celebrate then enjoy the break anyway however you choose you're sell and have a safe break and we'll welcome everybody back on January 2 that thank you any questions or comments from board members moving on to board secretary rep I personally would like to thank M K and um for all the work um we did together the many hours that I know that you spent um on the riverge board of education on whatever committee you were on all the Committees signing all the bus contracts the bills list and region five and all the time that you spent and the support you gave everyone so I just wanted firstly to say thank you um the only item on the agenda um that I want to speak about is item uh five the approval of the authorization of sale that is for uh the board of rivered Board of Education to sell our 2011 District school bus um we have neither a driver nor an aid to put on that bus the bus is aging they're only um good for 20 years um a bus and it has uh some Rust and we and tear costing us more money than it's worth so we are selling it to the Maywood Board of Education who's made us an offer um of $10,000 for the bus so I'd like to recommend to the board that we move on that motion any questions for uh pres report um I don't have really anything to report on um just thank you and have a good break for those of you who are on break those of you receiving children have fun with them um committee reports finance and Facilities we'll start yep uh so we met on the 9th um most of the things on the agenda we updated everyone getting closed most of them were closed session items there was a state health benefits audit the details are available to the board members um that just shows all the claims paid versus our premiums it's interesting um the col bank CD came due we earned $555,000 in interest uh from May 1st till December 10th which is pretty good we're going to reinvest half maybe million a million plus the interest plus the interest back into another one for another six months um because that's going to work out well so and everything else you talked about in closed so that's it any questions personal management yeah personal management met on December 9th 515 for 16 minutes myself Dr and present virtually so the um the discussion was on the calendar item um the distri uh 2025 26 District calendar line with the partner districts we will need minor disparities like election day we have to have a full day off for the students because of school is used as a election ballot place so that different and then the draft of the calendar will be finalized after the year um January reorganization we be present to the new board and also to the teachers union before the final approval uh administrative contract was discussed U it also start with a new board after the reorganization will continue it and there was a state update of the first class I first grade Char School uh interviewing for main office secretary position and uh Spanish teacher position is open and the alternative option was explored by the and then you will let us know what's happening as Steam teacher was hired with the capacity of providing professional Dev um and Sub sub substit teer was also uh brought up and um the new auxiliary back auxiliary backup service to be tested for the days of professional developments and technical technology step is also hired the region five uh one member district uh sent us intention to leave the the vision so that uh their impact on financial implication was also discussed and then um the budget concerns of 20% increase in healthare cost that will imp impact the whole budget for next years so that was uh brought up and some discussion was done anything else should I any other questions I can um the curriculum committee met on December 9th at 4:15 pm in attendance was m k mandro Dr Bice and myself Dr Bice updated the committee on the newly piloted math program and all the professional development that has been Ono we also did a followup discussion on uh curriculum and homework policies for the district any questions um just um going back to Mr Sims so tonight on the agenda we're approving The Substitute service to hopefully provide us with additional subs and then is also nice to see right above it we're actually approving a few subs for the district which is always nice to see um so that's it for committees um reports once the reorg happens January um new Comm will be so there's no for future committee meetings all right moving on to motions to be acted upon starting with D1 okay move to approve D want is stated second any questions or comments call please m brown yes m crbo m Sandro yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes and Miss K yes uh motion for E1 through two move to approve E1 through two stated second any questions call please miss grown yes Miss crbo yes M alisandra yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes and Miss K yes motion for F1 and two to approve F1 and two is stated second any questions roll call please m brown yes m yes mandra yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes M Ken yes motion for H through move to approve items each one through five as stated second any questions call please Miss Brown yes M creso yes Mr alandro yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes and Miss K yes motion for I through n move to approve second any questions m brown yes M yes Mr alandro yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes and Miss K yes I motion for J one and two second m brown yes M crbo yes M Alandra yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes M K yes K move to approve items K second questions call please Miss Brown yes M creso yes M alandro yes Mr Langley yes Mr Sim that's it is there any new or old business that thees to um seeing that there's no members of the public here tonight we'll move to meeting pleas m brown yes M creso yes M delandro yes Mr Langley yes Mr sim yes January Tu right it is