##VIDEO ID:LGPJm6LuFzI## e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e okay good evening everyone um I'd like to welcome everyone to our or reorganization meeting that takes place each year um I chair the meeting until the board president is elected um this is our January 7th meeting uh pursuant to um pursuant to the open public meetings act 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 if you'd all please rise for the flag salute I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you um I'm first going to administer the oath of office before we do our role call um the first person would be Lauren delandro if you want to sure we all fit on camera please repeat after me I Mr Sim and Lauren delandro do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States support of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and theti of the state of newers and that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and that I will bear true faith and aliance to the same and to the governments established to the same to the governments established in the United States and this state in the United States and this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God I Lauren delandro and Mr Sim do solemnly swear do swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education for the office of member of and that I am not disqualified as a voter and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs19 4-1 pursuant to rs9 nor to qualify due to conviction of a crime or offense nor to qualify due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njs 18a 12-1 listed in njs 1821 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly and that I will Faithfully impartially and just perform all the duties of that office perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so me God thank you you just both need to sign this thank you thank you thank you thank you Mr Freeze they can if they want to come on I'm Miguel FAS I Miguel FAS do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established to the same and to the government's established in the United States and this state in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people so help me God so help me God I Miguel Frias do solemnly swear I'm Miguel Frias do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of board of education for the office of member of Board of Education and that I am not disqualified as a voter and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs1 194 D1 pursuant to rs9 4-1 nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njsa 18a 12-1 or offense listed in njsa 18a 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my ability according to the best of of my ability so help me God so help me God just thank you thank you they they're gonna leave so okay come on come on Chloe Lucas come on everybody come up you have to stay after school tomorrow sit in my office or come on come on I'm getting y Luc everybody come on in yeah there he is come on come here everybody say cheese cheese okay you guys want to be in the picture okay okay bye um now that the oath of office was administered I'll read the expiration of terms Elizabeth Brown's term is up as 20126 althia Crespo in 2025 Lauren delandro now in 2027 Miguel Frias 2027 Joshua Cohen 2026 Eric Langley 2025 and Mr Sim 2027 the certified election results are as stated Lauren delandro received 2,477 votes Miguel Frias 2,843 votes and Mr Sim 2,590 votes um right now I'd like to call the meeting to order by a roll call of the new board Miss Brown here miss Crespo here Mr elisandro here Mr Frias here Mr Cohen here Mr Langley here and Mr Sim the next part of action is to ask for a nomination for the election for President of the board I nominate Eric Langley for board president second but I want to thank you we all do a um if there's no other nominations I'll whoever is voted in first any will be the pre new president so um Miss Brown yes Miss Crespo yes Mr alesandro yes Mr fries yes Mr Cohen yes Mr Langley yes and Mr sim yes so Mr Langley is now the president and assumes the chair congrats congratulations congratulations now you'll ask for uh vice president nominations for vice president I nominate Joshua Cohen for vice president correct correct Miss Brown yes Miss Crespo yes Mr elisandro yes Mr Fus yes Mr Cohen yes yes Mr Langley yes and Mr sim yes okay uh I congratulations congratulations uh we will open it up for public comments on agenda items only there's nobody here so we can move on to item C these are all to be acted upon right these are all voting all okay I guess we can do them all we should we break them out or should we do them all at once they're all okay all right can I get a motion for items C1 through 28 move to approve items C1 through 28 as stated second sorry wait a minute second any questions are comments from board members call please Miss Brown yes Miss Crespo yes Mr alesandro yes Mr fries Mr Cohen yes Mr Langley yes and Mr sim yes uh then item D I guess we're moving on to does anybody have any new or old business they wish to discuss oh the oh sure okay everyone has a copy okay uh can we start uh Mr Fus can we start with reading the uh code of ethics and item a and then we'll take turns I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools that meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability race Creed sex or social standing I will confine my board action to policym planning and appraisal and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them I will carry out my responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well-run I will recognize that Authority rest with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may com compromise the board I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needlessly injure individuals or the schools in all other matters matters I will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for at school I will support and protect School Personnel in proper performance of their duties I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and will act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of administrative solution congratulate the new members on their election was a very contested election from what I understand yes and a Happy New Year to everyone so moved second Miss Brown yes Miss Crespo yes Mr alesandro yes Mr Frias yes Mr Cohen yes Mr Langley yes and Mr sim yes all right we will see everybody back here on the 22nd question for the