##VIDEO ID:7ARBELr7UiM## good evening it is September 26 2024 and I'd like to welcome you to the South Brunswick Board of Education meeting and to call the meeting to order please stand now for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance 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 oops okay okay so I'll read the statement advance notice the New Jersey open public meeting Act njsa 10 4-6 also known as the Sunshine 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 the primary purpose is for board members to discuss and vote on board business in accordance with the provisions of this act the board secretary has caused notice of this meeting 48 hours prior including date time and location to be posted in the South Brunswick Public Library the board office and filed with the Township Clerk and communicated to the home News Tribune and Star Ledger it is also posted on the district website Mr palowski may I have roll call Miss Julie Ferrara Miss Laura Hernandez here Mrs Deepa carthik yes Miss Alicia Khan Mr Roger Krishna yeah Mr Mike Mitchell Mr Barry Nathanson here Dr Smith Raj here Mrs Lisa Rogers present we have a quorum thank you yeah may I have a motion in a second to approve tonight's agenda so move Mr Mitchell move Miss Hernandez second all in favor any Nays approval of meaning is complete next order of business is board minutes board secretary Mr P's draft of the minutes from September 12th 2024 were posted on the board portal are there any changes from the board members no changes minute stand is written thank you Mr bski and Miss Marcia the next order of business is the report of the student representative uh miss sua tuti good evening everyone starting off with some School news we successfully had our first blackout game on September 20th student council sold almost $200 worth with the merchandise but unfortunately our Vikings lost 6 to 21 make sure to show up at our pink out game on October 5th our annual Club fairs were Tuesday September 24th and Wednesday the 25th students enjoyed the interactive summaries about the different clubs are St our school offers we welcom we welcomed our high school students parents/guardians at back to school night yesterday our student council and class council members sold merchandise and helped parents navigate their way through the school are yearly wear teal spin the wheel event is tomorrow students will engage in activities such as cornhole connect for and spin the wheel to answer questions about ovarian and prostate cancer awareness sbhs starts off the month of October with this pink spear day on October 1st to raise breast cancer awareness moving on to Athletics for the eighth time in school history and the first time since 2018 the boys soccer program won the red division with a division record of 41 one and owning the tiebreaker with St Joseph's of mouen the Viking marching band be began its competitive season at hunon Central Regional High School on Saturday September 21st and placed first in group five open with a score of 77.2 and won awards for best music best visual and best overall effect the band scored the highest of all bands at the competition our girls volleyball team is holding a pink out match on on October 8th versus East Brunswick there's a $3 entry and The Snack Shack will be open all proceeds will be donated to the making making stdes fundraiser come out and show your support and don't forget to wear pink that's all I have for you tonight thank you and enjoy your evening thank you so much appreciate the update all right moving on uh next order of business is the report of the president just a couple things uh just for the board members edification the board goals for 2024 2025 actually were added to the consent agenda for this evening so we'll be voting on those board goals within the consent agenda uh also please note again back to school nights have begun if board members plan on being present please notify the principals and Mr feder appropriately I'd also like to give a shout out and a thank you to the district grounds crew the custodians and the security staff for their assistance during all back to school nights that's it very short how about that report of the superintendent is next uh I would like to thank Lisa for a short president's report as the short and that concludes my report uh first to all all all all the students out here this is like always a fun night um because we get to see this incredible work so congratulations you're going to get on in a few minutes but just want to say that before we started I'm gonna I want to share with the board and the community that tonight I would like to launch a new ad hoc committee for this school year um not sure the exact name but something like a security Council where we would be inviting similar to how we've done things in the past we'd be inviting students staff uh families businesses Township Police to be involved board to be involved in a committee to really look at Security Options will we currently do what is possible how that affects the District how it affects our financial structures but to really dig in deep into Safety and Security obviously uh as this year opened we were dealing with another um school shooting it doesn't seem to be dissipating and I know it's a concern for our um stakeholders in our community so we feel this might be an opportune time to bring people into the fold and do that so um you'll see it um we'll talk more about that in a goal but uh we really want to do this and hope the board is on uh would be um in support of this so Dave uh myself and Jim Conroy are safety specialist start the conversation share with a couple board members I think I put it out to you guys on Friday or Monday and uh we think it's the right work and uh our other committees that have happened in the past have really yielded positive results so we're excited to do the work and um if it's a go what we're going to do is we will do a full invite where we will do the same thing we've done in the past we will ask families who wants to participate we will ask U Mr verella to find some good students um possibly um any of your leadership or students that are just interested in the topic um maybe even ask Middle School I think we can probably Bonnie and Kim if we can maybe think about if middle school kids would be appropriate as well on that um but we we really just want to have our community understand security and safety in schools as well as have the opportunity to see what's even possible there's so much out there um we could literally spend $50 million a year on security and still be more you could probably do so we just want everyone to get into that so if there's no um you know challenge of the board if everyone's in support we'll plan on moving forward with that and by probably by next week have communication out to the community on that um we are also we you know we just get notified of a change of subject but of our marit Scholars so again we have kids who have been uh their National Merit Scholarship uh has them a semi-finalist we have um kids that have been honored it's it's always a great thing and Mr V will be doing that with his team he that usually around February March Pete uh to honor those students but we just learned about that some important dates the week of respect is coming up October 7th that the week of October 7th it's an important time to remember the importance and again it's it's h so much going on on in the world right now the politics the various things happening across the pond and it's so important to remember that it's okay to have a different view it's okay to have a different thought that doesn't make someone wrong and it doesn't make them an enemy and and that's vital to understand that so we'll be doing work on that in our schools also October I saw jod a second ago where did I just see jod jod there she is um so jod that might I'm mentioning jod by name it must mean it's time for dyslexia month and uh jod jod is our um our resident dyslexia expert at at Greenbrook over there and the district so that's that's also October so those are important things for us to remember some other important dates our next board meeting is October 15th it's a Tuesday not a Thursday um we need to do that and also uh students don't get upset about this but we are off next Thursday and Friday I apologize we are going to be off for Thursday and Friday but our teachers you still must be present on Thursday and Friday and um other than that I'll turn it back over to you and again congratulations to our students and our staff for amazing work and uh let's move on any questions for Mr feder seeing none also just a Rec just a head nod is there any any concern about going forward with a uh Security Council do it no I have done um the thing is uh so I do appreciate the intention um the uh you know the community needs to know um uh what's happening and um you know the risk benefit uh sort of analysis of spending more on security uh versus the actual benefit of protecting the kids uh but um the thing uh that bothers me is that you know over a period of uh over the course of conversation there will be information that should not be at a later point in time um you know uh uh you know abused um you know in a security breach so that is something that concerns me um so I don't know if uh if there can be a very um you know sort of very strict um U sort of U information decimation uh approach towards it making sure that the information that goes out in that Committee in other words nothing that puts anyone at risk will be shared publicly uh yeah that's my one concern we'll cover that privacy will be privacy is foremost it's not to be just the Privacy it's not going to be everybody please don't tell anybody right anything that can't be shared or known would not be done in that open form right so any vulnerabilities um in the buildings or um anything that that can potentially be misused at a later point in time so we can't stop people from having dinner table conversations and um you know people uh who participate in those communi ites and then they might not be uh having any bad intentions but you can't stop them from having dinner table conversation essentially once the information is out there it's it's out there it can be abused it can be used in various way for example if we talk about having metal detectors it's public knowledge that we have them or don't yeah so you that's one of the more obvious ones we we understand what you're saying and and Jim um and our police would be safeguarding that very carefully before anything would happen everything will be planned in advance before we would do anything you know the just as a point to the district has contingency plans in place we're not even privy to it yeah uh I think this board is not pretty at privy and that's the way it will stay there are certain aspects of security that we don't even have the right to see um and that's the way I it should be um and that's how it will remain so it absolutely in the committee as well absolutely yep thank you for that any questions to my right Mr Nathanson no I just had not a question I just wanted to what you and I were discussing you know and in the vein that Scott brought up and uh What uh the good doctor just brought up uh that it still will uh operate according to what we were talking about we're not sure I think we should talk about that after we understand okay um what his intentions are oh okay our right now we need to look at what Mr feder is requesting us to do and that is an advocacy quote unquote committee for security given that involving the community that has nothing to do with the board right now okay okay other than we're approving his movement on this okay is there anybody that doesn't feel that there should be a community Security Council so no then I would just the objective is to just make sure the community understands uh the risk benefits uh of of various security uh measures that that the school or maybe you can just elaborate on the objective of this I I think what we should ask Mr feder for is that that specifically to get more information from you as to what the intentions are you can send that out to the board I did right I can send it again yeah send it again you have this I send it to you it I'll send it again yeah just send it out just what the intentions are for the security Council so that it's clearly documented and understood and at that point if there's any questions I would ask that the board members question Mr better directly just include myself okay I I will that is the thing I gathered it I saw it most as most mostly as a cost benefit uh not cost risk benefit U um assessment uh and uh informing the committee community of the risk benefits of various things that are going to happen uh but yeah I I I need more I need to be more clear on the objective so what I would recommend is review what Mr feder has sent out and will send out if there's any questions then I would ask that you direct them directly to him include us okay um and and then um until we determine how we're going to move forward from if there's a need for a committee or what have you um we'll we can determine who would be involved okay but at this point I would just say the three thank you any other questions Miss caric comment little closer please okay can you hear me now yep I just wanted to respond to Dr Raj's comment I think uh the objective of this particular ad hoc committee if you want to call it that or a working group is to involve Bonafide stakeholders in a conversation and a dialogue as it relates to security for a short period of time so it's not an extended committee as such that will that has no start or end date but it's a defined period of time where we are being building engagement uh with the administration the board and the community on this particular issue since it's become so front and center of a stu of student life right security has become such an critical aspect so I think you know uh giving parents instead of uh you know just gleaning through some comments on on WhatsApp discussions or you know uh parents not having a forum to sort of bring out their thoughts Etc this is an Avenue for them to come and engage with the district on this particular topic not uh we use a discretion of the administration to ensure that you know that the conversations remain in the realm of uh exchange of ideas right and remain in the realm of understanding rather than divulging information that might be too sensitive for for a discussion for a broader group so my understanding that this is just it's an Avenue for us to engage with our teachers our stakeholders are there in the buildings on a day-to-day basis we have to also understand firsthand how they feel about this aspect right and what are they experiencing uh how do parents feel every morning when they send their kids to school what we hear is a limited uh sort of set of comments that we may we may be coming from our own sort of experience on this topic so I think this is a very good thing because it is limited to a particular uh period in time and then we can always evaluate whether we need to revisit this sort of a ad hoc committee or not or whether it has to happen on a sustained basis I think that this is an evolving conversation but I think as a start I fully support uh you know s such an committee excellent anybody else no then you have a board approval to move forward with the community and for lack of a better term right now the community security committee Council however you would like to determine the title great anything else for Mr feder okay moving on thank you for for that and thank you for the comments to all the board members okay moving on uh recognition right now we have one recognition this evening and we're going to be recognizing the 2024 2025 District calendar art students um first and foremost con congratulations to all of you um this is a prestigious honor uh it is one of our most favorite times of the year because the the work that is produced by by everyone from K through 12 is just amazing and tremendous and um we get so much recognition from around the state um that people know that South Brunswick has an amazing art program and the art uh Gallery is just um a phenomenal event for this District if you haven't if you have never attended one of the district art shows which I'm sure all of the parents here have um to the people that in the audience you definitely should are held in the spring um you will be amazed again at the talent of our students in this District so now I'd like to call to the podium Dr Mammon the assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction to begin the recognition Dr Mammon I'm sorry I'm Blair and Christian sorry thank you good evening everyone I two things I'm going to ask for forgiveness later but none of this is possible without resources right you see how much our from our staff and our students and what they're able to do we're not able to do them without resources so I really want to take this moment to just highlight um our fearless leader Scott feder who was named middle sex County Association superintendent of the year [Applause] hopefully he won't fire me for doing this but this happened in June and he kept it under wraps and exactly he was named after just his tireless advocacy on behalf of not just South Brunswick children but the children of middle sex County and New Jersey in general particularly his leadership in addressing the school funding formula this his work and the advocacy has had a lasting impact on our schools and communities and for this he was recognized as the county superintendent of the year we are fortunate to have such a dedicated and passionate leader guiding our district passionate UND score ensuring that every student has the resources and opportunities that they deserve so join me in congratulating Mr feder he is so going to get me if you are interested we have a opening for an assistant superintendent to that end I want to congratulate our parents our teachers and our students All The Talented students whose artwork has been selected for recognition your creativity has um hard work and unique perspectives are truly inspiring I'm always in awe when I go to the art gallery show it's amazing we're so proud of your accomplishments and look forward to seeing your continued growth as artists so I'm going to call on Miss Blair Eisman and Miss Christen lasin Miss BL Eisman is going to recognize the elementary school and middle and Miss Christen lasin will do the same but for high school good evening everyone so good to see you um I'd first like to ask uh our president Mrs Rogers to come on over she's going to help give out some certificates to our winners and I'm going to ask if you are a student artist being recognized tonight to come on over and stand here on the wall or if you're an adult teacher principal accepting for them this evening to come on over as well all right so as Dr Mammon said I'm Blair eisan and I'm joined by Kristen laskan and together we have the honor of supervising uh Visual Arts in the district and we are here tonight to celebrate our student calendar art winners selecting calendar art is one of those time honored Traditions here in South Brunswick and last April at the art gallery our art teachers selected pieces for the calendar that you're going to see here tonight and they truly are stellar and breathtaking we do want to mention that this year for the first time our calendar is available in a convenient and accessible digital format on our district website making it simple for you to find and view important dates so if you head to our district website you would simply click on the calendar tab live District school calendars and then you would click on sbsc calendar 2425 always like to start with some thanks and some gratitude our building and central office administration the board Dr Mammon our student artists and families a big shout out to Mrs Sheila nazer she is Dr mammon's um Administrative Assistant where is she there she is stand up [Applause] yes she is responsible for the layout and creation of the calendar um which I know is a labor of love and all of the preparation for tonight to make it special for families and students so thank you and also a big thank you to our K12 art Specialists the way that they teach guide Inspire encourage and bring out the artist in every student is truly remarkable so uh Mrs Kazar Miss tan Miss Mrs malan Miss celik Mrs Kipnis Mr schisel Mrs Ward at North we have Mrs Costello at South Mrs dovis and then at the high school uh Mrs budoo Miss buus uh Mr castaldo Mr Chow Miss McMillan and Mrs Coleman I think I got everybody right and yes I go in alphabetical order in my head um I do also want to mention although they'll be recognized later in the year at our retirement recognition Ellen Kar and Suzanne tan are retiring in a few months um Legends they're Legends there's really no other way to describe them big shoes to fill they're going to be missed but their impact will be forever lasting so please give them a round of [Applause] applause all right so our first calendar artist from Brooks Crossing is a parna Cy gasin great last year she was in grade five and she worked with Mrs Ellen Kazar Brooks Crossing fifth graders created self-portraits inspired by Brazilian artist Romero Brito the background of each piece was divided into sections within each section the artist created a different pattern and with each pattern telling a different story about them aparna's piece shows wonderful skill creativity and attention to detail congratulations Z PARTA here you want to take of Mrs macaron could take it for her oh okay that's okay from Brunswick Acres Felicia Ang last year fifth grade working with Miss Suzanne tedan last year the district focused on the theme Equity begins with me fifth graders explored different ways to promote equity and inclusion aiming to foster a supportive learning environment the goal was to create a classroom culture where all students felt empowered to take risks and have the tools they need to fully participate and succeed Felicia's beautiful sunflower painted and the quote be the sunshine to people's gloomy days reminds us of the importance of recognizing those who may need support and being the person who steps in to make a difference congratulations is Felicia here Felicia Felicia come on up sweetie oh there you are congratulations all right from Cambridge we have aush sen who was in fifth grade last year and worked with Mrs Kristen Malin this is a colored pencil dragon eye this lesson explored the significance of dragons in cultures worldwide students deepen their understanding of value and color while enhancing their blending skills with colored pencils ausa's dragon eye was selected for its unique details and his adventurous use of color [Applause] congratulations at Constable school shrinika nalapa last year she was in fifth grade and worked with Mrs Tracy celik this is a value portrait of Malala usafi this pencil in Char sorry charcoal portrait was a value study in which fifth grade artists learned how to shift their thinking and see like an artist to recognize shapes and values that represent their subject Sha's art was chosen because of her attention to detail her masterful blending and her Effectiveness in showing the quiet strength of her famous subject [Applause] congratulations from Greenbrook we're celebrating Ani mahapatra she was in first grade last year and worked with Mrs kipniss last year students created these sunflower paintings in the fall they had the chance to see a real sunflower to learn how the petals how the petals overlapped and they got to see the texture in the center they also saw photos of sunflowers that came in many different colors they learned how to mix colors layer brush Strokes blend chalk and add details to their multimedia paintings 's piece was selected because it showcases her painting skills creativity and color choice and careful craftsmanship congratulations and Mrs kipniss is going to accept for her good job Mrs Kipnis from indian fields Tom V sendor who was in second grade last year working with Mr Jason chisell students created a tiger by using oil pastels and paint for this project students study the artist Henry Russo and the various creations of tigers in Russo's work students collectively created a tropical jungle around their tiger by studying objects in nature around them Tomy was selected due to her creativity skilled techniques her close attention to detail and her craftsmanship congratulations look at that big [Applause] smile from mam Junction we're celebrating Anika condal who was in second grade last year and she worked with Mrs Jill Ward this is a winter landscape used um done with watercolor paints Miss W chose this piece because of the students overall enthusiasm for art and her piece and the uh sorry I apologize I'm going to start over she chose this piece because of the students overall enthusiasm for art and this piece throughout the process she created space use of color and gives you the feeling that you were there in that setting congratulations congratulations from Crossroads North AA Raja gal who was in 8th grade last year and worked with Miss Ellen Costello the eighth grade does self-portraits because the students are experiencing an important Crossroads in their life they are moving on from middle school to begin a new exciting journey in the high school the project is meant to be a symbolic reflection of this time in their lives [Applause] congratulations also from Crossroads North Hannah Suzuki who was in grade seven last year also worked with Mrs Ellen Costello the seventh grade does a landscape of Yos to expose students to the park and all of the many artists throughout history that have made a contribution to our country by painting The Spectacular views that help to protect and Preserve ve the national parks in our beautiful country [Applause] [Music] congratulations from Crossroad South parella who was in grade seven last year worked with Mrs Tracy dovas for this project students created a portrait using only words that were written or spoken by the person depicted Pica's portrait of Taylor Swift was created using only song lyrics this drawing was chosen because of Pica's close attention to detail and her creative use of color and contrast congratulations is she here tonight yeah [Applause] congratulations also from Crossroads South Julia witus who was in 8th grade last year working with Mrs Tracy dovis in this project students chose a food wrapper photographed and cop the image to create a strong composition then created an oil pastel drawing based on the rapper Julia's drawing was chosen for the way she used color contrast and details to beautifully capture the Whimsical Spirit of the Nerds candy rapper congratulations and I'm GNA turn it over to Mrs lasin she's gonna honor our high school students [Applause] okay so now for the high school we have Christian lugos Reyes grade 11 his teacher is Mrs Lori budoo um this is a pet p pet portrait project students chose a photo of um their pet of choice to create an acrylic painting with fur detail Christian's painting was chosen for its craft composition and amazing detail in the paint of his dog excellent work [Applause] Christian Elizabeth U grade nine teacher Mrs Rebecca bufus this is an oil pastel closeup Elizabeth Blended and layered oil pastels to recreate this very realistic closeup of a flower it was a challenge and she took in stride and really observed subtle details and Shadows the final project really stood out from the rest excellent work [Applause] Elizabeth Brianna Costa grade 10 teacher Mr David castaldo this is a beyond the borders mixed media project Brianna did a great job emphasizing the fluid fluid fluidity fluidity I know can do that of watercolor paint while showing her drawing skills with marker to finish off the details excellent work Brianna Mr of colors sahir cower um teacher grade 10 teacher Mr Forman Chow this is an interior portrait project Mr Chow chose this piece because of the engenuity and her fresh perspective on the project the piece challenges the artist to take an introspective look as to what makes them who they are excellent work to here [Applause] ham hamini Kori grade nine teacher Mrs Kimberly Coleman this is a jellyfish and oil pastel project for this project students chose a color scheme and create an interesting composition with jellyfish and additional details hamin's artwork was chosen due to her crafts craftsmanship and overall creativity excellent job hini [Applause] Nishi kamani Nishi um Nishi kamani grade 11 teacher Mrs Kathleen McMillan Nishi kamani explored the concept of nostalgia and how to effectively portray the stimuli response correlation the scent that the subject smells is a direct Avenue back to Early Childhood when she used to C with her grandmother The Ripped canvas Nish Nishi showed to incorporate helps to communicate the forcefulness and intensity of which Nishi is transported to her childhood memories well done Nishi this concludes our presentation tonight of our calendar art winners pleas please give them and our art teachers one more round of applause students when artists when you leave you can take your artwork home with you after you see it out there in the hall and take some pictures with your family so thank you again and I turn it back to you Mrs Rogers thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you to every single artist out there um inspiring is a word that comes to mind the use of the the colors the depth of the colors just just an amazing group of artists um to the teachers and the art teachers out there amazing as always um South Brunswick is just the top of the top of the charts when it comes to having our our teachers teach these children you do an amazing job and your love of Art and your love of the student surely does shine through thank you for that and to the parents um great job uh you know there's an inspiration coming somewhere and it usually starts within the home so congratulations parents to each and every one of you and also to the grandparents the one that had the inspiration that was in is just in intense very intense it gave me chills congratulations to every single one of you I I I'm upset because I didn't get a chance to see the pictures tonight but um I have my calendar I will do that does anybody have any comments no again oh M Hernandez I just want to say I am in awe when I see this stuff complete awe and that's coming from somebody who can't draw a stick figure so when I see a first grader or second grader produced this it is a god-given talent it is just absolutely amazing um what you kids produce and it blesses me to be able to see this and gives us bragging rights just so you know that so congratulations to everybody congratulations and we look forward to the spring art gallery yay thank you um before we continue on if you'd like to you're the more than welcome to stay for the rest of the board meeting um but if not we'll take about five minutes allow you to leave um and then we'll continue on and don't forget your pieces of art did you want to say something no we can leave no shut up thank you once again to the [Laughter] families e e okay okay we're going to continue now U Mr feder just has a quick correction just a quick question um SM it works out gentlemen gentle gentlemen bar somebody tap I only sent this out so far to a few people you were one of the people but it was today so if you hadn't seen it yet that's why you haven't seen it there was no way I could have no you would have but I did send you all now the goal of the safety commit which we worked on and that's when I thought I sent it out to everybody I realized I only sent out to a few people today the people on the education committee to preview but you all have it now on an email these are the goals so look at those if you think there's a problem with those just shoot me an email let me know Y and we'll go from there okay thank you for that okay next on the agenda is uh board committee and liaison reports um so we will start with um Finance any update from the finance committee we have not met Madam president yep yes to start a school it's kind of hard we usually have to kick off that first thank you coming soon you got it education committee yeah education committee met tonight and we we met uh Suzanne and uh Dr Mammon went over and guest speakers we had guest speakers tonight I like that uh we went over just student achievement data and all the different testing which going to is going to be presented um to the public but beforehand FYI for the board you will be getting a copy of this also before the it is presented so we can re you could review it ask questions so we're on the same page so that's what it took up the whole time and it was really interesting so good thank you for that um business Ops any update one thing so what's going to happen is you're going to receive an email and uh we are going to be um sending out the draft back to the Ed committee right so they have time to review it as an ed committee to make comments but then you are going to receive this as well I think next Friday is that was it next Friday after that one yeah we're going to get it on Monday you'll have time to review the presentation and then have time to digest it so that when we actually do the presentation up here it won't be your first time with eyes on it you're always welcome to ask any questions in advance but the education committee will be uh doing all this first and anything that where they need clarifications or more information they will let um our team know and then we will take it from there and distribute to everyone a uh finalized copy that will then be at the board meeting on October 15th October 15th yeah the next board meeting thank you all right great thank you for that and business operations yeah uh again we haven't met yet but however we have a meeting for the 7th of October plan that's Monday right correct great and policy committee um unfortunately Alicia had a family situation so she's not here to give us an update but Mr um Bowski if you could please do that I would greatly appreciate it all right everybody let's sit back and get comfortable this is going to be a nice long one here we go policy 0141 is board member and uh terms this reaffirms the board of educations memberships and structures policy 2200 curriculum content has been revised to remove a list referencing numerous New Jersey student learning standards this list did not include all of the standards and since the New Jersey student learning standards are continually changing it's appropriate to remove reference and um specific standards as the policy uh grows and changes policy 4160 3160 and 9181 all our physical examinations of student staffs and volunteers um the New Jersey Department of Health indicated this update uh limits TB screenings in New Jersey for school and teachers other employees and those students who are at the highest risk of TB infection some revisions uh in the 2023 guidance recommending limited or reducing some of the screening requirements from the 20 2016 guidance regarding students uh coming from other countries and circumstances when a new student or staff member should be given a TV test uh 5200 is a regulation does not apply I have next up is 5337 I might be going a little out of order with regards to our list on the uh consent agenda only because I'm hopping around a little bit uh we have service animals 5337 uh policy has been revised to include the New Jersey uh nja excuse me njsa 18a uh we have a permitted access for service animals that's new uh in school districts 5350 student suicide prevention provides training requirements for additional staff members um the requirement for any staff required by njsa 18a to be trained uh to warrant and protect uh when they have information on suicidal situations and cases like this in school districts policy 8420 is emergency crisis situations has new language added that require staff uh training for school security be updated to include procedures for accommodating students with disabilities during drills and emergency situations policy 8467 firearms and weapons in school districts has a um been revised to provide some additional detail included in the administrative code regarding student possession of firearms and weapons on school grounds policy has been completely Rewritten to align with the current language and the statute and administrative code mainly njsa uh definitions weapons reporting students and staff and handling of Alcohol and Other Drugs is also part of this uh new code policy 9160 is a public attendance at school events this sets safety requirements regarding bags the types of bags and the items allowed in school events at the high school we have 2460 special education uh policy 2460 assures compliance with Part B of the individual Disabilities Act uh and the New Jersey Administrative Code 6A 2468 independent education evaluations um when a parent uh requests a independent education valuation this policy uh will provide uh the parent with information about where the individual education evaluation may be obtained the criteria and according to NJ 6A and the additional criteria outlined in the policy so last up is the 2365 um artificial intelligence acceptable use outlines expectations regarding the appropriate use of AI within the educational environment and that is your policies that are on for second read for this board meeting um and if there are any questions you guys uh the board had multiple time to review these this is your second read so we should be ready for adoption also just reminder anytime we see the m m like Mary that's a mandated policy from the state mandatory mandatory excuse me um policy from the state just there as a reminder to all any questions for Mr palowski none seeing none we shall move on thank you very much for that I appreciate you stepping up to do that anytime anytime okay any liaison updates wait can I add to Mr palow so just so um the audience five of you out there know when we meet he he go not only do we get the policies ahead of time as a policy committee um Mr palaski goes over everything with us answers our questions any of the changes because a lot of times when we get the policy before it's just changes in there it's not like these are all brand new policies and we have tons and tons and tons of stuff but I just think it's important that people know that when we're looking at policy and we're talking about policy and voting on policy it is um explain to us in detail exactly what we're voting on before we do so so I just wanted to add that sure and those policies are all accessible to the community on the website exact thank you I appreciate that all right any liaison updates to my to my left Dr Raj yeah so uh Crossroad South had their uh back to school night on uh 24th uh for uh sixth graders and um this time they had a separate back to school night for uh 7th and eighth graders which U probably is happening as we speak um and uh as usual it was very well appointed and then there was a good attendance also and um uh parents uh of new Middle School uh kids you know the sixth graders um they were all enthusiastic and uh the staff was uh very good at explaining things and the presentation was very good uh put the presentation that was put together was very uh helpful also um so uh I'm I'm sure that's the same thing that that's happening right now uh that's the update from Crossroad South thank you anyone where they go let's move over to miss carthic yes I'll come back to you oh yeah Miss car okay back to Dr Ro I'm sorry Mr Mitchell was also so in attendance um I had to mention him yes absolutely no thank you for that I appreciate it no I I'm supposed to mention it Miss car did you have your hand raised yes uh I Leon report and then I wanted to see something else okay on the liaison yes you can report on liaison yes uh so I I am the liazon for the high school so we had the high school convocation on the 13th of September I was in attendance along with uh my fellow board members uh Mr Michel and Mr Nathanson it was very well conducted uh the Freshman uh were watching the convocation from their classrooms and uh I think the 10th 11th and the 12th graders were in attendance uh it was wonderfully organized very it went very smoothly and it was my honor to be there at the convocation uh we were there in our formal academic attire the three of us so U I'm very pleased to share that the event went off very well and uh you know it was it was wonderful as usual that's great yeah thank you for that any other liaison just we deeper it was just the seniors that were in the audience it wasn't did the fresh your classroom watch everybody got to watch it they watch yeah yeah they watched it right right but the seniors were in the audience yeah thank you for attending yeah and the speeches the children gave were also very nice very very ni yeah it was it was well done oh and sorry I I forgot to mention uh Dr Mammon and uh uh uh Miss lubor were also there uh it was wonderful yeah very good yeah very nice of any other leaan update what Mr nathon Mr Nath one uh the high school we need to control that okay I didn't realan like she still talk okay sorry I just just just one more comment we had the the high school had us back to school night right yesterday uh unfortunately I couldn't attend uh but uh I heard it went off very well um I heard from the student council uh that it was very well organized and very well attended as well very good thank you Mr nathon just a quick add on uh Suzanne niika came back and was honored at the uh convocation uh reserved thank you for that um and to the board members that were not are not present during back to school night I'll send out the um information regarding the uh back school night welcome from the board I'll make sure you all get a copy of that thank you yep anybody else on the A on no I'm sorry M just one sentence uh principal katees I I spoke with her earlier and she even though the kids are not here I want to send her congratulations to them so hopefully they'll get the message at some point um that she she was thinking about them she would have been here but uh duty calls yep so U that was the message very good thank you thank you so much anybody else yes Miss caric Madam president I would like to make a motion I can't hear you I'd like to make a motion oh oh yes okay um to add uh you know to our uh adhoc committee the committee that uh our superintendent just recommended uh so I was wondering if I can make a motion to add the security and whatever you want to call it or Christian it as uh adhoc security committee or Security Council okay um so a security count you you're making a motion to request that this board have a separate an ad hoc SEC or an ad hoc committee to security yes okay you can make that motion absolutely okay what we discuss I don't understand what you mean we discuss disc I don't understand what she's asking okay so uh if you if I make a motion to add an ad hoc security committee when you say ad hoc security committee do you mean a committee of three board members only yeah um yes because if he have more than three uh more than four then it would be a no what I mean is we have an education committee right we have an operations committee we have a policy committee right are you saying to also add now a security committee on that no no no no no cuz that already is being discussed in the operations Comm so we maintain that right so then in that case you don't need a motion for us to do what you just propos you don't need to do you can but you don't need to you need to do a motion and a policy change right to add a security board committee that is only board members you're not talking about only board members you're saying do what I described yes cuz we already discussing the security as a topic in the operation I just was making sure because I thought that but you wouldn't you don't need a motion okay if I don't need a motion then you can I mean you're free to have a motion but you would only need a motion for it's not a board motion to do that it's an administrative task okay um but if if you all would prefer to do it as a motion feel free I think we need to discuss it because there were some discussions around creating whether we should or not create an ad hoc committee or to keep security within um the existing business Ops discuss um operations I know there were several pros and cons and you know I wanted to see you had mentioned some pros and cons um so let's do this so as we had discussed in email if there is no let's let's look at it this way if you want to discuss this a little F you know more we can put it on agenda yeah we should discuss it and just kind of clarify a little bit more what you're talking about so so we're looking at and I know at least it was talking about to form another committee you you don't need a motion the president can can establish a committee if it's just a board members this is Laura's thought process if Scots already formed forming a security Safety Committee with the community an important stakeholders including board members why would we have two that's that's the discussion yeah right that's what I think we're going to discuss so so in this is my opinion after we discussed it a little bit already that why have two we we have one where we have the community members there and the the police and whoever along with three appointed board members on that committee what would a committee separate with just three members do okay so I think I think where we're going here is we have three or four board members on the um we don't want a separate committee right because we know that that would be a whole policy change we understand that the question then becomes is four committee members board excuse me four board members on the security Council that Mr feder will be creating those four board members and or one would then have a communication any further communication NE necessary because it would also come through Mr feder and Mr palowski as well as the chair in the board um in the operations committee so so the question would be is maintain it as the ad hoc that Mr feder is going to create create but ensure that there are board members included what I was trying I'm trying to get clarify I am and so what what what I what I clarified with Deepa was Deepa tell me if I'm wrong was under the impression that we needed to have a motion correct to create the committee I was describing that is cor correct you were not asking for any other Committee of any kind no correct correct correct and all I'm saying is while you can discuss this till your heart's desire there's no need for a motion okay to do that but that doesn't mean you can't have a discussion about the topic that would be fall on me because quite frankly I thought we required a motion so I apologize for that that's fine that's all right so I just want to clarify so you know a viewers who are watching us if at all uh and they watching a recording they're not confused I they just let me lay it out so currently security is being discussed as part of our operations committee so my intention or the my thought process is let it stay the way it is cuz that's working well for us right this let's call it a councel and not confuse it with the word committee okay this Council that we want to put together with uh relevant stakeholders bonafied stakeholders who will participate in this discussion is for a short period of time which is is a defined period of time and it consists of board members Educators stakeholders Etc similar to what we did or maybe similar to we did for our finance uh budget committee or not whatever we we'll figure that out but at this point in time I understand I don't need to make a motion to set up that Security Council that we just spoke off at the beginning of this meeting are we we're all clear yes okay and again I apologize that's that's I will I will take my motion back then just grab it back and we were fine take it back good yeah because another committee is not necessarily needed that's fine and Lisa if you ever want another Committee just let me know you got it all right I I do have a question for that so so Scott's going to develop this committee we all think it's a great idea and board members are going to be on it where's the crossover with this committee and operations talking about Safety and Security so so how do you know what I'm saying like we got OPP the operations committee talking about it and then we've got Scott's so I think where where we draw the line is that the operations committee would be getting an update on current operations that and correct me if I'm wrong Scott please that that I would expect Mr Nathanson to provide an update on what took place in the committee the committee would be of any updates in buildings and grounds anything that's currently taking place Mr feder had sent out the notification as to what the council would be would be doing which would be separate and distinct so the safety wouldn't be then on operations no it would because what I I I think okay I could try yes pleas no let Mr feder speak so basically the Safety and Security is on me yes not on you right what the job of the board is is to say to the superintendent keep the district safe correct once you say that then my job is to do that corre the idea of having a whole group of stakeholders is knowledge understanding communication Clarity um to to Smith this point not to divulge secret where the secret missiles are kept cor right it's the idea of what an operations committee does is similar to what an education committee does the education committee doesn't educate students you learn you have an opportunity to hear about what's happening to then offer thoughts offer advice offer oversight so a the operations committee is where you would find conversations such as um anything we're talking about that involves operational content would fall there like when we had transportation we didn't develop a transportation board committee right we had a committee similar to what I'm describing with safety but it fell under operations because Transportation falls under operations so that committee well might have the same people on the board side as on the community side was able to hear and get some briefings that would then be presented to the full board when it comes to this as part of one of the changes we're making with Goal structure for this year I will be updating the board on a regular basis at board meetings on all of this content as well we will be doing that as a regular part of all the goals not just this one because that was a request a good request to keep everyone abess so I think the concept of another committee is just was was was it sounds like a red herring to me of confusion is what has happened because I do understand what Depot was not asking for that she was not calling for that she was simply saying I like what you said let's do that that's all that happened this concept of another Committee just throws a little monkey wrench into something that is not needed unless the board felt right we need a whole another board committee which I'm not hearing that at all no right and I'm so consider it to be just like we do everything else when we do an educ we for example we are doing the um Suzanne and I on October 15th will present um the student achievement results but prior to that we sent it to we met with the education committee and all of that work this could you can think of it the same way I I I see that but but the no one else is sitting on a student achievement here agenda thing you know what I'm saying wait let me clarify myself because if you're and I understand exactly what you're saying Scott but right now where it differs from the education committee and what Suzanne just did tonight and how we're going to communicate that is on our operations committee understand that's Safety and Security we've got three people on that committee you are now going to have a Safety and Security I don't even want to say committee say Council for now thank you councel okay you're going to have three separate board members on that so if you have three board members on your C Safety Council but yet safety Falls underneath operations where's the there's going to be an overlap you're describing U the concept of safety falling under operations safety Falls under the Board of Education exactly and the superintendent exactly period the idea that what we're simply saying is transportation falls under operation has to fit somewhere it falls under that when we had a transportation committee we still had to talk about Transportation under operations because the committee doesn't make decisions so those decisions have to come back somewhere so if there's a conversation about this or that and the superintendent then makes a recommendation prior to that recommendation coming to the board it's got to come to somewhere so it'll come to the operations committee rather than the education committee unless it's an educational concept use the mulch for example so so those three people on the on the on the not on the committee on the what did you call it Council they're not going to report back to us or do anything they're just going to be one of the me they they're participants right they're just they are just participants okay you don't need to have board members on that committee you probably will right you're participants you're not you're board members you can't not be but you're participants and all of the other committees when we did this all the board members who were in part of those larger groups were participants citizens that citizens a that's a confusion I guess how different it from a parent Academy Parent Academy is I deliver information to you there's no interaction there's no recommendations coming if you were you were you on any of the other committees yeah or watch any of them on any of our videos that's what this will be that's what this will be just the topic won't be transportation or budget it's going to be Safety and Security when we did the finance committee this there was 30 some people there Mr F started with the presentation what we were up against in the state for funding okay what we have been doing as a district to try to assist in the funding Arena then it was what do we need to do to get to the legislature to make them understand what we were up against and then we divided amongst the groups some dealt with the high school students with people some dealt with the community and then we went out and we did what we needed to do my confusion just participant versus that's all that's all that was and in this case I'm just going to make a quick example okay when we were dealing with funding Mr feder came to the operations committee and said do we need to do mulch every year right he said do we need to do mulch every year so the committee said talk talk talk talk talk what's the benefit what's the risk what's the pros and the cons his recommendation is we don't need to do it every year the board then uh excuse me the committee then says let's discuss it and then agree disagree what have you vote yeah we're not going to do mulch every year so before it comes to this board right that committee it comes out of committee the decision comes out of committee if it needs to even do that but it's his recommendation that's coming to the committee first and then the board gets it in this particular case he will be running that Council to say you know here's what we without going too far with the nuclear you know missiles are HID but here's what we do to that extent what are you thinking we need and then he then looks at all that information makes his recommendations to either that Council however he wants to do it but it's more of an interactive that's the word I was looking for an interactive um discussion versus a parent Academy which is a presentation does that make sense anybody good so Scott when you're when you're the board members over just participants like anybody else on there when you come to whatever decisions you come to you're going to present that here or you're funing that through operations so we're going to keep the board a breast of all of the goal work on a regular basis okay I will have updates you will also have opportunity to watch the videos of the meetings okay it's that simple um we're making this is the epitome of mountain out of a ohill right now but I think it's necessary for clarification just for clarification of what we're trying to accomplish is identical to what we did with Transportation it's literally identical we are going to discuss the issue come up with a solution and present and that's pretty much where we go but most of the things that happen in in this is not board level action it's it's it's administrative action I guess because of the the discussion that happened prior was throwing me completely I yeah yeah I would say that too I would agree okay all right anybody on comments good any other comments okay moving on next is uh public comments on agenda items only let me just read my little statement the Board of Education recognizes the value of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters or community of Community interest complete copies policy 0167 which govern the portion of the meeting are available to the public at the auditorium entrance online or by contacting the board office to permit the fair and orderly expression of comments we ask that participants be recognized by the presiding officer crus comments by announcing his or her name place of residence and or group affiliation if appropriate and by excuse me I do that every time and group affiliation if appropriate and by completing the signning sheet please print legibly or we may be unable to document your name for the permanent record each statement made by a participant shall be limited to 3 minutes no participant may speak more than once on the same topic Mr palaski will indicate when you have 15 seconds remaining all statements shall be directed to the presiding officer no participant May address or question board members no discussion between a participant and respondent shall extend the three-minute time limit uh the first public comment is for consent agenda items only there will be a second opportunity for the public to comment on any matter Mr pki has anybody pre-registered no pre-registration are there any audience members who wish to make a public comment specifically on consent agenda seeing none we shall close this portion of public comments next order of business it is listed as the 2425 board goals as old business excuse me um they I had received a couple items um for addressed to be included the board goals are now part of the consent agenda so when we vote on the consent agenda please note that the board goals are included new business seeing none at this time we shall move on consent agenda review and walk through Mr palowski we have a pretty quick uh consent agenda items 1 one through 13 are all of your board of um business um financials you have a non-public technology order for St A's we're renewing of proprietary licenses and subscriptions in 15 16 is awarding a contract and authorizing a purchase over the bid limit 17 is also a Wilson language training over the bid limit approval we have uh 18 is a contract for educational materials 1 n is recording awarding bids um 110 we have the reading of the second reading and Adoption of policies that we had accomplished earlier in the meeting uh we are remote or excuse me we're abolishing a policy on um remote board meetings uh during a declared emergency uh we are also approving some travel and related expenses we have our uh professional development motion student field trips proving out of District placements we have a district mckin vento leaon Maria odonnell congratulations we have U South Brunswick Board of Education goals on 117 and your personnel and that is your agenda thank you so much any questions for Mr palowski yes Miss carth um I don't it's not a question but just a point of clarification for anybody who may be looking through our uh backup of the consent agenda uh if Mr paloski can just um expand on the item which is there on page number 14 in the bills section uh which uh the description is medical plan that is our insurance payment correct $3 million page number 14 page number 14 of the consent agenda backup yes 15 it's printed on uh page number 14 14 14 yes we have payments for medical plans and benefits yes that that is our okay that's all I just wanted to make sure because sometimes we get this sort of feedback that oh the the description is too limited for us to understand what it exactly means so I just says medical plan yes I know that but I'm just seeking a clarification so everybody can see it correct any else that's it anybody questions Bry no okay moving on uh may I have a motion in a second for the consent agenda move okay Mr Mr nathenson makes a move I had Dr uh Mr Krishna second roll call please uh Miss Laura Hernandez yes Miss DEA carthik yes Mr Raja Krishna yes Mr Mike Mitchell absolutely yes Mr Barry Nathanson yes Dr Smith araj yes Mrs Lisa Rogers is there something funny absolutely yes motion carries next on the agenda please we got to have a little bit of fun thank you thank you all for S and I think you got to be a little bit louder when you talk I can't hear you down here all right next on the agenda is public comments this is the second opportunity for public comments on any matter you are reminded of the previous statement made regarding public comment rules number policy number 0167 again at the podium state your name spell your name announce your place of residence and or your group affiliation complete the signing sheet and you are limited to 3 minutes do we have any public members of the public pre-registered Mr pki none none is there any audience members who wish to make a public comment seeing none we will close this portion of the public comments please note our next scheduled Board of Ed meeting is set for Tuesday October 15th as we change the date of our Thursday meeting due to the taste of Education event being held on the 17th as Mr feder reminded us on behalf of the South runs Board of Ed enjoy York upcoming weekend and uh that's it I'm coming may we have a motion to close the meeting M herandez M Hernandez second second Dr Dr Raj thank you and good night South Brunswick