##VIDEO ID:gpV_EDFVpbk## e i' like to call this meeting to order thank you all for coming I roll here here here here have please join me in the flag aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all New Jersey open public meeting LA with an action to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and to attend the meetings of public iies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of the act the Sussex wage Regional School District board of education has caused notice of this meeting to be public by having a date time of place thereof posted in the school building and notice of said meeting New Jersey heral and the star lger the susex spage Regional School District is a responsive child caring child centered Community our mission is to educate each individual to become confident competent lifelong learner and productive responsible citizen by providing challenging opportunities in the safe environment through a partnership of families schools and communities thank you Mrs witty I would like to take this time to congratulate the board members who have been elected onto the Sussex wage Board of Education as a result from this past election congratulations Mrs Chini Mrs Morocco and Mrs zberry on your Inc company and congratulations to the newly elected member Mr G Mrs witty I would like to thank you for all your years of dedicated service to this District your passion for this community does not go unnoticed nor does it go unheard you can always count on Mrs witty to have something to say thank you again for all that you do and for all that you have done let's give a round of applause to the elected board members and to Mrs witty for her six years of dedication to our district at this time we will move on to the report of grend in the school thank you m t and before we get started with our students of the month I'd also like to take the opportunity just impromptu you recognize somebody in the audience a grandparent who came out for our students for the month uh we're privileged to have you and we all owe you a Deb of gratitude in society but we're joined by Gail just who's the first ever female New Jersey State Police off 50 years ago I can invite Mr Schwarz up to the podium for students and fall me [Music] good evening Mr Gaul Mr torella members of the board and members in our audience tonight I will be presenting the students in the month for October and November from each grade level this evening these students have come highly recommended by their teachers and demonstrate many of the values that we hold in high regard in our school these values include respect responsibility effort and empathy as I present each student with their certificate this evening you will clearly see how they demonstrate these values and all that they add to our community the sixth grade student of the month for October is Riley Cornelius when RI while Riley is enjoying all of her classes thus far she is really excited about her writing class she indicated that her teacher has made this class very engaging and enjoyable and that she's looking forward to a great year Riley's teachers stated the following when recommending her Riley has been been a pleasure to have in class always working as a role model for her peers she has been very responsible for checking in with her teachers when she misses class and has a wonderful work eort Riley is a wonderful addition to our sixth grade class and we look forward to a wonderful year it is with great pride that I introduce Riley as the sixth grade student of the mon [Music] perfect the sixth grade student of the month for November is Richard VOR Richard has a passion for Science and enjoys learning about physics geology and chemistry in addition to his love for learning Richard plays trumpet in our band and can be found ice skating playing baseball or flying as RC plane Richard's teacher stated the following recommend for students mon Richard goes above and beyond what is expected of his curiosity often leads to questions that expand classroom lessons and learning he truly demonstrates the values of respect responsibility effort and empathy here at susex school it is with great pride that I introduce Richard as the sixth grade student [Applause] [Applause] in seventh grade our student of the month for November is Benjamin Mo Ben's teacher stated the following and recommending him Ben works well with all of his peers in class and is always raising his hand to answer questions he is prepared for class and strives to do his best on all of his work on a daily basis then is upbeat and brings a positive vibe to this class specifically in science class has become a huge support for a new student he works cooperatively with the student and makes the student feel welcome he helps the student learn and find information leading the student to express feeling welcomed in class because of then Ben is indeed making an impact here at SMS every day and we thank him for all that he does it is with great pride that I introduced by Mo has seventh grade student in eighth grade for the month of October the recipient is Jasmine Merkel Jasmine excels both academically and athletically she's part of our National Junior Honor Society here at SMS as well as being involved in track volleyball and Lacrosse in addition Jasmine is an avid horseback D Jasmine has made a great impression on her teachers as she started her eighth grade year they stated the Jasmine is a hard worker who always seeks to rise above challenges and do her best she is proactive in her learning always seeking seing out help if need Jasmine participates in in the school Community as a member of the National Junior Honor Society is always trying to better herself the it is with great pride that I introduce Jasmine as the eth grade [Applause] [Applause] student in eth grade for the month of November the is Cole Johnson while Cole is not exactly sure what career path he will follow he's excited for high school and the academic possibilities that are available he is an active young man outside of school who can be found on the slopes or riding his dir bite and cl Cole's teacher stated a PA is a student who was focused on finishing his work and putting his best foot forward he did particularly well in technology where he was dependent on to assist with a variety of projects while doing his own work he treats teachers and peers the respect and advocates for himself when he needs help Cole is an advanced math student and constantly is looking to perform well he has picked up the pace to maintain good standing in all of his academic classes congratulations Cole and keep up the great work [Applause] [Applause] thank you congratulations to all the re up our student council representatives to report out on SMS happiness girl even Mr members of the Board of Education Mr Comm name and I The Treasure of student and I'm madis Sussex Middle School had a great and and sports have had a lots the National Junior own Society has successfully brought back the spelling spr 12 students participated in sixth grader Sam took first place njhs has also been having meetings for school Improvement to create signs and artwork placed around the middle school to enhance environment and encourage Learners Council held another successful activity night with over 100 students participating TR has a successful had a successful meeting on Wednesday night with over 6 60 vendors students sold items from soaps to birdhouses signs for outside your house and so much more everyone had a BL and learned so much about owning your own business B represent SMS at BR high school with 14 students participating in honors for and six students participating in honors band earlier in the cheerleading practice started with 16 students participating basketball triy outs happen this month and Ro rosters are posted students are excited to begin the season thank you for allowing us to share with you this evening the activities that we have been that we have been having here at thank you while we always encourage everyone to stay for the durational board meeting we love having you if you didn't want to stay now would be an opportune time to take a little intermission you very much you congratulations everybody chines oh thank you [Music] just report out on some some District happies want to uh special thanks to everyone involved in treps this year at SMS last night was a great event it's always one of my most favorite events you know it's really represents authentic education and and marketing products for real audience um and I mean you couldn't find a parking space I don't know how many of you had the opportunity to attend but it was really really really good um C had a BMX uh bike assembly today a balloon parade this week and a Thanksgiving feast uh BMX assembly was very well received by the kids Special thanks to Mrs th malakis and Jenna R for allowing the BMX are to jump over them I conveniently missed that portion in the assembly but uh that was very cool uh special thanks to the tech department for the new look of the website I don't know how many people have the opportunity to check that out Mr Simo I think Jos and the back he's the uh gentleman who's the expert in drones he's responsible for all that Drone footage there so thank you Joe had a couple of um committee meetings this month student achievement the ad hoc committee facilities policy curriculum two the main things that are kind of rising to a focal point for variety of committees is student achievement how do we approved that in that regard uh we issued a survey today which was an initial step for staff just to give us some feedback uh so I expect that to start populating you know mid-afternoon tomorrow when folks get in uh and we can share that out with the board um and in curriculum and student achievement also helping to manage some of the more challenging behaviors that we're we're seeing exhibited um and how we're balancing the needs of those students policy we have a bunch of first readings on the policy committee I'm going to pull attendance just because we had some questions and I got some clarification on that so we'll go back to commune and talk about those facility met the other day one of the things one of the focal points that kept coming up was um trying to enhance ventilation in the Sussex Middle School gym get kind of hot if you were trapped yesterday you notice it gets hot um and that's been kind of in and out of the agenda for budgeting over the past several years just hasn't gotten done for a variety of reasons but uh that may be something that the board wants to focus on notice went out today giving everyone a heads up we talked about this in previous board meetings got some feedback where uh just as luck would have it we have an early dismissal scheduled for tomorrow may need to do a delayed opening we can't do both because we'll leave the school day so we've notified everyone that tomorrow if we have to do a delay we would change it to a full day uh and reschedule that parent teacher conference which last year seemed to be well received I think the year before that we also had to do something like that so got accustomed to it um in in regard to curriculum and student achievement I also met with Mr Gregory kind of talk about anything he can do with the schedule now some of the feedback we've gotten was in the past one of the ways that uh we enhance the delivery of in particular math we talked about at the last board meeting was arranging students and it's called homogeneous groupings which is a fancy word for like ability based groupings so he's auditing his schedule just to see if he could accommodate that mid year um that would also allow us to potentially give some of those groups a little bit more intensive help um with like basic skills and stuff like that also want to thank Miss Jackie Shepard for all the work she does with the girls on the run the board's gotten some correspondence for her it's a great event you know part of the reason why I referenced Miss Jus in the audience when I saw her uh just a great role model as is Jackie and the coaches that she's highlighted in particular like us to recognize Miss missil SL judis she says they deserve all the accolades for suiting up this season uh even though they were rookies they did a great job so we're very appreciative of that Jackie also noted uh to me that she's really in need of wreck basketball coaches for the Youth League so if anybody's interested in that or has an expertise in that you can reach out to me or uh the information the contact information is on our Facebook um and that's all I have for tonight I would just like to Echo the preps last night that was a really great event uh congratulations to all the students thank you to all the staff and the teachers who helped make that all happen was really great and this time uh we'll move on to audience remarks members of the audience are invited to make brief comments about items on this agenda and matters of interest to the district any public comments see none we'll move on to the board secretary certification please pursuing to njac 6A 23-1 16.13 I certify that as of October 3124 no line item account hases and expenditures in total exceed the line item appropriation violation N3 thank you Mr drer we will move on to the approval of board minutes for September 26 2024 regular and executive Session 1 and two as well as October 17th 2024 regular and executive session can I get a motion pleas motion thank you can I get a second I'll second discussion roll call please this is a yes Mrs SP yes Mrs Chini yes Mrs Morocco I'm gonna say yes to September I'm to October since s yes alone yes yes yesk you we do not need to go to go into executive session at this time so we will move on to the presentation of agenda items thank you under Personnel I'd like to move items 1 through 14 noting TI number seven for two dates that's Mr second date should read 11-12 24 and Miss Jennings first entry should read 11:15 2024 can I get a motion thank you can I get a second all second any discussion roll call please yes yeah Morocco yes I'm just gain from two I wasn't there this Simmons yes this SP yes on no on number six yes to the rest Mrs yes Mella yesion under policy I'd like to move items number one through four noting that under number four as I mentioned I'm pulling policy 5200 attendance just to revisit some of those questions the board has can I get a motion motion thank you can I got a second second thank you any discussion roll call please this yes this alone yes yes this is Morocco yes M yes this space yes ready I'm going to say no to W number one froms number two yeah under Finance how we can move items 1 through 10 can I get a motion I'll motion thank you can I get a second I'll second any discussion roll call please this yes this SP yeah Mrs Chini yeah morco yes Mrs alone yes Mrs yes Mrs yes m yes motion car other special services I'd like to items 1 through 24 motion you I second second any discussion yes sim yes Chini yes Morocco yes yes yes under curriculum I'd like to move item number one can I get a motion I get a second second discussion please yes Mor yes M Chini yes Mrs yes Mrs yes Mrs yes Mrs yes Mrs yes I'm referring to the addendum under po personality like 1 through five can I get a motion can I get a second you any discussion please yes yes yes yes sim yes yes yes yeses one and two can I get a motion can I get a second second you any discussion roll call please this is bone yes this is space yes this is Chini yes this is Morocco yes this is Simmons yes yes to one and I'm going tostain from number two I actually this is alar yes this yes Finance like move number one motion motion thank please yes this is Chini yes this is Morocco yes this is Simmons yes this isone yes this is yes yes motion carries under special ver i' like Mo number one can I get a motion motion can I get a second discussion please this Simmons yes this St yes this Chini yes this Morocco yes Mrs yes thisy yes Mrs yes Mrs yes curriculum item number one I a motion motion I get a second any discussion Cofe yes Morocco yes Mr Chini yes Mr Simmons yes Mr St yes Mr balone yes yes yes thank you at this time we'll move on to unfinished business discuss seeing none any new business I have no business um I would like to take this opportunity to thank the whole sass swage school district and Community for the support that they've given my family and I for over the last six years I am thankful for the opportunity to have been able to work together with our staff and Community including a whole bunch of our students during my six years on the board to try and better understand how to improve our district and strive for those goals there have been times of achievement in times of struggles and frustrations but I'm honestly glad that this is how I chose to spend my time and appreciate everyone who has allowed me to do so I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Joe gon for steing up stepping up to the plate for our kids our school district and our community and congratulate him on being elected to our Board of Education Mr gion had my vote since the night he interviewed pH vacant seat I've since learned more about him and he has continued to have my support yes I knew I was risking my own seat but I feel it has been a few years since we have had a man's perspective on the board and feel it would be refreshing to hear Mr gon's perspectives within the coming years this will be the last meeting I will be attending as a board member our next month's meeting is scheduled for December 19th which happens to be my 43rd wedding anniversary and this year I'm going to actually spend it with my husband so again thank you to every everyone at C SW school district for your many years of support and Happy [Applause] Thanksgiving this time we will move on to audience remarks members of the audience are invited to make brief comments about items on this agenda and matters of interest to the district I have a question why are some of the risks um $750 and others of them are 250 it could be different agency or different uh level of assessment com uh we are going to move on to Executive session uh we do need to go into approximately 30 minutes no action will be taken at this time can I get a resolution we pursuing to mjsa 10412 Regal Board of Education exclude the public from that portion of a public meeting at which the board discusses any of the matters described at njsa 10-12 b19 now therefore be it resolved that the sus Regional Board of Education shall enter into Clos session to discuss personel matters now therefore f now therefore being further resolved by the regional board of education that pursu to njsa 10 B the time when and the circumstances under which the discussion conducted in close session can be disclosed to the public is when the need for confidentiality can I get a motion to go session all in favor say I hi know okay we'll see you guys about 30 minutes thank you for e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e you're are back in public session can I get a motion for adjournment on motion thank you can I get a second second all in favor say I I know all right guys um just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving before we we go we see you in December thank you good night