##VIDEO ID:IOL5LUmm_Oo## e e e e e e e e e e e e good evening welcome to the Wall Township Board of Education reorganization meeting for 20125 please rise for the flag salute to United States Amica stand this is the Wall Township Board of Education reorganization meeting uh for 2025 which adequate notice under the open public meeting Act was provided by notice to the co-star Asbury Park Press uh Township Clerk's Office to all Wall Township Public Schools and in the board Administration office on December 19th 2024 congratulations to uh those elected to the Board of Education with that we do the administration of oath for our board members I uh will advise that Samantha um Samantha Adams will be accepting the seat on the board of education but she was unavailable for this evening's uh Board of Education reorganization uh meeting tonight so uh first with Mr Thomas buffer administration of oath yes please stand okay uh please repeat after me I Thomas buffer do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution in the United States constition of the state of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and aliance to the same to the government established in the United States stth of people I Thomas bu doly swear that I will support the constition of the United States the Constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the government established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Thomas Buffet do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of a board of education and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs1 1941 nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njs 18a 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best of my abilities so help me God I Thomas buffer do solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office of member of Board of Education and that I am not disqualified as a voter pursuant to rs1 1941 nor disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njs 18a 12-1 and that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of the office according to the best of my ability so help me God welcome to three years to the Board of Education states stth of people I James Baron do solemly swear and I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the government the United States in this state the majority of the people I James doly swear that I possess qualifications prescri by law for the office of M of education and not disqualified as rs41 or disqualify conviction of a crime or offense listed injs 121 and that I will Faithfully that office I James Baron we solemnly swear that I possess the qualifications prescribed by law for the office a member of Board of Education and I am not disqualified as a voter pursuing to RS 1941 you disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njs 18a 12-1 and that I will Faithfully partially and justly perform all the duties of that office according to the best [Applause] okay at this time I'll take a roll call for the board of education for 2025 Mr anesio here miss barbier here Mr Bon here Mr buffer here miss djovani here Mr malof here Mr wandra here there for a second okay next on the agenda like to uh ask for nomination for the office of President uh of the board of education for 2025 uh Mr SMI I'd like to nominate James malof for president I will second that nomination any other nominations seeing none take a roll call Mr anio yes M barbier yes Mr Bon yes Mr buffer yes Miss D Giovani yes should have started with this Mr Mali yes okay Mr wandra yes okay congratulations President of the Board of [Applause] Education okay at this time I'll take nominations for the uh position of Vice President of the board of education for 2025 Mr SMI I'd like to nominate Mr buffer for vice president I'll second any other nominations seeing n I'll take a roll call Mr anio yes M barbier yes Mr Bon yes Mr buffer yes Mr D Giovani yes Mr malof yes Mr wandra yes okay Mr congratulations vice president of counc Board of Education okay at this time we do a little ch Shuffle and I turn the meeting over to president Mal and good evening at this time uh we're opening the floor for public comment anybody wishing to make a public comment please come we have microphone up top and down on the floor good evening I'm Christine States from Wall Township I just wanted to come tonight to offer my support I'm so excited for this board every single one of you has unique talents um and most importantly you're dedicated to our students and our staff um I think it's awesome um I love the fact that at our final meeting we had previous board members come and this evening we have a couple of previous board members also here um I think that that's a great sign of continuity moving into the future um that hopefully we can partner with you and and um as community members be supportive of your task which has always been the education of the students of Wall Township the furtherment and advancement of our staff as well who actually perform the education and as well as our support staff I know you're going to be amazing um so I just wanted to say happy 2025 and uh best of luck thank you Miss sites and thank you for your years of service as a member and past president uh anyone else for public comment okay seeing no one we are going to close public comment at this time I'm going to turn it over to uh Mr SMI who will uh conduct the uh board member code of ethics okay under the Board of Education report we have the adoption of the board member code of ethics what we do ask is that uh each board member take one of the uh take each one of the codes and we read them aloud and then at the conclusion I will ask for a motion to uh adopt so if we don't mind we can start to the right with eani as a school board a school board member shall abide by the following code of ethics for school board members I will uphold and enforce all laws rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to schools desired changes shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures 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 policymaking 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 response responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well run I refuse to surrender refuse to surrender independent judgment to special interests 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 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 vote to appoint the best qualified Personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer 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 of public meetings only after failure of an administrative act solution with that I'd ask for a motion I'll make to approve item 4A adoption of the board of cod code of ethics I'll second second I'll second Mr malive Mr anesio take a roll call vote Mr anesio yes M barbier yes Mr bton yes Mr buffer yes Mr D Giovani yes Mr wandra yes Mr M yes okay I would ask for a motion to approve item 4B the 2025 wall Board of Education meeting dates I'll make that motion I'll second any comments or questions roll call Miss barbier yes Mr Bon yes Mr buffer yes yes m d Giovani yes Mr wandra yes Mr anesio yes and Mr mous yes okay prior to asking for a motion to adjourn are there any comments that the Board of Education members would like to make i' I'd like to make a quick comment um I I want to um Miss Stites came to the podium before and thanked us I also would like to thank her and and Mr Nasser for their service here which we did I know I did that last meeting as well but I wanted to do it again for showing up even though when they didn't have to this time um and then just to welcome Mr bran to the board um and just to say I look forward to uh a another great three years that's it thank you would that g sorry go ahead uh I just like to point out that neither former members have cameras with them tonight okay with that may I ask for a motion motion to adjourn I'll make that motion second all in favor opposed extensions motion carried we're adjourned