back all right go all right can we stand for the Pledge of Allegiance please I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republ for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with Li and justice for all notice of the January 4th 2024 meeting of the Board of Education was emailed to the clerks of the bureaus of Essex vals North calwell and rosand and to the township of Fairfield and to the editor of the progress on December 19th 2023 and the Star Ledger on the same day all right we're going to begin by swearing in our board members Lea we will start with you your so you guys can hold that for her and then she'll recite it I lla chrisal the solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will be bearr to Faith in allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people so help me God I lla Christal the that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties of the office of board member according to the best of my ability so help me God I Laya Cristal do solemnly swear that I possess the qualification of membership prescribed by law including a specific declaration that I'm not disqualified as a voter and as a specific declaration that I'm not disqualified due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in NJ njsa 18a column 12-1 and also that I will Faithfully discharge the duties of the office so help me God congratulations thank you guys congratulations Mr par just make raise your right sure I Frank karate who solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and this state under the authority of the people so help me God I Frank parate do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and partially ly perform all the duties of the office of the board member according to the best of my ability to help me guide i Frank parate do Solly swear that I possess the qualifications of membership prescribed by law including specific declaration that I am not disqualified as a voter and a specific declaration that I'm not disqualified due the conviction of a crime or offense listed in NJ AA njsa 18a 12-1 and also that I will Faithfully charge the duties of the office shall help me guide perfect congratulations thank you Mr share this is your third swearing in I think right is this your second I know by heart all right just raise your hands I Jonathan Sher do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and I our true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and the state under the authority of the of the people so help me God I Jonathan shared you solemnly affirm that I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of the office of board member according to the best of my ability so help me God I Jonathan shered do solomy affirm that I possess the qualifications of membership prescribed by law including a specific declaration that I am not disqualified as a voter and a specific declaration that I am not disqualify due to conviction of a crime or offense listed in njsa 18a 12-1 and also that I will Fai charge of duties of the office so help me God [Applause] [Music] congratulations I'm going to call the roll misso here miss chrisal here miss hollat here Mr parate here miss Calderone here Mr Sher here Mr Sone here Mr trowman here miss wajt here okay I'm going to conduct the election of the president of the board are there any nominations Mr stampone I'd like to nominate Mary wtz for board president second any other nominations okay all right I will call the role Miss Pino Miss christol Miss hollat yes Mr parate yes Miss Calderone yes Mr Sher yes Mr Sone yes Mr trowman yes Miss wtz yes congratulations you're the yes so um we just have to slide around for tonight I don't know if yeah you should sit here for the to run the rest of the meeting listen did you hear that supped you get people in trouble like it's not me it's me I'm the problem it's me okay um so at this time we will um um ask for nominations for vice president of the Board of Ed make a nomination for Miss Calderone second are there any other nominations Miss V Miss chrisal Miss honat yes Mr pry yes Miss Cal uh yeah Miss calor sorry yes Mr Sher yes Mr stampone yes Mr trowman yes Miss waj yes congratulations are that's what I was going to ask um sure yeah what's that okay print it larger okay yes yes we're gonna we usually read this out loud yes everyone everyone has but around the room okay okay so before we get to um reading our um code of ethics I just want to say real quickly lla welcome to the board of ed um we look forward to working with you uh it' be an exciting couple of years I think it'll be a good match for the board so congratulations and welcome um oh everyone's moved around Frank and Jonathan congratulations on your uh re-elections happy to have you back you guys have been you know you've made such contributions as well so happy to have you back and then Deb as our leader the last two years I just want to thank you for your leadership um the board ran so smoothly under your leadership so I hope to continue that and I know I know we will um you know board president over the last couple years has been very time consuming so we appreciate yeah well but I think it's been worse the last couple years so um we appreciate all your time and commitment and thanks for um your leadership thank you everyone for your support always we have your support um okay so why don't we for our um code of ethics why don't we each take a paragraph We can go around and uh everyone just read a paragraph and then we'll sign it sure Bethany I will uphold and enforce all law laws rules and regulations of the State Board of Education and court orders pertaining to schools desired changes shall be brought brought about only through legal and ethical procedures L J I will make decisions in term 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 responsibility not to administer the schools but together with my fellow board members to see that they are well-run I will recognize that Authority rests with the Board of Education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest for partis and political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends I will confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which if disclosed would needlessly injure individuals or the schools in all of the matters will provide accurate information and in concert with my fellow board members interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for its schools 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 act on the complaints of public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution I will behave towards my fellow board members with the respect due to their office demonstrating courtesy quum in fair play at all public meetings and in all public statements I will refrain from inappropriate conduct in public meetings and in making public statements refraining from any disparagement of my fellow board members or others on a personal social racial or religious basis perfect thank you everyone so if you sign that can hand that back into MSA so for the results of the West Sage Regional School district election held on Tuesday November 7th 2023 the burough of fairfields there was a seat open for one member of the board of education for a three-year term Jonathan Sher had 1,77 votes for the buau of Fairfield one member of the Board of Education three-year term Le chrisal 35 votes and the burrow of rosand one Member One member of the board of education for a three-year term Frank PR have 1,88 votes awesome okay moving on um okay so the following reorganization motions are made the recommendation of superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items 1 through six has been deemed to be non-controversial in the matter of team business and will be voted upon in one motion and ISO move okay Miss Pino yes Miss Cristal I have seen Miss hollat yes Mr PR yes Miss calron yes Mr Sher yes Mr Sone yes Mr tman yes Miss wtz yes okay superintendent report so good evening um I I don't have a extensive report tonight other than welcoming our new board member this Chris Ball uh to the board we're excited to have you and um looking forward to a great couple years um and welcome back Frank and John as well um just looking forward to a great uh 2024 second half of the school year um at our next um board meeting in uh later in January um we're excited to start um with uh Department presentations so um those will start and we'll go for the rest of the year um Department by Department highlighting um achievements and different uh items and things that are going on within um the school so and our principes will be here as well and we'll start with our principal reports and our student board rep will be back for the first board meeting in January too so happy New Year and looking forward to a great rest of the year thanks okay are there any board committee reports were there any committees before the new year there was okay I forgot to print it out yeah we we did have a finance uh meeting uh reporting out for um for Cindy Egan who has since retired um we've talked about improvements to the school and and I think the two that are on the the agenda for tonight were for uh I'm sorrys yeah the culinary art room and uh and the stem room sorry thank you sorry about that I'm sorry about that yeah no I should have printed it out I'm sorry that's okay okay were there any other committee reports okay at this time we'll open up the floor for public comments on agenda items does anyone have any comments on agenda items okay then we will move on wegan perfect um Ray do you want to take Finance sure uh the following Finance motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items 1 through 18 will be voted upon in one motion and I shall move second does anyone have any questions or comments misso yes Miss crisal Miss hollat yes Mr parate yes Miss Calderon yes Mr Sher yes Mr Sone yes Mr TR yes Miss W yes Debbie hollat do you want to take buildings and grounds sure uh the following building and grounds motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda item one will be voted upon in one motion and ISO move second any questions okay Miss Pino yes Miss chrisal obain Miss honet yes Mr parate yes Miss cerum yes Mr Sher yes Mr Sone yes Mr trowman yes Miss wuin yes Jonathan you want to take Personnel following Personnel motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items 1 through 11 will be voted upon in one motion and I so move Miss P yes Miss chrisal SE Miss hollat yes Mr PR yes Miss Calder yes Mr Sher yes Mr Stone yes Mr trowman yes Miss vtz yes bethan do you want to take C curriculum please sure the following curriculum special education motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items one through seven will be voted upon in one motion and I so move second questions Miss Vino yes Miss chrisal obain Miss hollat yes Mr parate yes Miss Calderone yes Mr Sher yes Mr Sone yes Mr trowman yes Miss vtz yes okay Frank do you want to take misscellaneous pleasee the following miscellaneous motions are made at the recommendation of the superintendent of schools anything placed on this agenda items 1 through 17 we voted on voted on upon a one motion and I shall move second any questions okay Miss Pino yes Miss chrisal abstained Miss Hollen yes Mr parate yes Miss Calderon yes Mr Sher yes Mr Stone yes yes Mr Tran yes Miss wtz yes all right at this time we'll open up the floor for uh public comments on non-agenda items does anyone have any public comments okay Deb read us out there being no further business before this board of education be a Tove this public meeting be adjourned at 7:23 and that the board enters into private session to discuss matters of negotiations and litigation with the possibility of reconvening to public session to conduct additional business the matters discussed in executive session will be disclosed to the public when the need to maintain their confidentiality no longer exists second second thank you everyone for coming have a great evening thank you right