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Regular Meeting Minutes April 23, 2015 Page 1 01311 BOARD OF EDUCATION WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAYNE, NEW JERSEY REGULAR BOARD MEETING April 23, 2015 The Regular Meeting of the Wayne Township Board of Education was held on Thursday, April 23, 2015 in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 475 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470. The Executive Session was held in the Administration Building Conference Room, 50 Nellis Drive, Wayne, New Jersey 07470. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. pursuant to the terms of the Sunshine Law. The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m. by Mrs. Eileen Albanese, Board President. Reading of "Sunshine Law" Statement Adequate notice of this Regular and Executive Meeting, setting forth time, date and location, has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act on January 9, 2015 by: Prominently posting a copy on the bulletin board in the lobby of the offices of the Board of Education, which is a public place reserved for such announcements, transmitting a copy of this notice to The Record, The Wayne Today, and the Municipal Clerk. Roll Call PRESENT: Eileen Albanese, Mitch Badiner, Michael Bubba, Robert Ceberio, Kim Essen, Cathy Kazan, Allan Mordkoff, Donald Pavlak and Christian Smith. ALSO PRESENT: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent, Michael Ben-David, Assistant Superintendent, Juanita A. Petty, RSBA, SFO, Business Administrator/Board Secretary, and Isabel Machado, Board General Counsel. Regular Meeting Minutes April 23, 20 15 Page 2of311 A motion was made to convene into Executive Session at 6:03 p.m. for the purpose of personnel, negotiations and legal matters. Approval to Convene into Executive Session - RECOMMENDED ACTION: X-15-01 -Approved- WHEREAS, the Wayne Township Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") from time to time must convene into Executive Session to discuss confidential matters including but not limited to personnel issues, legal matters, student issues and labor negotiations. WHEREAS, THE Board has on its agenda for the meeting being held on April 23, 2015 on issues relating to personnel matters which must be discussed in a confidential closed session. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Board shall move into Executive Session to discuss the above referenced matter. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the minutes of the executive session will provide as much information as possible without violating any applicable privilege or confidentiality so that the public can understand what was discussed and when available what the Board decision was. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the minutes of the executive session will be released to the public in an appropriately redacted form within a reasonable period of time. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the redacted portion of the executive session minutes will not be released until such time as the privilege or confidentiality is no longer applicable. Motion: To Approve, Moved by Board Member MICHAEL BUBBA, Seconded by Board Member DONALD PAVLAK. Passed. 9-0-0. Board Members voting Aye: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA, CEBERIO, ESSEN, KAZAN, MORDKOFF, PAVLAK, SMITH. Reconvene The Executive Session of the Wayne Board of Education Regular Meeting of April 23, 2015 was convened in the Conference Room of the Wayne Board of Education, 50 Nellis Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470. The Statement of Compliance setting forth time, date and location was read in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Reg ular Meeting Minutes April 23, 2015 Page 30f311 Meetings Act and the roll call was taken. The meeting was recessed and is now being reconvened. The Board reconvened at 7:30 p.m. in the Wayne Township Municipal Building Council Chambers, 475 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey. Mrs. Eileen Albanese, Board President, advised that the Board had been meeting in Executive Session at 50 Nellis Drive for the purpose of discussing negotiations, personnel, and legal matters. Information regarding these matters will be made if, and when, appropriate. PRESENT: Eileen Albanese, Mitch Badiner, Michael Bubba, Robert Ceberio, Kim Essen, Cathy Kazan, Allan Mordkoff, Donald Pavlak and Christian Smith. ALSO PRESENT: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent, Michael Ben-David, Assistant Superintendent, Juanita A. Petty, RSBA, SFO, Business Administrator/Board Secretary, and Isabel Machado, Board General Counsel, 2 Administrators and approximately 9 members of the public. FLAG SALUTE MOMENT OF SILENCE Recognition Program Student Artwork on Displ ay This Evening Courtesy of Schuyler Colfax Middle School Lydia Yang Grade 6 I 6 Windows Art Isabel Sees Grade 6 6 Windows Art Riley Flynn Grade 7 7 Windows Art Sorah Park Grade 7 7 Windows Art Uma Dhekne Grade 8 8 Windows Art Regular Meeting Minutes April 23, 20 15 Page 4of311 Jordyn Lopresti Grade 8 8 Windows Art Dr. Toback acknowledged the Student artwork displayed this evening. Administrative Summary Report SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT Dr. Toback - Good evening! I am very happy to report that on the agenda this evening there is a resolution that marks the conclusion of one of our district goals. It is a goal that has great benefits for our students and also our parents. You will see under resolution E-1 5-04 our request for the BOE to approve articulation agreements with Fairleigh Dickinson University and Passaic County Community College. The articulation agreements make it possible for the school district to add a tremendous amount of value for our students when selecting electives at the high school level. Upon completion of the approved courses, students will be earning high school credit plus three college credits. The college credits are widely transferable to colleges and universities across the country and guaranteed to be transferable to any public college or university in New Jersey. In addition to adding tremendous value to our electives, parents benefit greatly with tuition savings in the future. For example, if a student were to complete both FDU courses, the cost to parents would be $460 ($230 per course) while the cost to take the same course on campus would be around $7000. Thus, parents would save $6500 in tuition costs by allowing their children to sign up for courses that also award college credit. Students and parents have already recognized the great value in these dual credit courses. Based on the initial success of this new program, the high school administration is looking at some other ways to enhance the value of taking high school electives by attaching college credit to some more of the classes we already offer. There are a number of high schools in New Jersey that make it possible for student to complete a semester and in some cases even an entire year of college while still in high school, thus saving parents both the cost of tuition plus the cost of living on campus. Summer Reading Lists - parents, this evening the summer reading lists are on the agenda for BOE approval. If approved we will distribute this information at the school level, on our website, and also on our Facebook page, locally at each school. Retirement of Diane Pandolfi - I would like to take a moment to recognize the achievements of one or our employees who is listed on the agenda. She is resigning for the purpose of retirement after serving this school district for over 40 years. Diane worked in the district as a teacher and administrator including many years as a building principal. Most recently, Diane served as the Director of Elementary Education in the Central Office. During her career, she made a tremendous mark on the school district and she is one of the few people in the district...in an organization with over 1400 employees, she is one of the few people who Regular Meeting Minutes April 23, 20 15 Page 5 01311 requires no introduction. I wish Diane many years of health and happiness in retirement. Thank you Mayor Vergano and our School Resource Officers, Detective Zaccone and Detective DuBois for planning and delivering an excellent forum for the community about drug usage this past Monday. Also, congratulations also to all of our music student and teachers for putting together an amazing district wide jazz festival this past Tuesday. As far as the HIB report, since the last reporting period, there were two (2) incidents reported in the district as possible HIB. Of those two (2) incidents, only one (1) was deemed to be HIB. Back to the recognition program, I would like to congratulate the students for the beautiful artwork that they have on display this evening, and in this case the artwork is courtesy of Schuyler Colfax Middle School. STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES Brianna Hulbert - Wayne Hills High School Jacob Valente - Wayne Valley High School Wayne Hills - reported by Brianna Hulbert Wayne Hills Mathematics League placed first in the region for the 2014 - 2015 school year. Wayne Hills entered a team of five students into the Mega Moody Mathematics Challenge. Of the 1,128 papers submitted, 53 received honorable mention. The Wayne Hills Team was one of the 53 teams to receive an honorable mention and a $1000 scholarship that will be divided among the members. The members were Dan Chen, Rishi Jashnani, Laura Christie, Kartik Prabhu, and Michael Fraunberger. Sophomore Jeff Choi was the winner of this year's American Mathematics Competition 12 contest. Juniors Heather Heimbach and Megan Carey have been selected from a very talented pool of applicants to participate in this summer's Governor's School of Engineering & Technology at the Rutgers University School of Engineering. Megan Carey, Annisa Morales-Logue, Laura Necsoi, Samantha Segreto and Amanda Stadler participated in the North Jersey Regional Jazz Choir, culminating with a concert at Nutley th High School on April 19 . Each year we support each other, cooperate, and collaborate, to encourage a long term and more realistic level of environmental awareness in our school community.