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Regular Meeting Minutes December 18, 2014 Page 1 of 531 BOARD OF EDUCATION . WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAYNE, NEW JERSEY REGULAR BOARD MEETING December 18, 2014 The Regular Meeting of the Wayne Township Board of Education was held on Thursday, December 18,2014 in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 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 6:07 p.m. by Mrs. Laura Stinziano, 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 February 7, 2014 by: Prominently posting a copy on the bulletin board in the lobby of the offices of the Board of Education, which a public place reserved for such announcements, transmitting a copyis 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, Catherine Kazan, Allan Mordkoff, Donald Pavlak, Jr ., and Laura Stinziano. ALSO PRESENT: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent, Michael Ben-David, Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juanita A. Petty, RSBA, SFO, Business Administrator/Board Secretary, and Isabel Machado, Board General Counsel. Regular Meet1ng Minutes December 18, 2014 Page 20f531 A motion was made to convene into Executive Session at 6:07 p.m. for the purpose of discussion of personnel, property, negotiations, and legal matters. Approval to Convene into Executive Session -_RECOMMENDED ACTION:. X-15-01 -Approved- WHEREAS, the Wayne Township Boardof 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 af)d labor negotiations. WHEREAS, THE Board has on its agenda for the meeting being held on December 18, 2014 on issues relating to negotiations and legal matters which must be discussed in a confidential closed session. NOW TH EREFORE 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,thatthe 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 DONALD PAVLAK, Seconded by Board Member MICHAEL BUBBA. Passed. 9-0-0. Board Members voting Aye: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA, CEBERIO, ESSEN, KAZAN, MORDKOFF, PAVLAK, STINZIANO. Reconvene The Executive Session of the Wayne Board of Education Regular Meeting of December 18, 2014 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 Regular Meeting Minutes December 18. 2014 Page 3 of531 was read in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act and the roll call was taken. The meeting was recessed arid 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. Laura Stinziano, 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 public if, and when, appropriate. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Eileen Albanese, Mitch Badiner, Michael Bubba, Robert Ceberio, Kim Essen, Catherine Kazan,Allan Mordkoff and Laura Stinziano. ABSENT: Donald Pavlak,Jr. (arrived at 7:45 p.m.) ALSO PRESENT: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent, Michael Ben-David, Assistant Superintendent, Mrs. Juanita A. Petty, RSBA, SFO, Business Administrator/Board Secretary, and Isabel Machado, Board General Counsel, 6 Administrators, Students performing and receiving awards along with their parents' and approximately 11 members of the public. FLAG SALUTE MOMENT OF SILENCE Recogn!tion Program EAGLE SCOUT AWARD Boy Scout Troop 102 Mr. Robert Silbernagel, Eagle Court of Honor Chairman ROHIT SHIN DE Recognition for the Eagle Scouts given by Rohit Shinde. "SONGS OF THE SEASON" Wayne Valley High School Chamber Choir Regular Meeting Minutes December 18, 2014 Page 4 of 531 Soprano I Soprano II Tenors/Baritones Alto Yvonne DeSouter Daniela Abril Marcus Dominique Shacknow Sandu Lindsey Zuniga Marisa George Strus Kelcie LaSalle Budnick I Brittany Hulbert Anna Simone George Massood Shannon Piazza Claire . Daniel Sciolaro Jayda Lindsey DeBenedetto Songs of the Season presented by Wayne Valley High School Chamber Choir. 2014·2015 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION PROGRAM Wayne Hills High School Maureen Weir, Principal SEMI·FINALIST Vis hal Gullapalli COMMENDED STUDENTS Hala Aqel Ashley Jacobs Dan Chen James Lee Michael Fraunberger Kartik Prabhu Cosmo Guerini Daniel Schwartz .- " _ .. --.. ' .... - - _ .. .. _ .. ... .-... - ... -- _._ .. - RegularMeeUng Minutes December 18, 2014 Page 5 of 531 Evan Hyun HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM Eric Newman 2014 SENIOR NATIONAL AP SCHOLAR Kurtik Prabhu 2014 SENIOR AP SCHOLARS AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION. Dan Chen Evan Hyun Matthew Fishman Kartik Prabhu Michael Fraunberger Rohit Shinde Vis hal Gullapalli Baosong Wang AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR Hal Aqel James Lee Arthur Belkin Jason Levine Anthony D'Andrea Eric Newman Josephine Floyd Danielle Rafanelli Brianna Hulbert Neha Raja ... - � . -..... -.- .._. _. - . Regular Meeting Minutes December 18, 2014 Page 6 of531 Rishi Jashnani AP SCHOLAR Zachary Alechammas Ashley Jacobs -- Michael Brennan Alexander Kormann Laura Christie Claire Kresge Alexandra Davies Joseph Martineau Samin Foysol Patrick McKeon Cosmo Guerini Julia Scotellaro Vanessa Herrera . 2014·2015 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION PROGRAM Wayne Valley High School Ken Palczewski, Principal COMMENDED STUDENTS Alexander Douthat Keshav Ravi Mary Dwyer Jacob Suszczynski Anton Kazakov Delaney Taylor Cristina Pardo Kelsey Walter Alexander Park Jyotasna Yadav - . ..- ...... _. _.. ._ ... .. _ ... _ .. --_ ... ... .. _ .... __ ...._._-_ .. ._ ... __ .- . .__ ... ... _-- Regular Meeting Minutes December 18. 2014 Page 7 of531 Rebecca Park Samuel Yakovlev HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM Cristina Pardo NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Bria Ellis 2014 SENIOR AP SCHOLARS AP SCHOLAR WITH DISTINCTION Anton Kazakov Kelsey Walter . Alexander Park Rebecca Wong Matthew Petrula Jyotasna Yadav AP SCHOLAR WITH HONOR Lindsey Frank Keshav Ravi Cristina Pardo Jacob Suszczynski Jacob Podell Jacob Valente Mary Powley Samuel Yakovlev AP SCHOLAR Dylan Cetrulo Kira Mitchel Regular Meeting Minutes December 18. 2014 Page 80f531 Elisabeth Freer Rebecca Park Adam Herskovits Jenna Seyer Gary Lim Rebecca Trujillo Mary Dwyer - 2014-2015 National Merit Scholarship recognition - Lisa Sabatino. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING BOARD MEMBER LAURA STINZIANO Board President Recognition of Outgoing Board Member, Laura Stinziano presented by Robert Ceberio. Comments were made by Don Pavlak, Jr., Eileen Albanese, Allan Mordkoff, Mitch Badiner, Kim Essen, Michael Bubba, Dr. Mark Toback and Catherine Kazan. Mrs. Stinziano read a statement. There was a 10 minute recess. Student Artwork on Display This Evening Courtesy of Wayne Valley National Art Honor Society Madison Hendershott - Grade 12 Alissa Noguchi - Grade 12 Lauren Valledor - Grade 11 Wayne Hills National Art Honor Society Julia Lassen - Grade 12 Martha Nowak - Grade 12 Claire Traynor - Grade 12 Administrative Summary Report SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT Regular Meeting Minutes December 18, 2014 Page 9 of531 Good Evening ....and HAPPY HOLIDA YS! Best wishes to all of our students, staff members, BOE members, all all of the residents for a joyous holiday season and a happy and health new year. Thank you to the Wayne Valley Choir for injecting a dose of holiday spirit into our meeting. Congratulations to all of our AP Scholars and their families and best wishes for continued success. Due to the many presentations we have this evening, I would like to dispense with my usual report. However, I would like to respond to some concerns that were expressed at our last meeting regarding the school district and how receptive we are to enrolling international students interested in continuing their studies in this school district. We heard at our last meeting that we created an environment of negativity around international students that is ingrained in the administration. We heard that we are arbitrary and unreasonable and that we have some sortof underlying agenda. I would like to respond to those comments today. At the last meeting, we had the first reading of a policy revision regarding the enrollment of non-resident pupils. Policy 5111 and the accompanying regulations include language about the enrollment of international students, also sometimes referred to as exchange