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04-16-14 Regular MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE April 16, 2014 – 7:05 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School Presiding: Comm. Christopher Irving, President Present: Dr. Donnie Evans, State District Superintendent Ms. Eileen Shafer, Deputy Superintendent Lisa Pollak, Esq., General Counsel Comm. Chrystal Cleaves, Vice President Comm. Alex Mendez Comm. Manuel Martinez Absent: Comm. Wendy Guzman Comm. Jonathan Hodges Comm. Errol Kerr Comm. Kenneth Simmons Comm. Corey Teague The Salute to the Flag and Posting of the Colors was led by the Eastside High School JROTC. Comm. Irving: Let’s please have a moment of silence. As many of you know, there have been several shootings in our community in the last two to three days and let's please remember the lives of the young people that we've lost over the course of the last week and the last year to violence. (Moment of Silence) PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Comm. Irving: Just so we're all clear on how we're going to do this, we have a series of presentations to our students from Eastside High School. We have our champions, our young men and women from Eastside, and we're also actually privileged to have a celebrity in the house, one of Paterson’s own who is a champion in her own right in the WNBA. Before we begin, I'm going to invite Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly to take a few minutes to present to the Board some comments in regard to Paterson’s actions and/or participation in a statewide meeting. He could not be here today so we have his Chief of Staff Yvette Roland. I'm going to ask Yvette to come forth and do the presentation or to make the announcement on behalf of the Assemblyman. Ms. Yvette Roland: Good evening, my name is Yvette Roland. I'm Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly’s Chief of Staff. Our office is at 191 Market Street, Paterson, New Jersey. I would like to thank Comm. Irving and Dr. Evans for allowing me to address the Board on behalf of Assemblyman Wimberly. It's an honor to recognize Captain James Smith, one of our own from the Paterson Public School District who has been appointed to the New Jersey School Security Task Force. Capt. Smith comes highly qualified to serve on this task force. As a current Executive Director of School Security and Internal Investigations he brings 25 years of law enforcement experience to the Page 1 04/16/14 table as he has served as a Paterson Police Officer, moved up the ranks to retire as Captain and Commanding Officer of the Community Policing Division. Someone with his wealth of knowledge I believe his years of experience is what we need to research, develop, and put in place a plan of action, which is why the Assemblyman recommended him to the legislature and the Governor for this appointment. As one of the prime sponsors of the last legislative sessions it's important to have a voice on the task force for our urban center school districts. Urban districts have more densely populated towns and over 25,000 students whose security is at the crux of this legislation. I'm going to highlight sections of the law so you know how important this issue is to the Paterson community. A3583, which is now public law 2013-C142 school security task force. The purpose of the task force shall be to study and develop recommendations to improve school security and safety and to ensure safe learning environments for students and school employees. It shall consist of 11 members, the Commissioner of Education, Director of Homeland Security, the CEO of New Jersey Schools Development Authority, and/or their designees. Four members appointed by the Governor, four members of the public, two selected by the Governor, one selected by the Senate, and one selected by the Assembly Speaker. The members of the task force will serve with no compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenditures. The task force shall identify physical and cyber vulnerabilities and potential breaches of security in the public schools and make recommendations to improve school safety and security. Studies should include, but not be limited to, screening systems at school entrances, stationing police officers in each school building, improving response times to emergency situations, using biometric, retina, and/or other advanced recognition systems, installing panic alarms, securing computer networks, and staff training. The task force is authorized within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for its purpose to commission professional engineering firms and certified information systems professionals in identifying, interviewing, researching, and documenting security best practices. The task force will issue a final report within six months after its organizational meeting. Let’s congratulate Capt. Smith on being appointed to this task force. Comm. Irving: Capt. Smith, do you want to come forward? In my conversations with Assemblyman Wimberly, and Ms. Roland correct me if I’m wrong, Capt. Smith is the only person who was nominated and confirmed through a vetting and nomination process who is from an urban district and represents the northern half of New Jersey as well, not just Passaic but also Essex and Bergen counties. Capt. Smith, congratulations! Capt. James Smith: I want to thank Assemblyman Wimberly and it's an honor to work with the best teaching staff in the State of New Jersey. Thank you. Comm. Irving: Thank you. *Comm. Simmons enters the meeting at 7:18 p.m. MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING April 16, 2014 – 7:18 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School Presiding: Comm. Christopher Irving, President Page 2 04/16/14 Present: Dr. Donnie Evans, State District Superintendent Ms. Eileen Shafer, Deputy Superintendent Lisa Pollak, Esq., General Counsel Comm. Chrystal Cleaves, Vice President Comm. Manuel Martinez *Comm. Jonathan Hodges Comm. Alex Mendez *Comm. Errol Kerr Comm. Kenneth Simmons Absent: Comm. Wendy Guzman Comm. Corey Teague Comm. Martinez read the Open Public Meetings Act: The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act was enacted to insure the right of the public to have advance notice of, and to attend the meetings of the Paterson Public School District, as well as other public bodies at which any business affecting the interest of the public is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this law, the Paterson Public School District has caused notice of this meeting: Regular Meeting April 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School 61-127 Preakness Avenue Paterson, New Jersey to be published by having the date, time and place posted in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Paterson, at the entrance of the Paterson Public School offices, on the district’s website, and by sending notice of the meeting to the Arab Voice, El Diario, the Italian Voice, the North Jersey Herald & News, and The Record. PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Donation from JP Morgan Chase, the New York Liberty, and the New York Knicks To Support the Renovation of Eastside High School’s Gymnasium Comm. Irving: I'm going to ask if the Board members and Dr. Evans can head down to the floor. Dr. Evans, you can do the other presentations from the podium as well since we don't have to go back and forth. Mr. Zatiti Moody: At this time, I will call the representatives from the New York Knicks, the New York Liberty, as well as JP Morgan Chase, and Hall of Famer Ms. Essence Carson. At this time, I am extremely pleased to announce the preliminary agreement with the New York Liberty and the New York Knicks and JP Morgan Chase Bank who reached out to us on behalf of one of our former superstars, Ms. Essence Carson, to help us. They reached out to us via a program called Basketball in the Boroughs and Beyond. This program is utilized to assist the various neighborhoods throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to rehab gymnasiums and parks, etc. They chose Page 3 04/16/14 Eastside High School to help us rehab our gymnasium. It's not going to be a total rehab. However, they will be paying to resurface our floor, put up wall padding, and help to paint our gym to give us a new look for our young people who work extremely hard throughout the year and who are serious champions in the State or New Jersey, both our boys and girls basketball teams. I'd like to give that a round of applause. So on behalf of the Paterson Public School District, the administration at Eastside High School would like to thank each and every one of you for your support in this endeavor and give you an opportunity to address the Board. Thank you. Ms. Essence Carson: Good evening everyone. It's definitely an honor to present this donation of $30,000 to Eastside High School to the athletic department so that they can refurbish the gym. As a former Eastside Ghost, I definitely hold this close to my heart and I think that it's definitely a great accomplishment for the women's and men's basketball team this year, state champions. I think that they're very deserving of this donation. Again, on behalf of JP Morgan Chase, the New York Liberty, the New York Knicks, and the entire MSG organization we're donating $30,000 to Eastside High School. Thank you. Recognition of the Eastside High School Lady Ghosts Basketball Team as Passaic County Champions and North 1 Group 4 Title Champions and Taylor Brown As The Record’s “Girls Basketball Player of the Year” Dr.
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