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09/21/16 Board Meeting Minutes BOARD OF EDUCATION IRVINGTON, NEW JERSEY Regular Board Meeting – September 21, 2016 The Regular Board Meeting of the Irvington Board of Education was held on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Augusta Preschool Academy, Multipurpose Room, 97 Augusta Street, Irvington, New Jersey 07111. This meeting was called to order by Vice President, Richard Williams, followed by a flag salute. Present were: Luis Antilus Jamillah Beasley-McCleod Ronald Brown Audrey Lyon Melody Scott Joseph Sylvain Orlander Vick Richard Williams, Vice President Excused: Romaine Greer, Board President Other: Dr. Neely Hackett, Superintendent of Schools Reggie Lamptey, CPA, Assistant Superintendent for Business/Board Secretary Dr. Shakirah Harrington, Interim Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Roger Monel, Associate School Business Administrator Cherelle Tolor, Human Resource Manager Ronald Hunt, Board Attorney Several other administrators, interested citizen and newspaper reporters. *************** Board Vice President Richard Williams reported that in accordance with P.L. 1975, Chapter 231, adequate notice of this meeting was posted in the Administration Building and copies of said notice sent to the Irvington Herald, the Star Ledger, and Township Clerk. VI. RESOLUTION TO APPROVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES RESOLVED, that the minutes of the Board of Education meeting held on the date as indicated, as corrected and transcribed, be received and filed. June 29, 2016 – Regular Board Meeting August 17, 2016 – Regular Board Meeting ACTION: Motion by: Orlander Vick, Seconded by: Audrey Lyon Roll Call: Unanimously approved on a roll call vote. Rose Gordon, Principal of Augusta Pre-School Academy welcomed the board members, Dr. Neely Hackett, Superintendent of Schools, other administrators, parents and community to the school. She noted that the goal for the school last year was for 75% of the students to succeed on the Post Kindergarten Assessment. It was reported that of the 147 students assessed, there was a 93% satisfaction rate in Writing Readiness, 91% satisfaction rate in Reading, 86% satisfaction rate in Math, and a 95% satisfaction rate in Language Arts Readiness. 1 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 She presented a film on the Literacy Night hosted to celebrate the students achievement which highlighted the students accomplishments. Finally, Pre K four students performed a selection displaying their knowledge of the alphabets. Vice President Williams stated that the presentation was one of the most dynamic presentations he had seen in a very long time. He said all over the state the bottom line is, “are the students progressing”. At Augusta Pre School they were doing what was needed to be done. If children could get a good start, it would cut down on the dropout rate, on crime and most negative behavior. VP Williams added that he had three children graduate from Irvington High School at 16 years old because his wife did what they were doing at Augusta. She taught the children the ABC’s, the sound of the ABC’s, sight words, how to break words down and sound them out. He said those are the same things happening at Augusta. He thanked the parents and commended the teachers there noting the children at Augusta will not fall behind due to the work they were doing there. VII. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT Dr. Neely Hackett, Superintendent of Schools started her report by echoing the sentiments of Vice President, Mr. Williams. She too felt the presentation was phenomenal and asked all to acknowledge Ms. Gordon, (Principal), Ms. Caldwell (Director of Early Childhood), all Early Childhood teachers and staff members for their tremendous work. Dr. Hackett reminded us of the statement she made a few years ago that college started in preschool, which was evident by what they saw that evening. She stated Ms. Gordon has worked very hard to ensure that every student leaving Augusta Pre School is ready to and able to read. OPENING DAY OF SCHOOL On September 7, 2016, Irvington Public Schools opened its doors to our scholars. I am happy to say that because of the dedication of our wonderful staff, the opening of schools ran very smoothly. This year, we scheduled registration during the first 3 days of school only during evening hours. This resulted in a more efficient operation of the schools during school hours and cut down on parent wait time for registration. WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM A special thank you to our Board President for organizing the Community Welcome Back to School Program. It meant the world to our students, parents, and staff for the community to greet our scholars on the first day of school. OASIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IRVINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Oasis sponsored by the Community Congregational Church will once again partner with the District to distribute healthy foods and baby care packages to all of our families. The healthy foods and baby care packages will be distributed from the trailer outside of University Middle School between 4:00 pm and 5:30 pm on the last Friday of the month. School Messenger calls will be made to inform parents of the distribution dates. 2 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 DISTRICT-WIDE BREAST/COLON CANCER AWARENESS WALK The Parent Coordinators, under the direction of our Family/Community Advocate, Ms. Wilson will coordinate a District-wide Breast/Colon Cancer Awareness Walk on Friday, October 14, 2016. Students and staff from all of our schools will participate in a walk outside of their respective schools at 9:00 a.m. Parents and community members are invited to support this worthwhile cause. HISPANIC HERITAGE FLAG RAISING AT TOWNHALL On September 22, 2016, the Hispanic Heritage Organization will have their annual flag raising ceremony at Town Hall. The event is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m. SERGEANT CRAIG HONORED BY LATINOS FOR BETTER COMMUNITIES Sergeant Craig, Essex County Teacher of the Year will be honored by the Latinos for Better Communities Program on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held at D'Lorice on Stuyvesant Avenue in Irvington. A SIXTH-GRADER READS HER WAY TO AN NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP Michelle Ametekpor, is a sixth-grade student at University Middle School. She is a straight-A student who loves languages and math, computers and English, music and art. She is driven to excel, and her goal in life is to be either the first woman president or, if Hillary Clinton is elected, the first African-American woman president. But more than anything, she loves to read. She participated in the District’s Feeding by Reading Program. She read so many books that she won the scholarship to attend the Aeronautics Engineering class this summer, where she learned about engineering, math, communication and computer science. She made friends with students from around the State who share her love of science and engineering. PUBLIC COMMENT: (On agenda items only) There were no public comments on agenda items. 3 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 PERSONNEL 1. LEAVE (S) OF ABSENCE RESOLVED that the Board of Education accepted the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools and approved the leave(s) of absence of the listed personnel, effective as indicated: Certificated (a) Nena Akrofi Paid maternity leave of absence effective 9/1/16 through 10/3/16 using 17 personal illness and 3 personal business days; unpaid maternity/child care leave of absence per FMLA effective 10/4/16 through 2/15/17. (University Middle School-Special Education Teacher) (b) Sherri Vicinio Paid medical leave of absence per FMLA effective 9/1/16 through 12/5/16 using 58 personal illness days; paid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 12/6/16 through 1/20/17 using 23 personal illness days and 3 personal business days; unpaid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 1/21/17 through 1/31/17. (Florence Avenue School-1st Grade Teacher) (c) Denise D’Antono Extension of paid medical leave of absence per FMLA effective 9/1/16 through 9/22/16 using 10 personal illness days and 3 personal business days; unpaid medical leave of absence per FMLA effective 9/23/16 through 10/7/16; unpaid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 10/8/16 through 11/6/16. (High School- Social Studies Teacher) (d) Karra Morris Paid maternity leave of absence per FMLA effective 10/3/16 through 11/21/16 using 28 personal illness days and 3 personal business days; unpaid maternity/child care leave of absence per FMLA effective 11/22/16 through 1/8/17. (Thurgood Marshall School-Pre K Teacher) (e) Shane Fessel Paid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 9/1/16 through 10/2/16 using 19 personal illness days. (High School-Social Studies Teacher) ACTION: Motion by: Jamillah Beasley-McCleod, Seconded by: Audrey Lyon Roll Call: Unanimously approved on a roll call vote. 4 REGULAR BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 PERSONNEL (Continued) Non-Certificated (f) Qasim Salaam Extension of paid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 8/1/16 through 8/11/16 using 9 vacation days; unpaid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 8/12/16 through 8/31/16. (Thurgood Marshall School-Custodian) (g) Tyrososhosia Taylor Extension of paid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 8/1/16 through 8/16/16 using 12 personal illness days; unpaid medical leave of absence with Board paid benefits effective 8/17/16 through 9/7/16. (Union Avenue Middle School-Security Officer) (h) Richard Moon Paid medical leave of absence per FMLA effective 8/10/16 through 8/23/16 using 10 personal illness days. (Grove Street School-Security Officer) (i) Paul Grimes Extension of unpaid FMLA effective 8/29/16 through 9/12/16.
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