MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

July 19, 2006 – 7:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School

Presiding: Comm. Willa Mae Taylor, Board President

Present: Dr. Michael Glascoe, State District Superintendent Sidney Sayovitz, Esq., General Counsel

Comm. Joseph Atallo Comm. Alonzo Moody *Comm. Chauncey Brown Comm. Andre Sayegh, Vice President Comm. Jonathan Hodges Comm. Lawrence Spagnola Comm. Errol Kerr Comm. Daniel Vergara

The Salute to the Flag was led by Comm. Taylor.

Comm. Sayegh 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 July 19, 2006 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, and by sending notice of the meeting to the Al-Zaman, El Diario, the Italian Voice, the New Jersey Forum, the North Jersey Herald & News, and The Record.

REPORT OF STATE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

Dr. Glascoe: I will make my remarks brief. First of all, I would like to apologize to our School Board members and our public for the conditions of our facilities in our last School Board workshop session. We were in the T.V. studio and the temperature was quite low and uncomfortable for most of us, if not all of us. In addition to that, the refreshments that we had on hand for School Board members were compromised by a rodent. These things should not happen and we are going to work very hard to see that they won’t continue. We are looking at some creative ways for our workshop meetings. As you recall, I wanted to move the workshop meeting away from Eastside’s media center because it was not good for presentations. Staff would like to give you

Page 1 7/19/06 information using PowerPoint and other vehicles and that room was just not conducive for that. We are exploring the idea of having our workshop meetings in this room and setting up either a square or just a line of chairs and tables for the School Board members right here on the floor, so that any presentations on the screen can be shown above us here and all the Board members would have to do is turn around to see that. Our presentations can be made right from the microphone that we use for our public comments. So we are considering trying to do some of those things to improve our meeting environment. The other announcement I would like to make, or the other bit of information that I would like to share with you, is that today I attended the Joint Committee on Public Schools in Trenton and I was one of about 10-12 Superintendents or their designees who spoke to the Joint Committee. The topic of conversation certainly was the flat budget request, facilities and, oddly enough, accountability. Most of the Superintendents, if not all, really touched on all three areas. I did have an opportunity to speak on behalf of the school district and I talked about the condition of our facilities and the crisis level of some of our facilities, namely Don Bosco, Eastside, School #5 and School #21 with their water filtration problems. We also talked about our long-range facilities plan and our projects that are still on hold. Hopefully, that was good information for the Committee. They seemed very enthusiastic. They seemed very much interested and there were times when they really took to task the Department of Education for their past and present practices with all of these situations. I also talked in terms of our need to move out of our central office and the things that we are doing to try to perfect that. As near as I could tell, this Joint Committee on Public Schools may be a support in helping us reach that goal. Thank you Mrs. Taylor.

Comm. Taylor: I hope you had enough people understanding what you were talking about – the flat budget and also our facilities. As many people that can get around to talk about the facilities and the budget that we have to live with in order to educate our children, it is just not the way it should happen in a city like this. I thank you for having gone and spoken about it, but I think we have to back you up. All of us in the community will have to back you up.

*Comm. Brown enters the meeting at 7:20 p.m.

REPORT OF BOARD PRESIDENT

Comm. Taylor: My report has to do with… Having gone to the graduations and having watched the children graduate and then going around the district to see if the children are attending some of the summer programs that we have, I am pleased that some children are taking advantage of it, but others are not. I think we should have some kind of measure that we can use to try to encourage those students who are supposed to come or that should be there to get into the classroom. I know our classrooms are hot. They are not conducive to us doing any real lessons. I would like us to be more encouraging to our children for summer programs that we have.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

It was moved by Comm. Sayegh, seconded by Comm. Kerr that the Public Comments portion of the meeting be opened. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Comm. Taylor: I would just like to remind us that we have three minutes per person and five minutes for an organization. I would like you to keep to it. Do we have a timer?

Page 2 7/19/06 Ms. Irene Sterling: Good evening, my name is Irene Sterling and I am Executive Director of the Paterson Education Fund. I had the pleasure of listening to Dr. Glascoe today down at the Joint Committee. He did us proud. People asked us who he was and that was really nice. I am here tonight to talk about two things. One is Item A-1 on the agenda, which is the Stupski agreement. I was at the Board workshop two weeks ago and I had a chance to look at that Stupski agreement. It’s in the information package over here. I have pulled one out, so there are actually two running around here. I know the Board has seen this, so I am not handing you a copy of it tonight. You have had it, but the community hasn’t seen it. I think the Stupski agreement this year is instructive for what it means to be accountable. What it means to be accountable is, first of all, that there is mutuality. This Stupski agreement lays out responsibilities, both on the part of Stupski and on the part of the district, in terms of tasks and personnel, as well as dollars. There is nothing in this document that leaves things unclear or cloudy. It’s very clear. Things may be renegotiated as time goes on, but we start with a very clear picture and very clear goals of where we are going and how we are going to assess that. I am also very pleased that the agreement calls for both Stupski and the district to report on what Stupski is doing and I look forward to that report. I also think there is a very both troubling but true statement in the Stupski agreement this year and it occurs on the section under organizational and environmental capacity. Here is our partner who has invested literally millions of dollars in our district over the last four years. It says, “The Paterson School District could be described as having a culture of compliance. This trait is a direct result of the district being under state control for the past 14 years and the district must be intentional about shifting the culture from one of compliance to one of accountability.” Part of what I think is important for the Board to recognize and for our community to recognize is that what the Stupski agreement points out is that accountability means being very clear what the targets are, how they are going to be measured, and how we are going to work on it together with the assumption that we are going to meet those high targets. It doesn’t talk about it in a way that is compliant that says we hope we meet this vague goal out here and that is really the difference. We have spent a lot of time with the State Department talking about very unclear goals and very unclear ways of how we are going to go there. So I thought this was extremely useful, not only for the Board to really contemplate what this means to be in this kind of relationship, but for us to look for that kind of relationship from the community as we see how we are going forward. The other concern that I wanted to bring to you was about the discussion that you had about the test scores. We saw preliminary data and I know that it is not final data. You know that I am your resident amateur. I am not an expert on this stuff. I found myself, once again, wrestling with the different kinds of testing that we do. We do four different kinds of testing. I don’t mean different tests, but tests for different purposes. I think that our community is still very not clear about the kinds of testing we are doing and actually as I listen to you talk sometimes I am not sure that you are completely clear about what data you are looking at. So I am concerned that we do some more work on that. There is a good news/bad news piece of what was presented the other night. One is that our summative assessments, or end of the year assessments, our formal ESPA, GEPA, HSPA and other tests, look pretty flat. They don’t show a lot of progress this year. The good news, and I think it needs more celebration than it got, even in the light of the flatness of the rest of the achievement, was what we were looking at in the new assessment data that you got around the DIBELS and the DRA testing. Those are assessments that are used to find out where kids are and to drive instruction. DIBELS was given three times a year and you looked at three different reports – what did it look like with the kids coming in during the fall, what did it look like midyear, and how we were doing at the end of the year. What was exciting to me as I looked at that was that we could see that instruction was working. It is clear that at least in this first year data, and it’s not enough to be real confident yet, we can see that when teachers do something different and they

Page 3 7/19/06 do the kinds of things that we are talking about now in the early literacy instruction, we are significantly reducing the number of kids at risk. We are significantly increasing the number of kids who are going to be at grade level and who are on the track to read at grade three. I think that is enormously exciting and that we ought to pay attention to that, keep our eyes on it, and work with the folks in the schools to improve that and to make it go forward for us. Thank you very much.

Dr. Glascoe: I just want to make some comments on what Mrs. Sterling talked about, but I will withhold those comments until the public portion is done. I don’t want to hold up our citizens.

Mr. Luis Velez: Good evening Board members. My name is Luis Velez, 205 Michigan Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey. I just came down today to announce an employment opportunity for those young men who are 18 or over and have a driver’s license and clean record. If they want to start a career in law enforcement, the public safety office at Willowbrook Mall has positions available for part-time and fulltime work. If you want more information about this opportunity, call me at 973-518-3174. This is an opportunity to work and earn some money. Also, if you are planning to be a police officer in the future this is a good background to start. I want to comment regarding the community forums. I agree with you, Mrs. Taylor, that when people see you it is when election time comes only. I ask the Board and Superintendent that if it is possible, since some people don’t have cable and don’t watch the Board on television, maybe we can publish in the newspaper, send emails, and send letters to each parent a week before the community forum will take place. That is how they can get informed. I commend the Superintendent when they have a meeting and they send home the message in Spanish and English. The message on the phone in English and Spanish is good. I take it in English and Spanish, and my wife takes it in Spanish. So we take advantage of it. Excuse me but sometimes I cannot attend because of previous agendas, but it is good. Going back to the community forums, they not only have to be when it is election time. It should be once or twice a month and we can gather all this information to move forward and make our district better. We want to avoid more lawsuits. We want to get ready for September. So we have to gather the information from the community on how we can serve better the community. I think this community forum will be helpful if they get the right information and we give the right input on it. That’s all I want to say tonight and thank you for the opportunity. I am glad to see Danny Vergara stand like a warrior and keep working hard for those children that you represent out there, but especially the ones you represent in the district and you swore in for. God bless you and good night.

Dr. Hani Awadallah: Good evening, my name is Hani Awadallah from the Arab American Civic Organization, 964 Main Street, Paterson. I just want to thank all those Commissioners, practically everybody, with the exception of one, but we accept her apologies for not showing up, as well as the Superintendent. I hope that this is going to be one time acceptance of apologies. I hope next year we are going to see you there, Dr. Glascoe. I think it was really a very good show for our community, especially in these hard times we are facing. We really had a good time together mingling and we really have also some kind of leadership. When you speak about forums, these are the kinds of forums you really want to see. People actually want to see their elected representatives there with them in good times and bad. That was very nice and we thank all of those who really showed up there. Secondly, I really would like to talk about the selection of the principal of Kennedy High School. I am on the SCL at Kennedy and we were supposed, as I understood it, to have the selection process completed by July 1st. We really were in the SCL at Kennedy on that and we selected members, as a matter of fact, who really would be representing our organization in the selection process. As I said, it was supposed to be done completely by selection process by July

Page 4 7/19/06 1st. Lo and behold, we did not really get any word back from the Superintendent’s office until maybe some time around July 2nd or 3rd. I did talk to Mrs. Lyde about that and she said actually the selection has been a little tough on the quality of people who really applied. I accept that. Speaking of forums, you want the public to be involved in something like that, such as the selection of the principal of our biggest high school. I think the office of the Superintendent and whoever is in charge of this process should really have made the preparations that were necessary to get the Board or the SCL really involved. For myself, I really would have loved to be involved in that. After July I will be leaving for overseas, so I cannot really be involved in the process, but I would really have loved to be in there. When we really talk about involvement of the public and public forums, the public should definitely be represented by the SCL, especially those people who really represent the community. They should definitely be represented in there in such an important process as the selection of the principal. I just really cannot accept that we can be excluded in this manner. It really happened – the same thing which we were talking about regarding employment. Lots of hanky-panky really takes place during the summer in getting people who really nobody knows to be selected as employees. I hope that we avoided that this year by having employment and giving contracts right on the spot. What is happening now with this selection process I really don’t care for, to tell you the truth, and many people also on the SCL at Kennedy do not really care for it either. I hope that will not really be repeated in any other positions where all our kids are entitled to have the best of candidates for such vital positions. Thank you.

Mr. Frederick Mutooni: Good evening, Frederick Mutooni, 197 North 7th Street. I take this opportunity to thank the school because of the summer enrichment program you are offering. This summer enrichment program is very beneficial, especially to older kids, because a lot of kids who are over 12 years old don’t really like to attend the city’s recreational programs. This enrichment program is an opportunity for these kids to be somewhere to study and to learn. The only drawback of it is that soon it is going to end and a lot of kids, probably over 10,000 kids, will again be loitering the streets. Many of them feel that they are too old to be attending these city recreational programs. I do hope the Board will consider maybe for next year to have these kinds of programs go on for the entire summer so that we can keep these kids at bay. It is very hard to control these kids when they stand in the house and say they have nothing to do so they are going to walk out. I know Dr. Glascoe mentioned schools that need a lot of work, but maybe many of you are forgetting School #10. I don’t know if many of you are familiar with School #10. If you are new in Paterson and you go to School #10, you won’t even dare to stay there. It’s a school that is surrounded by drug dealers, prostitutes, boarded houses and garbage, especially boarded houses. I do believe that the Board should consider convincing the owners of those boarded houses that have been there for many years so that the school can use those spaces as parking spaces. It is a shame the way that School #10 looks. The other day I drove over there and someone painted a very nasty word by the door on the backside. That is a school that you should look at as a priority. It’s not a school the way it looks. No wonder why the kids act like that. Please consider the teachers who teach there, too. They have nowhere to park. The community around there gets very annoyed with the teachers coming and parking in their spaces daily. That community owns the property over there and everyone over there has been complaining why can’t the school buy some of those boarded houses. I understand the owners of the properties don’t want to sell, but there is a way to go to acquire those properties, maybe through the state or the so-called eminent domain. But it is very important that you consider School #10 and I would like every Board member and every community member to drive around School #10 and ask yourself if you would feel comfortable with your child there. Would you feel comfortable with your son or daughter or relative in that school? It seems like you guys collectively and all of us have

Page 5 7/19/06 forgotten School #10. Please let’s pay attention to that school. It doesn’t look like it is part of Paterson. Thank you.

Mr. Mark Fisher: Good evening everyone, my name is Mark Fisher. I wear many hats but today I am to speak to Dr. Glascoe as far as representing the African American Heritage Parade Committee. The parade we had on June 17th was the best parade we had. We thank you for coming out and showing your support. Hopefully next year we can have a float and have all the Board members on the float. We would appreciate that and we are going to work on that this year. Mr. Moody, I would like to thank you for being the Grand Marshall of our parade. You really came through and your inspirational words also at the Dads With Jazz on Friday night were very inspirational to everyone. I appreciate that. Thank you. As far as Eastside High School goes, which I am a parent coordinator, I would like to thank you guys as well. I’m not sure if Mrs. Lyde gets the credit for this or you, Dr. Glascoe, about using Eastside as a pilot for different new ideas that come through the pipe, such as the Wilkerson people with the uniforms and what have you. We have always been second in high schools and I am glad that you guys are realizing that with Ms. Johnson as principal and us there we can be the pilot program for the other high schools, as well as the ID’s. I just want to say thank you for Eastside High School.

Mr. Charles Ferrer: Good evening, Charles Ferrer, Friends of the Paterson Falls, requesting five minutes. I’m glad I left my house when I did. I have some concerns that I need to bring to the Board’s attention. I need some clarification on a few things, also. I need to know when this Board changed the promotion/retention policy for this district. At all the Board meetings I attended I don’t recall it coming up. Was the retention policy/promotion policy changed? I need to know that before I leave this microphone. Last year with the DIBELS and all that material that was ordered, all of that was taken care of by the district. Now it is my understanding that individual schools are being told that it has to come out of their budgets, which were submitted some time ago. I need clarification as to whether or not that is accurate. This is what I am hearing.

Comm. Hodges: Madam President, would you ask Mr. Ferrer to clarify what he is talking about?

Mr. Ferrer: The DIBELS are the booklets and things that they use with the smaller children to assess them. It is my understanding that now the schools are being told that they have to cover that bill. So I need to know if that is true. Two years ago I attended a workshop because we were looking at a new series on health books that was supposed to be implemented this year. Now it is my understanding that that is not going to be implemented. Every year we would order some health books because books get damaged. Last year we were told not to order them because we were getting a new series. Then we were told that the district was going to buy the health books and now individual schools are being told it is their responsibility – take it out of their budgets. We cannot have this inconsistency in this district when money supposedly is so tight. The last thing I need to understand, and maybe you can explain this, Dr. Glascoe, is why we dismantled the legal department. For what reason? For all the years that I have been a resident in the City of Paterson we have had a legal department. Was this a cost effective move? What is the reason? What is the logic? I would like to get some clarification on that while I am standing here now, through the Chair to Dr. Glascoe.

Comm. Taylor: I believe Dr. Glascoe is going to talk about that during our proceedings.

Page 6 7/19/06 Mr. Ferrer: The reason why I want it now is because I have some information here and I want to see if it balances out with his. I won’t get another opportunity to bring that up because this is the only time I can come to the microphone. So if Dr. Glascoe could just slightly elaborate on his reasoning behind that, then maybe I can see if what I have justifies him doing that. Then I would like to share what I have with the Board, unless the Board would allow me, after Dr. Glascoe makes his presentation, to come back and share some material that I have.

Comm. Taylor: If you want to share what you have with us…

Mr. Ferrer: I need to hear from Dr. Glascoe first before I share my material.

Comm. Taylor: Have you spoken with Dr. Glascoe before this meeting?

Mr. Ferrer: No, I haven’t. Unfortunately, I am doing summer school and I am doing other things. This is the best opportunity to get this clarification so that everybody can know. Charles Ferrer just doesn’t want to know. Everybody wants to know and it is part of the public record.

Comm. Taylor: It is part of the public record, but if you knew about it last week or the beginning of this week, are you saying you didn’t have an opportunity because you just learned of this?

Mr. Ferrer: No, I am not saying I didn’t have an opportunity. Over all the years that I have been attending Board meeting, this is the forum that I pretty much choose to handle certain things in. If there are other issues that I need to speak with Dr. Glascoe on, then I will do so. But something that I feel is as important as this needs to be part of the public record. Another thing that we can get on the subject of is looking into the food services. I need to understand when there is a program that is being used in Newark that was developed by one of our former governors, and I heard it on the news, why we are using this company that is coming out of Brooklyn that brings food to our children that is frozen for their lunch. And it’s not ice cream. It’s a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or it’s the carrots that are supposed to be their vegetable, but they are frozen. I am not that thrilled with ice carrots. But this is what they are expecting our children to eat and I am quite sure we are not paying them fifty cents for the lunch that they are bringing. In some cases, they are bringing them late because they didn’t do what they were supposed to do. The procedure is when they drop off the lunch they are supposed to drop off the breakfast. Therefore, if they have an accident on Route 3 it wouldn’t affect the children’s breakfast because the breakfast is already supposed to be there. So there are some issues with the food delivery company that needs to be addressed. But I am really concerned about this corporation. If he can just say a little bit, then I can either say yea or nay and share what I have. I would really like to hear what he has first.

Comm. Taylor: When issues like this come up, because this sounds like an important issue with the lunches and the breakfasts and the company that serves our children, we had this at workshop and we had a report at workshop. We had a lot of questions and I don’t believe any of them went beyond that meeting. I didn’t know from public that was there, and we didn’t have much, that food is still being brought in cold and frozen, with not enough time given to unfreeze it or to cook it or to prepare it for children.

Mr. Ferrer: Well, the summer lunch is mostly cold.

Page 7 7/19/06 Comm. Taylor: I think that this is something that we need to meet, Mr. Ferrer, together as a special group of people on this Board with you and the Superintendent. I think so.

Mr. Ferrer: I don’t have a problem with that.

Comm. Taylor: Both issues.

Mr. Ferrer: This didn’t happen before the workshop. This just happened this week when I observed it, but I have heard other schools where lunch has been late and children have left without lunch or they waited until 12:30. That shouldn’t happen.

Comm. Taylor: Could you let me know the schools that have had that happen and I will get a group of people that will sit down from the Board on a small committee to talk with you and with Dr. Glascoe.

Mr. Ferrer: Okay. The reason for dismantling the corporation counsel? I would really like to know. Or will I be allowed to come back?

Comm. Taylor: That is going to come up in legal.

Mr. Ferrer: At that time, will I be able to input? I really don’t want to do it before I hear from Dr. Glascoe. Maybe there is no need for me to input. Maybe we are on the same page.

Comm. Taylor: I don’t see anywhere that I can… After this it is closed because on the agenda it’s already published and this is the agenda. But I will be in touch with you for the other discussions.

Mr. Ferrer: Okay. I am going to leave it and hold it. I hope you reserve your vote. I hope you have done your homework before you make your decision on that. I will let you know this. I don’t support outsourcing legal services. If that is what we are doing and if we dismantled this department to use a firm that is outside, it makes no sense. I will leave it at that right now. I didn’t get a response on retention and promotion. If the policy was not changed in the district, then why this year was it violated? The district policy is clear and I don’t know what happened at the last meeting before the end of the school year that the principals went to, but to come back to teachers and tell them the last day of school that potential retentions are all being moved forward is criminal.

Comm. Taylor: Thank you.

Mr. Ferrer: And the policy says something different from what went down. That is why I need to know if the policy has been changed. When we start moving children that have 40, 50, 60, and 70 days out to the next grade just because they are not your child, then that is supposed to be acceptable. When parents have accepted that their child should be retained and they are moved anyway against the wishes of the parents, then that is not acceptable. If it’s not according to the policy in the policy manual, then that is also not acceptable and it needs to be addressed.

Comm. Taylor: I am going to direct it to Mr. Brown to make sure we check it and we will send it to you in writing.

Mr. Ferrer: I have the policy here and what went on the last day and up until that day is nowhere in this policy.

Page 8 7/19/06 Comm. Taylor: Thank you.

Comm. Atallo: Point of order on this issue.

Comm. Taylor: We have some more public.

Comm. Atallo: Point of order on this issue.

Comm. Taylor: It’s the public part. Please let me finish.

Comm. Atallo: I just want to make sure the gentleman gets an answer.

Comm. Taylor: Let me finish with the public.

Comm. Atallo: Well, when she finishes, may I speak?

Comm. Taylor: Good evening.

Comm. Atallo: Excuse me. I made a point of order.

Ms. JoAnn Harris: Good evening everybody. How are you doing today? My name is JoAnn Harris and I am a parent advocate at the Parent Resource Center. I am just wondering if there is any way possible that we can as a district look at the homeless policy that we have and the children in the shelter. We have a lot of children that are staying in the shelter. We have a lot of children that are staying at a hotel. We are having parents to come to us complaining because they have no transportation. I don’t know if any of you are familiar with the King’s Hotel out on Route 46, but we have a lot of children there. We have a lot of children at the shelter. So I just want us to look at the policy to see if we can help these children because a lot of them are coming to school late and a lot of them are coming to school labeled, and they are not getting what they need. So as a district I was wondering if we could look at that policy to see if we can do something for them. Thank you.

Comm. Atallo: Madam Chairwoman, point of order.

Comm. Taylor: Are there any more people from the public?

Comm. Atallo: Madam Chair, point of order.

Comm. Taylor: We have the public portion at this time, Dr. Atallo. We have time. Thank you.

Ms. Anna Taliaferro: Good evening, Anna Taliaferro, resident. I find it so difficult. I am here tonight not only representing Paterson, but the whole State of New Jersey under my organization. I need to ask this question. Dr. Glascoe, we have forensic auditors in the district? It’s like Governor Corzine has become the emperor and he has no more clothes on. Today I got this email from the Education Law Center and it says, “An internal state report in 2003 that has found New Jersey potentially under-funding its schools by at least $500 million has become the subject of a legal scuffle as school advocates sue the state to release its findings.” I am really dismayed that Lucille Davy was made permanent Commissioner with no background in education, never having been in a classroom and never having been an administrator. She was an attorney so Corzine is doing the same things that the other administration did. Politically they are hooking each other up and he doesn’t seem to feel the need that parents,

Page 9 7/19/06 administrators and teachers should have any input in anything that is going on, even after the Supreme Court ordered the department to do it. So if they are above the law, why the hell ain’t Paterson, New Jersey above the law? Why do we need someone to come in here and tell us how to fix our school budgets when they don’t discuss the state’s budget with us? They were supposed to have an open meeting with us. We fought with Librera about the same things and here we go. She just got permanent and bam – here it comes. So I am really upset. The NAACP has called for an education summit on August 4th and I was hoping that we would deal with some of these things because this report is dismal at best. I haven’t talked to David Sciarra yet, but I am sure he is upset about this when he sent me this email today. We filed a complaint. Dr. Glascoe, you have to go to Trenton to defend our budget?

Dr. Glascoe: Not yet. I have had visits from Trenton in Paterson.

Ms. Taliaferro: Take this with you.

Dr. Glascoe: Sure.

Ms. Taliaferro: And let them know to stop the foolishness. With the kinds of gains that Abbott can make, and there has been some proof that we have made some gains, we still need a very rigorous preschool program. There is no question about it. We have to do something about that. I am not happy about that preschool program at all. I started out in preschool education and I know we can do a lot better than what we have been doing. I am very dismayed about the fact that all these moves seem to be political and our kids are once again caught in a Catch 22 situation with a Commissioner who was formerly from DYFS and didn’t do a doggone thing when she was Commissioner of DYFS. Now she is head of the doggone state education agency along with her counterpart down there who, by his own admission, never set up a plan for the Abbott districts, even when the Court ordered it. These are the kinds of things that our legislators had better get weary about. In his budget, I am now understanding that the legislature has now snuck in some language that nobody knew about and the language is very clear. It says the Commissioner will have the power if he feels like changing what he is ordering the districts to do every single year when the Court says you have to at least do a two-year structure program. He is going to do it. So when I say that the Governor is looking more like the emperor because the clothes are being peeled back, he is showing his true colors here. I think you all need to keep on top of this and be aware of this. I would be happy to share this information with you. I didn’t want to read it because it’s too lengthy. I am upset about the fact that E3 is now going forward with the blessings of some of our local democrats and politicians on filing for vouchers, claiming that our schools are segregated because we don’t move kids across school lines. Buddy, somebody ain’t been reading and somebody don’t know the history that comes with our schools. Are we looking at the re-segregation of our kids? You are absolutely right. But who said vouchers was going to rescue our children? Who said that? Vouchers never did and they never will because they only include a minute few. We need to be aware of that because E3 is on the move with the blessings of local politicians. Andre, you need to be talking to Girgenti about that because I am going to find out the language that they snuck in on that budget. The last thing that I need to say is that as a grandparent in this school district in June I was terribly dismayed, Dr. Glascoe, and I came to you to share this with you. But this is a public concern. This is not just Anna Taliaferro’s concern. Something has to be done about the senior class dues. They are outrageous. When you get to your senior year and all of a sudden after you have done fundraisers, which I did – I baked cakes and sold candy for my grandchild, at the end of the school year he still owes $250.00, for what? Then I got attitude when I asked for an itemization of what he owed. I went along with the program

Page 10 7/19/06 because I at once started to not let him walk because I wasn’t paying $250.00. I work every day. I had to pay $173.00 for his tuxedo for the senior class prom and $65.00 for his ticket. So where did the $250.00 come from? We need to have an overall policy that affects every high school in the district. It has gotten out of control and I am not going to support 8th grade students who want to go to a prom in a limousine, decked out with a tuxedo, with clothes on that look like they are Jennifer Lopez from Hollywood. This has gotten out of control and I really want something done about it. I have more grandchildren in the system and I am going to be fighting with this cause. There are a lot of parents out here who simply said… I had one parent who said her son simply wouldn’t go because she couldn’t afford it. This is a very private time in their life that they ought to be enjoying and we have taken it from them. Willa Mae, you need to look at the policy that governs these class dues. I was told that $250.00 would cover a yearbook in the freshman, sophomore and junior years. What does my grandson need to be purchasing a yearbook before he gets to his senior year for? He doesn’t need to do that. The class dues in other high schools in other districts are nowhere near that and we need to stop promoting that. Joe Clark took $300,000 out of this district when he first became administrator up at Eastside High School and it was all from alumnus bank accounts. He did what he doggone well pleased and nobody said a thing. If we are accruing money in those accounts we need to stop it. This has gone way too far and I am bringing it to your attention because you Board members really need to do something about the policy. I would really appreciate that.

Mr. Abdul Ali: Abdul Ali, Paterson, New Jersey. I am part of the human group, so can I get a few minutes? Last month I missed you because I went down to the college because the master came in and everybody had to go see the master. The only reason why I said that is because I had a racial case with the housing authority and I wrote him a letter personally but he never responded. So I know where his head is at and I am glad the sister spoke on that. You only see people’s true colors after they get in office. Before office they give you all this rainbow stuff, but after they get in it is something totally different. I wanted to speak last week about a situation that took place June 19, 1865. Everybody celebrates theirs, but what about us recognizing ours? We were supposed to have been freed. We were freed, physically. Spiritually we were still blind. Mentally we were still blind. The Board of Education needs to take a look at that. That should be in the history books. The only reason why I say they are spiritually and mentally blind is because truth is not being presented the way it needs to be presented. I was reading this book about how Almighty God blessed messengers to come to give us education on how to conduct ourselves. This doesn’t have anything to do with religion in state. This has something to do with the order that we need to be under, under education. I don’t know if you remember. I’m glad she mentioned that prom stuff. I remember school had a moral dress code. Anybody remember that? What happened to the moral dress code? When you get away from morals, guess what happens to your thought pattern. It becomes corrupt. One thing I want to mention too about the education system is that it’s all about Corporate America. Let’s teach our children how to… It’s nice doing business, but where is your human structure? Our children, the African American children, in the schoolhouses now are getting knowledge that is not doing anything to nourish their mindset and nourish their spirit to be a better person and to show responsibility. Know why? Because it is you up there that is supposed to have some power to bring in some type of curriculum that is going to nourish the child who has been left behind. Anybody remember that statement? No child left behind. But it was no coincidence that they brought that up. They brought that up because they know they have been denying us. Now it is time for you to stand up and give us what they need. We do not need another generation biting the dust. It’s the children, it’s the children, it’s the children. You want it and then when you get the money you do what you want with it. You don’t do what you are supposed to do with it. These children are

Page 11 7/19/06 our resources. I am going to mention seven levels of the human development and I’m not going to stay long. That needs to be mentioned in order for us to be a complete human being and a productive human being. The spirit needs to be in the right order. We can’t be worshipping another person. We need to be worshipping the unseen God. Mentally we need to get the truth. Morally we need to be getting information that is going to make us think in a rational way. Emotionally we need to feel good about this – what we are learning. I remember when I was going to school that at one time I was enjoying the learning of what they was teaching me. But as I got older and found out it was a major indoctrination to take me off the course of my own human understanding, then I need to take a look at that. Physically our children with the knowledge that the school is giving are out there killing themselves because the information is on a dead level. It’s on a politic level. It isn’t on a human level. I don’t know what your role is, Dr. Glascoe. If you really love those children, then look in your heart and look in your consciousness. Go back to your past and see where we have been and see what you can do to reconstruct a mind pattern in our children. It’s for all children, but it’s our children that are left behind. See what you can orchestrate to allow our children to be a productive member because it is your responsibility. They put you there. I hope they didn’t put you there to follow their course. I hope they put you there to follow your desire because if you follow their course then you are with them and not with us. You are just sitting in that chair. So I hope you take a look at your heart. I don’t know where prayer is in your life, but if it isn’t in there, put it in there and God will guide you. Thank you for letting me share.

It was moved by Comm. Spagnola, seconded by Comm. Sayegh that the Public Comments portion of the meeting be closed. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Comm. Atallo: Madam Chair, point of order.

Comm. Taylor: No.

Comm. Atallo: Madam Chair, you let other Board members make points of order. I want to make a point of order very quickly. Two speakers back Mr. Ferrer, the speaker, was talking about the promotion policy. Many parents call me about that. All I am saying is that I would like to get the information on the promotion policy as well. That’s all I want. I would like that information sent to me as well.

Comm. Taylor: Okay.

Comm. Atallo: Okay. Can I make that request?

Comm. Taylor: We will all get it. It’s something we have to all look at because you are not the only one who got the call. I got the call. I understand Dr. Hodges got the call. Comm. Sayegh got the call. I don’t know if Mr. Moody got the call. We all got the call because there was some strange ending to the year. So I want to hear the policy as well. I also would like to sit down with Mr. Ferrer and talk with him about what went on because there is more than one school involved with this.

Comm. Atallo: That’s true. So it’s important. All I am saying as a point of order is that I would like to get the information as well. That’s all.

Comm. Taylor: Did you think I was not going to give you the information when we got the policy?

Page 12 7/19/06 Comm. Atallo: Well, I was thinking as you let other people speak when I asked for a point of order you would not acknowledge me.

Comm. Taylor: Dr. Atallo, we have gone overboard to make sure you get all the information that you need. I have not denied any piece of information to you and nor has this administration. Every time they try, they can get it and they can get it to you. They have tried.

Comm. Atallo: Well, I am not getting all the information I am requesting.

Comm. Taylor: Okay. You have your point of information. I understand. What is your second one?

Comm. Atallo: That was it.

Comm. Taylor: That was it? Okay, now can we go on?

Comm. Hodges: Well, I simply will say that the current policy is in the policy manual and every single Board member has a copy of the policy manual. There have been no additions made to the policy manual, so as far as I understand it the existing policy is the policy of record. Until somebody distributes that and we affirm there has been a change, that’s the policy of record and we all have the manual. There is no need to distribute the policy because we all have a manual.

Comm. Taylor: What I am saying to you and to other Board members is that it was my understanding that there had not been any change in the policy. But it is our understanding from the information we are getting from the schools that something has changed and it has not been done through us. I don’t know how it was done. So I am trying to gather the information. I want to read my policy again and then I want to go and see what happened at the end of this school year and how we did social promotions.

Comm. Hodges: Hopefully we didn’t do social promotions because that would be very upsetting to us all, particularly me.

Comm. Atallo: Things were done differently than the policy shows.

Comm. Taylor: That is how it appears, Dr. Atallo. That is how it appears and that is why I am saying this. We need to look at everything that went on.

Comm. Atallo: That is why I am saying we need to investigate. It appears to be different.

Dr. Glascoe: Thank you, Mrs. Taylor. I wanted to wait until the public comments had ended to sort of piggyback and also respond to the two items that Mrs. Sterling talked about. She talked about the work of Stupski with the district, and she also talked about test scores and their analysis. So let me start with test scores. I couldn’t help but sit here and in my mind I was saying déjà vu all over again. Oh, I would say eight or nine years ago, when I was working in another district and in charge of accountability, almost the same words were being spoken by the public and School Board members. Here’s the issue. We have test data to present. We have to look at comparisons with the State. We look at comparisons within the district and outside the district. In addition to that, there has to be some analysis of the test scores. Not to the level that we use to make program decisions, but analysis to the level where you as a School Board and

Page 13 7/19/06 you as the public understand the test data. A mere presentation that we provided in the workshop session does not do justice to clearly understanding the test data and its analysis. Now, don’t misunderstand me. I am not saying that Board members are not quick enough to get this information. Most of us need to have additional information and additional connections with the test score data. What do the tests say? What are the implications? What are we doing about it? So that’s the kind of presentation that we are going to plan as soon as school resumes for the public and for the School Board so that we can get a clear indication of what the test data is saying. Secondly, regarding Stupski, I was delighted to hear Mrs. Sterling talk about Stupski in the way that she did because they are an organization that is about working with urban school districts. Unlike some of the other organizations around the country, they are dealing with organizational change and organizational effectiveness. Other organizations around the country, like Gates, which now is changing and really wants to work with Stupski, would work with improving and changing individual schools. Stupski is about working with the district and that is what you see. Mrs. Sterling is correct. That Memorandum of Understanding is very clear. Now, Stupski has done its’ organizational assessment. They are still putting the report together. They have made a preliminary report to their superiors in L.A. and then they will have a written report that they will share with our school district. When school resumes in September or October, depending on the best possible time for a schedule, we will have a full-blown report from Stupski. You will see the Stupski partners.

Comm. Taylor: When is that?

Dr. Glascoe: Either September or October, depending on scheduling and having them come out. I would like to have them present this information at a regular School Board meeting where we get more community people involved. Also, it is videotaped and if people miss the meeting they can see it on the video. So that is our plan and that is what I wanted to follow up to what Mrs. Sterling was saying. Thank you.

GENERAL BUSINESS

Items Requiring a Vote

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

Comm. Taylor presented the minutes of the May 10, 2006 Workshop Meeting, the May 24, 2006 Regular Meeting, the May 30, 2006 Special Meeting, the June 7, 2006 Workshop Meeting, and the June 14, 2006 Regular Meeting, and asked if there were any questions or comments on the minutes.

It was moved by Comm. Sayegh, seconded by Comm. Vergara that the minutes be accepted with any necessary corrections.

Comm. Atallo: On May 30th, on page 10 I made a comment in the second paragraph. It says he is not supporting urban schools. The statement should be she is not supporting urban schools. I believe I said she. If I didn’t say that, that is what I should have said in referring to the Attorney General, whom I believe is a woman.

Comm. Taylor: That’s the correction?

Comm. Atallo: That’s the correction. Thank you.

On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

Comm. Sayegh reported that the Curriculum and Instruction Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-26:

Resolution No. A-1

WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education approved the partnership between the Paterson Public School District (“District”) and the Stupski Foundation at the July 21, 2004 Board of Education meeting; and

WHEREAS, the Stupski Foundation will work in collaboration to improve critical District systems in order to generate significant improvement in student achievement, and to close the achievement gap, by attaining student outcomes as outlined in the District’s Strategic Work Plan and to build the District’s capacity to sustain and extend these improvements; and

WHEREAS, the Stupski Foundation is committed to a multi-year engagement, to facilitate the creation of an environment open to learning and change, and to identify strategies and action plans for district-wide reform; and

WHEREAS, the Stupski Foundation provides expert and financial resources to assist District leaders; and

WHEREAS, in the third year of investment, between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007, the Stupski Foundation will provide financial support totaling $743,000.00; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING between the Paterson Public School District and the Stupski Foundation for the 2006-2007 school year, at a total maximum amount of $743,000.00 to be provided by the Stupski Foundation.

Resolution No. A-2

WHEREAS, the Paterson Secondary Education Initiative was begun during the 2005- 2006 school year with a mission to craft an effective plan for creating small learning communities (SLC’s) in both high schools where all students will be able to enroll in an SLC based on their desired career path and their talents; and

WHEREAS, with involvement and input from the subcommittees of the Secondary Education Initiative, a proposal was written to secure additional funding for creating SLC’s in Eastside and Kennedy high schools; and

WHEREAS, Paterson’s Small Learning Communities Project: Restructuring John F. Kennedy High School and Eastside High School will help the school district to build on its prior successes in school reform and creation of greater school choice that will result in a reduction of the dropout rate, increases in promotion power and reduction of the frequency of suspensions of students; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District will seek to acquire support from the United States Department of Education in the amount of $1,847,850.00, over a five year period, beginning in September 2006 and extending through August 2011.

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Resolution No. A-3

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools will assist the Paterson Housing Authority in serving the residents of the new Alexander Hamilton Development; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools will provide children in grades 4-12 who will be living in the new development access to the Paterson Community Learning Centers. Services will include enrichment activities for students, such as graphic arts, music, performing arts, and educational trips; and

WHEREAS, the Access-Collaboration-Equity Technology Mobile Center will be made available on the new housing site for adult residents to use English-as-a-Second- Language software, access the Internet, and gain other computer skills; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools wholeheartedly support the Housing Authority of the City of Paterson application for the Fiscal Year 2006 HOPE VI Revitalization Grant Application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Resolution No. A-4

WHEREAS, School No. 7 has identified that exposure to classical music is an important element of a well-rounded education and has created a unique program, “The Paterson Strings”, for selected students to receive daily instruction in violin playing; and

WHEREAS, School No. 7 seeks funds from the Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program to purchase additional instruments to expand “The Paterson Strings” program so that more students’ lives are enhanced through the art of music; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of the application to the Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program requesting the amount of $2,500.

Resolution No. A-5

WHEREAS, the Physical Education Department would like to apply for the CAP Grant for the 2006-2007 school year; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools Physical Education Department, to maintain quality education, would like to continue to participate in the CAP; and

WHEREAS, if approved the District is required to fund $98,490.00, but as in the past will apply for the State CAP Waiver to fund only (not exceed) $1,500.00; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the application of the CAP Grant for the 2006-2007 school year contingent upon receiving CAP Waiver to fund (not exceed) $1,500.00.

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WHEREAS, the Board of Education Adult Division certifies that permission has been granted to apply for the continuation project entitled Evening School for Foreign Born Residents; and

WHEREAS, this program is designed for adults whose native language is not English. Emphasis is placed on acquisition of the English language skills and provides instruction concerning the organization and function of federal, state and local government. Instruction is oriented toward preparation of U.S. Citizenship; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves submission for the Evening School for Foreign Born Residents Program, for the project period September 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007, in the amount of $5,000, with a local match of $6,395.

Resolution No. A-7

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is committed to support the Secondary Literacy Initiative set forth by the New Jersey Department of Education and is committed to providing our entering freshmen an intervention program; and

WHEREAS, the READ 180 Program, which has been the subject of broad-based, continuous scientific research, shows that older struggling readers reveal significant growth on multiple reading measures and language arts skills with especially significant and consistent findings that support growth across subgroups, which include African American students, English language learners, and students receiving special services; and

WHEREAS, it remains the mission of the district to close the achievement gap; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Board Curriculum Committee, and the State District Superintendent recommend the adoption of Scholastic Read 180, Level C (Enterprise Edition) for use at the high school level; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves adoption of Scholastic Read 180 recommended above, effective for the 2006-2007 school year.

Resolution No. A-8

WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services awards Family Outreach Project funds for the supervision and training of Family Workers in the Abbott districts; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District, through its community providers, provides preschool education services which are provided by Family Workers for every forty-five (45) children enrolled in a contracted childcare center; and

WHEREAS, the role of the Family Workers is to meet with parents in their homes, at the childcare centers or any other appropriate place to help parents understand their roles as facilitators of education, their children’s needs and how to best access and utilize services their family needs; and

Page 17 7/19/06 WHEREAS, the Family Workers need ongoing training, supervision and support to address the complex needs of families; and

WHEREAS, the Family Outreach Project was designed to provide training and supervision for over 80 Family Workers hired by the participating centers; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services provides full funding to districts to provide social workers to supervise, train and support Family Workers with issues of healthcare, parenting, child development, domestic violence and substance abuse in order to improve the educational success of the children and their families; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District contracts with the Department of Human Services for the Family Outreach Project for the supervision and training of Family Workers in the Abbott Early Education Program for the period of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 for the amount of $289,884.00.

Resolution No. A-9

WHEREAS, Pilgrimage Outreach, Inc. has been contracted with the Paterson Public School District since 1998 to operate the Zone Alternative Program (ZAP), an alternative suspension/intervention program; and

WHEREAS, the PPS District is committed to collaboration with community outreach services for its students and recognizes the need for alternatives to out-of-school suspensions; and

WHEREAS, the goal of the ZAP is to reduce the dropout rate among students that have received an out-of-school suspension by providing behavioral counseling in a supervised, structured environment for each student referred to the program; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves entering into an agreement with Pilgrimage Outreach, Inc. in collaboration with the Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine in New Jersey and the AWARE Program in Bakersfield, CA to operate the Zone Alternative Program located at 449 Union Avenue, Paterson, NJ, 06-07 school year in the amount of $155,500.00.

Resolution No. A-10

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is dedicated to expanding the educational and cultural opportunities of all its students; and

WHEREAS, the Arab American Cultural Enrichment Program provided by the Arab American Civic Organization at School No. 9 encourages students to expand their educational horizons beyond their required instructional schedule; and

WHEREAS, the Arab American Cultural Enrichment Program is open to all students interested in its services, and will serve at least 180 students from all schools and neighborhoods in the City of Paterson; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District will fund the Arab American Cultural Enrichment Program in the amount of $65,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.

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Resolution No. A-11

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools operate a GED Testing Center for the State of New Jersey at the Paterson Adult School building located at 151 Ellison Street with funds from the NJ Department of Education and from the Passaic County Workforce Development Center; and

WHEREAS, normal operating hours during the September to June school year calendar are from 8:00 – 4:30 for the morning session and 3:30 – 7:30 for the evening session; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Adult School wishes to modify the testing schedule for the months of July and August due to reduced demand for services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the July/August operating schedule of a morning session from 8:00 – 1:00 from July 5 – July 28 and from August 21-31 and an evening session from 3:30 - 7:30 from July 10-28.

Resolution No. A-12

The Paterson Public Schools hereby authorize the operation of the GED Testing Center and will comply with the terms, conditions and general requirements established by the American Council of Education and the Department of Education for the FY 2006/2007. Approximately 2,300 tests. Reimbursement payments to the Paterson Public Schools. $10.00 for each candidate taking the initial battery of GED test and incompletes. $10.00 for each candidate taking a retest of GED test.

Resolution No. A-13

The Paterson Public Schools hereby authorize the operation of the GED Testing Center with funds provided by the Workforce Investment Board of Passaic County for the period beginning July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 in the amount of $54,900.00.

Resolution No. A-14

WHEREAS, the Abbott implementation goals require that the district provide preschool with intensive early literacy program; and

WHEREAS, the literacy program must be aligned with the New Jersey CCCS (Core Curriculum Content Standards) and the Early Childhood Expectations; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Early Childhood Education has established literacy as the center piece of their preschool curriculum; and

WHEREAS, the Creative Curriculum Program is a developmentally appropriate program to support children’s active learning and social development; and

WHEREAS, professional development is a critical component to provide high quality preschool services to our children; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the district enters into a contract with Creative Curriculum Associates to provide training for 90 teachers, 90 teacher’s assistants and 15

Page 19 7/19/06 administrators and/or center directors from September 18-22, 2006; October 23-27, 2006; and November 13-17, 2006 for an amount not to exceed $29,755.44.

Resolution No. A-15

WHEREAS, Paterson Public Schools and Bergen Community College have a cooperative agreement for BCC health careers students to participate in a supervised clinical experience in the district’s Dental Clinic as a requirement of their curriculum; and

WHEREAS, there is no cost to the district for the services provided; and

WHEREAS, the agreement clearly describes the responsibilities of each party; and

WHEREAS, BCC and PPS each maintain liability insurance for their respective students and faculty, employees and other personnel; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the proposed agreement for the period from September 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.

Resolution No. A-16

WHEREAS, the Paterson Community Health Center (PCHC) has received a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop a school-based dental screening, oral health education, fluoride and sealant program called “Seal Your Smile”. Serving 10 underserved community schools, the purpose of the program is to improve access to care and to reduce the incidence of caries among Paterson’s poor, minority and uninsured children; and

WHEREAS, upon parental consent, the program will see children with an initial focus on 2nd and 6th graders to coincide with the eruption of primary and secondary permanent molars. Children will be screened for existing caries, receive fluoride rises and dental sealants, with referral as needed for restorative services; and

WHEREAS, a PCHC Dentist and Dental Assistant will visit the identified schools on a scheduled basis and provide services through the use of portable equipment, screening, education, and preventative services in a culturally/linguistically appropriate manner; and

WHEREAS, oral health education curriculum will be provided at chair side by the Dentist and in the classroom by the Dental Assistant to teach basic oral health concepts to children, and dental supplies will be sent home with the children; and

WHEREAS, the dental outreach, screening and sealant program will serve the 2nd and 6th graders in the following 10 Paterson Public Schools: #4, #5, #6, #9, #12, #17, #20, #28, EWK and NSW; and

WHEREAS, students needing restorative services will be referred to the PCHC dental clinic for care; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the participation in the grant provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the Paterson Community Health Center, in accordance with an agreement to be executed by the parties.

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is committed to enhance middle school education programs to increase student achievement; and

WHEREAS, the district is mandated to comply with the Abbott middle school literacy initiative, LEADS (Literacy is Essential to Adolescent Development and Success), to provide a structured, student-centered approach with SBRR strategies, techniques, and interventions that will ensure student engagement, alignment of curriculum and academic rigor; and

WHEREAS, the Board Curriculum Committee and the State District Superintendent recognize the following staff development provided by Sopris West will enhance teacher training in vocabulary and comprehension strategies in a co-teaching environment. This training will provide our middle school teachers the opportunity to receive professional development as a team. This will enable our teachers to provide our middle school students with advance and intervention instruction in vocabulary and comprehension in order to improve our state assessment reading scores. The training is designed and aligned to meet all the requirements put forth by the Division of Abbott Implementation. The training will involve a total of 100 middle school teachers (classroom teachers and their co-teachers); and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves contracting Sopris West Educational Services to provide aforementioned staff development in the amount of $26,000.00.

Resolution No. A-18

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to place District students in an appropriate educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Bergen Center for Child Development, Inc. for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 regular and extended school year:

Student Initials Tuition Z.T. $10,944.00

Resolution No. A-19

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to place District students in an appropriate educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Catholic Community Services/Mt. Carmel Guild High School, Middle

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Student Initials Tuition K.A., V.D., T.H., M.S. $68,268.18

Resolution No. A-20

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to place District students in an appropriate educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with The Community School of Family Connections, Inc. for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 school year:

Student Initials Tuition D.J. $7,231.17

Resolution No. A-21

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to place District students in an appropriate educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Ranch Hope, Inc. Strange School for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 school year:

Student Initials Tuition S.S. $13,222.48

Resolution No. A-22

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to place District students in an appropriate educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Try Us Health Care Services, Inc. for providing nursing services to students presently attending the Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center during the 2005-2006 school year:

Page 22 7/19/06 Student Initials Tuition A.A. $16,640.00

Resolution No. A-23

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to provide educational services to all Paterson students; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to Union County Educational Services Commission while providing educational services (bedside instruction) to students placed at Children’s Specialized Hospital during the 2005-2006 school year:

Student Initials Tuition D.M. $3,207.75

Resolution No. A-24

WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14, the Paterson Public School District is required to place District students in an appropriate educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with State & Federal requirements; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Washington Academy for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 school year:

Student Initials Tuition M.H. For Contract Signature Only

Resolution No. A-25

WHEREAS, the approval for receiving students from a sending district as per their I.E.P. is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves receiving students and payment from Passaic Board of Education for the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition J.O., M.D. $2,688.56

Resolution No. A-26

WHEREAS, the approval for receiving students from a sending district as per their I.E.P. is required; and now therefore

Page 23 7/19/06 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves receiving students and payment from Passaic Board of Education for the 2005-2006 extended school year:

Student Initials Tuition J.O., M.D. $1,710.90

It was moved by Comm. Sayegh, seconded by Comm. Brown that Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-26 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: On A-1, I still would like to have a dialogue on the Stupski Foundation. What exactly do they do with the Paterson School District? We received some things in writing, but I think at some point we need to sit down to discuss what their role is, short term and long term. On A-2, I have questions regarding small learning communities. I believe this is dealing with academies. When we look at these schools in the present and future, we have to look at how our students are going to be enrolled at these schools. I don’t support this lottery system. I don’t think it’s…(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)…again and this makes me uncomfortable. I don’t support this. It’s the same thing with A-10. I heartily support this program. I think it’s a very good program and I support the program. My question is the contract. On A-11, it’s the same thing with the dates. On all these resolutions it’s not the programs. I support the programs. We should have gotten these resolutions earlier to vote on them at the June meeting. It’s the same thing on A-13. The program starts July 1st and here it is today July 19th. That concerns me – administratively getting these late. These are all programs I support. I think they are educationally positive for the district, but those dates concern me.

Comm. Sayegh: Comm. Atallo, in response to a concern you raised regarding Item A-1 and the need for a dialogue, there were actually information sessions that were open to all the members of the general public. In fact, there was one convened this March and Commissioners Brown, Moody, Hodges and myself were in attendance. All Board members were, of course, invited. Last year when Dr. Clancy was the superintendent there was also an information session or a dialogue pertaining to Stupski, which was only attended by Dr. Hodges, myself and Vivian English, a candidate at that time for office. So there have been sessions where we have been able to engage Stupski in a dialogue and all Board members have been invited, as well as all members of the general public.

Comm. Atallo: The problem, Commissioner, is this. Having one meeting a year I don’t think is enough. Just as we were discussing community forums earlier, I don’t think four are enough. I think we need to engage with the community as much as possible. My concern is that many of these meetings are held during the daytime in the afternoon or in the morning when many people can’t be here.

Comm. Sayegh: No, it was in the evening, sir.

Comm. Atallo: We need to have meetings with this group more than once a year to sit down and dialogue. If we are going to have long-term commitments with any type of partnership, we need to meet more than once a year.

Comm. Sayegh: But we cannot tell the members of the general public there isn’t a dialogue that is taking place because there is. If there is one, then we have to make it a point to at least attend the one before we can schedule any further meetings.

Page 24 7/19/06 Comm. Atallo: Well, I think we need to contact this institution, the Stupski Foundation, to set up a meeting to set down what the ground rules are going to be in the future. I am not sure what is happening. I see they are recommending certain consultants that are being paid. They put money forward and the consultants are paid out of that money. I am looking at the results, i.e. test results. I looked at the test results that just came out and they were absolutely dismal. We regressed. We went down in many areas or we just were flat and we have had failing scores to begin with. So I am waiting to see something positive come out of these partnerships. I am waiting to see something positive come out of the millions and millions of dollars we keep putting into these programs. I am looking at the test scores, not just as the sole criteria, but they certainly are one legitimate benchmark to look at in terms of academic progress. If you look at the test scores, they have gone down or they have stayed flat. That is a great concern to me and I would think it would be a concern to everyone on this Board and in the community.

Comm. Sayegh: Dr. Glascoe informed us while you were in the back that there would be an information session regarding Stupski sometime in September or October.

Comm. Hodges: Perhaps Dr. Atallo missed this but prior to Stupski’s arrival in this district when you told people in this school district in administration and in the staff and teachers that there should be a higher expectation for these students they would tell me that I need to understand where I am, these are poor minority children, and we can’t expect much more from them. Consequently, they didn’t. After Stupski’s arrival when the district was asked to reexamine their level of commitment and to look at new approaches and to determine if the individuals had done the best that they could do for these students and could they do more, that is when we began to see a change or a shift in attitude and understanding, and also a change in the conversation. Quite simply, there was a change in the expectations for these children. They stopped talking about where they came from and began to really look at these kids as what they were capable of doing. We didn’t have that prior to Stupski and you heard me yelling and screaming about that very issue. We can directly attribute that to the conversations that they had with many of the staff. In addition to that, they talked about data analysis. That was a big measure – looking at data, analyzing it and then feeding back to the instructional program – all the things that we are now beginning to put into place. We are training people to do these very things. That came from Stupski. In addition, we are assessing our whole data system and that was done by Stupski. One last piece is the assessment of staff and that was another initiative that they brought to the forefront. So I am not understanding why all the members aren’t aware of that, but these are some of the things that Stupski put on the table and spent months talking to the staff about, getting the staff to develop these ideas and to develop new approaches that we in the district hadn’t before considered.

Comm. Atallo: Dr. Hodges, your points are very legitimate points. I, too, agree that students are students and kids can learn. I don’t think it has anything to do with urban schools if the resources are there. Stupski has been with us how many years now?

Comm. Sayegh: Two.

Comm. Atallo: Two years? I am looking at these test scores. Total scores in mathematics went down by 1%. General education went down by 1.5%. Special education went down by 1.1%. Limited language proficiency went down by 1%. These scores were very low to begin with. We are talking about scores of 34.9% passing, 8.9% passing, and 11.5% passing. If you look at the other areas, such as language arts, the total score went down 9.7%. General education is down 11%. Special

Page 25 7/19/06 education is down to 6.1%. Limited English proficiency is down 8.1% from last year. These scores are failing scores – 51.6%, 59.5%, and 22.7% passing. These are scores that are so low we have to examine not only where we were, but also where we are going. You are saying things are changing, but I don’t see the change in the benchmarks of the test scores. That is my concern. What are we doing to prepare our students educationally? As I said before, and I will underline it, test scores are not the only criteria to measure academic performance and success, but it is clearly a significant criteria. These scores are so low that we have to sit down and dialogue. We don’t want to point fingers at each other or anyone, but sit down and collectively decide where we are going to go to move the scores up so our students are getting a good education. If they are getting a good education the scores should reflect that. What it is showing now is that they are not mastering the information.

Comm. Sayegh: We all agree that is what we are all here for.

Comm. Brown: I will yield my comments to Comm. Taylor:

Comm. Taylor: I wanted to just remind all of us that when Mr. Gonzalez gave us the data spread and information it was the preliminary outset. There is more to this. They have to do more examination of the data that they have collected so far. What he gave to us was not the final analysis. So we are waiting for that, Dr. Atallo. This is just the beginning. It doesn’t look great to us when we look at it, but I think when he gathers all of it and shows us the picture in another month or so we will see the areas where we have improved and where we need to go. They are making a plan now. They are trying to embark on a plan for where they are.

Comm. Brown: I have been very inspired by my observation and engagement with the Stupski Foundation over the past couple of years. They are building capacity in the area of professional development with our staff and it has been very, very encouraging. We have never had that type of organization come here and help us develop capacity to that level. So I am very, very proud that they are here and I support them wholeheartedly. However, I would like to dovetail on the fact that as we are building professional development for our staff I hope that we can find outside sources that would help the Board to build capacity in its ability to govern more effectively. So I would like to recommend to the administration as we look out and seek grants to look to build Board capacity and better Board governance. The State at certain times postures that we have to ask them for permission to go to different training exercises because of the alleged budget restraints that the State is under. So I would like to urge the administration if they can to seek grants to utilize for the Board as well.

Comm. Kerr: I, too, have a problem with A-1 and it’s not about Stupski. I believe wholeheartedly that they have provided us with needed direction as to what we should do as a school district. However, the problem that I have with the program is that enough information is not disseminated among the Board and in the community as to what Stupski is actually doing. They have been here now for three years actually and it’s kind of difficult to measure how successful the program has been thus far. We have seen some reorganization in the district, but we were never told whether or not Stupski is really responsible for these changes. I need to ask the Superintendent if the new organization structure of the leadership team is part of the Stupski recommendation to build capacity in the district.

Dr. Glascoe: No, not exactly. Stupski provided us with information regarding organizational structures and they reviewed the organization. They also put forth some recommendations as to what was needed within the school district. One thing was very

Page 26 7/19/06 clear. Well, there were two main things that were very clear. One was that you needed to have a department of curriculum and instruction that would be able to answer all of the questions that you or the community may have about the curriculum – how it is being delivered and how it is being aligned with the core curriculum requirements of the State and the district. The second thing was that we must have some way in which to work directly with our schools along the lines of accountability, resources and support. Given that and given what I already knew from my observations of the school district and from my background, thus we have the organization that we have.

Comm. Kerr: Reading the Memorandum of Understanding, there are certain things that are required here and I am just going to quickly ask you another question. Are the learning communities a part of the Stupski network and will the independent contractors be involved in the recommendation? Or are they responsible to tell the district the names of which contractors they want to use in those programs?

Dr. Glascoe: It really doesn’t work that way. Let me give you an example. The second leg of our reorganization is to now solidify and improve and enhance our team building, whether it’s the leadership team building process or whether it’s an instructional team within individual schools. We have talked about that, we have looked at it, and we have looked at models. When you sit down and talk to Stupski about that, they provide information. For instance, they can say they are working with New Haven, they have done this, and it has been effective and proven. Or they can say why don’t we go to Baltimore, Maryland where we started some practices. Or they can say they will bring us information from the West Coast along these lines. I asked to have some human resources along the lines of team building. I looked to my resources. I have various staff members that have resources outside of the district. I have other organizations that I have worked with that may have resources. Now I also have Stupski who can say here are some resources to take a look at. This is a tremendous luxury that… Well, go to other school districts and tell them what we have and they will be salivating.

Comm. Kerr: I am just questioning the service providers. Are they responsible for that piece of the puzzle or is the district responsible for that piece?

Dr. Glascoe: Oh, we are responsible. They are not directing us to do anything. We make the decisions. They may make some suggestions. They do a great deal of listening to what we bring forth. They are not pushing one consultant or one resource over another. They have people that they have worked with. They have resources that they have worked with. It’s not rocket science. It stands to reason that if you have worked with something and it has been good you need to use that and this is what they do.

Comm. Hodges: I just want to say that Stupski is not responsible for the performance of the students in the district. We are and that is the bottom line. When you bring in new practices, new procedures and new ways of doing things there can occasionally be some downtime or slowing of the process. But what they have authored is miles away from what we had before they got here, such as the conversations with the community, the involvement of the community, and reaching out to people from all walks of life in Paterson to bring them to the table – political leaders, business people, parents, teachers, and religious individuals. They brought them all to the table and made them look at the educational process. That wasn’t happening before and people came here and said they need to get more involved and many of them still are. They are sitting around the table discussing education. That alone is valuable in Paterson because we didn’t do that before. You could not get people to come. There are many times when in the hospital you change your procedure and you are a little slower at first until you get

Page 27 7/19/06 up to speed and you get accustomed to doing something new. Then you get a whole lot faster, particularly more efficient and more effective. Simply having the understanding that these children are capable of doing a lot more than they ever thought they were is a tremendous change in this school district. They didn’t believe it and they didn’t ask them to. They didn’t ask these kids to do anything and as a result they didn’t get anything from them. Now we are challenging them in new ways and I thank God for that. To sit there and look at a child who has the potential of being anything he wanted in the world and writing him off because he lived on this street or that street or because of the color of his skin or the fact that there might be drugs in the area is a disgrace. We had years of that disgrace going on here. Now people are forced to say wait a minute. Are we moving forward full speed ahead? Not yet because there is some resistance to what is going on or there is some lack of full understanding, but we are going to get there.

Comm. Sayegh: Let us keep in mind that it is a culture that existed. It was stated in the public portion. It’s a culture of compliance. That is what they have stated and it’s about mutual accountability. It’s a culture that has existed for decades and it’s unfortunately not going to change overnight. So let’s keep in mind that we are trying to change this culture every day in every classroom.

Comm. Atallo: Very quickly, just to segue to some of the other resolutions, I support these resolutions – A-8, A-10, A-11, and A-13. I support these. Through the Chair, I would like to address this to the administration. Why are we continuously getting resolutions that are backdated? We are voting today on July 19th on resolutions that would be starting on July 1st. Theoretically, if the Board voted these down, and I’m not saying the Board would, I believe we support these, what would happen? Why are we continuously getting resolutions after they have started? Why aren’t we getting these earlier?

Dr. Glascoe: I don’t know whether I can give a general answer for that, Dr. Atallo. I know that from time to time there are issues around the resolutions that we are putting forth that we send back to try to provide backup information. Then they have to be signed off and they have to be moved through the process. When we do that sometimes we are late, but the whole notion is, is this a viable resolution or program that we are going after? Many times it is with grant funding.

Comm. Atallo: I agree with you. I support them. That is why I said that.

Dr. Glascoe: Grant funding…

Comm. Atallo: I’m not talking about the merit of the resolutions. I support the resolutions. I think we all do.

Dr. Glascoe: What I am saying is that from time to time when we are trying to look at the information that we are trying to put forth we hear you and the other School Board members ask many, many questions and we want to provide as much information as possible. So when these resolutions come down many times, especially with the grants, I am sending them back for additional information. I am anticipating questions and trying to provide that information, and then we are late. But when we are late I know that this is a bona fide program or initiative that we are going after. The lateness of signing off on it has no bearing on it continuing. I will pledge to you and the School Board members that we will do our best to try not to have as many as we have had in the past with disjointed dates.

Page 28 7/19/06 Comm. Brown: I just want to try to tie in some of the things that Dr. Atallo spoke about and some of the problems that I have identified. I am not on the curriculum committee, but I am going to try to help the public and the Board. I think some of our challenges when we are talking about Stupski and literacy is that with Whole School Reform every school had its own individual model and as a result we never had one standard curriculum. Am I correct?

Comm. Sayegh: They didn’t all have one specific. There were several.

Comm. Brown: Right, we had several different models and we didn’t have one particular curriculum model across the whole board. With that, you have children that are consistently transferring to different schools and entering into different models. I think that might be one of the reasons as well for the altering of test scores. I just wanted to make that comment.

Comm. Vergara: With reference to the Stupski Foundation, I just wanted to state for the record that the Superintendent stated that they provide information. You yourself stated, Mr. Chair, that a culture is involved. Dr. Hodges noted about the community involvement. Those are exactly the things that this foundation is doing and it is very important. My main thing is the community involvement and the culture and the information that is provided. As long as we have something now that, like Comm. Hodges said, we didn’t have in the past, it’s a big help to our children in the district. So I give a plus to that right there. Under A-10, the Arab American Civic Organization, I know that Dr. Atallo questioned the 18 days later because it is dated July 1st to June 30th, but this cultural enrichment and Arabic language program at School #9 is outstanding. I hope that because of this little detail here of the 18 days or whatever that all Board members will approve A-10. Again, the children are being provided something that has to do with culture and language, and it is something good for those students at School #9.

Dr. Glascoe: Well, you were supposed to call on me two responses ago, so some of my thunder has been stolen by Dr. Hodges and Mr. Vergara. I just wanted to have the last word on Stupski and I won’t try to defend it again. Maybe the concerns are that we just want to know, but I am not sure that is always the case. As the public hears this verbiage and this going back and forth, they may get some idea that we really need to investigate or look into Stupski. So at the risk of offending anybody in the public and certainly School Board members, who are we to even question an organization like the Stupski Foundation? The Education Trust, Bill Gates and now I just heard that a district I worked in, which is touted as one of the best districts in the nation, has called Stupski. So who are we to second guess or question? I think the celebration is here that we have them. Now the work has to be done. So I just want to say that so the public will know that we have the A-Team working with us here in Paterson. We have the very best. If we continue to do the things that we are doing, we are going to be one of the best.

Comm. Spagnola: Where do you go from having the A-Team? I think that is rather evident, specific and to the point. Really, if we look and do an analysis of the past years of where our children are going with these test scores, not just in this past year but also in the years before, something is wrong here. So perhaps we can get together with the A-Team and address the problems systemically. I believe the whole system has a big problem. It’s not our children, it’s not our teachers, and it’s not our administrators. It’s basically something that is there and we have to put our fingers on it and address it. We are losing children and we are losing whole generations while we are sitting around arguing stupid points. So I think we have to address this. Each child is more important

Page 29 7/19/06 than every one of us here on this podium and everybody else out here. The reason we are here is for the children. Now let’s all address where we are going and let’s not sugarcoat what we have. These grades aren’t going to get much better. I don’t care what you do with them. We are in a 9-horse race and we are running last. So if we have the A-Team, let’s just go forward and make it happen this coming year. This is going to be our last meeting for this year before the summer break. I don’t believe we are going to have an August meeting. Am I correct, Madam President?

Comm. Taylor: No. There is no August meeting.

Comm. Spagnola: So if you are looking for us you are not going to see us in August. You have to really eat this one up on the reruns because we are going to have a whole month down. I think perhaps we should meet, this Board, to start mapping out what we are going to do this coming year.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Atallo: I think it is our role to question everything. That is what we are here for. You say who are we to question, but we are here to question everything. I vote no on A-1 and yes on the remaining resolutions in curriculum.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

Comm. Hodges: Yes.

Comm. Kerr: I vote yes on A-1, but I have a question on A-4.

Comm. Sayegh: Comm. Kerr, can you direct that question offline? We are in a vote.

Comm. Moody: Yes.

Comm. Sayegh: Yes, but I must also add yes we do have a right to ask questions. A lot of the questions can be asked at workshop. So I would caution Board members to ask all pertinent questions during workshop. Thank you.

Comm. Spagnola: I will vote yes for all. I will give the A-Team a chance.

Comm. Vergara: Yes.

Comm. Taylor: I wouldn’t be where I am now if I didn’t ask questions. So although I think that there are many, many great teams in the country and in the world, I think I have an urge whenever there is a question and I need to ask it. I think that all of us who work with this kind of work here for the Board cannot go without asking questions. I don’t think Dr. Glascoe’s intention was for us to not ask questions, but he was just uplifting the Stupski Foundation and the things that they have done. I still have questions myself about Stupski that I will ask because there were some questions we asked in workshop and they weren’t fully answered. So I still have questions. But I will vote yes for all of these. They will help our district go forward. I believe that if they are grants for July 1st 2006 to 2007 they are all okay with the date and with the companies. We do say to them in the process that if the Board does not meet at the given date for the contract when it begins we will during that month of time. I understand what Dr. Glascoe is saying about dotting every “i” and crossing every “t” through the departments because you know, Dr. Atallo, we have not done that well. So we are getting it done now. Thank you and I vote yes for all of them.

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The motion carried.

LEGAL COMMITTEE

Comm. Moody reported that the Legal Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. B-1 through B-3:

Resolution No. B-1

WHEREAS, in accordance with ordinary business practices, many contracts to which the school district is a party require payment within 30-60 days of submission of invoice and voucher; and

WHEREAS, at certain times during the year, a period exceeding thirty (30) days occurs between regularly scheduled Board of Education meetings; and

WHEREAS, such discrepancy between contracted payment schedules and the calendar of Board meetings creates an untenable position for the district, which exposes it to liability and may cause hardship for affected vendors; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education authorize the State District Superintendent to approve any and all invoices (not in excess of $250,000 individually) for payment, only in the event a special Board meeting cannot be scheduled, when there exists a period of time exceeding thirty (30) calendar days between regularly scheduled Board action meetings, and after consultation with and approval of the Board President. The authorization set forth herein shall expire at the 2007 annual reorganization meeting of the Board of Education (as may be scheduled to occur in April or May 2007) and may not be extended except by approval of the Board of Education.

Resolution No. B-2

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools (“PPS”) currently leases from the Paterson Housing Authority (“PHA”) certain rental space at premises known as the Family Youth and Investment Center located at NJ21-3, Alexander Hamilton Development, Paterson, New Jersey, together with the use of certain parking and recreational facilities (the “Premises”); and

WHEREAS, the current Lease Agreement expires June 30, 2006; and

WHEREAS, the PPS has determined that the continued use of the Premises is required in order to provide education, training and counseling services; and

WHEREAS, PPS and the PHA have agreed to the execution of a new Lease Agreement for a one-year term commencing July 1, 2006 and ending on June 30, 2007 at an annual rental of $15,600.00 payable in monthly installments of $1,300.00 on the first day of each month of the term; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby authorizes the Superintendent to execute the Lease Agreement and any and all documents that may be necessary to effect the leasing of the aforementioned rental space.

Page 31 7/19/06 Resolution No. B-3

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools (PPS) currently leases certain rental from the City of Paterson Parking Authority; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has determined that additional parking spaces are needed to accommodate demand at 33-35 Church Street and other locations near such vicinity; and

WHEREAS, Capital Street, LLC Public Parking is owner of the parking area located at 180-184 Ellison Street, Paterson, NJ and has agreed to lease certain parking spaces to PPS for a one (1) year period, on a month-to-month basis; and

WHEREAS, the PPS and Capital Street, LLC Public Parking have agreed to the leasing of eighty (80) parking spaces at a rental fee of $95.00 per parking space per month ($91,200.00 annually) for the 2006-2007 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District is authorized to execute the parking space agreement and any and all documents that may be necessary to effect the leasing of the required parking spaces.

It was moved by Comm. Moody, seconded by Comm. Spagnola that Resolution Nos. B-1 through B-3 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: B-1 was discussed at the last meeting and it was given extensive media coverage. We are a Board of Education under state control. If we want to move towards local control we need to start taking responsibility and we need to be proactive in taking responsibility. To acquiesce our authority to any one administrator or individual I believe would be a step backwards. This is not a reflection on anyone here now. This is a statement in terms of policy. We have a system of checks and balances. The Board is presented with a list of bills. The Board should review those bills and make comments on them and vote. If the Superintendent in his or her judgment, whoever the Superintendent may be at that point in time, disagrees with that, he has the power of veto, which he can then send down to the Commissioner of Education. But we have a government and a system in our government of checks and balances. That is why we have a system, as flawed as it may be. It’s not perfect but until we come up with something better we have nine people elected from the community, duly elected from the community. We have a very interesting cross section of personalities and different viewpoints and that’s good. We review things and we vote on them once a month at a public forum before you, the public, and you get to see this in the auditorium here and at home on television. I think it would be wrong to give that much power and authority to any one individual. It’s not a personal statement and it’s not a reflection on any individual. It’s a matter of policy. Can some Board members here imagine giving this authority to a previous superintendent who was here? You were hesitant to let that individual buy paperclips. Now you want to give the authority to arbitrarily approve payments for a quarter of a million dollars to individual vendors and contractors? There is an open-ended, unlimited amount here in this resolution. You could pay each individual a quarter of a million dollars and there is no limit as to how many companies or individual vendors would be paid. I don’t think that is sound financial practice and I don’t think that is a good public policy. I don’t think it’s a good public policy not to have an August meeting. I think that in a school district the size of Paterson with all the issues we have to deal with in getting ready for school in September that it would be prudent to have an August meeting. Not to have an August meeting and to acquiesce this authority, this governance, which several Board members have said one of the

Page 32 7/19/06 premier issues this Board needs to work on to move towards local control is governance, to one administrator I think is wrong. I have spoken on this before and I feel very strongly on this. We should have a meeting in August and address the issues. There is a mechanism. The Board votes and if the Superintendent disagrees the Superintendent can veto that. But at this point to arbitrarily give it up like this I believe is wrong. That’s on B-1. On B-3, my concern is paying $95.00 a month per parking space for 80 parking spaces. I know the exorbitant amount of money we pay to the parking authority and I think the answer is not to keep coming up with Bandaid effects for parking. I think we need to look at long-term solutions, as we need to do with our facilities, such as our administrative offices and our schools. I think just to react like this and pay $95.00 a month per space is wrong. Whether it’s less expensive than what we are paying at the garage with the parking authority is not the issue so much as we need to come up with long-term solutions for parking. I understand that in a large urban area parking is at a premium. It is very hard. I know myself that when there is a meeting downtown I have to ride around the block six times before I can find a space. If I can’t, where do we park? If we park in front of the building sometimes we get a parking ticket and sometimes we don’t, but there is no place for the Board members to park. There is no place for administrators and staff coming from other school sites coming downtown to park. If they go to the parking garage many times it’s filled by the time they get there. If the Commissioner of Education was coming from Trenton or a visitor, where do they park? Do we make a space in front of the building very quickly because we have somebody coming? For the average person coming downtown it’s a tremendous inconvenience, so I think we need to look at a long-term solution. There are a number of areas in the downtown area to look at. We have discussed at workshops about invoking the power of eminent domain and purchasing property. If we pay for it and provide parking, I think in the long-term it is less expensive to the taxpayers than to keep paying very high parking premiums for leasing space on a month-by-month basis. That is my concern on that one.

Comm. Spagnola: I want to address B-1. I, for one, being on the committee brought forth certain concerns I had with regards to this. In fact, I really felt that it was taking advantage of the Superintendent to put this in his lap. This is part of our responsibility. That is the way I looked at it. We were giving up our responsibility and putting it in his lap. The major point is that before we even vote on or pay any bills the public has access to all these bills. They are right there on the table. Am I correct? They can review them, even prior to us voting on them. They wouldn’t have that option if in fact the Superintendent had that power. That’s number one. The other point is about the parking. It is what it is. Where we are now on Church Street is totally inadequate. It has been inadequate since we were in there. I don’t even think we have a C.O. for the building. But we need the spaces. We need the parking. It is going to be a short-term situation. We have an open-ended lease on this where we can follow through next year, but I think it’s within the realm and we will be saving money from the parking authority.

Comm. Brown: My interpretation of B-1 is a little bit different. I look at the language here and it appears to me that the Superintendent is trying to engage the Board in more responsibility. If I look at the wording here, it states that basically if there exists a period of time exceeding 30 days between regularly scheduled meetings when the Board cannot take action. Also, the Superintendent will try to call for a special meeting and this is only if a special meeting cannot occur. So it’s not giving the Superintendent unilateral authority. I totally disagree with that and the language does not state that here. There are several things that are in place here before that happens. If we look at the situation of the last School Board election, we had a delay in having a meeting because a particular candidate took the results to court, so it delayed the payment of

Page 33 7/19/06 bills. This situation is for rare instances if the Board cannot meet because of other legal issues that are pending and we cannot have a special meeting, and then conferring with the Board President he would be able to pay the bills. We have a history here in this district of not paying our bills on time. People don’t want to work with this district because we can’t pay our bills on time. So I look at this particular resolution, especially the wording of it, as engaging the Board and engaging the Board President, if you will, in allowing the Board, once again, to participate if the Board cannot meet and allow the Superintendent to pay our bills on our behalf.

Comm. Moody: Thank you, Commissioner, for clarifying that. Just to recap, B-1 had been on our agenda for more than two months now. When it came forth the same discussion went on. We asked the Superintendent to change the language and work on the language and bring it back.

Comm. Taylor: And he did.

Comm. Moody: It was brought back to us before. He even further tweaked the language and it was sent back to us this past month. This is the second time and Board members had an opportunity, and most Board members exercised that opportunity, to recommend the kinds of changes to get the kinds of safeguards, if you will, that Comm. Brown is talking about. Just to remind you, we implied to the Superintendent that with those changes and so forth we would support this resolution. As far as B-3, if I am not mistaken, you may recall we pay something like $128.00 or $158.00 per space right now. This $95.00 represents a deduction. The Superintendent was supposed to bring back to us the estimated savings in taking advantage of these 80 parking spaces. These 80 parking spaces allow us to reduce our spaces with the parking authority by 80. As you know, we spend nearly $700,000 for parking and I understand that is supposed to be going up as it stands now. So I think this effort of securing the 80 spots that became available is actually reducing some of those parking expenses. We all are dismayed about the amount of money we are spending for parking. I think the staff and the administration worked with us through these items, B-1 and B-2, over the last two months trying to satisfy our desires. So I am putting forth again these resolutions for your approval.

Dr. Glascoe: I just want to remind you, since the staff just reminded me, that in our July 5th meeting our business administrator did give us a figure. It was a little over $30,000 in savings.

Comm. Kerr: I do agree with you that this resolution has been before us for two months and the language is somewhat changed, tweaked somewhat. I believe it is unfair to mischaracterize the intent of this resolution. I remember running for the Board and I went to be interviewed by the teachers’ association, the PEA. The question was asked, “If you get on that Board, how will you improve the image of the Board in terms of paying their bills?” The argument was that this district has a very, very bad reputation in paying their bills. I said I would do whatever I can do to make sure that we change our image and this is my opportunity. But, Mr. President, the resolution says the President of the Board will try every possible means to convene a meeting. Failing to get the members to meet, then the Superintendent in consultation with the President of the Board will pay the bills. I cannot see that as arbitrary and I believe that it is wrong for us to misrepresent the real intent of this. On B-3, I agree with Comm. Spagnola that it is what it is. You have to provide parking. Downtown is a very congested, small space and therefore you have to find ways and means. There is no question that we need more room and I believe the district is in some search to find somewhere whereby you

Page 34 7/19/06 can find adequate parking. So all we have to do right now is to kind of grin and bear it and pay the bill and work on the process. Thank you.

Comm. Hodges: I find it difficult to add anything to my learned colleagues, but I will try. I had a great deal of concern when this resolution was put before me. I was tortured, to say the least. The Board made two important recommendations or changes. The Board requested (1) that there be an inclusion of the attempt to have a special meeting in case the 30-day period was going to be exceeded. There are a lot of small companies here who rely on this and their payrolls are tied to the money coming in. They can’t afford to wait 45 days and 65 days to get their pay, particularly if the amount of money is substantial. That’s payroll. That’s not profit. That’s payroll and you have to pay these people. So there are a lot of companies in Paterson that don’t want to do business with the Paterson Board of Education because their workers can’t wait. Yes! So you have to act responsibly. Having said that, I had all kinds of concerns. Putting this in the hands of one person was distressing. In addition to making sure that there were attempts made to convene a special meeting, you only need five people out of nine to come together and say let’s review the bills and go forward. It would be nice to have nine, but that is all you really need to go through the bills. Number two, the language states that the authorization set forth herein shall expire at the 2007 annual reorganization meeting, as may be scheduled to occur in April or May, and may not be extended, except by approval of the Board of Education. So there is an automatic review. If this measure is in some way not working out or if it is being abused, you have an automatic process for review every single April that says you have to bring it back to the Board – another check. Plus, on top of that there is the Board President who we elect for leadership and who will decide in consultation with the Superintendent if we can’t convene a special meeting to get the information and pay the bills. Plus, the Board is still going to be sent the bills. You are still going to have access to the bills that were paid. So all three of those things are on the table as checks and only with that would I with reluctance consider voting for this resolution.

Comm. Vergara: In reference to B-1, I just simply wanted to note that Comm. Hodges hit all the points that I was going to speak on. It is seven to eight months approximately. He also mentioned in connection with the Board President and the expiration date of the 2007 annual reorganization meeting. So I agree that there were some questions I had on this also, but seeing the way it has been written I say we have a President and the President can make that call to try to get in touch with us. Again, there are nine and if five can’t convene there is always the President and the Vice President. That is what they were appointed for. I do have a question. Since this will go into effect right away after we vote on it, would it include August? I have about 60 young members that I am going away with for summer camp in August and I will not be able to convene with the Superintendent, so I hope he does use his good judgment.

Comm. Moody: Comm. Atallo, for the second time. Third time?

Comm. Spagnola: But it’s always positive.

Comm. Atallo: I find it very interesting that Board members are saying if we need to meet we will meet. The Board has already agreed not to meet in August, so the Board is already saying we are going to acquiesce our authority. We are not going to meet in August for anything, including paying any bills. That is my first point. So the Board is already saying we are acquiescing our authority. That’s number one. Number two, when certain Board members say we have bills to pay and some of these people rely on this, we are not talking about Mom and Pop businesses when you are talking about a quarter of a million dollars for individual payments. That number needs to be reduced

Page 35 7/19/06 dramatically. You are not talking about people relying on us paying these bills. You are talking about major, major bills at that point. That concerns me as well. That number is very, very high. Again, that is individual vendors and contactors. That is not a total. So when you are talking about $250,000, you can have 10, 100, 1,000 or 10,000 vendors at $250,000 each. The Board is not putting any limit on it and I think that is also the wrong thing to do. That is all I am saying.

Comm. Moody: Dr. Hodges, for the second time.

Comm. Hodges: Here’s the concern. I know you didn’t mean to mislead the public, Dr. Atallo, but you might have.

Comm. Atallo: How did I mislead the public?

Comm. Hodges: What the measure calls for is a special meeting to be called if bills have to be paid. That is what it calls for. That’s number one. Number two, if you…

Comm. Atallo: You have already agreed not to meet in August.

Comm. Hodges: May I finish? We have not agreed to not attend a special meeting. Maybe you have, but we haven’t, if a meeting has to be called in addition to what we have on the schedule for the bills. The resolution says the Superintendent will make an attempt to call a special meeting. That is what it says. We have not refused, or I have not refused, to attend a special meeting to consider bill payments if it becomes necessary.

Comm. Atallo: You have already refused to have a regular meeting. So why would you have a special meeting?

Comm. Hodges: May I finish?

Comm. Moody: No argument.

Comm. Atallo: I just don’t follow your logic.

Comm. Taylor: Dr. Atallo…

Comm. Hodges: Let me finish, please.

Comm. Moody: Dr. Hodges still has the floor.

Comm. Taylor: Point of order.

Comm. Atallo: Let Jonathan finish.

Comm. Taylor: Mr. Chair, I believe Dr. Atallo was not here when we had that discussion about if we needed a special meeting in August for whatever that we would have it, even though there is not one on the calendar. We talked about that before you came.

Comm. Atallo: You have already established you don’t want to have a regular meeting.

Comm. Moody: Excuse me, Dr. Atallo.

Page 36 7/19/06 Comm. Atallo: Why would you want to have a special meeting if you don’t want to have a regular meeting? Schedule a regular meeting and we will take care of all of our business.

Comm. Sayegh: Call the question.

Comm. Atallo: That’s the responsible thing.

Comm. Moody: Dr. Atallo, you are out of order now. Dr. Hodges, please finish.

Comm. Hodges: I think the point I really want to make is that the Board members have to step up. If there are bills that have to be paid, I think that we can come out of our homes for a brief meeting to get that addressed in the off chance that that occurs. Dr. Glascoe, do you anticipate that we are going to have bills in August that need to be paid?

Dr. Glascoe: No, I do not.

Comm. Hodges: Thank you.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Atallo: I think we have bills every month that need to be paid and the responsible thing to do is for the Board to meet every month. That is what we were elected to do – to represent the public and meet once a month and not to acquiesce that. I vote no on B-1, I vote yes on B-2, and I vote no on B-3.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

Comm. Hodges: There are all kinds of responsibilities and getting the facts straight to the public is part of that responsibility. I vote yes on all of them.

Comm. Kerr: Yes.

Comm. Moody: Yes.

Comm. Sayegh: We asked the Superintendent to insert specific language into the resolution and he did. I vote yes.

Comm. Spagnola: With the stipulations that are within this resolution, I vote yes.

Comm. Vergara: I agree with Comm. Spagnola and also Comm. Hodges made a very good point about the small companies. I vote yes.

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

The motion carried.

Comm. Moody: Madam Chair, there is one other item concerning the law firm. Dr. Glascoe brought it to the attention at the last committee and we want to have some discussion on that right now. Well, comments, not discussion.

Dr. Glascoe: First of all, we do not have an in-house legal department. That is kind of a misinterpretation. What we did have prior to July 1st of this year was the services of an

Page 37 7/19/06 attorney from the legal firm that we do business with. We would have that attorney on site working in our building two or three days a week. That was at a cost of $6,000 a month. We now have two new staff members on board, one in the labor and negotiations office and the other in risk management, with law degrees and law backgrounds. They are able to take care of some of the mundane legal things that come through, such as legal jargon on documentation, as well as reviewing information that is coming through to make sure that it is processed and sent to the right place. So we have a cost savings here of more than $6,000 a month. I have been asked to consider going out on bid for a legal firm. I have reviewed that in great detail and here is my position. My position is that I want to stay with the same firm and these are the reasons why. We have, as we discussed in committee meeting, an enormous amount of legal situations on the books in process. We have litigation and suits that we deal with. We are still dealing with the $50 million. There is a tremendous amount of legal activity within this school district. I shudder to think of taking everything that has been in process, picking it up, and handing it over to a brand new firm. At the same time, establishing the relationships with a new firm. We have established some strong and positive relationships with the current firm. If you think in terms of the many lease properties that we have, we have that one attorney that works with our staff almost on a daily basis with the many nuances with our leasing challenges. I shudder to think creating that from scratch again. There will come a day when these legal situations will decrease to a point where maybe we should start thinking in terms of looking at another firm or talking about creating our own in-house department. We are just not in the position to do that. Given those things and a few others, we are getting a tremendous discount with some of the top attorneys within the firm and that is going to continue. That will take our costs down slightly, not a whole lot, but at least it is going down. So my position is to continue with the current firm. Thank you.

Comm. Moody: Comm. Taylor, that is the end of my report.

Comm. Taylor: Did I get a written copy of your meeting?

Comm. Moody: Yes.

FISCAL COMMITTEE

Comm. Taylor reported that the Finance Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-38:

Resolution No. C-1

WHEREAS, it is necessary to pay vendors’ bills and claims against the Paterson Public School District, now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves payment of July 2006 bills and claims, checks 134263 through 135181, 135182 through 135189, 135231 through 135260, 135261 through 135278, and wires in the amount of $17,377,936.35 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and be it further

RESOLVED, that offline checks 134243 through 134249, 134250 through 134252, 134253 through 134262 in the amount of $136,052.46 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and be it further

Page 38 7/19/06 RESOLVED, that voided checks 134030, 134134, 132489, 132578, 131979, 132580, 132959, 131919, and 134818 in the amount of $73,039.09 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and be it finally

RESOLVED, that cafeteria checks 135190 through 135230 in the amount of $490,309.60 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-2

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following checks are stale dated and should be removed from the Teachers Salary Account as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-3

WHEREAS, there is a need to request district taxes, exclusive of debt service requirements, to meet the needs of the School District for the month of July 2006; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the request of District taxes, exclusive of debt service requirements, needed to meet the obligations of the School District, for the month of July 2006, in the amount of $3,032,414.58, and that the City of Paterson is hereby requested to place in the hands of the Custodian of School Moneys that amount within the next thirty (30) days, in accordance with the statutes relating thereto; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the monthly certification of the State District Superintendent/Board of Education for the month of July 2006, attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-4

WHEREAS, there is a need to request district taxes, exclusive of debt service requirements, to meet the needs of the School District for the month of August 2006; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the request of District taxes, exclusive of debt service requirements, needed to meet the obligations of the School District, for the month of August 2006, in the amount of $3,032,411.58, and that the City of Paterson is hereby requested to place in the hands of the Custodian of School Moneys that amount within the next thirty (30) days, in accordance with the statutes relating thereto; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the monthly certification of the State District Superintendent/Board of Education for the month of August 2006, attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-5

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools caused an annual audit as of June 30, 2005, to be made by a public schools accountant pursuant to NJSA18A:23-1&2; and

WHEREAS, the Management Report issued by the firm of Watson & Rice and discussed with the Board identifies a deficit in the Food Service Program (Enterprise Fund) in the amount of $2.6 million; and

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WHEREAS, the accounting firm of Watson & Rice recommended that the district establish a plan which could include a budget transfer from the general fund to eliminate the Food Service Program deficit; and

WHEREAS, the district will prepare a transfer from the general fund as of June 30, 2006 to substantially eliminate the $2.6 million deficit; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect upon its adoption.

Resolution No. C-6

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Administrative Code 6:20-2.13 (a) – (c) requires the Board Secretary and the Board of Education to certify that no budgetary line item account has been over-expended and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves transfer of funds within the 2005-2006 school year budget, for the month of March 2006, so that no budgetary line item account has been over-expended and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations, as requested by various budget managers, and as identified in the list of transfers attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-7

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Administrative Code 6:20-2.13 (a) – (c) requires the Board Secretary and the Board of Education to certify that no budgetary line item account has been over-expended and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves transfer of funds within the 2005-2006 school year budget, for the month of April 2006, so that no budgetary line item account has been over-expended and that sufficient funds are available to meet the district’s financial obligations, as requested by various budget managers, and as identified in the list of transfers attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-8

WHEREAS, Paterson Public Schools are required by New Jersey Administrative Code 6:23-2.2(a) to prepare monthly Financial Statements; and

WHEREAS, the School Business Administrator has prepared and presented the Board Secretary Report A148 and the Report of the Treasurer A149 including the cash reconciliation for the month of March 2006; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools acknowledge receipt of and accept the Monthly Financial Reports for March 2006; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools hereby incorporates the Monthly Financial Reports for the fiscal period ending March 2006, as part of the minutes of this meeting and note the public discussion of same for the minutes; and

Page 40 7/19/06 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the School Business Administrator be directed to forward to the County Superintendent the minutes together with the Monthly Financial Reports; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect upon its adoption.

Resolution No. C-9

WHEREAS, Paterson Public Schools are required by New Jersey Administrative Code 6:23-2.2(a) to prepare monthly Financial Statements; and

WHEREAS, the School Business Administrator has prepared and presented the Board Secretary Report A148 and the Report of the Treasurer A149 including the cash reconciliation for the month of April 2006; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools acknowledge receipt of and accept the Monthly Financial Reports for April 2006; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools hereby incorporates the Monthly Financial Reports for the fiscal period ending April 2006, as part of the minutes of this meeting and note the public discussion of same for the minutes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the School Business Administrator be directed to forward to the County Superintendent the minutes together with the Monthly Financial Reports; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect upon its adoption.

Resolution No. C-10

WHEREAS, Dornorch Ellison, LLC of Lakewood, New Jersey through Caryl Communications of Fairlawn, New Jersey contacted the Communications Academy of John F. Kennedy High School with an offer to donate ten thousand dollars to the academy. Dornorch Ellison, LLC is donating this money as part of its outreach to the community efforts to assist students and their schools of Paterson; and

WHEREAS, it was specified that the money should be partially used to give as scholarship awards to seniors who have taken communications courses and/or will be majoring in communications in college. It was also agreed that a portion of the donation be used to purchase needed equipment to be used by communications students; and

WHEREAS, it was decided by the staff of the Communications Academy, with the approval of Dornorch Ellison, LLC, to award seven thousand dollars of the donation for scholarships and three thousand dollars to be used to purchase much needed equipment for the academy; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Nye and Mr. Andriulli selected three seniors who have taken journalism and C.A.S.T. classes and have worked extensively on the school newspaper, yearbook, and TV production. All three seniors have been accepted into colleges, and two are considering majoring in communications; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Communications Academy accept this donation of ten thousand dollars and be granted permission by the Board of Education to deposit the

Page 41 7/19/06 money into its school activity account to be used as stated by the agreement between Dornorch Ellison, LLC and the Communications Academy.

Resolution No. C-11

WHEREAS, School No. 10 is mandated by the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and the Collaborative Assessment for Planning and Achievement Report to more effectively and efficiently integrate technology throughout the curriculum; and

WHEREAS, funding is limited to provide the quantity and quality of computer equipment to adequately meet the needs of all students at School No. 10; and

WHEREAS, the East Orange Police Athletic League has donated 10 Dell printers to School No. 10 to assist in their efforts to provide all students with a quality educational technology experience; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the State Operated School District of Paterson accepts the donation of 10 Dell printers offered by the East Orange Police Athletic League.

Resolution No. C-12

WHEREAS, Vocational/Technical Education is an organized instructional program that provides integrated academic and technical curriculum to prepare secondary students for employment, continuing education and a career; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Education made available to the Paterson Public School District a net allocation of $215,098.00 to spend on vocational/technical education for the 2007 fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, the district wishes to continue receiving funding from the state under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Act of 1998; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of the Perkins 2007 Annual Spending Plan to the State for funding not to exceed $215,098.00.

Resolution No. C-13

WHEREAS, the Board of Education of Paterson Public Schools is required to authorize the School Business Administrator to submit construction projects to the New Jersey Department of Education for review and approval; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of submissions to the New Jersey Department of Education is to enter the Section 13A Agreement for School Facility Projects with the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation and the Department of Education to execute and implement the construction project applications listed below; and

WHEREAS, the subject construction projects are consistent with this requirement; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of Paterson Public Schools hereby authorizes the School Business Administrator to submit application for the construction

Page 42 7/19/06 projects listed below to the New Jersey Department of Education for the Fiscal Year 06/07; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the purpose of submission is to enter into the Section 13A Agreement for School Facility Projects and execute and implement the construction projects listed below:

1. Repair the window balances and install window guards at ESHS - $150,000 estimate. 2. Install new boilers and/or new underground 8” hot water heating supply and return line at ESHS - $200,000 to $1,000,000 dependant on engineering discovery and analysis. 3. Repair the infiltration of storm water into the lower level areas at ESHS. 4. Investigate, design, and construct the repairs required to mitigate the parapet wall water infiltration at PS #5. 5. Install the repairs necessary to mitigate the water infiltration at PS #21 - $250,000 estimate.

Resolution No. C-14

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District seeks to procure goods and services through the use of State contract vendors (18A:18A-10-a) during the 2006-2007 school year; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District, pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:18A-10a and N.J.A.C.5:34-7.29(c), may, by resolution and without advertising for bids, purchase any goods or services under the State of New Jersey Cooperative Purchasing Program for any State contracts entered into on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has the need on a timely basis to purchase goods or services utilizing State contracts; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District intends to enter into contracts with the attached referenced State contract vendors and additional State contract vendors as needed through this resolution and properly executed contracts, which shall be subject to all the conditions applicable to the current State contracts; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District authorizes the Purchasing Department to purchase certain goods or services from those approved New Jersey State Contract Vendors on the attached list and others as needed for the 2006-2007 school year, from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, pursuant to the vendor’s State contract award date, terms and conditions.

Resolution No. C-15

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Supplemental Plumbing Services, PPS-205-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and

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WHEREAS, the lowest responsible/responsive bid proposal substantially exceeded the cost estimates for goods and/or services; and

WHEREAS, the bidding laws permit the Board to reject bids pursuant to 18A:18A- 22(a); and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District rejects all bids, pursuant to 18A:18A-22(a); Rejection of Bids.

Resolution No. C-16 was pulled.

Resolution No. C-17

WHEREAS, pursuant to 18A:18A-4.3, the Board is allowed to procure specialized goods and/or services through Competitive Contracting; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the most competitive and responsive bid for goods and/or services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, authorizes the Department of Purchasing to initiate the Competitive Contracting process, pursuant to 18A:18A-4.3, to procure Employee Health Benefits, RFP-004-07.

Resolution No. C-18

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School (PPS) District provides insurance protection to its covered employees, including prescription and dental coverage; and

WHEREAS, a need arose for coverage out of that third party administration of the programs on a uniform and economic basis; and

WHEREAS, LDP Consulting Group, Inc. (LDP), insurance broker/consultant, solicited quotes for the administration of the prescription drug and dental plans for PPS; and

WHEREAS, Benecard Services, Inc. and Delta Dental Plan, the third party administrators of the PPS prescription drug plan, dental plan, respectively, for the 2005- 2006 school year, submitted proposals to LDP Consulting for the 2006-2007 school year, as described in the attached letter; and

WHEREAS, LDP Consulting Group, Inc. has recommended to PPS that PPS accept the quotes of Benecard and Delta Dental Plan, and award contracts for administration of the PPS prescription drug plan to Benecard and the dental plan to Delta Dental for the 2006-2007 school year, on the terms and conditions set forth in the attached proposal; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that Benecard is awarded a contract for administration of the prescription drug plan of Paterson Public Schools for the 2006-2007 school year, at the prices and other terms set forth in the attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Delta Dental is awarded a contract for administration of the dental plan of the Paterson Public Schools for the 2006-2007 school year, at the prices and other terms set forth in the attached proposal.

Resolution No. C-19

WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey allows boards of education to establish tax- sheltered deferred compensation plans under Section 457 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code; and

WHEREAS, the Federal Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 increased the maximum contribution amounts for deferred compensation plans and repealed the rules requiring the coordination of 457 deferred compensation dollar limits with contributions under other types of plans such as 403(b) plans; and

WHEREAS, employees of boards of education can now maximize tax-sheltered deferred compensation through full participation in both a 403(b) plan and a 457 plan; and

WHEREAS, non-bargaining employees of the Paterson Public Schools have expressed an interest in participating in a 457 deferred compensation program and in an expanded offering of 403(b) providers; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc., 218 Glenside Avenue, Syncote, PA 10095, is authorized to act as an agent for the employer in any purchases, sales, transfers or other transactions necessary for the establishment, execution and maintenance of accounts purchased or sold by Lincoln for employees eligible for participation in deferred compensation plans under Section 457(b) 2 and 3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code, and also to authorize non-bargaining unit employees withholding of voluntary payroll deductions at employee request payable to Lincoln Investment Planning for the purpose of individual deferred compensation 403(b) plans consistent with Internal Revenue Service Code. Lincoln will indemnify and hold harmless the employer and any individual member of the governing board, representatives and employees from every claim, demand and suit which may arise from Lincoln’s failure or negligence to meet the requirements of this agreement, but not based on erroneous information provided by the employer, its representatives or employees.

Resolution No. C-20

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District uses Avaya telephone, data and video equipment; and

WHEREAS, effective telecommunications are of vital importance to the district; and

WHEREAS, Avaya provides continuous seven day a week, 24-hour a day monitoring of our system, which includes a preventative maintenance proactive approach; and

WHEREAS, any alarm on our system is thoroughly checked by Avaya the moment it occurs, whenever it occurs; and

WHEREAS, alarms that cannot be resolved remotely are addressed within two to four hours with onsite response; and

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WHEREAS, replacement parts and labor to install them are included in an Avaya maintenance agreement; and

WHEREAS, Avaya products are supported by a national distribution system, which provides a correct part in the shortest interval of time; and

WHEREAS, Avaya is a New Jersey State Contract Vendor; and

WHEREAS, Avaya utilizes a business partner model; and

WHEREAS, Ecomm Technology is a certified business partner that represents and does business under the Avaya State Contract; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District can enter into an agreement with Avaya for voice and video maintenance with a term of four years, which will result in significant savings of an additional 8%; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District can choose not to renew or can modify this agreement at the time of the yearly renewal without a penalty; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Technology is in the design phase of an upgrade to the data network; and

WHEREAS, because of possible changes in the data network, it is advisable to enter into a 1-year contract for data maintenance; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Technology has the funds needed in its budget for the 2006-2007 school year; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District receives this 8% discount for the voice and video maintenance portion of the agreement under these terms, in addition to the savings gained by using the State contract; and

WHEREAS, the funds that are necessary to pay for this project can be reimbursed by the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) ERATE program on a yearly basis; and

WHEREAS, the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) ERATE program provides a process to enable reimbursement to occur; and

WHEREAS, for the 2006-2007 school year, the Paterson Public School District is eligible to receive a reimbursement of 86% of the eligible costs from the Schools and Libraries Division (SLD) ERATE program; and

WHEREAS, our phone system is one of the largest Avaya systems in the state; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District enters into a service agreement with Avaya in the yearly amount of $524,799.72, paid in quarterly amounts of $131,199.93 for the 2006-2007 school year, as per the terms of the attached contract.

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has used Edu-Met Interactive Systems Co. for computerized accounting maintenance for the past eight years; and

WHEREAS, Edu-Met Interactive Systems Co. provides the district’s computerized accounting maintenance for Human Resources, Payroll, Accounting and Fixed Assets; and

WHEREAS, these are essential services needed to operate the District; and

WHEREAS, Edu-Met Systems is a New Jersey based corporation specializing in NJ Department of Education data requirements; and

WHEREAS, Edu-Met provides upgrades to meet changes in Department of Education rules and regulations as part of their contract obligations; and

WHEREAS, Edu-Met is a sole source vendor for maintenance of this product; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools will pay on a per month basis; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District enters into a maintenance agreement for the 2006-2007 school year with Edu-Met Interactive Systems Co. in the amount of $129,280.00 as per the terms of the attached contract.

Resolution No. C-22

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is constantly improving the district’s technological support of the educational process; and

WHEREAS, New Jersey Edge makes available interactive distance learning between the district and a significant number of college and universities throughout the country; and

WHEREAS, this is a system-wide solution providing services to the entire district; and

WHEREAS, New Jersey Edge is continually improving the scope, quality and quantity of their offerings; and

WHEREAS, the district has taken advantage of this service since 2004; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Technology has funds available for this service for the 2006-2007 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District enters into a contract agreement for the 2006-2007 school year with New Jersey Edge in the amount of $9,546.00, as per the terms of the attached contract.

Resolution No. C-23

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District requires Physical and Occupational Therapy professional services district-wide for the 2006-2007 school year (September 2006 – June 2007); and

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the highest quality of service at the best price; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to purchase Physical and Occupational Therapy professional services without public bidding and advertising in accordance with N.J.S.A.18A:18A-5; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to enter into an agreement with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, the District will need the following services:

Preschool: 12 students equal approximately 8 hours of treatment 8 hours per week for Physical Therapy (PT) x $120.00/hr x 36 weeks (school year) = $34,560.00 (At this point, we are not doing any Occupational Therapy (OT) treatment in the preschool program)

School Age: 136 hours OT per week and 24 hours PT per week = 160 hours per week 160 hours per week x $120.00/hr x 36 weeks (school year) = $691,200.00 150 Evaluations @ $165.00 per evaluation = $24,750.00

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to 18A:18A-5, the Paterson Public School District authorizes the Division of Pupil Personnel Services to award this category without advertising to:

University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ 65 Bergen Street Newark, New Jersey 07101 Not to exceed $750,510.00

Resolution No. C-24

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Outdoor Education, PPS-106-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Outdoor Education, PPS-106-07, for the 2006-2007 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Vacamas Programs for Youth 256 Macopin Road West Milford, NJ 07480 Not to exceed $87.60 per student

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Awards and Trophies, District Wide, PPS-143-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Awards and Trophies, District Wide, PPS-143-07, for the 2006-2007 school year, to the following vendor(s), not to exceed $25,000.00:

Gallo’s Trophy Shop Crown Trophy 20 Church Street 101 Route 469 East Paterson, NJ 07505 Pine Brook, NJ 07058 Primary Secondary

Resolution No. C-26

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Supplemental Electrical Services, PPS-202-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Supplemental Electrical Services, PPS-202-07, for the 2006-2007 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Technica, Inc. PO Box 437 Butler, NJ 07405 Not to exceed $50,000.00

Resolution No. C-27

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Fire and Burglar Alarm Monitoring and Maintenance Services, PPS-225-06; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District submitted bid specifications to twenty- four (24) potential bidders, only one (1) responded; and

Page 49 7/19/06 WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District had unanticipated work for the 2005- 2006 school year for: P.S. #5 Installation of New Intercom for twenty-two thousand dollars ($22,000.00); P.S. #7 Installation of New Fire Panel for twenty-three thousand dollars ($23,000.00); and wiring of new Grand Street location; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Fire and Burglar Alarm Monitoring and Maintenance Services, PPS-225-06, for the 2005-2006 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Alarm and Communications Technologies (ACT) 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 101 Denville, New Jersey 07834 Additional $100,000.00

Resolution No. C-28

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Groceries & Canned Goods, PPS-301-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Groceries & Canned Goods, PPS-301-07, for the 2006- 2007 school year, to the following vendor(s), not to exceed $150,000.00:

Mivila Foods Madison Food Sales 226 Getty Avenue P.O. Box 2397 Paterson, NJ 07503 Paterson, NJ 07509 14 Items 9 Items

H. Schrier & Co., Inc. Shiff & Goldman Foods, Inc. 4901 Glenwood Road 69 Veronica Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11234 Somerset, NJ 08873 69 Items 29 Items

Resolution No. C-29

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Concession Snacks & Beverages, PPS-326-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Concession Snacks & Beverages, PPS-326-07, for the 2006-2007 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Page 50 7/19/06 Snacks & More, LLC 165 Price Parkway Farmingdale, NY 11735 Not to exceed $80,000.00

Resolution No. C-30

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Purchase & Installation of New Walk-In Cooler/Freezer at Martin Luther King & PS #27, PPS-327-07; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Purchase & Installation of New Walk-In Cooler/Freezer at Martin Luther King & PS #27, PPS-327-07, for the 2006-2007 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Singer Equipment Co., Inc. 39 New Bridge Road Bergenfield, NJ 07621 Not to exceed $47,000.00

Resolution No. C-31

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide out of district transportation for special education pupils for the 2005-2006 regular school year; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has agreed to jointure with other districts through the Essex County Educational Services Commission; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District agrees to provide transportation service using the Essex County Educational Services Commission, 369 Passaic Avenue, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004 as follows:

Route #21PO11 fees $98.10 route cost $1,962.00 Route #GRMS011 fees $62.70 route cost $1,257.30

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this action is authorized by the State District Superintendent of Schools and is affirmed by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-32

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for the school year 2005-2006 for special education and kindergarten pupils and athletic programs to in district and out of district schools; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District ratifies the action of the State District Superintendent in renewing the following contracts with Trans Ed Inc., 47

Page 51 7/19/06 Godwin Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey 07505, at a 3.01% increase for the school year 2005-2006:

Route Destination 05/06 Per Diem Cost CP6 CP Center HS $306.55 K33 Dale $153.29 NS9 Norman S. Weir $199.72 CP10 CP Center HS $238.94 JFK8 John F. Kennedy HS $195.60 KAT1 JFK Athletics (See attached worksheet)

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State District Superintendent authorizes this action and the action is affirmed by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-33

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special needs pupils for the 2005-2006 school year, to and from Northwest Essex Community School, out of district; and

WHEREAS, informal telephone quotes were received by the Transportation Department; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator in awarding a temporary contract to:

Route Destination Contractor Total Per Diem TNEN Northwest Essex Comm. School Scholastic $119.00

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State District Superintendent authorizes this action and the action is affirmed by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-34

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for Paterson, out of district and in district, special education pupils for the 2006-2007 extended school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator in renewing the following contracts at a 4.04% increase (C.P.I.) for the 2006-2007 extended school year with the following contractors as follows:

Route Destination Contractor 06/07 Per Diem Cost SN91 Norman Bleshman D & M $217.56 SC57 C.P. Center Laidlaw $280.50 SC59 C.P. Center Laidlaw $280.50 ST51 STARS Laidlaw $250.79 ST52 STARS Laidlaw $250.79 ST53 STARS Laidlaw $250.79 S268 School #2 Laidlaw $244.20 S269 School #2 Laidlaw $244.20 S271 School #2 Laidlaw $244.20 S272 School #2 Laidlaw $244.20

Page 52 7/19/06 S273 School #2 Laidlaw $244.20 SAC1 All Can Excel Rudco $212.76 SC56 C.P. Center HS Rudco $248.31 SC58 C.P. Center HS Rudco $226.33 SC61 C.P. Center Rudco $226.33 SF55 Forum School Rudco $163.35 SS90 Sawtelle School Rudco $154.86 SN92 Norman Bleshman Rudco $240.58 SEK1 C.P. Center HS Scholastic $247.74 SEK3 C.P. Center HS Scholastic $257.11 SEK6 C.P. Center HS Scholastic $247.74 SEK7 C.P. Center Scholastic $253.52 SEK9 C.P. Center Scholastic $253.52 SK11 C.P. Center Scholastic $255.84 SK12 C.P. Center Scholastic $266.24 SC93 Community School Scholastic $128.60 SL94 LCEC Scholastic $124.32 S104 STARS Scholastic $140.39 S107 School #1 Scholastic $188.62 S108 School #1 Scholastic $183.27 S113 Alexander Hamilton Scholastic $204.70 S114 Alexander Hamilton Scholastic $204.70 S115 Alexander Hamilton Scholastic $210.06 S116 Alexander Hamilton Scholastic $214.34 SCL1 Calais School Scholastic $196.64 SGV1 Glenview Academy Scholastic $219.52 SGS1 Gateway School Scholastic $169.59 SC62 C.P. Center Scholastic $259.06 SC63 C.P. Center Scholastic $186.23 SBC1 Bergen Ctr. Excep. Child Scholastic $ 93.64 SP45 Phoenix School Station Wagon $223.29 SP46 Phoenix School Station Wagon $223.29 S118 Alexander Hamilton Station Wagon $236.85 S119 Alexander Hamilton Station Wagon $236.85 SDL1 Dale Avenue Station Wagon $211.20 SDL2 Dale Avenue Station Wagon $211.20 SWF3 Wayne Foundation Station Wagon $ 78.03 SL54 Learning Center Trans Ed $232.10 S270 School #2 Trans Ed $232.10 SA89 Alexander Hamilton Trans Ed $253.00 SA86 Alexander Hamilton Trans Ed $232.10 S112 Shop & Stop Trans Ed $ 95.38 S117 Alexander Hamilton Trans Ed $229.35

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State District Superintendent authorizes this action and the action is affirmed by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-35

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special education pupils to in district and out of district schools for the extended 2006-2007 school year; and

Page 53 7/19/06 WHEREAS, informal telephone quotes were received by the Transportation Department; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator in awarding temporary contracts to:

Route Destination Contractor Total Per Diem ESK2 Hilltop & Skylands School Laidlaw $263.00 EC94 Community School Scholastic $115.00

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State District Superintendent authorizes this action and the action is affirmed by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-36

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special education pupils to in district and out of district schools for the extended 2006-2007 school year; and

WHEREAS, informal telephone quotes were received by the Transportation Department; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator in awarding temporary contracts to:

Route Destination Contractor Total Per Diem E130 Alexander Hamilton Academy D & M $265.00 E131 Alexander Hamilton Academy D & M $265.00 E132 Alexander Hamilton Academy Trans Ed $278.00 E133 Alexander Hamilton Academy Murphy $325.00 E134 Alexander Hamilton Academy Trans Ed $278.00 E135 School #1 Wagner $209.90 E136 School #1 Cancelled E280 School #2 Laidlaw $252.00 EDL3 Dale Avenue Murphy $307.00 EJF3 John F. Kennedy HS Station Wagon $167.00 ERC1 New Roberto Clemente School Station Wagon $209.00 ERC2 New Roberto Clemente School Laidlaw $260.00 ERC3 New Roberto Clemente School Laidlaw $280.00 ERC4 New Roberto Clemente School D & M $265.00 ERC5 New Roberto Clemente School Station Wagon $209.00 ERC6 New Roberto Clemente School D & M $265.00 ERC7 New Roberto Clemente School Laidlaw $243.00 ERC8 New Roberto Clemente School D & M $265.00 ERC9 New Roberto Clemente School Laidlaw $233.00 ER10 New Roberto Clemente School D & M $265.00 ER11 New Roberto Clemente School Station Wagon $209.00 ER12 New Roberto Clemente School Station Wagon $217.00 ER13 New Roberto Clemente School Murphy $322.00 ER14 New Roberto Clemente School Laidlaw $259.00 EDR2 Deron II Murphy $352.00 EC68 Elks C.P. Center 1 & 2 (WC) Jordan $352.49 EG70 Gramon School No Bids ELK6 Lake Drive School Laidlaw $320.00

Page 54 7/19/06 EL96 Learning Ctr. For Excep. Child. Rudco $134.25 ENB7 New Beginnings School Rudco $134.25 ENB9 New Bridges Murphy $375.00 ERH1 Ridgefield High School Rudco $144.25 ESS1 Slocum Skewes School Trans Ed $308.00

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State District Superintendent authorizes this action and the action is affirmed by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-37

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for regular public, private non-profit, and special needs pupils; and

WHEREAS, according to N.J.A.C.6A:27-9.3 et. seq., the District shall prepare specifications for pupil transportation for each route or contract for which proposals are sought; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Transportation Specifications are approved for the school year 2006-2007 for the purpose of competitive bidding; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this action is authorized by the Superintendent of Schools and is ratified by the Paterson Board of Education.

Resolution No. C-38

WHEREAS, it is necessary to pay vendors’ bills and claims against the Paterson Public School District; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves payment of July 2006 invoice and claim check #135285 in the amount of $9,111.69 payable to Michael Krause and made a part of the minutes.

It was moved by Comm. Taylor, seconded by Comm. Sayegh that Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-38 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: I have a question on C-5, the request to approve transfer from the general fund to eliminate the food service deficit in the amount of $2.6 million as of June 30, 2006. Well, here we are in July and obviously they are trying to close things out for the end of the fiscal year. I asked for information and I need to get specific answers. Why are we incurring such a large deficit of $2.6 million in the area of food service? What is the administration planning to do to reduce and hopefully eliminate this deficit for the upcoming fiscal year? $2.6 million hires a lot of certified teachers. $2.6 million buys a lot of textbooks. $2.6 million buys a lot of science labs and science equipment. We don’t have the science labs that we should be having for our students. If our students are going to compete academically to go on, I want to see them having state- of-the-art science labs and textbooks and certified teachers. That is not happening now. What is the administration proposing specifically to eliminate this deficit? Madam Chair, perhaps the Superintendent would like to comment.

Comm. Taylor: We received a memorandum from Ms. Finkelstein about what happened to explain the $2.6 million from the general fund to eliminate the food service deficit. That was a question of yours.

Page 55 7/19/06 Comm. Atallo: I raised the question and the response I got was very general and broad. I am asking through the Chair that perhaps the Superintendent could comment. I would like to hear what the Superintendent is proposing to eliminate this deficit for the upcoming fiscal year.

Comm. Taylor: We did receive an answer back from Ms. Finkelstein. Did everyone on the Board receive it? Did all the Board members receive it? The following response is to issues raised at the July 5, 2006 workshop meeting. The question raised was, “Please explain why there is a need to transfer $2.6 million from the general fund to eliminate the food service deficit. Why did this deficit occur and what is your administration doing to reduce and/or eliminate this deficit in the upcoming fiscal year?” This was addressed to Dr. Glascoe. This was on C-5. When she wrote back to us she told us, “The district is reviewing all expenditures on food and travel. Food services has been operating in the red for several years, with the analysis of 2005-2006 results pending. In the 2004-2005 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the auditors recommended that the district establish a plan, which could include a budget transfer from the general fund to eliminate the food service $2.6 million deficit as of 6/30/05.” The transfer was not built into the 2006-2007 budget. Therefore, the transfer had to be based on availability of 2005-2006 funds as the year closed. The district’s June 30, 2006 accounting records closed in mid-July and the transfer is being done consistent with accounting regulations and auditor involvement. That was the answer given to us.

Comm. Atallo: But that is not specifying what the administration… Perhaps it’s best that Dr. Glascoe respond. I received the memo and I am familiar with the memo. Perhaps Dr. Glascoe can be more specific. What is the district planning to do in the upcoming fiscal year administratively from a fiscal standpoint and from a managerial standpoint to eliminate the deficit in the food service area?

Dr. Glascoe: Dr. Atallo, I can’t provide a specific answer to you now because some of those things are in process. Ms. Finkelstein is working with food services to make it a more efficiently run operation. So if you will give us time maybe by the end of the summer we will give you the full plan of how we are working with food services and the changes we have made as a result of the auditor’s recommendations.

Comm. Atallo: Would it be a fair question to say can we anticipate that there will not be a deficit next year at this time?

Dr. Glascoe: Well, we are certainly going to try our very best.

Comm. Hodges: It was my impression that one of the first things he did was to change the Board’s cuisine. That was one of the first measures he took to substantially cut back on the food costs in the district, which we had to discuss in a closed-door meeting.

Dr. Glascoe: That moved us immediately into the black.

Comm. Atallo: I don’t think that would have saved the $2.6 million, but the journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step.

Comm. Hodges: Thank you, Doctor. I think that we do need to have some sort of action plan outlined and put together, and I think that is a legitimate question.

Dr. Glascoe: To continue to respond to Dr. Atallo, maybe I am a fish out of water or maybe I am from a different culture, but I was somewhat taken back with the amount of food that we provide at every meeting. At all of the community meetings and every time

Page 56 7/19/06 we sat down there was a feast. It was a culture shock to me and it certainly was a culture shock to my leadership team when they didn’t even get a cup of water when I met with them. We now have coffee and juice and that was after almost an insurrection by the group needing to have some refreshments. But that’s just me. You can bet that we are cutting back extensively with the amount of food that we serve at meetings. That is just the beginning and there are other things that we are going to be doing with food services.

Comm. Kerr: I am just curious to find out what these food services comprise. Is it just the food served at Board meetings?

Comm. Hodges: No.

Comm. Atallo: It is what is served in this whole district.

Comm. Kerr: Also what is served the children?

Comm. Taylor: Lunches – the very thing Mr. Ferrer was talking about. It includes the lunches that are served to our children and the food services. Mr. Buchholtz was with us at our workshop and he gave us a presentation. Some of the things that were spoken of tonight were not spoken of at the workshop and I think that is why we need to sit down. They are all the school lunches and all the food that is served to us in the district.

Comm. Kerr: How many vendors do we have in terms of food in this district?

Dr. Glascoe: Mr. Kerr, I will have to get back to you. I just don’t know.

Comm. Kerr: It’s more than…

Dr. Glascoe: It’s not that many.

Comm. Taylor: There’s one main one and then there are a couple of others in the district.

Dr. Glascoe: And you are talking about vendors that we normally do business with?

Comm. Kerr: Yes.

Dr. Glascoe: There are a few, but I want to get the correct number and names to you.

Comm. Kerr: The other question is with these vendors do we have them send in RFP’s, bids?

Comm. Taylor: Yes, they go out to bid.

Comm. Kerr: And we usually take the cheapest?

Comm. Atallo: By law the lowest responsible bidder.

Comm. Kerr: Lowest responsible bidder?

Comm. Atallo: By statute the lowest responsible bidder. There are certain companies…

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Dr. Glascoe: The operative word is responsible.

Comm. Atallo: Through the Chair, I just want to clarify that there are a limited number of companies that provide these services. So when you go out for bid you don’t have 100 companies bidding.

Comm. Kerr: The reason why I am asking this question is because we look at the number and we say it’s a large number and we need to do something about it. But if we send out RFP’s and the lowest bidder comes in, what really can we do in real terms to reduce this number without impacting severely on what is being served?

Comm. Atallo: Are you asking me? I can give you an answer on how to reduce the $2.6 million deficit.

Comm. Taylor: Mr. Kerr, the food service program is a federal program for us and our foods are given to us according to how many youngsters have to have free lunch and how many youngsters have to pay. I remember that at a time we did not have documentation in every school of all free lunch and all paid lunch. We did not have that and that is the question we want to ask and make sure Dr. Glascoe is making the department really live up to. We were cited years ago for not having all of them on record because people used to come and audit every building to make sure we have them there and also at the Board of Education headquarters. They reviewed them at each building – who had free lunch and who had paid lunch and how many staff people ate in the building and how many people came from the public and ate in the building. You had to record every meal that went out of there. Every person that worked in the food service department serving children and serving in the building had to account for every bit of food that they were using. They could not take any food home. Any food that was left over had to be thrown out. That’s the thing that bothered all of us, but we had to throw it away. You could not walk out with a package of food from that program. So understand that there is a lot of accounting that goes on and if you are missing some of your accounting you are going to miss some of your money.

Comm. Hodges: That was what I wanted to pursue – the question about the free and reduced lunch applications and how vigorously we were attacking that problem. That could be a substantial portion of the deficit, if we have not planned to cover the failure of some of our students to submit applications. That is my understanding about some significant portion of this deficit. Will your report include discussions on how we plan to go after that most vigorously?

Dr. Glascoe: To some extent, but we do a very good job with students in the elementary schools. In secondary school it is very difficult to get the youngsters to bring in their applications for obvious reasons. To have a dragnet or to hound them about it may not be the best thing to do with youngsters. So we will continue to look at that, but I am not sure there is a whole lot we can do on the secondary level to make sure that we have a number of applications on file and students are exercising their right to free or reduced meals.

Comm. Hodges: The Board started off very nicely and responsibly waiting to be called on before we spoke out and I think we are lapsing again. I would request that we… As Board members we spend a lot of time working to improve our decorum and I would hate to see that suffer in our enthusiasm to get to the facts. So I would appreciate it if we would respect the Chair or the President and wait to be called on. People like me who do wait feel dreadfully inconvenienced.

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Comm. Atallo: Well, let me say this. I don’t think there is an adult on this panel here who would not take money out of their pocket to pay for lunch for a child. No child should go hungry and I would not want to see any child go hungry because the parent or guardian is not filling out a form. That’s number one. If the students are hungry they are not getting proper nutrition and they are not going to learn. So I think we all agree that is priority one. I disagree with the administration on this. We have a $2.6 million deficit and we do have to put out some type of dragnet in terms of getting these forms back. We are going to show our students and the parents that they have to be responsible. What is the saying? There is no free lunch. The price of the lunch is to fill out the forms. We need to get the forms so that we can get the proper reimbursements. If we don’t get the forms, we are going to continue to have very large deficits. It’s not a small amount. $2.6 million is a lot of money anywhere. So we have to have accountability. We talk about accountability and parents have to be accountable. Young children in elementary school – we are not going to see them go hungry if their parents don’t fill out a form. I think the administration has to contact those parents and guardians to make sure those forms are filled. On the secondary level, the students should be more responsible and if they are not we need to contact the parents and guardians about getting the proper paperwork in. A $2.6 million deficit is not something we can write off every year. That buys a lot of educational resources. We are in a very tight budget with flat increases and we are looking for dollars everywhere. $2.6 million buys a lot of educational resources for the children of this city and we can’t be cavalier with taxpayers’ money as well. Taxpayers work hard to pay taxes and $2.6 million needs to be accounted for.

Comm. Taylor: That is another community issue for us to try to have our parents and people understand that we are reimbursed every time they send us one of those sheets back. We are reimbursed and that is how we get our money to operate and do other things in the district, besides taking money from one place to pay for the lunches that children have gotten. They are saying we don’t have books or whatever they need. Well, we had to take some money from this area to pay this area, so this is a place where we can all get on board and do it. I, myself, would like to just say that I don’t want frozen food for the children. That is something I will talk to Mr. Ferrer and other schools about if that is happening. If we are going to pay this amount of money for food like this, we need quality food.

Comm. Atallo: We want quality food for all our children and we want to make sure the parents understand that they have a responsibility to return those forms. The administration needs to enforce that because everyone loses when we have to transfer money from the general fund, $2.6 million, to cover that deficit. That is money we can spend on other things for educational programs.

Comm. Spagnola: I think that perhaps we can look into partnering with social agencies that are giving assistance to the different families and have it part and parcel of their update every year. If they have children attending the public schools there should be a form that should be in there and it should be updated every year as to how many children should be taking free lunch. If they have three children in the schools and they are receiving Section 8 or any kind of assistance from the state they fall under that where they are eligible for free lunches. So automatically when they are on review that year it should be brought forward to them so that they can fill everything out at that time. They can be assisted in filling out these forms. So I think that is an area that we can look into. Perhaps even if we just recuperate maybe half a million or three quarters of a million dollars by doing that, that is a positive step we can look into. I think that is something we can do ourselves as a Board. Are we done with the food? I would like to

Page 59 7/19/06 talk about C-19 here. This is Lincoln Investment Planning, which is a very good program that we are giving to all of the teachers and the administrators and the people that actually work…

Dr. Glascoe: All staff.

Comm. Spagnola: Everybody that works in the schools has access to this plan?

Comm. Taylor: Right.

Comm. Spagnola: Is this going to be open-ended? Are other groups going to come in and make presentations? Or is just Lincoln going to be the only one?

Dr. Glascoe: I believe in our discussion on July 5th we said we would start with Lincoln and we can certainly open it up to other companies. That is generally the way it is in other companies and districts. People have a choice between two or three vendors.

Comm. Spagnola: Yes, I would want to give the people a choice. It would be only the fair thing to do. Did the union already agree on Lincoln? I believe within their contract they have to agree. Did they agree to accept Lincoln?

Dr. Glascoe: I am not aware that that is part of the contract – that they have to agree on this. This doesn’t have anything to do with the negotiated contract.

Comm. Atallo: I think this deals with only non-bargaining groups, so I don’t think you would have to deal with any associations at this point in time. But if you deal with the bargaining groups, I think you are required to sit down and have them agree.

Comm. Spagnola: Mutually agree that they would do this. Okay.

Comm. Taylor: It says to authorize non-bargaining employees.

Dr. Glascoe: What generally happens with something like this is that those individuals will be made aware that this is certainly available and then it will be up to them to talk to their bargaining groups.

Comm. Spagnola: Okay, great.

Comm. Vergara: I just have three questions. With reference to the food for the children, the parents have to fill out the forms and we have to go through the process. But when a child is missing $.25 or $1.25, we have to make sure that he gets fed that day. I received many calls about incidents where they told the student they couldn’t eat that day because they didn’t bring in their $1.25. Maybe we can have the parents do a biweekly payment or a monthly payment, or hold them responsible at the end of the year. We can tell them their child missed so many payments for lunch and we need the money. But we shouldn’t leave a child without eating because there were incidents where that occurred and it was brought to my attention. On C-1, the payment of the bills, the New Jersey Media Group has eight payments dated back to 2004. Does that mean we are two years old on these payments? You have eight payments for $1,400.00 and three payments for 2005. I don’t understand how we went through three years or four years on these bills without paying them and they showed up now.

Comm. Taylor: Do you have the stale bill payments? I think that was on there. Which one are you talking about?

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Comm. Vergara: The Northern New Jersey Media Group, vendor 451651. They have eight payments dated back to November of 2004, May of 2004 and June of 2004. Then there are three for 2005.

Dr. Glascoe: I’m sorry, Mr. Vergara. I’m going to have to get back to you because I don’t have that information to respond to you. I’ll have to get back to you.

Comm. Vergara: I have another question. We are not having the newspapers delivered to the schools during the summer break, are we?

Dr. Glascoe: I believe some sites are using the newspapers for summer school. I am not sure which ones.

Comm. Vergara: I rode by one of the schools and I saw a couple of bundles sitting outside and nobody had touched them. That is why I was asking. Maybe they were from before the summer break or maybe they are still being delivered and we are not using them. We are going to get billed for them. Did the Absolute Security contract go through? I see there is a bill here for over $527,000.00.

Dr. Glascoe: We had a report on that at the last workshop session.

Comm. Vergara: Then I will follow up later on. I wasn’t sure if their contract was renewed.

Dr. Glascoe: You should have some written material on that. When you get a chance to go through it just give us a call and we will try to answer any additional questions.

Comm. Vergara: Thank you. Good enough.

Comm. Atallo: In reference to C-19, I agree with Comm. Spagnola’s remarks but my other concern is this and Dr. Glascoe brought it up, too. You usually put several companies out there for employees to review and compare. I don’t think it’s appropriate to give one a jump on others. While I am not questioning this plan, I am questioning the fact that there are other plans out there and I think we should go out for RFPs, as we had discussed at our workshop on July 5th. Let’s see what comes in. I know that there are other companies that work with other school districts. Let them present it to the administration and if they are legitimate companies then let’s present those to the employees so they have options. I think it raises a red flag when we give a monopoly to one particular company. In the past there was one company, VALIC, that was here and I always questioned why other companies were not coming in. I had my concerns as to why that was happening and I think it would be to the district’s best interest not to pass… It’s not that we are not supporting this. We do support the investment plan for employees. But why give one company a jump? I think we should have the RFPs done and then in September when we return that gives the administration ample time to present those to the Board. Then the Board can offer the employees several investment options. I think that is the prudent thing to do. What is the feedback from my colleagues?

Comm. Taylor: Any other comments on C-19 or any other resolution?

Comm. Atallo: I make a motion that we pull C-19 tonight and then go out for RFPs, like we suggested at the July 5th workshop. Then at the September meeting this can be presented with other proposals of other investment firms that want to do business with

Page 61 7/19/06 the Paterson School District and its employees. Why would you give one a jump over the others?

Comm. Spagnola: I’ll second it. Put it up to the Board for a vote. It’s entirely up to the Board.

It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. Spagnola that Resolution No. C-19 be pulled.

Comm. Atallo: We have to maintain a perception of impartiality.

Comm. Taylor: Would you state your motion again, Dr. Atallo.

Comm. Atallo: My motion is that we pull C-19 this evening, in order not to give any favoritism to any investment firm and not to show any partiality, as we had directed the administration and requested at the workshop on July 5th on the record.

Comm. Taylor: So you are asking us to pull C-19?

Comm. Atallo: Yes.

Comm. Brown: I would like to ask how this company was acquired.

Comm. Taylor: At the workshop Ms. Finkelstein told us that she had gone out and she had made calls to different companies and had talked to them. She listed some of them that she had spoken with. Then she said to us that she had known about Lincoln from somewhere else and that they had a good record. That was her explanation. She is our business administrator and I know the questions were are you on the board, is your family on the board, and is anybody involved in it. So we asked her those questions and she said she had no affiliation.

Comm. Brown: I don’t believe I saw the material, but did she submit any following documentation to support the credibility and longevity of this company and its history of providing service to possibly other school districts?

Comm. Taylor: No. At the workshop she did the speaking and she did the research for it and she brought it to us.

Comm. Brown: Okay.

Comm. Taylor: We were doing non-bargaining unit employees at that time and we wanted them to get in on some kind of way to save and invest their funds.

Comm. Hodges: Madam Chair, I think I asked this question three times at the workshop and I think our conclusion was that we were going to do both. We were going to send out RFPs and continue the process because, and correct me if I am wrong, if we pull it off the table they don’t have the opportunity to save in the same ways or what have you. Is that correct?

Comm. Taylor: That is correct. They will miss six months.

Comm. Hodges: They will miss several months, whatever that may be – three, two, one or whatever it is, of saving opportunity. Was that my understanding?

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Comm. Hodges: So we said that rather than deny them that we would send out RFPs or bids or whatever it is that you do, so that we would not harm the employees due to whatever procedural problems we had. Was that my understanding?

Comm. Taylor: That is correct.

Comm. Hodges: So we are trying to maximize the employees’ savings at the same time as making sure that a legitimate process is put in place.

Comm. Taylor: Right.

Comm. Brown: When was this issue first identified, that a savings plan of this type was either suspended by a prior company or not offered to district employees?

Comm. Taylor: Ms. Finkelstein said to us that she recognized that the company that is already in that does this particular thing does not offer the plan.

Comm. Brown: So the district currently does have a company in place that does offer other plans for its employees?

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

Comm. Brown: So that being said, that means their money is being sheltered at this time. So we don’t necessarily have to approve this and we can go out and seek other particular investors.

Comm. Taylor: They don’t handle…

Comm. Brown: I understand your point about the current company not handling, but if we are looking to expand opportunities for employees, then what other companies besides Lincoln offer 457Bs and 403Bs? Really, the employees are not losing anything because their money right now is being sheltered.

Comm. Taylor: They are not being sheltered now – these particular people. This is for the non-bargaining unit.

Comm. Hodges: Madam President, I believe Dr. Glascoe was going to straighten out the mist of confusion. If my understanding is correct, this is either a new process or additional savings over and above what is normally covered.

Comm. Spagnola: This is additional.

Dr. Glascoe: What a 457B does is to allow an employee to shelter more than the maximum allowed under a 403B. That is the big difference. Some companies do it and other companies don’t. I have no idea as to the reasons why, but 457Bs at least in the last maybe almost 10 years have become a very popular entity, especially for folks who are at the high end of their earnings and are looking to increase their worth at retirement. The question again is why are we doing this. As Dr. Hodges said, first of all we will open it up to other companies but we do have this one reputable company that we can go with now, thereby giving our employees the opportunity to start their 457Bs now and not wait two or three months down the line. They can get in on this taxable year with some additional savings on top of what they are already doing with their

Page 63 7/19/06 403Bs. I assume that a great majority of our employees, whether they are in bargaining units or not, have 403Bs. I would hope they do.

Comm. Brown: Has the administration conducted a survey of possibly how many employees would participate if this plan were offered in this new plan?

Dr. Glascoe: No. There is no cost to us. We could have this plan available and five people can take advantage of it. It doesn’t have any bearings on the school district.

Comm. Atallo: Well, I think it is very important for public perception in this district, in light of what has gone on historically, that we show impartiality in who we do business with. To say we are going to give an exclusive arrangement to one particular company, I don’t see as appropriate. It gives the appearance that we are not being impartial. If we do this now and say we are going to bring other companies in later, they are already here and people are going to enroll in this company and when the other companies come in people are going to say they are already enrolled in Company A that came in July. So I think we have to show impartiality in everything we do in this district. That has been the problem here. I don’t see the big rush. There was no big push to do this in January, February and March. Here we are in July and the company appears. I don’t know who is tied to this company. I don’t know if anyone is tied to this company. All I am saying is that we have to show impartiality. Let’s do RFPs and open it up to everybody at the same time. You don’t say we are going to start the horse race but you start here and then we are going to bring the other horses in later. That’s not the way to do business and this Board has to maintain fiscal and business integrity. The way you do that is by being impartial. You pull this now and you do the RFPs. I’m not saying the company is not reputable. I’m sure they are reputable. I’m saying let’s see who else comes in and let’s present them all at the same time. That’s the way you do business.

Comm. Kerr: My question is simply this. I am not so concerned about the company and giving preference to one company or the other. What I am really concerned about is really whether or not this company is a reputable company and a company that will protect the trust that we place in them to invest the monies for the people in the district. I believe at the workshop meeting the Business Administrator Ms. Finkelstein said she contacted more than one company. I believe she said a couple did not show any interest and did not get back to her. This company decided that they have some interest and therefore they got back to her and she is giving them her consideration. Now, I also know that if we invest the money in this company today, three months down the line we can change to another company. I don’t believe there has to be any length of time there, so we can change because at our company we change from company to company, depending on which one we think is best.

Comm. Spagnola: If it’s an annuity, you can’t get out.

Comm. Brown: There might be a penalty.

Comm. Kerr: So it’s a matter of giving the workers the opportunity right now to invest that money. I don’t see why we are wrangling about it. We have dealt with it extensively in the workshop and I believe we had consensus that we would go ahead with this company and depending on what happens after the Business Administrator talks to some more companies then we make a move if we have to. I just cannot see the argument about preference to one company. I don’t care which company. I am not here to protect the company. The interests of the people in this district are more important to me. If they are not being threatened by the quality of the company, so what?

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Comm. Spagnola: It seems like we are at an impasse. We have different minds, but we are all going to the same place. Basically it’s a good idea. We all agree it’s a good idea and I wish the best for all the people to get involved in this. I just think it’s something responsible that we have to make sure that the company coming in is a responsible and reputable company, and I’m sure it is. What is the big problem if we go out and ask for RFPs looking for people to make a presentation at our next workshop, which is in September? They can make the presentation. We can have Lincoln there and some other people there if they are willing to work with us. Then right after that they can get voted in. It’s not taking away from putting your money in to save because you can do it in December for the whole year. It’s known as backdating and it’s been done before. When I went into VALIC, I went in November and I paid up for the whole year. It’s just a little rough because you are going home without a paycheck for a while. It’s a homerun with bases loaded. You are really going to put that money to good use and I would rather save it than give it to the government, and that is exactly what you are going to do. I would do it that way. Go out there, identify that we are looking for someone to take this plan in, Lincoln can come and make a presentation at the workshop, and whoever else wants to come can come. If Lincoln is the only one, then that’s it.

Comm. Taylor: We have a motion on the floor to pull C-19 and discussion has been had.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Atallo: We need to remain impartial. I vote yes.

Comm. Brown: I believe that we should probably at least bring two companies to the table so the employees have a choice of two companies to choose from. I support tax deferred plans. My vote is yes.

Comm. Hodges: I think that my understanding is that you can do both. You can send out RFPs and at the same time give them opportunity to save. It’s not the district’s money. It’s an option that you are providing to employees. They can make their own decisions as to whether or not it is going to hurt them in the long run. We are not getting involved in it. We are just saying here’s the possibility. That’s all we are doing. It’s not our money. I say no.

Comm. Kerr: I believe more than one company was approached and I believe this company showed some kind of interest. So I believe that we should not pull this resolution. We should go through with it. My vote is no.

Comm. Moody: No.

Comm. Sayegh: From my understanding, C-19 is about giving employees an option. They can either opt to pursue this or not, so I vote no.

Comm. Spagnola: Yes.

Comm. Vergara: I believe that we have to look in the best interest of the employees and just picking one investment planning firm here is not in the best interest of the employees. Again, like Comm. Atallo said, since January it’s been seven months and come August all of a sudden now we need to rush this. My vote is yes.

Page 65 7/19/06 Comm. Taylor: No.

The motion did not carry to pull Resolution No. C-19.

Comm. Atallo: I have a question on C-16 to procure Private Investigative Services. Can we get some more elaboration on that?

Comm. Taylor: Private Investigative Services?

Comm. Atallo: C-16.

Comm. Taylor: What is your question?

Comm. Atallo: Can you elaborate on what types of investigate services these are and why we would need this? What do we intend to use them for?

Comm. Taylor: We had an answer to that. It was sent to us. I know, Dr. Atallo, that we received a letter talking about why we needed that service because it was asked at the workshop. Mr. Smith, head of security, gave us that information.

Comm. Atallo: I also have concerns about the E-RATE funding on C-20 and on C-21 I have concerns on the Edu-Met contract. I think it leaves a lot to be desired, quite frankly. I think the amount we are paying out seems to be very high and it was my understanding we were going to address that earlier in the year. I just don’t understand why we are renewing that at this very high rate. On C-1, I have concerns. We asked several months ago for an audit of the phone bills. Our phone bills are very high and a lot of long distance calls are being made on school phones. People are calling faraway and exotic places on school phones and we had asked for an audit. I would like to know before we pay C-1 and the phone bills if that is being done, if it has been done, and when are we going to get the report.

Comm. Taylor: Which one, Dr. Atallo?

Comm. Atallo: The telephone bills in C-1. Several months ago we asked at a Board meeting. I believe it was a workshop. We said the bills seem to be very high and we were told by the administration that they were going to do an audit of the phone bills as to where we were going with that in terms of long distance calls being made on school phones during school time and business office time. Not necessarily school phones, but phones from the school district. I would like to know if the administration has completed that audit. If not, when do we anticipate getting a report on that audit?

Comm. Taylor: You said you asked for it when?

Comm. Atallo: This was several months ago.

Comm. Taylor: Do you know what month?

Comm. Atallo: It was several months ago. I believe it was around April.

Comm. Taylor: I would have to look into some of our papers because I know…

Comm. Atallo: It would be in the minutes of the meeting. Through the Chair, maybe the Superintendent can comment on whether an audit has been done on the telephone bills or if not when we anticipate having that done so we can get a report.

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Dr. Glascoe: I don’t know when we will have something like that done. Everything is being audited at the present time and the use of telephones is certainly on the list, but I don’t have the timing of that. We will get back to you. With regards to C-16, that was withdrawn.

Comm. Atallo: That was withdrawn?

Dr. Glascoe: Yes.

Comm. Atallo: It’s still on the agenda. You will get back to us on the audit in terms of the phone bills. Do you think we will be getting something by August? Oh, we are not meeting in August. Can we have a report by September?

Dr. Glascoe: Because we are not meeting doesn’t mean we can’t send you information.

Comm. Atallo: So can we anticipate having that?

Dr. Glascoe: As soon as we have something.

Comm. Atallo: That is a concern. Taxpayers are paying for educational services, not to have people use our phones to call faraway and exotic places. My other question is on the Edu-Met system. Are we reviewing that for the future? Through the Chair, can the Superintendent comment on what direction we are moving in regarding Edu-Met and that software package?

Comm. Taylor: The Edu-Met is for human resources, payroll, accounting, and fixed assets. What are you asking about?

Comm. Atallo: What am I asking?

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

Comm. Atallo: What I am asking is this. It was my understanding that the administration was not particularly pleased with this company in terms of where we are going with Edu-Met, which is number one, and number two, the high cost of $129,000 we are paying to them for this contract. Are we looking at alternative ways of providing these services? If we are, what alternative services are we looking at? Those are my questions.

Comm. Taylor: On C-21, we were given…

Comm. Atallo: Probably the Superintendent would be the best one to answer.

Comm. Taylor: We were given a response from Dr. Glascoe on July 14th. On C-21, Edu-Met provides the district with human resource, payroll, accounting and fixed asset software and has been installed in the district for several years at a current maintenance cost of $129,280. The district cannot function without appropriate operational software and changing vendors would require advance planning. During the course of 2006- 2007, the district will explore competitive contracting to review software options with respect to technology and pricing. That was sent to you on July 14th.

Page 67 7/19/06 Comm. Atallo: I was the one who made that request. All I am saying is what specifically will we be looking at in terms of short term and long term planning regarding providing these services.

Dr. Glascoe: First of all, we want to explore any enhancements and improvements over what we have. We have a list of, and this is just my terminology, glitches that we deal with and, by the way, they have corrected a number of those. The bigger issue is when do you switch and how do you switch. That has to be carefully explored because you can’t be without a system in place. So that is a major challenge and we are looking at all of those. Edu-Met, for all we know, may be the company that we stay with.

On roll call all members voted as follows on Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-38, excluding C-16:

Comm. Atallo: I abstain on C-1, I vote no on C-5, I vote no on C-19 because it doesn’t give a good impression at all, I abstain on C-20, I abstain on C-21, and I vote yes on the remainder.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

Comm. Hodges: Yes.

Comm. Kerr: Yes.

Comm. Moody: Yes.

Comm. Sayegh: Yes.

Comm. Spagnola: I vote yes for all, except C-19. I vote no on C-19.

Comm. Vergara: I vote no on C-19, yes on C-1 pending the information of the Herald News, and yes on the rest.

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

The motion carried.

POLICY COMMITTEE

Comm. Brown: The policy committee did not meet because of the July 4th holiday the Monday prior to. Our next meeting will be the first Monday of September. However, I will be calling the committee members during the course of August in case we do have some submissions for September.

Comm. Taylor: Do we read into the record?

Comm. Sayegh: No, we don’t have anything.

Comm. Brown: I was reminded that the first Monday is Labor Day, so the policy committee will meet the following Monday.

Comm. Taylor: Am I remembering correctly? Didn’t we have a policy to read publicly?

Comm. Brown: No.

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Comm. Hodges: The administration returned their response to the policies that we submitted and it has to go before the workshop for discussion as the first step, and then it will go for first reading.

Comm. Taylor: I realize that our last workshop was really packed and we didn’t have enough time to do a lot of our activities and have our discussions about many of the areas that we were thinking about. So our first reading will probably be in September.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

Items Not Requiring a Vote

PERSONNEL

06-B864. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Tyeshia Hilbert Tchr.(Grs.1-5)/No. 6 $44,071 9/1/06

06-B865. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Tommy Patterson Inst. Asst./EHS $31,035 9/1/06

06-B866. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Esperanza Anastasio Supv. of Science $95,229 7/1/06

06-B867. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Gerard Bellizzi Tchr.(Science)/BUILD Acad. $50,871 9/1/06

06-B868. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Tricia Foote Tchr.(Soc. Stud.)/EHS $44,071 9/1/06

06-B869. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Aracelis Cruz Perm. Sub./Nos. 11, 13 $32,529 9/1/06

06-B870. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Deonca Williams Tchr.(W.L.)/EHS $42,671 5/30/06

06-B871. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Andrea Cruz Perm. Sub./No. 10 $22,000 9/1/06

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06-B872. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Joseph Fulmore 10

06-B873. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Annette Huntley 10

06-B874. Approved compensation for teachers presenting academic support/social studies interdisciplinary instruction for grades 2, 5 and 6 for the Summer Enrichment Program, at an amount not to exceed $7,920.00:

Ramona Serrano Jacalyn Melchiano Jennifer Ciocco Ilene Cloughley Selemny Ruiz Ann Carlock Maritza Lozada Jenna Goodreau

06-B875. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date DeLane James Tchr.(English)/GFA $44,071 9/1/06

06-B876. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Julie Vysotsky Tchr.(Sp. Ed.)/No. 25 $44,571 9/1/06

06-B877. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Maureen Nicoletti Tchr.(Sp. Ed.)/No. 25 $22,000 9/1/06

06-B879. Approved compensation for instructional assistants working in the Summer Enrichment Program at Schools 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, MLK, EWK, RC, AHA, APA, ULA, NSW, AMS, BUILD, and DAS, at an amount not to exceed $86,400.00:

Aida Mella Hector Ayala Jessica Campos Gail Marrone James Hargrove Jorge Vargas Hephte Ramirez Kamala Murphy Troy Smikle Maria Castaneda Joe Bashkanji Maria Carnero Rosa Olivia Donell Pauldo Judy Walsh Marilyn Hall Nikki Baker Regina Moore Jenny Campos Betsaida Tobler Yvonne Gonzalez Carmen Vasquez

Page 70 7/19/06 Nathalee Fairmon Grace Alcade-Guardia Craig Slepe Juana Noriega Joan Lee Aderonke Otubanjo Shelley Bronson Lisbeth Moran Linda Wojtecki Shirley Arturo Ineam Hamman Marisol Rojas Deborah Hill Lauren Ciuppa Margo Wynn Kathleen Moore Roslyn Walton Michele Moya Carmen Correa Gladys Crespo Carmen Moran Thomas Gladden Haifa AbuGosh Carol Denson Elizabeth Aviles Leticia Glover Anna Verace Dorris Torres Jocelyn Cruz Shirley Alvarez Migdalia Norona Norah Stanojevic Christopher Smith Sheree Williams

06-B880. Approved compensation for teachers working in the Summer Enrichment Program at Schools 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, MLK, EWK, RC, AHA, APA, ULA, NSW, AMS, BUILD, and DAS, at an amount not to exceed $1,150,560.00:

Leyla Abayhan Deborah Abbood Amal Abdelhafez Daniel Abdullah Jack Abo Riad AbuGosh Bahiah Abuharthieh Khamis Aburmeileh Janet Abyad Edwyn Acevedo Gloria Acevedo Javier Acevedo Mathew Acheril Linda Acheson Sandra Acker Patricia Ackershoek Myrna Acosta Wanda Acosta-Asmar Annie Acree Donna Actable Linda Adams Ruth Adams Adenike Adeyinka Natalie Adjokatcjer Gayle Adler Jacob Adopley Gisela Adorno Marisol Afanador Jason Agar Nancy Aguado Holtje Luz Agudelo Alfredo Aguilar Maria Aguilar Nana Agyeman Frank Aita Deborah Ajimobi Olanrewaju Alade Muhanad Alagha Darina Alarcon Melissa Alarcon James Albert Louise Albert Wilnelia Albino Michelle Albritton Maryke Alburg Luisa Alcala Regina Alcalde-Guevara Brigette Aldabbas Ana Alea-Schlichting Victor Alegria Gloria Alejo Adrian Aleman Irene Alesandrelli Kerrah Alexander Marcia Alexander Kristine Alfano Rosarie Alfieri Yolanda Algea Carrie Ali Fatimah Ali Muhammad Ali Nelida Alicea

Page 71 7/19/06 Ahfaf Allan Charlene Allen Deborah Allen Diana Allen Robert Allen Sharon Allen Greta Allen-Thomas Mounir Almaita Nadia Almaita Nicole Almazi Hermes Almeida Irene Alonso-Zottarelli Christine Alsharif Carmen Alva Edna Alvarado-Rey Alexander Alvarez Isaac Alvarez Maximiliano Alvarez Grace Alves Maura Alvino Carol Amato Eugene Amato Karen Amato Noreen Ambrose Bessie Ames Claudia Ames Deanna Amorelli Esperanza Anastasio Pietro Anastasio Martha Anci Mary Andersen Carlene Anderson Helene Anderson Howard Anderson Jeanette Anderson Jesse Anderson Kelly Anderson Marlaina Anderson Robert Anderson Marguerite Andre Elenh Andranidis Jacquelyn Andrews Joseph Andrulli Joseph Andrilli Alberto Angel Linda Angus Barbara Anthony Rosio Antigua Glenn Anton Lauren Anton Betsy Atonoff Luis Apaza Cara Aprile John Aprile Kathy Aprile Geraldine Aquart Cecilia Arango Luis Araoz Alfredo Ardis Vincent Ardis Christine Arena Victor Arencibia Sandra Arlington Brenda Armstrong Felesha Armstrong Lovie Armstrong Carola Arnau Lavinia Arnett Doris Arnett-Gary Tracy Arrieta Marla Arrington Chryssoula Arsenis Lavina Arthur Lou Ann Artigliere Namaty Asfour Frank Asher Steven Ashley Kim Astarita Thomas Atherton Frances Atieh Cynthia Atkins Victoria Aufiero Judith Augustine Sandra Auletta Roni Avidon James Avino Monica Avitabile Cynthia Ayala Samuel Ayres Helen Babits Elizabeth Babones James Bacote Marilena Badea Pamela Bagot Tina Bajrami Henry Baker Michael Baker Yvette Balboa Teresita Baldanza Raymond Baldino Howard Baldwin Michele Ballan Kathleen Ballantine Salvatore Balsamo Rima Bandeli Banmali Banerjee Lashanna Banks Zynide Banks

Page 72 7/19/06 Sheri Banks-Watson Anthony Barbara Melissa Barbi Karen Barbieri Joann Barca Frances Bardino William Barnard Andre Barnes Yasmin Barnes Zakiyyah Barnes Carlton Barnswell Cathleen Baron Anna Barone Melissa Barone Ronald Barone Eva Barr Maria Barrera Belen Barreto Monique Barrise Jacqueline Barth Charles Bartlett Josefa Basalo Francine Bash Swapan Basu Charlie Batchelor Jennifer Batchelor Jose Batista Ingrid Battagliese Bernadine Battle Linda Battle Lisa Bauch Deidre Bauernschmidt Laurie Baukema Charlene Bavaro Ellen Bayley Skye Bayram Jaclyn Bazaz Melissa Beach Theresa Beagin Leslie Beamon Sandra Beasley Deborah Beckerman Rosemary Begyn Michele Behnken Charles Bell Faith Bell Gina Bello Leonilda Bellomo Kathleen Belluardo Michael Belmont Angela Belnome Joyce Belton Marie Bender Joseph Bendziewicz Janet Benfatti Ryan Benford Helen Benicaso Julie Benitez Carmen Benjamin Cathy Bennett Gloria Bennett Melissa Bensh Linda Benson Joseph Benvenuti Amanda Berens Gina Bergen Lynn Bergen Rochelle Berger Beverly Berkowitz Ilysa Berkowitz Yochanan Berkowitz Barbara Berman Catalina Bernal Karen Bernard Denise Bernarducci Richard Bernhardt Orlando Berrios Nadia Berrone Mary Bertino Arlyne Berzak Nellista Bess William Best Ophelia Bethea Penny Bethea Michele Bick Susan Bickoff Anthony Bien-Aime Elaine Bisciotti Charles Bittrolff Phyllis Bivins-Hudson Darryl Black Edward Black Robert Black Brian Blackmore Lynne Blackowski Nancy Blake Kevin Blanchfield Laura Blanco Jodi Bland Sheryl Blankley Lisa Blasi Joann Blauschild Richard Blauvelt Patricia Blayer Julia Blechschmidt Jennifer Bligh Yolanda Blue-Gaskin Norman Blumberg

Page 73 7/19/06 Patricia Boatner Margaret Bogardus Anne Bogdanos Natalie Bogert Delores Boisselle Diane Bolchune Gioino Bonadies Melissa Bonadies Maryjo Bonadonna Russell Bonadonna Peggy Bonds Patricia Bonner Angelo Bonora Louis Bonora Virginia Bonora Nicole Booker Joseph Borchard Celeste Bordino Diane Boscarino Jennifer Bosma Francis Botti Frank Botti George Bottinor Patricia Bouchard Mary Boughton Amy Bowlby Beverly Bowman Renee Boyd Raysa Boyer Anita Bozzo Dorothy Bozzone Sherri Brackett Kathryn Bracy Ann Bradbury Georganna Bradley Jane Bradley Maryann Brand Diana Brandt Natalie Bray Ruth Bray Cynthia Brazer Colleen Breen-Lopez John Brewer Carol Brezsnyak Amelia Bria Sandra Bright-Perry Douglas Bristol Burnice Bristow Christopher Britt Mawiyah Britton Roseann Brizan Gary Brizzi Gina Brizzolara Carol Broda Barbara Brooks Cynthia Brooks Millie Brooks Laura Bross Althea Brown Bree Ann Brown Evadne Brown Kareen Brown Lakeyba Brown Maria Brown Patricia Brown Rosie Brown Steven Brown Ann Brown-Chatman Margaret Browne Harriet Browner Nancy Broyer Luana Bruce Barry Bruckner Dorothy Bruining Kathy Bruno-Davis Sophie Brunson Irene Brunt Bernadette Bryant Jane Buccolo Dorinda Bullaro Vanessa Bunch Roneea Bundick Kashon Burden Alvin Burgess Marquette Burgess Dorothy Burgis Mee Burke Celeste Burton Elizabeth Busnar Claire Bussanick Dorian Butcher Nicole Butcher Oliver Butler Roseann Buttacavoli Kimyetta Bynum Liliane Bzdek Montserrat Caballol-Pascuet Rita Cabani Vicente Cabanillas Cesar Cabrera Cathleen Cahn Patricia Calafiore Marilyn Calamita Thomas Calamita Ruth Calatayud Cayetana Calderon Dinorah Calderon Keith Caldwell

Page 74 7/19/06 David Calizaya Richard Callaway Regina Callegari Alisa Camacho Carol Cammon Priscilla Campagna Joan Campbell David Campe Barbara Campisi Julia Campo Tara Campos Vincente Campos Vivian Campos Elaine Canellos Jaime Cangialosi Fadime Cangoz Darcia Cangro Jennifer Cannataro Mark Cannon Myriam Cano Alexis Canonico Angela Cantatore Jane Canzano Rose Capalbo Sonja Capers Marianna Capobianco Roseann Capone Robin Capoor Louis Capozzi Nancy Capriglione Robin Caprio Jane Capter Jennifer Caputo Alexa Caraballo Ivette Caraballo Jean Caraccio Lisa Caramagna-Susino Jonna Caramico Carolyn Cardell Ann Carino Teresa Carino Adriana Carlin Ann Carlock Tara Carlucci Robert Carnicella Linette Caroselli Arthur Carpenter Patricia Carr Sheila Carrasquillo Domenico Carriero Gilbert Carrillo Nina Carrington Raymond Carroll Robert Carter Shi-kia Carter Chyrell Carter-Mason Kevin Carty Jessica Carvente Annette Casabona Belinda Casais-McBride Joann Cascamo Elizabeth Cascio Sandra Caserta Ysabel Casilla Timothy Caspare Anthony Cassisi Clarissa Castelli Miosotis Castillo Blanca Castro Maria Castro Miguel Castro Shakira Catoe Catherine Cavallo Luis Cedano Maria Cefalo Heidi Cella Cara Centurione Christina Cerone Cheryl Chadderton Karabi Chakrabarti Virginia Chandless John Chapman Patricia Chapman Jean-Gresset Charles Kelly Charles Niechette Charles Trenace Charles Deborah Charreun-Castano Areli Chavez Evelio Chavez Jorge Chavez Lauren Chavis-Ferrer Louella Cheatham Joseph Cheff Barbara Chelak-Bourque Barbara Cheon Irene Cheski John Chestnut Thaddeus Chestnut Udetta Chestnut-Garache Johana Chica Emily Chin Barbara Chiodo Sheila Chlupsa Lee Chong Mahzabeen Choudhury Nazmul Choudhury Anita Christian

Page 75 7/19/06 Laurel Christos Mei Chung Alaric Chuy Jorge Chuy Joshua Chuy Maria Chuy Ruth Ciaramella Jean Ciarleglio Dawne Ciarleglio-Brown Nicole Cicalo Mary Cinquino Anibal Cintron Jennifer Ciocco Ivania Cioffi Marie Cioletti Marianne Cirelli Stefanie Cirillo Dana Cironi Jill Cisneros Catherine Clark Dolores Clark John Clark Kristin Clark Clara Clarke Arlena Clayton Diane Cleary Renee Cleaves Theresa Cleaves Wanda Cleaves Eugene Clegg Laura Clemente Michelle Clements Carmen Clinton Rosemary Clive Ilene Cloughley Lori Cobb John Cobos Lauren Cocca Concetta Cocchiola Barbara Cockfield Winston Codling Mercy Cody Marie Coffaro Beverly Cohen Debra Cohen Thaddeus Cohn Carmen Coldiron Lauretta Cole Connie Coleman Enid Collazo Elizabeth Collins-Charles Karon Collins Marquetta Collins Shawn Collins Magda Colon Maria Colon Nylda Colon Frank Colvin Kathleen Comer Joann Compesi Gina Compitello Biagio Conforti Eleanor Conklin William Conlee Denise Connon Patricia Connors David Conroy Karen Conroy Mary Conroy Nancy Constable Janice Conte Sandra Conte Joseph Contini Anna Contuzzi Julie Conway Gary Cooper Jean Cooper Maureen Cooper Shamika Cope Deborah Corbo Janette Cordero Marianne Cornell Charles Coronato Bruce Corrado Jane Corrado Jose Correa Nancy Correa Noralba Correa Stacy Correale Rosemarie Cortese Cathy Cosenza Ailyn Costa Patricia Costarelli Wendy Costello Florita Cotto Candice Cotton Barbara Counts Steven Covacci Annette Coward Deborah Cox Wendy Cox Cheryl Coy Inger Cozart Russell Craig Lincoln Crane Suzanne Crane Heather Crawford Heather A. Crawford

Page 76 7/19/06 Antonette Crismale Angela Crockett Arnez Crockett Kathleen Cronin Anita Cronk Mary Crooms Lou Ann Crotty Lauren Crowley Lori Crudup Jesenia Cruz Jorge Cruz Joselyn Cruz Wanda Cruz Rose Cuevas Margaret Culmone Claire Cupo Giovanni Cusmano Helen Cyr Francesco D’Amelio Lori D’Amelio Deanne D’Imperio Nancy Dacunto Valerie Dade Thomas Dahab Cynthia Dailey Kristen Dailey Edward Dale Raed Dandan Cheryl Daniel Jannette Daniels Roselyn Daniels Florence Daniels-Jackson\ Lauretta Darden Samantha Darden Barbara Dardia Catherine Dargento Diana Daszewski Lorraine Daugherty Ann Davaris Cynthia Davenport-Freeman Mercy David Temitope David Barry Davidson Marlene Davidson Norcliffe Davidson Carrie Davis Cora Davis Donald Davis Donna Davis Gregory Davis Jennifer Davis Jill Davis Kelvin Davis Kenneth Davis Rashad Davis Shenita Davis Esther Daw Janet Dawson Cynthia De Angelo Kay De Angelo Lisa De Angelo Lorraine De Angelo Vincenza DeCaro Gerald De Cola Teresa De Fabrizio Dawn De Fillipo Angela De Leon Linda De Luccia Joanna De Marco Lori De Marco Joanne De Martinis Bruce De Mott Alexander De Negri Gayle De Nicola Linda De Oliveira Cheryl De Pascale Luz De Patino Adrienne De Rose Carol De Ryder Beverly De Salvo James De Sopo Michele De Vito George Dearani Jennifer Decker Robin Decter Michelle Defrancisci Jennifer Del Colle Nina Dl Collo Nancy Del Mauro Andrea Del Prete Waldetrudis Del Valle Ruth Dela Paz Theresa Delano Carmen Delgado Luis Delgado Maria Delgado Rosaly Delgado Karen Delillo Nicole Della Valle Joanne Della Volpe Steven Delpome Carla Deltoro Rosemary Deluccia Denise Demaio Theresa Demaria Francisco Demiguel Bruce DeMolli Melissa DeMolli

Page 77 7/19/06 Mary DeMoor Ronnie Denburg Helen Dennis Susanna Denude Darcel Deodato Anthony Depasquale Dana Deperi Nancy Desalvo Norma Desalvo Rachel Deutsch Suzanne Deutsch Frank Devivo Mark Di Giacomo Teresa Di Luzio Linda Di Muro Pamela Di Prima Marie Dias Melaika Dias Betsy Diaz Diana Diaz Katherine Diaz Michael Diaz Geralyn Dickinson Jennifer Dickson Helida DiGiacomo Peter DiGiacomo Denece DiGioia Ronald Dillon Mary Dimaria Mary Ann Dimaria Lillian Dimartino Debra Dimitrion Hava Dinc Diana Dine-Matos John Dipetrillo Steven Disebastian Amelia Distasio Danielle Dittmer Linda Dixon Ruth Dixon Jennifer Doherty Roseann Dolan Peter Dolese Andrew Domicolo Joan Donnelly Kathleen Donnelly Susan Donnelly Kathleen Donohue Kerry Donza Gloria Dorino Liliana Dougherty Christopher Douglass Christopher Downs Doreen Doyle Mary Ellen Doyle Mary Ellen Draheim Theresa Druitt Samantha Drummond Penny Du Bose Michele Dubester Marianne DuBois Kerry Ducharme Vivian Dudley Denise Duffy Paul Duncan Celeste Dunham Crystal Dunlap Renee Dunston-Onuoha David Dupiche Nicole Dupree Ariel Duran Melissa Duran-Gencarelli Doreen Durando Jana Durando Elizabeth Duvernay Andria Dziekan Winnie Earle Milena Eason Thomas Easterbrook Marie Easton Kenneth Eatman Angelique Eatman-Michel Jacqueline Ebanks June Eckardt Jeanette Edwards Leonor Egusquiza Annemarie Ehler Abdelhamid Eid Omoluwa Eimakhu Nurcan Ekici Caliph El Sara Elabed Tolosa Noha Elashri LoraElia Lester Elleby Robert Elmezzi Candice Elmore Annette Elton Jacqueline Emma Debra Emolo Marcy Emont Reginald English Jerry Engstrom Patrice Enyart Simonetta Erb Heather Erickson Frances Ermi Linda Ernst

Page 78 7/19/06 Maureen Errity Janet Espinosa Kathy Esquiche Ronald Esquiche Kelly Esser-Vasile Glory Essiet Dany Estupinan Zalika Etienne David Eugene Richard Evans Dewitt Evering Caroline Ewan Leah Fabian Christopher Fabor Ivonne Fadel Tahia Fahmy Ivett Falcon Debra Falek Sharon Falzo Marc Fanelli Beth Farina Jean Farkas Renee Farley Denise Fatica Falilat Fatiregun Diana Fatovic Anna Fattorusso Michael Fede Kimberly Fedo Nikki Feeny Marvin Feil Jeffrey Feinstein Dorothy Feldman Emily Feldman Nanette Felice Rosalind Feliciano Sergia Felix Norkin Feliz Pamela Felz Joseph Feoli Rocio Fernandez Carolyn Ferrante Patricia Ferrarella Esther Ferraro Ruth Ferraro Louis Ferrazzano Charles Ferrer Celeste Ferrera Vilma Ferreri Angeolina Ferreyra David Ferrier Nicole Ferriola Paula Fiedel Marvin Fields Rosalie Fields-Odigbo Cynthia Fierro Mary Fierro Nicholas Fierro Alice Filipelli John Findura Toni Fiorello Giovanna Fiorilla Lucia Fiorillo Barbara Firrincilia Tara Fisher Melody Fitzgerald Michele Flagg Angela Flaherty Karen Flaherty Frances Fleischer Joseph Fleissner Kelly Fleming Patricia Fletcher Cynthia Flores Richard Flores Barbara Flynn Alva Fogle Kathleen Foley Maria Fonseca Paul Fontanella Debra Foody Brian Forbes Michael Forbes Chris-Ann Forchette Brianne Ford Johanna Forfia Elizabeth Forfia-O’Neill Mary Forsatz Kathryn Fox Barrett Melissa Fox Robert Fox Maria Francisco Jo Anne Franco Matthew Franklin Jean Frankoski Natalia Frankoski Peter Frankoski Petrina Frankoski Angela Fraser Teresa Fraser Tiffany Frazier Kim Freeman Verraina Freeman Pamela Frega Javier Fresse Ellen Frey Francine Friedman Marlene Friedman

Page 79 7/19/06 Denise Frullo Nicole Fuller Cheyenne Fulmore Sherry Fulmore-Murray Jessica Fultz Yuk Fung Frank Funiciello Antoinette Fusaro Patricia Fusaro Marie Gagliardi Frances Gagliardo Lisa Gagliardo Joseph Gagnon Bianca Gaibrois Joseph Gaita Elaine Gaitanis Judy Gajadhar Jane Gakuo Beatrice Galatin Olympia Galeos Lori Galiano Maritza Galindo Bairis Galitz Virginia Galizia Kelly Gallagher Maryann Gallagher Dianne Gallina Domenica Gallipoli Alfred Gallo Crystal Gallo Santiago Gamarra Stephen Gambuti Arlenny Garcia Lourdes Garcia Lynette Garcia Manuel Garcia Maria Garcia Marielle Garcia Mayra Garcia Rafael Garcia Ramona Garcia Richard Garcia Sandra Garcia Silvia Garcia Surabhi Garg Vermadeine Garner Kristina Garnett Jennifer Garofalo Kenneth Garrabrant Pamela Gary Ayanna Gass Michelle Gates Trista Gatti-Korsak Elizabeth Gaughan Leppert Wrathell Gause Raquel Gauthier Nancy Gavel Lisa Gayet Dara Gelerter Barry Gelman Joseph Genarrelli Denise Generals Saundra Generals Toni Gennarelli Lucia Gentile Steven Gerard Sarah Gerdes Susan Gerding Alyson Gerladis Elizabeth Geron Rosemary Gerry Nathaniel Gerson Stacy Gersten David Geshwendt Maria Gethins Vertricia Ghee Rosemary Giannotta Colleen Giarrusso Barbara Gibbons Margaret Gibbons Janelle Giblin Karen Giblin Denise Gibson Marie Giegerich Jessie Giella Patricia Giesler Paul Giglio Felix Gil Ronna Gilbert Julie Gill Lizandaa Gillespie Donna Gilmore Lindsay Giordano Levette Glanton Diane Glass Mariann Glassberg Arlene Glassman Melanie Glassman Shirley Glaubach Lena Glenn Susan Glick Richard Glueck Courtney Goch Thomasena Goddard Jennifer Godfrey Marisol Goenaga Richard Goffman Alan Goldberg

Page 80 7/19/06 Hilda Goldberg Jason Goldberg Joan Goldberg Theresa Golz Antonio Gomez Patricia Gomez-Korac Jacqueline Gonzalez Jose Gonzalez Karen Gonzalez Mabel Gonzalez Sandralis Gonzalez Victoria Gonzalez Ada Gonalez-Delgado Ana Gonzalez-Martingale Evelyn Goodlett Eva Goodman Jenna Goodreau John Goralski Michael Gordon Patricia Gordon Rayna Gorga Beverly Gorovoy Charlotte Gorun Wallace Gould Yelena Gould Vicky Goulis Maureen Gourley Christopher Graber Barbara Graham Jill Graham Timothy Graham Olga Grajales Teresa Granata Doris Gray Joanne Graziano Rose Greco Janice Green Pamela Green Helaine Geenberg Tanya Greene Anna Greenough Deborah Greenspan Roberta Grenan Michele Grevesen Joseph Grich Patricia Grieco Mayra Grieder Pamela Griffin Brenda Grillo John Grimes Louise Grollman Debra Grossman Pamela Grosso Daniel Grullon Susan Gruppuso Helen Guarente Christina Guarneri Joanna Guarneri Denise Gueci Ronny Guerra Rose Guerrero Anthony Guerrieri Nabil Guketlov Sharon Gurecki Vincent Gurnari David Gurrieri Jeffrey Gutt David Guy Gloria Guzman Ines Guzman Ramona Guzman Joyce Haas Shawn Hackett Violla Haddad Jay Hagedorn Thomas Haggerty Judy Haglund Renata Haila Dana Hailstock-LaGarde Ryan Haimer Patricia Haliskoe Atlanta Hall Ingrid Hall Jamal Hall Judith Hall Monique Hall Reggie Hall Justin Hallberg Brian Halsey Juanita Hameed Sharleen Hamilton Doreen Hamond Debra Hammond-Barnes Nicole Hampson Lili Han Louise Hanania Pamela Hance Sharon Hancock Isabella Handcock Tanya Haney-Miller Marian Hanna Paula Hanna Rola Hannoush Kathleen Hanrahan John Hansen Theresa Hansen Annie Hardiman Carolyn Harding

Page 81 7/19/06 Melba Hardison Leslie Harmony Marianne Harms Constance Harrell Tammy Harrell-Simmons Carmela Harris Darryl Harris Gwendolyn Harris Ismari Harris Leiah Harris Nicolle Harris Todd Harris Lakresha Harris-Hodge Helen Harrison Patricia Harsell Lawrence Hart Denise Hartung Calvin Harvell Marlene Harvey Patricia Harvey Rebecca Harvey Bibi Hassan Carolyn Haussler Lida Havel Maureen Havlusch Lacey Haywood Jehad Hazin Jaimie Headley Carol Healy Paul Healy Peter Healy Kenya Hearns Nicole Hearon Josephine Heberling Barry Hecht Stephanie Hecht Christine Hedquist Dana Hellegers Kristen Heller Denise Hemingway Meredith Hemphill Dorothy Henderson Gayle Henderson Lucille Henderson Frances Hennen Kathleen Hennessy Ana Henriquez Brenda Henry Fred Henry Kanene Henry Laneeka Henry Vernon Henry Michael Henzel Dorothea Hepsen Anel Hernandez Carlos Hernandez Edwin Hernandez Ivette Hernandez Jaime Hernandez Jessica Hernandez Julian Hernandez Norma Hernandez Charlene Hershbain Makeida Hewitt Carmen Heyaime Shahin Heydari Helen Hickmon Linda Hicks Margaret Hicks Karen Hicks-Patterson Christopher Hiel Ryan Higgins Eman Hijjawi Freida Hilbert Beverly Hill Claire Hill Eddie Hill Keisha Hill Sandra Hill Shakeena Hill Patricia Hillas Gail Hillman Antoinette Hindie Marva Hinds Reganne Hinton Samantha Hinton Therese Hipkins John Hiras Rosalind Hirschberg Judith Hjembo Carolyn Hobbs Faith Hodges Tantanya Hodges Danielle Hoffman Sherry Hoffman Kelly Hogans Charla Holder Yasmin Holguin Terry Hollender Linda Holley Marilyn Holloway Pamela Holloway Michele Holmes Theresa Holmes Christine Holmes-Bussey Elizabeth Hook Nancy Hooten Laura Hope

Page 82 7/19/06 Mary Hoppe Gayle Hopps Milt Horowitz Nancy Horowitz Glenn Houthuysen Estelle Howard Mary Howard Michelle Howe James Howell Laura Howson Deborah Hric Hebert Huachaca Eloy Huamanchumo Soraya Huamanchumo Deborah Huffin Michael Hunt Larry Hurtado Carolyn Hussain Joyce Huster Anna Iandoli Nanci Ianzano Mahmoud Ibrahim Mary Ibrahim Roberto Inclan Yamira Infante Daria Interdonato Aida Irizarry Anne Irving Ferida Itez Tyrone Iton Michele Iuele Mitchell Izenberg Charlene Izone Maria Izquierdo Rosemarie Izzi Lorraine Jackman James Jackson Renee Jackson Ronald Jackson William Jackson Ellen Jackson-Davis Beth Jacobs Paula Jacobs Sandra Jacubowski Rayhan Jalil Pamela James Raquel James Shaunta James Vandana Jani Barbara Jarosz Aaron Jasper Marcy Jatovsky Jennifer Jaworowski Brenda Jemal Joanne Jemas Sahar Jendi Allison Jenkins Carey Jenkins Carolyn Jenkins Deborah Jenkins Nellie Jenkins Margaret Jerchower Jacquelyn Jeter Casilda Jewell Cynthia Jimenez Wilda Jimenez Gina Johnson John Johnson Kimberly Johnson Lillian Johnson Susan Johnson Donovan Jonah Anthony Jones Benny Jones Cynthia Jones Daniel Jones Darryl Jones Etta Jones Jacqueline Jones Julie Jones Kiai Jones Lance Jones Leslie Jones Pegeen Jones Shirley Jones Sophie Jones Sylvia Jones Natalie Jordan Robin Josey-Gaskin Gerardo Joven Kathleen Joyce James Joyner Melvin Joyner Naomi Juame Pamela Jung Gary Kabbash Anita Kajajian Lena Kalayjian Melih Kalebek Thea Kalivas Judith Kalmanson Lynn Kamen Esther Kamenetsky Mary Kaminski Carol Kane Michael Kane Tara Kane Karen Kanter

Page 83 7/19/06 Rachyl Kaplan Sigal Kaplan Deirdre Karcher Loralee Karcich Keith Karsian John Kasich Tracy Kassteen Samira Kat Madiha Katao Zizy Katat Dina Kataw-Aidabole Steven Katz Nancy Kavanagh Kathryn Kay Isabelle Kayal Cassandra Kearney Erin Kearney John Kearney Linda Kearney Tara Kearney Tina Kearney Kathryn Keene Robert Kehoe Dorothy Kelder Daniel Kelleher Robbin Keller Valerie Kelley Colleen Kelly Kathleen Kelly Laurie Kelly Nicki Kelly Priscilla Kelly Ryan Kelly William Kelter Anne Kempner Alexander Kennedy Fawn Kennedy Heru Keonte Christine Keppel Donna Kerwien Donna Kestecher Mohamed Khairullah Omar Khalil Shkeirra Khan Barbara Kiel James Kilgour Denis Kilian Sheila Killoran Sunjoo Kim Barbara Kimberlin Emma Kimbrough Lakisha Kincherlow-Warren Alessandra King Bruce King Jennifer King Wilson King Nalan Kiper Eve Kiraga Karen Kirby Sharon Kirkman Aida Kitchen Jennifer Kittner-Shenman Amy Klein Perla Kleinendorst Yvette Kless Jonathan Kliegman William Kline Annette Kline Howard Kline Michelle Kline Wesley Kline Tobi Knehr Christine Kober Mirtha Koch Wada Koch Sharon Kochis Dawn Koetting Gloria Kohler Laurie Koistra Lynn Kolb Joseph Kolinsky Amanda Konecny Rosa Kopic Zoran Korach Gada Korayim Wynfield Kornreich Sharon Kosak David Kott Beverley Kovach Debra Kownacki Mariat Kozrosh Daniel Krankel Tina Krankel Cheryl Krapohl Edward Krawczyk Nikki Kreitz Lori Kress Donna Krieger Lorraine Krieger Michele Krill Maryellen Krisak Lale Kuday Kathryn Kuebler Margaret Kuipers-Sawyer Kathleen Kulbe Jacob Kulik Zineta Kupi Jane Kustin

Page 84 7/19/06 Lesia Kuzman John Kuzviwanza Leigh Ann Kwiecinski Tara La Motta Elizabeth La Rosa Mary La Sala Martine La Sassa Jose Lachappel Carmen Lagatol Meryl Lagos Virginia Lagos Serge Laguerre Paul Lake Paula Lakind Amy Lalonde Linda Lalugba Susan Lamanna Angela Lamartino Hilary Lambert Guglielmo Lami Alexandra Lamont Linda Lande-Brown Patricia Landeira Brent Landers Jaime Landis Mary Landowski Tammy Lane Peter Langston Webster Langston Mary Lantigua Melanio Lantigua Koan Lantka Beverly Lape Kristie Lara Olga Lara Amanda Larrauri Arthur Larro Linda Larwa Chris Laskowich Amber Lassiter Florine Lathan Joann Laudi Michelle Lauren Clara Lavergne Colleen Lavorgna Steven Lavorgna Coretta Lawrence Kathleen Lawrence Alfreda Lawrence-Williams Daryl Laws Brenda Lawson Russell Layne James Le Count Dori Le Grand Christmas Lillian Leathers Christine Leber Natasha Ledbetter-Smith Kathleen Lederer Mary Ledgard Annabelle Lee Claudia Lee Darlene Lee Dawn Lee Jessica Lee Linette Lee Vera Lee Jacqueline Leestma Amy Lefanto Fay Leicht Jane Lenosky Janet Lentz Carol Leonard-Kunzig Juan Leonardo Joseph Leonelli Marie Leonessa Raymond Leopizzi Belkis Lepiani Linda Leprotto Robert Leprotto Sue Leshno Brenda Leslie Kara Leslie Edward Lesser Wayne Levante Elaine Levendusky Michael Levine Debra Levy-Robbins Christopher Lewis Linda Lewis Shaheed Lewis Laura Leyva-Pakovics Anthony Licamara Edward Lichon Jean Lifshotz Sylvia Ligon Anna Liguori Julissa Liguori Karen Liguori Patricia Liguori Christopher Lindsey Eric Lindstrom Patricia Lionetti Lourdes Liriano Annette Lisa Donna Lisanti Adele Lisowski Susan Little Joseph Livecchi

Page 85 7/19/06 Ricardo Llanos Joanna Llinas Marika Lobue Arlene Locicero Gizele Locke Diana Lockner Sharon Loder Beatrice Loftus Theresa Logan Nancy Loxman Craig Lombardi Nicholas Lombardi Tracey Lombardo Miguel Londono Antonia Longo Yesenia Lopez Rodriguez Hortencia Lopez Jaime Lopez Janice Lopez Laura Lopez Lillian Lopez Miriam Lopez Alan Lorber Enrique Lorenzo Mercedes Lorenzo Teresa Lorenzo Julie Lorman Tracy Lotto Mary Anne Louis Matilde Louro Darlene Love Nicole Lovell David Lowe Milene Loyola Connie Lozada Maritza Lozada Yvette Lozanski Nancy Lucas Robert Luciano Andrea Luckey Magda Ludena Mary Ludlum Daniel Ludwig Janet Ludwig Carlos Lugo Lillian Lugo Mildred Lugo Marina Lugovoy Laura Luhrs Richard Lutz Ray Lyde, Jr. Jalyn Lyde Elizabeth Lydon So-Yoon Lym Robert Lynch Patsy Lynch Joanne Lyons Marlene Lyons Edward Mabel Karen Mack Judith Maclean-Bruffy Robert Macneal Sandra Macolino Susanne Madani Ivan Madjar Lorraine Madsen Kathleen Maged Nicole Mahan Patrick Mahon Andrew Maira Tangy Major Fred Makofka Claire Malachowski Anthony Malanga Barbara Malawer Ruben Maldonado Linda Male Robin Malone Shannon Malone Carol Maloney Mark Maloney Diane Malzone Celeste Mancinelli John Mancinelli Valerie Mancinelli Joan Mandel Joshty Mangalathil Lucile Mankovich Fatima Mansur Elaine Manteiga Lourdes Mantilla Jaclyn Manzo Judy Manzo Luisa Maquiera Phyllis Maragh Evangeline Marcelin Ramona Marchal-Serrano Cynthia Marchese Diane Marchese Lori Marchese Annabelle Marco John Marcus Simone Marcus Melissa Margaritis Mary Margavitz Donna Marino Laurinda Marino Salvatore Marino

Page 86 7/19/06 Linda Markert Katherine Marks William Marotta Evelyn Marquez Patricia Marra Maryann Marren Joseph Marte Olive Martin Tara Martin Anissa Martin-Conyers Blanca Martinez Casimira Martinez Catherine Martinez Dora Martinez Joy Martinez Marina Martinez Mirca Martinez Olga Martinez Ana Martinez-Ruiz Madelyn Martinez-Valdes Robert Marton Bridget Marvel Michael Mason Suad Masri Jeanne Massaro Jeanette Masse-Quentzel Roselle Mastrogiovanni Rosemarie Mastroieni Maria Matano Dino Matesic Ann Mathews Wanda Mathis-Brown Patricia Matthews Jahmeelah Mattocks Dwayne Maultsby Alicia Maury Isabelle Mayer Lisa Mayer Andrew Mayewski Alicia Mayo Lattisha Mayo Joseph Mazur Nancy Mazur Judith Mazur-Shivy Martha Mazzone Candice Mc Auliffe Betty McCann Mark Mc Clam Cedenia McCollum Marianne Mc Coshen Angela McCran Warren Mc Dowell Keith McElroy John Mc Entee Barbara Mc Entyre Richard Mc Ginnis Sherron Mc Goldrick Mary Mc Guire Corinne Mc Keever Moses Mc Kenzie Joann Mc Kinney Hazel Mc Cleod Mary Mc Neill Lee Mc Nulty Nylka McQueen-Jeffries Michelle McAnuff Mary McCaffrey Marianne McCarthy Lauren McCartney Carolyn McCauley Vanessa McClure Tonya McCombs Joanne McCoy Herbert McCutcheon Sheena McDermott Myra McDonald Natalie McGuire Sandra McKay-Gaston Robert McKee Kathleen McKeever Joan McKeon John McKeon Misty McKethan Vicki McKiernan Shakia McKinney Gwendolyn McKinney-Duncan Joyce McKnight Judith McLead Michael McMahon Edward McManus Myesha McMillan Craig McPhee Mary Meara-McAdams Stephanie Mearizo Monifa Mears-Greer Angela Medina Clara Medina Roxanne Medina Wanda Medina Elley Meilker Donna Meisberger Toby Melabed Jaclyn Melchiano Peter Melchiano Wilfredo Melendez Elio Melli Raul Menar Norma Menchon

Page 87 7/19/06 Mark Mendelsohn Ileana Mendez John Mendez Marni Mendez Nelson Mendez Fidelina Mendoza Nubia Mendoza Sarah Mendoza-Birth Lynn Menna Anthony Menzel Reina Mercado Gayle Merritt Raul Mesa Ada Messano Ernest Messina Linda Metaxas Darroll Meyer Lisa Meyer Joseph Meyers Lyudmila Mezrina Jacqueline Micari-Christiano Lonnie Mickens Arlene Mierop Mary Ann Mikardos Tatiana Mikhailosky Matthew Miktus Leonard Miller Loretta Miller Lucia Miller Mildred Miller Sharon Miller Silvia Miller Steven Miller Maria Milligan Greta Mills Wilfred Mills Gretchen Minadeo Michael Mincey Joann Minichino Lecia Minor Darlene Mintz Shellian Mirander Victor Mizzone Caroline Moat Mocco Audrey Sylwia Mokry Teresa Mola Sarai Molina William Molloy Suzanne Mon Sophia Monchrieffe Christina Mongelli Patricia Mongelli Rosanna Mongelli Thomas Mongelli Linda Monnett Alberta Monroe Patricia Montalto Mildred Montalvo Sandra Montanez-Diodonet Sandra Monteagudo Maria Montes Sarah Moody Carol Moore Gary Moore Lillie Moore Lorene Moore Paris Moore Julio Mora Kathy Moraino Jeannette Morales Luz Morales Veronica Moran Diane Morano Alma Morel Donna Morello Rosemary Moreno Helen Morgenstern Bethsaida Morillo Barbara Moro Ann Morris Stephanie Morris-Roberts Irene Morrison Vashti Mosby Helene Moscarell Karen Moskal Lester Mossler Judith Mott Jennifer Motta Harry Mount Mohamed Moustafa Veronica Mower David Moyer Nadia Mrozowski Cheryl Mucci Evelyn Mueller Dawn Mugno Dolores Mugno Jane Mulder Anne Marie Mule Frank Mulhern Anita Muller Patricia Muller Deanna Mullica Joseph Mulligan Elissa Mulvihill Emily Munge Matilde Muniz

Page 88 7/19/06 Aida Munoz Betsy Munoz Jeanne Murgolo James Murphy Laurene Murphy Bernadette Murray Karen Murray Maria Murray Robynne Murray Nicole Musarra Matthew Muscari Gayle Musnikow Bassima Mustafa Nancy Mustrat Pius Musyoka Jessica Muzzio-Rentas Kolleen Myers Susan Nabas Inthumathy Nadarajah Sandra Nadeau Gary Nafash Girija Nagaraja Yvonne Nambe Gloria Naparano Gerald Napoleone Vincent Napoleone Claudia Narvaez Terry Nashville Joanne Nasto Dorothy Natale Stephanie Nauta Omar Navarro Bridget Naveira Mary Nazareth Gloria Nazario James Ndukwe Richele Neal Vernon Nealy Camille Nebus Stephen Nebus Danelle Nelson Hettie Nelson Raymond Nelson Marjory Nenadich Tiaheshia Nero Deborah Neubauer Linda Neubauer Arthur Neufeld Alicia Neuman-Joel Daniel Neuvirth Paulette Newby Daniel Newman Virginia Newman Cathy Newton Bonnie Nicholas Narlin Nicholas Natasha Nichols Wendy Nickl Edgard Nieves Aqila Noble Amanda Nocella Nicole Nolan Gail Nolton Kristan Norgrove Jacquelyn Norman Michael Norman Teresa Norman Joanna Norton Janice Notte Tina Nucci Ebenezer Nukpezah Fernando Nunez Kenia Nunez Nilsa Nunez Yudelis Nunez Yudelki Nunez Maureen O’Connor Joyce O’Sullivan Marlene O’Connell William O’Connor Mary Ann O’Gorman Jennifer O’Hare Stephen O’Kane Glenda O’Koro Lauretta O’Neill Derek Oates Theresa Oates Dua Obeidallah Connie Oblige Michele Ocasio Patrice Occidentale Nina Odatalla John Oguje Nwakozoh Remi Okafor Paulina Olivares Rachael Oliver Roger Oliver Modestino Olivero Erika Oliveros Michael Ollo Nicole Olsen Patricia Olsen Jacqueline Ondimu Lynn Oneil Robert Onischuk Emma Ordonez Claudia Orlando Govanni Ormaeche

Page 89 7/19/06 Jeanmarie Orso Alexandra Ortega Eugenia Ortega Luis Ortega Susan Ortega Ann Ortez Ramon Ortiz Laura Osback Carrie Osborne Barbara Oslizly Darlene Osofsky Luis Osorio Dawn Osowsky Susan Otero Anna Oziablo Karen Pabst Michael Paciga Gary Pagan Gloria Page Johan Palacio Michelle Palko Helen Pallesen Grisel Panchery Jacqueline Panico George Pantos Nickie Papastavrinoudis Joanne Paradise Ana Parajon Joseph Pardine Karen Pardo Rosanna Paris Hyunjin Park Evelyn Parker Jody Parker Tara Parker Nanette Parnham Mary Pasquariello Stella Pasquariello Beverly Passaro Akshay Patel Holly Patell Pamela Paternoster Vinod Pathare Rodrigo Patino Debra Patscher Joseph Patscher Debra Patsel Carrie Patterson Kellie Patterson Renee Patterson Yudelnia Paula Kathleen Pavey Steven Pawlowski Dawna Pazant Nancy Pearce Ava Pearl-Moldoff Heather Pearson Tracy Pearson Diane Pearson-Wilkins Robin Pelham Melissa Pellegrino Aileen Pellettiere Anna Pellosie Denise Pelosi Gail Pelosi Lorie Pemberton Maria Pena Herbert Penaherrera Lois Penny Mary Jane Peralta Dolores Pereira Gloria Pereira Axel Perez Iris Perez Ismari Perez Kristian Perez Lois Perez Madalyn Perez Magaly Perez Zuleima Perez Jeanette Pernis Mary Perrotta Floyd Perry Joan Perry Karen Perry Lynette Perry Winston Persad Harold Persuad Bettye Peterson Marcia Peterson Melissa Petraccoro Dante Petretti Michelle Petriello Evelyn Petrow Kathleen Petrow Anna Petrullo Lisa Petsu-Lagunes Joann Pezzano Laura Phillips Quana Phillips Andy Phinn Joanne Picatello John Piccoli Carolyn Piccolo Salvatore Picinich Ivan Piedra Vicente Piedra Beverly Piekema

Page 90 7/19/06 Joseph Piela John Piepoli Mary Pillarella Julio Jose Pina Donna Pincus Carmine Pindilli Sandra Pine Jo-Ann Pinheiro Christine Pini Gloria Pinkos Celia Pino-Morales Michele Pio James Piombino Ethel Pipkin Todd Pipkin Alexandra Pirard Donna Piroino Lorraine Pirro Carolyn Pisacreta Patrick Pitcher Ilia Pizarro Rafaela Pizarro Janice Platt Vaughn Platt Rosa Pluchino James Plunkett Deborah Pohl Randi Pointer Omar Polanco Lorraine Polding James Polizzotto Randi Pollack Erik Polo Michele Polo Lisa Polzer Eliu Pomales Karen Pomerantz John Pomponio Maureen Poncelet-Delsole Lourdes Pop Kathleen Popadics Patricia Popadics Thomas Popewiny Patricia Popovich Michelle Porcelli Peter Portas Diana Portelli Lisa Portelli Donald Powell Julie Powell Pamela Powell Leeann Powner Nancy Poznanski Rebecca Prashnik-Rosenfeld Jill Precel Mary Prendergast Patricia Prentice Janie Prescott Shelton Prescott Joan Pressburger Helene Prevosti Antoinette Price Lisa Priddy Diane Pride Juana Pritchard Laura Pritchard Elsie Pritchett Alejandro Profet Carla Propersi Debra Prosinski Voula Psarros Michael Pudup Lorenzo Puertas Carolyn Pugh Tyrone Pugh Valerie Purciello William Pursley Aida Purtscher Dorothy Puryear Alfred Quaynor Kaela Quince Kelvin Craig Quince John Quinn Zacha Quiroga Elena Quispe Raul Quispe Marlen Rabanales Fidelina Racanelli Jessie Rack Michael Radoian Alyssa Radomski Natalija Radunovic Heather Rafferty Timothy Raimondo Harriet Rakowitz Kenrick Ramdath David Ramirez Diana Ramirez Joshua Ramos Lisa Ramos Maria Ramos Ruben Ramos Andrea Randion Jannelle Randion Linda Rando Joseph Ranieri Carrie Rapaport Helaine Rapkin

Page 91 7/19/06 Kristy Rau Roselyn Rauch Yolanda Ravelo Douglas Rayot Heather Raywood Nancy Reading Alma Reavis Peter Rebovich Lorraine Redding Ann Reed Christina Reeves Kristin Regina Sharon Reibel Thomas Reichert Elizabeth Reifman Debbie Reiher Donata Reilly Kenneth Reilly Michael Reilly Timothy Reilly Jerome Rella Peter Rendina Libardo Rendon Kathleen Renegar Michael Renn Debrah Resnick Lee Resnick Amy Reyes Fernando Reyes Vivian Reyes Karen Reynolds Nicole Reynolds Hector Reynoso Gilbert Rhein Kathleen Rhein Judith Rhodes Patricia Ricciardi Kara Rice Judith Rich Violet Richards Cynthia Richardson Ida Richardson Sondra Richardson Judith Richter Kristen Richter Clara Rico Kathleen Ridings Jason Rieder Jill Riker Mary Riley Karen Rinaggio Samatha Rinbrand James Ring Robin Ringer Lisa Rios-Otto Susanne Ripley Elizabeth Rivas Carmen Rivera Jennie Rivera Jose Rivera Maria Rivera-Carvalho Frances Rivera-Lopez Gladys Rivera-Morales Andre Rivers John Rizzo Patricia Rizzo Etta Rizzuto Robert Roach Kiakoma Roberts Tamara Roberts Deborah Robinson Tamara Robinson Patricia Rocca Jennifer Rodas Carlita Rodriguez Carlos Rodriguez Elba Rodriguez Enitza Rodriguez Ileana Rodriguez Lauren Rodriguez Mari Rodriguez Maria Rodriguez Maylin Rodriguez Sonaly Rodriguez Tania Rodriguez Vidal Rodriguez Imelda Rodriguez-Diaz Giovanna Rodriguez-Lora Kathy Rogers Namy Rojas Mark Roland Marti Roland Sybil Roland Alberta Rollins Barbara Rollins Elizabeth Roman Kenneth Roman William Roman Yesenia Roman Annette Romaniello Corisa Romano Kathleen Romano Katherine Romanoff Lauren Romer Amy Romero Coleen Rondanini Susan Ronga Jacqueline Rooney

Page 92 7/19/06 Donna Roosma Meghan Rork Gisela Rosa Ivan Rosa Aida Rosado Elba Rosario Sylvia Rosario Milena Rosas Ellen Rose Laurie Rose Orville Rose Sophia Rose Leslie Rosen Martin Rosenberg Kenneth Rosenthal Alyce Rosolen-Zmigrodski Maria Ross Luretta Ross-Jones Barbara Rosser Barrett Rosser Jazmin Rotger De Parra Jodie Rothman Sherri Rothstein Rita Route Elaine Rowin Donald Rowland Romain Royal Fredrick Royster Goodman Ina Rubin Mollyann Rubin Diane Rubiski Diane Rudd Roman Ruderman Carolyn Ruffin Barbara Rugys Irma Ruiz Selemny Ruiz Mildred Ruiz-Malcolm Dawn Russo David Rust Renee Ruth Shelia Ruth Kimino Rutherford Amal Saad Amir Saadah Matilda Sabella Carol Sadowsky Erica Sadowsky Yasser Safwat Gina Saggese Olga Sakac Ahmed Salama Hafiz Saleem Thalia Salgado Gloria Salinas-Hunt Lat Sall Arletta Salmond Anthony Salters Aristide Salvati Janet Salzer Bryant Sampson Kenneth Samra Nancy Samra Kimeka Samuels Selena Samuels Victoria Sanabria Cynthia Sanchez Edna Sanchez Gin Sanchez Irina Sanchez Josie Sanchez Leira Sanchez Wilma Sanchez Amanda Sanders Josmary Sandoval-Thorne Roger Sangster Lymaris Santana Wilkin Santana Luz Santiago Margaret Santiago Nicole Santiago Cynthia Santoli Linda Santora Dana Santoro Marjorie Sapperstein Colleen Sarduy Christine Sarno Serena Savarirayan Joseph Savastano Debra Savona Stella Sawicki Kathleen Sayad Tara Scarborough Joan Scarnaty Salvator Scarpinato Frank Scerbo Thomas Schaefer Deborah Schechtel Vera Schemly Susanne Scheyer Wayne Schiele Kathleen Schimpf Jennifer Schmid Hilary Schmidt Eileen Schram Debra Schumpp Mona Schwartz Priscilla Schwartz

Page 93 7/19/06 Deborah Schwarz Francis Schwarz Angela Scillieri John Scillieri Diana Scimeca Nadine Scopoulis Douglas Scott John Scott Latoria Scott Lauren Scott Lois Scott Tanya Scott Judith Seager Barbara Seickendick Blair Seidler Janette Selino Lillie Sellars Nicholas Semeniuk Keith Seminerio Lorraine Seminerio Salvatore Seminerio Jose Sendon Susanne Sental Stephanie Serber Joseph Serico Arraceli Serrano Michelle Serrano Vanessa Serrano John Setteducato Toni Setteducato Thomas Settembre Catherine Seugling Turkan Sezen Christine Shadiack Rosemary Shahin Marta Shanahan Michael Shanahan Maggie Shaver-Dock Ann Shaw David Shaw Wayne Shaw Moishe Shayland-Williams Kathleen Sheber Mary Lou Shedler Edward Sheratsky Maureen Sheridan Dolores Shields Simone Shields Saulius Shikhman Sandra Shiviskis Bella Shore Adalila Sibrian Khurshid Siddiqui Sophia Sideris Patricia Sidoti Judith Siegel Katherine Siegel Eileen Sieminski Alexander Sierra Angela Sigismondi Eugene Signoretti Zibute Siksniute-Arbuckle Elaine Silverstein Marcella Simadiris Marie Simeus Cheryl Simmen Marilyn Simon Antonetta Simone Dyann Simone Carrie Simoneau Siobhan Simpson Bonnie Sims Raegan Singletary Guy Siraki Adele Sirota Cynthia Sisco Joseph Sisco Patricia Sivori Pamela Skidmore Elsa Skinner Phyllis Sklar Tammy Sloan Lories Slockbower Debra Slota Gail Small Joseph Smallheer Jerome Smart Lyndsay Smart Amy Smith Audrey Smith Darrell Smith Dennis Smith Derwin Smith Georgette Smith Jacqueline Smith Jamielee Smith Joann Smith Kimberly Smith Laurie Smith Lavon Smith Mary Smith Rosalynd Smith Ruth Ellen Smith Sandra Smith Vincent Smith Mary Smizer Calvin Snead Apryl Sneed

Page 94 7/19/06 Beverly Snyder Karen Snyder Theodore Sobota Kay Sofer-Conrad Robert Sokol Barbara Sole Gina Solensky Robert Soltis Maryann Somesla Peter Somoza Susan Soobzokov Delia Soriano Miguel Sosa Ivette Soto Mary Soudant-Flynn Holly Sparano Jennifer Speer Daryl Spencer Monica Spencer Patrice Speroni Lauren Spiegelman Patricia Spiliotopoulos Sergio Spina Joy Spinelli Phyllis Sportelli Brenda Spraggins Maria Squeo James Squicciarini Latonya Stafford Ralph Stalbaun Kenneth Stamler Grace Stampone Lenora Stansfield John Stanziale Cherone Starks Bonnie Statuto Angela Steele Helena Steidl Diana Steiner Lawrence Stephens Karyn Stephenson Patricia Stephenson Roan Sterling Sarah Sterling-Laldee Nadia Stern Shabani Stewart Ida Stokley Debra Storch Maribeth Strumolo Carol Stryker Harry Stryker Cynthia Marie Stuart Christine Sucorowski Young Suh Anna Suizzo Marguerite Sullivan Marni Sultanof Josephine Sumter Kenneth Sumter Patricia Sumter Stanley Sumter Sean Sutter Marianna Suzano Susan Swann Noreen Sweeney Michele Sweetman Paulette Szalazy Gopi Tadakamalla Patricia Tahan Alex Tahbaz Valerie Takvorian Patricia Taliaferro Joann Taliercio Marbel Tamayo Sibel Taner Barbara Tanis Barbara A. Tanis Lynn Tarant Marlene Tartaglia Gilma Tavarez Rhina Tavarez Juana Taveras Maria Taveras Christopher Taylor Erin Taylor Geri Taylor Jennifer Taylor Judith Taylor Lisa Taylor Robert Taylor Akmed Taylor-Kamara Thomas Tedesco Susan Tellefsen Steven Temple Claudette Tencza Michelle Tencza Allen Tenhoeve Phyllis Terrano Lauren Terranova Janet Terry Adelina Terwilliger Beverly Tesoriero Lesley Tessler Linda Thayer Brenda Thomas Bridget Thomas Corliss Thomas Illma Thomas

Page 95 7/19/06 Jennifer Thomas Joyce Thomas Loukisha Thomas Nathan Thomas Neshea Thomas Carol Thompson Cheryl Thompson Everett Thompson Marcus Thompson Mark Thompson Nicolette Thompson Rhonda Thompson Shawn Thompson Brenda Thomson LaraineThorson Kelly Tiernan Joseph Tierney Paul Tillman Peter Tirri Steve Tobar Berta Tobass Rhonda Tombiling Venita Tomlinson Joseph Tookmanian Christopher Toomey Kathleen Toomey-Tomaschek Sumaira Toor Adalgisa Toro Ana Torres Angel Torres Carmen Torres Kelly Torres Joan Toscano Lisa Marie Toscano Alexander Towli Isaiah Townes Eleanor Toye James Trapanese Deidre Traylor-Williams Dana Triana Yesmid Triana Shivoyne Trim Michele Triolo Renay Tripp James Trisuzzi Veva Tronci Mary Trovato Joanna Tsimpedes Lourdes Tubil Tanisha Tuck Maura Tuite Ronnie Tuitt Laurie Tumin Sherry Tumminello-Graczyk Barbara Turco Margaret Turco Cindy Turi Elizabeth Tursick Thomas Tursick Lisa Tutunjian Crystal Twitty Stefanie Ugliarolo Salvator Ultimo Larry Umana Carole Unger Joanna Urbaez Anne Marie Urgovitch Ana Ursetti Thomas Ursetti Dawn Uttel Beatriz Vaca Rajeev Vaid Lisa Vainieri-Gosman Deborah Valdes Pedro Valdes Mary Valdivia Elena Valencia Jennifer Valentin Luis Valentin Shari Valenz Patricia Valenzano Egly Valenzuela Joseph Valicenti Sharon Van Dalinda Alicia Van Diver Jeffrey Van Esselstine Judy Van Hook Gloria Van Houten Paul Van Laere Anthony Vancheri Michele Vancheri Marisa Vanderclock Glenn Vanderveen Michelle VanHoven Dale VanRensalier Dolores Varano Jennifer Varano Edwin Vargas Lucy Vargas Luz Vargas Mercedes Vargas Ruth Vargas Lolita Vaughan Patricia Vazquez-Hill Carmelo Vega Ilmadeliz Vega Janelle Vega Maribel Vega

Page 96 7/19/06 Miriam Vega Theresa Vega Vincent Veiga Judith Velazquez Linda Veleber Rafael Velez Janine Velock Noreen Veloz Indra Venkatbabu Jorge Ventura Alexander Venturo Alessandro Verace Julio Verano Linda Verduin-Dale Joseph Verilla Pamela Vermaas Rachel Vernick Dan Verrico Michelle Vest Connie Viana-Garay Michelle Vicente Jacqueline Vicioso Candido Vilas Jacinta Vilas Victor Vilchez Lourdes Villacis Jessica Villanueva Venuslili Vinales Richard Vincenti Jade Visco Candace Vitelli Vanessa Vitiello John Vivino Jacqueline Vonegosh John Vroegindewey Craig Wachsman Karen Wachsman Michelle Waddell Tania Wagner Jaclyn Wagniere Helena Waldmann Brenda Walker Charles Walker Kimberly Walker Lynne Walker Madelynn Walker Selena Walker Jeannette Wallace Annette Wallen Barbara Walter John Walter Kevin Walters Lethola Walton Megan Walzer Margaret Warburton Robert Warburton Judith Ward Mattie Ward Patricia Wardrop Susan Ware Anna Wargo Cicely Warren Adrienne Warrick Jacqueline Wasserman Minna Wasserman Sylvia Watford Lisa Watson Patricia Watson Wilma Watson William Watts Nicholas Weimmer Matthew Weiner Bradley Weisberger Joanette Weiss Alberta Weissman Elba Weitzman Simone Welcome Kristy Wellins Christopher Welyczko April Werner Melissa Wesdyk Linda Wexler Kenneth Whalen Patricia Whelan Allison White Eric White Kelli White Marianna White Randall White Saleemah White Thomas Whiteley Sharyn Wickman Lynn Wiebe Ligia Wiersma Nicole Wilczynski Keith Wilhelmson Anna Wilkins William Willemsen Joseph Williams Alice Williams Alrick Williams Andrea Williams Benjamin Williams Charlotte Williams Dennis Williams Deonca Williams Dorothy Williams Elaine Williams

Page 97 7/19/06 Eric Williams Ericka Williams Jessica Williams Juanita Williams Lamar Williams Norma Williams Patricia Williams Sarah Williams Sylvia Williams Zena Williams Katie Williams-Milton Kim Williams-Nutter Catherine Willis Nicholas Willis Sharyn Wills Audrey Wilson Claude Wilson Linda Wilson Oswald Wilson Pamela Wilson Kimberlynn Wimberly Nakela Wimberly Ruth Windish Tamisha Windley Catherine Winick Kadedrea Winston Myra Winter Melissa Witt Joan Wladyka Jan Wohld Donna Wojcik Melissa Wojcik Ellen Wolff Roberta Wolff Stephen Womack Geraldine Wondrack Elvin Wong Guillermo Wong Benjamin Wood Linda Wood Nakia Wood James Woodcock Gayle Woods Jennifer Woods Monet Woods Tawanna Workman Laurie Wozniak Victoria Wozniak Amalia Wright Renee Wright Theresa Wright Thomas Wright Nancy Wymer Lynn Yakimik Taya Jewel Yancey Casandra Yarborough Krista Yasin Wael Yasin Leighton Yates Hoory Yeganeh Brandi Yellin Dilber Yildirim Dorothy Yilmaz June Young Robert Young Rosalind Young Gail Yucht John Zablocki Colleen Zaccaria Vladimer Zaitsen Ellen Zakian Mabel Zakian Linda Zalewski Paula Zanchelli Judy Zangara Gerald Zannelli Melissa Zaros Uriel Zea Diana Zegarra Cathleen Zehnacker Dawn Zeig Lidia Zerquera Donna Ziccardi Eileen Zimmer Christina Zimmermann Christopher Ziolkowski Maryann Ziolkowski Dayna Marie Zisa Maria Zizza Lorraine Zoeller Clifford Zoppo Michelle Zube Nobila Zuccato Roger Zuidema Patricia Zukovich Brad Zulauf

06-B881. Approved compensation for teachers participating in staff development to work in the Summer Enrichment Program, at an amount not to exceed $127,840.00:

Mercedes Cedano Rola Hannoush

Page 98 7/19/06 Wendy Nickl Maria Mantano Lisa Bauch Heather Raywood Bernadette Bryant Melino Lantigua Vermadeine Garner Stella Pasquariello Barbara Oslizly Nazmul Chowhurdy Nakeia Wimberly Sylvia Williams Jaimie Headley Kim Sunjoo Andre Rivers Jeanette Pernis Greta Mills Cynthia Sanchez Barbara Daria Sarah Sterling-Laldee Karen Gonzalez Laura Blanco Marta Shanahan Rosanna Mongelli Jennifer Godfrey Regina Callegari Diana Fatovic Carmen Clinton Yolanda Algea Ismari Perez Edward McManus Christopher Toomey Claudia Narvaez Ruth Windish Julie Lorman Diane Rubiski Christina Mongelli Edwyn Acevedo Wanda Cruz Alejandro Profet Mildred Miller Christopher Graber Kelly Hogans Miguel Castro Marquette Burgess Julie Gill Raquel James Timothy Raimondo Vanessa Bunch Peter Langston Derek Oates Theresa Holmes Michael Renn Janet Benfatti Wayne Shaw Helene Prevosti Aracelli Serrano Christine Marie Alsharif Daniel Grullon Kip Beasley Deidre Bauerschmidt Colleen Kelly Betsida Morillo Melissa Fox Natasha Ledbetter-Smith Melissa Wojcik Gwendolyn Harris Elaine Bisciotti Roxanne Medina-Lewko Margaret Culmone Sarah Moody Candice Cotton Marcus Thompson Michelle McAnuff Judy Gajadhar Jorge Ventura Shakena Hill Nicole Hearon Everette Thompson Maria Murray Shaheed Lewis Jerome Smart Linda Monnett Patricia Prentice Vernon Nealy Debra Patsel Gloria Bennett Carol Thompson Ingrid Battagliese Barbara Turco Stephanie Cirillo Khurshid Siddiqui Christopher Kelly Angela Lamartino Milena Eason Diane Morano Mildred Montalvo Debra Schumpp Peter Somoza Susan Bickoff Vilma Ferreri Andy Phinn Anibal Cintron Cynthia Ayala Dorothy Puryear Guillermo Wong Janie Prescott Jacqueline Panico

Page 99 7/19/06 Heydari Shahin Dana Hailstock-LaGarde Colleen Giarusso Amanda Nocella Mariann Glassberg Natalie McGuire Catalina Bernal Kerry Ducharme Carrie Simoneau Rosemary Moreno Marie Giegerich Gretchen Minadeo Donna Davis Petrina Frankoski David Guy Bassima Mustafa William Bernard Keith Caldwell Cecily Warren Barbara Jarosz Wayne Levante James Woodcock Donna Piroino Beverly DeSalvo Katherine Siegal Jeanne Murgolo Heidi Cella Maryann Michalek Julio Verano Kenneth Sumter Gina Solensky Vera Schemley Jahmeelah Mattocks Laura Osback Stacy Gersten Makeida Hewitt William Conlee Sheila Carrasquille Tonya McCombs Errol Stewart Felesha Armstrong Nylda Colon John Piccoli Edward Krawczyk Calvin Harvell Sandra Beasley Michele Vancheri David Moyer Isabelle Mayer Saulius Shikman Nancy DeSalvo Tamisha Windley Kelly Gallagher Rhein Gilbert Nicole DellaValle Alexandra Pirard Bridget Naveira Rosa Pluchino Marjory Nenadich Emma Kimbrough Raymond Carroll Daniel Krankel LaKeyba Brown Mary McClam Patricia Hinkley-Gordon Tamara Robinson Barbara Anthony Michael Fede Michael Hunt Kathy Moraino Deborah Jenkins Wilma Renee Watson Denise Frullo Melissa Zaros Charles Ferrer Kashon Burden Cherone Starks John Kuzviwanza Jessie Anderson Luretta Jones Lourdes Montilla Thomas Settembre Tara Fisher Renee Cleaves Linda Ernst Laurie Tumin Giovanna Rodriguez Melissa Wesdyk Tanya Haney-Miller Rosemary Gerry Zakiyyah Barnes Anna Carino Sharon Loder Lourdes Pop Katherine Beneviento Nicole Musarra Joselyn Cruz Jacqueline Barth Jasmin Rotger de Parra Roberta Grennan Rodrigo Patino David Ramirez Mildred Malcolm Donna Marino Jose La Chapel Amy Reyes Toni Setteducato Kathleen Belluardo

Page 100 7/19/06 Krista Talerico-Yassim Myriam Cano Ivette Carabello Laurie Kelly Ana Martinez Ruiz Clara Clarke Michael Henzel Kristie Lara Kathleen Hanrahan Barbara Sole Christine Leber Nadia Mrozowiski Arlene Lociecero Nikki Kreitz Jessica Williams Debra Foody Sheri Banks Watson Thomas Wright Tania Rodriguez Kimberly Walker Sylvia Garcia Kristine Alfano Dawn Lee Lillian DiMartino Julie Conway Rachel Deutsch Nicole Hampson Alessandra King Helen Morgenstern Melissa Alarcon Corisa Romano Melissa Margaritis Jessica Rentas Craig McPhee Ronald Barone Dorothy Yilmaz Nylka McQueen-Jeffries Dorothy Natale Natalie Frankoski Nicole Nolan Allison White Lida Havel Helida DiGiacomo Nurcan Ekici Jose Rivera Glenn VanderVeen Rosemary Clive Aaron Jasper Joyce McKnight Corinne McKeever Frank DeVivo Jane Corrado Elaine Williams Matthew Weiner Vanessa Serrano Nina Carrington Cathy Newton Ruth DeLaPaz Susan Gerding Beatriz Vaca Leslie Beamon Siobhan Simpson Rosaly Delgado Mary Howard Patricia Hillas Lauren Spiegelman Sylvia Watford Rhonda Tombiling Thomas Schaefer Ramon Ortiz Helena Steidl Patricia Kaminski Edwin Hernandez Maria Zizza Domenico Carriero Joanne Jemas Faith Ann Hodges Dahab Thomas Irene Zottarelli Helen Guarente Anthony Licamara Donna Gilmore Sigal Kaplan James Polizzotto Jennifer Dougherty Lamar Williams Antonetta Simone Jessica Hernandez Hilary Lambert Antoinette Hindie Rosa Ivan Donna Meisberger Julie Jones Kathleen Donahue Daryl Laws Yasmin Holgurn Reggie Hall Peter Melchiano James Piombino Patricia Boatner Anita Muller Madika Katao William Kline Doris Arnett-Gray Kimberly Staples Sharon Van Dalinda Rachel Oliver Carrie Osborne

Page 101 7/19/06 Jane Gakuo Tina Nucci Eve Kiraga Judy Manzo Alexis Canonico Thomas Calamita Rhonda Thompson Barbara Tanis Simonetta Erb Diana Lockner Esther Ferraro Stephen Gambuti Kristan Norgrove Linda Lewis Patricia Blayer Carolyn Cardell Elenh Andreanidis Marianne McCarthy Nancy Capriglione Janette Cordero Kathleen Romano Jaclyn Manzo Susanne Madani Joanna Guarneri Brenda Leslie Kathleen Lawrence Linda Holley Barbara Cheon Laurene Murphy Alfred Quaynor LaKresha Hodge John Vroegindewey Tiaheshia Nero Jennifer Davis Myesha McMillan Ayanna Gass Luis Cedano Kathleen Popadics Denise Pelosi Rebecca Harvey Celeste Ferrera Carla Propersi-Potts Deidre Karcher Jacqueline Emma Kathleen Maged Cheryl Coy Patsy Lynch Jacob Kulik Elaine Silverstein Maylin Rodriguez Kareen Brown Marvin Fields Louis Ferrazzano Myra McDonald Jennifer Woods Sal Picinich Nellie Jenkins Susan Swann Cara Aprile Samantha Darden Udetta Chestnut-Garache Allen Ten Hoeve Ivania Cioffi Joseph Gaita Cheryl Daniels Michelle Holmes Herbert McCutcheon Patti Ann Tahan Tracey Lombardo Joseph Leonelli Mary Margavitz Sondra Richardson Patricia Watson Julissa Liguori Louise Hanania Nancy Taverez Linda Zalewski Marjorie Sapperstein Suzanne Mon Jennifer Taylor Dolores Clark Jacqueline Norman Lucy Mankovich Michele Gates Fred Makofka Robin Pelham Kenneth Roman Lavon Smith Lawrence Hart Shabani Stewart Susan Tellefsen Ellen Zakian Keith McKelroy Alaric Chuy Debbie Abbood Lisa Gayet Maureen Errity Lori Cobb Lisa Gagliardo Chyrell Carter-Mason Zalika Etienne Taya Yancey Vicki McKiernan Donna Kerwien Chong Lee Alessandro Verace Jenna Goodreau Nanette Felice

Page 102 7/19/06 Christopher Lewis Mary Bertino Kerry Dondza Lynn Kamen Matthew Franklin Melaika Dias Okafor Nwakozoh Christopher Fabor Michael Belmont John Zablocki James Avino Alexander Alvarez

06-B882. Approved compensation for lead teachers working in the Summer Enrichment Program at Schools 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, MLK, EWK, RC, AHA, APA, ULA, NSW, AMS, BUILD, and DAS, at an amount not to exceed $147,815.00:

Audrey Mocco Celia Pina-Morales Shirley Glaubach Joseph Borchard Jacqueline Micari-Christiano Dorian Butcher Rosa Kopic Linda DeLuccia Lauren Terranova Kimyetta Bynum Paul Fontanella Liza Rios-Otto Willola Ashley Lauren Romer Dwayne Moultsby Arleen Weil Michelle Petriello Amanda Konecny Cathy Cosenza Tanya Greene Brad Weisberger Ilmadeliz Vega Michele Flagg Nicole Andrea Booker Joanna Tsimpedes Ronald Jackson Jennifer Schmid Lucia Miller Lolita Vaughn Egly Valenzuela Frank Botti Eloy Huamanchumo Darcel Deodato Cynthia Flores Liz Geron

06-B883. Approved compensation for nurses working in the Summer Enrichment Program at Schools 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, MLK, EWK, RC, AHA, APA, ULA, NSW, AMS, BUILD, and DAS, at an amount not to exceed $27,360.00:

Rosanne Capone Marcelin Evangeline Carolyn Harding Rosemarie Mastroieni Betty McCann Sandra Nadeau

06-B884. Approved compensation for lead teachers participating in staff development to work in the Summer Enrichment Program, at an amount not to exceed $9,768.00:

Audrey Mocco Celia Pina-Morales Shirley Glaubach Joseph Borchard Jacqueline Micari-Christiano Dorian Butcher Rosa Kopic Linda DeLuccia Lauren Terranova Kimyetta Bynum Paul Fontanella Liza Rios-Otto Willola Ashley Lauren Romer Dwayne Moultsby Arleen Weil Michelle Petriello Amanda Konecny

Page 103 7/19/06 Cathy Cosenza Tanya Greene Brad Weisberger Ilmadeliz Vega Michele Flagg Nicole Andrea Booker Joanna Tsimpedes Ronald Jackson Jennifer Schmid Lucia Miller Lolita Vaughn Egly Valenzuela Frank Botti Eloy Huamanchumo Darcel Deodato Cynthia Flores Liz Geron

06-B885. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Rosetta Wilson 10

06-B886. Approved compensation for guidance counselors to work during the summer at Eastside High School, at an amount not to exceed $20,000.00:

Betsy Antonoff Jeanette Edwards Atlanta Hall Frances Hennen Michael Kane Mary Anne Louis Louro Matilde Tangy Major Stanley Sumter Beverly Tesoriero Jeannette Wallace Joannette Weiss

06-B887. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Frank Puglise Principal/No. 21 $100,185 7/1/06

06-B888. Approved creating a position control number (6586) to provide students at School No. 10 with world language curriculum in grades 3-8.

06-B889. Approved creating a position control number (6590) to provide students at School No. 10 with music curriculum in grades 3-8.

06-B890. Approved transfers:

Name From To Eff. Date Ibelka Pena Sec./No. 10 Sec./No. 27 7/1/06

Elizabeth Ortiz Sec./No. 21 Sec./AHA 7/1/06

Responda Sims Sec./No. 27 Sec./No. 10 7/1/06

Priscilla Durkin Sec./AHA Sec./No. 21 7/1/06

06-B891. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date JoAnn Compisi Tchr./No. 10 Tchr./I.H.S. 9/1/06

Page 104 7/19/06 06-B892. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Esther Perez Inst. Asst./BUILD Inst. Asst./No. 5 7/1/06

06-B893. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Lourdes Aquino Carmen Arias Bonita Askew Merita Babamusta Darlene Barnes Camara Brown Michelle Budhai Idelisa Cabrel Donna Derkacs Aristides Guzman Fatina Haj Saleh Erias Hinawi Delane James Cornelius Kinchen Nabil Nasreddine Betsy Noesi Ivaylo Peltekov Eddie Rivera Joyce Rosenthal

06-B894. Approved creating a position control number (6551) for an English as a Second Language Teacher at School No. 17.

06-B895. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Neville Williams 10

06-B896. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Jose Mantilla 10

06-B897. Approved stipend for staff in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction to include fiscal coordination of departmental budgets and coordination of Curriculum and Instruction departments, from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, at an amount not to exceed $14,000.00:

Jane Van Splinter Tamara Williams

06-B898. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Calvin Maxwell Inst. Asst./No. 26 $26,249 6/12/06

06-B899. Approved compensation for staff of Eastside High School attending training for CES Trek, from November 18-19, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $1,947.00:

Jorge Della Torre John McKeon Mary Prendergast Pat Valenzano

Page 105 7/19/06 06-B900. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Peter O’Donnell Carpenter/Facilities Dept. $47,320 6/26/06

06-B901. Approved appointment of Gloria Aranguez as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour.

06-B902. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Ana Cruz SCL-Stud. Attend./ $11.00/hr. 6/1/06 NSW $25 travel stipend

06-B903. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Ruth Canales Sec./Cnslng. Servs. Sec./Career&Voc. 6/19/06

06-B904. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Nesreen Alatiyat Michael Bonora Michayne Campbell Melissa Ingino Thais Vargas

06-B905. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Eliza Rodriguez Secretary/ECE $26,787 8/1/06

06-B906. Approved compensation for teachers for overnight stays at Happiness Is Camping, from April through June 2006, at an amount not to exceed $3,220.00:

Judith Mazur-Shivy Nicole Slote Mary Trorato Gary Holman Caroline Ewan Spenser Stamps Floyd Bronson Glenn Houthuyen

06-B907. Approved compensation for preschool master teachers to implement staff development programs, assist with registration, follow-up of children in CATTS process for 40 centers, at an amount not to exceed $69,360.00:

Donna Actable Nancy Aguado-Holtje Rosarie Alfieri Fran Atieh Karen Bernard Patricia Bouchard Falilat Fatiregun Anna Iandoli Ro Izzi Kat Samira Barbara Kiel Aida Kitchen Lillian Lopez Miriam Lopez Patricia Sivori Judy Van Hook Craig Wachsman

Page 106 7/19/06 06-B908. Approved consultant contract with the Violence Prevention Institute to conduct violence prevention programs on collaboration, research and evaluating violence prevention efforts, at Passaic County Community College, at an amount not to exceed $3,500.00.

06-B909. Approved consultant contract with Meredith Bazaar to provide equine- assisted therapy to eight Paterson special need students, from July 5-31, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $4,160.00.

06-B910. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Judith Albornoz 10

06-B911. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Rosetta Wilson Coordinating Director of $113,000 6/1/06 Curriculum & Instruction

06-B912. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Milan Vasic Tchr.(Math)/JFKHS $44,071 9/1/06

06-B913. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Christine Garibell Tchr.(Gr. 8)/No. 18 $44,071 9/1/06

06-B914. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Nahid Nipa Internal Auditor $40,000 7/17/06

06-B915. Approved change in status for Erin Delaney from part-time preschool physical therapist to preschool physical therapist, MA Step 13, $58,479, effective September 1, 2006.

06-B916. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Sonia Williams 10

06-B917. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Darsi Mercado Principal/No. 8 $103,500 7/1/06

06-B918. Approved change in status for Simonetta Erb, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $42,671.

Page 107 7/19/06 06-B919. Approved hiring Malinie Budhram as a student worker in the Department of Pupil Personnel Services, from July 1 through August 31, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $1,320.00.

06-B920. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Berdie Gregory 10

06-B921. Approved change in salary account for the Family Outreach Program Social Worker (PC 4056), effective July 2006.

06-B922. Approved internal transfer for Liza Rios-Otto from academic support teacher at School No. 5 to bilingual teacher, effective September 1, 2006.

06-B923. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Gary LeProtto Pers. Aide/NSW $28,965 6/12/06

06-B924. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Elizabeth Richardson Cafe. Monitor/No. 5 $7.75/hr. 9/1/06

06-B925. Approved change in status for Simonetta Erb, from conditional teacher to CEAS BA, Step 5, at a salary of $44,671, effective April 11, 2006.

06-B926. Approved compensation for staff as chaperones for the National History Day competition at the University of Maryland, from June 11-15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $1,700.00:

Barbara Bourque Florita Cotto Rayhan Jalil Robin O’Brien Kristian Perez

06-B927. Approved processing payment of accumulated days for retired employees, as per 2005-2006 settlement agreement:

Name No. of Days Vincent Caramico 12.5 Glenn Lagatol 16.5 Mary Orbegozo 20 Marion Rabel 20 John Rizzo 17.5 Richard Roberto 19.25 Dorothy Rowe 20 Rosalyn Sole 4 Robert Tirri 20

06-B928. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Tana Cabreja

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06-B929. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Zenaida Fantauzzi Conf. Secretary/LIS $49,986 6/12/06

06-B930. Approved appointments:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Doris Berrio Fd. Serv. Mngr./RPHS $21,160 6/19/06

Josephine Kearney Fd. Serv. B/No. 8 $18,958 6/19/06

Hilda Rosario Fd. Serv. B/No. 27 $9,279 6/19/06

Yolanda Argumaniz Fd. Serv. B/No. 8 $9,279 6/19/06

Mirella Didio Fd. Serv. B/No. 26 $9,279 6/19/06

Carmen Cortes Fd. Serv. B/JFKHS $9,279 6/19/06

Maria Rios Fd. Serv. B/EHS $9,279 6/19/06

Margarito Delgado Fd. Serv. B/EHS $9,279 6/19/06

Nimeh Amer Fd. Serv. C/No. 25 $6,838 6/19/06

Nerida Colon Fd. Serv. C/MLK $6,838 6/19/06

Josefina Ortiz Fd. Serv. C/NSW $6,838 6/19/06

Margarita Rodriguez Fd. Serv. C/RPHS $6,838 6/19/06

Altagracia Schillaci Fd. Serv. C/SCA $6,838 6/19/06

06-B931. Approved compensation for teachers attending the Responsive Classroom Institute, from July 10-14, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $34,680.00:

Kristen Clark Lindsay Giordano Pamela Felts Linda Ernst Joanne McKinney Lorraine Kreiger Tanya Haney-Miller Candice McAuliffe Sara Rodriguez-Gerdes Lakresha Hodge Ruth-Ellen Smith John Vroegindewey Deanne D’Imperio Victoria Sanabria Jennifer Bligh Nicole Mahan Dara Gelerter Clara Medina Heather Raywood Maura Alvino Anel Hernandez Norma Menchon Nakeia Wimberly Casilda Jewell Virginia Bonora Margaret Jerchower Carol Ann Kunzig Brenda Grillo Heather Crawford Nicole Olsen Diana Gallina Ayanna Gass

Page 109 7/19/06 Sibyl Roland Lisa Watson

06-B932. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Hava Dinc Tchr./No. 29 5/2/06-6/30/06 Fam./Mat.

Lourdes Garcia Tchr./No. 18 6/19/06-1/1/07 Fam./Mat.

Justin Hallberg Tchr./I.H.S. 6/1/06-6/22/06 Personal

Marcy Jatovsky Tchr./No. 15 3/1/06-5/15/06 Fam./Med.

Barbara Malawer Tchr./No. 10 5/31/06-6/30/06 Fam./Med.

Thomas Mongelli Tchr./JFKHS 9/1/06-6/30/07 Personal

Arthur Neufeld Tchr./RCS 5/16/06-6/30/06 Fam./Med.

06-B933. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Ana Bezerra Inst. Asst./No. 2 1/23/06-5/4/06 Personal

Beverly Chestnut Sec./Prof. Dev. 5/5/06-5/28/06 Fam./Med.

Renee Hogges Inst. Asst./No. 2 1/26/06-4/21/06 Fam./Mat.

Barbara Navajoski Specialist/Accounts 5/9/06-7/10/06 Ext. Fam./ Medical Cynthia Robinson Specialist/DPPS 3/3/06-7/11/06 Ext. Medical

Marc Roca Inst. Asst./BUILD 4/28/06-6/30/06 Personal

Wanda Rosado Fd. Servs. 5/11/06-6/30/06 Fam./Med.

06-B934. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Faith Bell Tchr./AHA 5/22/06

Joyce Belton Tchr./No. 6 5/1/06

Frank Bonadies Dept. Head/JFKHS 4/25/06

Steven Brown Tchr./EHS 5/22/06

Nestor Collazo Dir. of Science 5/22/06

Ronald Esquiche Tchr./No. 19 5/2/06

James Howell Tchr./MLK 5/2/06

Marcy Jatovsky Tchr./No. 15 5/16/06

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Joan Mandel Tchr./EHS 4/26/06

Olga Martinez Tchr./No. 16 4/3/06

Stephanie Roberts Tchr./Sub. Awareness 5/15/06

Diana Portelli Tchr./RCS 5/4/06

Peter Rebovich Tchr./No. 5 5/22/06

Christopher Taylor Tchr./No. 8 5/18/06

Kelly Torres Tchr./No. 3 5/1/06

Carmen Torres Tchr./JFKHS 5/1/06

06-B935. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Isabel Benitez Fd. Servs. 5/8/06

Ana Bezerra Inst. Asst./No. 2 5/8/06

Luz Camacho Fd. Servs. 5/22/06

Ashona Francis Inst. Asst./EHS 5/15/06

Stacy Fuller Inst. Asst./No. 21 5/1/06

Renee Hogges Inst. Asst./No. 2 4/24/06

Sharon Johnson Inst. Asst./No. 15 5/15/06

Kendrick Nelson Pers. Aide/No. 6 5/16/06

Delores Wells Fd. Servs. 5/1/06

Stephen Trongone Inst. Asst./NSW 1/20/06

Claudia Usma Secretary/No. 25 5/8/06

Alba Vitale Fd. Servs. 5/15/06

Alicia Walton Supv./Payroll 5/16/06

Ronald Willoughby Inst. Asst./JFKHS 5/8/06

06-B936. Accepted resignations/retirements:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Jorge Chuy Tchr./JFKHS 7/1/06 Retirement

Maria Chuy Tchr./No. 15 7/1/06 Retirement

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Norcliffe Davidson Tchr./No. 25 7/1/06 Retirement

Janet Dawson Tchr./No. 15 6/30/06 Resignation

Ivette Falcon Tchr./I.H.S. 6/30/06 Resignation

Justin Hallberg Tchr./I.H.S. 7/1/06 Resignation

Shirley Jones Tchr./No. 3 7/1/06 Retirement

Haywood Lacey Tchr./No. 20 7/1/06 Retirement

Richard Lutz Tchr./SCA 6/30/06 Resignation

Joshua Ramos Tchr./I.H.S. 6/30/06 Resignation

Margaret Santiago Tchr./No. 12 7/1/06 Retirement

Lyndsay Smart Tchr./DAS 6/30/06 Resignation

Dana Triana Tchr./No. 9 6/30/06 Resignation

06-B937. Accepted resignations/retirements:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Nicholas Johnson Inst. Asst./ULA 5/9/06 Resignation

Edward Leppert Supv./Phys. Ed. 9/1/06 Retirement

Keith McLaughlin Carpenter/Facilities 3/1/06 Dis. Retirement

Vincent Porcellini Carpenter/Facilities 9/1/06 Retirement

Eva Rumph Inst. Asst./EWK 7/1/06 Retirement

Erica Thomas Inst. Asst./ULA 5/9/06 Resignation

Nancy Winkles Sec./Lang. Arts 5/1/06 Resignation

06-B938. Suspension of employee, with pay.

06-B939. Suspension of employee, with pay.

06-B940. Approved creating a position control number (6549) to provide students at School No. 10 with music curriculum in grades 3-8.

06-B941. Approved creating a position control number (6550) to provide students at School No. 10 with world language curriculum in grades 3-8.

06-B942. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Mazuza Matari Tchr.(Sp.Ed.)/NSW $46,571 9/1/06

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06-B943. Approved hiring Marianela Rosas as a student worker in the Department of Human Resources/Personnel, for the 2006-2007 school year, at an amount not to exceed $7,605.00.

06-B944. Approved compensation for instructional assistants participating in DIBELS training on May 13, 20, and 23, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $5,865.00: Haifa Abugosh Shirley Arturo Jenell Best Devon Burgess Jenny Campos Nasima Choudhury Petronila Colon Carmen Correa Lajuana Cox-Credle Raphael Delmo Margie DiAlva-Leon Stefanie Gagliardi Karla Garcia Luauna Hatcher Sylvia Herbert Tonya Jacobs Leslie Jaeger Julia Kalyoussef Aida Mella Arleen Mosley Michele Moya Kamala Murphy Jacqueline Osmak Hephte Ramirez Vivian Raspantini Darryl Rogers Marisol Rojas Gloria Wheeler Linda Lee Wojtecki Jessica Campos Maria Carnero Tonya White

06-B945. Approved compensation for Judith Rhodes as DECA Advisor, at John F. Kennedy High School, for the 2005-2006 school year, in the amount of $1,327.00.

06-B946. Approved payment for staff serving as mentor in the Provisional Route Program: (Susan Glick)

06-B947. Approved professional service contract with LAN Associates to perform architectural and engineering services including building surveys/ evaluations, window retrofit at EHS, boilers at EHS and Don Bosco, new roof at Don Bosco, surveys to determine the feasibility of relocation and consolidation projects in the district and other A&E work as required, during the 2006-2007 school year, at an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.

06-B948. Approved consultant contract with Michael Krause, from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, at an amount not to exceed $80,000.00.

06-B949. Approved rescinding non-renewals for the 2006-2007 school year for emergency certificated staff:

Shi-Kia Carter Michael Forbes Crystal Gallo Wrathell Gause Darrell Smith Mary Soudant-Flynn Cynthia Stuart Dennis Williams Stephen Womack

06-B950. Suspension of employee, with pay.

Page 113 7/19/06 06-B951. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Irma Ibanez Cafe. Monitor/ELC $7.75/hr. 9/1/06

06-B952. Approved compensation for staff for cafeteria coverage during the 2005- 2006 school year, at an amount not to exceed $125,022.02:

Inez Guzman Dorothy Williams Christopher Graber Mark DiGiacomo Padro Valdes Adrian Aleman Yolanda Ravelo Lorraine Redding J. Johnson Everett Thompson Vernon Nealy Jason Reider Karen Conroy Alfred Ardis Donna Piroino Noah Elashri Arthur Neufield Gary Cooper Karen Paterson Jose Batista Edward Krawczyk Maria Francisco Jesse Anderson Thomas Whiteley Migdalia Norona Edward Dale Maria Fonseca Kathleen Maged Ronald Barone Robert Allen Martha Mazzone Jaden Pickett Joseph Donahue Darryl Black Inem Hammam Sherman Staton William Willmensen Coleen Rondanini Dianne Gallina Barbara Cockfield Denise Pelosi Thomas Haggerty Joseph Williams Patsy Lynch Elizabeth Leppert Robert Fox Cynthia Aboyoun Felesha Armstrong Ana Ursetti Egly Valenzuela John Super Kenneth Stamler Charles Hill Art Larro Isaiah Townes Anthony DePasquale Claude Wilson Clarence Pearce John Prescott Jimmie Smith Sheldon Prescott Mariane White Brian Blackmore Lori Marchese James Piombino Mark Cannon Cheyenne Fulmore Rafael Garcia Joanne McCoy JoAnne Della Volpe Joan Donnelly Fred Henry James Bonadies Nanette Felice Robert Taylor Latonya Stafford Barret Rosser Paul Giglio Anita Kajajian Susan Ronga

06-B953. Approved consultant contract with Sheila Evans-Tranumn as guest speaker for the 8th Annual Parent Breakfast on June 10, 2006, in the amount of $7,000.00.

Page 114 7/19/06 06-B954. Approved processing payment of non-accumulated sick days for Carol Cammon, less $110 substitute per diem pay, from June 1, 2006 through June 30, 2006.

06-B955. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Renee Archer Cosmo Braico Nilsa Nunez Lori Rumley

06-B956. Approved compensation for social workers assisting in the Department of Early Childhood Family Outreach Program to provide training for family workers, from July 1 through August 31, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $8,160.00:

Miosotis Castillo Connie Garay

06-B957. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Maudellyn Kimbrough 10

06-B958. Approved creating a position control number (6580) for a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.

06-B959. Approved compensation for Patricia Haliskoe as coordinator for the summer school program at STARS Academy, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.

06-B960. Approved compensation for teachers working in the summer school program at STARS Academy, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $15,300.00:

Reina Mercado Martine LaSassa Dawn Russo

06-B961. Approved compensation for instructional assistants working in the summer school program at STARS Academy, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $28,800.00:

Vilma Carranza Joseph Deodato Rosemary Hargrove Keith Kelley Lenore Maine Renan Marquez Pamela Williams Darren Williamson

06-B962. Approved compensation for personal aides working in the summer school program at STARS Academy, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $10,800.00:

Jeanna Mack Alvaro Merino Michael Migliorino

06-B963. Approved appointment:

Page 115 7/19/06 Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Lisa Ellerbee Senior Specialist/DPPS $31,017 6/5/06

06-B964. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Lavene Gass Laureen Maloney

06-B965. Approved removing former employees from the Edu-Met System due to no payroll history, effective June 2, 2006:

Maria Contes Nery DeJesus Jesse Griffin Kathleen Harkins Francine Jacobs Joyce Johnson Seretha Robinson Marilyn Toy

06-B966. Approved stipends for staff serving as coaches for the John F. Kennedy High School 2005 spring sports, beginning March 2006 through June 2006:

Name Position Rich McGinnis Head Baseball Joseph Andrulli Baseball Assistant Edwin Guzman Baseball Assistant Craig Siepe Baseball Assistant Charles Bell Head Softball Shannon Malone Softball Assistant Colleen Lopez Softball Assistant James Trisuzzi Softball Assistant Angel Torres Track Assistant Gary Moore Track Assistant Vanessa McClure Head Track Donovan Jonah Track Assistant Joy Martinez Track Assistant Wayne Schiele Golf Head John Kearney Assistant Tennis Michelle Van Hoven Music Director Berta Tobass H.S. Treasurer Joseph Pardine Athletic Treasurer Juan Leonardo Head Band Nancy Wymer Drama Coach Mary DeMoor Athletic Academic Advisor Nick Semeniuk Athletic Trainer Ryan Kelly Head Boys Volleyball Timothy Raimond Asst. Boys Volleyball Jesenia Cruz Asst. Marching Band

06-B967. Approved compensation for teachers attending professional development training on the mentoring process in the Department of Early Childhood Education, at an amount not to exceed $1,650.00:

Esther Daw Nancy D’Acunto Laurie Kelly Susan Gerding Hilda Goldberg Maria Ross Kathleen Donohue Sheron McGoldrick

Page 116 7/19/06 Frances Gaglierdo Anissa Conyers Mary Squeo Dorothy Henderson Maryann Marren Helen Morgenster Sandra Monteagudo Sharon VanDalinda Andrea Luckey Sibel Taner Cheryl Chadderton Carol Kunzig

06-B968. Approved payment for staff serving as mentor in the Provisional Route Program:

Tracey Arrieta Ilene Cloughley Maximiliano Alvarez Florencio Moran Doreen Hammond

06-B969. Approved payment for staff serving as mentor in the Provisional Route Program:

Phyllis Terrana Marcia Petersson Carmen Coldiron Pamela Gary Margaret Turco Steve DiSebastian

06-B970. Approved transferring Gloria Ramos, Confidential Secretary, from Location 610 Business Administration to Location 629 Risk Management.

06-B971. Approved hiring students in the Digital Print Student Apprenticeship Program at John F. Kennedy High School, from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, at a rate of $10.00 per hour, not to exceed $15,000.00:

Alberto Bernal Jason Nieves Jonathan Quinones Derrick Dorta Aneudy Miguel

06-B972. Approved compensation for guidance counselors to work at Eastside High School during the month of June 2006, at an amount not to exceed $5,940.00:

Betsy Antonoff Jeanette Edwards Atlanta Hall Frances Hennen Michael Kane Mary Anne Louis Louro Matilde Tangy Major Stanley Sumter Beverly Tesoriero Jeannette Wallace Joannette Weiss

06-B973. Approved compensation for Peter DiGiacomo as scheduler at Eastside High School, from June 26-28, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $495.00.

06-B974. Approved appointment of Yomali Diaz as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour.

06-B975. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Lenny Moore 10

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06-B976. Approved change in title for Patricia DiGiamo from Coordinator of Elementary Programs to Supervisor of Elementary Programs.

06-B977. Approved change in title for Deborah Harman from Coordinator of Elementary Child Study Teams to Supervisor of Elementary Childhood Education.

06-B978. Approved change in title for Brenda Robinson from Supervisor of Special Education to Non-supervisor Coordinator of Pupil Personnel Services/Guidance.

06-B979. Approved change in title for Cesar Cabrera from Teacher on Assignment to School Psychologist.

06-B980. Approved change in title for Lois Scott from Teacher on Assignment to Learning Disability Teacher Consultant.

06-B981. Approved rescinding action to compensate staff to work in the Department of Abbott Budgets and Regulations on NJQSAC budgets, and summer office coverage, from July 1 through September 1, 2006, in the amount of $10,200.00:

Carolyn Hussain Charlene Izone

06-B982. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Pamela Frazier Tchr./No. 6 6/7/06

06-B983. Approved compensation for teachers of the handicapped to provide home instruction to students as per their IEP’s, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $38,760.00:

Vanessa Vitiello Angela Fraser Antoinette Price Cheryl Coy Gerald Glisson Marie Dias Melody Fitzgerald Nicole Fuller Paul Tillman Sergio Spina Shenita Davis Brenda Jemal Greta Thomas Arraceli Serrano Gina Compitello Laura Clemente Olive Martin

06-B984. Approved compensation for Peter Frankoski to provide district printing and coordinating needs, from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, at an amount not to exceed $25,575.00.

06-B985. Approved compensation for Willie Harris to provide district printing needs, from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, at an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

Page 118 7/19/06 06-B986. Approved compensation for John Kearney as van driver for the 2006 Spring Sports Program at John F. Kennedy High School, at an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

06-B987. Approved change in title for Paulette Waite from Coordinator of Internal Secondary Programs to Supervisor of Secondary Counseling.

06-B988. Approved transfer: Name From To Eff. Date Althea Brown Tchr./No. 26 Literacy Coach/AHA 9/1/06

06-B989. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Florencio Moran V.P./BUILD Tchr./No. 21 9/1/06

06-B990. Approved compensation for staff working beyond the contractual year to complete the NCLB application, Curriculum & Instruction Strategic Plans, at an amount not to exceed $7,020.00:

Judi Cohen Sandra Reynolds

06-B991. Approved appointment of Hildaura Gamarra as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour.

06-B992. Approved appointment of James Manning as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour.

06-B993. Approved compensation for staff to work in the Dr. Ronald McNair Summer School Program at Norman S. Weir School, from July 5-31, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $49,742.00:

Jose Correa Laura Howson Rhina Tavarez Madelynn Walter Gin Sanchez Cecilia Arango Paulette Szalay Nanette Parnham Larry Umana Nancy Mustrat Moses McKenzie

06-B994. Approved compensation for staff attending staff development for the Dr. Ronald McNair Summer School Program at Norman S. Weir School on June 27, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $2,541.00:

Jose Correa Laura Howson Rhina Tavarez Madelynn Walter Gin Sanchez Cecilia Arango Paulette Szalay Nanette Parnham Larry Umana Nancy Mustrat Moses McKenzie

06-B995. Approved payment for staff serving as mentor in the Provisional Route Program: (Michele Dubester)

06-B996. Approved processing payment of accumulated days for retired employees:

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Name No. of Days Marion Osborne 47.25 Lyndon Smith 66.5

06-B997. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Joseph Vacca 10

06-B998. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Esther Boone 10

06-B999. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Liz Rosa 10

06-B1000. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Maria Gonzalez 10

06-C1. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days John Bodoky 5

06-C2. Approved internal transfer for Susan Donnelly, from grade 8 at School No. 15, to grade 2, effective September 1, 2006.

06-C3. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Nilda Farraya Tchr./No. 8 9/1/06

06-C4. Approved transfers of speech/language specialists to fill vacancies at various schools, effective September 1, 2006:

Name From To Elizabeth Cadmus New No. 2

Joan Scarnaty No. 4, BUILD No. 4, ULA

Patricia Ricciardi JFKHS, No. 8 Nos. 24, 25

Faith Bell PCTA, No. 28 PCTA, No. 11

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Dorothy Feldman Nos. 13, 25 Nos. 13, 21

Patricia Popadics STARS, HS Acad. No. 18, ELC

Natalie Adjoketcher Nos. 20, 24 Nos. 20, 8

Gwen Duncan No. 27, ULA No. 27, BUILD

Russ Layne Nos. 21, 11 MLK

Nanci Ianzano No. 2 STARS, HS Acad.

06-C5. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Zina Van Rensalier Pers. Aide/ECLC Pers. Aide/OOD 7/1/06

06-C6. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Lakeim McKoy Pers. Aide/No. 12 Pers. Aide/No. 6 6/12/06

06-C7. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Jacqueline Lopez Pers. Aide/No. 25 Pers. Aide/No. 28 6/12/06

06-C8. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Tyrone Iton Tchr./No. 12 6/23/06

06-C9. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Mattie Bradley Lead Monitor/No. 13 6/9/06

06-C10. Approved creating five position control numbers for Child Study Team members for the Department of Pupil Personnel Services for the 2006- 2007 school year.

06-C11. Approved creating twenty-seven position control numbers for Teacher of the Handicapped for the Department of Pupil Personnel Services for the 2006-2007 school year.

06-C12. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Graciella Ayala Director of NCLB $80,000 7/1/06

06-C13. Approved compensation for Darryl Harris to work in the Communications Academy to produce television programming, including Board of

Page 121 7/19/06 Education meetings and other events during the 2005-2006 school year, at an amount not to exceed $750.00.

06-C14. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Anthony Infante 10

06-C15. Approved transfers for the 2006-2007 school year:

Name From To Judith Kalmanson LDTC/No. 28 LDTC/Nos. 26, 1

Maura Tuite Psych./No. 7 Psych./Nos. 26, 1

Alicia Van Diver Soc. Wrkr./Nos. 1, 26 Soc. Wrkr./No. 2

Nina DelCollo LDTC/MLK LDTC/No. 2

Keisha Hill Psych./Nos. 3, 11 Psych./No. 2

Orlando Caballero Soc. Wrkr./PANTHER, 1 Soc. Wrkr./No. 11

Marlene O’Connell LDTC/DAS LDTC/Nos. 3, 11

Laneeka Henry Psych./No. 28 Psych./Nos. 3, 11

Louella Cheatham Soc. Wrkr./ Soc. Wrkr./Nos. 14, 5

Ina Rubin Soc. Wrk./Nos. 5, 24 Soc. Wrkr./Nos. 5, 19

Ari Salvalti LDTC/Nos. 1, 26 LDTC/No. 6

Debra Ajimobi Soc. Wrkr./No. 29 Soc. Wrkr./Nos. 7, 29

Kathy Sheber Psych./No. 12 Psych./No. 7

Karon Collins LDTC/No. 15 LDTC/No. 29

Kay Sofer Soc. Wrkr./EWK, JFKHS Soc. Wrkr./No. 9

Jim Albert Psych./EWK Psych./Nos. 12, 17

Debbie Allen Soc. Wrkr./35 Soc. Wrkr./No. 15

Thomas Ursetti Soc. Wrkr./No. 6 Soc. Wrkr./No. 18

Elaine Gaitanos LDTC/New RCS LDTC/No. 20, AHA

Iris Weitzman Soc. Wrkr./No. 28 Soc. Wrkr./Nos. 24, 16

Adrian DeRose Soc. Wrkr./No. 12 Soc. Wrkr./No. 28

Page 122 7/19/06 Renee Patterson Psych./Nos. 26, 1 Psych./No. 28

Janet Terry Soc. Wrkr./No. 13 Soc. Wrkr./MLK

Cynthia Sisco LDTC/No. 7 LDTC/MLK

Lorraine Polding LDTC/Nos. 6, 3 LDTC/DAS, EWK

Tanisha Tuck Soc. Wrkr./No. 21, RPHS Soc. Wrkr./DSS, RPHS

Carmen Delgado Soc. Wrkr./No. 15 Soc. Wrkr./35

Ailyn Costa Soc. Wrkr./JFKHS Soc. Wrkr./35

Beverly Synder Soc. Wrkr./No. 18 Soc. Wrkr./35

Lillian Bzdek LDTC/JFKHS, EHS LDTC/JFKHS

Jennie Rivera Soc. Wrkr./No. 8 Soc. Wrkr./DSS

Ray Baldino LDTC/No. 8 LDTC/DSS

Melissa Barbi Psych./No. 8 LDTC/DSS

Vivian Campos Soc. Wrkr./RCS Soc. Wrkr./No. 24, RCS

Jose Gonzalez LDTC/RCS LDTC/Nos. 24, RCS

Richard Garcia Psych./RCS Psych./No. 24, RCS

Joseph Gennerelli LDTC/No. 13 LDTC/Nos. 13, 8

Wallace Gould Psych./No. 13 Psych./Nos. 13, 8

Carolyn Piccollo LDTC/Nos. 25, 20 LDTC/No. 25

Jonathan Berkowitz Psych./No. 18 Psych./JFKHS

06-C16. Approved reclassifying position control number 6174 from Director of Staff Development to Supervisor of Staff Development.

06-C17. Approved compensation for JoAnn Barca as Coordinator for the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.

06-C18. Approved compensation for teachers working in the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $30,600.00:

Jean Caraccio Amy Bowlby Janelle Giblin Michele Triolo Michelle Vicente Mirca Martinez

Page 123 7/19/06 06-C19. Approved compensation for teachers working in the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 31, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $20,400.00:

Mary Ann Ibrahim Judy Haglund Aida Rosado Carmen Alva Eleanor Toye

06-C20. Approved compensation for personal aides working in the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $10,800.00:

Johcelyn Gazabon Gina Cevallos Elizabeth Pizarro

06-C21. Approved compensation for staff working in the Preschool Summer Program as occupational/physical therapist, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $6,460.00:

Elizabeth Collins Adrienne Warrick

06-C22. Approved compensation for Joan Scarnaty as Speech/Language Therapist in the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $5,100.00.

06-C23. Approved compensation for Namy Rojas as Nurse in the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $5,100.00.

06-C24. Approved compensation for instructional assistants and personal aides working in the Preschool Summer Program, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $64,800.00:

Juana Noreiga Marie Dixon Zoila Echeverry Cakia Davis Marisol Rojas Karen Hanson Vilma Cosme Jared MacDonald Edgar Ruiz Yris Borges Miguel Rubina Winnifred Johnson Hind Rashid Alicia Addison Rosa Cabrera Simone Bailey Rita D’Agostino Francisca Collado

06-C25. Approved payment for staff serving as mentor in the Provisional Route Program:

Mark Cannon Norma Menchon Jeanette Pernis

06-C26. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Ruben Ayala 10

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06-C27. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Raul Alarcon Said Arhim Jose Avendano Ulmaris Bartolomei Kasim Biyikli Gulson Buday Deborah Burton Venesia Campbell Mohammad Chowdhury Susan Clair Cassius Crandol Aracelis Cruz Ceilia DelArca Alberto Diaz Danielle Duran Luz Fernandez Kaniz Hussain Margot Mendoza Sameh Mikhail Froilan Miranda Sukla Mondal Rasheeda Thomas Colleen Thompson Jennifer Wendland Giralda Williams James Willis

06-C28. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Rosalie Bespalko Act. Prin./No. 21 V.P./BUILD Acad. 7/1/06

06-C29. Approved internal transfers for the 2006-2007 school year:

School No. 2 Greta Mills

School No. 3 Karen Mullaney Vicente Campos Cosmo Braico Carmen Clinton Mark DiGiacomo

School No. 5 Jill Davis Ann Margaret Bogdanos Bryan Sampson Steven Ashley Matilde Muniz Nathaniel Gerson Ernest Messina Peter Rebovich Giovanni Cusmano Karim Muhammed Derwin Smith Joseph Smallheer Annette Kline Cynthia Brooks Pat Rocca Rosalie Odigbo Michael Belmont Jackie Christiano Jose Sendon Mahzabeen Choudhury

School No. 6 Tara Parker Maria Murray Ericka Williams Barbara Rosser Sara Moody Sandra Auletta Luana Hatcher Jennifer Dickson

School No. 7 Ingrid Battagliese Gloria Bennett Ann Davaris Michele Polo Melissa Bensh Rosa Kopic

Page 125 7/19/06 Linda Monnett Tracy Pearson Cynthia Santoli Debra Falek Grace Alves

School No. 8 Linda Metaxas Leslie Rosen Peter Somoza Gloria Wheeler Marilyn Hall

School No. 10 Ethel Pipkin Holly Sparano Barbara Malawer Eric White Arlene Mierop Vera Schemly Sherry Hoffman Laraine Thornson Bruce King Ida Richardson Marie Giegerich Krista Yasin Esther Kamenetsky Kimyetta Bynum Rita Route A. Eatman-Michel Nabil Buketlov William Conlee Maryke Alburg Michelle Porcelli Lilly Mae Sellars Randi Pollack Sharon Reibel Beverly Hill

School No. 11 Nancy DeSalvo Jason Goldberg Alexander Sierra Tanisha Windley Steven Katz Glenn Anton Daris Interdonato Carmen Benjamin

School No. 12 Patricia Sidoti Michael Fede Michelle Albritton Mary McClam Lakeyba Brown Laurie Smith

School No. 15 Roberta Grennan Marisa Vanderclock Lavon Smith Lenora Stansfield Nurcan Ekici Gisela Adorno Jacqueline Barth Taina Pou Carmen Maldonado

School No. 16 Kristie Lara Janet Espinosa Myriam Cano Anna Contuzzi Deborah Schwarz Kathy Bruno-Davis Emma Ordonez Glory Essiet School No. 18 Nicole Hampson Jade Visco-Attieh Debra Grossman Melissa Margaritis Kimberly Walker Melissa Petraccoro Ronald Barone Elissa Mulvihill Jessica Muzzio-Rentas Amanda Konecny

School No. 19

Page 126 7/19/06 Sharleen Hamilton Kristin Regina

School No. 20 Priscilla Campagna Susan Gerding Mary Howard Geri Dickinson Kristy Wellings

School No. 24 Vera Tronci Jonathan Hiras

School No. 25 Lisa DeAngelo Karen Pardo Reggie Hall Jennifer Motta Michele Grevesen Katherine Marks

School No. 27 Kerry Donza Mary Meara-McAdam

School No. 28 Ruth-Ellen Smith Sophia Moncrieffe John Vroegindewey Christopher Lindsey Ayanna Gass Kristen Norgrove Lakresha Hodge Bonnie Sims Christine Sarno Denise Hemingway Jaime Lopez Roneea Bundick Karen Wachsman Jeanette Anderson Daniel Abdullah

School No. 29 Hava Dinc Rebecca Harvey Mary Lantigua

Martin Luther King School Cheryl Mucci Beverly Passaro

Edward W. Kilpatrick School Gladys Crespo Lucy Pratt

Dale Avenue School Lisa Susino Omar Navarro Sandra Monteagudo Yesenia Roman Cynthia Jimenez Emigda Hernandez Fataha Ahmed

Alexander Hamilton Academy Elizabeth Forfia-O’Neill Lisa Gayet Darroll Meyer Alyssa Radomski Tanya White Albania Fermin Phyllis Bivins-Hudson

Norman S. Weir School Joanna Norton Yolanda Blue-Gaskin

Page 127 7/19/06 06-C30. Approved transfers:

Name From To Eff. Date Jussara Ramos Sec./No. 5 Sec./No. 11 7/1/06

Migdalia Robledo Sec./No. 11 Sec./No. 5 7/1/06

06-C31. Approved change in titles from Whole School Reform Social Workers to School Social Worker, effective September 1, 2006:

Wanda Acosta-Asmar Deborah Ajimobi Regina Alcalde-Guevara Alberto Angel Frances Bardino Celeste Burton Vivian Campos Gayle Henderson Luis Hernandez Christine Leber Fay Leicht William Marotta Joy Martinez Alicia Neuman-Joel Jody Parker Susanne Ripley Moishe Shayland-Williams Miriam Vega Victor Vilchez Latisha Mayo Apryl Sneed

06-C32. Approved rescinding non-renewals for the 2006-2007 school year for emergency certificated staff:

Mary Jo Bonadonna David Dupiche Marielle Garcia Ana Henriquez Linda Hicks Deborah Huffin Madiha Katao Shkeirra Khan Wesley Kline Jose Rivera Raymond Schuyler Sandra Smith Ivette Soto

06-C33. Approved appointment of Arelis Francisco as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour.

06-C34. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Kira Tiencken Tchr.(Gr. 2)/No. 3 $44,071 9/1/06

06-C35. Approved compensation for teachers working in the Summer Enrichment Program, from July 5-28, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $18,360.00:

Carmen Coldiron Lee Chong Ramona Serrano Jacalyn Melchiano David Ferrier Giovanna Lora

06-C36. Approved compensation for staff serving as math trainers for grades 3, 4, 7 and 8 for the Summer Enrichment Program, in June 2006, at an amount not to exceed $3,960.00:

Celeste Ferrera Pamela Gary Kenneth Garrabrant Helene Prevosti

Page 128 7/19/06 Jennifer Romano Elaine Silversteiin Melissa Wesdyk John Zablocki

06-C37. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the New Teacher Induction Program Sub Committee on June 13, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $990.00:

Beverly DeSalvo Nicki Kelly Luann Crotty Cheryl Chadderton Dolores Varano Coretta Lawrence Brenda Armstrong Jennifer Ciocco Marianna White Denise Hemingway Anne Marie Urgovitch Margurite Sullivan Janice Lopez Joseph Andriulli Jackie Melchiano Ramona Serrano Amanda Konecny Bernadette Bryant Edgar Nieves Jason Agar

06-C38. Approved compensation for staff serving as site monitors for the 2006 Summer Food Service Program, from June 26 through August 25, 2006, at a rate of $8.75 per hour:

Gladys Pryor Shirley Wheeler Yolanda Rosa Elaine Gamble Kathy Lydecker Adalgiza Diaz Sandra McPherson Wanda Arroyo Hephte Ramirez Delores Wells Josephine Kearney

06-C39. Approved compensation for staff serving as site supervisors for the 2006 Summer Food Service Program, from June 26 through August 25, 2006, at a rate of $7.50 per hour:

Rosa Hickmon Isabel Rubina Julia Vasquez Shirley Sykes Rita Bethea Mary Reece Teresa Slater Bettie Chavis Isabel Benitez Linda Figueroa Nelly Torres Nimeh Amer Rosmeris Perez Barbara Townes Betty Wilson Mary Davis Yolanda Argumaniz Hattie Williams Vivian Williams Luz Camacho Antonia DiTaranta Rachel Jarido Veronica Holman Ruth Marraccini Bernice Hermon Gwendolyn Blue Tammy McDaniel Latoya McPherson Barbara Bruno Maricia Watson Tawana McCrae Mark Robinson Carmen Hernandez Joyce Floyd Mattie Stubbs Emma DelSardo Teisha Beach Sherry Dumas Carola Rivera Esther Garcia Margherita Stampone Maria Cruz

Page 129 7/19/06 Selma Grimes Debbie Howard Curlyphine McDaniel Julia Wright Carmen Abril Jeanette Aguilar Lillian Vega Quetcy Silva Gladys Pareja Doris Berrio Sarah Johnson Martha DeCoba Luisa Alcantara Rosa Perez Belkis Rosario Maria Lagos Marleny Rosado Alba Rosario Paulina Gutierrez Zoila Yungaicela

06-C40. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days David Buchholtz 10

06-C41. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Yomali Diaz Nahid Nipa

06-C42. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Jeffrey Barr Denise Barone Erin Hayes Samantha Simmons

06-C43. Approved compensation for teachers working in the Extended School Year Program at Schools 2, 24, Alexander Hamilton Academy, Eastside and John F. Kennedy High Schools, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $198,900.00:

Judith McLead Shakia McKinney Joan Perry Edwin Avecedo Adenike Adeyinko Carolyn Hobbs Jeanette Quentzel Saud Masri Tanya Scott Chris Ann Forchette Dyann Simone Nicole Fuller Shenita Davis Lisa Iannacone Ruth Calatayud Todd Harris Milena Rosas Wesley Kline Deborah Cox Jacqueline Smith Diane Wilkins Rosemarie Aviles Michele Krill Randy Pollack Ophelia Bethea Carolyn Ruffin Olive Martin Vertrica Ghee Lynne Blackowski Madalyn Perez Patricia Giesler Cheryl Coy Kelly Charles Brenda Jemal Valarie Kelley Shelton Prescott Tammie Simmons Coretta Lawrence Brenda Armstrong Dolores Varano

06-C44. Approved compensation for speech/language specialist working in the Extended School Year Program at Schools 2, 24, and Alexander Hamilton

Page 130 7/19/06 Academy, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $20,400.00:

Terry Frazer Lesley Tessler Dorothy Feldman Karen Snyder

06-C45. Approved compensation for nurses working in the Extended School Year Program at Schools 2, 24, STARS and Alexander Hamilton Academies, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $10,200.00:

Kathleen Tomascheck Kathleen Hennessey

06-C46. Approved compensation for instructional assistants and personal aides working in the Extended School Year Program at Schools 2, 9, 24, Alexander Hamilton Academy, Eastside and John F. Kennedy High Schools, from July 5 through August 15, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $252,000.00:

Yajaira Acevedo Patricia Thompson Jacqueline Ozmak Maria Carnero Temitope David Thurston Johnson Norma Gonzalez Migdalia Millet Barbara McKoy Haydee Pagan Albania Fermin Sonia Flagg Ruth Monasterio Carmen Jimenez John Sullivan Maria Velazquez Wedad Elias Renee Hogges Bryant Quispe Van Johnson Marci Gilmore Willa Mansfield John Mendoza Ines Mercado Tonetta Townsend Shaun Douglas Kamel Abuharthieh Mark Tait Shirley Noble Hezekiah Akintunde James Hargrove Wanda Ocasio Quatarra Benjamin Diane Fitzgerald Nicholas Fiumara Lucinda Hatchell Janet Reed Cynthia Lighty Monique Sutera Nicole Nealy Renay Jones Eva Razzak Almy Apaza Ronald Lathan Sonia Matalvo Lenore Maine Belkys Espinal Shawna Alexander Chris Renner Fatium Ramadan Laura Cotton Stephanie McDuffie Martha Dudley Rontai Carswell Ruth Willoughby Norma Blascia Eric Quispe Daryl Washington Eldridge Walker Arlene Mosley Vernard Belvi Matthew Pelletera Ruth Sacien Mauricio Sandoval Louvenia Bervard Mitchell Waddell Luz Vega Tarik Robinson Pamela Williams Jimmie Smith

Page 131 7/19/06 Edwin Rios Nick Consoli

06-C47. Approved compensation for Marva Hinds as guidance counselor at Silk City Academy, from August 18-31, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $1,700.00.

06-C48. Approved compensation for Matthew Miktus as New Teacher/IA Orientation Committee member, at an amount not to exceed $2,448.00.

06-C49. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Gloria Ramos 10

06-C50. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Michele Fiorillo 5

06-C51. Approved transferring Louella Johnson, Supervisor of Security, from non- bargaining unit to COSA, effective June 14, 2006.

06-C52. Approved retaining the Murray Law Firm, LLP, to serve as Labor Counsel to represent the Paterson Public Schools in labor arbitration, cases before the Public Employee Relations Commission, administrative agencies and in the courts at all levels, at an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.

06-C53. Approved compensation for preschool child study team members working during the summer, at an amount not to exceed $130,000.00:

Kay Sofer Jacqueline Vicioso Isabella Handcock Elizabeth Hook Renay Tripp Tara Scarborough Diana Ramirez Stella Sawicki James Albert Michele Sweetman Maria Castro Leslie Harmony Susan Otero Mona Schwartz Carolyn McCauley Michelle Vest Ivonne Fadel Alex Tahbaz Alicia VanDiver

06-C54. Approved compensation for teachers conducting staff development for summer curriculum for language arts and science for grades 3, 4, 7 and 8, for the Summer Enrichment Program, during June 2006, at an amount not to exceed $7,920.00:

Paulette Szalay Larry Umana Madelynn Walker Nanette Parnham Toni Setteduccato Patricia Rocca Marie Gagliardi Susan Donnelly Carmen Coldiron Liz Geron Jessica Williams Giovanna Lora

Page 132 7/19/06 Joann McKinney Fatima Mansur Dori Christmas Amelia DiStasio

06-C55. Approved compensation for staff for preparation of staff development to be presented on June 27, 2006, for the Dr. Ronald McNair Summer Program, at an amount not to exceed $792.00:

Madelynn Walker Laura Howson Gin Sanchez

06-C56. Approved reimbursement for Reina Viruet for the formal performance assessment required by the State of New Jersey for new principals, vice principals and directors, in the amount of $2,000.00.

06-C57. Approved reimbursement for Raymond Gonzalez for the formal performance assessment required by the State of New Jersey for new principals, vice principals and directors, in the amount of $1,800.00.

06-C58. Approved payment of mentoring fee for Linda Brown as occupational therapist, in the amount of $500.00.

06-C59. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Doreen Piscitelli 5

06-C60. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Lisa Weaver 6

06-C61. Approved processing payment for Linda Dixon for class coverage, in the amount of $365.25 in partial settlement of grievance 05-13, effective June 15, 2006. 06-C62. Approved transfers:

Name From To Eff. Date Cazel Benjamin Pers. Aide/OOD Inst. Asst./EHS 7/1/06

Trecia Deyo Inst. Asst./EHS Pers. Aide/No. 29 7/1/06

06-C63. Approved appointment of Vera Stampone as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour.

06-C64. Approved compensation for staff to work in the Department of Abbott Budgets and Regulations on NJQSAC budgets and summer office coverage, from July 1 through September 1, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $5,000.00:

Carolyn Hussain Charlene Izone

Page 133 7/19/06 06-C65. Approved compensation for staff of Rosa Parks High School working in the Saturday and Before/After School HSPA Prep Program, at an amount not to exceed $3,465.00:

Anita Muller Bittoni Joseph Grich Tara Kane Serge Laguerre Sandra Gaston Yvonne Nambe

06-C66. Approved substitute teacher applicant: (Paula Jacobs)

06-C67. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Rhonda Williams 10

06-C68. Approved creating three position control numbers for Special Education Math Resource Coaches for the Department of Pupil Personnel Services for the 2006-2007 school year.

06-C69. Approved payment for staff serving as mentor in the Provisional Route Program:

Eloy Huamanchumo Patricia Harvey Grace Stampone

06-C70. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Barbara Brooks LDTC/No. 2 Tchr./STARS Adad. 7/1/06

06-C71. Approved withholding increments of 10 month employees for the 2006- 2007 school year due to not fulfilling the required amount of days as per PEA contract:

Wanda Asmar Marcia Alexander Nicole Almazi Alberta Alston Nilza Ferraye Chryssoula Arsenis James Bacote Faith Bell Ana Bezerra Sandra Botti Georganna Bradley Christopher Britt Dorinda Bullaro Belitza Callegari Betiana Caprioli Timothy Caspare Stacy Correale Jill Davis Daniel Dean Michelle Defrancisci Danielle Dittmer Lisa Faris Kim Festa Richard Flores Ashona Francis Stacy Fuller Tista Korsak Levette Glanton Rebecca Goglia Monique Hall Christopher Hiel Wilda Jimenez Fawn Kennedy Tina Krankel Tara LaMotta Natasha Laderach Amy Lalonde Laura Lopez

Page 134 7/19/06 Maritza Lozada Carmen Marchetti Lauren McCartney Sarah Moody Julio Mora Paulina Olivares Holly Patell Ann Reed Michael Reilly Kara Rice Liza Otto Lydia Olivo Patricia Roberts Tamara Roberts Meghan Rork Ellen Rosenfeld Amanda Sanders Roger Sangster Christina Hernandez Apryl Sneed Susan Soobzokov Nadia Stern Sherry Tanski Carol Thompson Carmen Torres Kelly Torres Benjamin Williams Lauren Wingate Victoria Wozniak

06-C72. Approved withholding increments of employees for the 2006-2007 school yeart:

Vernon Kline Zaida Padilla Yvonne Williams James Ndukwe Luis Osorio

06-C73. Approved withholding increments of 12 month employees for the 2006- 2007 school year due to not fulfilling the required amount of days as per PEA contract:

Maribel Ellison Lillian Banchs Cynthia Robinson

06-C74. Approved rescinding non-renewals for the 2006-2007 school year for emergency certificated staff:

Diane Bolchune Tara Kearney Fidelina Mendoza Veronica Moran Barbara Moro Josmary Thorne Dayna Zisa Michelle Zube 06-C75. Approved creating twenty position control numbers for World Language Teachers for the 2006-2007 school year.

06-C76. Approved entering into a consultant contract with Garden State Environmental, Inc. to develop Hazard Communication Policy and Procedures and the Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Plan, as well as provide HazCom training in accordance with the Right to Know Law, for the 2006-2007 school year, at an amount not to exceed $11,080.00.

06-C77. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Emir Liguori 10

Page 135 7/19/06 06-C78. Approved transfers for the 2006-2007 school year:

Name From To Kathleen Kelly Cnslr./JFKHS Cnslr./MPACT

Kathleen Lederer Cnslr./JFKHS Cnslr./GMA

Joanette Weiss Cnslr./EHS Cnslr./SCA

Marilena Badea Cnslr./GMA Cnslr./EHS

Patricia Carr Cnslr./GFA Cnslr./JFKHS

Jack Abo Cnslr./JFKHS Cnslr./PANTHER

Inez Guzman Cnslr./No. 1 Cnslr./JFKHS

Howard Anderson Cnslr./EHS,JFKHS Cnslr./No. 1

Wendy Hinds Cnslr./SCA Cnslr./EHS

06-C79. Approved removing former student worker, Anthony Campisi, from the Edu-Met System due to no payroll history, effective June 20, 2006.

06-C80. Approved compensation for Tatiana Mikhailovsky, science teacher at Eastside High School, for work performed at Montclair State University using MSU funds (funds must be routed through district account), in the amount of $2,800.00.

06-C81. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Robert Greuter 10

06-C82. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Andrew Lawn 10

06-C83. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Mitchell Izenberg Tchr./Cen. Off. Tchr./No. 24 9/1/06

06-C84. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Ralph Barca 10

Page 136 7/19/06 06-C85. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Stephanie Gales 7

OTHER

06-B878. Approved by the Superintendent’s use of his veto authority the list of bank accounts to be established for the fiscal operation of the Paterson Public School District for the 2006-2007 school year.

OTHER BUSINESS

Comm. Vergara: I just wanted to acknowledge that I was on a humanitarian task and I approached Dr. Jack Perna, who is in the audience, and with the help of Dr. Jack Perna and I believe Dr. Fulmore, Dr. Rush and our Superintendent, Dr. Glascoe, we were able to assist some needy children with some school equipment. This is a school outside of the country and these children are from a very poor environment. The gentleman that I met with, the owner of a company who actually was pursuing to help these children out, was able to get the blessing from the district. They asked me to thank the Superintendent and everyone involved. They received the materials that they needed and hopefully we can keep this bond. Basically the stuff that the district donated was things that were basically going to be put out as trash, but it came in handy and other children were able to use it. Now their education will move forward in a better environment due to the help of this district. So again I thank everyone that was involved. Secondly, I have a few problems with the facilities department. I have a couple of complaints, but I would like to meet with Dr. Rush on that. I am not going to bring it up at this time. Also, many of the members of Troupe 911 are from our school district, almost every school in Paterson, and I just want to acknowledge that out of the 62 members 8 members made it to the Honor Roll. Four members made the Principals’ List. Six have perfect attendance. Twenty-nine of these children come from single household families where there is only one parent involved and sometimes it is difficult for them financially and what goes on in the school district. I know that I have been able to help them out with that. Fifteen of those children also have been classified. I am working with their parents and helping them to achieve their goals as far as the start of the new school year. We are going away. I decided to take a week off for vacation from my job and volunteer a week to take them to summer camp. So we will be leaving in August. Next weekend we are taking a trip up to High Point State Park. So I am still working with the children of Paterson trying to keep them off the streets and safe, and it’s working out pretty good. Once again, thank you to the Superintendent and the individuals involved because the children from Santiago and Santo Domingo are very happy with your help and support. Thank you.

Comm. Hodges: I do have a couple of comments, Madam President. I just have a couple of quick things and it pertains, in large measure, to the Board of Education. The number of people who voted in the School Board election became official and it’s something that has to be noted. Madam President, you have seen the data that is somewhat disturbing. There are 61,000 registered voters in the City of Paterson and a little over 3,400 came out and voted. That is 5.67% of the voting population. There were towns that had fewer people but that sent more people to the polls. 5.67% is the lowest percentage in the County of Passaic – the lowest percent. West Milford, which I am sure you all recognize is a substantially smaller town, a rural community, just came 400 short of sending more people than all of Paterson sent to the polls. That is

Page 137 7/19/06 embarrassing. Clifton sent more. Wayne sent more. These are all towns that have substantially smaller populations than the City of Paterson. So when people stop me and ask me on the street what are we going to do about this and about that, I tell them nothing. What are you going to do about it? Do you want to know why the Governor would cut your money? Why shouldn’t he? The rest of you have said, in essence, you don’t care. But he wouldn’t go and cut Clifton because they sent more people to the polls and he has to pay attention to that. So what message are you sending about the worth of your children that you don’t bother to go out and vote about their concerns? (Beginning of new tape)…want to pull the money away because they are saying if you don’t care why should we. That is our money there. After all, they are your children. These are the kinds of discussions that aren’t occurring. That is an embarrassment. The second lowest percentage of voting was 12%, I believe, of the population and we sent 5.67%. There were many towns that sent 18% of their population to the polls because they were concerned about the education of their children and they are all doing better than we are. In part, that is why – because they are engaged. Paterson had better start to pay more attention. You had better begin to get involved in the process because there are significant repercussions. You want new buildings? Well, you haven’t shown that you care about them. You haven’t raised the issue. If only 3,000 of you are coming out there, then how are they going to say this is important to you? Why shouldn’t they give more buildings to a community that sends 6,000 to the polls? They are concerned but you are not. That is an issue that we are going to have to wrestle with and address because if we don’t care about our children enough to register a free vote, nobody else is going to and they are not going to give us their money either. Thank you.

Comm. Taylor: That is a forum topic.

Comm. Sayegh: This past graduation day Dr. Hodges and I continued a longstanding tradition. We asked every graduate where he or she intended to go to college, or what he or she intended to do with his or her life. It’s an important question to ask and very often I say to myself should we put students on the spot. I think we should always put them on the spot because some day they are going to be asked the question and we are hoping it is not going to be some day too late. We are here to shape lives and promote better futures because we are up against an insidious enemy. If we cannot engage them, then gangs and other pernicious elements in the streets will engage them. So we will continue to do it, but I’m sure that we would like for teachers to also put students on the spot and ask them where they are going or what their plan is. When we ask you on graduation day and you don’t have any idea, then somewhere along the line someone has failed that particular student if the question has not been asked because it’s a question that needs to be. Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary that Dr. Glascoe has been in this district and I think it is important to note that we have gotten to know him over these past 12 months and he is not like any of his predecessors. We don’t want to name any names. We know who has come before him. But he is not like any of them. He is who he is. He is an educational leader. He is Dr. Michael Glascoe and he is attempting to correct what has been broken for so many years. It’s not going to happen in one year. It’s not going to happen in two years. But it’s about setting the district in the right direction and I sincerely believe that has happened. We need to continue to move in that direction. Thank you.

Comm. Kerr: I also received some reports concerning the school’s promotion and retention policy. This lady said her son failed about four subjects. Yet, the son was promoted and she was disturbed about it. I believe this is seriously something that we need to look at. We should make sure that we don’t support social promotion in this district because in the long run all it does is come back and hurt us. I also want to bring

Page 138 7/19/06 again the same argument that we had in the workshop concerning Resolution No. A-4. I in no way want to question the integrity of this teacher in preparing this resolution, but I just cannot accept or embrace the notion that a teacher in our system would consider this city a city known for drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy, high dropout rates, low test scores, and failing schools. This is all this district is known for and this is coming from a teacher in the system. I don’t care how good the teacher is. I don’t care what that teacher is putting out there. If that teacher believes that all this city is about are all these maladies, then there is something wrong. There is something seriously wrong and I hope that this kind of thinking does not permeate the teaching faculty of our school district. All that does is to transcend into other actions that will jeopardize the true development of our city and our kids. I did not support this resolution simply because of this language and I hate to know that this is going to a foundation. Paterson is known for more than that. We are cultural. We have historic importance to this country. We are a diverse ethnic city. We have our challenges, but we are working to make sure that we improve our situation. I hate to know that for the sake of $2,500.00 a teacher in our system would put this before a Board and say this is what Paterson is all about, this is what our children are all about, and this is what all the hardworking, decent people of Paterson are all about. I cannot accept it. I just wish I had never seen this because I am angry, angry, angry about this. Thank you.

Comm. Spagnola: Let me address this. This teacher…

Comm. Taylor: I am going to give you three minutes.

Comm. Spagnola: Are you going to give me a bell?

Comm. Taylor: No, I am not.

Comm. Spagnola: I can do it in less than three minutes. This teacher was not putting down Paterson. In fact, what he was doing was showing that no matter what and no matter where these children are they can excel. It doesn’t matter where you live, who you are, what your color is, or how big or small. They can reach the stars and that is exactly what you just said, Dr. Hodges. We all have to be honest with ourselves. We have our problems, but if you don’t identify the problems how are you going to address them? So the bottom line is this. No matter how bad things are, our kids come up on top. That’s the way I see it.

Comm. Taylor: Good night and have a nice summer.

It was moved by Comm. Taylor, seconded by Comm. Vergara that the meeting be adjourned. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 p.m.

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