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Regular Meeting Minutes - May 3, 2018 Page 1 of 220 Township Pub lic Schools REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MAY 3,2018 The Regular Meeting of the Wayne Township Board of Education was held on Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 475 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470. Executive Session was held in the Large Conference Room, in the Administration Building, 50 Nellis Drive, Wayne, New Jersey 07470. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. , pursuant to the terms of the Sunshine Law. The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. by Donald Pavlak, Jr. , Board President. I. Reading of Sunshine Law statement Adequate notice of this Regular and Executive Meeting, setting forth time, date and location, has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act on January 9, 2018 by: Prominently posting a copy on the bulletin board in the lobby of the offices of the Board of Education, which is a public place reserved for such announcements, transmitting a copy of this notice to The Record, The Wayne Today, and the Municipal Clerk. II. Roll Call PRESENT: Eileen Albanese, Mitch Badiner, Michael Bubba, Cathy Kazan, Gail Okun, Donald Pavlak, Jr., Suzanne Pudup, and Stacey Scher. ABSENT: Sean Duffy ALSO PRESENT: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent, Donna Reichman, Assistant Superintendent, Jinnee DeMarco, Assistant School Business Administrator/Board Secretary and John Geppert, Board General Counsel. Amotion was made to convene into Executive Session. Regular Meeting Minutes - May 3, 2018 Page 2 of 220 III. Approval to Convene into Executive Session X-2018-1 RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approved WHEREAS, the Wayne Township Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") from time to time must convene into Executive Session to discuss confidential matters including but not limited to personnel issues, legal matters, student issues and labor negotiations. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Board shall rmve into Executive Session to discuss personnel and student matters; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the minutes of the executive session will provide as much information as possible without violating any applicable privilege or confidentiality so that the public can understand what was discussed and when available what the Board decision was; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the minutes of the executive session will be released to the public in an appropriately redacted form within a reasonable period of time; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the redacted portion of the executive session minutes will not be released until such time as the privilege or confidentiality is no longer applicable. Motion: To Approve, Moved by MICHAEL BUBBA Seconded by GAIL OKUN. Passed. 8-0-0. Board Members Voting: Ayes: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA KAZAN, OKUN, PAVLAK, PUDUP, SCHER Absent: DUFFY IV. Reconvene The Executive Session of the Wayne Board of Education Regular Meeting of May 3, 2018 was convened in the Conference Room of the Wayne Board of Education, 50 Nellis Drive, Wayne, NJ 07470. The Statement of Compliance setting forth time, date and location was read in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act and the roll call was taken. The meeting was recessed and is now being reconvened. The Board reconvened at 7:30 p.rn. in the Wayne Township Municipal Building Council Chambers, 475 Valley Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470. Mr. Donald Pavlak, Jr., Board President, advised that the Board had been meeting in Executive Session at 50 Nellis Drive for the purpose of discussing· personnel and student matters. Information regarding these matters will be made public, if and when, appropriate. PRESENT: Eileen Albanese, Mitch Badiner, Michael Bubba, Cathy Kazan, Gail Okun, Donald Pavlak, Jr., Suzanne Pudup, and Stacey Scher. ABSENT: Sean Duffy ALSO PRESENT: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent, Donna Reichman, Assistant Superintendent, Jinnee DeMarco, Assistant School Business Administrator/Board Regular Meeting Minutes - May 3, 2018 Page 3 of 220 Secretary and John Geppert, Board General Counsel, five Administrators, and approximately ten members of the public. FLAG SALUTE MOMENT OF SILENCE V. Administrative Summary Report A. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT Good Evening! UPDATE FROM LAST MEETING One of the students that spoke at the last board meeting expressed concern about the fact that some of the students were unable to participate in our latest Thoughtexchange that we ran to learn more about student preferences for electives. We learned that our filtering software, Gaggle, interfered with students receiving the survey in the e-mail. The problem was resolved and all students will have the opportunity to complete the survey by this Friday, May 4th. BUDGET AND STAFFING The board meeting this evening is one of the most important of the year, because the board will be taking action to fund and staff our school system. Preparing for a meeting like this is an enormous undertaking and I would like to take a moment to thank all of the employees in the central office for all of their work. NEWS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT The Wayne Township Public Schools are proud to recognize the Patriot Robotics Team #9921 for their amazing performance at the FIRST Robotics Championship held this year in Detroit, Michigan. Our Patriots team competed during the week of April 23rd and ended the competition in 48th place out of approximately 1,400 teams representing of 60 countries from across the world. This team was the first team from Wayne to ever qualify and compete at the world championships. Congratulations to all team members and advisors. The team will appear at our next board meeting. WAYNE HILLS CULINARY COMPETITION Congratulations to all of our Wayne Hills future chefs for another strong performance in the annual Wayne Hills Student Culinary Competition. A special thanks to Sodexo Food Services for their sponsorship of the event. NORTHJERSEY.COM ARTICLE Board members, you may have noticed that there was an excellent article for the district that appeared on northjersey.com regarding our energy efficiency presentation .. LAURELWOOD ARBORETUM On Sunday, all residents are invited to the Laurelwood Arboretum for an opening reception and art show where you will be able to see our student's artwork on display in the beautiful 30-acre arboretum. The artwork will be on display through May 18th. Regular Meeting Minutes - May 3,2018 Page 4 of 220 GOVERNOR'S EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON Congratulations once again to all of our educators of the year. On May 11th, there will be a luncheon held in their honor at the Brownstone House. COMMUNITY FORUM I would like to invite our middle school and high school parents and guardians to a community forum on Tuesday, May 8th at Wayne Hills High School starting at 7pm. The topic is related to drug trends in our community and it is an event not to be missed. This year we will have some of our parents speaking. B. HIB REPORT During this reporting period, there were 3 incidents that were reported as HIB cases. After thorough investigation by the district, 1 of the 3 cases were identified as actual cases of HIB. PRESENTATION PUBLIC HEARING & FINAL ADOPTION OF THE 2018-2019 BUDGET Presented by: Dr. Mark Toback, Superintendent of Schools Approved Amotion was made to open the meeting to the public for Budget Questions and Input. Motion: To Approve, Moved by MITCH BADINER, Seconded by GAIL OKUN. Passed. 8-0-0. Board Members Voting: Ayes: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA, KAZAN, OKUN, PAVLAK, PUDUP, SCHER Absent: DUFFY PUBLIC QUESTIONS: - Jim Freeswick, 1212 Summerhill Rd . • What is the current district plan for using police for security. COMMENTS: Dr. Toback: • Off duty Wayne pOlice officers in middle and elementary schools Regular Meeting Minutes - May 3, 2018 Page 5 of 220 • Class III officers, training is required Seeing no one, a motion was made to close the meeting to Budget questions. Motion: To Approve, Moved by MICHAEL BUBBA Seconded by GAIL OKUN. Passed. 8-0-0. Board Members Voting: Ayes: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA KAZAN, OKUN, PAVLAK, PUDUP, SCHER Absent: DUFFY VI. Revisions to Agenda Items ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS: ADD: Item A-2018-2, Affirm HIB RESOLVED, that the Board affirm the Superintendent's decision on, HIB Case #28/2017-2018 following an appeal, as required by N.J.S.A.18A:37-15(b)(6)(e). HUMAN RESOURCE ITEMS: Item H-2018-6--Approval of Reappointment of Personnel Single unit contract Add: Eric Lindorff, Salary $61,200 Lic/Cert $3,000 Item H-2018-11--Approval of Non-Certified District Substitutes Hourly Pay Rates #2 Accounts Payable/Payroll pay rate should be $18.04 per hour VII. Open to Public Agenda Items Only This portion of the meeting is open to citizens for comment on agenda items only. Residents are to state their names, addresses, and subject matter. Comments may be limited to five minutes per person. Members of the public are discouraged from speaking negatively about an employee or a student. The Board bears no responsibility for comments made by the public. Comments regarding employees or students cannot be legally responded to by the Board. Other comments may be responded to tonight or at subsequent meetings under "old business." A motion was made to open the meeting to public comment. Motion: To Approve, Moved by MICHAEL BUBBA Seconded by MITCH BADINER. Passed. 8-0-0. Board Members Voting: Ayes: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA KAZAN, OKUN, PAVLAK, PUDUP, SCHER Absent: DUFFY Seeing no one, a motion was made to close the meeting to public comments. Motion: To Approve, Moved by MITCH BADINER, Seconded by GAIL OKUN. Passed. 8-0-0. Board Members Voting: Ayes: ALBANESE, BADINER, BUBBA KAZAN, OKUN, PAVLAK, PUDUP, SCHER Absent: DUFFY Regular Meeting Minutes - May 3, 2018 Page 6 of 220 VIII.