MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

December 14, 2005 – 7:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School

Presiding: Comm. Chauncey I. Brown, III, MBM, President

Present: Dr. Michael Glascoe, State District Superintendent Mr. Agostino Rottino, Interim Assistant Superintendent of Operations Mr. Sidney Sayovitz, General Counsel

Comm. Joseph Atallo Comm. Andre Sayegh Comm. Jonathan Hodges Comm. Lawrence Spagnola Comm. Alonzo Moody Comm. Willa Mae Taylor Comm. Juan Santiago Comm. Daniel Vergara

The Salute to the Flag was led by Miss Luthfa Ali, 12th Grade, National Honor Society.

Comm. Vergara 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 December 14, 2005 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 Al-Zaman, El Diario, the Italian Voice, the New Jersey Forum, the North Jersey Herald & News, and The Record.

Dr. Glascoe: Ladies and gentlemen, children first.

(Performance by Academy of Performing Arts Concert Choir)

Dr. John Murez: This is the Academy of Performing Arts. We teach children in grades five, six, seven and eight singing, dancing and theater, as well as a whole array of instruments. The song they just sang for you was a medley by Billingsly. The next song is sort of their theme song. It’s called Musica Dei and it’s by Levitz.

(Performance by Academy of Performing Arts Concert Choir)

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Dr. Glascoe: Ladies and gentlemen, this wonderful choir from our Performing Arts Academy has performed at Radio City Music Hall, St. Paul’s Chapel, Columbia University, and on the News 12 New Jersey Christmas Show. Last year the Academy of Performing Arts Concert Choir won first place in the WABC Radio Curtis and Kirby Christmas Holiday Competition, and I understand the prize was a 60-inch television set. Ladies and gentlemen, let us give them a big hand.

(Performance by Academy of Performing Arts Concert Choir)

REPORT OF STATE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

Dr. Glascoe: I want to commend our Office of Community Service and the Parent Resource Center under the leadership of Anna Taliaferro for their 8th Annual Parent Awareness Day program which was held at Eastside High School on Saturday, December 3. We had a great turnout. I believe the last count was about 700 parents and students also attended. We had workshops. We had lunch. We had a very enthusiastic and electrifying guest speaker, Dr. Donald Clark. So it was a great day. This was the 8th Annual Parent Awareness Day program and this is going to continue. We are going to improve on what we are doing to meet the needs of our parents and our communities. It is a great program. On Friday, December 2 the Paterson Public School District had the rare opportunity of hosting some of America’s most respected artists from hurricane-ravaged New Orleans. Among them were members of a Grammy-nominated Bruce Daggerponce Cajun Band. There were two concert presentations at Eastside High School on that day where students from grades 6-12 were in attendance and the community was also invited to attend. I was there and it was a fantastic program. The band performed Cajun music from Louisiana. This was put on by our diversity committee. They have had many of these kinds of cultural awareness programs throughout the year and we look forward to more. Congratulations and praise is extended to Morgan Williams, an 8th grader attending Norman S. Weir School, upon being featured in the upcoming 2005-2006 edition of “Who’s Who Among Outstanding Middle School Students.” “Who’s Who” recognizes achievements of outstanding middle school students nationwide and only a small percentage are considered of this honor. So we congratulate this fine young man and we congratulate Norman S. Weir as well as our school district. Thank you. The Eastside High School cheerleaders participated in tryouts for the UCA Cheerleading All- Stars. This event draws contestants from all over the country. The winners will participate in the annual holiday Christmas parade in London, England. Congratulations to Monique Mitchell, Tanisha Wells, and Vanessa Farmer for receiving All-Star medals and for being selected to participate in all holiday festivals in London. This is going to occur on December 28 through January 2. Congratulations to those wonderful young ladies. Finally, our School Board President, Comm. Brown, has recommended and I certainly concur that we change the meeting times of our School Board meetings. As you know, we meet two consecutive Wednesdays each month. Comm. Brown has proposed that we move to the first and third Wednesday of each month. I concur with this recommendation and want to move forward with it because it does a couple of things. One, as you know there is a tremendous volume of information for our School Board members to get through from one week to the other. We have our workshop meetings the first Wednesday and on the second Wednesday we have our regular School Board meetings. So with that time frame it does give our Board members additional time to digest the volume of information and certainly be prepared to do what they are elected to do, and that is to work with the school district in governance. In addition to that, it allows our staff ample time to prepare this information. Preparing information from one week to the other does push the staff as well as the School Board.

Page 2 12/14/05 So in essence I concur with this recommendation and we would like to move forward with this beginning the first Wednesday in January. Thank you Mr. President, that concludes my comments.

REPORT OF BOARD PRESIDENT

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Dr. Glascoe. First I want to thank all the parents who came out for Parent Awareness Day last Saturday. I also want to thank Ms. Taliaferro’s staff for the great job they have done in preparing and engaging parents in our community. I also would like to apologize for my non-attendance. I had some family challenges with my five-year-old daughter and my thirteen-year-old son and I apologize that I was unable to make it. I also want to congratulate the graduating class this year of Leadership Partners, a yearlong program that is spearheaded by Dr. Fulmore. I also want to thank him for making it here tonight instead of the graduation. Thank you. I also want to announce tonight the formation of our new committees. I am going to let you know who the new chairmen of these committees are and I would like for them to make a few brief comments. As most of you know, I have been a policy- driven or a governance type of individual on how the Board functions and how it does work. In the spirit of trying to move this district back to local control that has been my top priority that I want to accomplish, trying to work as a Board and how we engage with the administration on delivering services and setting the vision for this district so we can move forward. There are four committees that I established. One is the facilities committee that is chaired by Dr. Hodges. He will speak briefly on his committee in few moments. The next committee is the policy committee that is chaired by Comm. Sayegh. We have a human resource committee that is chaired by Comm. Taylor. We also have a joint governance committee that is chaired by myself. After I give my colleagues a chance to speak briefly I will share with you what that joint governance committee’s intent and purpose is. At this time I would like to move the floor and turn it over to the committee chairman of facilities, Dr. Hodges.

Comm. Hodges: Good evening. It is very nice to have so many people in attendance. I will look for you to be here next month as well. The facilities committee has a number of extraordinary challenges in front of it. Out of 14 proposed schools we have only two completed in eight years. We have to turn that around. We have to look at finding ways to secure new sites and to monitor the construction process from planning to completion. We additionally need to take a look at maintenance schedules in our current facilities and finding ways to develop new and more effective work order systems that will enable us to address problems very carefully and very quickly. We also want to put together a preventative maintenance schedule that will allow us to eliminate the recurrent problems by being proactive. Those are some of the concerns that we are going to be paying attention to in the facilities committee. We are working jointly with the SCC. Once a month we meet to look at the new buildings that are coming in. That report is forthcoming on a monthly basis to the rest of the Board. Thank you Mr. Chairman.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Dr. Hodges. Next, I would like to turn the floor over to our policy chairman, Dr. Sayegh.

Comm. Sayegh: Thank you Comm. Brown. We don’t want to disseminate erroneous information. I am not a doctor. I just play one on television. A major function of this Board is to develop and subsequently implement policies that ensure fiscal and educational accountability. We are all interested in enhancing the academic achievement experience for all students. Therefore, I think this is a capital idea that we create an umbrella committee which consists of the legal committee chaired by Comm.

Page 3 12/14/05 Spagnola, the fiscal committee chaired by Dr. Atallo, and the curriculum committee which I have the pleasure of chairing. We will address areas we feel are the most important as far as policy-making is concerned. I have listed three of the most important. But we will also be looking at how our money is being spent, what our children are learning, when they are learning, and how they are learning. We will also be working together to ensure that we are good stewards of the money and to do the job that we were elected to do by the people of Paterson. So I am encouraged by the fact that we are creating a policy committee simply because as you know School Board members are not here to run the schools, we are just here to make sure that they are well run. Thank you very much.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Comm. Sayegh. At this time, I would like to move to our human resources chairman, Comm. Taylor.

Comm. Taylor: Thank you. Human resources is another word for our title of personnel. It is an area that I have sat in on for the last almost three years. It has to do with whether or not we have enough personnel for every department in the district and if they are properly certified to work in each classroom. The most difficult area that we have had in personnel has been to staff the children that are challenged in the special needs department and provide the proper social workers, psychologists, and all the people that go to make up search teams and to provide proper IEP’s for every child. That is the most difficult area that we have. I am sure we are going to have some challenges as far as ethnic searches for people to serve a district of our ethnic makeup - people who know what they are doing, people who have gone to school and have studied, and people who love children and don’t mind being around children and the parents. Some people don’t want to be around the children’s parents. But you can't be with a child and not understand its parents. So we will be working on human resources, the whole story - the child, the family, and the school environment. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Comm. Taylor. The last committee is the joint governance committee that I have proposed. These committees were primarily proposed out of our Board retreat in September. In the joint governance committee we discussed that if we are going to move this district forward there has to be a collaborative effort of both governing bodies, meaning the Board and the City Council. So I have met with the president of the City Council and we have begun a dialogue on how we can interact, share, and work with resources such as keeping the schools at night for recreational programs offered by the city. We do have some facility challenges that we have to meet. So these are some of the issues that we are going to tackle in the joint governance committee with the two governing bodies. Also, I believe New Jersey QSAC is still sitting on the governor’s desk and last year we adopted it as a pilot program, so you can understand where our movement of going forward comes from. It is proposed to be signed into law some time in the coming year and we as a Board are trying to prepare ourselves to get ready to govern. So I really want to thank all of my colleagues for the hard work that they have done up until this point and I am very encouraged by the work that we are going to be doing together in the future. That is the end of my report and thank you very much. I would like to have a motion to open up the public portion.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

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

Page 4 12/14/05 Comm. Brown: Before we being, the public portion is 30 minutes. You can talk about agenda items or non-agenda items. After the 30 minutes is up I will wait for the last speaker. I have to call for a motion on the floor. It has to be seconded and voted on and then we can continue for another thirty minutes if the public wishes to engage in more speech. I also have to let you know that the public potion is for the public to state their concerns and not for the Board and the public to engage in dialogue. So we are going to hear all of the public concerns first and we will respond at a later time. Please state your name and address for the record. Thank you and good evening.

Mr. Julio Tavares: Good evening. My name is Julio Tavares from the United Dominicans of Paterson. I am glad to hear that you guys are convening a committee. I hope you are going to create some measures on how you are going to handle that. But I have a statement to read. I thought the Paterson Public School System’s discrimination practices only occurred at Eastside High School. But after researching the issue I have discovered that Latinos are systematically being discriminated against throughout the Paterson Public School District. Dr. Glascoe, I hear you are a fast kind of individual so I have some data for you. Latinos make more than half of Paterson’s population. Based on the 2000 census there are more than 75,000 Latinos living in Paterson. Latino students make up more than half of the student population in the Paterson Public School District. According to the 2003-2004 Paterson Public School demographic report there were a total of 26,447 students enrolled in the district and 14,241 were Latinos. More than likely that number has increased since then. As you can see, student population and the population in general are mostly composed of Latinos. Thus one would think that the aim of the district’s leadership will be to ensure that the ethnic composition of staff administrators and leadership on top will be to ensure that the ethnic composition of staff administrators reflect the ethnic composition of the student population. Even though that is the case all over the country if you do your research it is not the case in Paterson, where Latinos are systematically being discriminated against. Let us get some information. Based on the data I received from the district, even though I asked for up-to-date data, what I received was last year’s data. According to last year’s data there were only 12% Latino administrators. Latino principals were only 30%. Latino teachers were only 15%. If you take away the bilingual teachers what you get is only 8% of the regular teachers being Latino. However, there are over 10,000 in regular classes. Over 10,000 of the Latinos that are in here are not in bilingual programs. They are in regular classroom classes. Let us check some of the positions Latinos are being hired for. Teacher aides are 40%. That is a big difference. Secretarial jobs are 38%. Service workers are 44%. That almost meets 50%. We are almost getting there. I guess that $50,000 headhunter you guys looked for could find Latinos that could efficiently clean the floor but not to hold leadership positions. But they can find Dr. Glascoe’s college buddies to come and take over here.

Comm. Brown: Please wrap it up.

Mr. Tavares: According to the Paterson Public School District’s Equity and Diversity Council there is a need for a greater number of teachers and administrative staff whose racial cultural demographics reflect that of the student population in our schools. However, that need is not being addressed and this is your Equity and Diversity Council saying it in your report.

Comm. Brown: Your three minutes are up. Please wrap it up.

Mr. Tavares: It was five minutes. I said I am from the United Dominicans of Paterson.

Page 5 12/14/05 Comm. Brown: I apologize. Please extend it two more minutes.

Mr. Tavares: The data reported in the Paterson Public School District’s Equity and Diversity Council multi-year equity plan report for 2004-2005 shows that Latinos are not being hired or sought after to fulfill the need for Latino administrators and teachers in the Paterson Public School District. Here is the hiring data from the Paterson Public School’s Equity and Diversity Council multi-year equity plan report for 2004-2005. For the 2002-2003 the total hires were 410 and Latinos were 72. Only 18% were hired. How are you supposed to reach that limit of you are hiring less? Only 18% were hired. For the 2003-2004 school year 238 were hired and only 40 were Latinos. This is 17%. How are you going to diversify the school district if you only hire less? For the school year of 2004-2005 total hires were 247. Latinos hired were 44. Again this is 18%. Are you not supposed to bring the bar a little higher? Let us look at non-certificated service workers, teacher’s aides, etc. Total hires for 2004-2005 were 472. Latinos were 223. What a surprise, it is 47% again. So once again you can hire them to clean the floors but not to teach our children. Look at the difference between certificated and non- certificated Latinos that were hired in 2004-2005.

Comm. Brown: Please wrap it up.

Mr. Tavares: I am almost done. Like I said earlier, I guess you can find Latinos that can sweep the floors but not take care of our children. All over the country school districts are working to diversify the ethnic composition of the administrators and staff in order to reflect the ethnic composition of the population it serves because if you do any research in education you find that it makes a difference when you have somebody of your ethnic background teaching you. I was a teacher, a student, a substitute teacher here and it works.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Mr. Tavares: It has been shown that it makes a difference.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me sir. Your time is up. We have other speakers that would like to speak. Please.

Mr. Tavares: Just let me finish. I am almost done. Give me a minute. Give me just one minute. Additionally, the Paterson Public School District’s Equity and Diversity Council has established that diversifying this district’s leadership and staff is a critical issue. So why is the Paterson Public School District going against what your own Equity and Diversity Council is saying to do? I have not heard anything that can be measured. I like facts. Where are your goals? Where are your metrics? What do you expect to do by six months or a year? I don’t see any of that. You are saying things. If you look at the Equity and Diversity Council’s report it says nothing. It is a bunch of goals. But there is no way to measure. How are you going measure the efficiency of these goals? How are you going to reach them? There is no way. By the way, according to this article Paterson is not a job bank. You should heed that Dr. Glascoe. It is not a job bank.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments, Mr. Tavares.

Mr. Tom Fiscaldo: My name is Tom Fiscaldo from Preakness Avenue, One Eye On Paterson. I don’t know if I will get applause like that. 15 years ago we had local control and the state came in and began testing students and they said we could do better. We have a five-year plan that will put this school system on top of everything and the state

Page 6 12/14/05 is taking over. That was 15 years ago and the five-year plan still has not worked. They did succeed in raising the budget and I don’t know if they have succeeded in anything else. Now I hear of a federal testing for No Child Left Behind. I want you people to watch out that they don’t test the students and have federal takeover and do even more damage than the state did. The second matter I wanted to discuss with you is when I graduated from school in Paterson we got a copy of the United States Constitution. It said according to the law 18:A36-18 we are giving all the graduate students a copy of the United States Constitution courtesy of the Board of Education. Today children don’t know they have the right to elected representatives. The United Nations is getting more powerful and wants to take over the computer system. Do the children know that you have no representatives in the United Nations? They want Internet control and they have no representatives. Do they know Homeland Security is a violation of Article 1? Do they know that losing your right to trial is a violation with Homeland Security? Do they know you can torture people, which is a violation of Article 8? They don’t read the Constitution. So I request that you follow the old law and give all graduates of all Paterson schools a copy of the book containing the Constitution. Give them any book or even just the bill of rights. But I am giving the local Board copies and if any member of the public wants a copy my address is in the phone book. They cost $3 each and I am giving a copy to every member of the Board. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Mr. Fiscaldo.

Mr. Luis Velez: Good evening Board members. My name is Luis A. Velez, an active parent in Paterson. Before I forget, Comm. Hodges, if this community has to be here tomorrow in front of this Board they will be here next week, tomorrow, or everyday proving that we are a united community. I cannot let that go. But first of all, on Monday the Bergen Record ran an article about a school official not from this district, which is accused of molesting some boys. The most vivid point for me is that he targeted Latino boys. The article mentioned how he used or abused his administrative powers to control his victims. One young man told investigators that he was afraid to speak up because of the official’s position. He was afraid his mother would lose her job. Sad also is the fact that a staff member from the school drove the young man to school to see if he could withdraw from school when they should have been encouraged to remain in school. It was not until almost two years later that a young man finally found someone who could identify with him, a former counselor to reveal his dilemma to. As a parent this story disturbed me a lot. It also convinces me that our children need role models who have a similar background, experience, and culture. Having representation for our children means that we understand their needs and the barriers that can cause our children to fail. According to this district’s own data we have a crisis with Latino achievement. Our Latino young men have the highest dropout rate. Dr. Glascoe, do you really believe that your administration can be trusted to meet the needs of the community? If the leadership team is not representative of the community you need to think twice and think better and get a better administration to represent the Latino community and others. Last but not least, I am reading this because I took my time to write this and bring this to the Board. We as adults and professionals must come together and defend, fight, and protect our children. As a minority community in Paterson, I believe no matter what nationality we are we should have equivalent and fair representation in all levels of government in the city. And we need the staff of the Board of Education to be balanced and have Latinos that represent our community.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much.

Ms. Margie DeLeon: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Margie DeLeon and I live at 43 Rossitier Avenue, almost a block away from here. The last time I was

Page 7 12/14/05 watching this session being televised I noticed that unfortunately there were two people who reached out to the Latino community for their vote and were supported. They were criticizing a program that was the main source at this point of many jobs in the city. I worked at a preschool center for five years here in Paterson as director and a teacher’s assistant and I never saw any of them. On the other hand, other leaders of the community, the Board, and the early childhood program attended many of our activities and supervised our work regularly. Our work was highly recognized and you said in our last session that we are not working hard enough. Now out of nowhere you dare to say that we should not teach the children with just love. These are three and four-year-olds and love is the main ingredient. And let me tell you something else - I am assuming you did not do your research appropriately probably because that center was predominantly Latino children and staff. Well, shame on all you. All the leaders including the Mayor stopped by many times. On top of that you dare to compare our children with other communities. This program is still new and from my point of view it grew and progressed immensely. Instead of criticizing it you should be congratulating and recognizing the magnificent job done in the last seven years with the preschool centers, beginning with the top of the department of the early childhood education and her team. If we saw some centers closing I guess they were not keeping up with the view and objectives of the program. So please think about what you say about this program because it is working hard. We did a lot in seven years and I am very proud of it.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Mr. Frederick Mutooni: Good evening. My name is Frederick Mutooni from 197 No. 7th Street in Paterson. I am going to speak representing my organization called National Youth Rights Association. I am only going to take three minutes. I would like to thank all of you as a team for respecting the wishes of the parents by allowing the parents to speak in the beginning of the meeting instead of at the end. I am sure many parents here remember there were times when we had to sit down here and wait until midnight. I will never forget an instance that took place at Rosa Parks High School when we had two Latino women with kids and the women were crying because they wanted to speak but the Board would not allow them to speak. For now I have to say thank you but I am not sure who is going to get that credit. Maybe it is Dr. Glascoe or maybe someone else. But for many years finally our prayers have been answered and I would like to congratulate all of you. Secondly, let me say that I also take this opportunity to thank Board members including Comm. Moody and Comm. Brown who came to support our youth in the city council chamber because the city wanted to brand our children of 18 years of age as criminals and to put them under house arrest. Through the acts of unscrupulous political leaders our youth in this city are being turned from agents of positive change into agents of terrorism. There is a great need to pull our youth from the brinks of destruction where the current city origin of Mayor Torres and the few city council members who are there have pushed them. Scant attention if any has been paid to job creation of our youth. Instead, through what seems to be a deliberate city policy our community settings have become incubating factories for street thugs, hired assassins, and all manners of criminals. There is an urgent need for programs for our youth development and empowerment. This goes to Comm. Brown, I have to say that the schools are negotiating and opening the facilities for our children. This is something we have been waiting for since 1991. We cannot wait any longer. I am sure you are much aware that after the city failed to offer opportunities for our children they decided to put a curfew. A curfew is unacceptable. Many Patersonians think that a curfew is a good idea. What these people fail to understand is that a curfew is an attempt by our politicians to divert the community’s attention away from child issues, domestic violence, and the family disarray. Our youth need someone to stand for them and to stand firmly. That is why I, Frederick Mutooni, intend to stand as a city council-at-large candidate and

Page 8 12/14/05 I hope you guys can give me support. This coming election is going to be based purely on friends of our youth versus enemies of our youth. Those candidates who are going to support a curfew are going to be enemies of our youth. Many people continue to compare Paterson with other cities. Comparing Paterson to Clifton or Wanaque is like comparing goat and devil. There is no comparison, only contrasts. I therefore have to say that I wish all Patersonians a happy Christmas and a happy new year. Please take your time to learn who I am. Today in the world of technology you have the information right in your hands. Go to your Internet and type my name. My name is Frederick Mutooni. See what the Internet is going to give you. Type in the name of other candidates and see what the Internet is going to give you. What you see in the Internet is what you get. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: You are welcome. But next time I have to caution you. You can’t at a Board meeting talk about your political campaign.

Mr. Mutooni: I apologize, Comm. Brown.

Comm. Brown: No problem. Thank you very much, Mr. Mutooni.

Mr. Carlos Garcia: Good evening everybody. My name is Carlos Garcia, a real estate broker in Paterson. I have lived in this country for more than 40 years. I have lived in Paterson for more than 30 years. I have had a real estate office in the city for more than 24 years. I have been a member of committees and also have been a commissioner on several offices. My concern has to do with a few things that I read on this report. First of all it says that we must elect officials who see city resources are schools as a sacred trust that belong to our children and our future. If I could write a law I would never solicit the Superintendent or Board members about jobs or contracts. That bothers me because while the Hispanic representation is fading what is happening with that situation because my law is that a while a go I read in newspaper that one of the actual members of the administration of the new Superintendent is a former member of the selection panel that interviewed the Superintendent for the position of the Superintendent of schools right now. Is that not some kind of conflict of interest? Was there any kind of arrangement done pervious to the selection for the job? Is it a compensation for being selected to the panel to be the Superintendent in this school while the Hispanic representation is fading out? Remember, I do not know how this kind of selecting of somebody works. I would like for someone to clear my mind. It is a conflict of interest. We are getting less and less of the situation of being represented by the Hispanic staff and we bring somebody to whom we owe something? This is the situation that will never solicit Superintendent and Board of Education members about job or contracts. According to the newspaper this is the new Superintendent’s voice. It is repeated in the newspaper. So there is something in there that is not clear in my mind. I would like it if the representation of Hispanic people. In ending, we would like it if the representation on the high level of staff is well represented by the candidate that we now have and that they are very well prepared. It is very silly that somebody comes in from outside not knowing anything about the city and makes changes right on his path. You should take your time Mr. Superintendent. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Maria Magda O’Keefe: Good evening. My name is Maria Magda O’Keefe. I am a resident of the City of Paterson. I am not running for anything. Mr. President, before I go on I would like to ask permission to have five minutes or close to five minutes for whatever I have to say. I have great respect for the panel that sits here. You are all my friends for many years and I have great respect for the Commissioners of the Board of

Page 9 12/14/05 Education. However, tonight I feel that my friends, brothers, and sisters who represent the children of the City of Paterson are ignorant of something that has happened in our city. We had a meeting with Dr. Glascoe, the leader of our community, which we are very unhappy with. You have to forgive the way I am going to say this but our community has been raped out of somebody who represents our children in the City of Paterson. That person is Dr. Anna DeMolli. Mr. President and dear Board Members, I have served the City of Paterson for many years and you know that. I am a very honest person and you know that too. And I feel very unhappy the way things are happening especially with a group of Commissioners who are so responsible in our city. I feel that Dr. Glascoe has raped our community out of a wonderful assistant superintendent of the schools. That I feel very uncomfortable with. I was raised in this city. I have my children in this city. I have lived for 49 years in this city and all of you know what I stand for. I am not talking because Dr. DeMolli is a Hispanic. I am talking about something that she deserves. It is hers. It belongs to her. I am asking the Commissioners to take responsibility because Dr. Glascoe is not a citizen of the City of Paterson. I am very sorry that we have to come here and show the community. If we have to get the community together we will do so. And if we have to go to Trenton we will do so. And if we have to go to Washington we will do so. But I don’t think we have to do that. That is why the community elected you, Comm. Atallo. That is why the community elected you, Comm. Hodges. That is why the community elected everybody here, because we believe that you can represent our children and our own interests too. Dr. DeMolli has been a teacher for many years and she has been an employee of the Paterson Public Schools for 33 years. She has been an assistant superintendent of the schools for 13 years. Now all of a sudden a man from outside comes here and says she cannot be one anymore. No way. No way. We will do whatever we have to do. We have two Latino Commissioners and I am not asking the Latino Commissioners to do anything. I am asking the whole Board to talk to Dr. Glascoe and find out how he can make the decision like this on his own without your permission or your knowledge. We are not here tonight to show anything. We are here because we want an answer from the Commissioners and Dr. Glascoe. Otherwise this would be different. I promise you that it will be different and I don’t want to see something happening in Paterson like what happened in the 1960’s. But we are ready for that. I am making the Commissioner responsible, if you don’t mind. That is what elected you for, to defend our rights. I want to thank you, Mr. President. I want to thank you and I want to give you my telephone number because I need to have some answers tomorrow at least. Mr. President and Dr. Glascoe my telephone number is 973-684-3320. I have been a director of the Hispanic Center for 30 years. For 30 years I have served my community. Not just the Hispanic community, but all the community in Paterson. I need an answer, Mr. Chairperson and my dear members of the Paterson Public Schools. I need an answer because this community needs an answer. I believe that Dr. DeMolli has been the right person in the right position. She has given 33 years of her life to this community and she needs that respect from you and from us. Thank you. May the lord God bless you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much Councilwoman. Excuse me. Before we move forward we have to have a motion on the floor and seconded in a roll call so we can continue the public portion.

It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. Santiago that the public portion of the meeting be extended. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Mr. Jose Moore: Good evening Mr. President. Good evening Dr. Glascoe and all the Board members. My name is Jose Moore and I am the President of the Peruvian Parade in the State of New Jersey. It is a shame that we do not have anyone to

Page 10 12/14/05 represent us in Paterson. I have lived in Paterson for the past 35 years and Dr. Glascoe I think your decision is wrong. Also, I am ashamed of the fact that we as Latinos elected you guys to represent us and to make decisions in our behalf. You have betrayed us. You have betrayed us by coming to the community to speak some Spanish and them you use us as a trampoline to run for another position in the city. We are not going to permit that. We are not going to take that because if you are running for the Board of Education it is to protect our children, not to use it as a trampoline for political decisions. So please take that in mind. You are here to protect our children. You are here to protect the budget that is being used in the administration, which is taking more than 75% that belongs to our children. I don’t think that is right Dr. Glascoe. You have just come here a few days ago and you are not a resident of Paterson. I don’t think that the city needs you as a Superintendent if you make decisions without the Board members supporting you. I know you represent the state, but I think you should know what Paterson really needs. Paterson needs somebody who is going to take care of our children and is going to give them a good education. That is what we are here for. So the Latinos are going to get together and we are going to see if the Board Members are not using this Board of Education to run as a political trampoline. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Dr. Hani Awadallah: Good evening. My name is Hani Awadallah, head of the Arab American Civic Organization, 964 Main Street, Paterson. It seems that the hiring and the diversity are not going to leave me. I thought that after meting with you Dr. Glascoe and with your staff that we had worked things out and that you really would have the diversity and the interests of the whole community. I believe what you have and I still do believe that. But I just want to say that I don’t believe in diversification for the sake of diversification. I don’t believe in that at all and I am talking as an educator. For example, I resent somebody saying that you are coming from Virginia. If you are the most qualified person to lead this city you are welcome. The same thing goes for the staff and for the teachers and for the assistant superintendents. But if you remember what I said last month, I said that if we have the qualifications and the people administrative or teaching staff from the community who can lead these are the people we should bend over backward to accommodate. There is no question about that Dr. Glascoe. Ladies and gentlemen, you should always have the interest of the people, educators, and kids in Paterson before anything else. I just want to say something about my knowledge of Dr. DeMolli. I knew her for more than ten years. She went through all the steps. She started as a teacher, as a principal, as an assistant superintendent, and she really marveled in all of these positions. I just want to say that if we did not have Dr. DeMolli in Paterson we should seek her from outside the city because she is a very qualified educator who really cares about the City of Paterson and the kids in Paterson. Dr. Glascoe and Commissioners, I want you to understand where I am coming from. I am a minority myself and I know how it feels to be a minority. In this city we are a congregate of minorities and if we don’t stick together, not for the sake of just sticking together, but if we can't stick together for the benefit of the kids in Paterson and you do have a qualified person who can lead, we should welcome them with open arms. That is the attitude we should have. We have somebody from the community who can really help the kids in Paterson because they do have the concerns of the kids in Paterson before anybody else. And with all due respect Dr. Glascoe, I really think to have Dr. DeMolli in a way directly or indirectly demoted or getting her salary cut, that by itself is not a good way to treat somebody who has served the kids of Paterson for 33 years.

Comm. Brown: Please wrap it up.

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Dr. Awadallah: What is fair is fair. I knew her and I am talking as an educator myself. She is an educator’s educator and she is the quintessential person to lead the early childhood program. I hope that some reconsideration will take place in this position and I know Dr. Glascoe that you are big enough to look at the whole picture. Not only the Latino community, but the whole population in Paterson because I think Dr. DeMolli has been effective in her position throughout all these years. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Dr. Gloria Taylor: My name is Gloria Taylor, the Chairperson of the now famous Equity and Diversity Council. I hope you allow me to talk a few minutes longer. But first on a light note, the cultural arts committee of the Equity and Diversity Council invites all of you to another celebration that will take place on December 19. It will be the show of a Patersonian, this time reaffirming Italian culture. The renowned Patersonian jazz musician Bucky Pizzarelli will be here in Paterson at Rosa Parks High School at 11 a.m. and at 1 p.m. All of you are invited to help us celebrate. The responsibility of the Paterson Board of Education of any board of education of every public school is to identify and correct discriminatory and inequitable policies, programs, practices, and condition affecting our schools. This is as per the State Board of Education. To that end our Board and our Superintendent put together an appointed Equity and Diversity Council, not committee. The Equity and Diversity Council is a district-wide council whose mission is to work collaboratively to promote equity, multiculturalism and educational curriculum, staff development, and school community activities. This policy which is on the books says that in conjunction with the state’s comprehensive equity plan the Equity and Diversity Council will assist the State District Superintendent in monitoring, identifying, and rectifying discriminatory and inequitable policies, programs, practices, and conditions within our district or affecting our public schools. As chairperson of the Equity and Diversity Council, it has been brought to our attention that recent staff and hiring practices do not reflect the goals and objectives of our Equity and Diversity Council in this district. Additionally, we have been besieged by members of the Hispanic community and staff members who are quite concerned at the alleged patterns of discrimination. Some even feel unfair labor practices are going on in our district, for example, not identifying positions and where they are located, the generic advertising of positions. We feel that is unfair. Also there is inequitable promoting of individuals who lack the appropriate certification for jobs and/or relevant experience. To that end, I want you to know that the district’s Equity and Diversity Council will follow up after tonight and we will attempt to meet with our Superintendent to address some of these concerns. Thank you very much.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Rosa Saez: Good evening Board Members and the entire community that is here tonight. My name is Rosa Saez. I have been in the Paterson community as a volunteer. I also work as an instructional assistant and I am always helping our community in Paterson. My reason for being here is my concern and the concern of many of our Hispanic community members. I know we have a lot of representatives tonight in the auditorium. Our concern is over the unhappiness of the removal of the position of Dr. DeMolli. It is not fair for a person who has dedicated their whole life to the City of Paterson. That is not fair. Also, what can we expect ourselves as new employees of the City of Paterson if somebody who has dedicated her life for many years is out of her position because they find somebody new who does not even know the needs of the children in Paterson? We need to stand up for Dr. DeMolli. Please, if you don’t do anything we are going to go to the state. We are going to raise our voices

Page 12 12/14/05 and all the community is going to get together. You have to do something for Dr. DeMolli. Please stand up because we know the work that Dr. DeMolli has been doing all of these years. I have known Dr. DeMolli for over 15 years and I saw her working from morning to night creating new programs in benefit of our children. She knows what the children need, not somebody who is coming from outside and does not know the needs of the whole community. I am not talking about just the Hispanic community. I am talking to the diversity of Latinos from different countries. She does not discriminate against anybody. She cares for everybody and she does it with all her love. So please take that into consideration and we are going to fight for this. We want Dr. DeMolli back in her position. Please try to reconsider. That is what the community wants and we should get it. We are going to fight. So you have to think about it. We don’t care. We know you have people. Let me tell you something – you should go back to the schools. We have people in the schools who were given positions with new titles and they walk around the schools doing nothing. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Mr. David Rivera: Good evening Board members. Everyone knows who I am, David Rivera, 180 East 22nd Street. It is embarrassing for the community to come out here and for the Superintendent to demote a wonderful person. The way the system works is through creativity, when you create your own type of position for qualifications. Let me give you an example - I can create any type of job for any of you up here. When you create your own type of position for your own peons that want to work associated with you, you cannot do that. It is unacceptable to the community of Paterson because Dr. DeMolli is a great person. Dr. DeMolli has been here not only for the kids, but for the community of Paterson. Dr. DeMolli is Paterson. Dr. DeMolli is the Board of Education. I would like to say something very important – it is good for you to have her as an ace in your pocket because you may learn something by having her next to you. Chauncey, you know where we come from. Andre, I spoke to you. When people are speaking I see a grin on your face. It is unacceptable to me too and to the community of Paterson. Comm. Hodges, too. We created this mess, but we have to work with the new Superintendent. We have to give him a chance. Could you please reinstate Dr. DeMolli? It is important to the Latino community here tonight. It is an embarrassment to the Hispanic community to be out here tonight fighting for a wonderful person. With the help of the Lord may you please reevaluate her position and reinstate her. It is very important to reinstate Dr. DeMolli. And another thing, you cannot be up there and create different types of positions for other people. Like I said, I can identify and create any type of position for anyone up here to feed anyone’s needs. You cannot do that. That is unacceptable. When you have an excellent qualified person next to you, use what you have in Paterson. Stop bringing others from the outside. I believe in my own and we have the best-qualified teachers and the best-qualified superintendents to assist you here in the Board of Education. I am proud of you Mitch for standing up. I do not want to get anyone here in trouble. I am not calling you out Andre because it is nothing against you or Comm. Hodges. But whoever voted, we have to try to reinstate and we have to work with you. We are going to give you an opportunity. We want to work together as a family. Give us a chance. We will sit down with you and we will work together as a united family. God bless each and every one of you. Chauncey, you have to step it up please. You are the President. Be a leader. My doors are open. You know what I do for the City of Paterson. I am what you call the invisible person in Paterson. I want to thank you Dr. Glascoe for giving me an opportunity to speak today. I believe in the Board of Education. Thank you so much.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Page 13 12/14/05 Mr. Umberto Quadrado: Good evening Mr. President. Good evening Board members. Good evening Dr. Glascoe. I will be brief. My name is Umberto Quadrado and I have lived in Paterson for 32 years. What we need is more diversity and equality in the City of Paterson. What we don’t need is to demote qualified individuals like Dr. DeMolli who has a pulse on the needs of our Latino students. What we don’t need is to let go of personnel in cabinet positions who have worked their way up and were not politically appointed. We need persons who have proven their ability and qualifications through their actions and who are not afraid of speaking out for a community in need of a voice. What we need is additional Latino representation and not a replacement. The citizens of Paterson need to work hard to try to take control of the schools again and try to get the state out of here because we don’t need someone to come from another state and bring his university colleagues and tell us how to educate our kids. We have a lot of qualified people here who can do your job. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. God bless you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Assemblywoman Nellie Pou: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, members of the Board. Good evening to every one of you out there in the public. I am going to begin my remarks by addressing the Board members. You have heard some of the same discussions over and over again but I think it is a good thing because the community is trying to give you a message. Organizations such as the Paterson Board of Education face many challenges in the changing of our world. Leadership is one of those challenges. That leadership needs to have the skills, background, and knowledge to move the organization forward. More importantly, that leadership needs to understand the cultural and political dynamics that affect an organization. The leadership needs to understand all of its community. The leadership needs to understand the history, struggles, aspirations, and dreams of all its constituents. The leader must weigh choices among options often presented by vocal and sometimes controversial advocates. Recent actions by Dr. Glascoe’s administration has unfortunately caused many of us in the community to ask what type of leadership we got when Dr. Glascoe was appointed. I would like to point out that in the last 152 days that you have been here Dr. Glascoe in our beautiful City of Paterson and you asked me when you and I spoke privately on this issue who was counting, my response to you was “we are.” The recent actions have sent a message to our community that talent, hard work, years of dedication and accomplishment does not mean anything. Is that the leadership message you want to send to the community? Today the community that is here can certainly embrace and help you and walk with you along the same direction. Or as you can see by today’s action what has happened in our community is one of grave concern. I know that your Board policy Mr. President excludes public discussion on personnel matters. Therefore, I will speak generally. However, I would like to indicate that the individual on whose behalf I speak has in fact consented to this matter being discussed publicly. Nevertheless, I will try very hard to comply with the policy and speak in generalities. I speak of Dr. Glascoe’s recent demotion and reassignment of an assistant superintendent of early childhood education to director of early childhood education. Such action sends a message that commitment and loyalty are disposable and devalued by your administration. Dr. Glascoe, you represent our system. You like to tell the story of your first experience in school when you were a child and you were denied a snack. You said that this incident resonated so powerfully for you that to this day you use it as an example of the impact a system can have on a young child. You remember it because it was mean-spirited, unkind, and uncalled for. Your administration must attempt to foster an environment rich in diversity. In order to do that you must examine ways to increase the ethnic diversity of the members of your administration to better reflect the student population. 60% of the student population in

Page 14 12/14/05 the City of Paterson is Spanish-speaking. Yet of the nine newly appointed assistant superintendents that you have appointed in our district only one is Hispanic and that one replaced another Hispanic. Your recent actions involving the demotion of a Latina assistant superintendent, a person who was born and raised in the City of Paterson, went to the Paterson Public School District, who has a total of 33 years in education with the Paterson Public School District and 14 years as an assistant superintendent tramples any recent attempt to increase diversity, due process, and fairness. In fact, it diluted diversity. Much like the denial of your snack, the actions were unprofessional, mean-spirited, and uncalled for. Your administration cannot send the message that diversity, fairness, and due process are negotiable. If you truly share an interest in fostering a school environment rich in diversity, the School Board and your school administration must create diversity policies and curriculum recommendations to encourage empathetic understanding of ethnic differences and prohibit ethnic discrimination and harassment. Such policies and recommendations cannot be formulated by an administration that does not completely reflect our student diversity. I am here today because as a community leader, an elected official, and a citizen I expect a gold standard of principles when it comes to diversity, due process, fairness, and representation. The community expects more than what they have seen demonstrated lately. Leadership can inspire or cause despair. It can create bonds of trust or create suspicion and chaos. This is why we are here, to let you know that your actions have sent a bitter and ugly message. Therefore, I have asked the State Commissioner of Education to review the actions recently taken by you, sir, in light of the concerns of the community whose voice I have here today. As you know, my hope and my desire is to really see that our school district moves forward. It has often been said by many Board Members that you want to see the return to local control. No one fights more for that than we do. But this is a sign that does not show any progress. In fact, it shows that there is no community unity on something like this. Your action is one that needs to be reexamined, one that I know has not been approved by the State Commissioner of Education. I have hoped to have them support you rather than looking for ways to have someone look into reviewing the actions taken here tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, I say all this with a much troubled heart and I am very concerned because of what is going on here. Today the community has come out and it will continue to speak out until justice is done for the community of our Latino children and all of its citizens in the City of Paterson. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: We need another motion to extend the public portion for another 30 minutes.

It was moved by Comm. Vergara, seconded by Comm. Santiago that the public portion of the meeting be extended. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Mr. Luis Reyes: Good evening everybody. My name is Luis Reyes. I live at 69 Madison Avenue. I come here with no papers but with a holy number in my mind. That number is made up of two clear concepts of two words and five strong reasons. The five strong reasons are my five children and the two clear concepts are respect and fairness. Yes, our community is highly diverse. Hispanics are scattered in the spectrum of the society in many positions. Most of us are bodegueros. Some of us are drivers. But a few of us are ready, willing, and able to start a new hiring process if we don’t get respect and fairness. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much.

Page 15 12/14/05 Mr. Rigo Rodriguez: Good evening Board and Dr. Glascoe. My name is Rigo Rodriguez. I am a community activist and one of the main reasons I am here is that it so happens to touch Dr. DeMolli. But prior to that I had a problem with the school district and I went from school to school and I did my own math and my own research. I found out that there is a pattern of how the Hispanic community has been fading away from being represented in the school district. As a public school student and as a professional, I think the community itself needs more respect. I think the community demands more than what is given to it. I think it is unacceptable the way you have structured the new way of managing the City of Paterson as far as the school district. Micromanaging is something that I don’t believe in and I think the community is speaking out loud here in front of you not to throw you rocks, but to let you know that we need our fair share. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Sonia Rosado: Good evening Dr. Glascoe and Board members. My name is Sonia Rosado. When Dr. Glascoe was hired as the new Superintendent of the Paterson Public School District there was great hope and anticipation that the school system would be guided by a new leader and he would bring it to a new beginning. Unfortunately, I am sorry to say that a recent personnel action tells us differently. If this recent personnel decision are examples of what he believes is just and fair we believe that this school system will be destined to fail once again. We are here to protest the demotion of an assistant superintendent who is highly respected by all communities and groups in the City of Paterson. This individual was born, raised, and schooled in this city. She served as a teacher, director, principal, and assistant superintendent for the past 33 years of her tenure in the Paterson Public School District. She invested 10 long years of her life earning her doctorate. She earned every position, not because of politics or connections. She was promoted every time because of her outstanding credentials, performance, hard work, and integrity. And yet she was the only administrator who was demoted from the entire cabinet. And to add insult to injury she is expected to continue with the same duties although she was stripped from her title of assistant superintendent. Again, to add salt to the wound others were hired as assistant superintendents who were recruited from the outside of the system, from out of the state and some were promoted without having the full credentials in place and with no previous experience as assistant superintendents. However, we are not here to question who was promoted or hired. We are here to question why was the only Hispanic assistant superintendent demoted? It is a rhetorical question. This action was arbitrary, unjust, punitive, unfair, and arrogant. This action is an insult to the Latino community of the city and county. It is also an insult to the children of the system that we are talking about. This action does not recognize and ignores the diversity and equity that you claim to uphold. This action ignores the need and the right of our Latino students to have Latino role models in the system, not only for Latino students but all students. This action sends a clear message that this administration does not acknowledge the reality that it represents a system that is 60% Hispanic. This action also ignores the fact that without the support of the Hispanic community of parents and children and the community at large this mission to turn this district around will fail. If our words do not convince you that the actions of this administration are unacceptable and damaging to the well-being and future of this school system then our community will have no choice but to resort to other measures of persuasion to ensure that our voices are heard and not ignored or not taken seriously. I am here to tell you and to convey to you that our community is ready, able, and determined to follow this matter wherever it takes us to be heard and to have this decision void and resolved. There will be consequences maybe on both sides. But we are willing to take the risk because the Latino community of Paterson is tired of being treated like second-class citizens in the

Page 16 12/14/05 school system. If anyone should understand that those of you who come from minority groups that this type of action pays no homage to those who struggled to get you where you responsible today. A great man who is one of my heroes once said, “In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. For injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ladies and gentlemen, that great man was Martin L. King. I don’t expect a public response to my statement. I fully understand that we are dealing with a personnel matter. But we have to let you know here that we are ready to go as far as we have to. We will be back. We will not stop. Nothing is going to stop us. Thank you gentlemen.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much.

Pastor William Laguna: Good evening. My name is Pastor William Laguna. I am the Pastor of Temple Shalom on Main Street and the executive director of Hogar Infantil Preschool. Hogar Infantil has been in existence for over 35 years and we have been serving the children of Paterson for 35 years with much dedication and concern. I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Glascoe for the first time at one of the preschool director’s meetings. Assemblywoman Nellie Pou quoted verbatim your experience that was very touching to all of us who were there. When I got back to the center I told my teachers that I thought we had a new Superintendent that was caring, that really wanted to help the children of Paterson, and that was going to move forward our school system. Tonight I have to say that I was mistaken. Actions speak louder than words and your actions negate every single word I heard that evening. I don’t know what reasoning or logic you possess that we are not aware of to demote and remove the only Hispanic representation in your administration as assistant superintendent even though the Hispanic population in the Paterson Public School District is about 60%. I have known Dr. DeMolli from the inception of the early childhood program. She went center by center to talk to every single director and every single staff member to start working from the ground up a program that today the whole City of Paterson can be very proud of. She did not go out of the city to bring qualified teachers or employees. She worked with what we had and motivated them to move forward and to improve themselves. Replacing them would have been the easiest thing to do, but it would have been unfair to people who had put in so many years in the preschool system. I am very proud of the work that Dr. DeMolli has done and is doing in the early childhood community. I know her to be loyal, just, fair, and caring of the children and the people who work with the children. To let this decision stand would send a clear message to our children and the students of the Paterson Public School District that years of hard work, dedication, and loyalty are dismissed and tossed aside. As a citizen of Paterson for the past 37 years, as a worker in Paterson, as a parent who has children in the public school system in Paterson I feel betrayed by your actions. And if the Board lets your action stand, I will have to say that I will feel betrayed by them also. Good night.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Laura Feirez: Good evening Mr. Chairman, Dr. Glascoe, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, and the public in general. My name is Laura Feirez. I am a long life resident of Paterson. I have many concerns as well as the previous speakers that have addressed this honorable Board. Over 15 years ago a blue panel committee was formed to address many issues that we all had a lot of concerns about the school system in our beloved City of Paterson. I was one of those members that recommended the takeover of the school system of the City of Paterson. Why did I agree for the takeover of the City of Paterson? Because the administration was not performing to the best of its ability for our children. Today I feel that they are still not performing to the best of their ability. It is questionable and I do have grave concerns of

Page 17 12/14/05 the criteria that has been used to demote a staff member of the school system, an assistant superintendent for many years, a woman that has so many credentials and has spent almost her whole life in the entire City of Paterson as well as the school district trying and doing what a person like Dr. DeMolli will do for the children of our city. She does not see colors. She does not see race. Her concern is our children in the City of Paterson. Dr. Glascoe, today I do question the criteria that you used to demote Dr. DeMolli. Dr. DeMolli is a well-qualified educator and yet others that you have brought with you do not have the same qualifications as Dr. DeMolli. That is why I do question you and those members of the Board that support you as well. This is a district that has a lot of problems. There are a lot of faults in our educational system but if we all get together the system will work. But with a person you have just brought from somewhere like Dr. Glascoe he does not see and he cannot foresee the many needs of our children and our role model in the City of Paterson and the school system. You Dr. Glascoe has disrespected the Latino community. You have ignored a role model as Dr. DeMolli. If you would have been here and I would have been in your position you would have killed me because a member of your community would have been demoted. Now it is the other way around. This is why I am here. There is a woman on this floor here that I do admire because when she comes in front of this Board she is a militant like me. She is an activist like me and I admire her because she fights for her people and nobody can stop her. That is the lady sitting here. Nobody can stop her. She does fight for her people’s rights and nobody can shut her up and I respect her for that. Why is it that our community is American citizens like anybody else yet we are second-class citizens? We do not get what we really deserve. We are not asking you to promote someone who is not qualified. You, Dr. Glascoe, have shown that you have promoted people to your administration who do not qualify for a position that they are holding.

Comm. Brown: Please wrap it up ma’am.

Ms. Feirez: And yet you demoted a woman as well qualified as Dr. DeMolli. You have been very disrespectful and we are coming back. This does not stop here. We will come back and I ask you Commissioners to think well and check all of these people’s credentials that have come. I am not asking for colors. I am not asking for anything. But check the people’s credentials and see if they measure up to the same level as Dr. DeMolli.

Comm. Brown: Could you please wrap it up?

Ms. Feirez: Dr. Glascoe, I thought you were coming to the City of Paterson to try to resolve the many problems in the school system. But you have shown me and you have shown the previous speakers and all the public here that you are not coming to construct. You are coming to destroy. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much. Excuse me one second. The last person in line is going to be the last speaker. If anyone else wants to speak please get in line now and then that is it. Please continue.

Ms. Ilia Villanueva: Good evening. My name is Ilia Villanueva and I live at 166 Lakeview Avenue. Usually I speak good English and good Spanish. I was looking through the Internet with my daughter today and I found something very interesting. The fact that Christopher Columbus was not originally Spanish appeared to a foreign court to offer his services proves that the discovery of America was not incidental. Columbus’ offer was rapidly accepted in spite of his knowledgeable errors. But during his journey to his Carabella he unexpectedly came across the American continent. A man who was thought of by his own community as crazy, a man with a vision that

Page 18 12/14/05 nobody wanted to accept or support went to two of the parents of the Spanish community La Reina and El Rey Fernando and Isabel to get the money to conquer Americas. The Americas were conquered by an Italian with Hispanic money. We are going back five centuries. I think the Spanish community and its actions have been for five centuries proven year after year after year. We are now in 2005 and it is in this same room instead of adding to administration of the Paterson Public School District we are changing. Why can we not add to the administration? Why can we not have more Hispanics? Commissioners, you were not elected as African Americans, Italians, or Hispanics. You were elected by a pool of voters who believe in you, trust in you, and who know you personally. Many of us have gone out asking people to support you. In this same room I was with members of this community waiting two hours from the meeting at 6:00 where Dr. Glascoe showed up at almost 8:30 that night because he had other commitments someplace else and we the community have to wait until Dr. Glascoe arrived for his meeting. You know this Dr. Glascoe. I am not lying. You all know that we were waiting in this same room two hours for your presentation when you were appointed to this Board. There were many of us who walked out of that meeting because we were tired of having someone from the outside to come to our house to determine our lives. I am a taxpayer. I am a homeowner and I have a daughter in the Paterson Public School District and I almost have to sue because she did not receive the services that she needed. Here I am tonight to defend a woman who has seen everybody and has been here for 33 years earning what she has. She did not take it from anybody. She was not appointed as a political person. She earned it. Her reputation speaks for itself. She has been a woman who has grown in the Paterson Public School District and I was hoping that she would be chosen to be a Superintendent because she has the credentials and she has earned it. And I am tired of having people come from the outside to my house and tell me how we are going to run our lives and our business. We have plenty of people who applied from this city and they were all rejected because they did not have the credentials. But yet they have been in the system doing their work for years and years giving their time, their youth, and their efforts to this city. Here we are today not only adding to the administration but replacing. You cannot replace experience. You cannot replace commitment. You cannot replace what a person has done. It is against the law to demote a person who has earned for 33 years like Dr. DeMolli. She has been my mentor. I am a product of what Dr. DeMolli has done for this community. And one more thing – I want to leave tonight by asking Assemblywoman and the deputy speaker of this state, Nellie Pou, to please consider getting another Superintendent for the Paterson Public School District that will come and be fair and look at the diversity that these Commissioners and people like me have worked for.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Vanessa Covington: My name is Vanessa Covington and I live at 66 Lafayette Street in Paterson. I have four children who attend School # 10. I have a son there who is in special education. Dr. Rizzo, who I know is planning to retire, is no good for our children anymore. He needs to go. He suspended my child on numerous accounts and I found out today that he is not supposed to be suspended. He is no good. He has to go and I need help. He calls the cops on my son. I don’t understand it. I have been calling Ms. Brenda Patterson and no one has returned my phone calls. It has been three weeks and I don’t know where to go so I am here. I am talking to you and I wish somebody would help me. I need help.

Dr. Glascoe: Ma’am, I have a staff member who will talk to you right now. Okay?

Ms. Covington: Okay.

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Ms. Shonda Jones: My name is Shonda Jones and I live at 68 Lafayette Street and my son attends School # 10. I am having the same problem with Mr. Rizzo. I requested special needs help for my son since last year and they refused to give him an evaluation. Yesterday an incident occurred and when I went to the school my son was locked in a closet banging on the door and saying that he hated school. They suspended him and he has been suspended four times. I went down to seek help today and they are telling him that my son can’t go back to school until February 1 until he gets psychiatric help. I want to know when am I going to get help? I seek the help but they don’t want to give it to me in the school system. Nobody knows anything that is going on and I want help for my son as soon as possible.

Dr. Glascoe: Someone will talk to you tonight if you will just move over here.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Eileen: My name is Eileen. I am in the 10th grade and I represent International High School.

Ms. Helen Rosas: My name is Helen Rosas and I also represent International High School.

Ms. Eileen: The reason we are here today is because our school is having a lot of problems and you people keep on saying that you are going to help our school and you are not. You said that you were going to have a building for us hopefully for next year and it is not done. There is a big sign that says International High School but I don’t see a floor representing International High School. I am a student and I guess I am the only student standing here explaining myself. We really need help. We only have one boiler working right now. Two have already been messed up. Our school really needs help. Plus our school has clubs that we attend. We represent the Latinos. We do Black History Month and all of that. So I don’t know what to do and the principal does not know what to do because the boiler is about to break and they are saying that they might send us to Kennedy or to Eastside.

Ms. Helen: Today we just found out from our principal, Ms. Burgos, that our school might be closing because of our problems with the heat. We really don’t want to be split up because we really want to graduate from our school. We seriously need help because we are just waiting for our school and we feel really bad for the seniors because they already paid for their dues, rings, and everything. That is really messed up that they are not going to be able to graduate from our school. Some of our students from the school were crying today because they don’t want us to split up. We are here because we need help and we don’t want to split up. Some people don’t want to be at Kennedy or at Eastside because we just don’t want to go. We want our school.

Ms. Irene Sterling: Good evening Board members, Dr. Glascoe, and community. My name is Irene Sterling and I am executive director of the Paterson Education Fund. I am here tonight to put a spotlight on the work of students in the Paterson Public School District. We have wonderful kids in this district. These are kids who are performing, who need affirmation, who need respect, hope, and all the hard work that we can give them. I am passing out to you one of the reasons I am talking about that. It is a guide to college called “You Can Get There Form Here.” It was written by the students of the Communications Academy here at John F. Kennedy High School. It is 24 pages of information about how kids can go on past high school. It was written by our kids and featuring our kids. If you look at it you will know some of the students who are

Page 20 12/14/05 highlighted in this publication. They are not only kids from John F. Kennedy High School. They are kids from all over the city. I have also given you a copy of the article that the Herald & News did about the guide because they came to John F. Kennedy High School last week when every student in John F. Kennedy High School received the guide and had a conversation with their teachers about post-secondary opportunity. That is a wonderful promise. It is the goal that needs to guide us, that all of our kids finish their high school career able to go on to do anything that they want to do. But we have a huge barrier about this. If you turn over the article over to the other side you will see a chart that was prepared by the assistant commissioner for the Abbott affairs, Gordon MacInnes, and presented to the state board of education this last Wednesday. He was talking about the secondary school initiative. On it you will see how the Abbott districts rate with graduating their children. On this chart you will see that in New Jersey we graduate about 90% of our students. In the Abbott districts we graduate about 70% of our students. There are two bar graphs at the very bottom of this chart. One of them is Camden. It has the lowest graduation rate in New Jersey. Only about 40% of their kids graduate from high school. The second lowest bar is Paterson. Right now half of our students are not graduating from high school. They are going out to a world you all know has no place for them. You need a high school diploma to get a job washing dishes, at McDonald’s, or a job that won't support a family. Ladies and gentlemen, the definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing that gets you results that you know what they are. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing that will get you the same results. We must change how we do business here in Paterson. It is not going to be comfortable. It is going to be painful. It is going to ask people to do things differently than they have before. It is going to ask us for new leadership skills, new ways of working together, and new ways of coming together. And we must do it on behalf of all our kids with all of us engaged. It will not help to point fingers. It will not help to demonize. And it will not help to threaten. We have to come together to work toward a future for our children. If we do not do that they are going to jail or they are going to die. That is the truth. We have got to move past smaller concerns, put our focus squarely on our children, and put together work that lets us graduate all of our children. That lets us send every single child in Paterson on to post-secondary education so that they can be the first in their families like so many of us in this room who went on. Do not be diverted from the task. Put your eyes on these children and let us get this job done. Thank you.

Ms. Anna Taliaferro: Good evening. First, I would be terribly remiss if I did not say thank you to the many parents who decided to come out Saturday December 3 to the 8th Annual Parent Awareness Day program. I hope they took with them much of the information that we had to share with them on that day because there was a lot of good information. Then I would like to thank all of the presenters that came out. Some came like my brother, confidant, and mentor Dr. Donald Clark who is no stranger to this city and state. Dr. Ken Silvestri who is my elite Caucasian brother came in here to deal parents. I started out with him teaching public school public policy and I was happy that he could come and join us to give the parents so much of what they don’t know. Even many of our children showed up. And I would be remiss if I did not thank the staff, Dr. Glascoe, and others who came out and the parents could witness being there with them. That is always good because you stay connected to whom you are serving. Then I would like to say thank you to the Board members who gave up their time to join us. This is very busy month for all of us and I really do appreciate you joining us. Dr. Atallo, I always have my kudos for you because you are willing to run around this whole city for parents and pick up food or deliver information and see to it that the staff at the Parent Resource Center gets the assistance that they need and I really thank you for that. I remember back in the 1970’s we had a superintendent who on the hottest day of the year when we did not have any ice for the preschoolers was willing to shed his

Page 21 12/14/05 jacket and tie and go get that ice. So I value people who will get on the common page with us. Too often we think about serving the kings and the queens and forget the common people. I am in the midst of reading a book by Jonathan Cosell whom I had the pleasure to meet when Joe Clark was at Eastside High School doing his best to initiate our kids. The name of the book is “The State of The nation – The Resurrection of Apartheid in America’s School.” I am on a page where I am reading about a little girl named Pineapple who for some reason took offense to his presence in the Monthaven section of the South Bronx because he is Caucasian and she is African American. So many times we forget that these are our children and they belong to all of us. Thank God that a school official thought enough of this little girl to go rescue her and did not look at her as though she was special education. I believe some years later she is going to be alright and that is what we are talking about here. I am a little saddened tonight because as I woke up this morning and listened to the news four of our young people were murdered last night. When I was on my way to the office this morning I witnessed all the sheriff vehicles and the police out there to divert the traffic. And I saw some of our young men who looked like they were school age wondering what was going on. Dr. Glascoe, I live in the heart of the community - right in the heart where much of the drug trafficking and prostitution is going on. That was not always my neighborhood when I bought that house 35 years ago. But I am getting very concerned because I am home now trying to recuperate and I have the opportunity to travel through town to my physician’s office. But I am witnessing children from grammar school on the streets. That disturbs me. I just want to round them up and tell them they can't be free out here unless you get in that building and get some learning. I don’t know who is out there helping us to rescue these children, but we can't close our eyes to these kids out here because somehow it will find its way to your doorstep. Cops are chasing kids though my yard shooting guns now. I heard the bullets go off. We lost a child this year because bullets came through her bedroom window. I don’t want to see that. I know you have an awesome job. It is not easy after years of deterioration. And it sure as hell is not easy because the state did not help us. I am going to wrap this up. I read that article tonight and I have not made it a secret that I am not a fan of Gordon MacInnes. And I swear if Corzine appoints him to commissioner of education I will one of the ones to really rip him hard. You can't come into my town and tell me that we did not get monitored for 10 years and it was our fault. You can't do that and you did it. You can't tell me that you who were endorsed by the Educational Law Center as the Abbott czar for the State of New Jersey and you never put a plan together for Abbott that kept us in and out of court and fighting with the state. Now if this is the case, every one of you better raise your voice because we can't take another 15 years of this stuff. These are our babies. I am like the woman who came up here. You asked for our endorsement when we voted for you guys and you took an oath of office that said you would sit here on behalf of our children. I always maintain that to whom much is given much is required of them. Get busy you all. Let somebody know you are here because if we have to continue to fight uphill battles with the state we are never going to educate our children no matter who they bring in here. So I wanted to deliver that message tonight because I think it is important. 2006 is around the corner. Chauncey, I have always told you that I like people because it is God’s way of showing us that we are his image. So I don’t dislike people. But I can disrespect them when they don’t stand up for children. So I am asking each and every one of you to show your leadership skills by standing up. If children are first, then damn it mean it. Children have to come first. That comes from this end of the table all the way down here. Politics don’t have any place in the life of a child who is not learning and every one of our kids needs to be rescued. They are bright enough and they are smart enough. I can only use myself as an example from a young man who is soon to graduate from college where one of our dear principals here tried to convince his mother and father that he was not worthy. He went from a 2.4 to a 3.6. This is what we need to be doing. I am not trying to brag

Page 22 12/14/05 about him but he is one of Paterson’s own. When he came back here to substitute one of the teachers that he had when he was in high school said to him, “You went to college?” I know that boy does not want your grandmother to walk in his classroom. What do you mean “You went to college?” You are doggone Skippy. Every one of them better be shooting for college because that is the only thing that is going to set us free. You think about that while you are enjoying Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, and the blessed holiday season. You come back here and you roll those sleeves up, Chauncey. You said you wanted to be President. Get up boy. Don’t stand down. This is time for all of us to stay connected to one another. From your elder here, get busy.

Mr. Charles Ferrer: My name is Charles Ferrer, Friends of the Paterson Falls. Excuse my voice. One of my first questions is pertaining to the SES program. I would like to know how many people are actively enrolled in that program because I hear the number is less than what it is supposed to be. If that is the case, what are we doing with that money that is just sitting there when we have other children in other grades that want to be in an after-school program and they cannot? A lot of people talked about a lot of things here this evening and I have some of those same concerns. I looked at the money that we have just spent to bring in four people. My numbers might be off a little bit. I know one is $165,000. One was $140,000. One was $138,000. It was almost $600,000. When I added it up it was $483,000 which would be 343 children going to an after school program. I added up roughly the average of what we send to Rutgers and it is $1.7 million for a CES program that I don’t know two cents about. That would give us 1,000 students in an after-school program. If we did it right, it would be a whole lot more. We have to find a way to spend money wisely. As a teacher I am having trouble when I tell my students that everything that we need to make Paterson work right lives in Paterson. Then I look at all the people we just brought in here from outside and I am trying to have patience. But you know what, in 15 years and most of you people have been around here long enough to know, everything I have said has come true. My gut has not failed me yet. My gut tells me the people we just hired are wrong. What Ms. Taliaferro just said, if Gordon MacInnes is the next commissioner nothing has changed. That is like putting Bill Librera back in the seat. In my personal opinion anyone who worked under Bill Librera and let him do what he did to the City of Paterson is not worth squat in my book. Let us get to the other issue. A lot of people are upset and I am not sure of the reason and the real story should come out. But this is my charge to the people when you go to Trenton. First of all, your Board members up here have no say in personnel. So push for the legislation to be changed in state controlled districts so that they can have say-so in personnel matters. Even though they can sit here and talk to Dr. Glascoe until they are blue in the face he does not have to change a thing. So you need to change the law. Change the law. That charge is to Assemblywoman Nellie Pou, Assemblyman Alfred Steele, and Senator Girgenti. Change the law. Give them the power. Maybe someone has been raped, but where were you when the children were raped of $50 million? Where were you when the children were raped of $765 million when the SCC and the EDA before them came in here and put some of the shoddiest construction garbage all in our buildings? I did not hear anybody crying rape then. Where were you when the Star Ledger came out with the article that some of the people who were given jobs with the SCC were not qualified for the positions but they were given the positions because of their political ties? Let us be real clear. I stand for what is wrong. Some of the things that happened before this new Superintendent got here were dead wrong and you said nothing. It did not hurt me as an adult. It hurt the children and it is still hurting the children. And if you want to correct what you feel is dead wrong about this issue here, while you are down there speaking to the Governor tell him we want the $50 million plus the $765 million back that was stolen from the children of this district. If you can't do that while you are down there, don’t go because talk is cheap.

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Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, sir. Before the next speaker, I just wanted to let the public know that Board members are going to respond right after the public comments.

Mr. Miguel Diaz: Good evening. My name is Miguel Diaz from 415 E. 40th Street. I believe that history speaks for itself. I remember when you guys were looking for a superintendent you formed a committee and you brought us here to give you some reason as to who you were going to be looking for. I stated at that time that I was not aware that it was Dr. Glascoe coming or anyone else. But I told the Commissioners that I was against bringing somebody from outside because that sends the wrong message to our kids. No matter how hard they try we already are telling them they are not going to get there. We have to make sure that we send the right message to our children. What is happening today is the wrong message. 95% of the speakers here have spoken nothing about children. We don’t want that. We want to speak about the children, but to get there we have to make sure that we make decisions that do not affect the relationship of the community because education has to do with all of that. Now, when Dr. Glascoe came as an outsider we embraced him. I did. Now we get into this. For me and maybe for the whole community to embrace you again you have to explain the reason behind your actions. We need to know why. It is insensitive to the community and it is not clear and it is very confusing to the normal people why this thing happened without any explanation. This is not about Latinos. This is not about Afro- Americans. This is about fairness. I spoke to a lot of the commissioners and I cannot understand how we can integrate this community when we make decisions that do not reflect those points of view. I would like to embrace you again and I bet the community would like to do that. Reconsider the action or explain yourself to the point that we can be clear because this is bad for the community, it is bad for our children, and it is bad for the whole city. Please explain yourself to the community or reconsider. It is not bad to move back, think about it, and make the right decision. Please think about it and make the right decision. Thank you.

Mr. Quincy Battis: Good evening. My name is Quincy Battis. In reference to this whole fiasco about who has been demoted, as a community person I would like to inform the community at large that one of the things that concerns me is that you did say Nellie Pou came up here as the Assemblywoman. Correct? One of the things that concerns me is I don’t agree with a lot of things that Dr. Glascoe may have done but I was man enough to speak with him on my issues. But when I see a freeholder coming up here from an education committee and when I see a state legislator coming up here from the 35th legislative district who sits on the education committee, I always thought whoever the Superintendent appoints that most of them did not get involved with political appointments. I am just looking at it from a party standpoint. It concerns me when the community puts you out there as legislative people, and I have the utmost respect for Assemblyman Steele, Assemblywoman Nelly Pou, and Freeholder Sonia Rosado, you have to be careful of the titles that you use and threatening a Superintendent with calling Commissioner Davy in the urban community that is just not cool. It can cause you some repercussions of what you have done under the auspices of your party’s affiliation. I just ask this community to be very mindful of what we ask our elected officials to do for public records because now it can be pulled. And we have to be very cautious of what we ask our state legislators or what you ask your people to do once a person like Dr. Glascoe has been appointed via the Governor or via the Commissioner. Let us work together in a strategy to see what we can do. I am not finished. I did not interrupt anybody. I am looking at it from a point of view of coming together regardless of what you are, republican or democrat. When you grace this microphone and you use what you are running as an elected official and recommending him in a public portion

Page 24 12/14/05 just be mindful. I am not saying that it is a right or wrong situation. When you grace this microphone and you are on the education committee, and being the freeholders that you two are, it is a conflict of interest when you grace the microphone. It is a conflict of interest when you grace the microphone under the auspices of what you are as an elected official. All I am asking is that we be very mindful.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me. Can we please respect the speaker? When everyone else spoke no one was interrupted.

Mr. Battis: I am not saying that it is a right or wrong issue. I will be calling Commissioner Davy myself as a community person. I don’t agree with a lot of the things that are going on. But we have to be mindful. This is not local control. It is state operated and he has to still get his guidelines from the state. Thank you for listening.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much.

Mr. William Kemper McDowell: Good evening Board. My name is William Kemper McDowell. I live at 300 E. 42nd Street. Sometime ago I attended a funeral of a son of a friend of mine and I observed one interesting thing. Those who know me know that I am on a gazillion committees. My wife is going to get me when she sees this on television. I am not sure where I told her I was going to be. But I attended that funeral and as I looked around the room I saw many of you elected officials, community people, Latinos, African Americans, and Bengalis. Being that I am on a zillion committees the sad thing I brought away from that funeral is that we always find ourselves together at the funeral. But in the planning and saving of our children we are miles apart from each other. I just want to qualify something that Comm. Hodges said. I always say that since I received a beating in my life I can give one. They are counting the 150 days that Dr. Glascoe has been in the district and prior to Dr. Glascoe coming when I came on Board one of my first committees was the curriculum committee and I believe I was on the personnel committee. What I noticed was that there were 62% Caucasian teachers in the district, 15% African Americans, and 16% Latinos. This was about five years ago. I also noticed that the statistics have not changed and there are about 55% Latino males dropping out of high school. In the last year there are about 24% Latino males in Northern Prison and it is rising. He did not mean it as a beat up, but as Comm. Hodges said, when issues of children glance the table of these educational discussions where are the Latino leaders? We need not only come to support politically connected teachers or administrators. Those that know me know I know Dr. DeMolli and everyone in the district. But I know that recently Dr. Glascoe hired two Latinos, a principal and an assistant superintendent. So while there is an issue on the table and I applaud a community that supports its own, those that know me know that I have always supported administration and teachers that reflect the student body. I think that is important. So I say let us be careful when the first or the second strike we take at this issue is one of trying to label the Superintendent as being racially motivated. I caution you. Going to Trenton as one ethnic community is not going to save all our children. We have to get together and we have to go to Trenton as one community. Decreasing our dropout rate is not going to be solved by just the African American community going to Trenton. It is going to take all of our communities. I speak of the children and I challenge my community and other communities that if you really represent the children - no one spoke of children today – come back and get involved. I am tired of going to the Latino and African American funerals. I am tired of seeing the teenage pregnancies. I am tired of seeing the behavioral induced illnesses and no one is around. If I am slacking as a leader and you need me around, pull my coattails please. Let us come together community. Let us stop fooling ourselves. The bullets don’t have one ethnic race on them. The gangs don’t just recruit African Americans. Diseases don’t just

Page 25 12/14/05 affect Latino Americans. As long as we keep trying this thing separated and only engaging together on our special interests we will still see the dropout rates and we will still see the disease. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much for your comments.

Ms. Anna Villalongo: Good evening. My name is Anna Villalongo and I am a Patersonian and as you know I have many hats. I have not had the pleasure of being in a daycare, but I have grandchildren who are going through daycare as we speak. I don’t believe in redoing the wheel. I believe if there is someone that many people working under this individual and there are many people working beside this individual. I have not worked with this individual so I cannot speak as being someone in those shoes. But for having grandchildren in the daycare center and knowing that she is doing good and having one that has gone through the daycare center she is doing great. There are also future college children that are going to be continuing because they are starting at a younger age in their education. I just felt a little disappointed knowing that this person who was demoted was someone who was doing early childhood. Out of all the positions that we have early childhood is an important position. I am not talking for the individual as an individual. I am talking about the position that was demoted, someone that was teaching others of early childhood. That is my concern tonight and I wish others thought quite well of future ideas when they think about what is the concern of all children. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much.

Ms. Nilda Torres: Good evening Commissioners. Good evening Dr. Glascoe. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is Nilda Torres and I reside at 292 Paterson Avenue. I am here tonight as a resident and as an interested citizen of Paterson. This evening I would like to join the voices that have come before me. I hear other speakers making this a Latino issue, an African American issue, or a White issue. That is not what I am going to make it this evening. This is not a Latino issue. As I have heard many politicians say, there is not a Latino way, an African American way, or a White way to teach our children. Our children need to be taught because in this country we need an education in order to get ahead. For those who don’t know me I want you to know that I used to sit here on the Board of Education. I used to be a Commissioner of the Board of Education quite some years ago and I know the frustrations of our Commissioners who are sitting up here. I know that even if they would like to help us out it is very difficult because they do not have the power to vote on personnel matters. So I know that there is a lot frustration going on up there. Maybe not with everybody, but with most people who are up there. When I sat on the Board of Education I used to have that frustration as well. People would come to me and tell me this is what is going on and there was but so much that we could do because we are a state operated district. However, as I said before, I believe we are sending a wrong message here. We are telling our youth to come and get an education and work very hard and if possible to stay in your community. Come back and give to your community. We have many people who come and get an education and leave our communities because they can go another community and make a lot more money. I know I work for the government and I know that other communities pay a lot more money than this community pays. But we tell our children to go and get an education. We tell them to come back and give to the community and then it seems for whatever reason that when some people do this they get penalized for doing it. That is what I think has happened here with this situation with Dr. DeMolli. Dr. DeMolli has been a resident of Paterson. She was educated in Paterson. She taught for 33 years. She has been an administrator for 14 years. Now I feel that she has been slapped down for doing a good

Page 26 12/14/05 job and I think that is wrong. I think that we are sending a wrong message. Dr. Glascoe, I just hope that there is still an opportunity for you to sit with our community. We are a gentle giant in this community. We are a majority in this community. I hope that you still have the opportunity to sit with the leaders. Not only the leaders, but sit with the parents in this community and find out what the needs of the community are and what is it that we need to do to work together. We don’t need divisions in this community. I come back to a Board meeting and I see the same situation and the same scenario that was going on in 1991-1997. I don’t see where we have moved forward and I think it is time for us to move forward. I think that we need to sit down and see what it is that this community needs. We are a community comprised of 56 different nationalities and ethnic groups. Everybody needs to sit at the table. Everybody needs a fair chance. All of our children need to be educated. It is not just an African American thing. It is not a Latino thing. It is a community issue. Let us come together. Let us put our minds together and let us work with the people that we have. We go outside many times to find talent to bring here but we have talent here also that we can use. Let us use the talent we have in our community before we go out. And we don’t find it here then let us go out and bring it because it is out there. But let us work with the talent that we have right here in Paterson. Thank you very much.

Comm. Brown: Thank you for your comments.

Ms. Annalesa Williams-Barker: A pleasant evening to the Board, Dr. Glascoe, and to all community members. I am Anna Lisa Williams-Barker, the director for the social studies. The Paterson Museum will be sponsoring one of the national most world- renown exhibits, the Alexander Exhibit, commemorating the life and times of Alexander Hamilton, the architect and founder of Paterson. This exhibit will be taking place at 2 Market Street and it will be running from December 15 to January 15. Our December 17 event will be on Saturday and it will host a number of community members from Paterson and New York City as well. We will have one of the most illustrious guests, the ambassador from St. Kitts, and Congressman Pascrell is expected to attend as well as many other local politicians and historians. We are asking that you all come out to support this event. Again, the time period in which it will take place on Saturday will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. So please come out and support this great event.

Ms. Glory Zimmerman: My name is Glory Zimmerman and I am a 70-year citizen of the United States of America. I am standing here to speak about the school system that everybody says that everything is wrong. But things that went down for 10 or 15 years nobody did anything about. How can you expect a man to come in here and in 158 days correct all the wrongs? I feel we should have his back if he did something wrong. I am not going to speak on this because I don’t know what happened. But if he did something wrong bring it together instead of saying he is not doing his job or educating our kids. He has only been in Paterson six months. Some of our kids have been in the streets even since they were babies. Some of them were almost born on the street. I think we have to get together as a people and stop being afraid to speak up and to tell the truth and support this man. Then if we find out he is wrong you have your right to speak against him. But give him a chance. He just got here. We did the same thing with Dr. Napier. We got rid of Dr. Napier and we brought in the state. The state took us right downhill because they couldn’t care less about any of us. Now we have someone else. Let us give him a chance. That is all I want to say. Give him a chance. He is an American citizen. He is not an outsider. He is an outsider when he comes from another country. Once he becomes a citizen then he is a citizen. But he is an American citizen and we have to stand up and stand behind him. That is all I have to say.

Page 27 12/14/05 It was moved by Comm. Vergara, seconded by Comm. Santiago that the Public Comments portion of the meeting be closed. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

OTHER BUSINESS

Board Member Comments

Comm. Brown: I would like to open the floor up for any responses or discussions. Does anyone have any comments?

Comm. Vergara: Mr. President. Are we going at random or are we starting on that side?

Comm. Brown: Whoever would like to go first. Comm. Vergara, do you want to say a few words?

Comm. Vergara: I would like to be last, Mr. President. I have to dismiss myself for a moment.

Comm. Moody: With reference to the matter that has been discussed the most today, while I understand our position, as Commissioners on this Board when it comes to personnel matters I do think if I was asked for my advice on this matter I would say that it was an error. I think it was bad judgment and considering all of the factors in this community and speaking with the many parents in this community, whether we like it or not, it is coming across as a race thing and a slap in the face of the majority of our community. So I would encourage you to rethink this and take a look at this whole situation. I would like to discuss it further in workshop or in executive session of some sort. I think we underestimated the severity of this matter and the devastating effect it will have on your tenure.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Comm. Moody.

Comm. Sayegh: Thank you Mr. President. If there is one thing that everyone in this auditorium can agree on it is that there is a need or accountability in the Paterson Public School District. Everyone from the top down has to be held accountable because if you are interested adult in the education of our children you are accountable. Our Superintendent Dr. Glascoe has asked us to hold him accountable. As a responsible Board of trustees that is exactly what we are going to do. Ladies and gentlemen, too much has happened in this district. A number of us have run so that we can help improve the situation in Paterson. You heard it stated earlier by a member of the general public during the public portion that $50 million has been misappropriated. That is $50 million that our children will never see. We will never be able to recoup what has been lost. And ultimately, as has been said before, the people that lose are the children. As a result of the $50 million that was misappropriated due to a clear lack of accountability we have legal fees that are exorbitant. These are the far-reaching effects that corruption has. It is not a color issue. Corruption has one color – it is green. Money is what got us in this mess that we are in today. Contractors were paid for work they never did and nobody was watching the store. Contractors were being paid twice for work they had done and nobody was watching the store. People who worked for this district personally benefited and had improvements done in their houses while no one was watching the store. Paterson, if we are divided this will continue to happen. It is the classic case of divide and conquer. It cannot be any easier than that. A united Paterson, those of us who are elected or appointed or activist, should know that we

Page 28 12/14/05 have one goal in common and that is to make sure that all of our children, no matter what color, are educated. So the charge to each and every one of you is that you should ask yourselves what have you done to hold yourself accountable for education in Paterson and what have you done to help a child in this city of ours. Thank you very much.

Comm. Atallo: I have to reinforce what Comm. Sayegh said except just to amend it to say I was watching the store. For the last six years I was telling this community about the time and material bids and the millions of dollars that were being taken out of here and the community was silent on that $50 million. Everything I said was true. So the community needs to speak out not just on that and the SCC facility scandal where our children were not getting the buildings they should get and the quality they should get as Charles Ferrer said before. No one spoke about the low test scores and the educational and academic accountability. The community needs to fill up every time in this auditorium and speak out. The reason Paterson is walked all over is because this community allows itself to be walked over. Assemblywoman Nellie Pou is here tonight speaking very eloquently on these issues. I wish our other legislators were here. It would be very helpful on this very important issue. But I know that our Assemblywoman will reach out to her colleagues and make them aware we need legislation to amend the takeover law. It is an experiment that has failed. It was initiated in 1991 with no exit plan. It is an educational Vietnam. It is an educational Iraq. They go in and there is no way to get out. It is a quagmire. What we need to do is ask for the help and assistance of our state legislators to work with the Board of Education to draft legislation for an exit plan so we can go back to local control to hold the people who you elect accountable for what goes on in this district. So I ask this community to stand up. We get walked on if we don’t stand up together. If we show our legislators who are in Hawthorne a map, show them where Paterson is, and tell them to get down here to be accountable. You need to support people who take action. Nellie Pou is here tonight and she is going to be remembered by this community. She stood up and spoke out and we need to have other legislators to speak out as well. This is wrong. I am troubled by what has happened here tonight. This is wrong. There should be a process. Someone is in charge. Let us put away the personalities, who likes who, and who is politically aligned with who. That has nothing to do with it. It is about right and wrong. The administration has a process. If someone is an assistant superintendent on any position there should be a formal evaluation. I don’t believe that was done. There needs to be dialogue as to what is going on and restructuring. I don’t believe that was done. I have asked for information from this administration as to what is going on. We can't even get resumes of the individuals they hired. They won't even release the resumes. What is the secret? They all went to the same online school for their doctorates? What is the secret? Where did they work? Where were they before? What is the big secret? If this is the team that is going to be put together this community needs to know who they are. What is the big mystery? I am very offended. When I ask verbally and I ask in memos this Board of Education is ignored. Comm. Santiago sent a memo to the administration asking for the same thing. What is the big problem? I went to school at Columbia University. You can check Columbia University. I have my Master’s and a Doctorate from Columbia University. It is very easy to check. What is the big mystery? I don’t see why we are not given the resumes. It creates a credibility issue. Now, when a Superintendent was selected we were hoping this would work to bring the community together. It has ripped the community apart and tonight that is very evident. The secrecy of who has been hired, where they worked before, who is tied to who, and the methods by which some of these people came here are very questionable. I have gotten dozens of calls and people have stopped on the streets. It is embarrassing when as your elected official I have to say I don’t know. As you know, I don’t take no for an answer. I keep researching. I have to call the Commissioner of Education and ask

Page 29 12/14/05 them. I have to send a formal letter under the Freedom of Information Act as your elected official. So you don’t know, we don’t know, and everybody is in the dark. This is wrong. The takeover was total disaster from the beginning. It was supposed to be a five-year plan to come. They were to hire these professionals to come in, put everything in order, and leave. There has been more corruption under the state takeover. When Bill Librera was the Commissioner we wrote them letters and we spoke to them until we were blue in the face. Did they listen to us? No. What have you seen? You have seen multiple indictments for corruption and bribery. We have see guilty pleas and there are more to come. Where was the state? Where is the attorney general’s office? We don’t see them. We are very fortunate we have the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office. The FBI and U.S. attorney’s office are the only sentries at the gate and the Board Members up here who have the guts to stand up and say what is right and what is wrong. So what has happened tonight with this individual is just another symptom of the problem. This is wrong. You have an individual working here as a professional for 33 years. This is a career person with a doctorate from Columbia University teacher’s college. The way this was done was wrong. We find out after the community finds out. I get calls from people in the community. People stop me in the supermarket and ask me if I heard what happened. I think that is wrong and that is one of the big failures of the state takeover. They say we don’t have a right to be involved with personnel. Look at the history of what has happened with personnel in this district. It has been an embarrassment. It has been a disaster. In my view historically it has been a buddy system and that is wrong. The community needs to stand up and hold them accountable and reach out to your state legislators. I know that Nellie is going to be responsive to go down to Trenton and find out what is going on. You can't just have somebody come in and say these people are out and we don’t get informed. It is wrong. I can't support that. It creates a credibility problem in this community. If you people agree then let us know. I think by coming out tonight you have said that very clearly. These arbitrary actions do not bring the community together, it divides the community and that is wrong. To bring in people without talking to the community and talking this Board is also wrong. When we send memos to the administration we expect to get timely responses. If we don’t get timely response we will go to Trenton and we will take it further. And the Superintendent needs to know that there were other superintendents who were here before who took positions where they did not want to respond to us and they are not here anymore. They are not here and we are here. So let us begin anew. Let us learn from this lesson tonight to talk with the Board members. Even if you don’t consider us a Board and you think we are an advisory Board let us advise you as to what is going on. We live here in Paterson. We talk to the residents in Paterson and we dialogue. We can be a good sounding board and then the Superintendent can make the decisions that he feels are appropriate. But we need to have that dialogue and that dialogue is not happening. The administration is operating in a vacuum and I think tonight that is very evident by the overwhelming response of this community.

Comm. Vergara: First of all, I am very saddened about what has been going here this evening. I have been a resident of Paterson for 44 years and I am a Latino from Puerto Rican heritage. My parents always taught me to always fight for what is right. I am teaching my children now that are growing up in Paterson and the many other children that I have worked with throughout 25 years to respect the educational system and to follow it. But it disturbs me to see people come up here and say nobody is mentioning anything about the children. This is about the children, and my two children are included. When Latino educators have been left behind it is evident that within our school district we lack employment practices and minority recruitment. Where are the outreach efforts that meet the needs of the Latino community? We must have the opportunity and the fairness across the Board so we will meet the needs of all ethnic

Page 30 12/14/05 groups within our community with representation at all levels of our school district and government. Then we will be able to have good communication with our students, parents, educators, and most of all our administration. Again, as a parent I ask that we look at this issue and study it because it is not something that just came up. This has been going on before I even ran for the school Board. As a parent I saw there was a need for me to get involved and for me to be a part of issues, for me to hopefully sit in this chair and say I am going to represent all of the parents out there that cannot come to Board meetings, that cannot address these issues with their educators or their administrators. And I am offended that my people that live here in Paterson and that have given up so much time of their life are not even considered for positions within our district. We have teachers that are more than qualified and one was here tonight as an example. She gave 33 years of service to our children. She was a person who was an administrator when I was being brought up in the school district myself. I would like to say that we are leaving 2005 and we have to enter the new year with a little bit more understanding of each other. We must work together and not divide and conquer. Someone said that some of the people who are here are using this as a steppingstone to further their political careers. Maybe so. But there are others who know that if they move on and they gain a seat in our city council or in any higher political position they will be able to help out the district and our children in other ways where they can have a stronger input. I am tired of sitting up here and having no say as a parent, as a voter, and as an elected official. The people who voted for me and for many of these other Board members did it because they believed in us. They believed that we were going to bring their message to the table. That is not going to happen if we are not going to work together and if no one is going to listen. I have one year left on this Board and by the grace of God from my own two children and all the children that I have worked with throughout the years. I apologize to the Parent Resource Center that I could not be there Saturday because I was out in Oakland with a group of children teaching them about camping and the outdoors. I took them out of Paterson to enjoy something that they have never seen, educating them along the way. I might not attend dinners and I might not always wear the fancy suit and tie because my thing is to first of all be a parent and second of all to do my job that I was elected for, to take that oath of office that I took and take it all the way and do the best job that I can here as a Paterson School Board member and be a voice for those parents who truly believe in me. As a Latino I respectfully ask the..(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)...and the new members that came on Board because we are not local control. We are run by the state and this has been going on for a long time and we all know this. But if he has it in his heart, think about what went on this evening and let us try to work together to make things happen better for the new coming year. And then at that time I will say that I am a proud Latino Board member who represents everyone in the community and thank the administration. Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Brown: Thank you, Comm. Vergara.

Comm. Spagnola: I think we are really skirting the subject at this point. We can put it right down into the process of how the individual was chosen and how these people here were chosen. So the way I would look at it I would go right to the source. I would direct the question right now to the Superintendent to explain the process and to tell us why we are at this position and why these choices were made. I will give him a chance to defend his position. It is only the right thing to do. We just went through three hours.

Comm. Taylor: I think we all have to speak before he does.

Comm. Spagnola: In this way we can speak more intelligently. I would like to hear his position.

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Comm. Atallo: I agree with the Chief.

Comm. Spagnola: I will speak after I hear your position then.

Comm. Taylor: It is a very funny situation going on here because I hear all the men saying we are elected and I know the state law and how they put us in this predicament. I agree with Mr. Battis and with another one of our speakers that we need to go to our legislature and get the law changed that has to do with personnel as well as facilities. The SCC has too much power and so does our Superintendent on locating without consultation and conversation with the Board. The Superintendent does not have to do that with us. It is a done deal. He can go through a lot of resumes himself and I don’t know who else does it with him. We have a human resources department and I am not sure they are involved with it either. But I can remember when I was a classroom teacher that I taught fifth, sixth, and seventh graders at a point and for many years I taught third grade. Each time I would encourage all children to go and finish high school and go to college. Maybe I did not understand the culture of children from our Latino community. But each time I saw one of the children they had dropped out of school at seventh or eighth grade. Or they had dropped out of school during the first or second year of high school. Many of them later on in their lives told me they went back and got a GED. If you are coming back into the town and you want to work at the Board of Education and you want to be a certified person you have to do more than a GED. I have said that to many of our students and it did not have to be my Latino children. They had to do with some of our African American and some of the youngsters that were Caucasian. I would always say to them to finish high school and make a decision to go on to more schooling because the more schooling you get the better citizen you will be, the better community person you will be, and the wiser you will be. I think. I am not sure if it was wise for make to get on this Board. It is very difficult. The decisions we make we try to make them together as a Board. But this one I did not make with the Superintendent. There was no consultation. And I must say that as long as I have known a lot of the teachers and the people who have been Superintendents in our district they have tried their hardest to do what was expected of them and to go back and get more training and more understanding of the position and do what they were able to do. And we still have some people in the district now who are trying to become better at what they do as teachers, supervisors, directors, and assistant superintendents. It is a very difficult job. I remember saying I can lead a horse to water but I cannot make him drink it. Education is here. Public education is almost free. There is a big price you pay for it though our taxes and if our children don’t take it and if there are not enough people at home to encourage them to take it and not complain so much maybe they would get it. But there is something wrong here in our city that I am not quite getting the picture of. Tonight I felt very funny because I have been friendly throughout my city for a very long time with all the communities that are here. I found that tonight we were not together. I did not get a call from my Latino friends telling me that there was a problem or that we were going to meet here in community style and community cooperation. The only community that I am seeing here are my Latino community people. Where are the African Americans? Did you make a contact with your neighbor who is African American? Did you make a contact with your Arabic neighbor? Did you make a contact with your Pakistani neighbor? Did you make a contact with your Caucasian neighbor? What is the matter here? We are not connecting. We are not connecting with each other. My child is your child. Your child is my child. When I taught I felt the same way. I gave birth to three, I have eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild, and I feel that my children are your children and your children are my children. I don’t separate in races because I have them all in my family. I have Europeans, Italians, Irish, Africans, and Spanish in my family. When

Page 32 12/14/05 you see me you see all nationalities. I am an American product and I am a product of this school system that taught me to have respect for all of you even though as I grew up as a child they did not respect my group of people, the African Americans. They were trying to teach me one thing out of one side of their mouth and something else out of the other. But by the grace of the Almighty I learned how to put it together and act wisely as a human being. The creator created us all human and alike with a mind to do the right thing. We have to think about doing the right thing because most of the time we will do the wrong thing. Some more thought and some more consultation needed to go into this decision and this is a law that you should as a people in Paterson go to change. The Board of Education should have some say in personnel activities and also in building schools in this district. There is another area I will talk about at another time. But right now I don’t feel connected and I know many of my friends and people out here tonight. But I think we are separated and I think it is an intentional separation and it is not good for our children and it is not good for our relationships in the town. Educationally this is unsound. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: Thank you very much, Comm. Taylor. Are there any other speakers?

Comm. Hodges: Mr. President, it is hot in here.

Comm. Atallo: It is going to get a lot hotter.

Comm. Hodges: I have been at this a long time. Even before I became a member of this Board I used to come down to the podium at the various schools and complain about the status of education of Paterson’s children. I did not come down here to complain about Paterson’s Black children. I came down to complain about Paterson’s children. I have been called a lot of things and I have been accused of a lot of things over the course of time that I have been working in this school district. But no one has accused me as of yet or before tonight of being a racist. I am terribly disturbed by the accusations, remarks, comments, and the vitriol that went on tonight. You know, I took a few notes at some of the comments of many of the people who came down here and let me first say this. Assemblywoman Pou and Freeholder Sonia Rosado, it is indeed a pleasure and a special occasion to have you come to the Board of Education meeting. It is very special. After all, you don’t come very often. I am going to get to that. But there were three things that concerned me about this gathering tonight. Let us try to put the obvious and ugly racial implications all to the side for a moment. First, you have seemingly insinuated yourself into a simple dispute between an employee and the district and without having all the facts. You inflamed the passions of some very good and well-meaning people throughout this community and that is a concern. Second, you have injected politics into an educational process. You have brought all of these good people and many of them do not understand the issues at hand. You have brought them to try to influence an official personnel decision, indeed to intimidate the Superintendent to change his mind. Third, and most troubling to me – and somebody else already said it – there were very few discussions about qualified people or educational excellence and the children. We were spending all this time talking about the needs of adults and what this community needs and that community needs and what this person has done and what that person has done and what that person has to get and what that person does not get. And we were talking about jobs. But we were not talking about delivering an educational product to your children, delivering the best education to your children whether they were Black, Hispanic, Turkish, Bengali, or Arabic. It just goes on and on. That was trampled in all of this. I would be more understanding if when we had the big conflagration earlier in the years that I saw all this passion and fire from you Assemblywoman and you Freeholder. When the students walked out of Montclair Pre-Collegiate Teaching Academy on to the streets of the city in

Page 33 12/14/05 front of their school demanding a better education for themselves, not just Black students but Hispanic students, nobody rounded you up to come down here to talk about that. And when the students, the parents, the staff, and the teachers at School #6 were possibly exposed to asbestos, which could be life-threatening, nobody rounded you up to talk about that. And there were Black and Hispanic teachers and students like everybody else. These were outrages in your community and they did not round you up over that. When greater than 50 million educational dollars for your children were squandered I had to fight with some of the very same people who came here today to get them to see that the leadership here was sabotaging the educational futures of children. Some of the very same people who sit here telling you how important this is and saying they are going to threaten to go down to the State of New Jersey to complain were protecting the inadequacies, failures, the administrative nonsense and the raping of your school district. They did not come down here to talk about the fact that 900 students enter your major high schools every year and only 350 graduate. They did not round you up over that. They did not come and tell you about the test scores where a few years back we had 18% passage of the HSPT in your high schools. Nobody rounded you up about that. Those are the things that directly affect your children, not just one person. You had no leadership who ran around in the neighborhood whipping up the flames of passion that should have been whipped up because that is when you should have been screaming. That is when you should have been angry. That is when you should have been gathering en masse because it mattered then. That affects 27,000 students irrespective of their color. Let me finish sir. I listened to you very carefully. I am not saying that you have no right to have aspirations and to see people who look like you in all aspects of this school district. Of course you do. I sat through this. I grew up in the 1960’s before many of your families arrived here and we were fighting for the exact same thing. So I understand what you are talking about and I believe in the exact same things. But there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. To demonize people, to cast aspersions when you don’t even have the beginning of the information is wrong. You are not coming down here to discuss the educational curricular changes. You are not asking whether we are using data to improve the teaching in your classrooms. You are not asking about brand new accountability for teachers, principals, and administrators. You are not asking about any of that. Those are the items that directly affect your children but nobody wants to talk about that because that is not emotional. Years ago up in Boston a man was found in a car with his wife shot dead. The man said two Black people had robbed him and killed his wife. Maybe you remember the story. There was outrage throughout the country. There was more Black on White crime. We need tougher laws. We need to clamp down. And you can well imagine some of the expletives that were used about the Black people who once again were killing senselessly in Boston. But it was a lie and the truth came out afterwards. And all those angry people who were enraged and were blinded by passion when they found out what actually happened, how the man had actually killed his own wife the damage that they had done could not be repaired. And there was no page one story. It was not in the news all the day like it was before. That is what you have to understand. What people throw out at you at first blush is not always the truth or the entire information. I have come to Hispanic gatherings and I have said “No soy Dominicano”, “No soy Puertoriqueno”, “No soy Africano”, “No soy Aleman” – “Yo soy Americano.” When I came to this school district I did not say let me go help the Black kids. And God knows I saw enough of them die in the emergency room. I did not say let me go pick on the Latino administrators. The first people I attacked just so happened to be African American. The issue is not the color of your skin. It is what you do. You are being paid to do a service to children and if you are not doing that service then let us go find someone who can. And I am not saying that is what is happening here today. I am saying that is the issue for me. I heard someone quote earlier Martin Luther King. What he also said was “Don’t judge me by the color of

Page 34 12/14/05 my skin” - and I may add “or by the language that I speak – “but judge me by the content of my character.” So if you are going to quote Martin Luther King, quote him all. I have walked the streets in Black neighborhoods. I have walked the streets in Arab neighborhoods. I have sat in Bengali homes. I have gone to Hispanic neighborhoods to help children whether they looked like me or not because I don’t have any children. And if you lift the ship everybody does well. But to have people come down here to threaten, and I heard a lot of things before I got here because my community talks too. I heard about people going down to Trenton to get rid of the Superintendent. I heard all that. Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot allow this to become a political football. There were some of us who fought to put Dr. Glascoe here because we wanted somebody who was independent, who would stand up and do what was educationally necessary. If you recall, in that Superintendent’s search there were some of us who had to turn and fight their own friends. Half the pastors in this town were angry with me and that is my base. And by the way, I was running last year for election. And I still tried to do the best that I could because it was important to me to put principle above politics. And we are not going to let people come in here and put their connections to people above the connections to the children, or their politics above the needs of children. Ladies and gentlemen, if you do that, then you will get what you had before. We will hire what you want. If you come down here and you yell loud enough you are going to get what you want. We will hire them whether they are qualified or not. And then when you kids can't read, when you kids can't spell, when your kids can't go on to higher education, who do you blame then? Because I did not see the same outrage two years ago when Dr. Duroy was doing what he was doing here to your children. Where was I? Read the paper sometime and you will know sir. So all I am going to say is this – let us talk. Let us try to map out a strategy together as one community. Don’t let people come in and throw a racial rift between us. Don’t do that because you can't predict where that is going to go. You can't control that. Once you do it, it will fly and nobody can handle that. The only thing that is going to happen is we are going to destroy ourselves. I am going to conclude. Education should be about education, not jobs, not politics, not friends, and not money. It should be about teaching kids at high levels. When it is not you are going to get what you have gotten for the last 20 years. Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Santiago: Thank you, Mr. President. Politics have always been here. I have been on the Board for seven years. When I first got elected to the Board I said I did not want to bring politics to the Board. One person who is an activist and comes here all the time to speak said there is always politics in the School Board and everywhere you go. Sure enough she was right. I have never said this to anyone but throughout my tenure I have had individuals say a favor for a favor. Vote for this and I will give you what you want. I took an oath and I am not for sale. I never took money from contractors. My record speaks for itself and I am clean. In life before you even speak you have to make sure your closet is clean. I have a lot of friends in the City Council. They are not here all of the time. Assemblywoman Nellie Pou and Freeholder Rosado, throughout my life you have been like my sisters. But you don’t have to be here to get the job done. They always say a stronger person is not the talker but the doer. So they don’t have to be here to get the job done. Dr. DeMolli, all I can say is stand up because I am proud of you. Don’t feel ashamed. I have much love for you. Throughout the time that I have been here you have gotten the job done. I have not given the Superintendent the courtesy. He reached out to me by sending me a letter so I have to give him that. It may not be through him, but maybe politically in other people’s eyes up on this Board who has other agendas. That is my belief. I am speaking for myself and not for the Board. I am not saying the Superintendent said it. I am not saying it came from him. But I know that for other elected officials it is political. There is a scene behind it and I have the proof and facts. But I must ask four questions to the

Page 35 12/14/05 administration and everybody knows where I stand. I stand for the community. I was the first one to stand for Dr. Fulmore. He is a Patersonian. He is one of us. If this had happened to Ms. Lyde I would have stood up for her. I am not saying anything about the other individuals who are here. I had conversations with two gentlemen. It is no disrespect to any of you guys. I know this is an awkward position, but I am trying to say that I like to fight for my people. African American, White, Hispanic – we have a lot of talented people in this city who need an opportunity. I really don’t care who you are. I will fight for you, too. When I got elected, I was elected by the whole community. This is my job. I must answer to you. But the four questions I have for the administration you can start writing down and I would like to have an answer. What was the process? How many candidates applied of this position? What were the qualifications that we needed for each candidate? How did you advertise it and where? I did not see it in the Herald & News or The Record. I did not even see it in the Internet. I want to know. Community people are asking me and I am looking at them saying I don’t know. So I have to ask the question to go back to the community so I can answer them. Dr. Demolli, stay strong. They say that when man gives you something man can take it away. But when you work hard and God gives you something, the talent that you have and the commitment, no one can take that away. One last thing in closing is we have to stay together in the community. I don’t like separation. Former Councilwoman Maria Magda is like a mom to me and where she goes I go. We need to straighten this out one way or another because in the next Board meeting you are going to have a couple of hundred more people in here. So I wish you would reconsider. I don’t think due process was done here and I am with you 110% Dr. DeMolli. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: I am just going to make a couple of brief comments. First of all, I want to be careful of what I say because of the possible legal implications that this may have. I support diversity but I also support the best, the brightest, and the most qualified for any position to educate our children. Being a Board member here in Paterson is a very unique challenge as I have traveled throughout the state and country looking at how Boards normally operate. And Paterson is a very unique city. We understand political dynamics exist. But then we must ask ourselves the question why are our children not learning. If children are going to be first and if we want children to succeed then that should be the question everyday all day. If we identify other challenges that exist we should talk about strategizing, planning, and what process we are going to put in place to correct deficiencies that we have been identified. We should all be at the table first at the beginning, not at the tail end and looking for answers. If we are going to solve the problems of this community we have to be together at the planning stage, not at the emotional stage. Emotions will make us ineffective in functioning. Rational thought process will find us solutions to all of our problems. Until we start moving in that direction, our emotional challenges will cloud our judgment for effective government. Thank you very much. Let us move to the agenda.

Dr. Glascoe: Thank you. I think I have to make one correction. One of the speakers must correct a statement that she made with a lot of enthusiasm about my attendance here back in April for the community meeting. I was the third candidate on the agenda. My time was for 8:00 o’clock. In fact, I was early. I got here at 7:40. The other two finalists quit. I did not. Comm. Spagnola wanted me to make some comments about the process. This begs a more involved meeting and I certainly will welcome to do that with our School Board. But this is not the same school district that you had prior to me coming. It is a brand new school district. It has been reorganized yet again. The first thing I did was to apologize for reorganizing the school district yet again. The new positions on board are tied to how the district is organized. Resumes and applications are screened for the certifications and qualifications necessary and mandated by the state, and also the application criteria. Job descriptions of our new positions and

Page 36 12/14/05 leadership team were developed around the reorganization of the school district, not the past organization. This is a new day and time. So I will discuss this in greater detail including personnel matters with our School Board in the appropriate way and that is in a closed session. To do anything more would be inappropriate. I do have to just make a few remarks about the comments made tonight. Many of the comments were in regards personnel decisions that I have made. Therefore I am unable to comment directly as they would violate the confidentiality of individuals who may be related to those comments being made. Even though the comments made tonight were in relationship to matters of personnel I am encouraged by the show of solidarity around the same subject. I am encouraged because it is an indication of a community’s interest in school district matters. However, it is now my hope that you would demonstrate the same interest and more for matters like the low achievement rate of our students, one subgroup in particular. It is my hope that our community will demonstrate the same interests about the efforts being made or not being made to change the status of our school district from one in need of improvement to one that can ensure the continuous improvement of all schools and all students. It is my hope that many of you would join the other members of this community who have continued to lobby for our right under the law for improved school facilities. I do not want to diminish the fact that a number of our community members have consistently done this about these issues and others. I want to publicly commend them for that effort and encourage them to continue to hold the School Board, the Department of Education, and me accountable. In many respects, leadership requires putting it on the line. I will continue to do that whether it is a personnel issue or program decisions that may not be popular to some. To do less would be a disservice to the children and parents of this school district that I am here to serve. Therefore, I will continue to lead the school district by making decisions based on what is in the best interest of children rather than what is politically safe or appealing to some. To do differently or to do less would not do justice to our mission and vision of putting children first. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: There is a motion on the floor from Comm. Moody for a five-minute break.

It was moved by Comm. Moody, seconded by Comm. Vergara that the Board take a five-minute break. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

The Board took intermission at 11:00 p.m.

The Board reconvened at 11:17 p.m.

GENERAL BUSINESS

Items Requiring a Vote

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

Comm. Spagnola presented the minutes of the November 2, 2005 Workshop Meeting and the November 9, 2005 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. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

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Comm. Sayegh reported that the Curriculum and Instruction Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-19:

Resolution No. A-1

WHEREAS, the Governor’s FY2006 Budget provides $4.75 million for school districts for character education program development, implementation and expansion; and

WHEREAS, the funds will be distributed as restricted state aid; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has been allocated $70,803 for this year’s initiative; and

WHEREAS, the district will continue the expansion of the Responsive Classroom in the primary grades and introduce programming at the secondary level; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of the application to accept funds in the amount of $70,803.00 to support the implementation, development and expansion of character education programs in the district from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006.

Resolution No. A-2

WHEREAS, the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson will provide Chapter 192 instructional services to non public school students during the 2005-2006 school year in accordance with State regulations; and

WHEREAS, Catapult Learning, LLC is an approved agency engaged in the business of providing Chapter 192 services to non public school students; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson will contract with Catapult Learning, LLC for the provision of Chapter 192 instructional services to non public school students during the 2005-2006 school year for a total cost of $2,147,469.00, as set forth in the attached contract and subject to the full funding by the State of New Jersey.

Resolution No. A-3

WHEREAS, the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson intends to provide instructional services in reading, writing, mathematics and English as a Second Language to students eligible for Title I services during the 2005-2006 school year; and

WHEREAS, Catapult Learning, LLC is an approved entity engaged in the business of providing instructional services to non-public school students; and

WHEREAS, the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson wishes to retain Catapult Learning, LLC for the provision of instructional services to students eligible for Title I services during the 2005-2006 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson will contract with Catapult Learning, LLC to provide instructional services to eligible Title I students in selected non-public schools for the school year 2005-2006, in the amount of

Page 38 12/14/05 $837,242.46, as set forth in the attached contract, subject to full funding by the Federal Government under Title I.

Resolution No. A-4

WHEREAS, the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson wishes to contract with Catapult Learning, LLC to utilize the Mobile Parent Outreach Center to provide services to parents and non public school students in Paterson; and

WHEREAS, Catapult will provide a fully equipped van, which will be utilized as a traveling Parent Outreach Center; and

WHEREAS, Catapult will provide an opportunity to parents to participate in read-aloud strategies, kitchen math ideas and promotion of family literacy; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve the contract with the Catapult Learning, LLC, not to exceed $38,630.00 for the 2005-2006 school year subject to full funding by the federal government.

Resolution No. A-5

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District can provide professional development for 50 secondary school teachers of Social Studies, grades 5 through 12, to raise the achievement of our students in the area of American History; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is the recipient of three years of funding through the United States Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement to increase the pedagogical expertise and American History knowledge base of teachers in the district; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District’s “Alexander Hamilton Fellows: Creating Expertise in American History Project” will help the school district to build its own capacity to carry out future professional development of teachers; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District hires the American Institute for History Education to provide workshops and develop curriculum materials for the benefit of the school district in an amount not to exceed $127,500.

Resolution No. A-6

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is committed to improve the achievement of students; and

WHEREAS, the Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (CEI- PEA) has assisted in reorganizing four thematic concept schools in Paterson as well as six Paterson Innovative Academies; and

WHEREAS, the CEI-PEA will continue to assist the district in restructuring schools into thematic concept schools, and provide advice, strategic planning and instructional and leadership training; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the educational reform initiative for the Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association

Page 39 12/14/05 (CEI-PEA) to continue to assist the district in restructuring schools into thematic concept schools in Paterson as well as six Paterson Innovative Academies during the 2005- 2006 school year, in the amount of $40,800.00.

Resolution No. A-7

WHEREAS, the approval for receiving student(s) from a sending district as per their IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves receiving student(s) and payment from Prospect Park Board of Education for the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition S.E., E.T., J.T., S.T., L.R., D.P. $65,817.00

Resolution No. A-8

WHEREAS, the approval for receiving student(s) from a sending district as per their IEP is required; and now therefore

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

Student Initials Tuition A.B., E.D., S.D., J.V. $45,131.87

Resolution No. A-9

WHEREAS, the approval for receiving student(s) from a sending district as per their IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves receiving student(s) and payment from Clifton Board of Education for the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition E.A., J.G., C.J. $33,966.00

Resolution No. A-10

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 IEP; 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 contracts with All Can Excel (A.C.E.) Academy as well as payment for providing educational services during the 2005-2006 school year:

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Student Initials Tuition Q.C. $18,044.00

Resolution No. A-11

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 IEP; 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 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition E.F.C., R.R. $81,171.00

Resolution No. A-12

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 IEP; 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 Deron School of New Jersey, Inc. for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition I.L. $27,879.00

Resolution No. A-13

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 IEP; 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 Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf for providing full and individual evaluation services to students during the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition L.D., J.G., S.R., S.W. $210,724.00

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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 IEP; 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 Mountain Lakes Board of Education for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition A.B. $42,000.00

Resolution No. A-15

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 IEP; 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 Ridgefield Board of Education for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition C.S., J.R. $77,507.00

Resolution No. A-16

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 IEP; 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 Passaic County Educational Services Commission for providing educational services to students attending Academy High School during the 2005-2006 regular school year (For Contract Signature Only).

Resolution No. A-17

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 IEP; and

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

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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Youth Consultation Services/Fort Lee Educational Center for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 regular school year (Revised Contract Signature Only).

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 IEP; 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 Youth Consultation Services/Virginia Sawtelle Learning Center for providing educational services to students during the 2005-2006 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition P.B. $43,131.00

Resolution No. A-19

WHEREAS, Panther Academy’s senior class sponsors a trip for the seniors to Orlando, Florida. This educational visit will include approximately forty (40) students, ages 17-19, from Panther Academy. They will depart from Panther Academy at 6:30 a.m., May 5, 2006 and return to Panther Academy May 8, 2006 at approximately 10:00 p.m. The trip is coordinated and supervised by Ms. Zynide Banks and Ms. Bibi Hassan, staff members and class advisors at Panther Academy. Two (2) additional male chaperones will accompany the group. Participating students and their parents bear the sole responsibility of the per person cost of $660.00; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Bonnie Miele, Vice Principal of Panther Academy, along with Panther staff members, Zynide Banks and Bibi Hassan, and two (2) male chaperones have planned a four (4) day educational experience to Disney’s Youth Education Program in Orlando, Florida and Bush Gardens; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves this educational experience for students and staff. All expenses associated with this trip are the responsibility of the parent/guardian of each participating student.

It was moved by Comm. Sayegh, seconded by Comm. Santiago that Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-19 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: I have serious concerns on resolutions A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6. I am asking that they be pulled and tabled tonight. Each year the same company seems to be given these contracts. If you add them up it is for over $3 million. It is serious money and I don’t have enough information about this. I want to know why the same company keeps getting awarded the same contracts every year. With all of the providers that are out there I find it confusing and concerning. I ask that these be pulled on A-2, A-3, and A-4 until we get further information. On A-6 my concern is with all the money we are spending on hiring all these administrators I would assume at some point that there would be somebody here who would have some experience here dealing with

Page 43 12/14/05 innovative academies. Quite frankly, I am very concerned about the large number of consultants and the large amount of money that flows out of here for consultants and I am requesting A-6 be pulled until we get further information as to who these people are. I know they have been here before but as the Superintendent has said if we are going to be a data-driven school district and I want to see some data. I want to see the first year they came in, I want to see the baseline, and I want to see what has gone on outside of paying them thousands of dollars every year and we don’t have any reports or anything. I am not going to rubber-stamp this. So my motion is that we table A-2, A- 3, A-4, and A-6.

Comm. Sayegh: With all due respect, Dr. Atallo, I think your request would have been more appropriate during the workshop meeting last week.

Comm. Atallo: I did not get the information I needed and I am making the request now at the public meeting. I am making it a public record and a public record.

Comm. Sayegh: Did you request it last week?

Comm. Atallo: I asked for information. If you look at the minutes from the workshop I raised this issue. If you look at the minutes from last year and the year before that I raised the issue and nobody answers me. The people who did not answer in the past don’t work here anymore. Now we have a new administration and I want accountability. They are saying that they are going to be accountable to this community and treat this Board like a real School Board. So I want to get real answers. If we are going to spend over $3 million for consulting fees I want to know what we are getting for that amount of money. I think the public has a right to know.

Comm. Sayegh: I do agree that you raised this issue at the workshop. But I don’t remember you making a formal request.

Comm. Atallo: If you look at the minutes I made a request and I did not get any answers. All I got was silence and it is similar to the resumes – I don’t get answers. I don’t get answers and I don’t support resolutions. If you get my memo it will say that. Unless I get the information in a timely manner, I don’t support resolutions. It is up to the other Board members what they want to do. I can only speak for myself. But I would think that this Board does not want to be a rubber stamp. I think this Board wants accountability. Over $3 million is a lot of money. We had parents say that after-school programs have been cut and other things have been cut. I want accountability for this money. I am not saying I am never going to vote for these. I am saying I want explanations and unless I get explanations and answers I am not going to blindly vote to authorize $3 million in expenditures. That is how this district gets in trouble. People vote for things, they don’t understand what they are voting for, and then six months or a year later it comes back. I want answers as to why Catapult keeps getting all the contracts and I want answers as to why we need a consultant to put together innovative academies. We have had innovative academies for the past few years. We have 19 of them. If you are going to put administrators in charge they should have an expertise. If they don’t have an expertise then I would suggest very respectfully that we get different administrators. If these individuals want to come before us I would like to know how they spend their time. I know how they spend their time and they can come and account for that time. It was not in the Paterson schools.

Comm. Sayegh: Mr. Rottino, for the purpose of clarity can you elaborate for us on what the implications would be if these particular items on the agenda were pulled?

Page 44 12/14/05 Mr. Rottino: Some of the services are being provided at the present time because the contract went into effect on September 1 at the beginning of the school year.

Comm. Atallo: Let me say this – if the contract went into effect September 1 why are we getting resolutions in December? We have had a new administration since July 18. This is not even at the last minute? I have complained in the past regarding the long- term facility plan, the early childhood plan, and the audit report. We are getting things at the last minute. Now this is not even at the last minute. We are getting things three and a half months after the fact.

Comm. Brown: One second. Dr. Atallo, I understand your concerns.

Comm. Atallo: This is illegal.

Comm. Brown: Would you please just allow the curriculum chairman to have...

Comm. Atallo: Why are contracts in place that have not been authorized by a resolution?

Comm. Sayegh: Mr. Rottino, would you care to answer?

Mr. Rottino: For the record, the contract for A-2, A-3, and A-4 was being reviewed by our attorney who met with the principals of the learning centers to clarify verbiage in the contract.

Comm. Sayegh: There is a motion on the floor. Is there a second to table items A-2, A- 3, A-4, and A-6?

It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. Spagnola that Resolution Nos. A-2, A-3, A-4 and A-6 be tabled. On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Atallo: I vote yes to vote for those resolutions that we authorize, and to table A- 2, A-3, A-4, and A-6.

Comm. Sayegh: I’m sorry Comm. Atallo, we are only voting on the motion to table the items.

Comm. Atallo: I am voting yes to table.

Comm. Hodges: No.

Comm. Moody: No.

Comm. Santiago: Yes.

Comm. Sayegh: No.

Comm. Spagnola: Yes.

Comm. Taylor: No.

Comm. Vergara: Yes.

Comm. Brown: I abstain.

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The motion did not carry.

Comm. Atallo: It does not pass. You are not going to get five votes to pass this. It is absurd. We get resolutions in the middle of December that should have been authorized prior to September. Not only is it absurd, these should be voted down. If the administration determines in their wisdom that they want veto that, a very strong letter is going to go to the Commissioner of Education outlining a pattern of getting resolutions late.

Comm. Sayegh: Thank you, Comm. Atallo. Are there any other comments on any other items on this evening’s curriculum agenda?

Comm. Vergara: That was A-1 through A-19?

Comm. Sayegh: What are you referring to? We are now discussing all items.

Comm. Vergara: Correct. You said all items A-1 through A-19.

Comm. Sayegh: Correct.

Comm. Vergara: Can I question something on A-19?

Comm. Sayegh: By all means.

Comm. Vergara: PANTHER Academy, a graduation celebration. Is PANTHER Academy having a prom or some kind of dinner dance after graduation? Or is this it - a field trip to Disney World?

Comm. Sayegh: To the best of my knowledge, I don’t believe this is all that they are going to have. But we can ascertain that information. It is only listed as a field trip.

Comm. Vergara: It says it is a graduation celebration.

Comm. Sayegh: That is the purpose of it. But a prom is not a...

Comm. Vergara: Are they going to Busch Gardens in Tampa and Disney World in Orlando, Florida from May 5-8 as a field trip?

Comm. Sayegh: Correct. There was a question raised by Comm. Moody.

Comm. Moody: You may recall that at the workshop I raised questions about the trip. I had some questions as to whether or not it was educational. But more importantly, I was concerned about the supervision and I did talk with the staff at the schools that is going to be going on the trip to chaperon the students. I believe in the packet they have a response to some of the questions that were asked and it satisfied me with my concerns. I just wanted to thank the staff for getting the stuff for me.

Comm. Sayegh: Thank you. Are there any further questions or comments on any items on this evening’s agenda?

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Page 46 12/14/05 Comm. Atallo: As I said before, I vote yes on all of them except A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6. It is absolutely ridiculous to be getting resolutions three and half months later. It is absolutely ridiculous for Board members to spend this kind of money without getting answers. You say you want accountability to the public and then when they are not here you vote for things blindly? This is wrong. So I say table A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6.

Comm. Hodges: Pass.

Comm. Moody: Yes.

Comm. Santiago: Everything is yes, except A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me. Point of order. We have to either vote yes or no. Is that correct? Or you can abstain.

Comm. Sayegh: Yes. I think he is talking about comments being made. Is that correct?

Comm. Spagnola: No. I am talking about voting.

Comm. Brown: I am talking about trying to pull items out. You have to vote it up or down or abstain. You cannot extract items while a vote is on the floor.

Comm. Sayegh: Correct.

Comm. Vergara: Are you saying then that we have to vote on everything all at once?

Comm. Brown: First of all, we should not be having a discussion while a vote is on the floor. Point of clarification. You can only vote yes, no, or abstain. Or you have to make an amendment, which we can't do now while a roll call for a vote is on anyway. It has to be done during discussion.

Comm. Sayegh: Thank you. I vote yes.

Comm. Spagnola: I am going to vote yes to A-1, A-5, and A-7 through A-19. I am voting no on A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6.

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

Comm. Vergara: I vote no on A-2, A-3, A-4, and A-6. I am taking into consideration that Comm. Moody did check this out so I vote yes on A-19 and on the rest.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

Comm. Hodges: It was my intent to vote no on A-6 but I am not interested in having...(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)...about that funding of the academies and the approaches we are taking not just at that academy but with the consultants that we currently have in practice. But I understand the importance of correcting the academies so I will vote yes across the board with some reluctance.

The motion carried.

LEGAL COMMITTEE

Page 47 12/14/05 Comm. Spagnola reported that the Legal Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution No. B-1:

Resolution No. B-1

WHEREAS, F.M., Petitioner, filed a workers’ compensation claim and settlement of this matter under the guidelines of the Workers’ Compensation Act; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Education reviewed this case in executive session and agreed with the settlement of the case; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the School District of Paterson approves settlement of the petition for F.M. in the amount of $29,130.00.

It was moved by Comm. Spagnola, seconded by Comm. Santiago that Resolution No. B-1 be adopted. On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Atallo: Abstain.

Comm. Hodges: Absent.

Comm. Moody: Yes.

Comm. Santiago: No.

Comm. Sayegh: Yes.

Comm. Spagnola: Yes.

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

Comm. Vergara: Yes.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

The motion carried.

FISCAL COMMITTEE

Comm. Atallo reported that the Finance Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution No. C-1:

Resolution No. C-1

WHEREAS, the Paterson Schools caused an annual audit to be made by a public schools accountant pursuant to NJSA:18A:23-1&2; and

WHEREAS, said “Comprehensive Annual Financial Report” and “Auditor’s Management Report” for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 were filed in duplicate with the Office of the Commissioner on November 7, 2005 pursuant to NJSA:18A:23-3; and

WHEREAS, a synopsis of the audit has been made available to the public by the audit firm of Watson & Rice at the Board Meeting December 141, 2005; and

Page 48 12/14/05 WHEREAS, the Interim Assistant Superintendent for Operations presented these reports, findings and recommendations to the Board at the Workshop Meeting December 7, 2005, and at the Regular Meeting held on December 14, 2005 and representatives of the audit firm Watson & Rice were present to discuss the reports; and

WHEREAS, a Corrective Action Plan has been drafted and disseminated by the Interim Assistant Superintendent for Operations in response to the audit recommendations; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools acknowledge receipt of the “Comprehensive Annual Financial Report” and “Auditor’s Management Report” for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools hereby incorporates the Synopsis of the Audit and each specific audit recommendation and the resulting Corrective Action Plan as part of the minutes of the meeting and note the public discussion of same for the minutes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Interim Assistant Superintendent for Operations be directed to forward to the County Superintendent the minutes together with the Corrective Action Plan Audit Synopsis; and

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

It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. Santiago that Resolution No. C-1 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: I just wanted to make some statements based upon the audit report. It was my understanding there were 14 findings and seven were areas on non- compliance. This was compared to 28 from last year. I know the business department worked very hard and we thank Mr. Rottino and Mr. Infante and their staff for helping to clean up a lot of the findings. As we know a lot of the findings were procedural. So when they test and they find there were problems we need to follow up with the school district to make sure that the people who are not cleaning up the problems in the schools should be addressed. A lot of these problems are procedural. That needs to be tightened up. Thank you.

Comm. Brown: We are discussing only C-1 at this time. Correct?

Comm. Atallo: I thought there might be some comments on the Comprehensive Annual Audit Report.

Comm. Brown: I would like to make a motion to pull this item for further review and discussion.

Comm. Sayegh: Are we only acknowledging the receipt?

Comm. Atallo: On C-1, we are acknowledging the receipt.

Comm. Sayegh: It was presented.

Page 49 12/14/05 Comm. Atallo: On this particular resolution as opposed to tabling it I would make the motion respectfully that we accept the receipt. Then Board members can make appropriate comments as to the content and the findings of the audit report.

Comm. Brown: Okay. I accept the recommendation. For clarification, the roll call is to pull it.

Comm. Atallo: We can amend that to vote on it.

Comm. Brown: Okay.

Comm. Atallo: I make a motion that we accept and acknowledge receipt of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and Auditor’s Management Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005.

Comm. Moody: Is that what C-1 is?

Comm. Atallo: Yes.

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

Resolution No. C-2

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 December 2005 bills and claims, checks 127674 through 127677; 127687 through 127717; 127718 through 127719; 127721 through 127727; 127728 through 128429; 128430 through 128432 and wires in the amount of $13,693,328.68 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it further

RESOLVED, that offline checks 127378 through 127686; 127720 in the amount of $24,187.01 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it further

RESOLVED, that voided checks 124983, 127675, 126833, 126369, 127546, 126868, 126932, 125973, 126024, 126027, 126039, and 126061 in the amount of $16,085.28 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it finally

RESOLVED, that cafeteria checks 128433 through 128471 in the amount of $373,169.65 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-3

WHEREAS, there is a need to establish bank accounts for the Paterson Public School District; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the bank accounts to be established for the Paterson Public School District for the City of Paterson, in the depository listed herein and subject to withdrawals in accordance with the names as set forth for school year and made a part of the minutes.

3981716999 Paterson Public Schools Superintendent, Business Hudson Restitution Refunds Administrator, Treasurer or

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3981717037 Paterson Public Schools Superintendent, Business Hudson Payroll Agency Reserve Administrator, Treasurer or Deputy Treasurer

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 December 2005; 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 December 2005, in the amount of $3,032,414.75, 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 December 2005, attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-5

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 September 2005, 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-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 October 2005, 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, Paterson Public Schools are required by New Jersey Administrative Code 6:23-2.2(a) to prepare monthly Financial Statements; and

Page 51 12/14/05 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 September 2005; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools acknowledge receipt of and accept the Monthly Financial Reports for September 2005; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools hereby incorporates the Monthly Financial Reports for the fiscal period ending September 2005, 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-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 October 2005; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools acknowledge receipt of and accept the Monthly Financial Reports for October 2005; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools hereby incorporates the Monthly Financial Reports for the fiscal period ending October 2005, 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-9

WHEREAS, the grant allocated by NGO No. 05-EE03-H04, New Jersey Refugee Students Impact Grant Program, for $91,676.00 has been accepted by the Board of Education on its meeting on the 10th day of August, 2005; and

WHEREAS, the grant shall be used for the purpose described in the application filed with the New Jersey State Department of Education at Public School No. 18; and

WHEREAS, the grant shall be used to continue, implement and enhance the New Jersey Refugee Students Impact Grant Program; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the continuum grant from the New Jersey Department of Education for the New Jersey Refugee Student Impact Grant Program for School No.

Page 52 12/14/05 18 in the amount of $95,826.00 beginning November 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006 be accepted.

Resolution No. C-10

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Alterations to Science Labs at PS 8, PS 28, and Garrett Morgan Academy, PPS-260-06, for the 2005-2006 school year; 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, pursuant to 18A:18A-22(c), the Paterson Public Schools is allowed to reject bids when the services are no longer required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District rejects all bids, as per the attached bid summary, for Alterations to Science Labs at PS 8, PS 28, and Garrett Morgan Academy, PPS-260-06, for the 2005-2006 school year, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-22(c) – The board of education decides to abandon the project for provision or performance of the goods or services.

Resolution No. C-11

WHEREAS, Entrinsik, Inc. will provide the Paterson Public School District with an online reporting tool that will help Paterson Public Schools improve the efficiency of reporting student data.

Terms of service: ƒ Initial Term – one year ƒ Automatic Invoicing at the end of each term ƒ Product upgrades ƒ Training and startup assistant – available in an online format and through telephone support

Item Cost User Licenses for up to 151 users (one time) $13,500.00 Annual Fee $2,700.00

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District purchases Entrinsik pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, for a period of one year at the rate of $13,500.00 for the first year, which includes the one year warranty, one year phone support, and one year product upgrades.

Resolution No. C-12

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District requires Physical and Occupational Therapy professional services district-wide for the 2005-2006 school year; and

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

Page 53 12/14/05 WHEREAS, the 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 now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to 18A:18A-5 the Paterson Public School District authorizes the Department of Special Services to award this category without advertising to:

Healing Hands Rehabilitation, Inc. 235 Lakeview Avenue Clifton, New Jersey 07011 Not to exceed $34,000.00

Resolution No. C-13

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Disposal of Hazardous Waste (Re-bid), PPS-220-05; 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 is allowed to renew contracts according to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-42; and

WHEREAS, the vendor agrees to renew the contract at no price increase; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District renews the contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Disposal of Hazardous Waste (Re-bid), PPS-220-05, for the 2005-2006 school year, to the following vendor:

Onyx Environmental Services 1 Eden Lane Flanders, NJ 07836 Not to exceed $50,000.00

Resolution No. C-14

WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation, as per attached letter, has determined that the vehicles listed below are property no longer needed for public use; and

WHEREAS, Public School Laws of the State of New Jersey permit the sale of surplus property no longer needed for public use through public sale (18A:18A-45); 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 services; and

Page 54 12/14/05 WHEREAS, the Department of Purchasing, pursuant to 18A:18A-45 and authorized by resolution (#C-38), has publicly and privately offered such property and no response was received; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, by the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, that the Department of Purchasing is hereby authorized to dispose of the items listed below, pursuant to 18A:18A-45:

Ford Aerostar XL, 1994 Ford Aerostar XL, 1994 GMC 3500 Pick-up, 1997

Resolution No. C-15

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

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District agrees to provide transportation service using the Union County Educational Services Commission, 45 Cardinal Drive, Westfield, New Jersey, 07090 as follows:

Route #CS284 Route Cost $ 2,480.00 Route #CS182 Route Cost $14,400.00

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-16

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for Paterson special education, regular typical kindergarten, and private non-profit pupils to in district schools, out of district schools, and for athletic programs; 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 with Laidlaw Transportation, East 15th Pleasant Avenue, Paramus, New Jersey with a 3.01% increase for the 2005-2006 school year as follows unless specified with an *:

Route Destination 05/06 Per Diem Cost DP1 De Paul High 168.43 37B School #15 210.97 27L School #27 216.69 29K School #29 216.69 2F School #2 131.07 7N School #7 215.24 4B School #4 212.83 4C School #4 211.62 30B Martin Luther King 211.62

Page 55 12/14/05 K18A 14th Avenue 179.48 14V CP Center 255.31 30H Martin Luther King 220.97 RP75 Norman S. Weir 193.65 *APA1 Academy Performing Arts 212.07 (No increase) *APA2 Academy Performing Arts 212.07 (No increase) 19N School #19 225.31 21N School #21 225.31 26C School #26 225.31 27N School #27 225.31 CP2 CP Center 236.56 EWK6 Edward Kilpatrick 233.24 EWK7 Edward Kilpatrick 233.24 26D School #26 233.24 30M Martin Luther King 233.24 13C School #13 266.55 18J School #18 266.55 18K School #18 266.55 LKD1 Lake Drive School 279.61 7Y School #7 256.94 KHS7 John F. Kennedy 210.40 LC5 Learning Center 240.01 LC6 Learning Center 240.01 10G School #10 221.47 10H School #10 221.47 10I School #10 221.47 10J School #10 221.47 15G School #15 240.01 21Q School #21 226.62 29R School #29 226.62 29S School #29 226.62 EAT1 Eastside Athletics 92,448.55 (Annual Contract)

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-17

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

WHEREAS, at a bid opening held on October 11, 2005 sealed bids 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 the bid contracts to:

Route Destination Contractor Total Per Diem NBG5 New Beginnings School Station Wagon $160.00 LAK2 Lake Drive School Rudco $79.50 JK11 John F. Kennedy HS Trans Ed $103.00 RP5 Rosa Parks HS Trans Ed $62.00 STC9 Science & Technology Jiggetts $79.00

Page 56 12/14/05 SBP1 Sports & Public Safety Scholastic $58.00 SBP2 Sports & Public Safety Scholastic $58.00 KM21 Martin Luther King Scholastic $117.00 JK9 John F. Kennedy HS Trans Ed $148.00

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

Resolution No. C-18

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for Paterson special education pupils 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 Business Administrator in renewing the following contracts with Station Wagon Services, 429 Minnisink Road, Totowa, New Jersey with a 3.01% increase for the 2005- 2006 school year as follows:

Route Destination 05/06 Per Diem Cost PCV1 Passaic County Tech 184.39 PCV2 Passaic County Tech 151.42 PCV3 Passaic County Tech 184.39 5A Norman S. Weir 206.57 5C Norman S. Weir 206.57 5D Norman S. Weir 206.57 5E Norman S. Weir 206.57 5F Norman S. Weir 206.57 JFK2 John F. Kennedy HS 144.95 NSW6 Norman S. Weir 201.01 29P School #29 221.01 FRM5 Forum 195.39 PX3 Phoenix 212.67 NS8 Norman S. Weir 210.51

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-19

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

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District agrees to provide transportation service using the Middlesex County Educational Services Commission, 1660 Stelton Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 as follows:

Route #S418 Fees $ 375.78 Route Cost $ 6,263.10 Route #5252 Fees $1,731.60 Route Cost $28,848.60

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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-20

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special education pupils home after school (PM transportation only) for the 2005-2006 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 a temporary contract to:

Route Destination Contractor Total Per Diem TECL 87 East 20th Street Scholastic $54.00

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-21

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for pupils to in district gym programs for the 2005-2006 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 a temporary contract to:

Route Destination Contractor Total Per Diem TGM3 Innovative Academies GYM Murphy $55.00

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-22

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide out of district transportation for special needs pupils; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has agreed to jointure with other districts through the Passaic County Educational Services Commission and the District agrees to the terms of the contract agreement; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District ratifies the action of the State District Superintendent in approving the contract for the 2005-2006 school year; and

Page 58 12/14/05 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the total estimated cost of the jointure agreement is as follows:

Route School Est. Cost Per Route Surcharges 7042 Shephard HS 7183.96 215.52 Shephard Academy

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-23

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide out of district transportation for special needs pupils; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has agreed to jointure with other districts through the Passaic County Educational Services Commission and the District agrees to the terms of the contract agreement; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District ratifies the action of the State District Superintendent in approving the contract for the 2005-2006 school year; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the total estimated cost of the jointure agreement is as follows:

Route School Est. Cost Per Route Surcharges 8093 Learning Center 8513.75 255.42 8096 Mt. St. Joseph Child Cent. 7180.89 215.43 8101 Skylands School 32430.00 972.90

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-24

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for Employee Management System, RFP-001-06; and

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

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached summary, for Employee Management System, RFP-001-06, for the 2005- 2006 school year, to the following vendor at a cost of $185,000.00 from January 1, 2006 and then each fiscal year thereafter at a budgeted cost of $340,000.00:

Automated Data Processing One ADP Boulevard Roseland, NJ 07068

Page 59 12/14/05 It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. Santiago that Resolution Nos. C-2 through C-24 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: Is there any discussion from the Board members? I would like to make a motion at this point that we table C-2. I have a number of concerns. This district needs to spend money on education. I am looking at this bill here for this ridiculous 3- day retreat for $11,607.42 on top of the $61,657.42. For three days this district spent $73,264.84. I realize this was not a decision made by the current administration. This was done by the predecessor in his wisdom or lack thereof. My concern is that money should be spent on the education of children. Every new Superintendent comes in here with their own motto. It would be nice if they consulted the Board and we had a team motto. But if you are going to have the motto “Children First” let us mean it and let us live it. Again, this is not the decision made by this administration but in terms of getting the administrators together is it a good idea? Of course it is. But we can do it in a more cost-effective way. My suggestion is we use this building. We can use John F. Kennedy High School and you can have the food service department prepare lunch and save the taxpayers a whole lot of money. Three days at a country club in Princeton, New Jersey for $73,264.84 is not something that I am going to defend to the taxpaying public and to the parents who want their children educated. So I am making a motion. I see dinners here for the French Hill Inn, a very exclusive restaurant in Wayne. This is not going to be turning into a country club around here. The tone has to be set and this Board has to set it. We are elected by the community for oversight. People are here to educate children. It is not a big party. So my motion at this point is to table C-2. C-13 is one bid and I think this district should stop adopting that and have a policy of getting multiple bids. I think competition is good so I am recommending that we table C-13 and go out for additional bids. At this point we should table C-24 to get further information on that resolution as well. So the committee’s recommendation is that we approve all resolutions from C-2 to C-24 with the exception of C-2, C-13, and C-24.

Comm. Moody: Are you suggesting that we table the whole C-2?

Comm. Atallo: I have concerns on these bills. I want to table it because we are going to have to pay that bill very sadly to the detriment of the children who are not going to see that money go for their education. But I want to table it so we can have a special meeting and we can go over these bills and start setting some policies as to what the guidelines are going to be in this district as far as spending money. I see people going out to dinner at exclusive restaurants. They are going to exclusive country clubs in Princeton. They are staying overnight. Everybody in the administration is going. I spoke to a lot of the administrators and they said to me we could have done this locally. This is not an indictment of Dr. Glascoe and his administration. He was not here. He was here, but he did not set this up. This was done prior to his coming in by his predecessor. I am saying for the future do we need to get the administrators together. Yes. I support that. But I don’t support going to exclusive resorts and country clubs to do stuff. There are more cost-effective ways of communicating to your staff and getting together.

Comm. Moody: I have a question for Comm. Atallo. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but these are bills that have been incurred already. It seems to me that we should discuss policy surrounding these items if we want to do something. But if we have a bill, are we not obligated to pay these bills?

Comm. Atallo: With all due respect Comm. Moody, this had been the problem month after month and year after year. The bills are presented and they tell us that they are already incurred. We have to start questioning how these bills were incurred and I think

Page 60 12/14/05 the best way to do it is to table this at this point in time and have a meeting where we can get together and discuss fiscal policy and what the Board is going to support and not support so there are parameters. This Board is supposed be treated like a real Board. We keep getting the word from Trenton that if we want to start moving towards local control we should start acting like a real Board. That means meeting and discussing these things in terms of educational policy and fiscal policy. That is not happening at this time.

Comm. Brown: I understand the concerns that you have. However, we have a legal responsibility to pay these bills and I would be hesitant to vote this down or to pull it and the legal bills that we may incur trying to defend not paying it and the repercussions.

Comm. Atallo: Mr. President, can I ask you a question? Why did you call me at 10:30 last night and tell me to pull this? You called me at my home and told me you wanted it pulled.

Comm. Brown: Point of clarification. What I thought we were talking about was accepting the annual financial report. That is what I thought we were talking about.

Comm. Atallo: We are not accepting the report. We are accepting the receipt.

Comm. Brown: You asked me a question. Can I please answer it? I just recognized that tonight and that is what I am trying to clarify. I thought that we were accepting this report and not acknowledging receipt. That is what I was talking about. So I apologize for the misunderstanding.

Comm. Atallo: Duly noted.

Comm. Brown: Thank you, sir.

Comm. Atallo: I am saying very clearly that this spending spree has to stop and if nobody is going to say it we have to say it. That is our role as the Board. This is just out of control.

Comm. Sayegh: Mr. Chairman, I respectfully disagree with the motion simply because we will have to pay this bill regardless of what we discuss outside of this.

Comm. Atallo: I said that, but I want to discuss it.

Comm. Sayegh: We can discuss this. We do have a policy committee. That is one of the issues we can raise but I think the further we delay it the more costs we will incur. And it was pointed out by Comm. Brown that perhaps there are going to be some legal fess. And let us think about our reputation as well.

Comm. Atallo: There won't be any legal fees by delaying this for a short period of time. With all due respect to you Comm. Sayegh, can you honestly say tonight that you reviewed these bills? Have you looked at them? Or are you just voting on them without looking at them?

Comm. Sayegh: I think it is clear for everybody to see what the issue is here. If we have incurred the cost already we must pay the bill.

Comm. Atallo: My question is, have you reviewed the bill list? Yes or no sir?

Page 61 12/14/05 Comm. Sayegh: I am not being put on trial, but I have looked at the information and I am stating my opinion.

Comm. Atallo: Unless I can be corrected, I am the only one who asked for the backup sheets and I am the only one who has reviewed them. I find it somewhat confusing and disappointing that anyone would vote for millions of dollars in bills they have not reviewed. Why would you say yes? You don’t know what is in there. I could have put in there to buy a Rolls Royce or to take a trip to Aruba.

Comm. Sayegh: I think it is clear to everyone what is in there.

Comm. Atallo: It is not clear.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me. I don’t believe this is the environment to debate this issue. We should have engaged in this challenge at the workshop meeting. I believe that everybody’s position is clear at this Board and I think that we are prepared to vote it up or down at this time.

Comm. Hodges: Mr. President, I was actually trying to get the chairman’s attention prior to yourself and Comm. Sayegh before you call the question. You bring up legitimate questions about not reviewing all of the backup sheets. In actuality, sir, the bill list is extensive. We are not going to review the backup sheets for all of the various bills and I dare say you don’t either.

Comm. Atallo: That is not true, Comm. Hodges. I review every bill in this list every month.

Comm. Hodges: Every backup sheet, sir?

Comm. Atallo: Yes, I do.

Comm. Hodges: Every backup sheet?

Comm. Atallo: Yes, I do. I get that list from the business office and they will verify that I get it and go through every line.

Comm. Hodges: You have to be commended. But here is the problem, if we begin to micromanage the district to that extent and pull the various bills that we are obligated to pay then the district goes into a default status.

Comm. Atallo: That is not true.

Comm. Hodges: Let me finish. You have an excellent point about concerns that you raise. The appropriate thing is if you have a concern about process, in your capacity as a chairman you can submit a policy which you could have done all year long regarding the various bills. You can still do that without having to hamper the district in paying them. You have already acknowledged that we have to pay the bill. So all I am saying is let us have that very important discussion on how we pay bills and what bills we need to strike up in the district, which you have raised very correctly. Let us have that discussion. But pay these bills that we are obligated to pay.

Comm. Atallo: I have concerns about these dinners. I have concerns about the legal bills. The legal bills are over six figures every month. It is over $200,000 for the last two months. Month after month these fees are excessive and I have concerns about

Page 62 12/14/05 this. I have asked the administration to address it and they don’t. So what is our mechanism? We are told to vote on bills for professional services and we don’t get to choose who is going to provide the professional services. They don’t even represent us when there is an issue. Comm. Hodges, you have had this situation personally. They don’t represent us. They represent the district. We have no legal protection. We have no one to legally advocate for us. We are public officials but if we want legal advocacy we have to go out and hire private attorneys. So this whole system does not even make sense. I am not going to vote on these bills month after month that I believe are excessive. Sir, you can vote as you wish but I am here to protect the taxpaying public. I am here to make sure the money that is allocated for the school district goes for educational purposes. It says Children First, not Lawyers First.

Comm. Brown: Just as a point of clarification, do you want to amend the main motion which would be to consider C-2 through C-24 with the extraction of certain ones? Is that what you want to do?

Comm. Atallo: If that is the pleasure of the Board that is what we will do.

Comm. Brown: I wanted to get the clarification of the amendment of the main motion. You presented all the times, so if this is true then you have to state the amendment to the main motion and we have to vote that up or down. I believe you talked about extracting or tabling certain items. So we have to deal with that first and then come back with the rest of the items.

Comm. Atallo: The first issue I want to review in detail, and this administration does not address it with us, are the legal bills. That is my concern, vendor #3794099, purchase order #0602337. That is a great concern to me. And as far as these dinners at these expensive restaurants, I think it is inappropriate.

Comm. Brown: That is duly noted. Can you please clarify the amendment to the main motion please so we can move forward?

Comm. Atallo: That is my amendment.

Comm. Brown: Is there a second on his amendment?

It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. Vergara that the main motion be amended to table Resolution Nos. C-2, C-13 and C-24.

Ms. Williams: The amendment is to table C-2, C-13, and C-24.

Comm. Atallo: Not to table C-2. On C-2 we want clarification on those specific bills.

Ms. Williams: Which bills?

Comm. Atallo: My rationale on C-13 is that it is only one bid and I think there should be a policy in this district where we should re-bid and get multiple bids. There are plenty of companies that provide that service.

Mr. Rottino: Excuse me, through the Chair.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me, Mr. Rottino. We have an amendment on the floor. The fiscal Chairman has pointed out his position. Can we please call the question to vote the amendment up or down, please?

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Comm. Moody: Is this clarification?

Comm. Brown: He cannot make his clarification at this time on a particular item. We are voting right now on the fiscal chairman’s recommendation of his amendment of pulling certain items.

Comm. Moody: It seems a little backwards if he has information that can clarify a question before the vote. The information might cause me to change my vote.

Comm. Brown: What number are you talking about, sir?

Comm. Moody: I thought he had clarification on C-13.

Comm. Brown: I apologize. Do we want to have further discussion on the amendment?

Comm. Moody: I was looking for clarification.

Comm. Brown: Mr. Rottino?

Mr. Rottino: On C-13 this is a re-bid for the second year. It was a bid that went out twice last year. The district did not take advantage. They had no need to dispose of any waste last year. We expended zero dollars and we renewed the contract this year because last year we had very poor experience. We went out to bid twice with only one bidder the second time.

Comm. Atallo: Mr. Rottino, I am somewhat confused as to why there are no other companies who provide the service. I am somewhat familiar with this area and there are multiple companies that do this. I am surprised we are not getting multiple bids.

Mr. Rottino: One of the reasons is that we take 60 to 120 days to pay some of the vendors and they refuse to bid. Or we are paying extra fees when the bid does arrive because they are taking their cost of money and service into consideration.

Comm. Atallo: Then my suggestion is we need to tighten up and find a more efficient way to do our payments. That was not happening prior to the takeover.

Comm. Brown: Is there any further discussion from any other Board members? Okay, we are going to vote now on his amendment.

Comm. Sayegh: These are all issues we can address in the policy committee.

Comm. Brown: I agree. Right now let us call this amendment for a vote up or down and then we will move back to the main motion for the total package.

On roll call all members voted as follows on the amendment to the main motion:

Comm. Atallo: I vote yes on the amendment.

Comm. Hodges: If we are going to table all the bills it is hard to tighten up on the payment of them. I am going to vote no against the tabling.

Comm. Moody: No.

Page 64 12/14/05 Comm. Santiago: Yes.

Comm. Sayegh: No.

Comm. Spagnola: Yes.

Comm. Taylor: No.

Comm. Vergara: Yes.

Comm. Brown: No.

The motion did not carry.

Comm. Brown: You have the floor again, Mr. Chairman. Now you can present all of the items as you choose from C-2 to C-24.

Comm. Atallo: Under the discussion of C-2, I want a full investigation into the legal bills. I want to know why we are spending money at these exclusive country clubs. There is another here Daily Network Limited Liability Corporation. We are paying this company $50,000 a year. I would like to know what we are paying them for. I think this is the third or fourth year. Once again, if he is working with the Sports and Business Academy and we are putting people in charge and they should be in charge of the academy, I don’t see the reason for bringing in these consultants. If you want to bring in one as a one-shot deal that is fine, but year after year of these same people I want a full investigation into what the Daily Network is doing for the Paterson Public School District. I would like a report from the administration. I am going on record as requesting that tonight. On Wednesday, December 14 I am making an official request on that. That is on C-2. I make a motion that we pass the rest with the exception of C- 13, which should go out for re-bid. C-24 we should table and get further information.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me, sir. At this time your amendment failed so you would have to vote up or down each individual item or abstain.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Atallo: That is not true. You are not correct. But the point is on C-2 I vote yes with the exceptions that I have raised. I have concerns. I vote yes on the remainder. I vote to table C-13. If you don’t want to table it then I vote no. I vote no on C-24.

Comm. Brown: Did you ask for roll call for the vote now?

Comm. Atallo: Roll call for the vote.

Comm. Brown: Okay.

Comm. Hodges: Are you voting on C-2?

Comm. Atallo: I vote yes on C-2 with the exceptions that I raised. That is what I am saying. They should be pulled. If you don’t want to pull them I am not voting on those. I am saying they should be pulled. We have had this issue come up many times before on that former attorney. They should be pulled and reviewed.

Comm. Brown: Can we have a roll call on C-2 to C-24 please?

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Comm. Atallo: I want bill vendor #3793070 reviewed also.

Comm. Brown: Excuse me. A roll call is on the floor and the discussion has ceased. We are voting on C-2 to C-24. Did you get Dr. Atallo’s vote already?

Ms. Williams: Yes.

Comm. Hodges: I vote no on vendor #3793070.

Ms. Williams: And yes on the rest?

Comm. Hodges: Yes.

Comm. Moody: Yes.

Comm. Santiago: On C-2, C-13, and C-24 my vote is no. Everything else is yes.

Comm. Sayegh: Yes.

Comm. Spagnola: On C-2, C-13, and C-24 my vote is no. The rest is yes.

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

Comm. Vergara: On C-2, C-13, and C-24 my vote is no. Everything else is yes.

Comm. Brown: Yes.

The motion carried.

Comm. Hodges: Mr. President, I have just one concern. On C-24 as you all know I am very paranoid about Big Brother looking over my shoulder even when I know the Big Brother. That is the swipe mechanism. I am just encouraging the administration to look at the price of that package. I think the technology is important for the safety of our school community but I think the price needs to be revisited. I think Dr. Atallo is quite correct in that regard and I really want that price to be looked at. I think we can sit down with them and say we need to take another look at this. I don’t think that is an unreasonable position.

Mr. Rottino: If we pass the motion, which we have completed, there is nothing to negotiate. This is a fixed contract that was negotiated by our attorneys. That is a fixed price. We passed the motion. Thank you.

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

Items Not Requiring a Vote

PERSONNEL

06-A797. Approved changing salary guide status of Christopher Molokwu from MA, Step 6 to MA+30, Step 6 in the amount of $48,600 pro-rated from

Page 66 12/14/05 December 21, 2004 through June 30, 2005, in settlement of PEA grievance 04-10.

06-A798. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Deanna Mullica Tchr./DSS Tchr./No. 28 10/7/05

06-A799. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Claretta Fabor Registrar/EHS $47,709 10/17/05

06-A800. Approved internal transfer for Charles Walker, from academic support teacher at School No. 4, to 7th grade teacher, effective October 2005.

06-A801. Approved processing resignations of pat time employees:

Carolyn Williams Milagros Sanz Orlando Cruz Natasha Harley Elba Crespo Kim Murphy Lillian Bell Gladys DeGregorio Luz Coloma Shashona Jackson

06-A802. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Elizabeth Flores Senior Spec./DAPE $48,813 11/1/05

06-A803. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Sharon Johnson Secretary/No. 15 $26,703 10/31/05

06-A804. Approved processing payment of accumulated days for retired employees:

Name No. of Days Miguel Castro 4 Jocelyn Irving 15.5 Hilda Ruiz 25.75 Elizabeth Tobdzic 40.5 Joyce Zappulla 11.25

06-A805. Approved processing termination of pat time employees:

Janet McKenzie Rosa Romero Ramona Mendieta Betty Boyd Franklyn Aguilar

06-A806. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Antoinette Young Vice Prinicipal/CJR No. 9 $71,381 10/19/05

Page 67 12/14/05 06-A807. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Albania Diaz Adm. Asst./Personnel $52,000 10/1/05

06-A808. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Shahnaz Rashid Cafe. Monitor/No. 19 $7.50/hr. 10/27/05

06-A809. Approved internal transfer for Theresa Druitt, from math coach at Urban Leadership Academy, to literacy coach, effective August 2005.

06-A810. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Marta Sanchez Specialist/SES $27,495 10/24/05

06-A811. Approved change in status for Martin Rosenberg, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $42,671, effective September 1, 2005.

06-A812. Approved adjustment of salary for Terry Nashville from BA, Step 2 to BA, Step 4, in the amount of $44,171 to reflect military experience, effective October 11, 2005.

06-A813. Approved longevity credit for Helen Morgenstern for ten years of service during the 2004-2005 school year, in the amount of $700.00.

06-A814. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Alicia Walton 10

06-A815. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Marc Medley Vice Principal/No. 27 $71,381 11/14/05

06-A816. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Deyanira Pagan Vice Principal/No. 18 $70,522 10/24/05

06-A817. Approved compensation for staff serving on a committee to develop K-8 mathematics benchmark assessments, beginning November 2005 through April 2006, at an amount not to exceed $26,400.00:

Rosemarie Izzi Anna Iandoli Debra Foody Celeste Ferrera Deborah Abbood Rachel Oliver Nancy D’Acunto Melissa Wesdyk Elaine Silverstein Ann Marie Shaw Rosemary Moreno Michael Renn

Page 68 12/14/05 Belinda McBride Cynthia Sanchez Helen Prevosti Janice Basilicato Heather Pearson Sigal Kaplan Donna Piroino Crystal Dunlap Jeanne Murgolo Victor Alegria

06-A818. Approved payment of staff serving as mentors in the Provisional Route Program:

Teresa Mola Natalie Bogert Sylvia Watford Diane Pride Mirtha Koch Manuel Garcia Patricia Harvey

06-A819. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Richard Tolerico 10

06-A820. Approved processing payment of non-accumulated sick days for Lorraine Mokos, less $110 substitute per diem pay, from October 18, 2005 through November 30, 2005.

06-A821. Approved settlement agreement with Rhonda Morelli, encompassing a signed release of all claims and foreclosing severance from the district, effective October 18, 2005, in the amount of $39,369.00.

06-A822. Approved internal transfer for Melissa Beach, from academic support teacher at School No. 18, to 4th grade teacher, effective October 2005.

06-A823. Approved change in status for Wendy Nicki, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $42,671, effective September 19, 2005.

06-A824. Approved processing termination of cafeteria workers due to job abandonment, effective October 6, 2005:

Melba Cordero Juana Caminero Gloria Sierra

06-A825. Approved reinstatement of Norelba Correa as a world language teacher at School No. 12 due to receiving H1B Visa, effective October 25, 2005.

06-A826. Approved internal transfer for Melissa Beach, from instructional assistant at Eastside High School, to personal aide, effective November 2005.

06-A827. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Eileen Shafer Asst. Supt. for HR-Pers. $142,000 9/26/05

Page 69 12/14/05 06-A828. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jeanette Lyde Acting Local Instructional $140,000 9/26/05 Superintendent-Secondary

06-A829. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Cecilia Arango Tchr./JFKHS $46,371 11/14/05

06-A830. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Nyka Jefferies Tchr./EHS Tchr./SBA 11/14/05

06-A831. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Celeste Mancinelli Tchr./No. 2 $85,869 1/3/06

06-A832. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Katrina Lewis Pers. Aide/No. 28 $28,965 11/14/05

06-A833. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Christine Plesniarski Pers. Aide/No. 29 $28,965 11/15/05

06-A834. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Gerald Glisson Tchr. Asst. to Prin./JFKHS $60,234 11/16/05

06-A835. Approved hiring John Brophy as a consultant to conduct CPR/AED re- certification classes for all school nurses, from November 14-21, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $1,520.00.

06-A836. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Brenda Patterson Asst. Supt. for C&I $145,000 9/30/05

06-A837. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Scott Rixford Asst. Supt. for Pupil Pers. $138,000 9/29/05

06-A838. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Celsa Mejia Cafe. Monitor/No. 8 $7.50/hr. 12/7/05

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06-A839. Approved compensation for staff serving as substitutes for the STAR-W grant project at School No. 10, from October 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $25,032.00:

Melvin Joyner Tonya McCombs Beverly Hill Jerry Rella Ida Richardson John Mendez Sheila Carrasquillo Linda Neubauer Josey Thorne

06-A840. Approved reimbursement for Joy Martinez for expenditures incurred while attending the annual conference of the National Association of Social Workers, in the amount of $570.00 in settlement of grievance 04-61.

06-A841. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Ruth-Ellen Smith Tchr.(Gr. 4)/No. 28 $46,671 11/7/05

06-A842. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Scharlinda Powell Lead Cafe. Mon./PSA-SBA $8.05/hr. 11/28/05

06-A843. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Alfred Quaynor Tchr./EHS Tech. Coord./No. 28 11/7/05

06-A844. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Regina Guevara Soc. Wrkr./No. 2 $53,171 12/12/05

06-A845. Approved hiring Dr. James Mauti to provide physicals for Eastside and John F. Kennedy High Schools student athletes and to be present at home football games for the 2005-2006 school year, at an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

06-A846. Approved internal transfer for Aderonke Otubanjo, from personal aide at School No. 20, to instructional assistant, effective October 2005.

06-A847. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Dulce Guillon Cafe. Monitor/No. 18 $7.50/hr. 11/7/05

06-A848. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Norma Lantigua Cafe. Monitor/No. 18 $7.50/hr. 11/7/05

Page 71 12/14/05 06-A849. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Lenita Robinson Cafe. Monitor/No. 18 $7.50/hr. 12/23/05

06-A850. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Norma Santiago Cafe. Monitor/No. 18 $7.50/hr. 12/23/05

06-A851. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jennifer Martinez SCL-Stud. Attend./ $11.00/hr. 11/14/05 DAS $25 travel stipend

06-A852. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Irisel Rodriguez Cafe. Monitor/No. 8 $7.50/hr. 12/23/05

06-A853. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Tanya Miller Guid. Cnslr./No. 14 $46,371 11/29/05

06-A854. Approved compensation for staff serving as bus monitors before and after school for Martin Luther King, Jr. School:

Haifa Abugosh Maria Osorio Carmen Roman Carmen Santos

06-A855. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Shareen Abugosh Rosa Alvarez Carmen Baez Quatarra Benjamin Nicole Benna John Bury Aleisy Carnero Soraya Chacon Segundo Chiclayo Elsa Cruz Nadia Fontin Terrence Gilbert Jenny Kleinman Derek Kopko Clarence Martin Mohamed Masoud Sheila McClam Kira Tiencken Hayley Morton Chizoba Okwu Jeremy Rabanales Jorge Ramos Giovanni Raso Jasmin Rendon Maria Revollo Jennifer Ryan Rosa Sanchez Patricia Silaghi Doreen Smith Alexander Suarez Monique Sutera Tiffany Tanner Ebony Tillery Maria Velasquez Marla Wesley Solaadeen Williams Maria Restrepo

Page 72 12/14/05 06-A856. Approved resignation of Aristides Guzman as a personal aide at STARS Academy and be placed on the active substitute teacher roster, effective October 24, 2005.

06-A857. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jorge Gonzalez SCL-Stud. Attend./ $11.00/hr. 11/14/05 No. 5 $25 travel stipend

06-A858. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the Middle Grade Math (MGM) Certification Program held at Montclair State University, as long as staff teaches 6th, 7th and 8th grade math, in the amount of $2,500.00 each teacher:

Nicole Hearon Connie O’Blige Helene Prevosti Karen Pardo Daniel Krankel

06-A859. Approved hiring Sidney Walters as a consultant to conduct leadership presentation for staff and students of Great Falls Academy on December 5, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $250.00.

06-A860. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Annalesa Baker Director of Soc. Studies $84,000 12/1/05

06-A861. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Ninoska Helena Cafe. Monitor/DAS $7.50/hr. 11/21/05

06-A862. Approved compensation for Ineam Hammam as a substitute during the 2005-2006 school year for the breakfast program at School No. 25.

06-A863. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Paula Fiedel Lang. Spec./NSW Lang. Spec./MLK 10/24/05

06-A864. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Surelys Aloi Pers. Aide/No. 5 $22,430 10/24/05

06-A865. Approved compensation for Tony Reed as an Assistant Basketball Coach at Eastside High School, beginning November 25, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $5,794.00.

06-A866. Approved compensation for novice teachers attending professional development training on October 18, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $2,904.00:

Page 73 12/14/05 Sandra Auletta Jennifer Bligh Alisa Camacho Elizabeth Cascio Melissa DeMolli Nurcan Ekicin Louis Ferrazzano Petrina Frankoski Meredith Hemphill Michael Henzel Norma Hernandez Shakeena Hill Kristie Lara Julissa Liguori Marika LoBue Genar Mills Richele Neal Ana Parajon Zuleima Perez Kaela Quince Fidelina Racanelli Amy Romero Victoria Sanabria Angela Steele Marta Shanahan Marcus Thompson Jorge Ventura Jaclyn Wagniele Kristy Wellins Alfredo Aguilar Thomas Dahab Brian Forbes Santiago Gamarra Edward McManus Martin Rosenberg Sherri Rothstein Susan Swann Lamar Williams Brad Zulauf Maria Barrera Myriam Cano Areli Chavez Dolores Clark Shenita Davis Marie Easton Richard Glueck Jay Hagedorn Carolyn Hobbs Zineta Kupi Sarah Maguire Mark Maloney Axel Perez Hafiz Saleem Leira Sanchez Robert Sokol Shawn Thompson Jennifer Valentin Charlotte Williams Elvin Wong

06-A867. Approved internal transfer for Patricia Wardrop, from learning language disable teacher at School No. 27, to special education resource room teacher, effective September 2005.

06-A868. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Brenda Robinson Dept. Chair of Sp. Ed./JFKHS $70,522 11/7/05

06-A869. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Cristina Guarneri Guid. Cnslr./JFKHS $49,871 11/14/05

06-A870. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Tangy Major Guid. Cnslr./EHS $47,871 12/5/05

06-A871. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Pamala Griffin Tchr./SBA $46,371 10/31/05

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06-A872. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Blanca Campechano Cafe. Monitor/DFN $7.50/hr. 10/5/05

06-A873. Approved compensation for Charles Bartlett as an Assistant Wrestling Coach at Eastside High School, beginning November 25, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $4,379.00.

06-A874. Approved compensation for staff serving as Special Olympics Coaches, beginning October 17, 2005 through May 22, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $1,650.00:

Martine LaSassa Reina Mercado

06-A875. Approved compensation for staff working for the Career Orientation After School Clubs, beginning October 18, 2005 through March 14, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $1,320.00:

Martine LaSassa Reina Mercado

06-A876. Approved compensation for staff serving as bus aides for the Urban Leadership Academy for the 2005-2006 school year, at an amount not to exceed $22,000.00:

Charles Mason Eva Collazo

06-A877. Approved processing payment of accumulated days for employees who have resigned:

Name No. of Days Margaret Cherone 3 Michael Mastroserio 12

06-A878. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Gisela Aultmon 10

06-A879. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Lisa Robles Sec./No. 4 Sec./H.R.-Pers. 11/17/05

06-A880. Approved agreement with Consulting Services Associates (CSA) to provide formative and summative evaluation services for the 21st Community Learning Centers Program, beginning November 10, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $25,000.00.

06-A881. Approved hiring InnerFaith Performing Arts Center, Inc. (IPAC) as a consultant to provide five hours a week of structured, supervised theatrical activities for 150 PCLC students and to produce two theatrical

Page 75 12/14/05 productions, beginning November 10, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $7,752.00.

06-A882. Approved hiring John James as a consultant to facilitate the Reconnecting Education and Dads (R.E.A.D.) Program at School No. 6, beginning November 10, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $6,775.00.

06-A883. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Gisela Adorno Tchr./No. 15 6/7/05-6/30/05 Rev. Family 9/1/05-10/21/05 Childcare

Arsenis Chryssoula Tchr./No. 28 10/1/05-6/30/06 Personal

Deidre Bauernschmidt Tchr./No. 5 9/16/05-10/31/05 Rsnd. Family

Faith Bell Tchr./AHA 1/19/06-3/10/06 Maternity

Richard Flores Tchr./IHS 10/24/05-6/30/06 Personal

Levette Glanton Tchr./GFA 12/12/05-6/30/06 Ext. Family/ 9/1/05-12/9/05 Childcare 6/10/05-6/30/05 Fam./Mat.

Dawn Mugno Tchr./No. 12 9/30/05-10/1/05 Ext. Family/ 10/1/05-11/30/05 Medical

Holly Patell Tchr./AHA 2/27/06-6/30/06 Fam./Mat.

Iris Perez Tchr./No. 20 10/1/05-12/2/05 Ext. Family/ 9/26/05-9/30/05 Medical

Michael Reilly Tchr./No. 13 9/1/05-1/31/06 Medical

Carlita Rodriguez Tchr./No. 18 10/18/05-10/31/05 Fam./Mat.

Roger Sangster Tchr./No. 7 9/30/05-12/31/05 Fam./Med.

Nadia Stern Tchr./SCA 3/6/06-6/30/06 Fam./Mat.

Ana Torres Guid. Cnslr./RCS 9/16/05-10/21/05 Rev. Family/ Medical

Crystal Twitty Tchr./No. 26 11/21/05-12/31/05 Fam./Mat.

Beatriz Vaca Tchr./No. 21 10/1/05-12/31/05 Fam./Mat.

06-A884. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Alvita Abraham Food Servs. 10/17/05-10/21/05 Personal

Page 76 12/14/05 Shepard Alston Inst. Asst./No. 13 9/28/05-11/1/05 Fam./Med.

Lillian Banchs Sec./No. 13 9/30/05-10/3/05 Rsd Fam/Med

Belitza Callegari Inst. Asst./No. 3 11/1/05-1/15/06 Fam./Mat.

Rosie Cox Inst. Asst./No. 28 10/12/05-11/4/05 Fam./Med.

Holly Johnson Food Servs. 10/3/05-10/18/05 Personal

Melvin Lorraine Sec./EHS 10/1/05-10/14/05 Fam./Med. 10/17/05-6/30/06 Personal

Ysabel Rodriguez Food Servs. 11/17/05-1/6/06 Fam./Mat.

Mary Stuart Inst. Asst./No. 9 10/17/05-10/31/05 Personal

Luis Torres Carpt./Maint. Dept. 11/28/05-12/16/05 Personal

06-A885. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Sarah Birth Tchr./No. 9 10/10/05

06-A886. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Ronald Willoughby Inst. Asst./JFKHS 10/11/05

Holly Johnson Food Servs. 10/19/05

06-A887. Accepted resignations/retirements:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Fern Abo Tchr./No. 20 1/1/06 Retirement

Reyne Brady Tchr./No. 25 9/23/05 Resignation

Kathleen D’Andrea Tchr./No. 18 1/1/06 Retirement

Michele Florio Tchr./SCA 12/31/05 Resignation

Carlos Garcia Tchr./No. 26 10/10/05 Resignation

Kathleen Moon Tchr./NSW 11/21/05 Resignation

Luana Randolph Tchr./No. 19 1/1/06 Retirement

Ta-Tanisha Rector Tchr./AHA 10/31/05 Resignation

Marlene Polinik Tchr./No. 7 11/21/05 Resignation

Jane Slutsker Tchr./PSA 12/13/05 Resignation

Page 77 12/14/05 06-A888. Accepted resignations/retirements:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Aramis Alba Inst. Asst./No. 5 10/24/05 Resignation

Dahlia Bibb Inst. Asst./No. 2 11/1/05 Resignation

Vinette Bishop Inst. Asst./ULA 9/30/05 Resignation

Silvia Gonzalez Food Servs. 9/21/05 Resignation

Aristides Guzman Pers. Aide/STARS 10/24/05 Resignation

Erwin Ruiz Chief Cust./JFKHS 1/1/06 Retirement

Ann Varela Spec./Payroll 1/1/06 Retirement

06-A889. Approved correction in Edumet System for position control number 2738 to Chief Custodian C, held by Arthur Everett.

06-A890. Approved continuation funding for personnel charged to IDEA-B Basic and IDEA-B Preschool Grant for FY06:

Edwyn Acevedo John April Michelle Behnken Nina Carrington Rosemarie Cuevas Kelly Esser-Vasile Esther Ferraro Joseph Ganon Kristina Garnett Carlos Lugo Paris Moore Deanna Mullica Glenda O’Koro Patricia Popovich Joshua Ramos Kathleen Rhein Patricia Whelan Stephen Womack Nicholas Fiumara Lucinda Hatchell Ines Mercado Sydia Puerta Ruth Monasterio Robin Tanquay Beatriz Zapata Morris Jenkins Brenda Armstrong Delores Boisselle Constance Harrell Linda Brown Adrienne Warrick Lovie Armstrong Marilyn Calamita Joseph Generrelli Roger Oliver Judith Kalmanson Carolyn Piccolo Janet Salzer Denis Kilian Renee Patterson Lorenzo Puertas Alex Tahbaz Joyce Zappulla Marsha Alexander Nancy Blake Arlena Clayton Arnez Crockett Cynthia Dailey Adrienne DeRosa Sherry Murray Jennifer King Mary Pillarella Irma Ruiz Janet Terry Tom Ursetti Linn Webe Joyce Zappulla Josephine Arrington Sylvia Hughes Bonnie Williams Yvonne Williams Maria Rivera

Page 78 12/14/05 Malinie Budhram Camile Easton Rita D’Agostino Giselle Robles

06-A891. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Mark Jackson 10

06-A892. Approved removing Christopher Britt from payroll due to third party administrator completing one year salary continuation for temporary disability benefits, effective October 20, 2005.

06-A893. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Tammy Lane Tchr./MPACT,PPTA Tchr./No. 21 11/1/05

06-A894. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Michael Rush Deputy Superintendent $165,000 11/7/05

06-A895. Approved hiring Deirdre Simon as an instructional consultant, from November 1, 2005 through January 3, 2006, for 25 days, at an amount not to exceed $14,375.00.

06-A896. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Deirdre Simon Local Instructional Supt. $138,000 1/3/06

06-A897. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Mauricio Sandoval Pers. Aide/No. 18 $22,430 11/21/05

06-A898. Approved hiring Jerry Dailey of DAILEY NETWORK, LLC, as a consultant to assist in the further development of the Sports Business Academy and sports management curriculum in conjunction with staff at the Sports Business Academy, and consult regarding aspects of the Hinchliffe Stadium Sports Complex Project, during the 2005-2006 school year, in the amount of $50,000.00.

06-A899. Approved compensation for mentor teachers attending professional development on October 24, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $2,623.50:

Fatimah Ali Lavinia Arnett Cathy Bennett Elaine Bisciotti Patricia Boatner Julie Campo Cheryl Chadderton Carmen Coldiron Michele Dubester Emily Feldman Susan Gerding Jessie Giella Nancy Kavanagh Laurie Kelly

Page 79 12/14/05 Carol Kunzig Ramona Serrano Maria Matano Mildred Montalvo Harold Persaud Marcia Peterson Lorraine Pirro Elaine Silverstein Mary Squeo Lenora Stansfield Phyllis Terrana Ana Ursetti Linda Dale Judy Zangara Jane Bradley Carol Brezsnyak Cynthia Brooks Nina DelCollo Kenneth Garrabrant Beverly Gusler Denise Hartung Vicki McKiernan Salvatore Marino Roselle Mastrogiovanni Janice Notte Heather Pearson Thomas Popewiny Linda Rando Susan Tellefson Ruth Windish Teresita Baldanza Natalie Bogert Steven DiSebastian Doreen Hammond Yvonne Nambe James Piombino Selemny Ruiz Marianna Suzano Gloria VanHouten

06-A900. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Blanca Campechano Anita Christian Michell Clements Denise Connon Halverie Davis Heather Erickson Lillian Faradin Falilat Fatiregun Carolyn Fialkow Brian Forbes Frank Funiciello Lillian Garces Jorge Gonzalez Nijah Hackney Marian Hanna Erin Kearney Gloria Kohler Brent Landers Jennifer Martinez Gloria Montanez Arthur Redmond Shawn Thompson Saleemah White Victoria White

06-A901. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Janice Basilicato Supv. of Mathematics $72,038 12/1/05

06-A902. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Swapan Basu Tchr./MPACT $56,371 11/7/05

06-A903. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Daryl Washington Pers. Aide/EWK $26,249 11/17/05

06-A904. Approved hiring Bruce Daigrepont and “The Cajun Band” to present a district-wide multicultural art and music assembly program at Eastside High School on December 2, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $2,500.00.

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06-A905. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Frank Van Santen Maint. Wrkr./Facilities 10/31/05

06-A906. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Amber Lassiter Tchr. (Gr. 3)/No. 2 $46,871 12/12/05

06-A907. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Blanca Castro Tchr./No. 2 $42,671 11/28/05

06-A908. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Melissa Wojcik Tchr./No. 28 $42,671 11/28/05

06-A909. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Wanda Blackwell SCL-Stud. Attend./ $11.00/hr. 11/8/05 EHS $25 travel stipend

06-A910. Approved internal transfer for Diane Avolio, from special education instructional assistant at School No. 27, to kindergarten instructional assistant, effective November 2005.

06-A911. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Angelique Blair SCL/No. 13 10/26/05

06-A912. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Florencio Moran Vice Principal/BUILD $74,238 11/1/05

06-A913. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Cory McLeod Specialist/DAPE $27,295 11/21/05

06-A914. Approved change in status for Tracy Lotto, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $44,671, effective September 1, 2005.

06-A915. Approved change in status for Richele Neal, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $42,671, effective September 1, 2005.

06-A916. Approved compensation for staff working in the Paterson Community Learning Centers After School Program at Schools 6 and 10, from

Page 81 12/14/05 November 7, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $46,200.00:

Kymyetta Bynume Stacy Gersten Tonya McCombs Audrey Wilson Dennis Williams Sean Sutter Judy Gajadhar Randi Pointer Esther Daw Aida Irizarry Alberta Monroe Krista Yasin Beverly Hill Juanita Williams Larry Hurtado Kenneth Eatman Kelly Tiernan Troy Soto Josmary Thorne Lauren Rodriguez Adalila Sibrian Latoria Scott Marie Giegerich

06-A917. Approved compensation for staff working in the Paterson Community Learning Centers After School Program at Schools 6 and 10, from November 7, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $27,720.00:

Thalia Salgado Kanene Henry Kymyetta Bynume Stacy Gersten Tonya McCombs Audrey Wilson Dennis Williams Sean Sutter Judy Gajadhar Randi Pointer Esther Daw Irene Cheski Aida Irizarry

06-A918. Approved compensation for nurses working in the Paterson Community Learning Centers After School Program at Schools 6 and 10, from November 7, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $13,860.00:

Eileen Sieminski Evangeline Marcelin

06-A919. Approved compensation for staff participating in staff development/training for the Paterson Community Learning Centers After School Program, from November 7, 2005 through June 30, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $6,336.00:

Thalia Salgado Kanene Henry Kymyetta Bynume Stacy Gersten Tonya McCombs Audrey Wilson Dennis Williams Sean Sutter Judy Gajadhar Randi Pointer Esther Daw Aida Irizarry Alberta Monroe Krista Yasin Beverly Hill Juanita Williams Larry Hurtado Kenneth Eatman Kelly Tiernan Troy Soto Josmary Thorne Lauren Rodriguez Adalila Sibrian Latoria Scott Marie Giegerich

Page 82 12/14/05 06-A920. Approved withholding employment and adjustment increments from Frank Van Santen for the 2006-2007 school year.

06-A921. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Haifa Zahroon Sr. Spec./H.R-Pers. Sr. Spec./C&I 11/1/05

06-A922. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date H. Major Poteat Local Instructional Supt. $140,000 11/21/05

06-A923. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Debra Storch Tchr./GMA $51,671 11/28/05

06-A924. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Eric Quispe Pers. Aide/OOD $28,965 11/14/05

06-A925. Approved change in status for Young Suh, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $47,371, effective October 1, 2005.

06-A926. Approved change in status for Elvin Wong, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $47,871, effective October 1, 2005.

06-A927. Approved compensation for Lorraine DeAngelo, Library Media Specialist, to work extended hours for the John F. Kennedy High School library during the 2005-2006 school year, at an amount not to exceed $6,600.00.

06-A928. Approved incentive stipends for student, Veronica Gil, for involvement in community service learning activities according to the guidelines of New Jersey Youth Corps Program funds, at an amount not to exceed $600.00.

06-A929. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Daniel Cruz Pers. Aide/No. 29 Pers. Aide/No. 28 10/25/05

06-A930. Suspension of employee, with pay.

06-A931. Approved service agreement with Wilson Language Training to provide professional development for teachers of the handicapped and reading specialist throughout the 2005-2006 school year in order to receive Wilson Reading System Level I certification, at an amount not to exceed $5,650.00.

06-A932. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Celia Morales Inst. Coach/Bil.-ESL Dept. $51,871 1/3/06

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06-A933. Approved internal transfer for Matilda Sabella, from Bilingual/ESL teacher at Eastside High School, to ESL teacher, effective November 2005.

06-A934. Approved contract with George Street Playhouse to conduct two performances at School No. 9 entitled “New Kid” on December 5, 2005 and “Peacemaker” on January 12, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $1,600.00.

06-A935. Approved contract with Council for Alcohol/Drug Education of New Jersey (CADE) to conduct two performances at School No. 9 entitled “Lions Don’t Lie” and “Be Alert” on May 4, 2006, at an amount not to exceed $150.00.

06-A936. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jahmeelah Mattlocks Tchr.(Gr. 2)/No. 10 $42,671 11/21/05

06-A937. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Michael Pawlowski Tchr.(Gr. 7)/No. 7 $43,671 11/28/05

06-A938. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Eric Williams Tchr.(Gr. 5)/DFN $42,671 11/15/05

06-A939. Approved hiring Frank Vignola known as “Bucky Pizzarelli” to present a district-wide multicultural art and music assembly program at Rosa Parks High School on December 19, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $2,600.00.

06-A940. Approved compensation for staff participating in the annual Academy Fairs on October 17 and 24, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $198.00:

Donna Marino Ronnie Denburg

06-A941. Approved settlement agreement with Lakeysha Alston-Page for class coverage compensation, in the amount of $500.00, in settlement of grievance 04-63.

06-A942. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Renay Tripp LDTC/No. 27 Tchr./AHA 11/7/05

06-A943. Approved internal transfer for Brian Blackmore, from mathematics teacher at PANTHER Academy, to science teacher, effective November 2005.

06-A944. Approved changing location number for all Adult Education staff from 405 to 410.

Page 84 12/14/05 06-A945. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Luz Lugo Cafe. Monitor/No. 6 11/2/05

06-A947. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Kerry Donza Tchr.(Gr. 3)/No. 27 $43,671 12/12/05

06-A948. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Kara Leslie Tchr.(Gr. 5)/No. 27 $42,671 11/21/05

06-A949. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Lourdes Vallacis Tchr./DFN $42,671 11/21/05

06-A950. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jessenia Kan Assoc. Internal Auditor $42,000 12/12/05

06-A951. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Suheyla Ozturk Lead Cafe. Mon./CJR-#9 $8.05/hr. 10/11/05

06-A952. Approved compensation for Ruth Canales to serve as secretary for the Mathematics Benchmark Assessment Committee, from December 2005 through May 2006, at an amount not to exceed $907.50.

06-A953. Approved compensation for John Rizzo in the amount of $2,000 for earning a doctorate degree, effective September 1, 2005.

06-A954. Approved reimbursement for Monica Florez, Vice Principal at Martin Luther King, Jr. School, for mentor fees in the amount of $1,400.00.

06-A955. Approved compensation for Joseph Kolinsky for overnight supervision at Frost Valley YMCA for HARP Academy, from November 7-9, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $200.00.

06-A956. Approved adjustment to salaries of staff based on equivalency credits, retroactive to September 1, 2005:

Name Salary Charlene Bavaro $84,369 (BA+30, 17) Melissa Bonadies $50,171 (BA+30, 10) Marquette Burgess $48,871 (BA+30, 9) Tara Carlucci $45,871 (BA+30, 3) Areli Chavez $44,871 (BA+30, 1) Jose Correa $47,371 (BA+30, 6)

Page 85 12/14/05 Cheryl Coy $45,871 (BA+30, 3) Lauren Crowley $45,871 (BA+30, 3) Jill Davis $47,871 (BA+30, 7) Rachel Deutsch $47,871 (BA+30, 7) Ronald Esquiche $47,871 (BA+30, 7) Mary Forsatz $54,584 (BA+30, 13) Robert Fox $46,871 (BA+30, 5) Lourdes Garcia $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Stacy Gersten $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Vicky Goulis $46,871 (BA+30, 5) Raul Guzman $58,639 (BA+30, 3) Darryl Jones $50,171 (BA+30, 10) Michele Krill $46,871 (BA+30, 5) John Kuzviwanza $48,871 (BA+30, 9) Claudia Lee $46,871 (BA+30, 5) Edward Lichon $50,171 (BA+30, 10) Suzanne Mon $54,584 (BA+30, 13) Paris Moore $45,871 (BA+30, 3) Alexandra Ortega $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Lois Perez $48,371 (BA+30, 8) Antoinette Price $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Kenrick Ramdath $84,369 (BA+30, 16) Maylin Rodriguez $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Sonaly Rodriguez $48,371 (BA+30, 8) Annette Romaniello $54,584 (BA+30, 13) Miguel Sosa $46,871 (BA+30, 5) James Squicciarini $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Afsaneh Taherisefat $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Nicolette Thompson $45,371 (BA+30, 2) Yesmid Triana $46,371 (BA+30, 4) Lisa Tutunjian $45,871 (BA+30, 3) Robert Warburton $45,871 (BA+30, 3) Elaine Williams $46,871 (BA+30, 5) Bahiah Abuharthieh $47,871 (MA, 4) Nadia Almaita $48,371 (MA, 5) Noreen Ambrose $85,869 (MA, 17) John Baker $46,871 (MA, 2) Zynide Banks $85,869 (MA, 17) Anita Bozzo $48,371 (MA, 5) Carol Brezsnyak $49,371 (MA, 7) Rosanne Buttacavoli $85,869 (MA, 17) Niechette Charles $48,371 (MA, 5) Nicole Cicalo $46,871 (MA, 2) Beverly Cohen $62,884 (MA, 14) Kenneth Davis $85,869 (MA, 17) Kelvin Davis $48,871 (MA, 6) Theresa Delano $46,871 (MA, 2) Cheryl DePascale $48,371 (MA, 5) Hava Dinc $51,671 (MA, 10) Diana Matos $48,371 (MA, 5) Omoluwa Eimakhu $49,871 (MA, 8) Dewitt Evering $49,371 (MA, 7) Cynthia Flores $47,371 (MA, 3) Ramona Garcia $48,371 (MA, 5)

Page 86 12/14/05 Michelle Gates $50,371 (MA, 9) Janelle Giblin $46,871 (MA, 2) Ryan Haimer $48,871 (MA, 6) Gwendolyn Harris $48,371 (MA, 5) Michael Hunt $47,371 (MA, 3) Alciner Jones $69,424 (MA, 10) Mohamed Khairullah $48,371 (MA, 5) Omar Khalil $48,871 (MA, 6) Aida Kitchen $85,869 (MA, 17) Perla Kleinendorst $51,671 (MA, 10) Guglielmo Lami $46,871 (MA, 2) Miguel Londono $85,869 (MA, 16) Janice Lopez $49,871 (MA, 8) Jalyn Lyde $48,371 (MA, 5) Laurinda Marino $85,869 (MA, 16) Cedenia McCollum $53,084 (MA, 13) John McEntee $48,371 (MA, 5) Vicki McKiernan $49,371 (MA, 7) Tasha McKinney $47,371 (MA, 3) Jacqueline Christiano $48,871 (MA, 6) Linda Monnett $85,869 (MA, 17) Ingrid Monteagudo $48,371 (MA, 5) Sandra Monteagudo $85,869 (MA, 17) Florencio Moran $53,371 (MA, 11) Paulette Newby $85,869 (MA, 17) Nina Odatalla $47,371 (MA, 3) Deyanira Pagan $48,871 (MA, 6) Aileen Pellettiere $85,869 (MA, 16) Joan Perry $47,371 (MA, 3) Marlene Polinik $49,371 (MA, 7) Lauren Romer $53,371 (MA, 11) Thalia Salgado $48,371 (MA, 5) Lauren Scott $46,871 (MA, 2) Shabani Stewart $47,371 (MA, 3) Cynthia Stuart $47,871 (MA, 4) Barbara Turco $56,084 (MA, 13) Anthony Vancheri $51,671 (MA, 10) Ilmadeliz Vega $48,371 (MA, 5) Kathy Aprile $87,369 (MA+30, 17) Francisco DeMiguel $53,171 (MA+30, 10) Michele Flagg $64,384 (MA+30, 14) Ronna Gilbert $53,171 (MA+30, 10) Ronald Jackson $51,871 (MA+30, 9) Lillian Leathers $54,871 (MA+30, 11) Anthony Menzel $49,871 (MA+30, 5) Joseph Meyers $49,871 (MA+30, 5) Paulina Olivares $49,871 (MA+30, 5) Donna Piroino $87,369 (MA+30, 17) Donald Powell $48,871 (MA+30, 3) Lolita Vaughan $57,584 (MA+30, 13) Margaret Warburton $87,369 (MA+30, 17)

06-A957. Approved internal transfer for Robbin Keller, from APT teacher at School No. 26, to grade 2 teacher, effective September 2005.

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06-A958. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Ellen Davis Tchr./No. 25 $51,671 12/12/05

06-A959. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jose Lopez Inst. Asst./No. 28 $28,965 11/17/05

06-A960. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Elizabeth Beltran HSCL/No. 16 $10.50/hr. 12/23/05

06-A961. Approved change in status for Joanna Llinas, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $42,671, effective September 1, 2005.

06-A962. Approved payment of staff serving as mentors in the Provisional Route Program:

Lillian Lopez Nancy Holtje

06-A963. Approved adjustment to salaries of staff based on earned credits, retroactive to September 1, 2005:

Name Salary Norah Stanojevic $38,499 (Level II, 14) Regina Moore $25,144 (Level II, 5) Randa Helou $25,994 (Level II, 6) Grace Kennedy $39,567 (Level III, 12) Sheree Williams $29,388 (Level IV, 5) Donell Pauldo $31,083 (Level IV, 7) Nohemy Puerta $43,853 (Level V, 14) Jacqueline Osmak $28,962 (Level III, 7) Jenny Campos $29,265 (Level V, 2) Jessica Campos $30,831 (Level II, 6) Lisette Roman $38,499 (Level II, 14) Stefanie Gagliardi $27,690 (Level II, 8) Denise Brown $38,499 (Level II, 14) Nabila Helo $28,962 (Level III, 7) Hephte Ramirez $25,994 (Level II, 6) Sonia Montalvo $28,538 (Level II, 8) Josephine Butman $38,499 (Level II, 14) Maria LaPadula $38,639 (Level III, 11) Tanzima Chowdhury $29,179 (Level IV, 4) Jacqueline Ellis $39,567 (Level III, 12) Lysa Catello $29,388 (Level IV, 5) Noemi Martinez $29,813 (Level III, 8) Keith Kelley $28,538 (Level II, 9)

Page 88 12/14/05 06-A964. Approved hiring the Peter’s Group as a motivational speaker for the Parent Awareness Day on December 3, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $2,500.00.

06-A965. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Horace Perkins Tchr. Asst. to Prin./EHS $60,234 1/3/06

06-A966. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Dana Santoro Tchr.(Gr. 3)/No. 10 $44,171 1/3/06

06-A967. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Dale Thomas Sr. Specialist/Staff Devel. $37,953 12/1/05

06-A968. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Sara Nasiek School Physician $12,000 12/5/05

06-A969. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Taicha Rodriguez SCL-Stud. Attend./ $11.00/hr. 11/22/05 No. 7 $25 travel stipend

06-A970. Approved reclassifying position control number 0752 from Supervisor to Acting District Coordinating Director – Elementary Program, Division of Pupil Personnel Services.

06-A971. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Patricia DiGiaimo Acting District Coordinating $1,000 11/9/05 Director/Pupil Pers. Servs. monthly stipend

06-A972. Approved stipend for Cecilia O’Toole-Frederick for additional work responsibilities during the months of November and December 2005.

06-A973. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Cecilia Frederick Acting District Coordinating $1,000 1/3/05 Director/Pupil Pers. Servs. monthly stipend

06-A974. Approved changing status of Brenda Robinson from Department Chairperson of Special Education at John F. Kennedy High School to Acting Department Chairperson of Special Education until receipt of standard certificate, effective November 7, 2005.

Page 89 12/14/05 06-A975. Approved change in status of Libardon Rendon from BA+30, Step 6 to MA, Step 6, in the amount of $48,871, retroactive to September 1, 2005.

06-A976. Approved change in status of Antoinette Young from MA, Step 12 to MA+30, Step 12, in the amount of $56,684, retroactive from September 1 to October 18, 2005.

06-A977. Approved hiring Mary Dawson as an educational consultant, from November 7, 2005 through December 23, 2005, in the amount of $280.00 per day, not to exceed $10,000.00.

06-A978. Approved internal transfer for Clarence Pierce, from instructional assistant at John F. Kennedy High School, to personal assistant, effective November 2005.

06-A979. Approved internal transfer for Barbara Wiggins, from instructional assistant at John F. Kennedy High School, to personal assistant, effective November 2005.

06-A980. Approved internal transfer for Wayne Witherspoon, from instructional assistant at John F. Kennedy High School, to personal assistant, effective November 2005.

06-A981. Approved internal transfers for School No. 20 for the 2005-2006 school year:

Cynthia Freeman Gloria Kohler

06-A982. Approved internal transfers for School No. 20 for the 2005-2006 school year:

Nathalee Fairmon Annette Oquendo Tina Maldonado

06-A983. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Luis Rojas Director of H.R.-Personnel $95,000 1/1/06

06-A984. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Sam Wakim Dentist/Dental Clinic $53,000 7/1/05

06-A985. Approved changing the title of Anna DeMolli from Assistant Superintendent of Early Childhood Education to Director of Early Childhood Education.

06-A986. Approved reclassifying position control number 1489 from Director of Special, Out-of-District Placement to Director of Out-of-District Placement, Division of Pupil Personnel Services.

Page 90 12/14/05 06-A987. Approved reclassifying position control number 0042 from Director of Student Support Services to Director of Compliance/Reporting and Grant Acquisitions, Division of Pupil Personnel Services.

06-A988. Approved a reclassifying position control number 3638 from Supervisor of Special Services to Director of Internal Secondary Programs, Division of Pupil Personnel Services, and appoint Paulette Waite as Acting Director of Internal Secondary Programs, at a stipend of $500.00 per month, effective December 1, 2005, not to exceed 12 months.

06-A989. Approved reclassifying position control number 4078 from Acting Supervisor-Cluster I to Director Elementary Child Study Teams, Division of Pupil Personnel Services, and appoint Deborah Harman as Acting Director Elementary CSTs-DPPS, at a stipend of $500.00 per month, effective December 1, 2005, not to exceed 12 months.

06-A990. Approved reclassifying position control number 0765 from Supervisor of Nurses to Supervisor-Medical, Dental and Nursing, Division of Pupil Personnel Services, and appoint Elizabeth Craft accordingly.

06-A991. Approved reclassifying position control number 2102 from Supervisor – Special Education to Supervisor – Community Issues, Division of Pupil Personnel Services, and appoint Mae Bradley accordingly.

06-A992. Approved reclassifying position control number 3905 from Supervisor – STARS Academy to Director of Special Secondary School, Division of Pupil Personnel Services, effective January 3, 2006.

06-A993. Approved creating a position control number (6453) for Director of Elementary Special Education Instruction.

06-A994. Approved creating two position control numbers (6454, 6455) for Supervisor – Elementary CSTs/Internal Student Placement.

06-A995. Approved creating a position control number (6452) for Senior Specialist, Division of Pupil Personnel Services.

06-A996. Approved appointment of Marian Osborne as Director of Out-of-District Placement, Division of Pupil Personnel Services.

06-A997. Approved appointment of Judith Albornoz as Director of Compliance/ Reporting and Grant Acquisitions, Division of Pupil Personnel Services.

06-A998. Approved assigning staff as Acting Supervisors of the adult night school sites in the district, effective November 14, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $27,000.00:

Frank Puglise Nora Hoover

06-A999. Approved change in status for Steve Tobar, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $43,171, effective September 2, 2005.

06-A1000. Approved processing payment of accumulated days for employees who have resigned and retired:

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Name No. of Days Bernice Jacobs 8.5 Sheryl Pilgrim 2.5

06-B1. Approved internal transfers for School No. 6, effective November 9, 2005:

Ellen Frey Noreen Veloz Kanene Henry Helen Dennis

06-B2. Approved internal transfers for School No. 6, effective November 9, 2005:

Amy Romero Elaine Bisciotti Zuleima Perez

06-B3. Approved internal transfers for School No. 6, effective November 9, 2005:

Kaela Quince Lauretta Cole Rose Robinson

06-B4. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Luz Rodriguez 10

06-B5. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as related to transition period, to the following employee:

Name Days Jacqueline Jones 10

06-B6. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Hermes Almeida Mayada Arslanbeck Elizabeth Aviles Nadion Burton Shontell Cameron Maria Centurion Franco D’Ettorre Ruth Ferraro Tara Foxworth Andrea Garcia Dayna Gentile Michele Hamell Souhir Hashem Azza Hashem Orquidea Hernandez Carmen Hernandez Herman Irving Salina James Catina Jeter Melanie Jones Nihaia Judeh Sara Markovic Joanne McDuffie Reda Mohamed Ann Mourad Serena Pegues Israel Rosa Tsahai Russell Tarek Saliman Metesha Satchwell Kewanna Simmons Brunilda Solano Robert Steen Jeffrey Sultanof Michael Trommelen Deonca Williams Gregory Woods

Page 92 12/14/05 06-B7. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent hiring:

Judith Albornoz Surelys Aloi Swapan Basu Grace Clark Carolyn Fialkow Gina Game Gerald Glison Reina Lopez Mahasen Muheisen Bridget Mulvaney Sandra Nadeau Eric Quispe Irisel Rodriguez Taicha Rodriguez J. Michael Rush Marta Sanchez Ruth-Ellen Smith Julines Torres Maria Torres

06-B8. Approved processing resignations, retirements and no payroll histories for part-time non-certificated employees:

Geraldine Pacelli Khalif Billie Kathleen Bryant Melba Murray Ramona Toribio Artemio Rodriguez Stephanie McKnight Ramona Cortes Sylvia Gonzalez Michael Hendricks David Jackson Marlene Johnson Djon Jones Berrice Kennedy Lateisha Savage Elida Lucero Fernando Matos Shanika Wright Juan Gomez Julio Yumpo Zoraida Garcia Edwin Guzman Rubina Khanom Janes Laynes Arelys Montes Marcos Ossandon Arnita Tripp Jessica Jones Siham Abedrabbo Treeilynn Blow Vincent Jackson Luz Melecio Delia Rosales Terrell Stubbs Nakia Beach Germon Cabrera Candise Cooper Justo Cruz Dabney Rivera

06-B9. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Theresa Miller Sr. Purch. Analyst/Purchasing $48,500 12/1/05

06-B10. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Yakelin Lucero Conf. Liaison for Cert. $48,367 11/21/05 Staff/H.R.-Personnel

06-B11. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Sheryl Green Help Desk Adm./Tech. Dept. $45,000 12/19/05

Page 93 12/14/05 06-B12. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Danielle Volino Help Desk Spec./Tech. Dept. $35,555 11/28/05

06-B13. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Christina Rivera Secretary/DFN $26,006 12/6/05

06-B14. Approved appointment of Jacquelin Delgado as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour, effective November 2005.

06-B15. Approved change in status of Norkin Feliz from MA, Step 7 to MA+30, Step 7, in the amount of $50,871, retroactive to September 1, 2005.

06-B16. Approved change in status of Sherry Murray from MA, Step 7 to MA+30, Step 7, in the amount of $50,871, retroactive to September 1, 2005.

06-B17. Approved compensation for Kim Rousseau as 1st Assistant Basketball Coach at Eastside High School, beginning November 29, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $5,794.00.

06-B18. Approved compensation for additional staff participating in the STAR-W Grant project at School No. 10 for the 2005-2006 school year:

Kimyetta Bynum Esther Kamenetsky Bruce King Sherry Hoffman Juanita Williams

06-B19. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Ismael Carreras Local Instructional Supt. $142,000 12/5/05

06-B20. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Fowzia Uddin Cafe. Monitor/No. 27 $7.50/hr. 11/28/05

06-B21. Approved change in status for Mark Maloney, from permanent substitute to teacher, at a salary of $42,671, effective September 1, 2005.

06-B22. Approved compensation for staff to supervise Pre-Collegiate students at the childcare program for the district’s 8th Annual Parent Awareness Day on December 3, 2005, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00:

Amal Abdelhafez Ann Bradbury Rosann Buttacavoli Niechette Charles Michelle Lauren Marlen Rabanales Judith Rich

06-B23. Approved rescinding employment termination of Sandra Castaneda, Cafeteria Monitor, and assign to School No. 5.

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06-B24. Approved abolishment of the position of Assistant Superintendent for Early Childhood Education, effective November 16, 2005.

06-B25. Approved changing job description title from Field Support Specialist to Field Support Technician, in the Department of Technology.

06-B26. Approved transferring Leroy Walker from attendance officer to the substitute teacher, effective November 9, 2005.

06-B27. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Freda Quinones Noemi Martinez Jenine Norris James Joyner Andrea Fresolone

06-B28. Approved processing payment of accumulated days for an employee who has been terminated:

Name No. of Days Thomas Walker 5

06-B29. Approved processing payment of non-accumulated sick days for Georganna Bradley, less $110 substitute per diem pay, from December 5, 2005 through December 31, 2005.

06-B30. Approved removing Elaine Biscitti from payroll due to third party administrator completing one year salary continuation for temporary disability benefits, effective November 16, 2005.

06-B31. Approved appointment of Katherine Mejia as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour, effective November 2005.

06-B32. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days June Gray 10

06-B33. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Stephanie Gales 5

06-B34. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date James Moore SCL-Stud. Attend./ $11.00/hr. 12/5/05 No. 11 $25 travel stipend

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06-B35. Approved payment to Leonard Bernstein for substitute assignment, at a rate of $130.00 per day.

06-B36. Approved hiring Michael Krause as a consultant at an hourly rate of $70.00, from January 3 through June 30, 2006, not to exceed 24 hours per week.

06-B37. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Marcia Alexander Soc. Wrkr./No. 10 11/1/05-12/31/05 Ext. Family/ Medical

Jennifer Decker Tchr./No. 2 4/28/06-4/28/06 Fam./Mat.

Lisa Gagliardo Tchr./AHA 2/1/06-3/17/06 Rev. Family/ Maternity

Flor Gomez Tchr./No. 18 10/31/05-11/11/05 Fam./Med.

Christopher Hiel Soc. Wrkr./EHS 1/16/06-6/30/06 Personal

Gizele Locke Tchr./No. 28 1/1/06-3/31/06 Fam./Mat.

Maritza Lozada Tchr./EHS 9/23/05-12/14/05 Fam./Mat.

Lauren McCartney Tchr./RPHS 11/1/05-12/31/05 Rev. Fam/Mat

Marni Mendez Psych./No. 9 9/16/05-11/18/05 Rev. Fam/Mat

Ann Reed Tchr./EHS 11/1/05-12/9/05 Fam./Med.

Rita Route Tchr./No. 10 10/16/05-11/15/05 Rev. Fam/Mat

Kathleen Schnorr Tchr./No. 9 11/14/05-4/12/05 Family

Carmen Torres Nurse/JFKHS 11/28/05-5/19/06 Fam./Mat.

Kelly Torres Tchr./No. 3 11/4/05-1/1/06 Fam./Mat.

Lizzie Walton Tchr./No. 24 11/1/05-1/31/06 Fam./Med.

OTHER

06-A946. Approved retaining the firm of Saul Ewing, LLP to continue the pre- complaint investigation related to the Internal Audit of Facilities Vendors, at a fixed sum of $75,000.00.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:03 a.m.

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