MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

January 8, 2003 - 7:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School

Presiding: Comm. Juan Santiago, President

Present: Dr. Edwin Duroy, State District Superintendent Kevin Hanly, Esq., General Counsel

Comm. Leslie Agard-Jones Comm. Alonzo Moody Comm. Joseph Atallo Comm. Librada Sanchez Comm. Donald Generals Comm. Andre Sayegh Comm. Jonathan Hodges Comm. Anna Maria Vancheri Comm. William McDowell, Vice President

Absent: Comm. Chauncey Brown

The Salute to the Flag was led by Ms. Teela Morrison, 12th Grade, National Honor Society.

Comm. McDowell 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 January 8, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School 61-127 Preakness Avenue Paterson, New Jersey

to be published by having the date, time and place posted in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Paterson, at the entrance of the Paterson Public School offices, and by sending notice of the meeting to the North Jersey Herald & News, The Record, El Diario, the Italian Voice, and Al-Zaman.

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PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

Comm. Santiago presented the minutes of the December 10, 2002 Workshop Meeting and the December 11, 2002 Regular Meeting, and asked if there were any questions or comments on the minutes.

It was moved by Comm. Vancheri, seconded by Comm. Agard-Jones that the minutes be accepted with any necessary corrections. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Historical Artworks in the Paterson Public Schools

Dr. Duroy: This evening we are going to have a presentation that we call Historical Artworks in the Paterson Public Schools. As you are aware, the public schools are filled in many respects with art that has been placed through the years, including the work of a famous artist from Paterson called Federicci. We also have other artists that have, through contributions through the years, provided us with the opportunity to see art on a daily basis. We are also concerned because as I went around and talked to many of the Patersonians who grew up here about the artwork that they saw as students - now as adults some of those artworks are missing. Having that information, I thought it was very important for us as a district to codify and identify the artwork that is presently in the district to safeguard it. Several months ago we retained the services of a former principal who is in fact an artist in and of himself. Mr. Focacci is a wood artist and a retired principal. He, along with Mr. Mitch Izenberg, has put together a PowerPoint that we will see this evening on artwork in the Paterson Public Schools.

Mr. Henry Focacci: Good evening and belated Happy New Year. Please excuse my back. I would like to reiterate what Dr. Duroy just said. At the beginning of the school term, Dr. Duroy shared with me a project that he was considering for me to undertake. It was to visit every elementary and high school, along with Hinchliffe Stadium, to pictorially record any of the artifacts that might be housed at those sites. Bringing this idea to fruition was long overdue. This project represents a culmination of one month of visitations, observations, and conversations at all the buildings. Many of you would be very surprised at the artistic pieces that embellish our school buildings. These include bronze plaques, sculptures, plaster relief plaques, decorative architectural designs and carvings, all representing the artistic skills and talents of those artisans whose works were either personal gifts from the artist or commissioned projects from the architects. The time frame for many of these assignments was from the late 1800’s to the mid 1940’s. It is unfortunate that over the years many of these artistic pieces were either destroyed, damaged, stolen, or lost in limbo. Time and over-painting has also taken its toll. This undertaking could not have been completed without the cooperation from the administrators and staff at each school that we visited. I am grateful to Mitchell Izenberg whose expertise in photography and computer imaging produced the photos selected for our booklet that you have received and this presentation. I am also appreciative to Vincent Oraski, a retired teacher and Paterson historian, whose

Page 2 1/8/03 background knowledge of our city assisted in filling in some of the gaps. Most of the artistic work in our schools was the creation of a local sculptor, Mr. Guitano Federicci. I had the privilege and honor of meeting this fine gentleman while studying woodcarving at Don Bosco Tech. After establishing himself in Paterson, he became the city’s master artist and resident public sculptor. His works from 1930 through 1938 were heavily school oriented. Mr. Federicci also served on a school commission from 1931 through 1938. For our presentation this evening, we have selected 14 of the 92 samples that are in your booklets.

School No. 18

Artifact: Lifesize Statue Location: Auditorium

School No. 4

Leaded Window Glass Location: 1st Floor Corridor (Boiler Room)

Plaster Relief “Mother Goose” Location: Room 210

Eastside High School

Large Plaster Relief (Alexander Hamilton) Location: Principal’s Conference Room

School No. 25

Blue Delft Fireplace Tiles Location: Old Home Economics Room (Ground Floor)

Decorative Sconces Location: Auditorium

School No. 19

Bronze Plaque Location: Front Lobby

School No. 17

Bell Tower Location: Outside

School No. 2

Paterson Evening News (Silver Trophy 1916)

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School No. 5

Decorative Frieze (Plaster) Location: Auditorium

Silk City 2000

Carved Wooden Fireplace Location: Main Office

Hinchliffe Stadium

Cement Relief Plaque (Gladiator) Location: Upper Level (Behind Tree)

School No. 3

Plaster Relief Sculpture (Warriors & Cherubs) Location: 2nd Floor Corridor Lobby, 2nd Floor Office Corridor

School No. 11

Plaster Decorative Relief (Horsemen, Cherubs, Round Plaque, Latin Inscription) Location: Throughout school

School No. 20

Air Brush Artistry Location: Front Lobby

If any of you know where we can find any type of artifact, please let Mitch or I know. You can contact us at the Superintendent’s office and we would be glad to come and pictorially record and add to our collection. This concludes my presentation. I wish to take the opportunity to thank all of you for the time you have given me. Thank you.

Dr. Duroy: I want to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Focacci and Mr. Izenberg for the presentation. I also want to state that there is much more art than what was presented. We just provided an abbreviated presentation. Recently, I went to School No. 10 and they have a sliding pond that I think is about 80 or 90 years old. It is a wooden sliding pond that is an artwork and there are many, many more pieces like that. I want to stress and repeat one of the aspects pertaining to Hinchliffe Stadium. At one point, there was much more art that was found on the walls of Hinchliffe Stadium and we are down to one piece. We were recently even told that there was one piece that was found in an antique dealership and we are in pursuit of that piece. In many respects, we put you on notice that we all have a responsibility to safeguard the art and we certain have

Page 4 1/8/03 a responsibility not to take it out of the schools because it belongs to the children of Paterson today and in the future. The district will continue to pursue any leads relative to art that has been taken from the schools. We are very fortunate to have this type of art. For example, I believe that School No. 3 is one of the schools that will eventually have a new school built and there is art in that particular school. That art will be preserved and will go into the new school when it is built. We need to do that because oftentimes when a building is closed, if the artwork is not safeguarded it does disappear. Again, Mr. Focacci and Mr. Izenberg, thank you for your presentation.

REPORT OF STATE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

Dr. Duroy: Mr. Chairman, I have basically two items that I would like to share. Let me first make the statement that this weekend, both the International High School and the PANTHER Academy will be gearing up to move into the renovated Don Bosco High School. We have been working on this particular project for months and we finally got a C.O. yesterday. We continue to work to finish up some of the work that has to take place and on Monday morning the students from the International High School and the PANTHER Academy will be in their new home at the Don Bosco site. I am very pleased to announce that.

Renaming Public School No. 4 to Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. School

Dr. Duroy: Secondly, on the agenda we have a special presentation and resolution that we are going to list at this point and have the Board consider. It has to do with the renaming of a school. As we are all aware, recently we lost a former superintendent of schools and a leader in the community, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. The community, in many respects, wanted to extend an honor to Dr. Napier. The Board of Education certainly wanted to recognize the service that he provided our community, in particular the service he provided the children of Paterson. As such, the renaming committee through the chair has considered the renaming of School No. 4 to Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. School. This evening, through the chair and the committee, I present to the Board a special resolution that would be considered by the Board at this time in the renaming of Public School No. 4.

RESOLUTION Renaming Public School No. 4 Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. School

WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. was a lifelong resident of the City of Paterson and a product of the Paterson Public School District; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. was a beloved educator and inspirational leader to the children of Paterson, starting as a teacher and then administrator at Public School No. 4; and

Page 5 1/8/03 WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. moved up the ranks to become the first Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent of Schools in Paterson of African American heritage; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr., by being the first African American to hold these offices, blazed the trail for those who came after him, and by his courage, his actions and his resolve opened the doors to higher public office in the City of Paterson for people of all minority backgrounds; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. served as a role model for generations of Patersonians; and

WHEREAS, Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr.’s thoughts, dreams and actions were always with the best interests of the children of the City of Paterson; and

WHEREAS, the School Naming Committee convened to consider the renaming of Public School No. 4 consistent with district policy on Naming of Schools and Facilities; and

WHEREAS, the School Naming Committee determined that the late Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr., based on his life long dedicated service to the children of the City of Paterson, merits inclusion among the honorees for which schools are currently named in Paterson; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education herein recognizes and acknowledges in the District the example set by Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. as an educator and inspirational leader to the children of Paterson; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the renaming of Public School No. 4 to the REV. DR. FRANK NAPIER, JR. SCHOOL, and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

It was moved by Comm. Vancheri, seconded by Comm. Moody that this resolution be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Dr. Duroy: I think it is a very proud moment for us in Paterson to be able to make this resolution move forward. I am going to ask the Chairman to join me at the podium along with the family of Rev. Dr. Frank Napier, Jr. that were available to join us this evening so that I can present the plaque. We will be working with the Napier family closely as we hope to have a formal dedication in the near future. I would like to ask Frank’s son to say a few words.

Mr. David Napier: I really don’t know what to say. I miss my father. He is in a better place and God Bless him.

REPORT OF PRESIDENT

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Comm. Santiago: First of all, I would like to say Happy New Year to all the families and to the children of the City of Paterson. This is a new year and I look forward to us working together and a little harder. To the Napier family, I wish you the best and God Speed. We used to work together at the Department of Public Works and I share your pain because we worked together hand-in-hand. If I were in your place, I would have been without words as well. There is nothing you can really say at times except that he is in God’s hands now. He will always be with us anyway. He won’t be gone forever. We have a lot of animosity on this Board and I really pray to God that maybe some individuals will find in their hearts that although we may not agree on everything and we may not like each other, we really need to work together to do what is best for the children of the City of Paterson. We need to separate two things. We need to separate things we don’t agree on and we need to work together to do what is right for the children of the City of Paterson. Therefore, I am looking forward to the month of February because I will be available on the weekends. I know that parents work hard during the week and when they need to complain, sometimes the offices are closed. My number is 973-277-5929 and my number is available any time. I will be available to the public during the month of February on Saturdays and Sundays to listen to your concerns and I will bring it back to the district. I am willing to donate my weekends to be there for you to take your complaints. I will be giving you a location, time and place where you can meet me any time. God Bless to all. Let’s try to do the best we can to move this district forward. Three heads are better than one. I make my mistakes but what makes someone a winner is when you learn from your mistakes. Let’s try to do the best we can. I wish everybody the best.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Mr. Tom Fiscaldo: One Eye on Paterson, Tom Fiscaldo. I hope you people are making good progress in getting this going on a Paterson level with a Paterson superintendent. I am past president and active in the Paterson Taxpayer’s Association. I do not like to see any product made, delivered, paid for, and then thrown in the trash unopened. I received a tip that this kind of waste of school funds happens every day in Paterson’s state-run schools. My tip said that every day the New York Times is purchased for every student in every school and never distributed. They go directly into the garbage. Correct me later if my estimates are wrong or if my information is wrong. I went to only one school and I found eleven unopened bundles of the day’s New York Times in the trash. Each bundle had 50 new copies. Fifty times 12 is 600 copies wasted that day. Of course, the 12th bundle was opened with a few copies removed for teachers I presume. I spoke to a friend at another school and she said the same waste seems to be what happens there where she works. I made crude estimates based on only the one school that I saw. The New York Times costs $1 per copy and this school wasted $600 the day I looked and I consider that extremely poor management. Suppose we had ten schools in Paterson and the waste of $600 per day in a school. That would be $6,000 per day and we may have more than 10 schools. Suppose we have 6,000 students and one copy is purchased every day for the garbage for 6,000 students. Then we waste $6,000 per day. I have several questions. Who is watching the store? Is this order placed simply to have good press relations? I don’t see many stories exposing the problems with state-operation of a local school where it doesn’t belong.

Page 7 1/8/03 Secondly, does this trash go into the waste stream or is it recycled? It would be less of a crime if it is recycled rather than thrown into the garbage stream. I think it would be educational to encourage students to read a local newspaper and not New York newspapers. They would be orienting students to the community. Who decided how many copies to order? Who failed to plan any distribution? Who failed to monitor and see how the merchandise is used? My estimate of waste is $6,000 per day. You people probably can give me an actual waste in dollars per day or dollars paid to newspapers for the year. Thank you.

Dr. Duroy: We will certainly look into that immediately. I know that we do have a program with the Herald & News as well. We will look into the New York Times issue that you raised.

Mr. Fiscaldo: I would like to see them used or stop ordering them.

Dr. Duroy: Absolutely.

Mr. Jeffery Jones: Good evening, my name is Jeff Jones and I am here representing the Paterson Education Fund. I am here to make two particular comments. One is that hopefully by now each member of the Board has received in the mail, or will receive, an invitation to attend the upcoming Planning and Building Community Schools Conference in Paterson. The conference is scheduled for Saturday, January 25 and it is from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. I believe some are being passed out and I have also placed some over at the side. If there aren’t enough, I have a few more. The purpose of the conference as outlined is to have a discussion with the community of Paterson around community schools and what that entails. There has been a lot of dialogue throughout the state and the nation about community schools and having the necessary components to help children holistically – the whole child – in one particular setting or location. That is what we are advocating and supporting. We are hoping that each of you will take the time to come out. There will be a series of workshops. I won’t go into a lot of details but the focus of the workshops will address five critical elements – quality education, family support, youth development, family and community engagement, and community development. These are all of the issues that we have been fighting for our families. All of these segments and workshops for the conference on the 25th will address leaving no child behind. I also have a question. Can someone perhaps tell me when the Board will make its recommendations to the Commissioner? Will those recommendations be ratified by the February 5th or 19th meeting?

Comm. Santiago: Before you get an answer to that, I have a question. You have Passaic County Community College and Norman S. Weir School.

Mr. Jones: The conference is at the Passaic County Community College and Norman S. Weir School. The inside of the document explains that it is a shared campus event. There will be an opening plenary and a closing, and the workshops will be happening in selected spaces. That is a good point and I am sorry that I didn’t mention it. Yes, Passaic County Community College and Norman S. Weir School, which are pretty much on the same footprint off of Van Houten.

Page 8 1/8/03 Comm. Santiago: Right now, we are still in the process of interviewing and we have another interview next week. We are still looking at the applications. We don’t have a date yet.

Mr. Jones: I am just asking if the collective Board will be making recommendations to the Commissioner as stated. Can we anticipate the 5th or the 19th possibly considering the timeline?

Comm. Santiago: We don’t know. I will let you know.

Mr. Jones: Thank you for that. Have a happy and prosperous New Year. I hope to see you all there.

Ms. Zina Seaborn: Good evening, Zina Seaborn representing Parents’ Place/Club de Padres as well as Paterson Parents United. At the Parents’ Place on Saturday, January 18th from 1:00-3:00 we will have the New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc. It is a free special education question and answer clinic with the staff attorneys from the NJP&A. We are just asking the parents with children in special education to come and speak directly with staff attorneys and advocates who will be available to answer your specific questions about your rights and the rights of your children in special education. Bilingual interpreters will be present. Flyers are located on the table by the door. Dear members of the Board and Dr. Duroy: We, the members of Paterson Parents United, would like to wish every member of the Board of Education and their families a Happy New Year. We would also like to thank Dr. Duroy for meeting with us and for his assistance. We also thank the members of the Board for their support last year. As we enter into the new year, we come before you with the hope that many of our concerns will be addressed and resolved. As parents of children that attend many of this district’s schools, we can’t but wonder what the future holds for our children with the new federal law No Child Left Behind and the changes that are expected for this district. There is some hope and with hope comes concern. We would just like to bring up three points. Regarding the Board’s vote for the new superintendent – remember the children and the needs of the district. Vote with your conscience because your choice affects many. Regarding the return to local control, you will be given a voice – use it. Regarding the many children with special needs in this district that are not being met – how can you help? In conclusion, we anticipate continuing to build upon the relationship with Paterson Parents United, the Superintendent, and the Board of Education members. Together we can make change. Thank you for your time.

Pastor Reginald Osborne, Jr.: Dr. Duroy, the honorable President, and all the beautiful Commissioners, I greet you. Once again, my name is Pastor Reginald Osborne, Jr. and I am the senior pastor of one of the fastest growing churches here in New Jersey. I am about to pastor a church here in Paterson. I am also the proud and happy husband of Dr. Marian Osborne, the tenured director for this district’s department of special services for eight years. First, I would like to thank Dr. Duroy for keeping his word and meeting with my wife. She did receive a small budget yesterday. Once again, thank you. However, there are horrible things that continue on a daily basis to happen to my wife. Since 1999, the department of special services was reconfigured without the professional input of Dr. Marian Osborne who has had 22 years of educational

Page 9 1/8/03 excellence and four years of working with one of the greatest Passaic County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Maria Nuccetelli. Dr. Osborne is well versed in special education law and code. On November 27, 2002, Dr. Osborne’s office was broken into and thousands of dollars of job related materials were taken out of her office. The locks were changed and she was directed to go to Eastside High School. Her administrative secretary, who she trained for eight years, was also removed without explanation. Dr. Osborne was then assigned, without explanation, to Eastside High School in an unsafe working environment and was given a secretary without administrative ability. Dr. Duroy and Commissioners, you have three directors of special services. Two of them were hired without Dr. Osborne’s professional input. Dr. Osborne is continuously being excluded from decisions that affect her as a director. Dr. Osborne was assigned a secretary who not only doesn’t have computer skills but is also sitting in Dr. Osborne’s lap because the office is so small. Her secretary does not have a work station or a computer. In addition, Dr. Osborne is the only director in the entire district who has been assigned to a school under these conditions. She doesn’t have an adequate staff to execute her duties and special education staff is consistently removed at the high schools without any dialogue or communication with Dr. Osborne. The child study team at Eastside High School and Dr. Osborne are working in a dangerous and extremely overcrowded space. A child study team member recently fell into a hole in that area and broke her leg. To date, Dr. Osborne has not received a clear job description for over a year. The treatment of Dr. Osborne must immediately come to an end. I ask that the person who is in charge of the high school meet immediately – ASAP. I mentioned five months ago that with the reputation that I have, I could pack out this auditorium in Paterson, the Eastside High School auditorium, and this entire place. Dr. Osborne has had 22 years of educational excellence and she received her Doctorate Degree from Seton Hall University with honors. The district and my wife settled a case in front of a federal judge on October 19th verbally and I find it very strange that Dr. Osborne continuously is being treated in this manner. She is the first African American female to be president of the Passaic County Association of Special Services. Dr. Duroy, once again in closing, I would like to thank you and the Board. As your employee, I am asking that she be treated fairly and equitably. I am asking that she be given the necessary resources to do her job. I would prefer to be at my prayer meeting on a Wednesday night than at this Board meeting. Dr. Duroy and Commissioners, I ask you in the name of God to get to the bottom of this. We settled this case and it appears that retaliation is continuously happening against my wife of 35 years. She is the most loving person. She is the most educated person in special services that you can ever meet.

Dr. Duroy: I can assure you that we will continue to work toward that goal. There was discussion recently about some of the upgrading at Eastside High School relative to the office space. There is a need for dividers so that they can provide the appropriate type of counseling. We did that recently for the counselors at Eastside and we are going to be working on the office space as well for special education. There is a need without a doubt at Eastside and that is part of the rationale as to why we needed Dr. Osborne assigned there. We will continue to work toward those improvements.

Pastor Osborne: Will she continually be excluded?

Page 10 1/8/03 Comm. Generals: I really think it is ill-advised to talk about personnel matters in the public session.

Dr. Duroy: We will proceed with the dialogue.

Comm. Santiago: We will keep in touch. I will be talking to you.

Mr. Lawrence Battle: Good evening to the Superintendent and the members of the Board. My name is Lawrence Battle and I am a member of Bethel Church in Newark where Dr. Osborne and Pastor Osborne are the leaders. In my younger ages, I always thought that we should wait until our leaders die and are rolled down in a casket before we recognize who they are. Dr. Osborne and Pastor Osborne are pillars in our community. They help thousands and thousands of people around the state who come to their church who need to go to detox because they have drug problems and I am one of them. I met them six years ago when I was homeless and hopeless. They helped me to get back into school. They helped me to get into real estate school to get my license. We are all family and it hurts me when someone like her is being hurt. We are family. When I met them, they helped me financially and morally. They didn’t ask me for one dime back. I see people come to the church without even an identification to get into detox and they get them into detox programs in one day. I met them back in 1998 and they are the most sweet, sincere people that you ever want to meet. If it wasn’t for them, I don’t know where I would be today. I would probably be in prison or under the ground. When a family member of yours is being treated wrong, it also hurts you. We are family. We have leaders like them in our community who are willing to help people to better their lives. They are not getting paid one nickel. There was an article written up about Pastor Osborne about two weeks ago in the Sunday Star Ledger. They help people who are homeless with no where to live. Kids don’t have a place to live because their fathers and mothers are in detox. They take money out of their pockets to feed those children. This is what they do in our city. They help thousands and thousands of people including myself. You have a great woman working with you. She is very sincere in what she does and both of them love people. That is all I have. Thank you very much.

Comm. Santiago: Sir, thank you. I want to tell you something before you leave. I feel what you feel because I have been down certain roads. We will definitely look into this. That is a fact.

Ms. Pat Harris: Good evening Dr. Duroy and Commissioners. I am here tonight to greet you and say Happy New Year. I really liked very much what you had to say, Comm. Santiago, about getting to the business of the kids. I also want to urge the parents who have come out to the schools throughout the years to continue. Come out even more this year because we need you out here in the school system. On behalf of Eastside and Kennedy, both parent coordinators, Mark Fisher and myself, are asking parents to please continue coming out to the high schools. It is never too late to get involved and the high schools need you especially because we only have four years to get your child prepared. Tomorrow night is the home school council meeting at Eastside High School at 7:00. The John F. Kennedy home school council meeting is

Page 11 1/8/03 January 22. Please come out. We encourage the Commissioners to drop in to see what is going on and to continue thinking about the children first.

Comm. Vancheri: What time?

Comm. Santiago: Tomorrow is 7:00?

Ms. Harris: Yes, at Eastside.

Mr. Charles Ferrer: Good evening, Charles Ferrer, Paterson. I am requesting five minutes for my organization. Mr. President, you said something that is very true. There is a need for healing. There is too much turmoil that is going on with this Board. But in order to heal, someone has to be the bigger person. Someone has to know when to stop. It is my understanding that we are saying we need to stop and begin to heal but tonight there is a resolution on the table to pursue legal action against one of the Board members. How are we healing and bringing actions at the same time? I understand there are situations where people have concerns that certain things were done but there is a tremendous amount of things that are done. If we are only going to investigate one thing and not all, then we are not really serving the people. When we were here with the Commissioner, the public asked for the names of the candidates. We were told that the Board members were sworn to secrecy or silence. Meanwhile, I picked up my newspaper and found the five names of the candidates. What investigation was done as to how that information leaked out? What has been put in place so that when you make your final decision, that information won’t get out again? I wasn’t in the room so I couldn’t have leaked it to the press but someone in that room did. Or, was the press more persistent than the public in finding out that information? It is disturbing that we, the public, who should have the right to know before the press knew through the paper. If there is rumor to this resolution to bring legal action, I want to throw out a word. I went online and looked it up. The word is witch-hunt and the definition is the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (as political opponents) with unpopular views. It is quite obvious, and people brought this to my attention, that there are two Board members here who have a tendency to have a different view from many of the others. The rumor is that they are the two who are being picked on the most. So much is being brought against them to try to get them removed from the Board. What kind of games are we playing? Meanwhile, none of that has anything to do with the business at hand – dealing with the children and the problems they are having in the schools. I am going to leave you with that thought – witch-hunt. That is what we have going on here. Since we all live in glass houses, no one really wants any stones thrown at any of our windows because I don’t think they are made of unbreakable glass. We all have skeletons in our closets and if you push people too far, they begin to push back. Through the Chair to Comm. Hodges, maybe he can clear up another rumor for the public. People are coming to me and saying that you don’t like the current Superintendent. Maybe you can clarify that for the public because I don’t think that is the issue. I think you are a person who tries to stick to what is at hand and the things that are important. That is what we do best. I love the presentation on the artwork and the history in the schools. Meanwhile, we had a Board who sat here and voted to knock down one of the most historical buildings in this city for a new office building. On one hand we want to save what is in the schools but on the other hand we want to knock

Page 12 1/8/03 down what is in the city. If we are going to preserve some, we need to preserve it all. As a historian, I would never support the destruction of any historical buildings in the city. I guess that is why there was a case brought in order to stop that. Once again, it is only because we asked the Board to handle business so that we don’t have to. We want to be about what is right for the children. All the other side stuff is nonsense and needs to be done away with. If there is a lawsuit pending and if we are talking about healing, let’s heal and drop it. If you are really sincere about what you are talking about, let’s drop it. As far as I can see, it is just accusations of who said this and that. When I look at campaign records and I see people that have received money from these school vendors, were they successful in shaking them down? Was that investigated? I doubt it. Some of these vendors gave $4,000 and all kinds of money to people running for Board seats and municipal seats. Where did they get the information to contact our vendors? Once again, another leak. Has it been investigated? If we are going to investigate one thing, investigate everything. Dr. Duroy, I want to thank you because I received your letter with reference to…(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)…watch the cable. Maybe we can put something on there to say that the school is not approved by the state and to please ignore that material. Otherwise, we are going to have people submit applications and possibly lose out on getting into some of the academies here.

Dr. Duroy: Mr. Ferrer, are you referring to the charter school?

Mr. Ferrer: Yes, the science and technology charter school.

Dr. Duroy: They have been advertising and the fact is that they don’t exist at this point. There was a question as to whether they were going to start up this year. The fact is that they don’t exist and what was on the brochure was a post office box. They don’t have an address and until further notice I think it is appropriate to make the comment that it is a school on paper and not a real school yet.

Mr. Ferrer: To protect the interest of children who may apply, can anything be put on the educational access station to say that it is not an approved school right now? Otherwise, people may apply.

Comm. Santiago: If anybody has filed for an investigation on this Board, it has been me. It is too late. I testified already for the ethics committee. In a couple more days they will make a ruling. That is done. But I want to let the public know this. It is not going to end here because I am going to file more investigations in the district about other things. There are other things going on and you are right. I can see it and people can see it and I am not going to let it go. There is one thing for sure. I don’t pick on people. It comes to me and if it comes to me, I will take it from there. First of all, I have to have facts. If I don’t have facts, I don’t have anything. But everybody is innocent until proven guilty. I already testified and it is a done deal. It is in the hands of the commission now for them to decide if he should stay or go. Also, I can tell you this Charles because I have a lot of respect for you. You may not agree with everything I say and I may not agree with everything you say but we can look at each other and say you are wrong. I still have love for you anyway. People can never face the reality of skeletons in the closet. I am a person who has no problem telling anybody about anything about a skeleton in a closet. I don’t know if I am a better man for doing that or

Page 13 1/8/03 not. Not everybody is going to tell you what they have in their closet. I don’t have a problem doing that. It is not going to end here. There are going to be more investigations but they take time. It is a shame that it had to go this way – a Board member against another Board member. It wasn’t my action to come here and fight against anybody. I wanted to just do things for the kids. In all fairness, she was cleared and allegations were brought to me about the center…

Comm. Atallo: Point of order. This incoherent rambling is inappropriate. You can’t discuss legal matters or personnel matters.

Comm. Hodges: Point of personal privilege, Mr. President. I was asked a question and I would like to respond to that. Mr. Ferrer, I have heard those questions asked myself and I am very, very concerned about them. The reason I came to this Board was to address some of the glaring educational problems that have existed here for a while and in many cases still exist. Less than 30% of our children go on to college. We have an SAT average of around 750 when the area average is over 1,000. We are still one of the highest in the state in dropout percentage and on and on and on. Those are the issues that I am here to battle. To the extent that I have not been able to make it clear that the differences I have with the Superintendent are about those issues, I am saddened, ashamed, and deeply disappointed. I intend to publicly apologize, Dr. Duroy, if it has appeared in any way that my outspokenness is aimed at a personal attack. That has never been and never will be my intent and my focus. Having said that, there are some significant administrative decisions and failures in decisions on the part of the Superintendent that I have trouble with. I will continue to speak out and speak out demonstratively in favor of what I think is in the best interest of children. I have no intentions of stopping that. I am not here to attack personalities. That has never been my focus or my reputation, and it is not going to be. But when I see things going on in this school district unchecked, yes you are going to hear my voice and it will be heard in an angry fashion because I can’t help it. Thank you.

Mr. Ferrer: That is all we ask that you do and we ask that of all Board members. It is time to stand up, to be counted, to be recognized, and to stop sitting on the fence. Thank you.

Ms. Anna Taliaferro: Good evening. I believe it was a man who I came to love and respect that said don’t come to me about your anger or about you being too angry because it is my understanding that you are not angry enough. That was Thurgood Marshall. In keeping in tune with history, let me just say for the record to those who don’t know that I have spent most of my adult life trying to fight for the rights of children. If you take it personal, that is your problem. I have not been about personal attacks because if I was, I could honestly look at you Mr. President and give you a real fit. Be aware of that because I didn’t just know you as a member of the Board. I knew you from a long time ago. At one time, I respected you. Yes, they can investigate anything they want. I am not taking one dime from this district that I was not entitled to and nor has money ever been the issue with me because the work that we do at the center and the work that I have done in my life, you can never pay me for. I have been there as a soldier and I am still there – even at my age. Until they throw the dirt in my face, I am going to be here until God is ready for me. I fear no man and I want you to know that. I

Page 14 1/8/03 believe in a God who is just and I hope all of you can say when your time has come that you have done the best job that you could in behalf of children. Some of you can’t say that tonight and I am really angry about it. Some of you can’t say it enough and I am angry about it. It ain’t about who you like because it never should be about personalities. It should be about what is best for children. If you can’t look at yourself in the mirror and say you have done the best job you could on behalf of children, then get off the Board. Don’t wait until you are voted off the Board because you have done our children a disservice. You heard Comm. Hodges talk about the medium score for SAT’s are less than 700. That is a disgrace for our children. It ain’t about being popular. I really don’t care if you don’t like me because I don’t take you to my bed at night. I am angry tonight for more reasons than one. I learned today that Laval Wilson got a contract with East Orange. I feel sorry for those parents. But do you know that Paterson did? We set the tone to help him get that job in East Orange. Obviously those folk over there don’t know how to read because I don’t think anyone needs a superintendent who can’t conduct himself in a manner that is a role model for children. It wasn’t our children who got caught with alcohol, and more than the limit, behind a company car. For those of you who know him, tell him I said so because he doesn’t belong in education. It wasn’t our children who sanctified Joe Clark at Eastside High School. It was the administration that thought he was doing us good when 67% of those 300 children that he so called expurgated out of that building went to the Marshall Street penthouse. Do you all know where Marshall Street is? If you don’t, it is the county jail. We are reaping those benefits today inside our school system because we have lost two generations of kids. Let’s be very clear about what education is supposed to do. Karl McCall said it best. His mother taught him that education ought to be a sledgehammer to knock down any door in a positive way, not to be incompetent. I look at you as the forerunners to help our children learn. As a parent and grandparent, I don’t want to see my seven grandsons inside a prison wall instead of on a college campus. I know that freedom in this country is costly. We are going to have to remind Bill Librera and Gordon MacInnes of that because they have a fight on their hands if they think we ran up and down that road and that Marilyn Morheuser gave her life for nothing – only to have them snatch away Abbott. I will use my voice in any manner I can. If the chips fall where they may, then that is what God wishes it to do. I am angry. I didn’t come here for that tonight. I really came on another note but I am going to end here because I think two gentlemen are standing behind me. I want you to know that you had better get ready. If you talk about supporting kids and you are on this Board of Education, you had better get ready because nobody ought to stand in the way of educating kids. I was very serious when I said to you, Comm. Generals, that our kids ought to do the same thing that you have done, or at least have the opportunity to do that. That is why we fought for Abbott. That is why we want Abbott to get there. It ain’t about our personal families getting jobs either. Let me make that clear because there has been a vicious cycle going on. I am going to wrap this up because I have a message for you. The Bible is very clear in some instances. It says woe be to those who are at ease in Zion, yet not grieved over the ruin of Joseph. You be careful how you don’t conduct yourself on behalf of our children. This is the 21st Century. This is 2003. Just remember that we are all connected to families and we are all connected to one another. Don’t dismiss that and act like it doesn’t exist. We have a lot of things we must do and a long way to go. I hope there will be miles and miles before we sleep. Just remember that.

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Mr. William Kline: Good evening. If I were to try to give the illusion that I am not upset, it would be difficult to do because I served on that Board and I gave 37 years in this district as an employee. I have lived here 69 years and had many opportunities to leave this town but stayed because I am committed to this town. It bothers me – what has been allowed to take place with regard to our children. You Board members made many promises to the people when you ran for election. You promised to serve the people and you promised to look after the children. But when it comes time to vote, those promises are not reflected in what you do. Too many of you don’t do your homework. You come before the public with pious platitudes. I love the children. Loving the children didn’t save School No. 6 and the children who had to stay those many months out of their school, and the hardships it placed on the children at School No. 21. Superintendent Duroy, I was one of the people who helped to bring you here and I took a lot of flack from people in Paterson who didn’t believe you were going to do all of the things you told me you were going to do. Ms. Suffern, one of the Black giants in this community, told me in particular. She said she didn’t have any faith in you from the beginning. She didn’t know you but she didn’t believe you were going to do what you said you would do. I asked her to support you because she commanded a great respect among the people and she did. If you asked her whether she would support you now, I bet you she would say no. I don’t support you being renewed in your contract. I have to speak my truth. Too many things have been happening and as a leader in the educational community you have not come up to par. You are not doing it now. You are investigating the use of a fax machine and the allegations made by a vendor. In particular, I am concerned about it because the use of the fax machine brought my name into it. I have prided myself on my integrity and my integrity has been called into question by you too, Comm. Santiago – champion of the people. I so called feel your pain is what you tell the people when they come before this podium. The reverend who came before you spoke about his wife being misused and who is now at Eastside High School. Whether it is fair or foul, it appears that it has been going on too long. Which of the Commissioners have looked into it? You have some Commissioners who sit up there and all they do is smile. I am saying that it is time for you folks up there to wake up. You represent the children. How many of you have consulted with the clergy? How many of you have consulted with members of the community as to who they think should be the Superintendent? You have people who come down here every meeting and who have a vested interest and will say that they want the Superintendent returned. Some favored employees will say that. But have you consulted with the clergy? Have you consulted with the community? Those are the persons you have been elected to serve. You haven’t been elected to serve the Superintendent. In terms of investigations, Comm. Santiago, you have been requested time and time again to investigate the misuse of consultants. You have been asked time and time again to investigate charges for bills that may not be proper. Instead of putting those at the forefront, you have put the trivial items at the forefront. Board members, wake up. This is the new millennium. This is 2003. Comm. Moody, you have been working with children who have been having problems for years. Unless this district and the Board members begin to demonstrate a 360 degree change in their attitudes and how they vote and represent the children and parents of this district, you will be working with children with problems until you are retired and in your grave. Board members, do what you pledged to do when you took the oath. Don’t be led by

Page 16 1/8/03 whomever is leading you the wrong way. You Board members who sit on the Board with professional experience and who have a history of being giants in terms of promoting the African experience and who smile and do nothing, re-examine yourselves because that is not why you are there. I want to commend Comm. Atallo and Comm. Hodges for hanging in the trenches. My voice is not going to be silenced here. Although the ethics committee may have received the complaints, it is not over until it is over. As it has been told to me by the old folks, every dog has its day. Happy New Year.

Councilman Anthony Davis: Good evening, Anthony Davis as a Paterson resident today. Although I am not as polished as Mr. Kline and Ms. Taliaferro, I still state facts and it comes from the heart. Comm. Santiago, I didn’t realize that you were taking law classes now. That is interesting. Learning about the ethics committee, if it is anywhere in the agenda it should be dismissed. You talked about healing and I have never, ever disrespected anyone on television. Any fights that you have should be behind closed doors. We are supposed to be professionals and we need to act like that on the Board. I do like Dr. Duroy but this is not about like or dislike. I haven’t been a child for quite some time. I don’t bow down if I don’t have to and I don’t scratch where I don’t itch. But if I was on that Board tonight and I had to have the decision whether or not to renew Dr. Duroy’s contract, I would shoot it down for the reasons of management. I wanted to be here today at 7:00 but I couldn’t because I had a meeting with the community. The things that were stated from the community didn’t affect Dr. Duroy personally but they did regarding his management of this district. When I sat on that Board, I asked the Commissioners to make sure that the principals, directors and supervisors are here when we have these meetings. Still today, we only get a handful. Whether or not the stories are true or not, they can be here defending. So, as far as management is concerned, it needs to be cleaned up. If you are not doing your job, get rid of him. Principals, assistant superintendents, or teachers – get rid of them. Commissioners, you have a big responsibility and I once sat there in that seat. We heard complaints and complaints. It is not about who we like any longer. It is about what is going on. Our children are failing and they are failing because we are failing them. I have always stated that a child does not question any adults – they suffer from it. They are suffering from us when we make ill decisions. Think about what you do.

It was moved by Comm. Moody, seconded by Comm. Vancheri that the public comment portion of the meeting be closed. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

GENERAL BUSINESS

Items Requiring a Vote

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

Comm. McDowell reported that the Curriculum and Instruction Committee met, reviewed and recommend approval for Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-20:

Resolution No. A-1

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified the need for after-school programs in our community. It is our intent to submit an application for the New Jersey State Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers Discretionary Grant Program; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of this grant will be to provide after-school programs that keep children safe, help working families and improve academic achievement; and

WHEREAS, the program design includes services provided by community based organizations such as, the Boys and Girls Club, The Boy Scouts, PAL, Hope Worldwide, Paterson Housing Authority, YMCA, St. Joseph’s Hospital and the New Jersey Community Development Corporation along with Paterson Public Schools to increase student achievement, bring greater health to the community, strengthen families, and brighten the economic future of the city; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of this proposal entitled “The Paterson Educational Partnership for 21st Century Community Learning Centers – NJ (PEP-21NJ) in an approximately amount of $500,000.

Resolution No. A-2

WHEREAS, the Harbor Education Program for 60 high school aged students will be operated as a house within the highly successful Silk City Academy. The Harbor Program will emphasize English language acquisition in combination with a rigorous academic curriculum based on the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards. Block scheduling will facilitate the implementation of this instructional program; and

WHEREAS, teachers, parents, students and administrators will collaborate in identifying instructional objectives for the different disciplines. These instructional objectives will be the driving force of the instructional program; and

WHEREAS, during after school hours, counseling and other services for both students and their family members will be provided by school district personnel and by the district’s partner, Catholic Charities; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education will be applying for funding through the New Jersey Department of Education Refugee Students Impact Grant Program in the amount of $150,000.00.

Resolution No. A-3

WHEREAS, the acceptance of the No Child Left Behind Application for FY 2002-2003 is an annual requirement; and

WHEREAS, this grant was awarded and approved by the New Jersey Department of Education; and now therefore

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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves the acceptance of the No Child Left Behind Consolidated Application for Title I, Title I SIA, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, and Title VI for the fiscal year 2002-2003 in the amount of $18,184,707.00.

Resolution No. A-4

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Office of Education, has approved the Paterson Public School District’s Application for Continuation Funding in order to operate a New Jersey Youth Corps; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to operate a New Jersey Youth Corps in order to assist young adults (ages 16-21) who have dropped out of high school in successfully transitioning to employment, college, or additional training by obtaining a state-issued high school diploma, by receiving career counseling and employability skills instruction, and by engaging in meaningful community service activities for the 2002- 2003 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education accepts a contract for Continuation Funding from the Department of Human Services, Office of Education, to operate a New Jersey Youth Corps for the project period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003, in the amount of $344,317.

Resolution No. A-5

WHEREAS, the FY ’01 Basic Carry-Over Final Report for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act-Part B must be submitted to the County Office on an annual basis. The Paterson Public Schools received $132,768.85 IDEA-B Carryover funds for FY ’01. A total of $132,739.33 was expended from February 2002 to August 2002; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to remain compliant with IDEA- B Federal Grant guidelines; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the Basic Carry- Over Final Report for expended FY ’01 Carryover funds in the amount of $132,739.33.

Resolution No. A-6

WHEREAS, at the March 13, 2002 Regular Meeting, the Paterson Board of Education approved the submission to the New Jersey Department of Education for the Commissioner’s 2002 Parent Participation Program Grant for School No. 3 in the amount of $3,000.00; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Education Whole School Reform Office has selected School No. 3 to receive the Commissioner’s 2002 Parent Participation Program Grant to be used for activities from September 1, 2002 until August 31, 2003 specified in the Activity Plan and Budget Detail Form; and

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WHEREAS, grant funds are to enhance parent participation and thus increase student achievement; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves acceptance of the Commissioner’s 2002 Parent Participation Program Grant funds for School No. 3 to be used for activities that occur from September 1, 2002 until August 31, 2003 in the following accounts.

Resolution No. A-7

WHEREAS, the Combined Basic and Preschool Final Report/Carry-over Application for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part-B must be submitted to the County on an annual basis. The Paterson Public Schools received $3,662,232.00; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to remain compliant with the IDEA-B Federal Grant guidelines; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to apply for unexpended FY ’02 funds to be used during the 2002-2003 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the Combined Basic and Preschool Final Report/Carry-over Application for IDEA-B FY ’02 funds in the amount of $547,409.35 for Basic and $1,609.02 for Preschool.

Resolution No. A-8

WHEREAS, the FY ’01 Preschool Carry-over Final Report for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act – Part B must be submitted to the County Office on an annual basis. The Paterson Public Schools received $108.63 IDEA-B Preschool Carry-over funds for FY ’01. A total of $108.63 was expended from February 2002 to August, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to remain compliant with IDEA- B Preschool Federal Grant guidelines; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the Preschool Carry-over Final Report for expended FY ’01 carryover funds in the amount of $108.63.

Resolution No. A-9

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has identified the need to change the location of the Autistic class from Norman S. Weir School to Public School No. 2 in order to provide for more comprehensive services and include all autistic students in one location; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Autistic class at Norman S. Weir School be moved to Public School No. 2; and

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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the LLD class at Public School No. 2 be moved to Norman S. Weir School to accommodate this plan.

Resolution No. A-10

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District accepts this partnership toward the after-school center for students from School No. 21 who attended the Canaan Baptist Church during the hours of 12:15 p.m. through 3:00 p.m. due to the split session between School No. 6 and School No. 21:

9/17/02 – 11/26/02 Total: $9,617.50

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Canaan Baptist Church be compensated for the after-school care that was provided during the split session between School No. 6 and School No. 21.

Resolution No. A-11

WHEREAS, the city and the district entered into an agreement to permit the district to operate its dental clinic in the City of Paterson, Department of Human Resources, Division of Health, located at 176 Broadway; and

WHEREAS, the initial agreement expires December 31, 2002 and the agreement needs to be renewed; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the district approves a renewal of the current agreement with the City of Paterson to operate the district’s dental clinic at the City Health Center and the agreement, in the form hereby presented, is approved extending the term to 12/31/03.

Resolution No. A-12

WHEREAS, in accordance with Abbott district regulations, John F. Kennedy High School shall continue to implement Coalition of Essential Schools as its Whole School Reform model; and

WHEREAS, John F. Kennedy High School must contract annually with CES to provide necessary development fees, staff development and implementation visits as required by Whole School Reform; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that John F. Kennedy High School enters into contract with CES for the 2002-2003 school year in the amount of $45,000.00.

Resolution No. A-13

Page 21 1/8/03 WHEREAS, in accordance with Abbott district regulations, Rosa Parks High School shall continue to implement Coalition of Essential Schools as its Whole School Reform model; and

WHEREAS, Rosa Parks High School must contract annually with CES to provide necessary development fees, staff development and implementation visits as required by Whole School Reform; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that Rosa Parks High School enters into contract with CES for the 2002-2003 school year in the amount of $25,000.00.

Resolution No. A-14

WHEREAS, Paterson Public Schools 5, 9, 10, 14, 18, 20, 24 and 30 decided to continue with the Reading Recovery Program, year two; and

WHEREAS, the above named schools wish to continue to implement the Reading Recovery Program; and

WHEREAS, the above named schools will continue their affiliation with the Newark Public School District for the purpose of staff development training for the Reading Recovery Program; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves the Reading Recovery Program contracts with the Newark Public School District to provide training throughout the 2002-2003 school year at a total rate of $20,100.00.

Resolution No. A-15

WHEREAS, in accordance with Abbott district regulations, Eastside High School shall continue to implement John Hopkins University Talent Development as its Whole School Reform model in grades 10-12; and

WHEREAS, Eastside High School must contract annually with Talent Development to provide necessary development fees, staff development and implementation visits as required by Whole School Reform; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that Eastside High School enters into contract with Talent Development for the 2002-2003 school year in the amount of $26,900.00.

Resolution No. A-16

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is committed to students’ well-being and improvement; and

WHEREAS, the district is required to provide Occupational and Physical Therapy services per students’ IEP; and now therefore

Page 22 1/8/03 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves the consultant contract for $153,920.00 from 2/1/03 to 6/30/03. The contracted vendor is the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey.

Resolution No. A-17

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 a student and payment from the Jersey City Board of Education for the 2002-2003 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition K.C. $8,803.00

Resolution No. A-18

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 a student and payment from the Lakeside Township Board of Education for the 2002- 2003 regular school year:

Student Initials Tuition H.C. $9,487.00

Resolution No. A-19

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District provides a quality educational experience for all students; and

WHEREAS, PANTHER Academy has a grant with NASA to take 9th grade students to Space Camp at the U.S. Rocket & Space Academy in Huntsville, AL (There is no cost to the district. All costs are paid by NASA grant.); and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves sending 18 PANTHER Academy students to Space Camp on February 2-7, 2003 along with two chaperones. The chaperones are Mr. Alan Sills and Mrs. Bonnie Miele.

Resolution No. A-20

The adult students will participate in an over night stay at Washington, D.C. Students are preparing to become United States citizens. The purpose of this trip is to see firsthand how our government operates. We will visit the House and Senate Chambers of our Capitol, as well as other national sites.

Page 23 1/8/03 Date of trip: June 5-6, 2003 Places to be visited: The White House, Capitol, Lincoln, Vietnam Veterans, Korean, and Jefferson Memorials, National Air and Space Museum. Individuals in charge: Marianna Suzano, Jacinta Vilas, Nadia Stern, Eugenia Ortega, and Frances Schwarz. Number of students: 44 adults (over 18 years) Cost: $1,400 bus Students will pay for hotel room and food.

It was moved by Comm. McDowell, seconded by Comm. Moody that Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-20 be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

LEGAL COMMITTEE

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

Resolution No. B-1

WHEREAS, on December 19, 2002, a communication from Travelers Insurance Company was received indicating the availability of terrorism coverage for property damage on policy number CMB 296T0036 for the additional premium of $10,222; and

WHEREAS, this additional coverage became available due to the Federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, when this act was signed into law on November 29, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the availability of this insurance depends on the payment of the premiums prior to January 13, 2003; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District shall pay $10,222 prior to January 13, 2003 in order to obtain this additional coverage.

Resolution No. B-2

WHEREAS, the contracts with the Paterson Public School District for privatization of custodial services and security services are due to expire on June 30, 2003; and

WHEREAS, there is a continued need for these services and the Superintendent recommends that the Purchasing Department prepare specifications and go out to public bid for these services; and now therefore

Page 24 1/8/03 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves that the Purchasing Department of the Paterson Public School District be instructed to prepare specifications and to go out to public bid for custodial and security services.

Resolution No. B-3

WHEREAS, the City of Paterson, Division of Youth Services Bureau, is currently located at 295 Broadway “Broadway”, Paterson, New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, the Division of Youth Services Bureau was to relocate to Christopher Hope, 60 Temple Street “Temple Street”, Paterson, New Jersey in September 2002; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District “District” was in need of instructional space for PANTHER Academy in September 2002, due to the delay in renovations of premises commonly known as Don Bosco Technical High School “Don Bosco” at 202 Union Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Housing Authority agreed to lease space designated for the Division of Youth Services Bureau at “Temple Street” to the Paterson Public School District for PANTHER Academy, on a month to month basis until December 31, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the “District” is currently in the process of completing the renovations at “Don Bosco”; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves reimbursement to the City of Paterson, c/o Dr. Steven Savino, for space occupied by the Division of Youth Services Bureau, for one month, due to the delay in renovations of premises commonly known as Don Bosco Technical High School, in the amount of $1,490.00 plus utilities.

It was moved by Comm. Santiago, seconded by Comm. Vancheri that Resolution Nos. B-1 through B-3 be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative, except Comm. Moody and Comm. Vancheri who abstained on B-3. The motion carried.

FISCAL COMMITTEE

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

Resolution No. C-1

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 January 2003 bills and claims, checks 97030 through 97610 and 97611 in the amount of

Page 25 1/8/03 $12,851,065.01 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and checks 97612 through 97618 in the amount of $212,137.79; and be it further

RESOLVED, that manual checks 96941 through 96989 in the amount of $520,310.25 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and check 97619 in the amount of $17,500.00; and be it further

RESOLVED, that voided checks 95634 and 95168, 95686, 96234 and 96840 in the amount of $87,395.40 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and checks 97406 and 97536 in the amount of $201,344.40; and be it further

RESOLVED, that cafeteria checks 96990 through 97029 in the amount of $435,769.84 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it finally

RESOLVED, that checks 97186 and 97253 in the amount of $78,380.00 be pulled.

It was moved by Comm. Vancheri, seconded by Comm. Agard-Jones that Resolution No. C-1 be adopted.

Comm. Vancheri: We are moving the payment of bills, except for one of the bills from Hanly & Ryglicki for $312.50, one for Greg Johnson for $1,250.00, and another one for $2,962.50. Those will be eliminated from C-1.

Comm. Atallo: I just want to make it very clear to the listening public that the reason those bills were pulled is because the Commissioner of Education’s office is recommending that in order for them to be reviewed by the Attorney General’s office for their lack of appropriateness. I also want to state for the record that ethics complaints have been filed against both Mr. Johnson with the bar association and with Mr. Hanly with the bar association for inappropriate behavior.

On roll call all members voted in the affirmative, except Comm. Atallo who voted no. The motion carried.

Resolution No. C-2

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 January 2003; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the request of district taxes, exclusive of debt service requirement needed to meet the obligations of the School District, for the month of January 2003, in the amount of $3,001,414.25, 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 days, in accordance with the statutes relating thereto.

Resolution No. C-3

Page 26 1/8/03 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 obligation, now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves transfer of funds within the 2002-03 school year budget for the month of December 2002, 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-4

WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a bank account for the fiscal operation of the Paterson Public School District; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the bank account listed to be established for the fiscal operation of the Paterson Public School District City of Paterson in the depository listed herein and subject to withdrawals in accordance with the names set forth for the 2002-2003 school year, as stated hereto and made part of the minutes:

005401658 Paterson Public Schools Superintendent and City National Bank Scholarship Fund Business Administrator

Resolution No. C-5

WHEREAS, it is necessary to close a bank account from the Paterson Public School District CAPITOL PROJECTS ACCOUNT, which is not being used; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the closing of the Hudson United Account 0220000676 of the Paterson Public School District Capital Projects Account in the amount of $740.90; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the account balance will be deposited into the General Fund.

Resolution No. C-6

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited bids for Silk Screen Printing Services, PPS-048-03; 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

Page 27 1/8/03 WHEREAS, the Department of Purchasing, as per attached summary, recommends that Alpha Tee’s and ALP, Inc. be awarded a contract for Silk Screen Printing Services, PPS-048-03; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Silk Screen Printing Services, PPS-048-03, for the 2002- 2003 and 2003-2004 school years, to the following vendor(s):

Alpha Tee’s ALP, Inc. B.P. Services 484 Totowa Rd. 22 Fair Street, 4B 198-B Market St. Totowa, NJ 07512 Paterson, NJ 07501 Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

Resolution No. C-7

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited proposals for Science Labs #2, PPS-049-03; and

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

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Science Labs #2, PPS-049-03, on an item-by-item basis, for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years, not to exceed bid amount of $163,050.00, to the following vendor(s):

Farley Sales-Installations, Inc. 41 John Street Babylon, NY 11702

Resolution No. C-8

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited proposals for Substitute Personnel Tracking/Management Software, PPS-050-03; and

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

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Substitute Personnel Tracking/Management Software, PPS-050-03, not to exceed bid amount of $60,815.00, for the 2002-2003 and 2003- 2004 school years, to the following vendor(s):

Page 28 1/8/03 CRS, Inc. 500 Arch Street Williamsport, PA 17701

Resolution No. C-9

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for out of district special education 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 agreement for the 2002-2003 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/Surcharge Eff. Dates 5120 Emerson Jr./Petco $3,497.00+$104.91 11/02-06/03

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

It was moved by Comm. Vancheri, seconded by Comm. Moody that Resolution Nos. C-2 through C-9 be adopted.

Comm. Hodges: Regarding C-8, yesterday in workshop it was mentioned that there were nine requests for bid information and only one bid submitted. Again, the concern that I have is that the specifications that were submitted may in fact have been so narrow that only one contractor might have been able to qualify. I am certain that is an oversight if that indeed occurred. I certainly wouldn’t suggest anything otherwise. I am troubled that that type of situation continues. I can’t, in good conscience, support this particular measure and I would prefer that those specifications be redone and resubmitted so that we can perhaps get better quotes. I will vote accordingly.

On roll call all members voted in the affirmative, except Comm. Hodges who voted no on C-8. The motion carried.

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Comm. Vancheri reported that the Personnel Committee met, reviewed and recommend approval for Resolution Nos. D-1 through D-8:

Resolution No. D-1

Page 29 1/8/03 WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve appointments for non certificated staff in the Paterson Public Schools; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following be appointed in the position within the Paterson Public School System for a period of one year at the salary rate as prescribed by the Salary Guide and be subject to criminal history review effective as of the dates indicated:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Virginia Jackson Secretary/EHS $24,393.00 01/13/03 Shaheed Lewis Inst. Asst./No. 26 $23,957.00 01/13/03 Doreen Carter Secretary/Dept. of Phys. Ed. $27,686.00 01/13/03 Ashona Hayes Inst. Asst./EHS $23,757.00 01/13/03 Sheree Williams Inst. Asst./No. 26 $23,957.00 01/13/03 Marcus Barnes Inst. Asst./No. 6 $23,757.00 01/13/03 Annette Ward Secretary/L.E.A.P. $32,563.00 01/13/03

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

Resolution No. D-2

WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve adjustments in salary within the Paterson Public School System; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED:

Name Amount Position Eff. Date Daniel Rodriguez $2,706.00 Chief Custodian 09/01/02 Jesse Denson $22.00/hr. Truant Pick-up Off. 01/08/03

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

Resolution No. D-3

WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve payment of accumulated days within the Paterson Public School System; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following personnel be granted payment for accumulated days upon retirement:

Name Title Amount Amean Lee Maintenance $2,141.92 Theodore Zahne Sch. Phy. $4,066.40

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

Resolution No. D-4

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WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve leaves of absences in the Paterson Public Schools; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following personnel employed in the Paterson Public School System be granted their request for a Leave of Absence as set forth and each be required to present medical certificates approved by this Board, certifying their recovery and ability to resume the duties of their respective positions:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Monica Alejo Inst. Asst./Spec. Ed. 12/10/02-01/01/03 Fam/Medical Ruth Canales Secretary/Counseling Ser. 01/01/03-02/07/03 Fam/Mater. Rosalinda Godines Inst. Asst./Dale 01/01/03-06/30/03 Personal Nabila Helo Inst. Asst./No. 9 11/26/02-12/13/02 Family(Rev) Maria Montes Inst. Asst./No. 19 01/01/03-01/24/03 Family

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

Resolution No. D-5

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following personnel who applied for leave of absence be Returned to Active Status in accordance with effective dates listed:

Name Location Eff. Date Sue-Carrie Clark Caf. Wkr./RC 12/02/02 Lisa Dimichino Caf. Wkr./No. 24 12/16/02 Lucille Ellis-Watson Caf. Wkr./No. 26 12/03/02 Natasha Ledbetter-Smith Inst. Asst./No. 5 12/05/02 Christopher Riley Sec. Guard/JFKHS 12/16/02 Marie Ugliono Caf. Wkr./No. 27 12/02/02

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

Resolution No. D-6

WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve resignations/terminations within the Paterson Public School District; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following resignations/terminations within the Paterson Public School System be approved:

Name Location Eff. Date Ileana Diaz Cafeteria Monitor 01/13/03 Marcelo Gonzalez School Community Liaison 01/13/03 Monique King Cafeteria Monitor 01/13/03 Necla Konak Cafeteria Monitor 01/13/03 Maria Lagua Cafeteria Monitor 01/13/03

Page 31 1/8/03 Nervia Rodriguez Cafeteria Monitor 01/13/03 Elair Schmidt Cafeteria Monitor 01/13/03 Eugenia White Home School Community 01/13/03

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

Resolution No. D-7

WHEREAS, staff members have submitted requests to attend professional, out-of-state conferences for the development of professional growth; and

WHEREAS, the State District Superintendent has approved their attendance; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves staff to attend professional, out-of-state conferences in accordance with the attached list:

Classroom, Inc. New Orleans, LA Davis, Pamela Eastside High School 1/30–2/1/03 None Mower, Veronica Eastside High School 1/30-2/1/03 None Perry, Michelle K. Student Support Services 1/30-2/1/03 None

National Association of State Title I Directors Anaheim, CA Patterson, Brenda Special Programs 2/1-4/03 $2,165.00

National Academies/Leadership Training New Haven, CT Alexander, Katrina School No. 19 3/3-7/03 $1,610.00 Iannocone, Carol School No. 19 3/3-7/03 $1,610.00

Yale School Development Program New Haven, CT Blue, Yolanda Norman S. Weir 3/17-21/03 $1,527.20 Ghee, Vertricia Norman S. Weir 3/17-21/03 $1,527.20 Pedersen, Phyllis Norman S. Weir 3/17-21/03 $1,527.20 Selino, Janette Norman S. Weir 3/17-21/03 $1,527.20

National Science Teachers Association Philadelphia, PA Zuidema, Roger Resource Teacher 3/27-30/03 $1,488.00

National Academies/Leadership Training New Haven, CT Glade DeLillo, Karen School No. 19 4/7-11/03 $1,610.00 Nolan, Nicole School No. 19 4/7-11/03 $1,610.00 Osofsky, Michael School No. 19 4/7-11/03 $1,610.00

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Success For All Conference New York, NY Bradley, Georganna School No. 26 4/13-16/03 $1,655.00 Harris, Carmela School No. 2 4/13-16/03 $1,533.00 Keller, Robbin School No. 26 4/13-16/03 $1,655.00 Nucci, Tina School No. 26 4/13-16/03 $1,655.00 Osborne, Carrie School No. 26 4/13-16/03 $1,655.00 Rinaggio, Karen School No. 2 4/13-16/03 $1,533.00

Resolution No. D-8

WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve the hiring of consultants within the Paterson Public School District; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following consultants be hired within the Paterson Public School District in accordance with the attached list:

Passaic County Educational Technology Training Center $1,540.00 (provide two concurrent full day in-service workshops for the Business Technology teachers and chairpersons from Eastside and John F. Kennedy High Schools) January 30, 2003

Ed’s Cove Consultant Firm $25,000.00 (provide assistance in developing, monitoring of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) grants for Schools 5, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24 & MLK; provide education plans and re-applications for CSRD grants; and provide services necessary as required by contract) FY 2002-2003

Elizabeth Willaum $15,000.00 (provide assistance in developing, monitoring of the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) grants for Schools 5, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24 & MLK; provide education plans and re-applications for CSRD grants; and provide services necessary as required by contract) FY 2002-2003

Dr. Fran Greb $800.00 (present a workshop on teacher strategies for Multiple Intelligence and Creating a Positive Learning Environment for 5th grade teachers for the district-wide inservice training) January 30, 2003

Dr. Monique Taylor $800.00 (present a workshop on teacher strategies for Multiple Intelligence and Creating a Positive Learning Environment for 5th grade teachers for the district-wide inservice training) January 30, 2003

Dr. Richard Russo $750.00 (provide an inservice workshop for 7th grade Science teachers at School No. 27 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) January 30, 2003

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Tom Cunane $250.00 (as Sound Technician for the Wynton Marsalis program at Eastside High School) December 19, 2002

Kathy Lee $500.00 (to assist PEP 21 After-School Program teachers in Responsive Learning for 2 workshops on Service Learning from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) February 1 & 8, 2003

Carol Erickson $350.00 (train Physical Education teachers in movement as a door to learning for the Physical Education Program – PEP Grant) March 15, 2003

Jill Humann $1,050.00 (train Physical Education teachers in the Physical Best Program for the Physical Education Program – PEP Grant for three workshops) January 11, 18, 25, 2003

Passaic County Educational Technology Training Center $720.00 (provide an all day workshop on “Integrating Technology into the Curriculum”) January 25, 2003

Jean Mann $700.00 (provide inservice writing workshop for 7th and 8th grade teachers to improve the quality of writing for students) 1 Day

YMCA Camp Ralph Mason $4,850.00 (provide money for 110 registrations for a full day retreat involving GEPA and team building skills at Camp Ralph Mason in Hardwick, NJ to raise student achievement on the GEPA test) March 4, 2003

Susan Amsterdam $6,656.00 (provide scheduling services as a Theater and Poetry Project Liaison to schedule writer visits to the 6th-8th grade students and teachers for the “PS #24 Theater and Poetry Project” at School No. 24 for 39 weeks) September 1, 2002 – August 30, 2003

Laura Boss $35,500.00 (provide writing consultantship to 6th-8th grade teachers and students for approximately 30 weeks at School No. 24 for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) January 9, 2003 – August 30, 2003

Therese Halscheid $200.00 (perform at School No. 24 as a Guest Writer/Poet to work with 6th-8th grade students and teachers for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) February 20, 2003

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Kurtis Lamkin $300.00 (perform at School No. 24 as a Guest Writer/Poet to work with 6th-8th grade students and teachers for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) April 3, 2003

M.L. Liehler $1,500.00 (perform at School No. 24 as a Guest Writer/Poet to work with 6th-8th grade students and teachers for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) February 7, 2003

Jean Mann $5,000.00 (provide testing consultantship for 50 hours at School No. 24 for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) January 9, 2003 – August 30, 2003

Nancy Mercado $2,000.00 (provide Hispanic Liaison services to relate the Theater and Poetry Project to the culture of students in 6th-8th grade for approximately 20 hours) January 9, 2003 – August 30, 2003

Patricia Smith $500.00 (perform at School No. 24 as a Guest Writer/Poet to work with 6th-8th grade students and teachers for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) February 14, 2003

Joseph Weil $35,000.00 (provide on-site writing consultantship for 30 weeks at School No. 24 for the “PS #24 and the Theater and Poetry Project”) January 9, 2003 – August 30, 2003

Cheryl O’Melia $600.00 (provide three Saturday GEPA workshops for 8th graders at Norman S. Weir School to target specific areas of Math to be tested from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) February 8 & 22, 2003 March 1, 2003

Lorie Pemberton $600.00 (provide three Saturday GEPA workshops for 8th graders at Norman S. Weir School to target specific areas of Language Arts to be tested from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) February 8 & 22, 2003 March 1, 2003

Anthony Coletta $1,500.00 (provide training in two sessions for Language Arts/Literacy teachers at School No. 5) January 24 & 31, 2003

Page 35 1/8/03 Arts Horizon $2,800.00 (provide an inservice workshop for Art, Vocal and Instrumental Music teachers) January 30, 2003

David Abalos $400.00 (provide in-service training on equity and diversity to bilingual staff) January 30, 2003

Nicholas R. Ostella $25,000.00 (provide dental services to students (i.e. dental examinations with treatment planning, restorations, simple extractions of primary teeth, dental health education and referrals to specialists when necessary) January 15, 2003 – June 30, 2003

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be effective upon its adoption.

It was moved by Comm. Vancheri, seconded by Comm. Moody that Resolution Nos. D-1 through D-8 be adopted.

Comm. Hodges: I was trying to get an idea of what D-28 was. I am certain that this is an important event and I am certain that… Having just seen this, I made a pledge that I would not vote at the last minute on any item that I didn’t have an opportunity to review. I am going to stick to my word. As to D-8, I have on two separate occasions submitted a request for information regarding consultants and that has not been honored to date. I must say that when I was elected, I promised to exercise due diligence when spending citizen’s money. If I can’t receive information that will enable me to exercise that due diligence, I will not cast my vote. I am not satisfied just saying yes to information that somebody cares to give me. I prefer to have the information that I request. When that is failing, I will continue to vote no. We have asked on two separate occasions and there has additionally been an overture made by the vice president about additional information. It is necessary in order to make wise and appropriate decisions about consultants and without that I just don’t feel that I can do it.

Comm. Vancheri: Comm. Hodges, I understand what you are trying to say but the services that I am talking about is to provide dental services to the students.

Comm. Hodges: I am talking about D-8 in general.

Comm. Vancheri: I thought you meant because of 28.

Comm. Hodges: I don’t think I am going to stop these things but I am certainly going to voice my concerns until that information somehow is delivered to us as we request it.

Comm. Atallo: I have to concur with Comm. Hodges. It is not the resolutions per se. It is getting the resolutions at the last minute. Whether you are the listening audience at home and the people here sitting in the auditorium, people pay a lot of taxes and you want public dollars spent in a prudent and responsible manner. As elected officials, we need to review and evaluate what we are spending the money on. To get resolutions at

Page 36 1/8/03 the last minute, whether they have merit or they don’t have merit, it is hard for us to determine that with no time to review it. I really have a problem with getting things at the last minute and I concur with Comm. Hodges. On principle, I, too, would have to vote no at this point in time. It is not on the merits of whether the resolutions are valid or not, but on the fact that we are getting resolutions at the last minute. It happens historically. We have asked it not to happen but until we start to vote no as a collective body, it is going to continue to happen. It is a bad management tool. I agree with Councilman Davis that it is bad management. It is just a bad public policy. People here pay a lot of taxes and I think they want their tax dollars spent prudently and for us to make sure we review expenditures before we approve them. On principle, I concur with Comm. Hodges and vote no.

Dr. Duroy: On the issue of providing additional information to the Board, it is something that we have discussed at the committee and more recently the vice chairman has indicated that he is going to be working with the administration on a new format or template that we will use to hopefully address some of the concerns raised. However, the information that is provided to the Board is explicit in my opinion. But we will certainly look to be more explicit as requested. On the issue of this particular item, number 28 is providing dental services for the students. Unfortunately, this particular action was on the desk of an employee who did have a family member pass away and it did get to us in an untimely manner. The choice we had was to wait another month but I certainly believe that we can consider this particular item this evening and that is why I asked that it be included to provide the dental services for the students. Again, it is not intentional but there are times in the dynamics of running a $400 million operation when an item such as this warrants even the last minute to come to the table. I ask that the Board understand the circumstances.

Comm. Atallo: Once again, we get resolutions at the last minute. We have historically raised this issue. We get resolutions and if we don’t vote on them the night of the meeting, the children are not going to get the services, the building is not going to get fixed, or some catastrophe is going to happen. Again, it is bad management. We should get these resolutions ahead of time. That is the prudent, responsible way to operate. If we got the resolution two months ahead of time, as we should, and if there was some type of snag or problem, we would then have another month to correct it. You throw it on our laps at the last moment and if we don’t vote for it, terrible things happen. That is a bad management plan to give us things at the last minute. That is very inappropriate.

Dr. Albornoz: I would like an opportunity to speak about the dentist.

Dr. Duroy: It may not be necessary at this point.

Comm. Hodges: It is not my intent that this measure fail, at least not 28. I have no intentions of voting for D-8 because there are a number of consultants there and while you say you are moving toward that direction now, this is January and the request was made in April initially. You have also had a number of requests since that. That is not a new request in terms of the additional information regarding consultants. I will not make decisions on information that somebody cares to give me. I will make decisions on

Page 37 1/8/03 information that I need. I do not intend to cause 28 to fail but I have no intentions of supporting anything in D-8 because I don’t know enough to comment on any of them.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Agard-Jones: Yes. Comm. Atallo: No. Comm. Hodges: I vote no on D-1, no on D-2, no on D-8, and yes on the rest. Comm. McDowell: Yes. Comm. Moody: Yes. Comm. Vancheri: Yes. Comm. Santiago: I do have problems with resolutions coming in here late. My vote is yes.

The motion carried.

Items Not Requiring a Vote

PERSONNEL

03-B35. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Deelip Chatterjee Physician/DB,EHS $12,000 12/9/02

03-B36. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Gerardo Joven Tchr./No. 8 $37,019 9/1/02

03-B37. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Joan McKeon Tchr./ECE $49,026 1/27/03

03-B38. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Michelle Vest Occup. Thrpt./ECE $50,228 1/2/03

03-B39. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 26 working in the Extended Day Algebra Program/Extended Day ESPA math, at an amount not to exceed $10,890.00:

Vivian Gaines Judy Manzo

03-B40. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 20 working in the GEPA after school program, at an amount not to exceed $9,504.00:

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Elaine Williams Crystal Dunlap Nanette Parnharm Samuel Ayres Annette Oquendo

03-B41. Approved compensation for Annette Oquendo for providing child care in the GEPA after school program at School No. 20, at an amount not to exceed $1,104.00.

03-B42. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 working in the ESPA after school enrichment program, from December 2002 through May 2003, at an amount not to exceed $7,920.00:

Audrey Wilson Bruce King Alberta Monroe Marie Giegerich

03-B43. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Paulette Waite Acting Director/DSS $3,000 7/1/02 Additional

03-B44. Approved additional compensation for Department of Special Services staff for data entry required by the Corrective Action Plan, from August 27 through October 30, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $10,000.00:

Josephine Arrington Maria Cousins Joyce Everett Sabrina Gerald Sylvia Hughes Sharon Nealy Cynthia Robinson Jannilka Roca Bonnie Williams

03-B45. Approved appointment of coaches for the John F. Kennedy High School Spring Sports, beginning March 2003 and fill vacancies for the Winter Sports Program 2002-2003:

Name Position Ray Schuyler Head Baseball Joseph Andrulli Baseball Assistant Rich McGinnis Baseball Assistant Charles Bell Head Softball Shannon Malone Softball Assistant Colleen Breen-Lopez Softball Assistant Ines Guzman Softball Assistant Ken Samra Head Boys Track Ronald Thomas Track Assistant Gary Moore Track Assistant Vanessa McClure Head Track

Page 39 1/8/03 Donovan Jonah Track Assistant Robert LeProtto Golf Head Maureen O’Connor Head Tennis Mary DeMoor Athletic Academic Advisor Marquis Smalls Girls Basketball Assistant Claude Wilson Girls Basketball Assistant Joe Meyers Head Bowling Ines Guzman Cheerleading Assistant

03-B46. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Noel Gordon Guid. Cnslr./No. 6 Guid. Cnslr./No. 28 10/28/02

03-B47. Approved compensation for Annette Oquendo as instructional assistant for the K-8 after school PEP 21 program at School No. 20, at an amount not to exceed $2,300.00.

03-B48. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Karen Thomany Psychologist/DSS $40,679 + 12/16/02 $1000 stipend

03-B49. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC (One Computer Classroom), on March 11 and March 18, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,310.00:

Maryke Alburg Lizandaa Gillespie Beverly Hill Barbara Malawer Nubia Mendoza Alberta Monroe Laura Osback Sharon Reibel Thalia Salgado Tanya Scott Holly Sparano Juanita Williams Audrey Wilson Antoinette Young

03-B50. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC Inspiration in the Classroom), on March 12 and March 19, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,310.00:

Sheila Carrasquillo Nancy Castro JoAnn Compesi Kenneth Eatman Sergia Felix Lizandaa Gillespie Rebecca Goglia Beverly Hill Claudia Lee Alberta Monroe Thalia Salgado Yesmid Triani Juanita Williams Antoinette Young

Page 40 1/8/03 03-B51. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC (Build Student Literacy), on April 23 and April 30, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,310.00:

Maryke Alburg Kimyetta Bynum Sheila Carrasquillo Kathy Esquiche Beverly Hill Nubia Mendoza Alberta Monroe Tanya Scott Adalila Sibrian Lourdes Tubil Juanita Williams Audrey Wilson Antoinette Young Thalia Salgado

03-B52. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC (Math and the Internet), on May 6 and May 13, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,310.00:

Maryke Alburg Kimyetta Bynum JoAnn Compesi William Conlee Rosemary Deluccia KelliAnne Fowler Mary Gordon Laura Osback Sharon Reibel Thalia Salgado Lourdes Tubil Juanita Williams Audrey Wilson Antoinette Young

03-B53. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC (Reading Skills and the Internet), on May 8 and May 15, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,310.00:

Maryke Alburg JoAnn Compesi KelliAnne Fowler Mary Gordon Beverly Hill Alberta Monroe Laura Osback Sharon Reibel Estelle Rosenberg Thalia Salgado Holly Sparano Lourdes Tubil Audrey Wilson Antoinette Young

03-B54. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC (Intro to Excel and Gradebook Excel), on March 13 and 20, and April 22 and 29, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $4,620.00:

Tracey Arrietta Kimyetta Bynum Shelia Carrasquillo Gina Della Torre Kathy Esquiche Beverly Hill Sherry Hoffman Alberta Monroe Thalia Salgado Tanya Scott Adalila Sibrian Juanita Williams Audrey Wilson Antoinette Young

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03-B55. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in computer training at ETTC (Kidspiration), on February 19 and February 26, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,310.00:

Kimyetta Bynum Rosemary Deluccia KelliAnne Fowler Laura Osback Nubia Mendoza Adalila Sibrian Estelle Rosenberg Audrey Wilson Thalia Salgado Juanita Williams Barbara Malawer Holly Sparano Blanca Martiinez Tanya Scott

03-B56. Approved internal transfers for School No. 5 for the 2002-2003 school year:

Name From To Susan Savino Grade 5 Grades 3,4 Janet Benfatti Grade 5 Grade 7 Brenda Walker Grade 5 Grades 3,4 Wayne Shaw Grade 5 Grade 8 Louis Gill Grade 5 Grade 8 Sheila Fanaras Reading Rcvry Grades 1,2 Evelyn Petrow Reading Rcvry Grades 1,2 Cynthia Brooks Grade 5 Grades 4,8 Annette Kline Grade 4 Grades 7,8 Mercedes Lorenzo Grade 5 Grades 2,3,5,6 Sherron McGoldrich Grade 5 Grades 1,2 William Roman Grade 5 Grades 6,7,8 Margaret Scillieri Grade 5 Audrey Mocco Grade 7 Grades 5,6

03-B57. Approved compensation for staff of John F. Kennedy High School working in the Saturday A.M. Detention Program, at an amount not to exceed $14,256.00:

Alciner Jones Charles Spinella Ivan Madjar Joseph Pardine

03-B58. Approved compensation for staff of John F. Kennedy High School working in the after school Westside Café Enrichment Program, at an amount not to exceed $9,016.00:

Joseph Feoli Debra Slota Raul Carrasquillo Iris Valentin

03-B59. Approved transfer:

Page 42 1/8/03 Name From To Eff. Date Michael Sico Tchr./PANTHER Tchr./JFKHS 11/12/02

03-B60. Approved adjustment of salary for Keith Singer to reflect one-year military service, from Step 2 to Step 3 $42,339, retroactive to September 1, 2002.

03-B61. Approved compensation for staff of Edward W. Kilpatrick School working in the ESPA after school program, from November 2002 through April 2003:

Clara Rico Livia Pepper Lolita Vaughan Carol DeRyder Susan Giust Ramona Guzman Eleanor Conklin Peter Dolese Hilary Schmidt Janine Veolck Ellen Zakian Kathy Rhein Livia Pepper

03-B62. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 working in the after school Challenge and Enrichment Program, at an amount not to exceed $26,520.00:

George Talliseh Maria Carnero Lorena Rutigliano Lena Kalayjian Frank Aita Leighton Yates Edward Mabel Noha Elashri Lynn Tarant Lauren Cavallo Barbara Jarosz Bassima Mustafa Janie Precott Marguerite Andre Cicely Warren Maryann Ziolkowski Elizabeth Reifman Barbara Chiodo Nancy Samra Robin Malone Michelle Dubester Stephanie Fava Gary Kabbash

03-B63. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 for Staff Development Committee meetings, from November 2002 through June 2003, at an amount not to exceed $3,696.00:

Jacqueline Panico Barbara Jarosz Susan Soobzakov Kathleen Belluardo Yvonne Guzman Ruth Acevedo Patricia Marra Debbie Reiher Fawn Kennedy Loralee Karcich Lauren Eid Dara Woods Robin Malone Natalie McGuire

Page 43 1/8/03 03-B64. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 for Assessment Committee meetings, from November 2002 through June 2003, at an amount not to exceed $3,272.00:

Rosemary Moreno Nancy Holtje Cynthia DeAngelo Magda Ludena Lourde Stanton JoAnn Minichino Phyllis Terrana Jacqueline Maio Abdelhamid Eid Karen Conroy Sandra Arlington Ruth Velasquez Lorena Rutigliano

03-B65. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 for Technology Committee meetings, from November 2002 through June 2003, at an amount not to exceed $3,432.00:

Lynn Tarant Marguerite Andre Ellen O’Rourke Cicely Warren Maryann Ziolkowski Bassima Mustafa Ahfaf Allan Sara Mustafa Linda Dale Colleen Breitweiser Leslie Fodi Fawn Kennedy Kerry Ducharme

03-B66. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 for Finance Committee meetings, from November 2002 through June 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,376.00:

Jeanne Murgolo Lauren Cavallo Maryann Ziolkowski James Woodcock Lourde Stanton Amy Huebner Elizabeth Reifman Claudette Tencza Mary Eng Burke

03-B67. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the Academy Fair on October 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,881.00:

Henry Baker Luis Delgado Daniel Dobrygowski Christopher Fabor Nanette Felice Edward Gordon Paul Healy Shamika Hilbert Natalie Jordan Juan Martinez Harry Mount Angeline Piper Joseph Ranieri Vidal Rodriguez Theodore Schoening Alan Sills Debra Slota Vincent Smith

Page 44 1/8/03 03-B68. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the Academy Fair on October 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $148.50:

Patricia Carr Anjenett Ray Myra Winter

03-B69. Approved compensation for Kenneth Sumter for participating in the Academy Fair on October 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $57.75.

03-B70. Approved compensation for Janet Reed for participating in the Academy Fair on October 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $69.00.

03-B71. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the Advisories Training on October 24, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $924.00:

John Clark Steven DiSebastian Paul Giglio Lori Hackney Shamika Hilbert Tara LaMotta Gisela Mercado Mildred Miller Stephen Nebus Maria Rodriguez Reina Rodriguez Elaine Rowin John Super Chris Toomey

03-B72. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the Academy Fair on October 28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00:

Henry Baker Angelo Bonora Ysabel Casilla Charles Coronato Daniel Dobrygowski Eric Ernster Nanette Felice Ramon Galinanes Edward Gordon Paul Healy Natalie Jordan Maria Matano Harry Mount Erik Polo William Ramos Maria Rodriguez Vidal Rodriguez Alan Sills Debra Slota Steven Temple

03-B73. Approved compensation for teachers participating in the Academy Fair on October 28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $99.00:

Patricia Carr Latonya Stafford

03-B74. Approved compensation for instructional assistants participating in the Academy Fair on October 28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $138.00:

Kamala Murphy Janet Reed

Page 45 1/8/03 03-B75. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 21 supervising siblings of children in the GEPA after school program, at an amount not to exceed $805.00:

Marge White Shelly Moore Lizbeth Moran Lorena Medina

03-B76. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Wanda Acosta Social Wrkr./Nos. 18, 19 $37,819 + 12/16/02 $400 stipend

03-B77. Approved compensation for Jackie Vonegosh of School No. 25 to serve as Peer Mediation Advisor during the 2002-2003 school year, at an amount not to exceed $1,000.00.

03-B78. Approved reimbursement for mentoring fees for Melissa DePaola in accordance with state requirement governing mentorship payments, in the amount of $1000.00.

03-B79. Approved transfer:

Name From To Jacalyn Melchiano Tchr./No. 25 Res. Tchr./Cen. Off.

03-B80. Approved substitute teacher applicant:

Jose Maldonado

03-B81. Approved creating position control numbers for two preschool handicapped teacher aides for School No. 1 Temporary Classroom Units.

03-B82. Approved creating position control number for new preschool special education teacher for School No. 1 Temporary Classroom Unit.

03-B83. Approved compensation for Jorge Delatorre for working in the Algebra I Program at the Academy of the Performing Arts, from November 1, 2002 through June 26, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $3,000.00.

03-B84. Approved compensation for Felesha Armstrong as teacher in the after school program at School No. 17, from December 10, 2002 through March 26, 2003.

03-B85. Approved compensation for Maria Ross as lead teacher for the GEPA/ESPA after school program, from November 18, 2002 through May 2003, at an amount not to exceed $1,750.00.

Page 46 1/8/03 03-B86. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 21 for attending SFA Math Wings Training, on February 13, 14, April 30 and May 1, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,376.00:

Beverly Bowman Shannon Downey Sue Gerding Mayling Blanco Geri Taylor Georgette Smith Christine Zimmerman Yamira Infanti Sylvia Jones

03-B87. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 21 for attending SFA Math Wings Training, on February 13, 14, April 30 and May 1, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $2,376.00:

Cathy Bennett Tina Krankel Anne Vitale Irina Sanchez Atondra Friday Kolleen Myers Carol Thompson Shane Zeigler Maria Lorenzi Carol Moore Brenda Spraggins Linda Wexler Sylvia Jones

03-B88. Approved compensation for Candice Cotton as Marching Band Instructor at John F. Kennedy High School, at an amount not to exceed $2,359.00.

03-B89. Approved compensation for Denise Romero to provide training to teachers and support to students in the Therapeutic Learning Center preschool program at School No. 1 Temporary Classroom Unit, at an amount not to exceed $1,000.00.

03-B90. Approved compensation for Patrice Speroni as substitute for the Extended Day Algebra Program at School No. 26.

03-B91. Approved compensation for Arecelis Cruz for working in the Morning Sunshine Club at School No. 26, at an amount not to exceed $2,025.00.

03-B92. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Donna Dalton Perm. Sub./RCS $22,000 12/2/02

03-B93. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Mahmoud Ibrahim Perm. Sub./JFKHS $22,000 12/2/02

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03-B94. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Gianna Caruso Phillip Christensen Thelma Clarke Warren Davis Christopher DeBari Placid Dubissette Harrold Edgar Ronald Gross Azza Hashem William Lee Janneth Marquez Robert McLaren Sunny Paige Esther Pearce Rosario Perez Yanneris Rosario Lawrence Stephens Jodi Stewart George Threshman Silvia Villanueva Lavoisier Wallace Gregory Woods

03-B95. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per contract, to the following employee:

Name Days Joan Kirwan 10

03-B96. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Madeline Roman Supv./Bil/ESL Dept. $71,283 11/25/02

03-B97. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Banmali Banerjee Tchr./EHS $40,479 11/12/02

03-B98. Approved adjustment to salaries of staff based on equivalency credits, retroactive to September 1, 2002:

Name From To Linda Battle $68,165 $70,165 (BA, 15) (BA+30, 15)

Nancy Castro $37,419 $39,419 (BA, 3) (BA+30, 3)

Sharon Dahdah $37,419 $39,419 (BA, 3) (BA+30, 3)

Jennifer DelColle $38,818 $40,818 (BA, 6) (BA+30, 6)

Page 48 1/8/03 Omuluwa Eimakhu $37,819 $39,819 (BA, 5) (BA+30, 5)

Charles Ferrer $38,818 $40,818 (BA, 6) (BA+30, 6)

Leigh Frascatore $37,019 $39,019 (BA, 1) (BA+30, 1)

Rebecca Goglia $37,819 $39,819 (BA, 5) (BA+30, 5)

Ramona Guzman $40,368 $42,368 (BA, 7) (BA+30, 7)

Donna Kerwien $48,861 $50,861 (BA, 12) (BA+30, 12)

Aida Kitchen $68,165 $70,165 (BA, 15) (BA+30, 15)

Ardeena Long $74,834 $76,776 (BA, 17) (BA+30, 17)

Helen Morgenstern $38,818 $40,818 (BA, 6) (BA+30, 6)

Karen Moskal $55,684 $57,684 (BA, 14) (BA+30, 14)

Karen Murray $74,834 $76,776 (BA, 17) (BA+30, 17)

Horace Perkins $37,619 $39,619 (BA, 4) (BA+30, 4)

Donna Petrin $37,619 $39,619 (BA, 4) (BA+30, 4)

Liza Rios $38,818 $40,818 (BA, 6) (BA+30, 6)

Jennifer Schmid $37,819 $39,819 (BA, 5) (BA+30, 5)

Valerie Takvorian $43,855 $45,855 (BA, 9) (BA+30, 9)

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Krista Talerico $37,819 $39,819 (BA, 5) (BA+30, 5)

Rafael Velez $37,219 $39,219 (BA, 2) (BA+30, 2)

Jacinta Vilas $50,228 $52,228 (BA, 13) (BA+30, 13)

Kathleen Walters $37,219 $39,219 (BA, 2) (BA+30, 2)

Margaret Warburton $74,834 $76,776 (BA, 17) (BA+30, 17)

Simone Welcome $38,818 $40,818 (BA, 6) (BA+30, 6)

Joyce Belton $74,834 $78,233 (BA, 17) (MA, 17)

Nellista Bess $37,419 $40,879 (BA, 3) (MA, 3)

Patricia Blayer $37,619 $41,079 (BA, 4) (MA, 4)

Marianne DuBois $39,419 $40,879 (BA+30, 3) (MA, 3)

Roberta Gargirello $76,776 $78,233 (BA+30, 17) (MA, 17)

Pamela Gary $37,219 $40,679 (BA, 2) (MA, 2)

Trista Gatti-Korsak $40,368 $43,828 (BA, 7) (MA, 7)

Edward Gordon $39,819 $41,279 (BA+30, 5) (MA, 5)

Ines Guzman $39,819 $41,279 (BA+30, 5) (MA, 5)

Kathleen Higgins $37,619 $41,079

Page 50 1/8/03 (BA, 4) (MA, 4)

Kelly Hogans $39,819 $41,279 (BA+30, 5) (MA, 5)

Jacqueline Jones $76,776 $78,233 (BA+30, 17) (MA, 17)

Kathi Kellett $74,834 $78,233 (BA, 17) (MA, 17)

Serge Laguerre $37,419 $40,879 (BA, 3) (MA, 3)

Mary Ludlum $48,861 $52,321 (BA, 12) (MA, 12)

Maria Matano $39,819 $41,279 (BA+30, 5) (MA, 5)

Carolyn Mayewski $37,619 $41,079 (BA, 4) (MA, 4)

Stephanie Morris $40,818 $42,278 (BA+30, 6) (MA, 6)

Dawna Pazant $39,619 $41,079 (BA+30, 4) (MA, 4)

Susana Peron $47,566 $49,026 (BA+30, 10) (MA, 10)

Judith Richter $39,419 $40,879 (BA+30, 3) (MA, 3)

Liliana Santos $37,819 $41,279 (BA, 5) (MA, 5)

Christina Scano-Hernandez $37,419 $40,879 (BA, 3) (MA, 3)

Julio Tavarez $39,419 $40,879 (BA+30, 3) (MA, 3)

Nicholas Timpone $39,819 $41,279 (BA+30, 5) (MA, 5)

Page 51 1/8/03 Denisa Wilson-Avery $74,834 $78,233 (BA, 17) (MA, 17)

Ahfaf Allan $41,079 $42,539 (MA, 4) (MA+30, 4)

Teresita Baldanza $47,315 $48,775 (MA, 9) (MA+30, 9)

Patricia Brown $76,776 $79,689 (BA+30, 17) (MA+30, 17)

Charmain Carter $40,879 $42,339 (MA, 3) (MA+30, 3)

Jean-Gresset Charles $41,279 $42,739 (MA, 5) (MA+30, 5)

Carolyn Martin $76,776 $79,689 (BA+30, 17) (MA+30, 17)

Donna Morello $78,233 $79,689 (MA, 17) (MA+30, 17)

Bassima Mustafa $44,236 $47,156 (BA+30, 8) (MA+30, 8)

Madeline Roman $45,855 $48,775 (BA+30, 9) (MA+30, 9)

Amal Saad $43,828 $45,288 (MA, 7) (MA+30, 7)

Carlotta Blakely $81,566 $82,434 (BMA, 7) (BMA+30, 7)

Maura Tuite $42,739 $44,219 (MA+30, 5) (PHD, 5)

03-B99. Approved compensation for physical education teachers to participate in the after school and Saturday training program under the Carol M. White Physical Education grant, at John F. Kennedy High School, Montclair State University Precollegiate Teachers Academy, Schools No. 18 and 21, from October 23, 2002 through June 30, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $80,000.00:

Richard Bernhardt Patrick Pitcher Rayna Totino Sandra Macolino

Page 52 1/8/03 Joseph Contini Rocio Fernandez Charles Bell Donovan Jonah Perla Kleindorst Colleen Lopez Shannon Malone Moses McKenzie Joseph Meyers Gary Moore Maureen O’Connor Quana Phillips Alma Pinder Emily Rome Theodore Sobota Josephine Sumter

03-B100. Approved compensation for administrators supervising the after school and Saturday Training Sessions under the Carol M. White Physical Education grant, at John F. Kennedy High School, Montclair State University Precollegiate Teachers Academy, Schools No. 18 and 21, from October 23, 2002 through June 30, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $3,424.00:

Eileen Shafer Anna Adams Frank Bonadies Edward Leppert

03-B101. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 5 participating in the CES Fall Forum, from November 14-16, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,056.00:

Stephanie Hecht Michael Belmont

03-B102. Approved compensation for Arleen Weil of School No. 16 for participating in the CES Fall Forum, from November 14-16, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

03-B103. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 25 working in the GEPA after school program, from November 19, 2002 through March 6, 2003, at an amount not to exceed $6,336.00:

Reyne Brady Laura Hope Carolyn Jenkins Lisa DeAngelo Annette Elton Lois Perez Madiha Bayramoglu

03-B104. Approved compensation for Jose Rodriguez according to the procedures and guidelines of Adult Education funds, for the 2002-2003 school year, at an amount not to exceed $990.00.

03-B105. Approved change in funding for Miriam Lopez to No Child Left Behind, Title III funds.

03-B106. Approved creating three position control numbers at Edward W. Kilpatrick School through the 2002-2003 Whole School Reform Budget.

Page 53 1/8/03 03-B107. Approved changing position control number 2867 from 7th grade teacher at School No. 24 to 7th grade social studies teacher.

03-B108. Approved adjustment to salaries of instructional assistant staff based on equivalency credits, effective September 1, 2002:

Name To Maria Aquilar $28,426 (Level V, 6)

Steve Brown $24,748 (Level II, 7)

Jessica Campos $24,157 (Level III, 3)

Timothy Capers $26,660 (Level V, 3)

Lori Cobb $27,878 (Level IV, 6)

Rosie Cox $23,183 (Level II, 5)

Verraina Freeman $27,878 (Level IV, 6)

Maritza Geigel $26,312 (Level IV, 4)

Belitza Lopez-Callegari $37,387 (Level III, 13)

Jeanne Mack $23,957 (Level III, 2)

Renan Marquez $29,991 (Level V, 8)

Lamar Miller $26,312 (Level IV, 4)

Kathleen Moon $28,659 (Level IV, 7)

Jessica Negit $24,157 (Level III, 3)

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Glenda O’Koro $40,109 (Level V, 13)

Jennifer O’Neal $25,712 (Level IV, 1)

Elizabeth Pizarro $22,001 (Level II, 2)

Raul Quispe $24,357 (Level III, 4)

Luz Vega $35,213 (Level II, 13)

Bondell Webb $37,387 (Level III, 13)

OTHER BUSINESS

Comm. Agard-Jones: I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I do hope that the Board, during the course of this year, decides on a process for operating. I do hope that in our work sessions we continue to get the information that we request.

Comm. Atallo: I, too, would like to wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. When we conduct our meetings, I agree that we should do it civilly but also follow the rules and the law. As emotionally charged as some issues may be, it is not appropriate… Sometimes people are biting at the bit to say things but we have to refrain because issues regarding personnel and legal matters are not appropriate to discuss in an open forum. It is just not appropriate and we should refrain from doing that. That is all I have to say. I wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Comm. Hodges: There are a number of concerns that we are facing educationally and I really need the public to understand that what you are seeing in the meeting is not the sum total of what goes on in this district and on this Board. This meeting is an agenda prepared, in large part, by the Superintendent. It does not address all of the educational issues and sometimes those things occur out of sight. What you see here is a procedure and a process which in no way captures the sum total of the activities of these Board members, certainly not myself. When people sit here and say let’s do things for the children, I certainly applaud that. But that is not necessarily enough. We need some real facts and some actions that really work to the benefit of these children, but that is not happening enough. We still have a bad situation. One of our high schools is in dire straits, at least one, and I hope that corrective action on that particular high school commences immediately before something substantial happens over there. We have some processes that need to occur in terms of basic skills for our students, such as taking notes, doing homework, studying skills, etc. We have not made that a

Page 55 1/8/03 priority for our students and these are some of the issues that we have to address, which won’t occur in front of you. Frankly, we have to be better at assessing what goes on in those classrooms in terms of teaching. Until some of those things happen, we can sit up here behind this podium and say how wonderful we are and how we love the children but until we get some of those questions and problems addressed, it won’t be worth the paper it is written on. Thank you.

Comm. Moody: I would just like to say to this panel and to the citizenry that education is just not the problem of education alone. Things in our country and in our society are in disarray but to correct it will take all facets of our society. There are a lot of things that have to be done in education but there are a lot of things that have to be done in our homes, in our churches, in our social service agencies, and in our judicial system – every facet of our society. We have to come together to support and correct education. We can go back and forth with the blame, from one educator to another educator, but it is going to take all of us. If the African proverb has ever meant anything or has ever been true, it really takes a whole village to bring this education situation in order. While we struggle in the area of education, we have to begin to put some effort into our families, into our homes, and into the rest of the community. It is not going to be solved just looking towards the Board of Education to correct it. We have a lot of work to do and I hope that we, as a body and as a community of those interested in education, will commit ourselves to do our best to correct some of these. I find that with all the talent, we don’t operate in good faith. There is bad faith whenever we try to solve a problem and that has to cease.

Comm. Vancheri: I just want to say Happy New Year to everyone. Hopefully it will be a healthy one for everyone. We sit here for many months having meetings after meetings but never have we taken the time out to thank the camera people that are always here every meeting – the two young ladies and the gentleman. You deserve a round of applause. They are not only monitoring us through the cameras but they also have to listen to what is happening throughout the district. They are students and they are hearing it firsthand – the bickering that is going on. We are nine individuals. We are nine Board members. We all have different ideas. Excuse me, eleven. We are not all going to think alike. I have four kids and each one of them have their different opinion of things. But when it comes to the kids, we all share the same thing. We want the best for the children of Paterson. I want to commend the committee that took the task of bringing up Dr. Napier’s name for School No. 4. Even though I did not serve on that committee, I felt that I was also instrumental in pushing for that because I worked along with him hand-in-hand before the takeover. I served on the Board with him and we became very close. I want to commend the Superintendent for taking the task and not waiting too long because it was long overdue. Hopefully, when the ceremony does take place, every one that he helped in the district will be there to share the moment with the family. Thank you.

Comm. McDowell: I just wanted to mention two things. I just want to say publicly congratulations to David Thompson, the young man who graduated from Eastside High School and is currently part of Ohio State University’s number one football team. Congratulations from your home, Paterson, New Jersey, for that accomplishment.

Page 56 1/8/03 Reflecting on Dr. Napier, I want to say congratulations and well done to the committee. It is oftentimes a sweet but sad issue. I just want to recite a quick tribute to Dr. Napier.

There was an old man going a lone highway who came at evening cold and gray to a chasm that was vast and deep and wide and through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed that twilight dim - that sullen stream had no fear for him. But he turned when safe on the other side and he built a bridge to span the tide. “ Old man”, cried out a pilgrim near, “you are wasting your time building here. Your journey will be done by evening day, never again must you come this way. You have crossed this chasm vast and wide. Why build you this bridge at even tide”. The old man lifted his head and said, “Dear friend, in the path that I have come there follows after me today some youth whose feet must come this way. That sullen stream that was naught to me – to that fair-haired youth a pitfall may be. He or she must also cross that twilight dim. Good friend, I am building this bridge for them”.

I believe that, in part, sums up Dr. Napier’s life. He was a bridge builder and he made many sacrifices. I believe that we are benefiting from them as we speak today. Thank you.

Comm. Generals: First of all, Happy New Year to everyone. I would like to extend thank you to the three young ladies behind us. I am amazed that they are able to capture the minutes and keep track of the votes. I think they deserve a thank you and a vote of appreciation for their efforts as well. I would like to thank Ms. Taliaferro for her kind comments. I would be remiss if I didn’t point out to you that an individual in this audience right now who was very responsible for whatever success I might have had is Mr. Kline, who spoke so eloquently and passionately about the needs of this district. I would like to thank him for being my mentor and my principal at Eastside High School during my formative years. I think we did do something right tonight – naming the building after Dr. Napier. I think the children of this city can now see a name on a building and know that that name represents the possibilities of life. You can come from the City of Paterson and have disadvantages in your life, but through hard work and perseverance, you too can be successful and admired and acknowledged and the ultimate blessing of having your name on a building. So, I think we did do something right. It is a small thing but in a city of 27,000 students, if we inspire a couple of kids by that very small gesture I think we have really done something good. I would like to remind everyone that in a couple of weeks we will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. It is the first holiday coming in the new year and I urge you all to begin thinking of the principles upon which his legacy is based. Those principles include freedom, opportunity, equality, and democracy. We need to be reminded that we are all, everyone sitting in this room and the viewing audience, responsible for the success of the education provided to the students of the City of Paterson. The only way that we can provide and ensure those principles of success that are so eloquently represented in the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King is through education. It is a good time to begin thinking about those basic principles upon which we all base our lives and hope our students to aspire to. Again, thank you and we will see you in a couple of weeks.

Page 57 1/8/03 Comm. Sanchez: (Beginning of new tape)…I want to wish a Happy New Year to all of you. I just want to remind everybody that besides the obstacles and the problems that we can see and hear about, this is a year full of opportunity for us to make a difference for this district. I hope that this body can really accomplish this mission. We have very important issues and decisions and tasks to accomplish this year. I just hope that we can really hear from the public. I really want to thank the public for coming here to remind us all of what our true mission is and I feel they really talk to my heart. I appreciate that from the public and I really wish that more people and concerned parents would come here to remind us of our mission. It is a great year to accomplish many things and I hope we can help this district to move ahead. Thank you.

Comm. Sayegh: First, I would like to wish everyone a peaceful and prosperous 2003. Hopefully the new year will see Paterson move forward continuously. I would like to reiterate something I stated in the workshop yesterday regarding the public portion. There was some talk of the designation of a parliamentarian so that perhaps the public could receive a response from the Commissioners being addressed with concerns. I certainly want to state for the record that I am all in favor of the designation of a parliamentarian who can help us facilitate the process during the public portion. I want to commend Mr. Henry Focacci because Paterson is not only proud of its diversity. It is also proud of its history and we need to take care of our treasures. We have many treasures. Speaking of treasures, we know what our most cherished treasures are and those are our children. We will continue to do that but actions speak louder than words. Hopefully we can put our muscle behind this and make continued progress in 2003. I also want to commend Comm. McDowell for conducting the first round of interviews this past Monday with the superintendent candidates. I certainly believe that we displayed civility and professionalism while we were interviewing the individuals. Comm. Generals brought up Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. An event that is taking place on this great humanitarian’s birthday is a basketball tournament for charity. The proceeds will be going to the family of James Watson who is a graduate of Paterson Catholic. Mr. Watson, on August 19, 2001, was one week away from entering his first year of college and was unfortunately hit by a drunk driver and has been in a coma since. I want to invite everyone right here to John F. Kennedy on January 20th at 4:30 for the Hoops Challenge – First Annual, with the proceeds going to Mr. Watson. I would like to say that I will certainly take particular pride in driving by School No. 4 – Dr. Frank Napier’s school. Thank you.

Dr. Duroy: I just would like to extend recognition to yet one more person in the Superintendent’s office that helps to put these packets together and stands in front of the photo machine and carries and lugs for us. He is a high school student. Yazan Abaza is from John F. Kennedy High School. I hope he is not discouraged and I hope he becomes a superintendent in the future. Welcome Yazan and I am glad you joined us to see all the fruits of a lot of the labor that you put in.

Comm. Atallo: Since we are throwing bouquets, what about our good friend Joe Zoppo who records the meetings? Stand up, Joe.

Comm. Santiago: I would like to just say one thing. We had a couple of critics and a couple of attacks but I must say this. Once upon a time, a little donkey fell inside a well.

Page 58 1/8/03 The donkey couldn’t get out and they kept looking at him inside the well. The donkey kept looking up the well and said there was no way for him to get out. What happened? They kept throwing rocks at the little donkey and saying bad words to the donkey. The donkey just kept looking up. Little did they know that those little rocks, little by little, were just piling up one on top of another and in time the donkey was free and jumped out. The well had piled up with so many rocks and he was gone. I am trying to say that no matter how many rocks you throw at me, that is the stronger I get.

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

The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.

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