MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

November 19, 2008 – 7:00 p.m. John F. Kennedy High School

Presiding: Comm. Jonathan Hodges, President

Present: Dr. Dennis Clancy, Interim State District Superintendent Mark Tabenkin, Esq., General Counsel Mr. Mark Kramer, State Monitor

Comm. Zenaida Almario Comm. Errol Kerr, Vice President Comm. Theodore Best Comm. Waheedah Muhammad Comm. Wendy Guzman Comm. Willa Mae Taylor Comm. Danilo Inoa

Absent: Ms. Frances Finkelstein, Business Administrator

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

Comm. Hodges 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 November 19, 2008 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 Arab Voice, El Diario, the Italian Voice, the North Jersey Herald News, and the Record.

REPORT OF STATE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

Dr. Clancy: I’d like to include three issues in my report. First of all, by way of information just to let the Board know, Ms. Finkelstein will not be here this evening. Her husband had an accident, so she won’t be here tonight. If there are any questions relative to fiscal, I’ll do my best or I’ll get back to you with the answer. The other issue I’d like to speak to is in response to a couple of parents who called me relative to some concerns that have been

Page 1 11/19/08 discussed through the community and about an incident that occurred at one of our schools, School 10. It involved a staff member who in response to an issue with a concern about alleged mold in the building we sent an environmental expert over, in fact did an examination, and confirmed that there was no mold in that school. The concern was not valid but that staff member acted in an inappropriate way towards the students and the staff, and the district has very little tolerance for the kind of behavior and the statements that were made. The individual has been removed from the school and actually from the classroom. We want the parents to know that there is no environmental issue in that school. We apologize for any overreaction caused by this individual and we are providing some guidance and support for kids who were, in fact, overly concerned about something that didn’t exist. In fact, we are having a meeting and I know Dr. Douge is scheduling a meeting for parents at the school. If there are any questions or issues, I believe she is trying to set it up for tomorrow evening. At this point, the situation as far as we are concerned in terms of both the environment and the staff member, we have dealt with it and we consider the matter closed. We can’t go into any details in public anyway, but enough parents were concerned about either the mold or the way in which children were spoken to and, in fact, I want to assure people we have zero tolerance for this kind of behavior, and students and parents should not be subjected to it. So we have acted, I think, rather strongly and I congratulate the staff in the school for responding in a way that’s appropriate in the interest of the school. The third thing, which I think is a mixed message, is that the Abbott ruling came in as we were meeting the other night. The Board and the administration had a workshop with School Boards relative to governance and we have been working pretty hard on policies and regulations. But during the meeting we knew that we were waiting for the decision and so rather than me try to interpret it, I have asked Mark to kind of give us an outline of what the decision was so that we have a common understanding. Obviously, there is much time for this to settle out, but I think it’s important that the Board and the community know what this ruling said and then we’ll see over time what it really means for us. So I’m going to turn it over to Mark Tabenkin.

Mr. Tabenkin: I’m going to try to give a very brief Readers’ Digest version of the decision. Members of the Board should have received a memorandum from Richard Shapiro, who is special counsel to the district for Abbott related litigation, which sets forth his view of the significance of the case. Essentially, the State Supreme Court disagreed with the state’s contention that their determination of the adequacy of the 2008 funding formula should govern and place upon the state the burden of proving that the new formula is, in fact, adequate. That determination is going to be made by a special master who is the assignment judge in superior court in Hackensack and he will be required to render a decision within 60 days after the close of testimony. If prior cases give any guide, we can anticipate that it’s going to take the better part of a year for this to play out. In the meanwhile, the decision leaves open the possibility of requesting supplemental funding for the 2008-2009 school year and that is an issue that obviously we’ll have to examine. Additionally, we now have to prepare the 2009-2010 budget on the assumption that Abbott remains viable. So the decision yesterday was essentially good news for the Abbott districts. Abbott is not dead, but it’s not clear whether it’s going to survive the next round.

Comm. Taylor: We’ll see to that.

Dr. Clancy: I would like to just point out that relative to the issue of the supplemental funding and the way that the budgets were handled, if you recall four years ago I was here and we ended up requesting and going through a long appeal for supplemental funding because we felt that we were under-funded. We were successful on that funding because in fact when we looked at funding across the state, Paterson was not receiving

Page 2 11/19/08 its just equitable per pupil allocation. So we did get some concessions from the state. But whether or not we can go back and prove the same kind of inequities I’m not sure so we’re looking at that. We are moving ahead with 2009-2010 with the idea that funding is in place and we’re going to also be checking to make sure how we hold up against the other Abbott districts as well. So we have to make a decision whether or not it’s in our best interest to proceed seeking supplemental funding and that’s where we are now. We’ve started the budget process. Obviously you’ll be getting the budget during the January-February timeline that we talked about the other night and we’ll see where we go. The building principals are working on their budgets for next year and central office is beginning next week. It’s actually good news that we have Abbott to work with for this year and for next year.

REPORT OF BOARD PRESIDENT

Comm. Hodges: Before I go further, I need to caution the audience that the use of cell phones and/or other electronic equipment, other than laptops, which are something of a strain, in the audience causes us some difficulty. So we are requesting that you refrain from use or leave the auditorium while you are using them. Thank you very much. I have a number of items that I want to touch on. I want to piggyback on the Superintendent’s and Mr. Tabenkin’s remarks regarding the Supreme Court decision. When the Abbott decision was first passed we explained to people of the community that this is a two- edged sword. We explained that we had to very quickly demonstrate that that money would make significant changes because there were a lot of people who were anxious to take it back. We had to demonstrate that there would be progress as a result of this Abbott funding, and failure to do so would lead to a rising course of people trying to reclaim those dollars for their respective communities and, quite frankly, for their children. There has been mixed results, but what’s getting out in the statewide community is that there are no improvements as a result of the Abbott dollars. They don’t see children going to college or graduating and being productive citizens at the level that they think should occur. They don’t hear about the successes of Abbott children. On nj.com there was an article which described the court decision online. If you read the article and then scrolled down, there were a series of comments offered by our fellow New Jerseyites and I’m going to read you a few of them because I want you to understand the climate that’s out there. Here is one posted by NP27, “Maybe if you give them a third big pay increase they’ll change their minds. What is the criteria to be an Abbott district? How often is it reviewed to see if the community still qualifies? There are at least 580 other districts that would like to be qualified Abbott districts as well. Those of us who pay taxes are getting a little sick of paying for those schools only to hear of their failure to improve, millions in waste and theft and unrealistic salaries and benefits for administrators. I’m sick of seeing my tax dollars being spent on the children of non-taxpaying deadbeats.” This was posted by JRH1024, “The judiciary has already proven itself incapable of addressing this matter in a manner that is satisfactory to the taxpayers who shoulder the burden of these special needs districts. Any potential for change must come from the legislature, which must rewrite the law in such a way that the judiciary cannot legislate from the bench. Fat chance of that happening in this liberal-laden state, though. Implosion of the state is inevitable.” Posted by TMDD, “Until the people of poorer communities and politicians stop measuring the success of a school district by how much it spends per pupil, this nonsense will never end and the taxpayer will continue to spend millions with no results. They might as well burn the money. At least they’ll be able to heat the schools.” Posted by AWS, “If the only solution to our failing inner city schools was as easy as throwing money at the districts full of students who simply don’t want to learn. The problem starts at home with parents “parent” that fail to make education a priority. Do you think they have the equivalent of Abbott school districts in China? I bet not!” Posted by Malignancy, “How about instead of spending billons on students that are a waste of time since they

Page 3 11/19/08 don’t want to learn or better themselves, stop forcing social promotions and boot the bad apples out of the bunch before they rot the good ones. How hard is it to see that regardless of race, if a student is trouble and doesn’t want to learn, they need to be removed from the schools to save the school system? The last thing we need is for schools to be social hangouts. It’s a place to get an education and strive to succeed, not a social hangout.” “So, the goonies win again! $20k per student and they still can’t read or write at grade level. Let’s face it! You can’t fix stupid. Throwing good money after bad is stupid, yet we continue to do it. When the state finally goes bankrupt, I’ll be having one heck of a party. Legislation from the bench is not law. You could have told them to stick it, yet you and all others follow this blindly. The cities are problems. 20 to 30 years ago you didn’t see education in shambles in New Jersey. You know why you do now? Both parents have to work in order to support families. Why? Taxes! A child in North Carolina gets a better education for one third the cost of one in New Jersey. Again why? We keep throwing good money after bad. Tenure needs to go. A thousand lazy teachers need to be cut. Administrators need to be fired and then maybe after the unions stop crying, which the NJ teachers unions are illegal, we’ll finally get some results. I grew up in a so- called Abbott district, as did many of my friends. We’re all doing well. Interesting how the case was based on the 1970’s.” This is what’s reverberating out statewide and make no mistake about it – they’re talking about us. They are looking at the test scores. They are looking at the SRA rates. They are looking at the dropout rates. They are looking at the fact that our students entering 9th grade and entering with a 4.5 reading average and a 4.5 math average. They are asking why they are putting their children at risk for those kinds of results. Now, they have legislators, too. They have people who they talk to, who they get on the phone and call, who they get on the phone and complain to, and these notes will be landing in the hands of people who aren’t friends to Abbott districts. So, this is again a mixed decision. We are going to have to come together and really take a look at the effort that we’re all putting into the educational performance of our students. That’s everybody from the top administrators to the Board of Education to teachers to other staff people, right on down to the students and their parents. If the Abbott money goes, it will be a long time before we’re able to get back into that educational game in terms of the money because they’re not going to revisit this without a great deal of difficulty. This is a serious problem and more than just yelling about them and being concerned about how nasty and how uninformed they are, we need to be minding these thoughts and these ideas for the kernels of truth that are there and fix it before we run out of time. The next order of business is A3394. This is a piece of legislation that is working its way through the legislature. The idea is to create a Type 3 School Board. A Type 3 School Board means that the Mayor appoints three people, the Department of Education appoints three people, and the community gets to elect three representatives to the School Board. Now, the problem with this from our point of view is that you lose the ability to control as a community your School Board. Included in that is the fact that you don’t even get a chance to vote on this legislation because it gets implemented by vote of the City Council. So the City Council can pass an ordinance after you get back to local control taking away your local School Board. That’s the purpose of the legislation. Strangely enough, there are only four out of the 611 districts who were named as principals in this legislation – Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Elizabeth. Nobody else! I’ll leave it to your understanding and to your conjecture as to what they’re trying to get to and what they’re trying to say to you. This may have some votes coming too because when I was down in Atlantic City there was the chairperson of the assembly’s education committee who was tallying this legislation as something to watch in the future. Ladies and gentlemen, I hope it’s becoming very clear to us that our ability to impact our children’s education is in danger and in part it’s through our efforts or lack of efforts. We have got to be better at producing results because there are lots of people who are very anxious to take that home rule away from us and that tide is increasing. Lastly, I had an occasion to visit a school at the behest of some teachers to get a demonstration of the use of smartboards

Page 4 11/19/08 in our schools. It’s a nice piece of technology, which replaces the blackboard with a computer interface so that the blackboard becomes, in essence, a touch screen to a computer. So you can have Internet access and you can have interactive class lessons where the students go to the blackboard and interact with the computer. The teachers were extremely excited about it – some of them. The problem is that these cost about $1,100 apiece and not everybody in the district is embracing them. Certain teachers are excited about them because their students are becoming engaged, their students want to spend the time watching the lessons and getting involved in the lessons, and their students are participating in ways that they haven’t seen in recent memory. I don’t know how many classrooms we have in this district – maybe something approaching 1,000 – but we don’t have that kind of money to buy 1,000 smartboards. I don’t know how many we have now, but we are a long way away from being able to put one in every single classroom. But to watch the enthusiasm of the teachers as they were explaining what capabilities they had and what possibilities they had for teaching, their excitement and energy, belies the statement by some people that teachers don’t care. Some of them do. Many of them do. Unfortunately, we are going to have to come together and make some very tough decisions about how we put our money and where we put our money and what kinds of emphasis we take and what kinds of directions we pick for the future. The money isn’t going to be there and we are going to have to be smarter in our decision-making. We are going to have to be more inventive with the things that we have and we are going to have to reach out to our communities in new ways in order to get them to do things that they haven’t been doing in recent memory. That concludes my report.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

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

Comm. Hodges: At this time, the first person interested in addressing the School Board please approach the podium. Three minutes per person.

Ms. Jennifer Parnell: Good evening. My biggest concern is the Princeton Review Program, which was a tutor program that was supposed to be coming to the JFK High School or actually the district of Paterson. I can’t get any answers about what’s going on. My son is a senior and will be graduating in June. However, I thought this program was going to be in force this month coming up and so far nobody knows what’s going on. So I don’t know if you guys are aware of the Princeton Review.

Dr. Clancy: Yes, I am. The Board had an action item to approve our participation in that. It was in fact on the agenda for tonight. It was pulled from voting tonight because Princeton lost the funding for that entire project. So I’m assuming, and I don’t know the reason why, it was a grant application and we agreed to go in with them. They submitted it for their funding and they did not receive the funding. So the project really isn’t available for us or anyone else. That just happened and we pulled it off. I think we were notified of that earlier this week.

Ms. Parnell: I guess that leaves the parents to come out of their pockets with money to pay for tutors to get the kids to get their SAT scores up so they can get into college.

Dr. Clancy: There is a difference between offering the classes. If we have Princeton Review classes, then that’s different from the Princeton Leadership Connection, the program that I’m talking about. So the leadership component for the students is the one

Page 5 11/19/08 that wasn’t funded. There are available activities in the schools actually to help students with SAT prep. We offer that in our schools and we pay for that.

Ms. Parnell: That’s like after school or when is that?

Dr. Clancy: Frankly, I would have to check on exactly which school and when it’s offered because sometimes we offer it before or after school, and sometimes during school as a course. So I have to check and find out. I wouldn’t know exactly.

Ms. Parnell: I really need to find that out because like I said my son is a senior and his scores need to come up. He plays football and football is over now and his scores need to come up for college. The first score he has is not going to get him where he needs to go.

Dr. Clancy: He really could check right in guidance and find out if it’s available in the school that he’s in and when it’s available. I’ll follow up.

Ms. Parnell: You can check the guidance but sometimes they act like they don’t know what’s going on. They are lost, too. Everybody is lost. My son is a senior and I don’t have time to waste. June is going to be here before you know it.

Dr. Clancy: I understand.

Ms. Parnell: And the SATs are coming up in December and January, so the scores need to go up.

Dr. Clancy: I understand.

Ms. Parnell: Thank you.

Mr. Keith Stephenson: Hello. Good night everyone. My name is Keith Stephenson and I am the Vice President of the Paterson Youth Council. You might have heard of it. We are teens and we are an organization headed by Theodore Best. We are an organization of just teens trying to figure out different ways to improve Paterson and I’m the vice president. The president could not make it today, so I’m here taking notes and learning about the schools and what’s going on in this department. We have another meeting this Saturday at 32 Spruce Street. If anybody has any of their kids or wants to come out to the meeting, the Paterson Youth Council has a meeting.

Comm. Hodges: What time is that meeting?

Mr. Stephenson: The meeting is at 10:00 a.m. at 32 Spruce Street, the Paterson Youth Council. We just try to figure out different ways to improve Paterson. Thank you.

Ms. Lutfiyyah Chain: Hello, my name is Lutfiyyah Chain and I attend Eastside High School. I am the Treasurer of the Paterson Youth Council. There is one thing that I wanted to address that you guys talked about, which is the teachers in my school. There are some teachers that I have already or that I had before that don’t teach or barely teach anything because of the students in there. Basically, all the good kids that want to learn can’t learn because the teachers either want to quit the job because the kids make them or they feel as though nobody is listening so they punish the good kids, which gives the bad kids the advantage. It’s like I’m not going to listen to you so don’t teach and the teachers actually do that. They do not teach anything. To me it’s not fair for us to be punished because of teachers inside Eastside that feel they can come to work and still

Page 6 11/19/08 get paid if they do not teach the kids. That’s something they should not tell the kids at all. That’s exactly what I wanted to say.

Comm. Hodges: Thank you very much for coming and sharing that with us. It is our hope that all of our students derive the best possible educational opportunities at all of our schools and we will work to enhance those educational opportunities.

Ms. Chain: Okay. Thank you.

Dr. Hani Awadallah: Good evening, Hani Awadallah, 964 Main Street. I just really don’t know where to start here. These three minutes, Dr. Hodges, which you really instituted for us, are not really enough. We should really go back to five because I don’t want to waste two minutes arguing with you about the time. First of all, I want to really congratulate all the people and the kids in Paterson for the ruling which took place by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. In New Jersey we really have more than our share of corrupt politicians, but we do have one of the best opinions for the nation, which really came from this state. For us to have this 5-0 for the poor kids in the State of New Jersey really speaks volumes. I want to congratulate those people also who went with us down to Trenton demonstrating because I’m sure that really has its effect and we are going to be keeping the pressure until all these politicians here in this district, in New Jersey and in Paterson know what is right and what is really good for their constituents. Dr. Hodges, you mentioned people calling from the other districts for their representative and their responding. The tragedy here is that our representative listened to the Rush Limbaugh of this state and those people should be definitely ousted from this legislature and any other legislature, regardless of how long they have been in the legislature. We should really see to it that they are out and out for good because if somebody actually pays attention to make the swing vote against the kids in Paterson and the poor kids in New Jersey, then they should be out. And we know who they are. We should really see to it that they are out, ladies and gentlemen. I just want to say something here for some of the remarks that you quoted, Dr. Hodges. They say millions are spent on students who don’t want to learn. I just want to mention that from this very school right here, an immigrant student who did not even speak English when she arrived to this country actually graduated from this very school and she went to finish her medical education at Harvard where she is teaching now in the medical school at Harvard. This very last summer we had a program at Montclair State called Forward Bound and we have 12 students in that program, six of which were from Paterson Public Schools. I asked their instructors how they are doing and they said it’s amazing that these kids are so good, they want to learn so much, and they really love being there. Those are the kids who millions should not really be spent on them. Every single penny these kids receive in funding is well-deserved. Ladies and gentlemen, we should really keep the pressure. Paterson and the kids in Paterson deserve every single penny they get and that is their right. We should let those politicians who really pander to their bosses in Trenton know where we stand. Next November, they are out and we should see to it that they are out. Thank you.

Ms. Michele Tobias: Good evening, Michele Tobias, 12th Avenue, Paterson. I would like to ask a question on some of the academies. Do you have liaisons in any of these academies? You can wait until I finish everything, if you want to. I’m a little mad at School 2 today. I have a grandson that goes to School 2 and as a parent this is what I do – caring about the children. I go to Target and I buy lots and lots of books and pencils to give to children that don’t have school supplies. I buy hats and gloves for not only my grandson, but also for other children who don’t have them. When my daughter and I sent my grandson to school two weeks ago, one of the teachers took his hat. My grandson said he put the hat on a couple of times because he forgot and this particular teacher took the hat and kept the hat for two weeks. I’m not too happy with that because when I send

Page 7 11/19/08 him to school I want him to be nice and warm so when he gets there he can learn. I just had to mention that because we have to teach some teachers that these are children and children do forget a lot of things. I’m not saying School 2 has a bunch of bad teachers because they have a lot of good ones in there as well. But I want this particular teacher, if my grandson and other kids do that, to give these hats and gloves back to these children before they go home because we send them with these things to keep them warm and to keep the rain off them. I didn’t appreciate it. Dr. Clancy, I would like to meet with you again because that little matter that we all spoke about hasn’t been taken care of. Thank you.

Dr. Clancy: Regarding your question on the liaisons, because of the size of some of the schools and the number of liaison vacancies we have, I know the staff is looking at providing support through a team to handle several academies versus one per school. I know they are working on that. There were a lot of positions that we had vacant where people left. We don’t have the money to expand, but we are looking at reorganizing and getting more coverage for the smaller schools. Obviously in the large high schools they have fulltime liaisons, but as far as I know that’s where we stand with that. But I’ll check specifically for each academy.

Ms. Tobias: So if you needed to talk to someone and there is no liaison, who do you talk to?

Dr. Clancy: Well, the first thing I would go to the principal or the lead teacher of the building because they are there all the time. If not, I know Ms. Kathy Kellett is the administrator who is the principal over those academy schools. But if you need some help, I would call Mr. Kemper McDowell at the parent resource center and he can hook you up with the parent coordinators for the district if someone isn’t in that school. That’s what I would do.

Ms. Tobias: Thank you.

Mr. Wilkin Santana: Wilkin Santana. I would like to thank the Superintendent for his commitment to supporting the World Languages Program of our district. I’m very glad I was able to meet with you and other Board of Education members who support this program, which is a core curriculum content area that we need to uplift its quality. But I’m here to talk about other things. I was not here the last Board meeting but Hispanic Heritage Month was celebrated nationwide and we need to re-emphasize that we can celebrate any month, Hispanic Heritage Month or Women’s Heritage Month, but we need to celebrate our achievements as a community. We need to remind ourselves that our children are doing good, but they could be doing better. We need to remind our parents that they really need to work harder making sure their kids, our kids, are doing their homework and not coming to school with sandals and shoes without socks. Kids will be getting sick if they are not properly clothed for this winter. So I’m making a call out there to any Good Samaritan small business owner to make a couple of donations in terms of winter coats because we do have very poor children who don’t have the proper clothing for the winter. We need to make sure parents check our kids’ homework daily and be engaged with the teachers in their child’s education. That’s the American Dream. For many Hispanics or many immigrants who don’t speak the language, it’s harder and we need to make sure our new immigrants learn English, assimilate into the American society, and become citizens who can give back to our community. Regarding a comment that was made about Eastside High School, I graduated from Eastside High School and I did not know how to speak English when I was there. I am a product of Abbott education. I am a schoolteacher at School 21 and Eastside High School gave me a good education. The teachers there are great. I’m surprised to hear that comment. I

Page 8 11/19/08 can’t speak for all the teachers, but there are many good teachers at Eastside High School who work very, very hard. Also, I want to say that since we have limited resources it would be a good idea to institute an adopt-a-classroom program through the local Chamber of Commerce. Maybe we can institute an adopt-a-classroom program so we can increase the funding for science labs or language labs or reading books, like the Rotary Club that donated dictionaries and books to many schools. That’s something I’m going to look into to try to see if we can help. Thank you very much for your time.

Mr. Fernando Martinez: Good evening. I’m a community organizer with the Statewide Education Organizing Committee and with the Paterson Education Organizing Committee. We are a new group in Paterson. We are an independent parent’s voice and we truly want to thank you all who supported the rallies to Trenton and who came on the bus to fight against the SFRA. I want to say that the poor districts and the poor children in Paterson deserve the same education as the others in the rich districts. I want to say that as long as we don’t get organized here in Paterson and as long as we don’t put our own agenda on the side, it doesn’t matter what group we represent or what church we go to. As long as we don’t get together and we don’t organize and we don’t improve our student’s achievement and work and fight for equal education, we are not going to see the future of Paterson. Paterson is very rich and I was very impressed when I first moved to Paterson with the history. I was very impressed with the potential of Paterson, but I also see that we are kind of disorganized and divided. I want to say that now while the School Funding Reform Act wanted to get away from the Abbott regulations tomorrow we are going to talk about the high school redesign and the secondary education transformation, if anyone is aware of that. We are going to talk about the Type 3 Board of Education. Later on they are going to come out with something else, but if we don’t find out what is going on and learn what we can do they are always going to keep the parent’s voices out. The SFRA took away the parent’s participation among other things. The high school redesign doesn’t have any parent’s participation either. The Type 3 Board of Education leaves three positions for the community to elect. What’s going to happen if something goes wrong? Who do we need to go to, to the Mayor, to the State, or to whom? The whole purpose is to confuse the community and to keep us divided – Latinos, African Americans, Arabic community, etc. If we don’t realize that we must get along together everybody, it doesn’t matter the nationality or the language or the accent, we must get along together. I really want you to appreciate that. We are willing to work together. I want to say that in the future we have to get organized. Again, the fight doesn’t end right here. We must continue fighting. I’m asking you to put your own agenda on the side for one minute and think about the children’s education. Thank you.

Mr. Pedro Rodriguez: Good evening, Pedro Rodriguez. I come as a parent and I come as a member of the PEOC, an independent committee. The first thing I want to do is congratulate the parents of School 3. They got together and they can say they have some accomplishments. Right now at School 3 the audio system is working again, but I just want to send them a message that that is just a very small step to our ultimate goal. It says a lot that when parents get together they can get things done. I also want to congratulate Dr. Clancy for his flexibility and coming out to School 3 to meet with those parents because it’s very important to have access to the people who can make decisions. Thank you for that. If you want to join the PEOC, you can contact Fernando at 973-278-7900, extension 32. We want to bring more parents to get involved in their different schools to make sure that they can make an impact in each one of the schools. I also saw the comments when the newspaper reported the court ruling. As I was disgusted by the comments, I tried to understand where they are coming from. The fact of the matter is that we haven’t been showing results and there is a lot of money that is being invested in this district, but the results are not there. So I agree that we have to do a much, much better job with our achievement so we can show the results and we can

Page 9 11/19/08 show that the money that is coming into the district is being used wisely and efficiently. Like Fernando said before me, today we fight for the new funding formula, but tomorrow we are going to be fighting for the new curriculum that they are trying to impose into the high schools, which are coming with more tests for the high schools. Think about if our students are not meeting the standards right now and you bring more tests and more things that they have to pass. We are just going to increase the dropout rate and we might be setting our kids up for another failure. Thank you very much for your time.

Ms. Valerie Freeman: Good evening, my name is Valerie Freeman and I attended the National Coalition of Title I Parents National Conference this past October 29 through November 3. The conference was very powerful. I came here, not to give my report but for several reasons. The first thing I want to do is thank you for sending me. I want to thank some Board members that fought for the parents to go and for the Board of Education, whether it be the state or whatever, to pay for it up front. The Title I funds are there for parents to attend conferences. Title I funds are there for the Board of Education to pay for parents, not for parents to come out of their pockets up front and then get reimbursed. This was approved on September 17 by this Board. On October 24, I was informed that I would have to come out of my pocket to pay for airfare, hotel, registration and meals for a conference that I should have been to on October 29. October 24 was when I was told to come out of my pocket because of a policy that states they cannot pay up front for parents to go. Whatever policy that is, it needs to be changed because in the law it clearly states that you are to pay for parent training, not the parents pay up front and then get reimbursed. Because of the late hour, me and four other parents were forced to take a flight from JFK to Raleigh, North Carolina – from Raleigh, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia – from Atlanta, Georgia to Birmingham, Alabama. From Newark to Birmingham, Alabama it takes three hours and a couple of minutes. It took us 12 hours and a whole day wasted of valuable workshops on October 29 that we could have attended because of some reason. It was submitted in July with the names of 22 parents to go. It got cut down from 22 to 12. Then we were told that only six were going. Then there were demands placed on the parents that if you go to this conference you must submit a report. That I have no problem with, but the same demands that you place on the parents when we attend conferences – if Board members are attending conferences and they submit reports, they submit them publicly because I’m going to submit mine publicly and everybody who went should submit it publicly. I just need a few more minutes.

Comm. Hodges: No, I’m sorry.

Ms. Freeman: Mr. Muhammad had more than three minutes. Please, Dr. Hodges.

Comm. Hodges: We are not going to give you a few more minutes. Please conclude your remarks.

Ms. Freeman: Okay, I’m going to conclude with this. I’m going to say this and I’m going to say it very clearly because I’m not coming to argue. I’m coming to push a point because the information that we received was very valuable. Every parent should have been there. This is a failing state takeover district. There should have been more than six parents at that conference, without a doubt. I just want to give you a heads-up because next year we’ll be going to Tulsa, Oklahoma. We need to take at least 50 or more parents. We have over 27,000 students. Six people cannot attend over 50 workshops and be expected to come back and turnkey it. I don’t have a problem with it, but the policy needs to change. The policy definitely needs to change and it’s not fair to the parents because you have some who want to go who can’t go. Five parents can’t do it all. But when you push the others away, then what do you expect? I will submit the

Page 10 11/19/08 report and each Board member will get it. I’m not going to do it collectively because everyone who went needs to let you know what was there.

Comm. Hodges: Thank you very much.

Ms. Freeman: Grace Ayala, I’m coming. You have to get your paperwork right because I’m following the money.

Ms. Tamika Bolds: Good evening, Tamika Bolds, parent, Paterson School District. First, I would also like to thank the Board members who actually allowed us to go on this conference. It was very beneficial. However, I think some of the Board members and the Title I people, whoever is over Title I and No Child Left Behind, also should have attended this conference. As Ms. Freeman stated, there are too many classes for four parents to get into. We came into contact with some people who gave us a lot of information about our Board and ways to reach out to parents, as well as other things in reference to the new law they want to put in place where the city selects three people and the state selects three people. We knew that when we were at the conference. But there are classes for everyone – parents, teachers, etc. There were teachers there. Paterson sent four parents. Out of all the districts, we were there with the least people. But we are the ones in a takeover district. I don’t understand that. Why is it so hard for parents to go on these conferences? If there’s a problem with reporting, then they need to send people along with the parents so they can see that we are not there playing or on a vacation. We are there getting information that is going to benefit our children. I think it was really inconvenient for us as far as food and the hotel and everything. When we got there the names weren’t listed. The travel took 12 hours. We missed a whole valuable day. It was just horrific. Also, the Title I parent involvement policy needs to be revisited because there are a lot of things in there that state… Actually, there was a class that said Title I Advanced, which would have been very beneficial to Ms. Ayala and Ms. Patterson, so that they can also help parents get to conferences. If there is money in the budget allocated for parents to go, then they should be there, and not only parents. It says teachers and just people in general who have an interest in children’s education because we missed out on a lot down there. Also, with the Title I piece and how the parents are not supposed to pay, that policy is for the people who work for the state in the district. It’s not for parents. So we really need to look into that so that next year when we go to Tulsa more parents can go. Board members should go. Even if you can’t go for the whole four days, at least go and see what it’s about. Look in the book. They send it to you early. See what class that you feel as though would be of interest to you. They had superintendents there. We had so many people we came in contact with – people who want to help our district in reference to what they want to do with this new law as far as how they are going to select the Board members. We had people from Buffalo and Milwaukee and all over who are willing to help our district, but we need to first help ourselves right here. We have parents who come to the microphone and they are bitter because they don’t have the in-touch with the Board. We shouldn’t have to come to a Board meeting when there’s a problem. We should be able to get in contact with any Board member and resolve the issue before we have to come to this microphone and discuss it openly. But those are some of the things that you learn in training and ways that we can work together collectively for the better of the children. Thank you. I won’t continue, but I’ll report again.

Mr. Kemper McDowell: Good evening, Kemper McDowell, 300 East 42nd Street, Paterson. First of all, we are all excited about the New Jersey Supreme Court decision to uphold Abbott and the opportunity for supplemental funding. We appreciate the Board members that went on the Trenton rally trip, the organizing committee, the PEF and all the parents. I think it’s definitely a demonstration and it shows us that when parents are

Page 11 11/19/08 involved it impacts, even up into Trenton. I was kind of startled hearing Dr. Hodges’ reading of some of the comments that are on the web. I am reminded of Michael Jordan when he took a break from playing basketball and played a little baseball and tried to make his comeback and how he was discouraged. He said that he would take all the discouraging articles and comments and pin them on his refrigerator and every morning he would go to that refrigerator and gain motivation to make a successful comeback from those articles. I say to the parents out there not to get disheartened. We need to still advocate for what is appropriate and right for our children. Like Dr. Hodges alluded to, we also must be mindful that we must take advantage of those things that will give our kids the opportunities that we seek. I want to talk about some solutions. Tomorrow, as we all know, starts our back-to-school-night. What we have an opportunity to do all over the city is start tomorrow. What is your child’s status in reading and math? If you are at home or in the audience and you are…(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)…and had a conversation about their academic status. You need to start that tomorrow. When was the last time you visited your PTO meeting, your HSC meeting, or your PTA meeting? As parents, you can collectively talk about ways of raising student achievement in your school. Well, you can also start that tomorrow. When was the last time you set up within your own home, regardless of the size of your home, some special place, like Dr. Fulmore brought to my attention the other day, where your child can sit and study? Or when was the last time you took them to a library where they could go and study in peace, or to an after school program where they could study and be focused? I know Dr. Hodges is going to cut me off. I’ll get Ms. Bolds on you if you try to take me off the microphone. But starting tomorrow, parents, we can make a change. We can take advantage of the opportunities out there. Go to your schools. Let’s go to back-to-school-night in droves, find out where your kids are, and let’s start planning for better student success.

It was moved by Comm. Taylor, seconded by Comm. Guzman that the public comment portion of the meeting be closed. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative, except Comm. Best who voted no. The motion carried.

BOARD COMMENTS

Comm. Taylor: I was glad to hear that the parents had a lot of information. I’m glad that you’ve told us that we should prepare a whole year ahead of time for our parents to attend in what they call the legal way. You are right. The law does state that it refers to people that are on the Board and people in the district. We have to pay. There are a lot of constraints on Boards and people who work in the district, but for parents we are going to find out how we can get as many parents to it that we can get next year. I’d just like to say that for the young people, the student council, I would like you to make an arrangement and it’s very simple because Dr. Clancy will talk with you. If you have any problems you should let him know ahead of time so he can address it. He is our administrator for the buildings – the lead administrator for all the schools in this district. I think the student council should be in touch with him and talk with him because some of the things that you have mentioned he is able to help you with it. Yes, parents please get out and go to your schools. There are reports back. We got the reports back in August, so the teachers all have where your child is beginning their studies and goals for where he or she wants them to be at the end in June. We are going to find out some more about SATs, so that the Board can let other people know. We’ll find out from Dr. Clancy and then we’ll let people in the community know how to access SAT studies. For me, I’d just like to say this is the public portion and my comments are about the public portion. I’d like to send out condolences to John Williams’ family. He was our poet laureate for Paterson. Every year during Black History Month he was honored by the City of Paterson. He recited poetry from memory, up to 30 stanzas of poems from Langston Hughes and from all our Black poets from the past. I’d like to also send out condolences

Page 12 11/19/08 to Ms. Mildred Tramble’s family. She was an educator in the district and she just passed. Ms. Sarah Bundick was a person who worked in the community and was a very great lady, and also Katherine Wilder, who was a community worker. She used to be one of our presidents of AARP Chapter 15. Ms. Bundick was a member of Chapter 15 as well. I’d like to just say whatever these families need from me, just call me and let me know. Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Muhammad: Sorry that I had to leave the podium, but I just want to say to the Youth Council that I’m really, really excited and I’m glad that you’re here. We want to see more of you. Come and let us know what you know that we are not doing and just keep it coming. Thank you. To the young lady that spoke about the issues with our teachers, we don’t want you to suffer in silence and Dr. Clancy is here. I know that his executive went over and spoke with you, so whenever things are happening you have to say what it is. Never let anyone make you think that you can’t say whatever it is because you deserve the best, okay. Thank you. For the parents that had the travesty attending the national conference, my heart ached when you said that you had to spend 12 hours traveling. I’m really sorry that happened. We have to do better. We have to make sure that does not happen next year. When I heard what was going on, I tried to do whatever it is that I can to help parents especially because you are the first line of protection for our children. If and when you need my number, I have always said to anyone that my number is there for whoever needs it and whatever it is that I can do, I will do my best to do that. But as far as that policy, it is not a policy. It is a state regulation. We, the policy committee, had nothing to do with that policy because trust me if it were ours it would be changed right away. Regarding back-to-school-night, as Director Kemper said, parents please get out there and find out where your children are and find out where they need to be. You are their best line of protection. Thank you.

Comm. Inoa: I’m very happy about the decision of the Supreme Court about the funding formula of the district. I also would like to congratulate the parents who actually went to Birmingham, Alabama for this conference. For next year in advance you should get together a nice package or plan and we are going to be able to help you better than we did. We really apologize about what happened with the inconvenience, but things happen. I also want to congratulate the Youth Council as well and I would like to see my kids join you, too. T.J., you are responsible for that – Josh, Brian and Danny. When Josh, Brian and Danny get involved at a young age as well in their education, I believe Josh is going to Rutgers next year and I’m counting on you as well, and Brian is going the following year. So, I’m very happy that the Youth Council has been getting together and getting involved in education. I hope at our next meeting you will bring some of your members of the Board to come to the microphone and speak on anything you have to speak on, on behalf of the Youth Council. On behalf of all the Commissioners, I also want to send my condolences to my colleague Wendy Guzman because her grandmother passed away two weeks ago. Wendy Guzman and I were at the conference when that happened. From the bottom of my heart, my sincere condolences to you and your family. I have so many things to talk about tonight as well, such as the Type 3 Board they are trying to implement, which I believe will create a big issue. Maybe they are aware that three of those Board members are going to be appointed by the State Commissioner, the other three by the municipality, and three are going to be elected at-large, which is going to create a lot of issues in the community. Think about it guys and I hope at the next meeting you bring some ideas as to how we are going to stop this from going.

Comm. Guzman: Good evening and thanks to everyone who is here tonight. First off, as we know we did receive good news in regards to the ruling of the school funding case, but I believe we still have a lot of work to do. This is just an example to let us know that getting organized actually makes a difference. I believe that trip that was taken down to

Page 13 11/19/08 Trenton by those parents, Commissioners, and everyone else that attended made a difference. It let them know that Paterson residents do care about the education of our children. Going towards some of the comments that have been placed online as we received from our Board President and other people who referenced it, I do not think that our students in Paterson are a waste of time and do not want to learn. I can guarantee you that we have children in our system that are willing to learn. I, myself, am a product of the Paterson School System. I went to school, I went to college, I graduated, and here I am as a Commissioner working for my Paterson students. So there are students who want to learn in this district. To the parents that attended the conference, Ms. Freeman and Ms. Bolds that are here today, I thank you very much for going to the conference and I am really sorry for the inconvenience that you went through. Hopefully, we will work together to get that resolved throughout the future years. I’m looking forward to reading your reports. I know that you got a lot of valuable information, like you said. Unfortunately, I know you mentioned that it would have been good for the Board of Education members to be there also. That same week we actually had a conference in Atlantic City, which kind of would have conflicted with the date also. I would like to congratulate the Paterson Youth Council and thank them for being here today letting us know who they are, introducing themselves to us, and letting us know they are here to look for different ways to improve Paterson. You are beginning at a very early age and that is good to know because you are our future, so you are starting from today. Also, I want to thank everyone for the phone calls and letters and condolences that I received with the passing of my grandmother. I really want to thank everyone for all the very kind words. Thank you.

Comm. Almario: I have a few general comments to make, but first of all I would like to thank the parents. I think this has been the highest number of parents that I have seen since I came on the Board. I would like to thank the students who spoke their minds. Thank you very much. You are our future. Continue doing what you have been doing. I would like to thank the other members of the community, not to forget the teachers and administrators who are here and who are our mainstays. Kids are the same everywhere we go. Having taught in private schools for 22 years and then transferring to the public school system, I saw that they need exactly the same thing. They all crave attention, structure, nurturing and love. In addition, they do need significant adults who will provide the good example and all those that I have mentioned. Many times we hear that it takes a whole village to raise a child. Well, let me just expand that to say it takes a whole village to educate a child. In an ideal world, parents and school become partners in educating their children. But then again, in Paterson we are not living in an ideal world and many times parents are not able to fulfill their share of the said partnership. Quite often we bemoan the fact that our parents are not more involved and that they do not seem to care. But in my way of thinking, I think they do care and we have testimonies from the parents today as to what they have been doing and the kinds of efforts that they have been expending in order to help effect changes and improvements in the district. Also, in my way of thinking, they are really partnering with us in educating the children because they are trying to provide for the physical needs of their kids. In Paterson, many of our parents work two and sometimes three jobs just to be able to make ends meet, just to be able to put food on the table, to clothe their children, and also to put a roof over their heads. I think that what they are trying to do is really partner with us educators in the sense that they are providing for the physical needs of our children so that when they come to us we can provide for the spiritual, cultural and other needs of the children. So in essence, yes we do live in a village where we are together and the community as a village is educating the child. So I think we have to stop and think that maybe our parents do need our support instead of our putdown. Thank you very much, Mr. President.

Page 14 11/19/08 Comm. Best: Before I forget, I wanted to remind all students and parents that the next SAT will be Saturday, December 6. There is still time to register. If you are a junior or especially a senior, you want to make sure that you go out and register to take the SATs. This is probably one of the final opportunities that you have to take the SATs before most colleges start their enrollment process, so please go out and take the SATs. I would like to commend Comm. Muhammad for summarizing everything that went on in the public portion. She did an excellent job. Therefore, I don’t have to repeat that. However, I would like to give a special shout out to my young people with the Paterson Youth Council. As the vice president said, who goes to John F. Kennedy High School and plays football for the Knights, they are a group of remarkable young people who volunteer their time to come out weekly to meet and talk about issues that are involved in Paterson, especially for young people in the City of Paterson. They have various committees that go to the Board of Education meetings and also to the City Council meetings. They are getting out. They have community service committees and financial literacy to teach young people about how to manage their own money. Like I said, this is a group of remarkable young people and I’m privileged to have the opportunity to work with them. We are still looking for more members. We have about 20 right now and we encourage any young person in the City of Paterson who is interested in participating in the Paterson Youth Council to come to our next meeting, which will be this Saturday at 32 Spruce Street at 10:00 a.m. Lastly, I was just handed a flyer for a financial planning workshop for students interested in going to college. This will be sponsored by Eastside High School’s parent group tomorrow, Thursday, November 20 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Again, if anyone wants to find out how they are actually going to afford college, parents and students please come out to this workshop at Eastside High School. Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Kerr: Let me just piggyback on some of the things that have been said thus far. I just want to point out to Ms. Valerie Freeman that we are having some serious concerns with the raft of new policies that are coming out of the Department of Education. Actually, for the Board to attend the Atlantic City conference there had to be a waiver by the Commissioner of Education waiving the policy in order to allow the full Board to be in attendance. So there are some serious misguided policies directed by this present administration that need to be addressed and I think it’s the community who will have to understand that it is not this Board. It is the Department of Education that is doing a lot of disservice. When parents cannot go to a conference, it’s not the Superintendent. Trust me. It is not the Superintendent. It is directive coming straight out of the Department of Education and we need to understand this. We need to know where to put the blame and who to call and who to talk to. I am with you. We need to sit down and talk about some of these issues. If we can present something to the Department of Education, it needs to be done. But I cannot understand how a city like ours, the third largest city and one that is underperforming, as you have said, was only able to send six parents to a significant conference, as you have said. So these are issues that we need to sit down and talk about and make some kind of representation to the Department of Education. Also, I must say how elated I am about the Supreme Court ruling on the Abbott decision. Now, while I was in Atlantic City attending the conference, there were many speakers there talking about “the district formerly called Abbott”, so the Department of Education already had decided that they are going to kill Abbott. The Governor came and we asked the Governor about this same issue and he dodged the issue. He was not upfront with us. The President read some responses and clippings from the newspaper and all that kind of stuff. This is what you get when you are misinformed. Paterson is not getting away with anything. Newark is not getting away with anything. We have to spend over 80% of our budget for teachers and other things, such as administrative costs. So there is not much left in that budget as discretionary spending. Yet, the word is on the street that we are mismanaging our resources when we are not and you get that kind of response when people who are misinformed are given the trash that they have so long been accustomed

Page 15 11/19/08 to receiving. Regarding the Type 3 decision, I need everybody to understand this. The state does not know the people of Paterson – what they can do from what they cannot do. The state does not know me. The state does not know you. But the state in a Type 3 Board composition will be allowed to choose three members to this Board. Who are these members accountable to? They are accountable to the same person who is well prepared to take away your funding and is doing that to this district at this very minute. He’s going to give three to the Mayor. Who will the Mayor choose to represent himself on the Board? People who may not be so concerned about the education of our kids, but more concerned about how to find ways around the resources to benefit his people politically. These are all political appointments. They will not have anything to do with somebody earnestly wanting to help develop this district on an educational basis. So we have some serious issues and we need not divide ourselves and part ourselves among ethnicities. What we need to do is to try to understand the issues and if you do understand the issues then I trust your judgment that you will do the right thing. I must commend the Paterson Youth Council for the work that you are doing. I am very, very pleased when I see young people who are really engaged and we want to keep you engaged. We are very thankful that you came and presented yourself in the manner in which you presented yourself. I truly believe that we have some bright serious young people in Paterson. All we need to do is come together, give them the support system that they truly deserve, and I’m sure that like a flower they will blossom in due time. Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Hodges: Let me start off by thanking the Paterson Youth Council. I am extremely happy to see students involved in school activities, whatever the activity may be, but I am particularly pleased when they get involved in leadership. When I was a senior in high school, I was one of the first two students to become members of our School Board. That was many, many weeks ago. I had no intentions of ever following up on that activity and here I am many weeks later on the School Board. So you never know what that kind of experience will deliver to you. These are opportunities or something that you put in your bag and you walk away with and then one day you reach your hand in your pocket and it’s still there. It may come out at a very opportune time, so hang onto it and work it to the best that you can and please reach out to your fellow students and get them thinking about taking a larger role in how they negotiate their way through school. I want to say to the parents that were concerned about the Title I program that first and foremost Mr. Kerr covered it. This is not a district policy. This is a state policy. I’m trying to be nicer toward the state, so I won’t comment about their regulations and their policies and the rules that they put on because people think that I’m angry with them. I’m going to just make it very clear that this is not what we have designed. We tried to explain that to you in the past. This is coming from Trenton and they don’t often consult with us about whether these things work to our benefit or not. I will also say that in terms of Board membership in the past that conference occurred a week before the Board went to a workshop. This year they occurred in the same week and with the mandatory training requirements most of the Board felt obliged to attend the workshop in Atlantic City for the required training. We do believe that these conferences are important, particularly if the parents bring the information back and turnkey it. That’s the real value of it. It’s nice if a parent has the information, but it’s a lot better if hundreds of parents receive the information. In one way or the other, we’d love to have more parents go out and see what’s available and what’s possible for their children. I wouldn’t be where I am if it weren’t for the fact that my parents understood what was possible for me in this country. Until parents get out and realize that what they are receiving is way different from what’s possible, then they are going to continue to be satisfied with what’s going on. As to the comments that were online regarding the Supreme Court decision, rather than get angry at those comments this is an opportunity for us to recognize the task ahead of us. It’s an opportunity for us to look inward at the things that we are doing and, more importantly, the things that we are

Page 16 11/19/08 not doing for our children and the things that our children are not doing for themselves. It’s easy to point fingers at somebody else who is angry. It’s a lot harder to take a look in the mirror and work at that problem first, address what we have to do, and then demand what’s necessary for our children if it’s inadequate. But we have got to cinch our belts. We have got to work a whole lot harder and I mean this particularly for the students because there are a lot of students in this school district who, for whatever reason, are not taking full advantage of the opportunity that is available to them here. That hampers their ability to move forward in the future and we somehow have to make them understand that those opportunities are shrinking. Those opportunities are extremely important to their future. Lastly, I’m concerned about this lack of information and confusion regarding the SAT test. Parents, you need to understand that the SATs and the PSATs are very, very important instruments in your children’s education. They can represent thousands of dollars in terms of financial aid and you cannot wait until the last minute. You cannot wait until they are seniors to start inquiring about this test. It is my hope that we will as a district provide that kind of information, but as I mentioned when I first set foot on this Board, parents are ultimately responsible for the education of their children. If somebody else is not providing it, then you, as the parent, have to make sure that it’s being provided for your child. If we fall short, then you have got to hold us accountable and do it in a manner that enables your child to be successful in whatever system that we have available. With that, I conclude my remarks. I thank the Board and we will move to the next item on the agenda.

GENERAL BUSINESS

Items Requiring a Vote

PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

Comm. Hodges presented the minutes of the October 8, 2008 Workshop Meeting and the October 15, 2008 Regular Meeting, and asked if there were any questions or comments on the minutes.

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

Comm. Best: Did we move to accept both minutes, October 8 and October 15?

Comm. Hodges: Yes, I moved both.

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

Comm. Taylor: Mr. President, the curriculum committee met on November 10, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of the Board of Education. Presiding was Comm. Willa Mae Taylor. Members present were Ms. Almario, Errol Kerr, and Theodore Best, and there was one other member that I didn’t take down. Staff members present were Ms. Carlotta Blakely and Ms. Susana Peron. They are the acting directors of early childhood and they brought a team of people with them to make presentations and also from our substance awareness department and special education. Dr. Carcamo was there as well. In our discussion, we scattered ourselves over and around in the resolutions, but I’m going to take them and during the discussion part I will talk about them.

Page 17 11/19/08 Comm. Taylor reported that the Curriculum and Instruction Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-53:

Resolution No. A-1

WHEREAS, the consolidated application for IDEA-B funds in the amount of $6,403,124 (Basic) and $177,682 (Preschool) is anticipated to be expended within the following categories:

Categories IDEA-B Basic IDEA-B Preschool Instructional salaries $ 23,889 $ 55,233 Instructional supplies & services 172,314 79,615 Administrative support salaries 12,172 9,370 Benefits 7,203 29,338 Transportation (field trips) 5,000 2,000 Tuition 5,185,000 -0- Equipment 8,500 -0- Early Intervention Services 987,121 -0- Other 1,925 2,126 $ 6,403,124 $ 177,682

WHEREAS, there are no matching funds requirement within this grant; and

WHEREAS, the Assistant Superintendent of Pupil Personnel Services will be responsible for the district complying with the terms and conditions of the grant and will make every effort to target grant funds for the academic advancement and achievement of the students and expend the funds in the most effective and efficient manner; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Board of Education supports the submission of the application for the funds from IDEA-B Basic in the amount of $6,403,124 and IDEA- B Preschool in the amount of $177,682.

Resolution No. A-2

Approval is being requested to submit the Early Childhood Program Five-Year Preschool Plan for the 2009-2014 school years and the District One Year Preschool Enrollment Projections Workbook for the 2009-2010 school year.

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court ordered the implementation of full day, full year preschool service; the Paterson District’s Early Childhood program began in May 1998; and

WHEREAS, the Supreme Court ordered the implementation of full day, full year preschool service July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2014 for resident three and four year old children in Abbott districts the Paterson Early Childhood program serves approximately 3,600 children at a ratio 2-15 for a 10 hour day consisting of six hours of instruction and four hours of wrap around services in 36 Community Providers and 4 in-district sites, School #18, Dale Avenue, School #1, Rutland Center at School #30. The in-district sites serve our preschool disabled population; and

WHEREAS, the Plan has twelve components, an overview, outreach/program delivery, administration oversight, master teachers/coaching, intervention and support services: Special Education and Inclusion, intervention and support services: Preschool Intervention and Referral Team (PIRT), Health and Nutrition, Family and Community

Page 18 11/19/08 Involvement, Curriculum and Assessment, Professional Development, Supporting English Language Learners, Transition, and Program Evaluation; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves the submission of the Early Childhood Five Year Program Plan and the District One Year Preschool Enrollment Projections Workbook for the 2009-2010 school year. The total budget is $46,480,198.

Resolution No. A-3

Background: The Paterson Public School District along with New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC) co-founded the Garrett Morgan Academy for Transportation and Engineering for the specific purpose of establishing educational pathways into transportation, technology and engineering for women, minority, and urban students.

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District seeks to provide the tools and resources necessary to dramatically improve, expand, and deepen the educational curriculum and activities that are already in place at the Garrett Morgan Academy; and

WHEREAS, NJCDC has been the driving force behind the development of the transportation and engineering curriculum, including the assembly of many partners for the school; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District will designate NJCDC as the sub- recipient responsible for managing the entire Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program grant; and

WHEREAS, the application in the amount of $189,687 is anticipated to be expended within the following:

2008-2009 2009-2010 Travel $8,000.00 $8,000.00 Material and Supplies $10,022.00 $10,751.00 Contractual Project Director Salary $33,000.00 $34,000.00 Fringe Benefits $8,943.00 $9,214.00 Teachers/Interns/Consultants Stipends $24,000.00 $24,000.00 Other $7,000.00 $7,000.00 Administrative Costs $2,847.20 $2,909.80 $93,812.20 $95,874.80

WHEREAS, there are no matching funds requirement for the Paterson Public School within the grant; and

WHEREAS, the following NJCDC positions have been written into the grant at no cost to the district:

Title of New Position Amount Budgeted for the New Position 1. NJCDC Project Director $33,000 Year 1 & $34,000 Year 2

WHEREAS, the Assistant Superintendent for School Administration-Operational Unit III will be responsible for collaborating with NJCDC to comply with the terms and conditions of the grant and will make every effort to target grant funds for the academic

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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education receive the funds from the United States Department of Transportation to operate a Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program and to continue the partnership with the New Jersey Community Development Corporation as the sub recipient responsible for managing the grant for Garrett Morgan Academy for the period beginning on September 8, 2008 through September 6, 2010 in the amount of $189,687 for the purposes stated above.

Resolution No. A-4

WHEREAS, the Paterson School District is committed to student and community improvement through various programs and initiatives; and

WHEREAS, the district is interested in maintaining ongoing collaborations, with an emphasis on education, career exploration and community development; and

WHEREAS, the district desires and intends to renew its contract with New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC); and

WHEREAS, the district recognizes the important value of the services provided by NJCDC and Americorps for the benefits of its students; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves the consultant contract with New Jersey Community Development Corporation to provide enhanced leadership and oversight related to Transportation-related and innovative programming for the Garrett Morgan Academy, for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 in the amount of $65,000.00.

Resolution No. A-5

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has operated a GED Testing Center at the Adult School, 151 Ellison St., for the benefit of Passaic County residents for the past 36 years; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey State Department of Education has offered the Paterson Public Schools a GED Testing Center Contract Renewal to continue operating the Testing Center for the contract period from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009; and

WHEREAS, the goals of the grant are to offer GED testing service to out-of-school residents of Passaic County; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Administrative Code 6:30-1,4 has established a testing fee for those seeking a New Jersey State issued high school diploma through tests of the General Educational Development (GED) of $50.00 for the initial examination and an additional $10 for each section for which a reexamination is sought; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Administrative Code 6:30-1,4 requires GED Testing Centers to retain all test administrative fees collected for the purpose of meeting the costs of test administration incurred by the testing centers, and requires all public school districts to account for this program activity separately in fund 13 of the general fund with program

Page 20 11/19/08 code 640 to be used to track the appropriation and revenue code 10-1991 to be used to account for the revenue separately; and

WHEREAS, the GED Testing Center, based on last year’s annual figures, anticipates registering a minimum of 575 initial examinees at $50.00 each ($28,756) and 125 reexaminations at $10 each ($1,250) for anticipated total revenues of $30,000.00; and

WHEREAS, expenditures will be allocated within the following categories:

1. Testing supplies and materials $30,000

WHEREAS, there are no matching fund requirements within this grant; and

WHEREAS, the Assistant Superintendent of Community Service will be responsible for the district complying with the terms and conditions of the grant and will make every effort to target grant funds for the academic advancement and achievement of the students and expend the funds in the most effective and efficient manner; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools is authorized to operate a GED Testing Center at 151 Ellison Street that complies with the terms, conditions, and general requirements establishes in the contract with revenues generated by the collection of testing fees anticipated to be approximately $30,000.00 with the stipulation that expenditures remain within the limits of revenues for the period from January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

Resolution No. A-6

WHEREAS, Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose goal is the elimination of dental disease in children, and has provided dental screenings in schools throughout Passaic County; and

WHEREAS, the District and Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative desire to enter into an agreement for the purpose of providing preventative dental services to students at Abbott Preschool centers; and

WHEREAS, the District believes that the presence of Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative in the Abbott Preschool Programs will benefit the District; and

WHEREAS, the District and Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative desire to enter into an Agreement whereby Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative will provide dental services on a voluntary basis at no cost to the District to preschool age students who attend Abbott Preschool centers; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve the partnership between the District and Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative provided that Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative meets all requirements as set forth by the contract.

Resolution No. A-7

WHEREAS, Mobile Dentist NJ Smile is a professional corporation whose goal is the elimination of dental disease in children, and has provided dental screenings in schools throughout Passaic County; and

Page 21 11/19/08 WHEREAS, the District and Mobile Dentist NJ Smile desire to enter into an agreement for the purpose of providing preventative dental services to students at Abbott Preschool centers; and

WHEREAS, the District believes that the presence of Mobile Dentist NJ Smile in the Abbott Preschool Programs will benefit the District; and

WHEREAS, the District and Mobile Dentist NJ Smile desire to enter into an Agreement whereby Mobile Dentist NJ Smile will provide dental services on a voluntary basis at no cost to the District to preschool age students who attend Abbott Preschool centers; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve the partnership between the District and Mobile Dentist NJ Smile provided that Mobile Dentist NJ Smile meets all requirements as set forth by the contract.

Resolution No. A-8

WHEREAS, Paterson Community Health Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose goal is the elimination of dental disease in children, and has provided dental screenings in schools throughout Passaic County; and

WHEREAS, the District and Paterson Community Health Center desire to enter into an agreement for the purpose of providing preventative dental services to students at Abbott Preschool centers; and

WHEREAS, the District believes that the presence of Paterson Community Health Center in the Abbott Preschool Programs will benefit the District; and

WHEREAS, the District and Paterson Community Health Center desire to enter into an Agreement whereby Paterson Community Health Center will provide dental services on a voluntary basis at no cost to the District to preschool age students who attend Abbott Preschool centers; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve the partnership between the District and Paterson Community Health Center provided that Paterson Community Health Center meets all requirements as set forth by the contract.

Resolution No. A-9

Introduction: The Paterson School District recognizes the need for its children to learn healthy practices regarding tobacco, alcohol and other drugs including knowledge of these substances. Children need to acquire the skills to refuse to take them. Teachers, administrators, and parents need to create school climates that foster healthy relationships.

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has been partnering with the Wayne Counseling & Family Services, Wayne NJ, since 2004 for delivery of the “I Can Problem Solve (ICPS) Program,” an evidenced-based, prevention program that uses interpersonal problem-solving skills to prevent or resolve social problems in students grades K-6th; and

WHEREAS, Wayne Counseling & Family Services has applied for a 4-year grant to the New Jersey Division of Human Services, Department of Addiction Services, to provide on-going training for staff, students and parents participating in ICPS Program at PS #25, PS #15, and a third school to be identified post award; now

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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Paterson Public Schools will partner with the Wayne Counseling & Family Services to continue to implement “I Can Problem Solve Program” in three Paterson Public Schools. All funding support the for initiative will be provided through the grant submitted to the New Jersey Division of Human Services, Department of Addiction Services. There will be no cost to the school district.

Resolution No. A-10 was pulled.

Resolution No. A-11

2008-2009 Professional Learning Community Project

Introduction: The Office of Staff Development has developed a program to establish Professional Learning Communities in the Paterson Public School District, as per NJAC6A:10A. Each school site will be given the opportunity for its teachers to meet on a regular basis, outside of school hours, with the focus on professional learning to improve student achievement. Teachers will have the time to meet to use data to drive instruction, share and reflect on their own practices, develop teamwork, collaborative and leadership skills, and analyze research and best practices to gain professional growth. Professional Learning Communities in the schools will also give teachers time to review and reflect on topics of concern for the school, and investigate solutions as indicated by their No Child Left Behind Plan (NCLB), Collaborative Assessment for Planning and Achievement Plan (CAPA), Collaborative Assessment for Planning and Achievement (CAPA) Restructuring Plan, Three Year Operational Plan, and the district New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (QSAC) indicators.

WHEREAS, the establishment of these professional learning communities at the school level is critical for our district to build the capacity for each teacher to be responsible for their own professional growth as life long learners. The collaboration and shared practices among the staff will be reflected in their application of learning solutions to improve student achievement and will provide each other the feedback necessary for their insight into their own professional practices.

Goals: To convey a culture of collegial support throughout the district To set clear goals and objectives for classroom practice To encourage teachers to be reflective and self-assessing To increase effectiveness in practice and improve student achievement To align school based plans, district plans, New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum, Collaborative Assessment for Planning and Achievement Plan reports, district initiatives and curriculum

WHEREAS, according to The Northwest Regional Laboratory, December 2001, Understanding Motivation and Supporting Teacher Renewal, p. 5 …Professional learning teams are one example of how teachers’ autonomy, competence, and pedagogy can be supported. Additionally, Professionally Learning Communities enable teachers to direct their own inquiry inclusive of classroom level, grade level and school progress indicators, and debate the merits behind instructional practices, and share best practices that will lead to focused deliberate actions; and

WHEREAS, Building Administrators will submit action plans for each Professional Learning Community in their school. All plans will be aligned with district and school

Page 23 11/19/08 plans. Accountability logs will be kept along with sign in sheets and a formal action plan. The project will culminate with a final report submitted by the building administrator; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School Board approves the Professional Learning Communities Project for the 2008-2009 school year and expending the funds to include the following: Teacher stipends for Professional Learning Community participation outside of school hours at a stipend rate of $34 per hour as contracted. School allocation of hours is based on student enrollment and No Child Left Behind status.

Total Cost of Project: $181,300

Resolution No. A-12

WHEREAS, resolution A5 at the March 5, 2008 Board Meeting approved a contract for School 10 with Houghton Harcourt School Publishers to provide On-Site Professional Development Training for 18 sessions: 14 sessions to be conducted prior to August 31, 2008 and 4 sessions to be conducted September 2008 – June 2009; and

WHEREAS, eight of the fourteen sessions were completed prior to August 31, 2008 leaving six sessions to be included in the September 2008 – June 2009 timeframe in addition to the four sessions originally scheduled, budgeted and approved; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) has granted the 2007 school improvement funds under section 1003 (g) of the Elementary and Secondary Act (ESEA) to six Title I schools in Year 6 and Year 7 for school improvement initiatives; and

WHEREAS, the intent of this grant is to direct these resources to support the implementation of designated federal improvement strategies; and

WHEREAS, the vendor has been notified that no goods or services will be provided to the district without first receiving a fully executed purchase order; that terms on the purchase order will be honored completely; if the vendor does not agree with the terms on the purchase order, the vendor will not provide any goods or services to the district until such time a new purchase order is completed or delivered with terms the vendor will honor; now therefore BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the modified contract with School Number 10 and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers to continue a partnership designed to improve the academic achievement of K-8th grade students. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers will continue on-site professional development for 10 Professional Development sessions in language arts and mathematics for an amount not to exceed $30,000 from December 2008 through June 2009.

Resolution No. A-13

WHEREAS, the School Funding Reform Act, P.L. 2007 c.260 (SFRA), adopted in January of 2008 provides for the expansion of a high quality preschool program to all age-and income-eligible at-risk preschool children in New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement seeks to ensure that pursuant to the SFRA, the high quality preschool program offered by the Provider contracting with the District shall meet the educational needs of the eligible three-and four-year-old –preschool children of the

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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Paterson Public School district approves the payment and contract with Upper Deerfield Township Board of Education, Seabrook, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year.

Starting Date: September 3, 2008 through June 30, 2009/Regular School Year

Student Initials Tuition A.W. $4,115.00

Resolution No. A-14

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with A. Eastwick Colleges HoHoKus School of Trade and Technical Sciences School, Paterson, New Jersey for providing educational trade services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school provides special needs children with academic and a high level of vocational skills training along with trades, related blended academic curricular.

Student Initials Tuition M.T. $7,425.00

Resolution No. A-15

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Benway School, Wayne, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. Benway School serves students with behavioral disabilities.

Student Initials Tuition H.H. $43,691.40

Resolution No. A-16

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

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WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Benway School, Wayne, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. Benway School serves students with behavioral disabilities.

Student Initials Tuition N.W. $39,322.26

Resolution No. A-17

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Benway School, Wayne, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. Benway School serves students with behavioral disabilities.

Student Initials Tuition N.W. $38,594.07

Resolution No. A-18

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Bergen County Special Services, New Jersey for providing educational services for 2 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. Carl Padavano (Hackensack, NJ) is a program for students requiring monitoring of behavioral deficits while addressing significant learning disabilities. HIP (Union Street, Westfield, NJ) provides opportunities that promote language, cognition, sign and verbal communication skills.

Student Initials Tuition J.C., J.G. $93,000.00

Resolution No. A-19

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

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WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Bergen County Technical School for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year.

Start Date: September 3, 2008 through June 30, 2009/Regular School Year

Student Initials Tuition E.V. $28,550.00

Resolution No. A-20

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Bonnie Brae, Liberty Corner, Wayne, New Jersey for providing educational services for 2 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. Bonnie Brae is a residential facility in which the State of NJ places students for various reasons. It provides opportunities for successful social interactions with peers and adults within the school environment.

Student Initials Tuition T.H., M.E. $120,600.00

Resolution No. A-21

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Burlington County Special Services School District, Burlington, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year.

Student Initials Tuition W.N. $800.00

Resolution No. A-22

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

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WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with The Children’s Home Mary A. Dobbins, Mount Holly, New Jersey for providing educational services for 3 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. This school is for students requiring close supervision.

Student Initials Tuition C.C., D.J., R.M. $165,675.03

Resolution No. A-23

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Children’s Specialized Hospital, Mountainside, New Jersey for providing Augmentative/Alternative Communication Evaluation to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year.

Student Initials Tuition K.B. $450.00

Resolution No. A-24

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Daytop Preparatory School, Mendham, New Jersey for providing educational services to Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. This is a treatment facility for students with substance issues.

Student Initials Tuition C.W. $33,403.20

Resolution No. A-25

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Daytop Village, Inc. of New Jersey, Mendham, New Jersey for providing educational services for 2 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. This facility is for substance abuse treatment.

Student Initials Tuition R.B., Q.C. $35,280.00

Resolution No. A-26

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Department of Children and Families Regional School – Passaic, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This program is for students with multiple disabilities in need of intensive related services. (Funds are deducted from State Aid)

Student Initials Tuition A.R. $29,479.00

Resolution No. A-27

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Felician School for Exceptional Children, Lodi, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school is for students requiring intense supervision and monitoring due to their significant cognitive impairments.

Student Initials Tuition J.E. $31,966.56

Resolution No. A-28

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

Page 29 11/19/08 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, Trenton, New Jersey for providing educational services to 3 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 Regular School Year. This facility is a school for the deaf and blind.

Student Initials Tuition E.M., S.R., L.D. $287,409.00

Resolution No. A-29

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf for providing Educational Evaluations and Psychological Evaluations for 3 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year.

Student Initials Tuition E.M., J.G., L.D. $2,000.00

Resolution No. A-30

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Mountain Lakes Board of Education, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey for providing educational services for 7 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. This school provides educational services to the deaf and hard of hearing students.

Student Initials Tuition E.A., A.B., J.V., $406,441.60 W.P., I.A., R.E., C.L.

Resolution No. A-31

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Mountain Lakes Board of Education, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey for

Page 30 11/19/08 providing extraordinary services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school provides educational services to the deaf and hard of hearing students.

Student Initials Tuition J.V. $2,800.00

Resolution No. A-32

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with New Beginnings, Fairfield, New Jersey for providing educational services for 2 Paterson students during the 2008-2009 school year. New Beginnings is a school for autistic children who require a highly structured environment.

Student Initials Tuition N.A., E.SM. $177,475.20

Resolution No. A-33

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Northwest Essex Community Healthcare Network, Bellville, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This program services children with behavioral disabilities and multiple disabilities.

Student Initials Tuition E.C. $61,878.60

Resolution No. A-34

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Occupational Therapy Consultants, Inc., Somerset, New Jersey for providing occupational therapy services to 1 Paterson student attending Deron II School of New Jersey, Union, NJ during the 2008-2009 extended school year.

Page 31 11/19/08 Student Initials Tuition M.T. $310.00

Resolution No. A-35

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Passaic County Educational Services Commission, Wayne, New Jersey (various sites) for providing educational services for Paterson students during the 2008- 2009 school year. Park School is for autistic students requiring 1 to 1 assistance in academic, social and emotional areas, Memorial Hall provides close monitoring and individualized academic instruction, and Skylands provides educational and related services to students who are medically fragile.

Student Initials Tuition T.Mc., H.B., E.C., N.D., $1,421,519.40 A.H., F.L., C.N., N.A., R.A., D.B., J.B., K.C., K.E., J.G., M.G., J.J., L.M., D.Mc., J.M., M.O., J.P., L.R., J.P., J.T., K.B., N.N., M.O., A.T.

Resolution No. A-36

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Passaic County Educational Services Commission, Wayne, New Jersey (various sites) for providing educational services for Paterson students during the 2008- 2009 school year. Park School is for autistic students requiring 1 to 1 assistance in academic, social and emotional areas, Memorial Hall provides close monitoring and individualized academic instruction, and Skylands provides educational and related services to students who are medically fragile.

Student Initials Tuition H.B., F.L., N.A., R.A., $167,864.28 D.B., J.B., K.C., K.E., J.G., M.G., J.J., L.M., D.Mc., J.M., M.O., J.P., L.R., J.P., J.T.

Resolution No. A-37

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center (Elementary), Clifton, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school services students who are diagnosed as multiple disabled.

Student Initials Tuition K.A. $68,827.52

Resolution No. A-38

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center (High School), Clifton, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school services students who are diagnosed as multiple disabled.

Student Initials Tuition J.G. $54,577.00

Resolution No. A-39

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center (Elementary), Clifton, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school services students who are diagnosed as multiple disabled.

Student Initials Tuition N.B. $48,592.00

Resolution No. A-40

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Passaic County Elks Cerebral Palsy High School, Clifton, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school services students who are diagnosed as multiple disabled.

Student Initials Tuition P.C. $47,821.86

Resolution No. A-41

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Ranch Hope, Inc. Strange School, Alloway, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This school is for students requiring close supervision. Court Ordered. District is only responsible for the educational fees.

Student Initials Tuition E.P. $30,984.20

Resolution No. A-42

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Upper Deerfield Township Board of Education, Seabrook, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year.

Start Date: September 3, 2008 through June 30, 2009/Regular School Year

Student Initials Tuition T.W. $10,865.00

Resolution No. A-43

Page 34 11/19/08 WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14 the Paterson Public School District is required to place District’s students in an appropriate Educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Washington Academy, Cedar Grove, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This is a treatment facility for students with behavioral disabilities.

Student Initials Tuition G.H. $32,549.00

Resolution No. A-44

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Willowglen Academy – Sparta, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This facility serves students who need intensive clinical and educational services in a highly structured setting.

Student Initials Tuition K.J. $79,513.20

Resolution No. A-45

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Willowgen Academy – Sparta, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. This facility serves students who need intensive clinical and educational services in a highly structured setting.

Student Initials Tuition M.D. $74,212.32

Resolution No. A-46

Page 35 11/19/08 WHEREAS, according to New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:14 the Paterson Public School District is required to place District’s students in an appropriate Educational facility as per their I.E.P.; and

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Windsor Preparatory School, Paterson, New Jersey for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. Windsor Preparatory School is a high school for students who require a program monitoring behavior as well as academic issues.

Student Initials Tuition J.V-Z. $44,855.34

Resolution No. A-47

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

WHEREAS, the District wishes to remain compliant with state & federal requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves payment and contracts with Youth Consultation Service for providing educational services to 1 Paterson student during the 2008-2009 school year. YCS Fort Lee Educational Center, Fort Lee, NJ. This School provides academic, social and emotional monitoring in a highly structured individualized environment for emotionally challenged students.

Student Initials Tuition V.A. $45,912.00

Resolution No. A-48

WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education recognizes that field trips are an educationally sound and important ingredient in the instructional program of our schools; and

WHEREAS, the field trip conducted for the purpose of affording a first-hand educational experience not available in the classroom; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Paterson Board of Education accepts the list of designations as appropriate field trip sites for the students of the Paterson Public Schools.

Resolution No. A-49

The John. Fl. Kennedy High School Marching Band has successfully competed in the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) competitions for the past two years; and

WHEREAS, Paterson students have placed in the top ten percent of Marching Bands nationally during that time period; and

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WHEREAS, the creation, Critique and Performance of musical works is at the center of the NJCCS and is the basis for this competition; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve John F. Kennedy High School’s field trip to the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) National Band Competition at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Total: $3,200.00

Resolution No. A-50

WHEREAS, on March 15, 2007, the State of New Jersey adopted P.L.2007, c.53, An Act Concerning School District Accountability, also known as Assembly Bill 5 (A5); and

WHEREAS, Bill A5, N.J.S.A. 18A:11-12(3)f, requires that conferences/workshops have prior approval by a majority of the full voting membership of the board of education; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:11-12(2)s, an employee or member of the board of education who travels in violation of the school district’s policy or this section shall be required to reimburse the school district in an amount equal to three times the cost associated with attending the event; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves three (3) staff members to visit the Napa New Technology High School (NTHS) in Los Angeles, CA on November 12-14, 2008 at cost not exceed $377.49(meals, incidentals & mileage).

ATTENDEES Emilio R. Barca, Director of Technology Dr. Nestor Collazo, Director of Science Annalesa Williams-Barker, Director of Social Studies

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that final authorization for attendance at conferences/workshops will be confirmed at the time a purchase order is issued, if applicable.

Resolution No. A-51

WHEREAS, on March 15, 2007, the State of New Jersey adopted P.L.2007, c.53, An Act Concerning School District Accountability, also known as Assembly Bill 5 (A5); and

WHEREAS, Bill A5, N.J.S.A. 18A:11-12(3)f, requires that conferences/workshops have prior approval by a majority of the full voting membership of the board of education; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:11-12(2)s, an employee or member of the board of education who travels in violation of the school district’s policy or this section shall be required to reimburse the school district in an amount equal to three times the cost associated with attending the event; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves attendance at conferences/workshops for the dates and amounts listed for staff members on the attached; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that final authorization for attendance at conferences/workshops will be confirmed at the time a purchase order is issued.

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Total Number of Conferences: 24 Total Cost: $2,987.48

Conference/Workshop Requests November 19, 2008 Meeting

Staff Member Conference Date Amount Brenda Armstrong Regional Level – Follow-Up December 1, 2008 $7.72 (mileage) Special Education to Comprehension (State Level) Literacy Coach East Orange, NJ

Brenda Zemo EPA 9th Annual Indoor Air December 3-6, 2008 $1,400.83 Master Teacher/ Quality Tools for School (registration, Early Childhood National Symposium transportation, Education Washington, DC lodging and meals & incidentals)

Gisela Aultmon School Transportation December 5, 2008 $45.00 Supervisor of Supervisors of New Jersey (registration) Transportation General Meeting Columbus, NJ

Olga Freda Regional Training Sessions December 5, 2008 $26.66 Supervisor of on Licensing Code (mileage) Operations – East Brunswick, NJ Human Resources

Aida Munoz 28th Annual Bilingual/ESL December 5, 2008 $135.00 Bilingual/ESL Conference (registration) Teacher – Wayne, NJ School No. 21

Luna Velez Regional Training Sessions December 5, 2008 $26.66 Supervisor of on Licensing Code (mileage) Certified Staff – East Brunswick, NJ Human Resources

Guillermo E. Wong 28th Annual Bilingual/ESL December 5, 2008 $135.00 Bilingual/ESL Conference (registration) Teacher – Wayne, NJ School No. 21

Brenda Armstrong Literacy Mini-Conference December 8, 2008 $39.00 Special Education West Windsor, NJ (mileage) Literacy Coach

Joseph Deodato Managing a Quality December 16, 2008 $20.00 Instructional Community-Based Instruction (registration) Assistant/STARS Program for Students with Academy Disabilities East Orange, NJ

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Jennifer King Managing a Quality December 16, 2008 $20.00 Social Worker/ Community-Based Instruction (registration) STARS Academy Program for Students with Disabilities East Orange, NJ

Cecilia O’Toole- Managing a Quality December 16, 2008 $20.00 Frederick Community-Based Instruction (registration) Supervisor/STARS Program for Students with Academy Disabilities East Orange, NJ

Nicholas Semeniuk 61st Annual Eastern Athletic January 9-12, 2009 $674.04 Athletic Trainer/ Trainers’ Association Meeting (registration, John F. Kennedy and Clinical Symposium/EATA lodging & High School Boston, MA parking)

Brenda Armstrong Writing Workshop Mini- January 15, 2009 $39.00 Special Education Lessons/Assessment (mileage) Literacy Coach West Windsor, NJ

Nicole R. Hampton Program Wide Approaches January 29, 2009 $54.00 LDTC/Early for Addressing Young January 30, 2009 (registration) Childhood Education Children’s Challenging March 4, 2009 Behavior Morris Plains, NJ

Barbara Kiel Program Wide Approaches January 29, 2009 $54.00 Master Teacher/ for Addressing Young January 30, 2009 (registration) Early Childhood Children’s Challenging March 4, 2009 Education Behavior Morris Plains, NJ

Lillian Lopez Program Wide Approaches January 29, 2009 $54.00 Master Teacher/ for Addressing Young January 30, 2009 (registration) Early Childhood Children’s Challenging March 4, 2009 Education Behavior Morris Plains, NJ

Eniko Nedoba Program Wide Approaches January 29, 2009 $54.00 School Psychologist/for Addressing Young January 30, 2009 (registration) Early Childhood Children’s Challenging March 4, 2009 Education Behavior Morris Plains, NJ

Brenda Armstrong Comprehension Workshop February 11, 2009 $39.00 Special Education Part II (mileage) Literacy Coach West Windsor, NJ

Brenda Armstrong Regional Level – Follow-Up February 26, 2009 $7.72 (mileage) Special Education to Writing Mini-Lessons Literacy Coach (State Level)

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Renee Archer Writing Workshop March 25, 2009 $39.74 Director of Conference (mileage) Elementary Special West Windsor, NJ Education/Pupil Personnel Services

Brenda Armstrong Writing Workshop March 25, 2009 $39.00 Special Education Conference (mileage) Literacy Coach West Windsor, NJ

Renee Archer Regional Level – Follow-Up April 27, 2009 $10.39 Director of to Writing Workshops (mileage) Elementary Special (State Lever) Education/Pupil Personnel Services

Brenda Armstrong Regional Level – Follow-Up April 27, 200 $7.72(mileage) Special Education to Writing Workshops Literacy Coach (State Level)

Brenda Armstrong Comprehension Workshop April 28, 2009 $39.00 Special Education Part III (mileage) Literacy Coach West Windsor, NJ

Resolution No. A-52

WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education is required pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:11-12 to adopt policy and approve travel expenditures by district employees and board members using local, State, or Federal funds to ensure that travel is educationally necessary and fiscally prudent; and

WHEREAS, the board of education has determined that the mandated/recommended training and informational programs sponsored by New Jersey School Board Association and Passaic County School Boards Association as set forth below are directly related to and within the scope of board members’ duties; and

WHEREAS, the board of education has determined that the mandated training and informational programs sponsored by NJSBA and PCSBA as set forth below are directly related to and within the scope of the listed job title’s current responsibilities and the board’s professional development plan; and

WHEREAS, the board of education has determined that participation in the NJSBA and PCSBA mandated/recommended training and informational programs requires school district travel expenditures and that this travel is critical to the instructional needs of the district and/or furthers the efficient operation of the district; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Education has determined that the school district travel expenditures to NJSBA and PCSBA programs are in compliance with State travel guidelines as established by the Department of the Treasury and within the guidelines established by the Federal Office of Management and Budget; except as superseded by conflicting provision of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; and

Page 40 11/19/08 WHEREAS, the board of education finds that a mileage reimbursement rate equal to that of the rate authorized by the State appropriation act of [$0.31] per mile is a reasonable rate; and

WHEREAS, the board of education has determined that participation in the NJSBA and PCSBA mandated/recommended training and informational programs are in compliance with the district policy on travel; therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the board of education hereby approves the attendance of the listed number of school board member(s) and/or district employee(s) at the listed NJSBA and PCSBA training and informational programs, and the costs of attendance including all registration fees, and statutorily authorized travel expenditures provided that such expenditures are within the annual maximum travel expenditure amount and pending district funds; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education authorizes in advance, as required by statute, attendance at the following NJSBA and PCSBA mandated/recommended training programs and informational events:

Resolution No. A-53

WHEREAS, the purchasing department has determined that this service is an extraordinary unspecifiable service which cannot reasonably be described by written specifications; and

WHEREAS, administration is compliant with establish rules and regulations established by the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs; and

WHEREAS, the reasons for this action to be considered and extraordinary unspecifiable services are:

The services to be provided are considered specialized; The services provided are considered to be qualitative in nature requiring expertise; The company providing the service has proven reputation in the field; Technical specifications cannot be drawn to specify and measure the above mentioned items.

WHEREAS, upon approval of this board shall forthwith cause to be printed once, in an official newspaper, a brief notice stating the nature, duration, service and amount of the contract, and that the resolution and contract are on file and available for public inspection in the office of the board of education; and

WHEREAS, the Legal Department has reviewed and made comments to the contract between Paterson Board of Education and Bradley Fields Productions with said addressed by administration;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the State District Superintendent, the Paterson Board of Education authorizes administration to enter into a contract with Bradley Fields Productions to provide a presentation “Mathmagic” to all students in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade on December 5, 2008, with two separate performances at a cost not to exceed $2,100.00; and

Page 41 11/19/08 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, this action is considered to be an extraordinary unspecifiable services and forthwith cause to be printed once, in an official newspaper, a brief notice stating the nature, duration, service and amount of the contract, and that this resolution and contract are on file and available for public inspection in the office of the board of education.

It was moved by Comm. Taylor, seconded by Comm. Muhammad that Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-53 be adopted.

Comm. Taylor: The public should have access to a copy of the agenda and in it we have each one of the committee items that we are voting on. In curriculum resolutions, we are asking in A-1 for the approval of the application for the Consolidated IDEA-B Basic Funds in the amount of $6,403,124 and IDEA-B Preschool Funds in the amount of $177,682 for the fiscal year 2009, for the academic advancement and achievement of students with disabilities. Now, IDEA stands for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and in our discussion we talked about that it’s a yearly request and it provides additional intervention for all elementary classes to prevent dropout. The referral procedure is looked at this year in a more comprehensive way in the lower grades because we do not want children to be referred too much or too often. So they are looking at this with a better eye to make sure they are not over-referring and to check on the behavior of children. This year Leap Frog is in all elementary classes and the state has suggested that our concentration should be on African American males because most times they are referred for behavior problems. Our district is setting forth a program to moderate or to understand if there is a learning disability or if it is a social problem before there is any referral. So that is being handled differently this year. We are asked to approve the Early Childhood Five Year Program Plan for the 2009-2014 school years, and the District One Year Preschool Enrollment Projections Workbook for the 2009-2010 school year, in the amount of $46,480,198. We want to approve the acceptance of funds from the United States Department of Transportation to operate a Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Education Program and to continue the partnership with the New Jersey Community Development Corporation as the sub recipient for managing the grant for Garrett Morgan Academy, for the period beginning September 8, 2008 through September 6, 2010, in the amount of $189,687. Approve entering into a contract with New Jersey Community Development Corporation to provide enhanced leadership and oversight related to transportation-related and innovative programming for the Garrett Morgan Academy, for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, in the amount of $65,000. Approve continuation to operate the GED Testing Center that complies with mandated New Jersey State Department of Education, with revenues generated by the collection of testing fees anticipated to be approximately $30,000, with the stipulation that expenditures remain within the limits of the revenues for the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. We are asking for approval for partnership with Smile Central Children’s Dental Health Initiative to provide dental services on a voluntary basis to preschool age students who attend certain Abbott Preschool Centers and this will not cost us anything for the district. I will have to ask the question of that department about which certain Abbott Preschool Centers and I will get that to you at a later date. Approve partnership with Mobile Dentist NJ Smile for children who attend certain Abbott Preschool Centers, at no cost to the district. Approve partnership with the Paterson Community Health Center to provide dental services and these are all for our preschool children. We understood from the directors that little children have a lot of problems with their early teeth, from eating many sweet containing foods and juices, and they have a way of destroying the makeup of the teeth and also formation, maybe from thumb sucking and the pacifier. They have cavities, so they want to start early getting children to recognize that they should take care of their teeth and have good oral hygiene. We are going to approve the partnership with Wayne Counseling & Family Services to continue to

Page 42 11/19/08 implement “I Can Problem Solve Program” to prevent or resolve social problems in students grades K-6, in Schools 25, 15, and a third school to be identified after we get the award. This is at no cost to the district. A-10, as you understood, was pulled and we are going to check into that and see what we can do about that. Approve the Professional Learning Communities Project for 2008-2009 and this is to help us to help teachers to build the capacity that they have in the classroom and to be responsible for their own professional growth as lifelong learners. We had a representative to talk to us about A-11 and this is a program that is a Saturday program. Teachers volunteer to do this on their own time to increase and build the capacity for their learning, so that they can do better in the classroom as an instructor. A-12 is to approve modified contract with Houghton Mifflin School Publishers to continue partnership to improve the academic achievement of K-8 grades at School 10 by providing onsite professional development in language arts and mathematics, beginning in December 2008 through June 2009, at an amount not to exceed $30,000. For special education, we talked about the transportation. I want you to approve A-13 through A-47 because these are the placements of educational services for children out of district and you need to take a look at that under those categories. A-48 and A-49 are field trips for students and our students at John F. Kennedy will be participating in the United States Scholastic Band Association National Band Competition at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in the amount of $3,200. They are going to participate in it after we vote on this. There is no date on that. Conferences are for the staff members and for people to attend. It’s included in those for us to look at. A-53 is entering into a contract with Bradley Fields Productions for School 26 to do “Mathmagic” to all students in grades K-8.

Comm. Hodges: I just want to point out to the Board members that A-52 concerns all the conferences that we have attended. What you are going to have to do, if you so desire, is vote for the measure, but abstain on your own particular portion of that measure.

Comm. Taylor: Would you repeat that, Dr. Hodges? I am not understanding you.

Comm. Hodges: We would like the individual members to abstain on their portion of that resolution.

Comm. Taylor: It states that we approve attendance for Board members at the New Jersey School Boards Association and Passaic County School Boards Association mandated/recommended training and informational programs during the 2008-2009 school year, at an approximate amount of $1,050. Is that for each one of us if we go?

Comm. Hodges: If we have gone. So what you want to do is vote yes on the measure, but abstain for the portion of the measure that involves you.

Comm. Taylor: You just have to say that?

Comm. Hodges: That’s it.

Comm. Taylor: I abstain from the portion that concerns me, so that it is recorded?

Comm. Hodges: That’s correct.

Comm. Taylor: Do we all understand it?

Comm. Muhammad: Yes.

Page 43 11/19/08 Comm. Taylor: I get it now. Thank you. I get it. I didn’t know. I know that I have to recuse myself. That concludes my report.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Almario: I say yes to the measure and I abstain for myself on A-52, and yes on everything else.

Comm. Best: I abstain from A-3 and A-4, and I abstain for myself on A-52. I vote yes for everything else. For further notice, I abstain from any measure involving the New Jersey Community Development Corporation.

Comm. Guzman: I abstain from A-52 for myself, but yes for all the other Commissioners, and yes for all the other ones – A-1 through A-51 and A-53.

Comm. Inoa: I say yes to everything except I abstain on anything that has to do with the City of Paterson and A-52 and any measure involving the New Jersey Development.

Comm. Kerr: I am having some issues with A-2. Basically, I support the program but there are some parts of it that I’m still wrestling with. I’m wrestling with the rigor of some of the programs, so I’m going to abstain from A-2. I’m going to vote yes on everything else, except A-52. I’m going to vote yes on the part that does not apply to me in A-52.

Comm. Muhammad: Yes on all except those that involve me. I abstain on those.

Comm. Taylor: Yes on everything except on A-52, those parts of that resolution that pertain to me when I attend conferences.

Comm. Hodges: I respect the fact that there has been some changes made in the Early Childhood Five Year Program Plan and I think that those changes were very progressive and are deeply appreciated. However, I too am concerned about the emphasis and, quite frankly, the rigor that this district approaches particularly the literacy in early childhood with. While I recognize that we are one of the highest ranked Abbott districts, and that should be reported, we are one of the highest ranked Abbott districts when it comes to childhood environment and we are to be applauded for that. I still am concerned about the number of students who enter kindergarten able to read. If we have challenges in high school where students are reading at the 4th grade level, then if we have an opportunity of two years to teach preschool students to read, I think that we should be teaching them to read. In retrospect, I should have expressed some additional reservations about the statement of goals and I failed to do that. So I will not vote against this measure because I consider this measure to be a step forward, which is A-2, but I will abstain from that measure. I vote yes for everything else except for A-52 where it concerns me. I vote yes for everything else.

The motion carried.

LEGAL COMMITTEE

Comm. Inoa: The legal committee met on November 10, starting at 4:15 p.m. Presiding the meeting was Dr. Dennis Clancy. Members present were Comm. Jonathan Hodges and myself. Absent was Comm. Wendy Guzman. Staff present was Mark Tabenkin. We discussed the condition of Hinchliffe Stadium, the Delaware Avenue building, shared services, the Corrective Action Plan, and the School 4 auditorium. Ending time of the meeting was 6:30 p.m.

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Comm. Inoa reported that the Legal Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. B-1 and B-2:

Resolution No. B-1

WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education Facilities and Legal Committees reviewed the Sublease Agreement and Lease Amendment for property located at 90 Delaware Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education ratifies the Sublease Agreement and Lease Amendment by and among the following parties: (i) RB Paterson, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company with an office at c/o RD Management LLC, 810 Seventh Avenue, Twenty-Eighth Floor, New York, New York 10019 (Lessor); (ii) The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., a Maryland corporation with offices at 2 Paragon Drive, Montvale, New Jersey 07645 (Sublandlord); and (iii) The State Operated School District of Paterson, whose address is 33-35 Church Street, Paterson, New Jersey 07505, for property located at 90 Delaware Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey, as the consolidated administrative offices for the district, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the attached Sublease Agreement and Lease Amendment resolution and lease documents, dated October 31, 2008.

Resolution No. B-2

WHEREAS, the Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance (OFAC) Investigation Unit conducted a review at the State-Operated School District of Paterson (the district) relative to fraudulent timekeeping by a former employee, OFAC Case #1606, during the 2007- 2008 school year while employed by the district; and

WHEREAS, the results of the review disclosed violations to the terms of the employees contract reported to the Interim State District Superintendent in correspondence dated October 10, 2008; and

WHEREAS, the former employee was paid for services provided to a charter school, in addition to responsibilities in the district, without the knowledge of the district and did not always use appropriate leave time to conduct these activities in violation of provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A; and

WHEREAS, the district sent the former employee a certified letter demanding the reimbursement of funds in the sum determined by OFAC to be “the total cost to the district for inappropriate and fraudulent use of time off” in the amount of $7,151.39; and

WHEREAS, the district is to publicly review and discuss the findings in this report, accept the recommendations of any undisputed findings, approve a corrective action plan and submit a certified copy of board minutes recorded when this matter is under consideration along with the completed corrective action plan within forty (40) days from the date on the report;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approved accepting the OFAC recommendations and also approves the corrective action plans developed to address the OFAC findings; and

Page 45 11/19/08 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect with the approval signature of the State District Superintendent and is being provided to the Board for advisory purposes consistent with NJQSAC legislation.

It was moved by Comm. Hodges, seconded by Comm. Kerr that Resolution Nos. B- 1 and B-2 be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

FISCAL COMMITTEE

Comm. Kerr: The fiscal committee met on November 13 and members present were Comm. Willa Mae Taylor, Comm. Theodore Best, and Comm. Danilo Inoa. Staff present was the Business Administrator Ms. Frances Finkelstein. Also present was Mr. Jeff Bliss and Mr. Robert Hague from the auditing firm of Lerch, Vinci & Higgins. The purpose of this meeting was to review this year’s audit and to have some discussion around the areas of strengths and weaknesses as was cited in the report with the members of the team. Also, we met to examine Resolution C-1, which lists the bills scheduled for payment in the month of November. In our review of the audit, Mr. Bliss, who led the team, took us through the fund balance component of the report, explaining to us the significance of the numbers as they relate to the performance and fiscal position of the district. He said this year’s audit shows a marked improvement over last year’s and commended the district for the work it has done in this regard. He also pointed out that although we made significant improvement in some areas, there are still some areas that the district needs to address to further bolster our fiscal management and accountability requirement. Of significance, he mentioned state contractors and recommends that the Board put together a resolution establishing a policy naming all the contractors that the district does business with at the start of the year. This, he said, would establish greater transparency to our fiscal operation and provide more source material for the auditors to work with at the onset of an audit. According to the report, this year’s audit found 20 areas which need improvement and included in that number are seven repeat findings from the previous audits. Although there are significant improvements made since the last audit, members of the committee expressed concerns at the recurrence of some repeat findings after corrective actions were put in place to remedy these issues. We reviewed the bills list for this month, which was found largely to be intact. However, questions were raised concerning the Xerox contract. Ms. Finkelstein, responding to these concerns, made it clear that the Xerox contract has to be considered in the context of a larger plan in the reorganization of the print shop at Kennedy High School. She assured the committee that with the new equipment resulting from the new contract, greater cost savings will accrue to the district over time. With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

Comm. Kerr reported that the Finance Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-21:

Resolution No. C-1

BE IT RESOLVED, that the list of bills dated November 14, 2008 8:53 AM, in the grand sum of $16,838,286.35 starting with check number 152286 and ending with check number 153362 to be approved for payment; and

BE IT RESOLVED, that each claim or demand has been fully itemized and verified, has been duly audited as required by law in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:19-2.

Grand Sum: $16,838,286.35

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Resolution No. C-2

WHEREAS, Alexander Hamilton academy requires funds for co-curricular activities such as: Monthly award assembly awards, National Junior Honor Society induction dinner and membership, Multicultural celebration, Quarterly Honor Roll lunch with the principal, Students of the month celebration, Field Trips, Student of the year luncheon, Breakfast with the Santa, Family Reading Night, Family Math Night, and other motivational activities or awards that will enhance students motivation and morale; and

WHEREAS, students develop important social skills in participating in school social events and field trips; and

WHEREAS, the Alexander Hamilton Academy will provide the necessary school activities and awards to improve school, morale and motivate students to become high achievers; and

WHEREAS, the Alexander Hamilton Academy student’s activity account will be set up with “Commerce Bank” Ms. Janine Norris, staff member and Ms. Virginia Galizia, Principal, the signatures of authorization; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the school administration will follow the district guidelines for student activities as stated in the Student Activity Manual; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approve the creation of a student activities account for the Alexander Hamilton Academy with Commerce Bank.

Resolution No. C-3

Approve transfer of funds within the 2007-2008 school year budget for the month of September 2008.

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:23A-2.3(d)-(h) requires the Board Secretary and the Board of Education to certify that no budgetary line item account has been over-expended and that sufficient funds are available to meet the District’s financial obligations; now therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve transfer of funds within the 2007-2008 school year budget, for the month of September 2008, 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. Furthermore, the transfers were approved by the Department of Education.

Resolution No. C-4

WHEREAS, Paterson Public Schools are required by New Jersey Administrative Code 6A:23-2.11-5(c).4(iii)-(vi) to prepare monthly Financial Statements; and

WHEREAS, the School Business Administrator has prepared and presented the Board Secretary Report A-148 and the Report of the Treasurer A-149 including the cash reconciliation for the month of September 2008;

Page 47 11/19/08 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Paterson Public Schools acknowledge receipt of and accept the Monthly Financial Reports for September 2008; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools hereby incorporates the Monthly Financial Reports for the fiscal period ending September 2008, as part of the minutes of this meeting and note the public discussion of same for the minutes; and

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

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

Resolution No. C-5

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:65-1 et. seq, known as the “Uniform Shared Services and Consolidation Act” was recently enacted, repealing N.J.S.A. 40:8A-1 et. seq, which had been known as the “Interlocal Services Act”; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of the new law is to facilitate and improve the use of shared and consolidated services among municipalities and other local government contracting units as a way to reduce local expenses funded by property taxpayers; and

WHEREAS, said legislation includes N.J.S.A. 40A:65-30 et. seq. the establishment of the “Sharing Available Resources Efficiently” (SHARE) Program through which municipalities and other local government contracting units may be eligible for grants from the State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Division of Local Government Services to offset the costs of feasibility studies and/or start up costs for shared service agreements; and

WHEREAS, in its continuing efforts to reduce property taxes by reduction of local expenses, the Paterson School District is interested in exploring the feasibility of a shared service agreement with the City in an effort to share existing facilities and services and avoid the duplication of their costs to the taxpayers of the City of Paterson; and

WHEREAS, such feasibility study would focus on the potential cost savings of consolidated efficient delivery of services including, but not limited to, sharing services, cooperative purchasing of goods and/or services and the use of related consulting services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson School District has advised the City Administration of its interest in exploring the possibility of a shared service agreement with the City and plans to enact a concurrent resolution of support for the City’s grant application;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education hereby authorizes the application for and acceptance of the aforesaid grant funding and the State District Superintendent be hereby authorized to execute any necessary documents, approved as to form by the Law Department, to apply for and accept such grant funding on behalf of the Paterson Public School District of Paterson.

Resolution No. C-6

Page 48 11/19/08 Resolution of the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, to authorize a donation one (1) pallet of school/office supplies from Estee Lauder employees during the 2008-2009 school year:

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools was selected by employees of Estee Lauder, Inc. to receive a donation of one (1) pallet of various school and office supplies; and

WHEREAS, on the Authorization of the Business Administrator, the Paterson Public School District, Department of Purchasing, has received a donation of one (1) Pallet containing various office/school supplies, apparently in good condition; and

WHEREAS, the estimated value of the donation is expected to be less that the quote threshold of $4,350.00; and

WHEREAS, such donation will be properly inventoried and then distributed throughout the District for student use or as determined by the Administration; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Department of Purchasing is authorized to accept the following items as donation from Estee Lauder employees:

Description Quantity Pencils Sharpener (2 hole) 378 Wedge Erasers (pks of 3) 144 Highlighters 144 Notebook ruled (70 Sheets) 1320 School Glue Sticks 846 Yellow Pencils #2 1440 Rulers wood 12” 432 Misc Box #1 Ruler 12” wood 18 Hand wipes 9 Crayons 5 Bxs Ball Point Pens (Bic) 80 Notebook Filler paper (150 Sheets) 4 Pencils #2 138 Push a Point Pencil 10 All in one Pencil 28 School Glue Stick 2 Jumbo Eraser 5 Washable Marker 10 Sharpener 8 Wedge Eraser (3 pk) 18 Misc Box #2 1 Subject notebooks (70 Sheets) 58 Composition Books 27 3 Subject Notebooks (120 Sheets) 2

Resolution No. C-7

WHEREAS, Mr. Sham Bacchus, Jersey City, NJ wishes to donate 3 Nuvico, infrared digital security cameras in operable condition; and

WHEREAS, School 15 expresses a need for such items;

Page 49 11/19/08 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools accepts the donation of the 3 Nuvico digital cameras from Mr. Bacchus and will have them installed by the Facilities Department.

Resolution No. C-8

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District submitted an Application for Continuation of funding for FY 2009 to Passaic County Workforce Development Center in order to support the operation of the P.A.C.E. Workforce Learning Link; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has operated a Workforce Learning Link at the Adult School, 151 Ellison St., for the benefit of Passaic County residents for the past 4 years with funding from the Passaic County Workforce Development Center; and

WHEREAS, the Passaic County Workforce Development Center has offered the Paterson Public Schools supplemental funding to continue operating the P.A.C.E. Workforce Learning Link; and

WHEREAS, the goal of the Workforce Learning Link is to give residents of Passaic County the opportunity to improve their basic skills in order to obtain a State of New Jersey High School Diploma, and to enter higher education or other job related training in order to obtain employment; and

WHEREAS, the funding in the amount of $55,000 will be expended within the following categories:

Salary $35,207 Fringe $17,694 Office Supplies $2,099 $55,000

WHEREAS, there are no matching fund requirements; and

WHEREAS, the Assistant Superintendent of Community Service will be responsible for the district complying with the terms and conditions of the offer and will make every effort to target funds for the academic advancement and achievement of students and expend the funds in the most effective and efficient manner; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education accepts funding from the Passaic County Workforce Development Center to operate a Workforce Learning Link for the projected period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009 in the amount of $55,000.00.

Resolution No. C-9

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District and the Newark School District have developed a local assessment called Standards Proficiency Assessment (SPA) which is aligned to the NJCCCS for grades 9 and 10, and this collaboration has proven to be beneficial for students, parents and administrators in both Districts; and

WHEREAS, Newark and Paterson jointly hold the copyright in this testing program in equal proportions; and

WHEREAS, Newark and Paterson school districts have reached an agreement (that has been renewed for the past several years due to good performance) with the Hunterdon

Page 50 11/19/08 County Educational Services Commission, another New Jersey school district, for scoring of the SPA at a rate that was less expensive than the previously used commercial vendor; and

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-5b. “Exceptions to requirement for advertising”, provides that such exceptions apply to agreements with such boards; and

WHEREAS, this contract has been reviewed by Mark Tabenkin, counsel to the Paterson Public School District; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District will enter into contract (2008-2009 unnumbered) with Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission for scoring and reporting of Grades 9 and 10 – Language Arts & Math SPA in an amount equal to $14.50 per student plus Access to Report Website in the amount of $3,750 which is the same pricing as the previous year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District authorizes the Superintendent to execute the attached contract, dated September 22, 2008, “Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission, Regional Testing Scoring Center, Proposal for Test Scoring Services for: Paterson Public School District, Spring 2009 Standards Proficiency Assessment (SPA)” upon the terms outlined in the contract at the rate of $14.50 per student, not to exceed $57,400.00 in total.

Resolution No. C-10

Resolution of the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, authorizes the Increase of Additional Funds for Fire Extinguisher, Sprinkler & Suppression System Inspection, Maintenance & Service, PPS- 211-08, for the 2008-2009 school year.

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

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

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited open public bids for Fire Extinguisher, Sprinkler & Suppression System Inspection, Maintenance & Service, PPS-211-08. Sealed bids were opened and read aloud on June 5, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the PPS Conference Room, as a result a contract was awarded to Guard Line Fire & Safety for 2007-2008 & 2008-2009 school year(s), not to exceed $60,000.00 per school year, as follows:

Company Name Repairs-Regular Emergency Repairs- Mark Up/ Hours Outside Regular Down on Parts Hours Guard Line Fire & Safety $65.00/Hour $95.00/Hour 25% Off List Price

WHEREAS, due to unanticipated work during 2008-2009 school year, it is recommended that the estimated contract amount be increased by $25,000.00; and

WHEREAS, the vendor has been notified that no goods or services will be provided to the district without first receiving a fully executed purchase order; that terms on the purchase order will be honored completely; if the vendor does not agree with the terms on the

Page 51 11/19/08 purchase order, the vendor will not provide any goods or services to the district until such time a new purchase order is completed or delivered with terms the vendor will honor;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, authorizes the increase of funds for the Facilities Department for Fire Extinguisher, Sprinkler & Suppression System Inspection, Maintenance & Service, PPS-211-08 for the remaining of 2008-2009 school year to the following vendor:

Guard Line Fire & Safety Inc. 75 Main Avenue Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect with the approval signature of the State District Superintendent and is being provided to the Board for advisory purposes.

Resolution No. C-11

Resolution of the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, the bid for Student Transportation Services, PPS-504-09, for the 2008-2009 school year.

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

WHEREAS, on the authorization of the Business Administrator formal public bids were solicited for Student Transportation Services, PPS-504-09, for the 2008-2009 school year(s). Twenty-four (24) vendors were mailed/e-mailed bid specifications, twelve (12) responded; and

WHEREAS, this solicitation was made by advertised public notice appearing in The Record and The Herald News on October 8, 2008. Sealed bids were opened and read aloud on October 23, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. in the Conference Room, 1st Floor, 35 Church Street, Paterson, NJ 07505 by the Purchasing Department; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation & Purchasing recommend that Murphy Bus Service and Trans Ed, Inc. deemed as the lowest responsive and responsible proposals to the District, be awarded a contract for Student Transportation Services, PPS-504-09 for the 2008-2009 school year; and

WHEREAS, the vendor has been notified that no goods or services will be provided to the district without first receiving a fully executed purchase order; that terms on the purchase order will be honored completely; if the vendor does not agree with the terms on the purchase order, the vendor will not provide any goods or services to the district until such time a new purchase order is completed or delivered with terms the vendor will honor; and

WHEREAS, the vendor(s) listed below have complied with all Affirmative Action requirements;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson, County of Passaic, State of New Jersey, awards a contract for Student

Page 52 11/19/08 Transportation Services, PPS-504-09 for the remaining of 2008-2009 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Murphy Bus Service Trans Ed, Inc. 248 Goffle Road 47 Godwin Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 Paterson, NJ 07505 Route: ITS1, 28AA, WPR3 and PAL2 Route: GTF1, HLD1 and DAY1 Not to exceed $128,242.80

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect with the approval signature of the State District Superintendent and is being provided to the Board for advisory purposes.

Resolution No. C-12

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special needs and regular pupils to attend an out of district school for the 2008-2009 school year; and

WHEREAS, the district does not have a bid contract to provide this service, a transportation route had, to be created after the start of the school year in order to be compliant to the students’ educational needs; and

WHEREAS, the district may solicit quotations for unanticipated transportation services as stated in Title 6A:27-9.12; and

WHEREAS, the district will award to the lowest, of a minimum of three quotes and will later formally bid the route, if it exceeds the bid threshold; now therefore

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

Rout #TPLC – Palisades Learning Center 156 # of Days $14,040.00 8:30am-2:00pm 9/17/2008-2/13/2009 Out of District Special Needs AIDE NEEDED

Contractor Vehicle Per Diem Aide Mileage Adj. Total Per Diem Murphy Bus 123.00 33.00 1.00 156.00

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

Total approximate cost for the 2008-2009 school year is: $14,040.00

Resolution No. C-13

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special needs pupils to attend an out of district school for the 2008-2009 school year; and

WHEREAS, the district does not have a bid contract to provide this service, a transportation route had, to be created after the start of the school year in order to be compliant to the students’ educational needs; and

Page 53 11/19/08 WHEREAS, the district may solicit quotations for unanticipated transportation services as stated in Title 6A:27-9.12; and

WHEREAS, the district will award to the lowest, of a minimum of three quotes and will later formally bid the route, if it exceeds the bid threshold; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the Business Administrator in awarding temporary contract to Trans Ed Inc, 47 Godwin Street, Paterson, NJ 07505:

Rout #T136 – Felician School 90 # of Days $13,122.00 8:30am-2:00pm 10/20/2008-3/11/2009 Out of District Regular AIDE NEEDED

Contractor Vehicle Per Diem Aide Mileage Adj. Total Per Diem Trans Ed 109.80 36.00 2.00 145.80

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

Total approximate cost for the 2008-2009 school year is: $13,122.00

Resolution No. C-14

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special needs pupils to attend an out of district school for the 2008-2009 school year; and

WHEREAS, the district does not have a bid contract to provide this service, a transportation route had, to be created after the start of the school year in order to be compliant to the students’ educational needs; and

WHEREAS, the district may solicit quotations for unanticipated transportation services as stated in Title 6A:27-9.12; and

WHEREAS, the district will award to the lowest, of a minimum of three quotes and will later formally bid the route, if it exceeds the bid threshold; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the Business Administrator in awarding temporary contract to Rudco Transportation Inc, 178 Autumn Street, Passaic, New Jersey 07055 as follows:

Rout #T135 – Transition Center of Wood Ridge 106 # of Days $5,289.40 9/23/08-6/09 Tuesdays & Thursdays Only PM ONLY (5:30) Out of District Special Needs NO AIDE

Contractor Vehicle Per Diem Aide Mileage Adj. Total Per Diem Rudco 49.90 20.00 2.00 49.90

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

Total approximate cost for the 2008-2009 school year is: $5,289.40

Resolution No. C-15

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WHEREAS, Title 6A:27-13.2 requires all districts to submit reports necessary for the calculation of State transportation aid and the analysis of the numerical values (cost factors) contained in the transportation aid formula in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:7D- 18 and 19; and

WHEREAS, the district has a need to maintain and update student data to develop and schedule transportation routes for Paterson Public School Pupils and to provide an accurate and detailed district report of transported residents students; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator to approve the renewal of the attached copy of the original Contract & License Agreement with “Transfinder TM, Forth and Associates, LTD”. 120 Erie Boulevard, Schenectady, N.Y. For: Option “C” as attached:

Non Eligibility Zone Functionality Redistricting Functionality DRTRS State Reporting Custom Data Conversion

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this contract agreement shall be effective for the 2008-2009 school year.

Total approximate cost for the 2008-2009 school year: $5,250.00

Resolution No. C-16

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide temporary transportation for special needs pupils to attend an out of district school for the 2008-2009 school year; and

WHEREAS, the district does not have a bid contract to provide this service, a transportation route had, to be created after the start of the school year in order to be compliant to the students’ educational needs; and

WHEREAS, the district may solicit quotations for unanticipated transportation services as stated in Title 6A:27-9.12; and

WHEREAS, the district will award to the lowest, of a minimum of three quotes and will later formally bid the route, if it exceeds the bid threshold; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that this Board of Education ratifies the action of the Business Administrator in awarding temporary contract to Rudco Transportation Inc, 178 Autumn Street, Passaic, New Jersey 07055 as follows:

Rout #T137 – Washington Academy 90 # of Days $3,591.00 10/21/08-3/18/09 Mid-Day Only 11:00AM Out of District Special Needs NO AIDE

Contractor Vehicle Per Diem Aide Mileage Adj. Total Per Diem Rudco 39.90 17.50 2.00 39.90

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

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Total approximate cost for the 2008-2009 school year is: $3,591.00

Resolution No. C-17

Title: Family Outreach Program

Introduction: Early childhood education programs can provide valuable information to parents on topics such as how to nurture their child at home and help their child succeed. Quality education programs offer parents ways to become meaningfully involved in their child’s education.

The Family Outreach Program was created in 2001 to provide training, supervision and support to Family Workers who provide services to families of children enrolled in Abbott early childhood education programs. Recognizing the important partnership between families and early childhood programs in child care centers, the Abbott Early Childhood Education programs include a Family Worker position for every forty-five (45) children enrolled in a child care center that contracts with their local Abbott school district. The role of the Family Worker is to meet with parents in their home, at the child care center or other appropriate places to help parents understand their roles as facilitators of education, to understand their child’s needs, how to work with the school system and how to best access and utilize services their family needs. The Family Worker must be knowledgeable of community resources and be able to help families access and use local resources ranging from healthcare services and medical insurance to social services, legal services, housing or mental health services. The Family Worker collaborates with the center’s program staff to develop programs and activities that increase parental involvement including providing opportunities for parents to volunteer or assume other participatory roles within the child care center.

WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services awarded the Family Outreach Program funds for the supervision, training of family workers in the Abbott districts, salary fringes for family workers during the months of July and August 2008 in the amount of $427,200; and

WHEREAS, the State District Superintendent, Dr. Dennis Clancy and the Paterson Board of Education approved the Family Outreach Program Contract #FW09012 on August 20, 2008, specifically resolution number A-10; and

WHEREAS, the original contract does not provide sufficient funds to reimburse the Abbott preschool centers for payment of family worker salaries and fringes during the months of July and August; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Human Services has modified the ceiling for contract #FW09012 from $771,486 to $815,486, representing an increase of $44,000; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District accepts the modification of contract #FW09012 from the Department of Human Services for the purpose of paying family worker salaries and fringes during the months of July and August in the amount of $815,486.

BE IT THEREFORE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools Board of Education approve the acceptance of funds from the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) to continue Family Outreach Program as defined by DHS.

Page 56 11/19/08 Items Amount Salaries, Prof Staff $260,086 Benefits $38,000 Contracted Services $467,200 Contracted Services $500 Office Materials $2,980 Other Objects $46,720 Total $815,486

Resolution No. C-18

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has operated a workforce Learning Link program at Paterson Adult and Continuing Education for the past four years with funding from the Passaic County Workforce Development Center; and

WHEREAS, the goal of the Workforce Learning Link is to give residents of Passaic County the opportunity to improve their basic skills in order to obtain a State of New Jersey High School Diploma and enter higher education or other job related training in order to obtain employment; and

WHEREAS, New Jersey Network Public Television & Radio, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, has requested permission to install digital television (DTV) reception that will allow NJN to broadcast newly-produced educational programs to the Learning Link classroom and to transmit data files to the media server already located at the school for the benefit of the students; and

WHEREAS, New Jersey Network and its antenna contractor would install a DTV antenna on a ten foot mast that would sit in a non-penetrating roof mount (weighed sled) that itself would sit on a rubber mat and run an antenna cable to the top floor classroom; and

WHEREAS, New Jersey Network would apply for and obtain all the necessary permits required from the City of Paterson to perform the installation by November 20, 2008; and

WHEREAS, there if no cost to the Paterson Public Schools and no matching fund requirements; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education grants permission to New Jersey Network Public Television & Radio and its antenna contractor to install digital television (DTV) reception at the Silk City Academy/Paterson Adult & Continuing Education Building at 151 Ellison Street by November 20, 2008 at no cost to the Paterson Public Schools.

Resolution No. C-19

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools solicited proposals for an Integrated Financial Management Software System, RFP-001-09; and

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

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the best proposal price and other factors considered for goods and services; and

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

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

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District rejects all bids, pursuant to 18A:18A-22(a); Rejection of Bids for RFP-001-09 Integrated Financial Management Software System.

Resolution No. C-20

WHEREAS, Paterson Public Schools has established a retirement plan (the 403 (b) “Plan”) under Section 403 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended the “Code”); and

WHEREAS, participants and beneficiaries under the 403 (b) Plan have been able to exchange contracts among various investment providers pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 90-24; and

WHEREAS, the Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulation under Section 403 (b) of the Code that would, in relevant part, require the Employer to share information with those investment providers recognized under the 403 (b) Plan to ensure compliance with Section 403 (b) of the Code and the regulations there under for any contract exchanges made among these investment providers as permitted under the 403 (b) Plan on or after September 25, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Internal Revenue Service’s final regulations under Section 403 (b) of the Code require that, if the 403b Plan permits exchanges among its recognized investment providers, employer must enter into a written agreement no later than January 1, 2009, with those investment providers receiving an exchange on or after September 25, 2007 and before January 1, 2009. In situations where the investment provider is first approved by the Plan on or after January 1, 200, the written agreement must be entered into no later than the date of the first exchange into a 403(b) annuity contract/custodial account issued by such investment provider; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED THAT, effective November 19, 2008 the Board or other Governing Body of the Employer authorizes the Employer to share information with investment providers receiving contract exchanges under the 403 (b) Plan on or after September 25, 2007 and before January 1, 2009 to ensure compliance with Section 403(b) of the Code and the regulations thereunder; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the Board or other Governing Body authorizes the Employer to enter into an information sharing agreement no later than January 1, 2009 with investment providers receiving contract exchanges under the 403(b) Plan on or after September 25, 2007, in accordance with the requirements of Section 403(b) of the Code and the regulations thereunder; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the Board or other Governing Body authorizes the Employer to enter into an information sharing agreement with any investment provider first receiving a contract exchange under the 403(b) Plan after January 1, 2009 no later than at the time of the first exchange; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, this resolution shall take effect with the approval signature of the State District Superintendent and is being provided to the Board for advisory purposes.

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Resolution No. C-21

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District and the City of Paterson currently share athletic and recreational facilities under a memorandum of agreement; and

WHEREAS, school and community demand for interscholastic, intramural, and recreational athletic programs exceeds the capacity of existing indoor and outdoor facilities; and

WHEREAS, the physical condition and maintenance of current athletic and recreational facilities has deteriorated through constant use over the years; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson School District and the City of Paterson recognize that a shared athletic and recreational facility plan should guide land acquisition, facility and site design, construction, repair and maintenance, and program development and implementation; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education authorize the State District Superintendent to develop and advertise a request for proposals for an athletic and recreational facility study, to be conducted in collaboration with staff identified by the Administration of the City of Paterson and the Paterson Public School District, to include but not be limited to:

Identification of current athletic and recreational programs operated by the Paterson School District and the City of Paterson; Identification of current indoor and outdoor facilities owned by the Paterson School District and the City of Paterson that are utilized for athletic and recreational programs; Identification of athletic and recreational needs of the community relative to population, demographics, and interest; Identification of deficiencies in existing athletic and recreational facilities, including but not limited to location, condition, size, and utilization; Feasibility of using other indoor and outdoor facilities owned by the Paterson School District and the City of Paterson (including school gymnasiums and playfields, Hinchliffe Stadium, the Armory, parks, etc.) for athletic and recreational programs; and Recommendations for possible construction, renovation, and repair of athletic and recreational facilities on currently owned property.

It was moved by Comm. Best, seconded by Comm. Inoa that Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-21 be adopted.

Comm. Best: I just wanted to again commend the business administration office for doing a great job with providing all the information and improving from our findings in the previous year. I believe in the previous year we had over 40 findings.

Comm. Kerr: 42.

Comm. Best: We had 42 findings and this year I thought it was dropped down to 19 or 20. It’s a vast improvement. We still aren’t where we need to be. However, considering just in one year we were able to cut it down by half and some of the findings that we do have are things that pretty much are out of our control. There are certain findings that I think we continuously get that no matter what we do just a district of this size will have those findings. Of course, there is a goal to shoot for of zero findings, but with a half billion dollar budget and 52 schools servicing over 25,000 students, it’s very, very hard to

Page 59 11/19/08 have no findings whatsoever. So the fact that we were able to cut it down by half shows that we are moving in the right direction. Next year we would like to improve on that even more and again I believe that the business administration office, as well as the committee and the committee chair, need to be commended for an outstanding job in putting that together. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Comm. Hodges: Mr. Chair, I will hasten to remind the members that we are going to be taking up the audit findings next month, so we will have an opportunity then to I guess reiterate your remarks. Thank you.

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

FACILITIES COMMITTEE

Comm. Hodges: The facilities committee met and we had an extensive discussion regarding our new construction. My understanding is that it does not appear that we are going to be able to transfer or swap out our buildings, as we had hoped in the past. We are going to have to move forward with the current projects that were assigned by the State of New Jersey. It is due to reasoning which they have the chief understanding of. It was thought that even though we might save money there are other considerations that have to be addressed. So we will be moving forward with the assigned projects. I would also like to say that we are looking to reconvene the long range facilities committee to take a look because that plan has to be revised at this particular point in time and we have to make some judgments about where we move in the future, particularly considering what may or may not become available in terms of additional Abbott construction funding. We additionally discussed our work order system and future leasing. We still have a number of buildings that we lease and a number of academies that continue to reside in leased structures. We are going to need to fashion some sort of plan that takes a long term look at where we are headed. The new high school initiative asks for a more rigorous science and math curriculum and that is going to require labs. Some of these academies and offsite facilities do not have the appropriate facilities, particularly around the area of labs, and we are going to have to fashion a solution because the program is moving forward statewide. We are going to have to address some of our shortfalls and that is going to be a major problem. There are a lot of things that Paterson is going to have to roll up its sleeves and get a handle on and very, very quickly if we are going to be able to have our children not just move forward, but keep up.

Comm. Hodges reported that the Facilities Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. D-1 through D-3:

Resolution No. D-1

WHEREAS, the Interim State District Superintendent has approved for the relocation of Paterson Public Schools Central Offices to 90 Delaware Avenue; and

WHEREAS, reconfiguration to downtown locations is anticipated due to move and closure of existing buildings; and

WHEREAS, final cost may increase based on change of fiber length; and

WHEREAS, the vendor has been notified that no goods or services will be provided to the district without first receiving a fully executed purchase order; that terms on the purchase order will be honored completely; if the vendor does not agree with the terms on the purchase order, the vendor will not provide any goods or services to the district until such

Page 60 11/19/08 time a new purchase order is completed or delivered with terms the vendor will honor; and

WHEREAS, the services herein were in the original budget and funding for the same are available in the account listed below; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson contract with PSE&G to provide the construction of the following fiber optic cable routes:

Route #1: Eastside High School to 90 Delaware Avenue Route #1A: Public School #9 to 90 Delaware Avenue Route #2: Pole #70340 to 45 Smith Street Route #3: Pole #70340 to 210 Memorial Drive Route #4: Pole #70340 to Eastside High School

Total cost not to exceed $500,281.00 which includes labor, material, tree trimming, traffic control, engineering, project management, and risk/contingency (10%).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect with the approval signature of the State District Superintendent and is being provided to the Board for advisory purposes.

Resolution No. D-2

WHEREAS, the Interim State District Superintendent has approved for the relocation of Paterson Public Schools Central Offices to 90 Delaware Avenue; and

WHEREAS, reconfiguration to downtown locations is anticipated due to move and closure of existing buildings; and

WHEREAS, final cost may increase based on change of fiber length; and

WHEREAS, the vendor has been notified that no goods or services will be provided to the district without first receiving a fully executed purchase order; that terms on the purchase order will be honored completely; if the vendor does not agree with the terms on the purchase order, the vendor will not provide any goods or services to the district until such time a new purchase order is completed or delivered with terms the vendor will honor; and

WHEREAS, the services herein were in the original budget and funding for the same are available in the account listed below; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the State Operated School District of the City of Paterson contract with Carousel Industries (Avaya State Contract #A42285) to install new and reconfigure aerial and underground fiber optic cables, test and certify inside network cables, and test and repair existing telephone and network cables at the new office space at 90 Delaware Avenue for an amount not to exceed $266,841.50 which includes labor, tools and materials and construction equipment required to perform conduit construction in city streets; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect with the approval signature of the State District Superintendent and is being provided to the Board for advisory purposes.

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WHEREAS, Underground Storage Tanks were closed in 1993 and 1994 at the Rutland Resource Center; and

WHEREAS, the tank closures were considered completed, and a “No Further Action” letter was issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for the tanks. However, soil contamination related to historic fill was identified at the time on the subject property; and

WHEREAS, the District has been directed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to address the soil contamination; and

WHEREAS, Ransom Environmental was retained by the Board to perform certain tasks, including preparing a “Memorandum of Agreement” application, and completing a Remedial Investigation and a Remedial Investigation Report as required by NJDEP; and

WHEREAS, Ransom Environmental has completed these tasks, and must now use the information generated by the investigation activities to generate a Remedial Action Workplan; and

WHEREAS, Ransom Environmental has submitted a proposal in the amount of $3,500.00 to prepare the Remedial Action Workplan; and

WHEREAS, the board attorney has reviewed the contract and found it to be acceptable as written;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the attached proposal #070170B, dated September 19, 2008, from Ransom Environmental in the amount of $3,500.00 be accepted by the District, and that a Purchase Order in that amount be issued to Ransom, so that this work may begin as soon as possible in order to maintain the schedule submitted by the NJDEP.

It was moved by Comm. Kerr, seconded by Comm. Inoa that Resolution Nos. D-1 through D-3 be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

POLICY COMMITTEE

Comm. Muhammad: The policy committee met on November 3 at 4:00 p.m. Board members in attendance were Comm. Hodges, Comm. Inoa, Comm. Taylor and myself. Dr. Clancy sat in representing the district…(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)…from our Board attorney who provided that service by telephone. The committee reviewed and completed revisions on the remaining policy from the latest policy alerts from Strauss Esmay. You have before you tonight two resolutions on the policy. The first one is for second reading and adoption on 21 bylaws and policies. The second resolution is for first reading. It has 8 bylaws and policies. The committee spent extensive time reviewing each one of these. I received no changes from any of you since our workshop.

Comm. Muhammad reported that the Policy Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution Nos. E-1 and E-2:

Resolution No. E-1

Page 62 11/19/08 WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education Policy Manual receives periodic revisions and additions; and

WHEREAS, the Policy Committee submitted policies to the Board for first reading; and

WHEREAS, a special public comment session was held at the November 12, 2008, workshop meeting; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves the following policy for second reading and adoption:

0174 Legal Services (M) 0177 Professional Services (M) 1570 Internal Controls (M) 1620 Administrative Employment Contracts 3221 Evaluation of Nontenured Teaching Staff Members (M) 3233 Political Activities 3439 Jury Duty 4438 Jury Duty 5512.01 Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying (M) 6111 Special Education Medicaid Initiative (SEMI) Program (M) 6320 Purchases Subject to Bid 6360 Political Contributions (M) 6362 Contributions to Board Members and Contract Awards (M) 6423 Expenditures for Non-Employee Activities, Meals, and Refreshments 6424 Emergency Contracts 6470 Payment of Claims (M) 6510 Payroll Authorization (M) 6831 Withholding or Recovering State Aid 7410 Maintenance and Repair (M) 7650 School Vehicle Assignment, Use, Tracking, Maintenance, and Accounting (M) 9541 Student Teachers/Interns

FINALLY RESOLVED, that in the event any policy, part of a policy or section of the bylaws is judged to be inconsistent with law or inoperative by a court of competent jurisdiction or is invalidated by a policy or contract duly adopted by the State District Superintendent or Board of Education, the remaining bylaws, policies, and parts of policies shall remain in full effect.

Resolution No. E-2

WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education Policy Manual receives periodic revisions and additions; and

WHEREAS, the Policy Committee has reviewed policies for submission to the Board for first reading; and

WHEREAS, a special public comment session will be held at the December workshop meeting, to comment on said policies; now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves the following policies for first reading:

0143 Board Member Election and Appointment

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FINALLY RESOLVED, that in the event any policy, part of a policy or section of the bylaws is judged to be inconsistent with law or inoperative by a court of competent jurisdiction or is invalidated by a policy or contract duly adopted by the State District Superintendent or Board of Education, the remaining bylaws, policies, and parts of policies shall remain in full effect.

It was moved by Comm. Taylor, seconded by Comm. Guzman that Resolution Nos. E-1 and E-2 be adopted.

Comm. Hodges: I am concerned that we address the issue regarding professional services. We’re going to have to at least cover ourselves by…

Comm. Muhammad: Coming up with a list.

Comm. Hodges: Coming up with some sort of preliminary list and attach some monetary values to those, so that we will be in compliance. We’re going to have to do that as quickly as possible, hopefully before December. I guess we’ll ask the Superintendent for some assistance in that because we need to do that posthaste. We also asked the Superintendent and he graciously agreed to submit a letter of clarification to the Department of Education, given the concerns around this issue.

Dr. Clancy: I was just going to comment that following our workshop the other night, in the policy that you have on there for Board training we are going to insert that specific statement that includes governance one and two. So it’s just a clarification. It’s not a change in policy. I think that’s what the Board wants us to do. I was checking with Cheryl and we’ll do that for your next meeting.

Comm. Muhammad: Absolutely.

Comm. Kerr: Madam Chair, in light of the fact that there needs to be some adjustment to policy number 0177, professional services, do we vote on this tonight?

Comm. Taylor: It’s a second reading.

Comm. Muhammad: Right. As Dr. Hodges said, we have to do our own list and add that attachment, but yes we are voting on it as it is right now. But we can always make changes, sir.

Comm. Taylor: Amendments.

Comm. Kerr: This is in one resolution. I’m not going to vote for this particular policy. How do I do that? Do I just say I’m not voting for policy number 0177?

Comm. Muhammad: You can just abstain.

Comm. Kerr: I’m just asking directions.

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Comm. Muhammad: You can just abstain. You have that right.

Comm. Kerr: Okay. I can abstain on this one. Thank you.

Comm. Taylor: Mr. Kerr, we all met with the fiscal and the auditors and some of our own findings ourselves, so there will be some additional policies that we need to bring to the Board. We are not bringing it right now, but there will be some adjustments and some additional new policies that we have to look at and consider. I see the wrinkles in Mr. Kerr’s forehead and I know that he is thinking about how we worked on some of these and we need Ms. Finkelstein and Dr. Clancy and a couple of other people to work on them so that they do address what we need for the total district in our business that we have to do.

Comm. Muhammad: Absolutely.

Comm. Inoa: Madam Chair, I just wanted to comment and congratulate you on the way you handled those committee meetings. They are very professional. In fact, also the way you proceed when Dr. Clancy is there as well. You make sure the floor is open to all the questions and anything that we need to discuss about those policies. I believe I have learned a lot from you.

Comm. Muhammad: Thank you, Commissioner, even though I know Dr. Hodges won’t agree with you, but I thank you.

Comm. Hodges: No, Madam Chair. In actuality I do. It reflects well on your Marine training. I would also like to say that this measure, 0177, is a mandatory policy and we need to have that on our books. Now, I would suggest that we pass that tonight and then we amend it expeditiously sometime between now and next week, in which we can give it to the Board. So I’m hoping that the Board members will pass this ‘as is’ and then we can come back and add the numbers as needed.

Comm. Muhammad: Absolutely. Thank you, Mr. President. Let me just say thank you so much to Cheryl for keeping us on point and that’s how I got where I am. Comm. Inoa and Cheryl let me know that I don’t have to take anything from you guys and to just move this along. So, thank you, Cheryl.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Almario: Yes.

Comm. Best: Yes.

Comm. Guzman: Yes.

Comm. Inoa: Yes.

Comm. Kerr: I am going to abstain on 0177, professional services, and there is another one here that I made a note on, legal services, 0174. I say yes on the others.

Comm. Muhammad: Yes.

Comm. Taylor: I would just like to preface my remarks. Our policies are not written in stone. We can always go back and change and amend them so as to fit what we need

Page 65 11/19/08 and so that they match the statute of education for the State of New Jersey. So that’s what we have been doing. Not only the mandated ones but the ones we have in district we have been trying to parallel and make sure that they are in accordance to the law. So we can always go back and amend and change. I vote yes.

Comm. Hodges: Yes.

The motion carried.

PARENT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE

Comm. Guzman: The Parent Community Committee met on October 21. Board members present were Comm. Muhammad, Comm. Taylor, Comm. Almario and myself. Dr. Hodges was also present, but he had to step out because it was almost reaching quorum. Our administrators present were Dr. Fulmore and Mr. Kemper McDowell. At this last meeting, we discussed the fact that as a community we are trying to implement, organize and form a Board newsletter that will be taken out to the parents and at their reach, giving them information from the Board. Not from anywhere else, but directly from us – our opinions and topics that will be chosen by us. I would like the cooperation from all the Board members and I will be reaching out to them with our topics to get input from them so we can get our Board newsletter up and running. We are running a little bit behind. We did have a meeting scheduled for this month, but unfortunately we did not realize that we scheduled it on a holiday. So we had to reschedule and the letters will be going out about our new meeting. That is all, Mr. President.

NJQSAC COMMITTEE

Comm. Best: This Monday, November 17, the Board had a Board Forward focusing on governance that dealt with QSAC. Pretty much we just reviewed the different sections of QSAC and Board conduct and Board policy to make sure that the Board was up to par when it came time for the evaluations for QSAC. One of the main things that stood out and that the Board will be trying to work on in conjunction with the School Boards Association is that of double jeopardy in which districts are being charged or deducted points in two separate sections for the same violation. So Mr. President has advised me to work with the School Boards Association to find out a little bit more about if they are going to be altering this aspect of the QSAC portion where it comes to governance. QSAC is a black and white process and it does not leave room for explanations. A lot of the questions that are asked in the QSAC process just ask you yes or no. It’s a statement followed by ‘does the Board do this’, there is a yes or no, and then they want to see supporting documents. A lot of times in our case, again in a district this size, there are a lot of explanations and certain things that are out of our control that the district doesn’t have any control over and that really falls on the lap of the state. So it’s our responsibility and our role to work with the state to make sure that the things that are out of our control and really in their laps that we are being held accountable for in our QSAC evaluation do not reflect negatively on us as a district because the state hasn’t done their part in upholding their end of the bargain. That concludes my comments, Mr. President.

Comm. Hodges: Mr. Best, I will simply say to you that we are going to be reaching out to the administration because I think we have some regulations that are in support of our policies and we are hoping that those regulations are keeping up with the policies that we have passed. If that is not in place then we get penalized. This Board has decided to devote an entire committee to NJQSAC because we are extremely serious about living up to our obligations in the eyes of the state, but in our own eyes as well. We want to do

Page 66 11/19/08 everything that we possibly can to make sure that we are in full compliance with the regulations of the State of New Jersey.

Items Requiring Acknowledgement of Review and Comments

PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Comm. Taylor: The personnel committee met on November 10 at 5:15 to 6:05 p.m. Present and presiding was Willa Mae Taylor, and member present was Waheedah Muhammad. From our staff we had Mr. Rojas and Assistant Superintendent Shafer. We discussed that we are looking for a director of early childhood and interviews were to begin early this week. We need a director of counseling and they had to re-post it because there are different requirements. We discussed the new vice principal at New Roberto Clemente School, Ms. Cheryl Coy, who is coming from Martin Luther King School. The Comprehensive Equity Plan was presented and we were given some information from it through our staff that was present and Ms. Zaida Padilla, our Affirmative Action person. On the ethnic breakdown of new hires, of the 227, there were 59/76 others and 125 minority. We had 102 non minority and 59 Latino. I can’t give you exact numbers for that, but I know we had 102 non minority, 125 minority, and the total was 227 hires. An assistant superintendent took time through absentee and became fraudulent in receiving money for services while working in the district. That was indicated before. The internal audit took random sampling from our position control and personnel files and they take our information from Edu-Met and they match it with our personnel file. That’s just a few people. They have used the sample from 1955 to year 2000 and they found a few minimal problems prior to 2000. So we talked about that and I know I was in that mix. The district did their own audit and from the time that they talked about we had zero findings from 2000. Existing problems still continue with Edu-Met and it’s not capable to handle our personnel needs. I believe we’re going to be looking at another way of looking at our personnel attendance. We discussed the contracts and that’s listed under ‘Other’. It’s always after you see your work for ‘Personnel’. There are always a few contracts and a few programs that we have for the children.

Comm. Taylor reported that the Personnel Committee met, reviewed and recommends approval for Resolution No. F-1:

Resolution No. F-1

WHEREAS, the State District Superintendent recommends the appointment, salary adjustments, transfers, leave of absence approvals, dismissals, contract renewals of tenured and non-tenured employees; and

WHEREAS, the advisory Board of the Paterson Public School District has reviewed the recommendation of the State District Superintendent; and

WHEREAS, the advisory Board of the Paterson Board of Education has made comments as appropriate; and

WHEREAS, the advisory Board of the Paterson Board of Education communicated its expectations that such recommendations are made on a timely basis and include the proposed appointment, transfer, removal or renewal of tenured and non-tenured, certificated and non-certificated personnel in compliance with contractual and/or statutory requirements;

Page 67 11/19/08 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the advisory Board of the Paterson Board of Education acknowledges reviewing and making comments based on the personnel recommendations of the State District Superintendent adopted the November 19, 2008 Board meeting.

PERSONNEL

B.1 Motion to acknowledge that the advisory board of the Paterson Public Schools has reviewed the recommendation of the State District Superintendent and made comments as appropriate on the personnel recommendations by the Chief School Administrator including any appointments, transfer removals or renewal of certificated and non-certificated officers and employees. Further, the advisory board communicates its expectations that such recommendations are made on a timely basis and include the proposed appointment, transfer, removal or renewal of tenured and non-tenured, certificated and non-certificated personnel in compliance with contractual and/or statutory requirements. In addition, the State District Superintendent recommends the submission of the County Superintendent applications for emergent hire and the applicant’s attestation that he/she has not been convicted of any disqualifying crime pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A: 6-7.1 et. seq., N.J.S.A. 18A:39-17 et. seq., or N.J.S.A. 18A: 6-4 et. seq.

A. APPOINTMENTS

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE SALARY/DEGREE/STEP Ali, Irfan English Teacher International HS 9/29/08 $46,665/BA/ Step 1 Ambrose, Elizabeth Special Education No. 19 (.5) 10/6/08 $46,665/ BA/ Step 1 Teacher No. 29 (.5) Bashir, Safiya Substance Rosa Parks HS (.4) 9/1/08 $55,065/MA/ Step 10 Awareness HARP (.2) Coordinator MPACT (.2) Paterson Pre- Collegiate Teaching Academy (.2) Batti, Kimberly Art Teacher No. 24 9/22/08 $50,565/MA/ Step 1 Baycora, Yasmin Grade 7 Science No. 10 9/29/08 $46,665/BA/ Step 1 Teacher Berrios, Marysol Assistant Superintendent’s 11/1/08 or later $144,000 Superintendent for Office depending upon Operations availability Bess, Tequanna Cafeteria Monitor Martin Luther King 10/6/08 $7.75/hr. School Cilente, Ron Permanent Alexander Hamilton 9/22/08 $22,000.00 Substitute (Grades Academy 6-8 Science) Collins-Charles, Elizabeth Occupational Department of Early 9/1/08 $87,261/BA/ Step 16 Therapist (full time) Childhood DeLeon, Janet School Secretary No. 24 10/8/08 $31,900 Donohue, Anne M. Social Studies International HS 10/6/08

Page 68 11/19/08 $49,565/BA+30/ Step 2 Teacher

APPOINTMENTS (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE SALARY/DEGREE/STEP Emery, Samantha Permanent No. 18 10/20/08 $22,000 Substitute Grades 6-8 Language Arts Teacher Garnys, Adam Music Teacher No. 24 10/6/08 $48,165/BA/ Step 4 Gray, Gloria M. Cafeteria Monitor No. 5 9/22/08 $7.75/hr. Grilk, Brian Science Teacher John F. Kennedy HS 9/29/08 $46,665/BA/ Step 1 Hangen-Hall, Darlene Home School No. 28 10/27/08 $10.50/hr. Community Liaison Hazley, Ann Library Media No. 7 10/6/08 $47,665/BA/ Step 3 Specialist Hopkins, Mamie Food Service Department of Food 9/29/08 $7.15/hr. Substitute Services Lemus, Lidia Grade 1 Bilingual Edward W. Kilpatrick 9/1/08 $55,565/ MA+30/ Step 8 Teacher Lesesne, Mercedes School Physician Department of 10/14/08 $12,000 Nursing Mosca, Laura Guidance No. 4 9/22/08 $50,565/MA/ Step 1 Counselor Moussa, Nancy Special Education Dale Avenue School 9/3/08 $50,565/MA/ Step 1 Teacher Niziol, John School Physician Department of 10/27/08 $12,000 Nursing Olivio, Dania School Department of Early 9/1/08 $52,065/MA+30/ Step 1 Psychologist Childhood Olsen, Brian Physical Education Garrett Morgan 9/9/08 $47,165/BA/ Step 2 Teacher Academy Overslaugh, Emily Preschool Teacher Martin Luther King 10/20/08 $52,565/MA/ Step 5 School Peguero, Yahaira World Language Old Roberto 9/1/08 $46,665/BA/ Step 1 Teacher Clemente School Pereira, Rosemarie Permanent No. 21 10/20/08 $22,000 Substitute Grade 7 Math Pita, Henry Math Teacher International HS 9/1/08 $57,565/Ph.D./ Step 9 Rosen, Naama Special Education Martin Luther King 10/20/08 $47,665/BA/ Step 3 Teacher School Sanchez, Marta Senior Specialist Department of 11/3/08 $39,932.00 Secretary Technology Stern, Glen ESL Teacher International HS 9/29/08 $54,065/Ph.D./ Step 2

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APPOINTMENTS (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE SALARY/DEGREE/STEP Thomas, Joaquim SCL/Attendance No. 13 9/22/08 $11.50/hr. Officer Ura, Arthur Science Teacher International HS 9/29/08 $47,165/BA/ Step 2 Vitale, David World Language No. 26 9/29/08 $46,665/BA/ Step 1 Teacher Wilson-Poling, Susan J. Science Teacher International HS 10/14/08 $54,065/MA/ Step 8

B. TRANSFERS

NAME FROM: POSITION FROM: TO: POSITION TO: LOCATION LOCATION Abdou, Fayza Personal Assistant STARS Academy Personal No. 25 Assistant Alcala, Luisa Psychologist No. 3 Psychologist No. 27 Aleman, Kathy Instructional Dale Avenue Instructional Dale Avenue Assistant pc# 805 School Assistant School pc# 419 Ali, Suzan Personal Assistant Roberto Personal Edward W. Clemente School Assistant Kilpatrick School Ambrose, Noreen Special Education No. 15 Special No. 20 Teacher Education Teacher Ashely, Steve Grade 1 Teacher No. 21 Academic No. 21 Support Teacher Begyn, Rosemary Grade 2 Teacher No. 6 Grade 1 Roberto Clemente Teacher School Benna, Francis Instructional BUILD Academy Instructional STARS Academy Assistant Assistant Bowman, Beverly Academic Support No. 21 Grade 1 No. 21 Teacher Teacher Breauxsaus, Willie Security Guard John F. Kennedy Security Guard No. 21 HS Brewer, John Grade 1 Teacher No. 24 Grade 2 No. 25 Teacher Bruce, Luana School No. 4 (.8) School No. 4 Psychologist No. 6 (.2) Psychologist Buyndick, Roneea Grade 3 Teacher No. 28 Grade 2 No. 28 Teacher Caraballo, Anna Instructional Dale Avenue Instructional Dale Avenue Assistant pc# 419 School Assistant School pc# 805 Cerone, Christina Instructional Alexander Grade 2 New Roberto Literacy Math Hamilton Teacher Clemente School

Page 70 11/19/08 Academy Cheff, Joseph Technology No. 1 PCEA District Coordinator President

TRANSFERS (CONT.)

NAME FROM: POSITION FROM: TO: POSITION TO: LOCATION LOCATION Covacci, Steven Instrumental Music No. 9, No. 18, No. Instrumental No. 9 (.6) Teacher 21 Music Teacher No. 21 (.4) Davidson, Barry LDTC Edward W. LDTC Eastside HS Kilpatrick School Fiorito, Juana Instructional Martin Luther Instructional Martin Luther King Assistant pc# 1244 King School Assistant School pc# 2729 Fiumara, Nicholas Personal Assistant No. 7 Personal No. 18 Assistant Goldberg, Jason Grade 6 Science No. 11 Grades 6-8 No. 11 Teacher Science Teacher Gonzalez, Instructional Dale Avenue Instructional Dale Avenue Elizabeth Assistant pc# 1094 School Assistant School pc# 3399 Gutierrez, Employee Benefit Assistant Employee Payroll Department Rosaicela Specialist Superintendent of Benefit Personnel Specialist Services Guzman, Carlos Instructional Eastside HS Personal John F. Kennedy Assistant Assistant HS Harding-Lewis, Cafeteria Monitor Edward W. Cafeteria No. 10 Shantay M. Kilpatrick School Monitor Henzel, Michael Computer Teacher No. 24 Technology No. 24 Coordinator Hernandez, Emigda Instructional Dale Avenue Instructional Dale Avenue Assistant pc# 3399 School Assistant School pc# 1094 Hodge, Lakresha Grade 2 Teacher No. 28 Grade 3 No. 28 Teacher Hric, Deborah Academic Support No. 5 Grade 2 No. 5 Teacher Teacher Kim, Sunjoo Grade 5 Math No. 6 Technology No. 1 Teacher Coordinator Laustsen, Douglas Instrumental Music International HS Instrumental No. 5 (.6) Teacher Music Teacher No. 13 (.4) Lawson, Brenda Technology No. 24 Computer No. 24 Coordinator Teacher Lindsey, Grade 3 Teacher No. 28 Grade 1 No. 28 Christopher Teacher Marchese, Cynthia Grades 4-5 Social Alexander Academic Edward W. Studies/Science Hamilton Support Kilpatrick School Teacher Academy Teacher

Page 71 11/19/08 McCutchen, Grade 4 Teacher No. 15 Grade 2 New Roberto Herbert Teacher Clemente School McKeon, John English Teacher Eastside HS English International HS Teacher McMillan, Myesha Grade 3 Teacher No. 28 Grade 2 No. 28 Teacher

TRANSFERS (CONT.)

NAME FROM: POSITION FROM: TO: POSITION TO: LOCATION LOCATION Mijaljevic, Bosiljka Grades 7-8 No. 27 Library Media No. 17 Science Teacher Specialist Ove, Libby School Secretary No. 25 School No. 8 Secretary Paternoster, Grade 2 Teacher Martin Luther Academic Martin Luther King Pamela King School Support School Teacher Pernis, Jeannette Grade 1 Math No. 6 Grade 2 No. 14 Teacher Teacher Plesniarski, Personal Assistant No. 29 Personal No. 5 Christine Assistant Randion, Jannelle School No. 20 (.8) School Edward W. Psychologist Dale Ave (.2) Psychologist Kilpatrick School Reavis, Alma Grades 6-8 Math No. 10 Academic No. 21 Teacher Support Teacher Resto, Joshue Instructional Martin Luther Instructional Martin Luther King Assistant pc# 2729 King School Assistant School (Bilingual) pc# 1244 (Special Ed.) Ricciardi, Patricia Speech Teacher New Roberto Speech New Roberto Clemente School Teacher Clemente School (.5) (.6) No. 13 (.5) No. 13 (.4) Ripley, Susan Social Worker No. 29 (.5) Social Worker No. 7 No. 7 (.5) Rodriguez, Gloria Personal Assistant PANTHER Personal No. 27 Academy Assistant Salinas-Hunt, Grade 3 Teacher Roberto Library Media No. 6 Gloria Clemente School Specialist Santa Maria, Doris Personal Assistant No. 29 Personal Alexander Hamilton Assistant Academy Sarno, Christine Grade 2 Teacher No. 28 Grade 3 No. 28 Teacher Scheyer, Suzanne Grade 2 Teacher No. 5 Academic No. 5 Support Teacher Seickendick, Speech Teacher No. 7 Speech No. 7 (.8) Barbara Teacher No. 12 (.2) Sims, Bonnie Grade 2 Teacher No. 28 Grade 3 No. 28

Page 72 11/19/08 Teacher Solaro, Joan Instructional Martin Luther Instructional No. 27 Assistant King School Assistant Squicciarini, James Math Teacher New Roberto Grade 6 Math No. 10 Clemente School Teacher Tessler, Lesley Speech Teacher No. 5 Speech No. 5 (.9) Teacher No. 17 (.1) Toye, Eleanor Preschool Department of Master Teacher Department of Specialist Early Childhood Early Childhood

TRANSFERS (CONT.)

NAME FROM: POSITION FROM: TO: POSITION TO: LOCATION LOCATION Vroegindewey, Grade 1 Teacher No. 28 Grade 2 No. 28 John Teacher Warburton, Melissa Instructional STARS Academy Instructional BUILD Academy Assistant Assistant Wexler, Linda Academic Support No. 21 Academic No. 21 Teacher pc# 2487 Support Teacher pc# 3493 Wilson, Linda Academic Support Martin Luther Grade 2 Martin Luther King Teacher King School Teacher School

C. RESIGNATIONS

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE Al-Dahhan, Lina School Doctor Department of Nursing 9/1/08 Services Amato, Carol Speech Teacher No. 2 10/31/08 Arbelo, Sibyl Psychologist No. 27 6/30/08 Celestin, Gladys Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/2/08 Services Garces, Lilian School Community No. 18 9/19/08 Liaison Glisson, Gerald Assistant to Principal John F. Kennedy HS 8/31/08 Goglia, Rebecca Grade 6 Teacher No. 10 8/1/08 Guzman, Yojanny Cafeteria Monitor No. 15 6/30/08 Holmes, Kathy Cafeteria Monitor Alexander Hamilton 9/11/08 Academy Johnson, Carla Grade 1 Teacher No. 25 6/30/08 Logan, Darrin School Community Eastside HS 9/19/08 Liaison Madrid-Galdeano, World Language New Roberto Clemente 10/14/08 Dulcenombre Teacher School Martin-Balise, Renee Language Arts BUILD Academy 6/30/08 Teacher Nagle, Sonali, M Science Teacher No. 10 8/15/08 Omar, Nadia Cafeteria Monitor No. 9 9/10/08 Pena, Angela School Community No. 17 9/1/08

Page 73 11/19/08 Liaison Poteat, Henry Assistant Deputy 9/2/08 Superintendent Superintendent‘s Office Solis, Vivian Cafeteria Monitor No. 9 9/10/08 Vermaas, Pamela Learning Disabilities No. 21 10/20/08 Consultant Teacher

D. RETIREMENTS

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE YEARS DATE OF SERVICES Bonsick, Kathleen Doctor Department of 9/1/08 24 Nursing Delmauro, Nancy Grade 3 Teacher No. 26 7/1/08 27 Flores, Onelia Parent Coordinator Department of 1/1/09 26 Bilingual/ESL Teacher Perry, Floyd Guidance Counselor No. 18 8/1/08 7 Ronayne, Laura Principal No. 16 9/1/08 39 Spada, Kathy School Secretary PANTHER Academy 7/1/08 15 Wasserman, Minna Computer Teacher Urban Leadership 1/1/09 26 L. Academy Younger, Fannie Personal Assistant No. 4 9/1/08 39

E. SUSPENSIONS

F. TERMINATIONS

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE Substitute District 10/7/08 Abedrabbo, Sameer Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Adawi, Souma Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Agrusti, Evelyn Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Al-Qatarneh, Alia Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Baeira, Filiz Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Baghdadi, Fatma Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Belen, Linda Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Blackwell, Kenyetta Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Boons, Markular Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Bunting, Kenyel Teacher Calafiore-Brock, Caren Substitute District 10/7/08

Page 74 11/19/08 Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Cerdas, Cindy Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Chow, Sarah Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Cleaves, Michael Teacher

TERMINATIONS (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE Substitute District 10/7/08 Colon, Hilda Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Curiel, Sharoll Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Custis, Tonya Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 D'Amico, Rocco Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 De Jesus, Daniel Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 De La Cruz, Juliana Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 De Vries, Darlene Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Edwards, Shani Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Epps, Lisa Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Fineberg, Elizabeth Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Garcia, Antony Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Garcia, Judith Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Gary, Ladrunda Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Gates, Lamont Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Gizzi, Teresa Teacher Glenn, Aletta Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/2/08 Services Substitute District 10/7/08 Gonzalez, Zhereny Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Granato, Lis Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Gross, Natasha Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Halbach, Charles Teacher

Page 75 11/19/08 Substitute District 10/7/08 Harman, Alexis Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Hossain, Murad Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Huerto, Saliza Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Ismail, Tariq Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Jach, Paul Teacher

TERMINATIONS (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE Substitute District 10/7/08 Jimenez, Tatyana Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Juarbe, Edwin Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Lantigua, Belkys Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Lopez, Marie Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Mack, Jacobi Teacher Mason-Sample, Substitute District 10/7/08 Sophia Teacher Masse-Quentzel, Special Education No. 29 9/19/08 Jeanette Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Mercedes, Josalin Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Moharem, Nahla Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Mold, Robert Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Morel, Ana Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Muhith, Amina Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Namrawi, Majdoleen Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Oraykat, Sahar Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Orta, Luis Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Payero, Yocelyn Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Perez, Cathleen Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Quiroz, Melissa Teacher Ramirez, Carolina Substitute District 10/7/08

Page 76 11/19/08 Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Rashid, Mamun Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Reed, Eugene Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Reilly, Meredith Teacher Robinson, Curtis Special Education No. 4 10/3/08 Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Rodriguez, Arnaldo Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Rodriguez, Michelle Teacher

TERMINATIONS (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION EFFECTIVE DATE Substitute District 10/7/08 Rogers, Jacqueline Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Saint-Hilaire, Gabriela Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Salem, Ahmed Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Salem, Naala Teacher Serrano, Maria Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/1/08 Services Substitute District 10/7/08 Shahin, Nagwa Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Sosa, Daniel Teacher Stewart, Errol Computer Lab HARP Academy 8/15/08 Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Suarez, Denise Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Thompson, Jarius Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Tillery, Ebony Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Toro, Samuel Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Torres, Crystal Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Vasquez, Daniel Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Waszut, Tara Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Weaver, Latrisha Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Wester, Lauren Teacher

Page 77 11/19/08 Substitute District 10/7/08 Williams, Stephanie Teacher Substitute District 10/7/08 Zumaeta, Victor Teacher

G. LEAVES OF ABSENCE

NAME POSITION LOCATION DATE OF LEAVE Acevedo, Nicole Grade 1 Teacher No. 12 10/16/08-11/29/08 Adams, Eunice R. Instructional STARS Academy 6/5/08-6/30/08 Assistant Alexander, Marcia Social Worker No. 10 9/1/08-9/26/08 Almazi, Nicole Grade 3 Teacher No. 14 10/31/08-1/1/09 Anderson, Marlaina Grade 1 Teacher Martin Luther King 9/1/08-11/30/08 School Barone, Denise Grade 1 Literacy No. 18 9/24/08-11/30/08 Teacher Bellini, Jennifer Special Education No. 1 9/2/08-10/31/08 Teacher Bick, Michlele Science Teacher PANTHER Academy 9/1/08-6/30/09 Campbell, Glenda Instructional No. 25 9/1/08-9/19/08 Assistant Castaneda, Maria Instructional No. 8 9/1/08-9/18/08 Assistant Cicalo-De Caro, Nicole Grade 6 Teacher No. 4 9/2/08-1/1/09 M. Cicarelli, Danyel Instructional Department of Literacy Coach Language Arts 9/1/08-12/31/08 Dailey, Kristen English Teacher Eastside HS 9/1/08-6/30/09 Delellis, Julia E. Special Education No. 18 9/1/08-10/31/08 Teacher Deyo, Trecia Personal No. 28 6/16/08-1/15/09 Assistant Farina, Rose Marie Academic No. 10 2/1/08-1/4/08 Support Teacher Fusaro-Marte, Language Arts No. 18 10/14/08-1/30/09 Antionette Teacher Holmes, Theresa E. Home Economics No. 4 9/1/08-9/30/08 Teacher Lee, Vera Social Studies International HS 9/1/08-12/31/08 Teacher Martinez, Debra Executive Office of Student 8/8/08-10/31/08 Secretary Placement Minor, Lecia Health Teacher HARP Academy 9/1/08-10/16/08 Ramos, Jussara Administrative Department of 8/4/08-6/30/09 Secretary Language Arts Scopoulis, Nadine Grade 1 Teacher No. 20 9/9/08-6/30/09 Silvani, Ani SAC Teacher Martin Luther King 9/1/08-10/30/08 School Sultanof, Marni Special Education Norman S. Weir 9/30/08-1/31/09 Teacher School

Page 78 11/19/08 Valle, Kathleen Language Arts No. 7 9/24/08-5/29/09 Teacher

G1. LEAVES OF ABSENCE (RETURN TO ACTIVE STATUS)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DATE Adams, Eunice Instructional Assistant STARS Academy 9/1/08 Almaita, Nadia Grade 5 Teacher No. 3 9/1/08 Aranibar, Evangeline Nurse No. 6 9/1/08 Battagliese, Ingrid Academic Support No. 19 9/1/08 Teacher Beach, Melissa Math Teacher No. 18 6/9/08 Begum, Rehana Grade 1 Teacher No. 14 9/1/08 Bell, Faith Speech Teacher Alexander Hamilton 9/1/08 Academy Bluteau, Corinne Grade 4 Teacher No. 20 9/1/08 Boscarino, Diane Music Teacher No. 6 9/1/08 Brezsnyak, Carol Kindergarten Teacher No. 24 9/1/08 Cahuana, Milagros Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/1/08 Services Cardell, Carolyn Grade 1 Teacher No. 27 9/1/08 Castaneda, Maria G. Instructional Assistant No. 8 9/2/08 Conway-Rankin, Julie Language Arts No. 27 9/1/08 Teacher D’Imperio, Deanne Kindergarten Teacher Martin Luther King 9/1/08 School Dickson, Jennifer Language Arts No. 20 9/1/08 Teacher Didio, Mirella Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/1/08 Services DiMuro, Linda Grade 2 Teacher Martin Luther King 9/1/08 School Dolan, Roseann ESL Teacher No. 3 9/1/08 Faddoul, Faeda A. Instructional Assistant No. 2 9/1/08 Grossman, Debra Special Education No. 18 9/1/08 Teacher Hall, Lena Mae Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/1/08 Services Hampson-Brown, Language Arts Department of Early 9/1/08 Nicole Teacher Childhood Hunt, Lori Science Teacher No. 18 9/1/08 LeGrand, Christmas English Teacher John F. Kennedy HS 9/1/08 McCrae, Tawana Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/1/08 Services Mendoza, Nubia Bilingual Teacher No. 10 9/1/08 Munge, Emily Master Teacher Department Early 9/1/08 Childhood Muniz, Matilde Academic Support No. 5 9/1/08 Teacher Ocasio, Wanda Personal Assistant Norman S. Weir 9/1/08 School

Page 79 11/19/08 Papienuk, Lisa Grade 1 Teacher Edward W. Kilpatrick 9/1/08 School

LEAVES OF ABSENCE (RETURN TO ACTIVE STATUS) (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DATE Phillips-Torres, Quana Physical Education John F. Kennedy HS 9/1/08 Teacher Pluchino, Rosa Grade 4 Teacher No. 24 9/1/08 Roman, Yesenia Grade 2 Teacher Dale Avenue School 9/1/08 Salinas-Hunt, Gloria L. Bilingual/ESL Teacher Roberto Clemente 9/1/08 School Suchak, Michelle Special Education STARS Academy 9/1/08 Teacher Tumin, Laurie Art Teacher No. 14 9/1/08 Vanderclock, Marisa Grade 5 Teacher No. 6 9/1/08 Vargas, Lucy World Language No. 27 9/1/08 Teacher Wozniak, Laurie Music Teacher Alexander Hamilton 9/1/08 Academy Wright, Julia Cafeteria Worker Department of Food 9/1/08 Services

H. NON-RENEWALS

I. POSITION CONTROL

NATURE OF ACTION POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION To create pc# Grade 6 Math Teacher No. 6 To abolish pc# 4748 Special Education No. 29 Teacher To create pc# Academic Support No. 21 Teacher To abolish pc# 1982 Employee Benefit Assistant For purpose of Internal Specialist Superintendent of Control. Personnel Services To create pc# Employee Benefit Payroll Department For purpose of Internal Specialist Control. To abolish pc# 1475 Grade 2 Language No. 24 Arts/Reading Teacher To abolish pc# 2252 Music Teacher Urban Leadership Academy To create pc# Instrumental Music No. 5 (.6) Teacher No. 13 (.4) To abolish pc# 6922 Physical Education International HS Teacher

POSITION CONTROL (CONT.)

Page 80 11/19/08 NATURE OF POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION ACTION To create pc# Language Arts International HS Teacher To create pc# (3) Social Studies International HS Teacher (1) Science Teacher (1) Academic Support Teacher To reinstate pc# School Secretary No. 8 From abolish status 9244 To create pc# Security Guard BUILD Academy To abolish pc# 5178 Security Guard International HS To abolish pc# 5322 Cafeteria Monitors No. 8 and 5323 To correct pc# New Roberto Action is requested to Clemente School correct Position Control for the New Roberto Clemente School effective 9/8/08. To abolish pc# 6983 Grades 6-8 Math No. 10 Teacher To create pc# Grades 5-6 Science No. 10 Teacher To abolish pc# 4490 Grades 4-5 Social Alexander Hamilton Studies/Science Academy Teacher To create pc# Grade 1 Teacher No.27 To create two (2) pc# Grade 2 Teachers New Roberto Clemente School To abolish pc# 9073 Grade 1 Teacher No. 24 Based on the Principal recommendation that services are not needed at No. 24. To create pc# PCEA President District Joseph Cheff President of the County Education Association He will be full time President. To create pc# Personal Assistant John F. Kennedy HS To create pc# Academic Support Edward W. Kilpatrick Teacher School To create pc# Instructional Assistant No. 2 To create pc# Grades 6-8 Science No. 11 Teacher To create pc# Grade 2 Teacher No. 25 To abolish pc# 9215 Instructional Assistant Eastside HS

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J. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION

Approve additional compensation for staff members performing duties during the six (6) scheduled Superintendent Search Community Forums at their hourly rate. Not to exceed five (5) hours per forum.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Knight, Alan Media Technician Department of Communications Stanziale, John Industrial Arts Teacher Eastside HS

To hire two (2) certificated staff member to do breakfast duty at .5 hour x $34.00 per hour x 182 days= $3,094.00

NAME POSITION LOCATION Garcia, Lynette Special Education Teacher Roberto Clemente School Zalewski, Linda (substitute) Grade 3 Teacher Roberto Clemente School

To provide compensation for one (1) breakfast program monitor and one (1) substitute monitor for school year 2008-2009.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Fairmon, Nathalee (substitute) Instructional Assistant No. 20 Haas, Joyce Grade 3 Teacher No. 20

To hire two (2) staff members for the breakfast program, during 2008-2009 school year ½ day x 182 days x $34.00 per hour x 2 = $6,188.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Martin-Conyers, Anissa Grade 3 Teacher No. 12 Warren, Maryann Grade 1 Teacher No. 12

To compensate two (2) staff members for the breakfast program 7:45 am- 8:15 am at 182 days x $34 per hour x ½ hr. per day x 2 = $6,188.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Ciarmella, Ruth Special Education Teacher No. 21 Simpson, Siobhan Grade 4 Teacher No. 21

To compensate coverage for the breakfast program 7:45 am – 8:15 am at 182 days x $34.00 per hour. Each person not to exceed $3,094.00 in the amount of $9,282.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Graham, Barbara Music Teacher No.18 McDowell, Warren Art Teacher No.18 Pitcher, Patrick Physical Education Teacher No.18

To hire to supervise breakfast program from 7:30 am – 8:15 am at 182 days x $34.00 per hour in the amount of $9,282.00.

Page 82 11/19/08 NAME POSITION LOCATION Ardis, Alfred Grade 8 Teacher No. 9 Mabel, Edward Physical Education Teacher No. 9

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION (CONT.)

To hire for the breakfast program for 2008-2009 school year. Program begins at 7:30 am – 8:30 am in the amount of $3,481.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Flagg, Michele Music Teacher No.25 Hammam, Inea (substitute) Instructional Assistant No.25

To hire three (3) teachers for breakfast program. Total amount $9,282.99.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Anderson, Jesse Grade 8 Teacher No. 13 Durando, Jana (substitute) Physical Education Teacher No. 13 Jones, Luretta Grade 6 Language Arts No. 13 Teacher Moraino, Kathy ESL Teacher No. 13

Hire three (3) staff members for John F. Kennedy HS Saturday Morning Detention Program at $34.00 per hour for 30 Saturdays (270 hours); three (3) hours per Saturday per staff member for the 2008-2009 school year effective 10/4/08. Not to exceed $9,180.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Madjar, Ivan Science Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Pardine, Joseph Math Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Spinella, Charles Teacher Assistant to the John F. Kennedy HS Principal

Compensate four (4) staff members as Chaperones for the State DECA Career Development Conference at the Crowne Plaze in Cherry Hill, NJ from February 23 – February 26, 2008; $100 per night per chaperones.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Bourque, Barbara Career Development Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Estrella, Fernando Instructional Assistant John F. Kennedy HS Rhodes, Judith Career Development Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Silberman, George Business Education Teacher John F. Kennedy HS

To compensate five (5) teachers for two (2) separate overnight stays at Fairview Lakes YMCA Camps and Conference Centers in Newton, NJ for PEER Leadership Training Retreats. Dates: November 19, 20, and 21, 2008 (Two (2) nights @ $100.00/night, total = $1,000) February 19-20, 2008 ( One (1) night @ $100.00/night, Total - $500.00.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION Agyeman, Nana Math Teacher Eastside HS Allen, Sharon Physical Education Teacher Eastside HS

Page 83 11/19/08 Alston-Page, LeKeysha Instructional Assistant Eastside HS Cobb, Donna Personal Assistant Eastside HS Ultimo, Salvatore Math Teacher Eastside HS

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION (CONT.)

To hire three (3) teachers as breakfast program monitors. Not to exceed $3,094.00

NAME POSITION LOCATION Kreitz, Nikki Grade 4 Teacher No. 17 Locicero, Arlene (substitute) Grade 3 Teacher No. 17 Sakac, Olga (substitute) Grade 2 Teacher No. 17

To hire for the breakfast program from 7:45 am – 8:15 am at $34.00 per hour teacher .5 hour x 182 days= $3,094.00 not to exceed $3,094.00. Assistant 7:45 am – 8:15 am at $24.00 per hour .5 hour x 182 days = $2,184.00 not to exceed $2,184.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Ravelo, Yolanda ESL Teacher No. 5 Spencer, Jebarr Personal Assistant No. 5

To hire two (2) teachers as breakfast monitors for fiscal year 2008-2009 at .75 hours for 182 days at $34.00 per hour = $4,641.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Benicaso, Helen Grades 7-8 Language Arts Performing Arts Academy Teacher Bertion, Mary Grades 5-8 Math/Science Performing Arts Academy Teacher

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Clarke, Clara Special Education No. 24 To hire a certified staff Teacher person to be paid for breakfast duty .5 x $34.00 x182 days = $3,094.00. DePeri, Dana Special Education Dale Avenue School Compensate for the Teacher breakfast program for 2008-2009 school year at $34.00 per hour .5 x 182 days= $3,094.00. Drummond, Physical Education No. 1 To hire to monitor the Samantha Teacher breakfast program from 7:45 am – 8:15 am at .5 x $34.00 per hour x 182 days = $3,094.00. Emma, Jacqueline Grade 3 Teacher No. 29 To hire to substitute for (substitute) the breakfast program

Page 84 11/19/08 when needed. Gonzalez, Yvonne Instructional Assistant No. 11 Breakfast program compensation .5 x $34.00 x 182 days = $3,094.00. Graber, Christopher Technology No. 3 To hire as a substitute (substitute) Coordinator to monitor breakfast program.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Grille, Juan Special Education Rosa Parks HS To hire for breakfast (substitute) Teacher program during 2008- 2009 school year. One (1) teacher per day for .5 hour a day at $34.00 per not to exceed $3,094.00. Hammond-Barnes, Special Education No. 4 To hire as a breakfast Debra Teacher monitor for the 2008- 2009 school year. 7:30 am-8:10 am 40 minutes per day for 182 days $34.00 per hour = $4,641.00. Haney-Miller, Tanya Guidance Counselor No.14 To compensate for the breakfast program. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 am and will end at 8:10 am at .75/hr. x $34.00 x 182 days = $4,641.00. Hipkins, Theresa Grades 6-8 Physical BUILD Academy To supervise the Education Teacher breakfast program daily from 7:30 am to 8:15 am .75 hr. x $34.00 x 182 days = $4,641.00. Karcher, Deirdre Grade 3 Teacher No. 29 To cover the breakfast program. 182 days x $34.00 per hour x ½ hour per day = $3,094.00. Larro, Arthur English Teacher Eastside HS To hire as a breakfast monitor at the rate of $34.00 per hour, not to exceed 182 days .5 hour not to exceed $3,094.00. Lynch, Patsy ESL Teacher No. 30 To be hire to substitute

Page 85 11/19/08 (substitute) for the breakfast program when needed. Montanez-Diodonet, Instructional Literacy No. 15 To hire for the Sandra Coach breakfast program at five (5) days per week, .5 per day a total of 2.5 hours a week at $34.00 per hour = $3,094.00.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Rena-Marc, Shella Instructional Assistant No.26 To hire for the breakfast program for school year 2008-2009 .5 hour x 182 days x $24.00 per hour = $2,184.00. Roland, Mark Special Education John F. Kennedy HS To hire as Staff Teacher Monitor for the Breakfast Program for the 2008-2009 school year. .5 hour x $34.00 x 182 days = $3,094.00. Ronga, Susan Business Education Silk City Academy To supervise the Teacher breakfast program from, 7:45 am-8:15 am at $34.00 per hour = $3,094.00. Rothenberg, Amy Art Teacher Rosa Parks HS To hire for breakfast program during 2008- 2009 school year. 1 hour per day at 182 days at $34.00 per hour = $3,094.00. Schimpf, Kathleen Physical Education Alexander Hamilton To hire to cover the Teacher Academy breakfast program from 7:45 am – 8:15 am 30 minutes at $34.00 per hour for 182 days = $3,094.00. Shanahan, Michael Social Studies Eastside HS Overnight field trip to Teacher Washington D.C., and University of Maryland for National History Day National Competition. $100/night stipend for 4 nights.

Page 86 11/19/08 Smith, Dennis Grade 3 Teacher No. 10 To supervise the breakfast program at 182 days from 7:45 am to 8:15 am at $34.00 per hour= $3,094.00. Taliercio, Joann Instructional Literacy No. 29 To hire to cover the Coach breakfast program182 days x $34.00 per hour x ½ hour per day = $3,094.00. Tobler, Betsy Instructional Assistant No. 15 To hire for the breakfast program five (5) days per week .5 per day a total of 2.5 hours a week @ $34.00 an hour = $3,094.00.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Willis, Catherine Kindergarten Teacher Martin Luther King To compensate for School breakfast duty for 2008-2009 school year 1/hr. x $34.00 x 182 = $6,188.00. Zangara, Judy Instructional Literacy No. 3 To hire to monitor the Coach breakfast program every day school is in session (182 days) 30 minutes a day from 7:45 am until 8:15 am starting September, 2008 and ending June, 2009 at $34.00 per hour = $3,094.00.

K. OTHER

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Ashley, Steven Grade 1 Teacher No. 21 Placed on suspension with pay effective September 4, 2008. Bria, Amelia Guidance Rosa Parks HS To correct line item Counselor number in previously approved personnel transaction for part time evening guidance counselor in Adult High School in the amount of $7,752 from 9/22/08-6/5/09

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To amend personnel transaction #11 to provide additional information for planning and meeting time for New Teacher Orientation, July 22, 2008, August 27,28,29, 2008. Original transaction omitted exact meeting times and exact planning times.

OTHER (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Bristow, Burnie Technology PANTHER Academy To pay an additional Coordinator $1,020.00 for scheduling a John F. Kennedy HS for the month of August. Budhram, Malinie Student Worker Department of Division of Pupil Approval to continue Personnel Services employment as Student Worker at a rate of $7.50 per hour at 19 hours per week. Cangialosi, Jaime Guidance Silk City Academy To hire as a part time Counselor evening Guidance Counselor for 3 hrs./day, 2 days/week, at $34/hr. (hrs. will vary) for approximately 35 weeks from 9/22/08-6/5/09 according to the guidelines and procedures of funded programs for FY 2008- 2009 continuation of program. Not to exceed $7,752.00 Ceflo, Lucia School Secretary Adult School To hire as a part time support staff at $17.50 per hour for 5 hours a week during a 35 hour work week and for up to 12 hours a week during a work week that is 28 hours or less due to time off. The part time hours of employment will not exceed a 40 hours work week (when combined with Paterson Public Schools’ regular work week). Individual hours and days will vary according to guidelines and procedures of the Adult High School for 2008-2009 continuation of program for appx. 35 weeks from 9/22/08-6/5/09

Page 88 11/19/08 not to exceed $4,200.

OTHER (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION De Patino, Luz World Language Dale Avenue School To honor the equivalency Teacher application of Master Degree conferred based on the information provided effective September 1, 2007. From: BA+30/Step 9 To: MA/Step 9 Salary from: $53,065 to $54,565 including longevity $2100. Fierro, Mary Teacher Scheduler Rosa Parks HS To pay an additional $3,723.00 for scheduling International HS during the month of August. Giella, Jessie In-School No. 25 To rescind the action to Suspension hire for the breakfast Teacher program for the 2008-2009 school year. Goodwin, Gardenia Cafeteria Monitor No. 6 To reinstate on the request of the building principal. Gould, Wallace School No. 8 Pay employee the amount Psychologist of $52,488.00 dollars, less appropriate deductions, in settlement of litigation before the Commissioner of education, OAL Dkt. No. EDU 12711-07, Agency Dkt. No. 331-10/07, and the companion grievance, PEA Grievance No. 06-56.

OTHER (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Hall, Jamal Assistant Volleyball Eastside HS To appoint as an Assistant Coach Volleyball Coach for the fall 2008 athletic season in the amount of $5,255.00 Harris, James Chief Custodian No. 4 Process payment for Attendance Incentive and Buy back unused sick days. Houghuysen, Glenn Grade 5 Teacher Urban Leadership Academy Pay employee the amount of $6,050.00 dollars, less appropriate deductions, in settlement of litigation

Page 89 11/19/08 before the Commissioner of education, OAL Dkt. No. EDU 12711-07, Agency Dkt. No. 331-10/07, and the companion grievance, PEA Grievance No. 06-56. In addition, place said employee on Step 9 of the MA salary guide, effective June 30, 2008. Employee shall move to Step 10 of the MA salary guide for the 2008-2009 school year upon completion of contract negotiations. Johnson, Tanika Instructional Eastside HS Pay former employee the Assistant amount of $1,500.00 and remove references to termination of employment from personnel file, in full and final settlement of P.E.A. Grievance No. 06- 27. Kearney, John Social Studies International HS To drive the school van to Teacher athletic events during the 2008 Fall Sports Season from September, 2008 through December, 2008. $30.00 per event not to exceed $5,000.00.

OTHER (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Lydner, Kaara Head Dance Coach Eastside HS To hire as a Head Dance Coach from 10-6-08 to 6- 30-09 in the amount of $5,958.00. Mauti, James Physician John F. Kennedy HS To provide physicals for John F. Kennedy HS student athletes and be present at home varsity football games for John F. Kennedy School. McCombs-ReVoal, School Secretary No. 28 Excused from September Sharon 17, 2008 from work – commencing September 18, 2008, absences to be counted against available sick days. Oro-Harris, Ismari Guidance No. 3 Rescind non-renewal

Page 90 11/19/08 Counselor effective 6/30/08. Quispe, Juana Cafeteria Monitor Alexander Hamilton Academy To request to process the renewal of a cafeteria monitor for 2008/2009 school year. Roland, Sybil Grade 4 Teacher No. 28 Temporarily reassign to the Department of Pupil Personnel Services effective September 11, 2008 pending the outcome of a district investigation. Veloz, Omar Technology International HS To process payment for Coordinator twelve (12) unused vacation days in the amount of $2,529.36 Vergara, Miriam Dental Assistant Dental Services Approve a 10% increase in salary for Ms. Vergara based on the receipt of certification.

OTHER (CONT.)

NAME POSITION LOCATION DISCUSSION Weaver, Lisa Confidential Superintendent’s Office Restore employee to Secretary payroll effective September 30, 2008 in accordance with the New Jersey Tenure Dismissal Laws, pending a final decision by the Commissioner of Education on the tenure charges filed against her. Ms. Weaver had been suspended without pay from June 2, 2008 through September 29, 2008. Under the New Jersey Tenure Dismissal Laws, Ms. Weaver must be returned to payroll on the 121st day after the tenure charges were certified to the Commissioner of Education, which will be September 30th.

Revised transaction is being requested to adjust salaries of Child Study Team Members hired for summer testing of students with disabilities July 7, 2008 to August 31, 2008. Not to exceed $129,629.80.

Page 91 11/19/08 NAME POSITION SALARY DAILY #OF TOTAL RATE DAYS Albert, James Psychologist $96,861.00 $435.87 10 $4,358.75 Baldino, Raymond LDTC $102,061.00 $459.27 20 $9,185.49 Barbi, Melissa Psychologist $60,565.00 $272.54 20 $5,450.85 Benford, Ryan LDTC $52,965.00 $238.34 10 $2,383.43 Brizan, Roseann T. Social Worker $59,065.00 $265.79 10 $2,657.93 Calamita, Marilyn LDTC $102,061.00 $459.27 10 $4,592.75 Cioletti, Marie LDTC $98,561.00 $443.52 15 $6,652.87 Compitello, Gina M. LDTC $54,965.00 $247.34 20 $6,183.56 Cozart, Inger Social Worker $57,565.00 $259.04 10 $2,590.43 Davidson, Barry LDTC $93,661.00 $421.47 10 $4,214.75 Del Collo, Nina LDTC $102,061.00 $459.27 10 $4,592.75 Delgado, Carmen Social Worker $96,661.00 $434.97 15 $6,524.62 Fadel, Ivonne Psychologist $96,161.00 $432.72 15 $6,490.87 Geshwendt, David Psychologist $54,065.00 $243.29 10 $2,432.93 King, Jennifer Social Worker $55,465.00 $249.59 20 $4,991.85 Mendez, Marni Psychologist $79,779.00 $359.01 10 $3,590.06 Miller, Silvia Social Worker $54,184.00 $243.83 15 $3,657.42 Piccolo, Carolyn M. LDTC $97,061.00 $436.77 10 $4,367.75 Randion, Janelle Psychologist $52,565.00 $236.54 10 $2,365.43

OTHER (CONT.)

NAME POSITION SALARY DAILY #OF TOTAL RATE DAYS Rivera, Jennie Social Worker $70,479.00 $317.16 20 $6,343.11 Scott, Lois LDTC $98,561.00 $443.52 20 $8,870.49 Sofer Conrad, Kay Social Worker $95,161.00 $428.22 15 $6,423.37 Tahbaz, Alex Psychologist $70,279.00 $316.26 25 $7,906.39 Trim, Shivoyne Psychologist $79,779.00 $359.01 10 $3,590.06 Van Diver, Alicia Social Worker $93,661.00 $421.47 10 $4,214.75 Wiebe, Lynn Social Worker $58,084.00 $261.38 10 $2,613.78 Yachouh, Gladys Social Worker $52,965.00 $238.34 10 $2,383.43

To name the following employees as appointees to the IRS for the purpose of receiving tax information for the years 2008, 2009, and 2010

NAME POSITION LOCATION Ayala, Daisy Comptroller Finance Department Dipini, Rosa Assistant Supervisor of Department of Payroll Payroll Finkelstein, Frances Business Administrator Finance Department Walton, Alicia Supervisor of Payroll Department of Payroll

Page 92 11/19/08 Approval for additional compensation to coordinate bedside testing during State Test Administration 9/29/08, 10/08 and spring 2009. Not to exceed $5,000.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Bencosme, Yohanna Senior Specialist Secretary Department Assessment and Planning Gonzalez-Flores, Elizabeth Senior Specialist Secretary Department Assessment and Planning McLeod, Corey Secretary Specialist Department Assessment and Planning Zahroon, Haifa Data Management Analyst Department Assessment and Planning

OTHER (CONT.)

Requesting approval to fill eight (8) vacant FSE-3 positions by promoting the following part-time food service workers. As per Article VII of the PFSA Contract Agreement, workers who lost wages and benefits due to the reorganization are entitled to regain their wages and benefits if a full time position was to become available.

PREVIOUS POSITION NEW POSITION NAME CLASSIFICATION Current CLASSIFICATION New PC # School SALARY PC # School SALARY Belliard, FSE4 3218 27 $7,616 FSE3 3218 27 $11,536 Rosa

FSE4 4951 25 $7,616 FSE3 495119 $11,536 Davalos, Juana FSE4 3431 051 $7,616 FSE3 343103 $11,536 Rios, Maria FSE4 3433 051 $7,616 FSE3 343304 $11,536 Delgado, Margarito

FSE4 0780 041 $7,616 FSE3 0780041 $11,536 Cortes, Carmen Pierson, FSE4 2687 06 $7,616 FSE3 268706 $11,536 Yakima Rosario, $7,616 FSE4 0190 015 0190 27 $11,536 Hilda FSE3 Tavarez, FSE4 3377 051 $7,616 FSE3 3377415 $11,536 Brenda

To employ part-time Supervisors for 4hrs./day, 4 days/week (hours & days will vary) according to the guidelines and procedures of the Adult High School for 2008-2009 continuation of program for approximately 35 weeks, from 9/22/08-6/5/09 not to exceed $25,200.00.

Page 93 11/19/08 NAME POSITION LOCATION Fontanella, Paul Instructional Literacy Coach No. 11 Kellett, Kathleen Principal of HS Academies and Adult School Adult School

OTHER (CONT.)

The following staff members served as mentors in the Provisional Teacher Program for the 2007- 2008 School year. Payment should be processed for services rendered to the Novice Teachers.

MENTOR LAST MENTOR FIRST NOVICE NAME NAME ASSIGNMENT AMOUNT LOCATION TEACHER Brandy DePascale Cara Mathematics Teacher $1,000 MLK Jenkins Instructional Literacy Norman S Gates Michelle Coach $1,000 Weir Monica Garcia Gistasio Amelia English Teacher $1,000 JFK Carlos Rios Popewiny Thomas Mathematics Teacher $1,000 MLK Patty Murray Special Education Savastano Joseph Teacher $550 MLK Monica Rogish Special Education Savastano Joseph Teacher $550 MLK Sarah Davoren

To hire candidates as Permanent Substitute Teachers until they receive their New Jersey Teacher Certification.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Rodwell, Kevin Permanent Substitute- Math No. 24 Slota, Alexis Permanent Substitute- Special No. 24 Education

To re-employ part-time Instructional Staff for 3hrs./day, 2days/week (hours and days will vary) at $34.00 per hour for approximately 30 weeks from 9/22/08-6/5/09 according to the guidelines and procedures of the Adult Education for 2008-2009 continuation of program. Not to exceed $13,000.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Chavez, Arelis Spanish Teacher Silk City Academy West, Anita English Teacher Silk City Academy

OTHER (CONT.)

Appoint twenty-seven (27) teachers for coaches and stipends positions at John F. Kennedy HS fall sports program and school activities beginning August 15, 2008 through December 15, 2008.

NAME POSITION SALARY Bell, Charles Head Volleyball $8,311.00 DuPiche, David 1st Assistant Football Coach $8,519.00

Page 94 11/19/08 Eatman, Kenneth Assistant Football Coach $7,309.00 Fischer, Mark Assistant Football Coach $7,309.00 Ford, Ken Assistant Football Coach $7,309.00 Guzman, Ines Head Cheerleader ½ $3,580.00 Jackson, Ronald Head Football Coach $11,916.00 Jasenovic, Ellis Marching Band/Majorette $2,128.00 Advisor ½ Kearney, John Head Girls Tennis Coach $7,160.00 Kelly, Ryan Assistant Volleyball $5,705.00 Leonardo, Juan Head Band Director $8,311.00 Madjar, Ivan Head Soccer Coach Boys $8,311.00 McClure, Vanessa Head Cross Country Girls $7,160.00 Moody, Malik Assistant Marching Band ½ $2,128.00 Moore, Gary 1st Assistant Cross Country $5,156.00 Murray, Maria Assistant Cheerleaders ½ $2,578.00 Pardine, Joseph Treasurer Athletics ½ $3,580.00 Pierce, Clarence Equipment Manager $4,506.00 Reider, Jason Assistant Soccer Coach $5,705.00 Samra, Kenneth Head Cross Country $7,160.00 Semeniuk, Nick Athletic Trainer ½ $3,654.00 Tait, Mark Strength & Conditioning Coach $2,408.00 1/3 Tobass, Berta Treasurer Faculty ½ $3,580.00 Vincenti, Richard Assistant Soccer Coach $5,705.00 Walker, Randy Assistant Football Coach $7,309.00 Williams, Solaadeen Assistant Football Coach $6,859.00 Wilson, Claude Assistant Football Coach $7,309.00

Approve five (5) individuals as substitute secretaries for the 2008-2009 school year. They are to be utilized throughout the district on an as needed basis at a rate of $110.00 per day.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Bermeo, Katherine Substitute Secretary District Diaz, Anyelis Substitute Secretary District Kellam, Quashinda Substitute Secretary District Lausell, Linnette Substitute Secretary District Sinclair, Gladys Substitute Secretary District

OTHER (CONT.)

To compensate thirty-seven (37) teachers to participate in the William Paterson University REFORM Grant Summer Workshop on August 11-015, 2008 and August 18-22, 2008 from 8:00 am-4:00 pm at a rate of $120.00 per day. A maximum total of $1200.00 per person for attending all 10 days. Not to exceed $44,400.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Albritton, Michelle Academic Support Teacher No. 12 Algea, Yolanda Grades 6-8 Bilingual/ESL No. 3 Teacher Batchelor, Jennifer Grade 3 Teacher MLK

Page 95 11/19/08 Bryant, Bernadette Family & Consumer Science No. 3 Teacher Callegari, Regina Grade 4 Bilingual/ESL Teacher No. 3 Cooper, George Grade 8 Math Teacher No. 9 Crawford, Heather Grade 4 Teacher No. 2 Davis, Vincenza Special Education Teacher No. 3 Doherty, Jennifer Grade 5 Science Teacher New Roberto Clemente School Fede, Michael Grades 6-7 Math Teacher No. 12 Gajadhar, Judy Grade 3 Language Arts No. 6 Teacher Gibbs, Nicole Grade 3 Teacher MLK Guarente, Helen Grade 4 Teacher New Roberto Clemente School Harris, Gwendolyn Special Education Teacher No. 6 Hernandez, Ivette Grades 6 & 8 Math Teacher No. 3 Hinton, Reganne Grade 4 Language Arts No. 6 Teacher Jones, Etta Grade 8 Math Teacher No. 6 Kennedy, Alex Special Education Teacher MLK Krankel, Daniel Grade 8 Math Teacher No. 12 Lake, Paul Grade 7 Math Teacher No. 12 Lladee, Sarah Grade 7 Math/Science Teacher No. 2 Mathis-Brown, Wanda Grades 6-8 Science Teacher MLK McAnuff, Michelle Grade 4 Math Teacher No. 6 McClam, Mary Grade 8 Math Teacher No. 12 McDonald, Myra Grade 4 Teacher MLK Miranda, Carlos Grade 8 Science Teacher No. 9 Mongelli, Christina Special Education Teacher No. 3 Moreno, Rosemary Grade 4 Teacher No. 9 Murgolo, Jeanne Grade 6 Science/Health No. 9 Teacher Naveira-Dougherty, Bridget Grade 4 Teacher No. 12 Newman, Virginia Grades 5-6 Science Teacher MLK O’Neil, Lynn Grade 4 Teacher No. 3 Osorio, Vicki Grade 3 Teacher No. 12 Robinson, Tamara Grade 5 Teacher No. 12 Selino, Janette Grade 5 Teacher No. 12 Slopey, Diana Grade 2 Teacher No. 13 Tarant, Lynn Grade 7 Science Teacher No. 9

OTHER (CONT.)

To correct fund number of previously approved personnel transaction, as per approved Board Action 6-13 of August 20, 2008, for nine (9) part time teachers for the Adult Basic Skills Summer Program at the Adult School from July 1-31, 2008 for a total of $13,328.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Baldanza, Teresita Academic Support Teacher Adult School Botti, Francis Instructional Math Literacy Norman S. Weir School Coach

Page 96 11/19/08 DeAngelo, Lorraine Library Media Specialist John F. Kennedy HS DeMoor, Mary English Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Dunn, Alphonso Science Teacher Silk City Academy Suzano, Marianna Basic Skills/ESL Teacher Adult School Valentin, Jennifer Basic Skills Improvement Adult School Teacher Vilas, Candido Computer Teacher Silk City Academy Vilas, Jacinta World Language Teacher Adult School

To compensate nine (9) John F. Kennedy teachers for the Freshman Orientation Program at John F. Kennedy High School 8/26, 8/27, 8/28 at $34.00 per hour for one (1) hour per day for a total amount of $918.00.

NAME POSITION LOCATION Bell, Charles Physical Education Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Breen-Lopez, Colleen Physical Education Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Cleaves, Renee Special Education Teacher No. 10 DeMoor, Mary English Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Harris, Darryl Technology Coordinator John F. Kennedy HS Madjar, Ivan Science Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Nunez, Nilsa Business Education Teacher John F. Kennedy HS Perrotta-Blasi, Mary Anne Coordinator of John F. Kennedy HS Instruction/Assessment Silberman, George Business Education Teacher John F. Kennedy HS

L. SUBSTITUTE

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Abdelhady Eman 9/15/08 Abdel Aziz Omar 10/6/08 Abdelqader Khitam 9/15/08 Abreu Ana 9/15/08 Adedokun Lydia 9/15/08 Afonso Anamaria 9/15/08 Agama Roman 9/15/08 Ahmad Maha 9/15/08 Ahmed Sayek 9/15/08 Ahmed Shumi 9/22/08 Ahmed Laila 10/6/08 Alexander Jacquita 9/15/08 Ali MD Ishaque 9/15/08 Ali Muhammed 9/15/08 Ali Sharifa 9/15/08 Allan Rocio 9/15/08 Altera Jennifer M. 10/6/08 Amaro Johanna 9/15/08 Andrea Noelle 9/15/08

Page 97 11/19/08 Antonucci John 10/6/08 Anwar Masoma 10/6/08 Anziani Justina 9/15/08 Aouich Abdelhaq 9/15/08 Apelis George 9/15/08 Araujo Lourdes 9/15/08 Arhim Said 9/15/08 Arias Amaurys 9/15/08 Arias Carmen 9/15/08 Arroyo Juan 9/15/08 Arshakyan Karine 9/15/08 Arslanbeck Mayada 10/6/08 Askeew Bonita 9/15/08 Asmar Hepah 10/6/08 Austin Sasha-Ann 10/6/08 Avendano Jose 9/15/08 Awad Mona 9/15/08 Azelmad Jawad 9/15/08 Babamusta Merita 10/6/08 Bachkhaz Hanan 9/15/08 Bachkhaz Sounia 9/15/08 Badawy Nahed 9/15/08 Baez Cecilia 9/15/08 Bahaj Aissam 9/15/08 Bahaj Omar 9/15/08 Baker Latasha 10/6/08 Bandli Monira 9/15/08 Barnes Catherine 9/15/08

SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Barr Jeffrey 9/22/08 Barthel Heidi 9/15/08 Bascom Gene 9/15/08 Bashkanji Rezkallah 9/15/08 Basuf Hala 9/15/08 Batchelor Gloria 9/15/08 Bawab Mary 9/15/08 Beamon Natasha 9/15/08 Begum Jakeya 9/15/08 Begum-Roni Farhana 9/15/08 Benjamin Kerrian 9/15/08 Bernard Marion 9/15/08 Bernard Erica 9/15/08 Bethea Davvon 9/15/08 Bhatt Balmukund 9/15/08 Bishop Richard 9/15/08

Page 98 11/19/08 Black Shane 9/15/08 Blanco Cartagena Maria 10/6/08 Bolt Lorraine 9/15/08 Borda Carl 9/15/08 Brazer Cynthia 9/15/08 Bridges Eleanor 9/15/08 Brimley Shaquan 9/15/08 Brown Marlon 9/15/08 Bruins Maureen 9/15/08 Buday Gulsun 9/15/08 Bush Alvin 9/15/08 Bustios Silvana 9/15/08 Cabrel Idelisa 9/15/08 Campbell Barbara 9/15/08 Campbell Francine 9/15/08 Campbell Michayne 9/15/08 Campbell Natana 9/15/08 Capers Tamara 9/15/08 Capers Gregory 9/22/08 Cardriche Gail M. 10/6/08 Carpio Ricardo 10/6/08 Carranza Augusto 9/15/08 Castillo Jose 9/15/08 Castro Mirna 9/15/08 Cetinich MaryJean 9/15/08 Chang Marsha 9/15/08 Chiclayo Segundo 9/15/08 Chiquito Priscilla 9/22/08 Choudhury Sabia 9/15/08 Chowdhury Ohi 9/15/08 Civi Nafize 9/15/08 Clayton Alesha 9/15/08 Cockfield Barbara 9/15/08 Coffey Bricin 9/15/08

SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Cohello Martin 9/15/08 Cohen Sara 9/15/08 Collins Carzell 9/15/08 Colondres Diana 9/15/08 Conte Bettzabe 9/15/08 Cordova Jaqueline 9/15/08 Coronel Elma 9/15/08 Cuba Cynthia 9/15/08 Cuevas Maria 9/15/08 Cunningham Claire 9/15/08

Page 99 11/19/08 D’Stteffano Daniel D. 9/15/08 Dallavalle Lucas 9/15/08 Daoud Taghreed 9/15/08 Davis Bryant 9/15/08 Davis Tammy 10/6/08 DeJesus Jessie 9/15/08 DeJesus Joselito 9/15/08 Delahoz Fabian 9/15/08 Delane La'Donna 9/15/08 Delaoz Susana 9/15/08 Delgado Rosalyn 9/15/08 Denson Effieh 9/15/08 Depierola Pimentel Violeta 9/15/08 Desvarieux Harry 9/15/08 Dey Darpan 9/15/08 Dey Swopna 9/15/08 Diaz Alberto 9/15/08 Diaz Anyelis 9/15/08 Dilone Liena 9/15/08 Douglas Latoya 9/15/08 Douglas Nicola 9/15/08 Douglas Shavn 9/15/08 Drake Vashawnta 9/15/08 Duran Ramon 9/15/08 Durose Maurice 9/15/08 Dussard Paul 9/15/08 Dutko Peter 9/15/08 Earle Danielle 9/15/08 Ebeid Hamdy Ibrahim 9/15/08 Edwards Juliana 9/15/08 El Achaby Rachid 9/15/08 El Jaouhari Bouazza 9/15/08 Emery Samantha 9/15/08 Escobar Monica 10/6/08 Escorcia Sobeida 9/15/08 Espinosa Michael 9/15/08 Esposito Clara 9/15/08 Ezcurra Joana 9/15/08

SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Farhana Dewan 9/15/08 Farhat Moussa 9/15/08 Fay Russell 9/15/08 Feliciano Rasmiyyah 9/15/08 Fernandez Celenia 9/15/08 Figuereo Goevania 9/15/08

Page 100 11/19/08 Figuereo Plutarco 9/15/08 Figueroa Anthony 9/15/08 Flores Linda 9/15/08 Fontin Nadia 9/15/08 Foote Ronald 9/15/08 Forman Berg Diane 9/15/08 Frenkel Steven 9/15/08 Fritz John 9/15/08 Fusco David 10/6/08 Gamarra Coni 9/15/08 Gamarra Gerardina 9/15/08 Gamarra Olga 9/15/08 Gamble Natalie 9/15/08 Ganti Annapurna 9/15/08 Garay Lilia 9/15/08 Garay Fernando 10/6/08 Garcia Anette 9/15/08 Garcia Joseph 9/15/08 Garcia Ricardo 9/15/08 Garcia Anibal 9/15/08 Garcia Jessica 9/15/08 Garcia Elizabeth 10/6/08 Gaylord Timothy 9/15/08 Gerard Angelie 9/15/08 Ghazi Shada 9/15/08 Gibson Sandra 9/22/08 Gil Jaqueline 9/15/08 Gilbert Terrence 9/15/08 Gipson Kenneth 10/6/08 Godoy Lucanas Javier 9/15/08 Gomez Migdalia 9/15/08 Gomez Noemi 9/15/08 Gonzalez Evelyn 9/15/08 Gonzalez Sandra 9/15/08 Gonzalez Rosario 9/15/08 Gordon Sean 9/15/08 Grant Mitchel 9/15/08 Grant Shaqwana 9/15/08 Grasso Isabel 9/22/08 Green Owen 9/15/08 Greenwald Gwen 9/15/08 Gregg Joan 9/15/08 Grossman Sondra 9/15/08 Guest Maurice 9/15/08

SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE

Page 101 11/19/08 Gusciora Savy 9/15/08 Gutierrez Jose 9/15/08 Guzman Aristides 9/15/08 Haki Thanna 9/15/08 Hamdeh Neda 9/15/08 Hammoudeh Sana 9/15/08 Hansford Faiath 9/15/08 Hardy LaQuisha 9/15/08 Harris Thomas 9/15/08 Harrold Dasha 9/15/08 Hasan Badrul 9/15/08 Hashem Azza 9/15/08 Hassan Yousef 9/15/08 Hayek Melissa 9/15/08 Head Albert 9/22/08 Hernandez Carmen 9/15/08 Hernandez Fernando 9/15/08 Hickey Marie 9/15/08 Hidalgo Odalis 9/15/08 Hill Chantanette 10/6/08 Hinawi Enas 9/15/08 Hinostroza Plinio 9/15/08 Hossain Mohammad 9/15/08 Hoyte Keith 9/15/08 Hussain Carolyn 9/15/08 Hussain Layes 10/6/08 Hussein Sabrin 9/15/08 Hutton Shannon 9/15/08 Ibanez Hugo 9/15/08 Ismail Mona 10/6/08 Iussein Sabrie 10/6/08 Jackson Capree 9/15/08 Jacobs Arthur 9/15/08 Jacobs Paula 9/15/08 Jacobus Joan 9/15/08 Jaimes Cleusa 9/15/08 James Salina 9/15/08 James Troy 9/15/08 Jamison Brandy 10/6/08 Javier Ana 9/15/08 Jeter Catina 9/15/08 Johnson Ateatha 9/15/08 Johnson Bette 9/15/08 Johnson Cassandra 9/15/08 Johnson Soniya 9/15/08 Jones Juanita 9/15/08 Jones Shirley 9/15/08 Jones Cory 10/6/08

Page 102 11/19/08 Jordan Montrise 9/15/08 Joyner James 9/15/08

SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Judeh Nihaia 9/15/08 Kabil Aziza 9/22/08 Karuppan Chitrakala 9/15/08 Kellam Quashinda 10/6/08 Kellan Quashinda 9/15/08 Kelly Dennis 10/6/08 Khalil Maha 9/15/08 Khan Badrul 9/15/08 Khan Maqsooda 9/15/08 Khatun Fahima 9/15/08 Kinchen Cornelius 9/15/08 King Lionel 9/15/08 King-Peterson Annette 9/15/08 Koc Rukiye 10/6/08 Krahai-Kouchha Hana 9/15/08 Kurt Derya 9/15/08 Kurt Mehmet 9/15/08 LaFranco Florinda 9/15/08 Laidlaw Loraine 9/15/08 Laynes-Salazar Monica 9/15/08 Lee Matia 9/15/08 Leslie Vanblarcom Jennifer 9/15/08 Lightner William 9/15/08 Liss Morris 9/15/08 Llallire Teodoro 9/15/08 Lockwood Wynter 9/15/08 Lucanas Henrry 9/15/08 Luo Xiao 10/6/08 Lynch Louise 9/15/08 Machacuay Clever 9/15/08 Majumder MD Rafiqul 9/15/08 Maldonado Jose 9/15/08 Malik Muhammod 9/15/08 Malloy Krystle 9/15/08 Mansour Malika 9/15/08 Mansouri Hicham 9/15/08 Marmol Ramon 9/15/08 Marulanda Monica 9/15/08 Maute Paul 9/15/08 Mc Govern Matthew 9/15/08 McBride Janelle 9/15/08 McCallum Mildred 9/15/08

Page 103 11/19/08 McClam Sara 9/15/08 McClam Sheila 9/15/08 McClan Diana 9/15/08 McDaniel Tamika 9/15/08 McDonald Alvita 9/15/08 McDuffie Jimmy 9/15/08 McDuffie Michael 9/15/08

SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE McGlashan Kavelle 9/15/08 McGrady Nancy 9/15/08 McGuire Ebony 9/15/08 McLaughlin Jennifer 9/15/08 McMillan Quasheena 9/15/08 McQuade Christopher 9/15/08 Mejia Josefina 9/15/08 Melgar Laura 9/15/08 Mendoza Ysaac 9/15/08 Menzies Sherene 9/15/08 Mercedes Yrma 9/15/08 Mesa Carlos 10/6/08 Miah Shahid 9/15/08 Mignone Charles 9/15/08 Minervini Mary 9/15/08 Minu Nilima 9/15/08 Miranda Froilan 9/15/08 Mitchell Maribel 9/15/08 Mitchell Rashad 9/15/08 Mohamed Amel 9/15/08 Mohamed Reda 9/15/08 Molnar Gary 9/15/08 Morales Taisha 9/15/08 Morcom Harold 9/15/08 Morel Ana 9/15/08 Morgan Denise 9/15/08 Morgan Damion W. 9/22/08 Morkos Shady 10/6/08 Morrow Jeffrey 9/15/08 Moses Mark 10/6/08 Moss Keisa 9/15/08 Muhammad Dawud 9/15/08 Muhith Amina 9/15/08 Muir Mark 9/15/08 Muriel Ramon 9/15/08 Murray Alana 9/15/08 Musa Nurdan 9/15/08

Page 104 11/19/08 Mustafa Sahar 9/15/08 Nales Luisa 9/22/08 Namrawi Majdoleen 9/15/08 Naranjo Gladys 9/15/08 Nassar Maher 9/15/08 Nassar Maher 10/6/08 Nath Shimu 9/15/08 Nicholas Narlin 10/6/08 Nomafo Eric 9/15/08 Novotny Clara 9/15/08 Nunez Alexandra 9/15/08 Nunez-Reynoso Jose 10/6/08 Ogele Oby 9/15/08

Page 105 11/19/08 SUBSTITUTE (CONT.)

LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Ojeda Pedro 9/15/08 Oliver Paula 9/22/08 Ortiz Maria 10/6/08 Osbourne Jennifer 9/15/08 Othman Rana 9/15/08 Pacheco Luz 9/15/08 Pacheco Violeta 9/15/08 Paola Stanojevic 9/22/08 Parkes Sharon 9/15/08 Paz Judith 9/15/08 Pereira Rosemarie 9/15/08 Perez Marina 9/15/08 Perez Mercedes 9/15/08 Perez Remy 9/15/08 Perez Sergio 9/15/08 Perville Paul 9/15/08 Peterson Bettye 9/15/08 Petrow Evelyn 9/22/08 Pierce Micah 9/15/08 Pierce-Harris Catina 9/15/08 Pimentel Geovana 9/15/08 Pinos Reinaldo 9/15/08 Pinson Alejandra 10/6/08 Pinto John 9/15/08 Pires Lidia 9/15/08 Popoola Annah 9/15/08 Prado Luz 9/15/08 Qaddoura Khadijeh 9/15/08 Quinerly Reginald 9/15/08 Quinones Adriana 9/22/08 Rahman Masudur 9/15/08 Rahman Muha 9/15/08 Ramos Blanca 9/15/08 Rangel Alma 9/15/08 Raso Giovanni 9/15/08 Razzak Fazzlul 9/15/08 Razzak Hadiya 9/15/08 Redmon Deborah 9/15/08 Reed Latrice 9/15/08 Revollo Maria 9/15/08 Richardson Gale 10/6/08 Richter Eric 10/6/08 Rieder Joseph 9/15/08 Rieger Russell 9/15/08 Rivera Raymond 10/6/08

Page 106 11/19/08 Roberts Edward 9/15/08 Robertson Betty 10/6/08 Robinson Joseph 9/15/08 Robinson Tyisha 9/15/08 Rodwell Kevin 9/22/08

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LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Rojas Maria 9/15/08 Rojas Salvador 9/15/08 Rojas Maria 10/6/08 Roman Lavinia 9/15/08 Ronayne Patrick 9/15/08 Rounds Fidel 9/15/08 Rugbeer Leslie 9/15/08 Russell Tsahai 9/15/08 Russo Maria 9/5/08 S. Mangrum Julia 9/15/08 Salcedo Clara 9/15/08 Salem Gawaher 9/15/08 Salti Dana 9/15/08 Sanchez Carl 9/15/08 Sarabia Guadalupe 9/15/08 Sarwar Jesmin 9/15/08 Schlachter Laurie 10/6/08 Schwartz Kurt 9/15/08 Segura Rosario 9/15/08 Shatz Barry 9/22/08 Sherifi Nihad 9/15/08 Sikora Mark 9/15/08 Silva Ferdinand 9/15/08 Silva Juan 9/15/08 Simonetti Linda 9/15/08 Sims Tillie 9/15/08 Singh Lois 9/15/08 Skelton Nahum 9/15/08 Smiley Michelle 9/15/08 Smith Jason 9/15/08 Sneed Kenyatta 9/15/08 Solano Brunilda 9/15/08 Soliman Tarek 9/15/08 Solomon Geraldine 9/15/08 Sosa Martinez Maxima 9/15/08 Soto Orfelinda 9/15/08 Spingler Karyn 9/15/08 Stanojevic Paola 10/6/08 Stuart Cathy 9/15/08

Page 107 11/19/08 Taborda Federico 9/15/08 Tariq Farhat 9/15/08 Taspinar Ayfer 9/15/08 Tavaras Maria 9/15/08 Tawadrous Georgette 9/15/08 Taylor Robert 9/15/08 Taylor-Budhai Michelle 9/15/08 Tejada Felix 10/6/08 Tekdemir Mustafa 9/15/08 Ten Kate Ashley 9/22/08 Tenhoeve Lisa 10/6/08

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LAST NAME FIRST NAME EFFECTIVE DATE Teophile Darline 9/15/08 Terminini Fadia 9/15/08 Tetteh Ebenezer 9/15/08 Thomas Beverly 9/15/08 Thomas Janet 9/15/08 Thomas Rasheeda 9/15/08 Thompson Colleen 9/15/08 Tolbert Janice 9/15/08 Toledo Frank 9/15/08 Torres Tajuan 9/15/08 Toth Barbara 9/15/08 Trommelen Michael 9/15/08 Tulloch Paulette 9/15/08 Tulloch Shana 9/15/08 Uddin Mohammed 9/15/08 Urena Nicole 9/15/08 Usoro Benedict 9/15/08 Uter Patricia 9/15/08 Valdez Claudia 9/15/08 Valdez Sonialys 9/15/08 Vargas Fiorella 9/15/08 Vasquez Mireya 9/15/08 Vazquez Ana 9/15/08 Velez` Andrew 10/6/08 Veltri Italo 9/15/08 Vincent Esther 9/15/08 Waker Victoria 9/15/08 Walensky David 9/15/08 Waters Robert 9/5/08 Webb Tavonne 9/15/08 Wichowski Lauren 9/15/08 Williams Akia 9/15/08 Williams Giralda 9/15/08

Page 108 11/19/08 Williams Ikera 9/15/08 Williams Jasmine 9/15/08 Williams Montrise 9/15/08 Williams Richard 9/15/08 Williams Solaadeen 9/15/08 Williams Vanessa 9/15/08 Wirth Mark 9/15/08 Woods Gregory 9/15/08 Woolridge Danielle 9/15/08 Ygarza Mery 9/15/08 Zaitsev Nadia 9/15/08 Zakhary Neven 10/6/08 Zarate Stacy 9/15/08 Zavoski Andrew 9/15/08 Zegarra Jose 9/15/08 Zuluaga Leidy 9/15/08

OTHER

08-A278. Approved that the amount allocated to the law firm of Robert E. Murray, LLC, for collective negotiations and related litigation be increased to a maximum allowable amount of $130,500.00, for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.

08-A279. Approved amendment to action form dated August 11, 2007, for the appointment of the law firm of Richard E. Shapiro, LLC, as Special Counsel to handle budget appeals under Abbott v. Burke and related litigation for the 2007-2008 school year, at a rate of $155.00 per hour (43.83 hours = $6,793.65 plus $278.50 in expenses totaling $7,072.15).

08-A280. Approved contract agreement with Luis De Jesus from Rhythms & Visions, as an artist in residence to work with selected staff and students of Schools No. 1, 3 and 8, in preparation for three presentations of a culminating multicultural activity, “The Three Kings in the Plaza”, on January 6, 2009, at an amount not to exceed $12,500.00.

08-A281. Approved contract with Professional Sports Medicine Associates to provide coverage to all of the student athletes of Eastside High School at scheduled league home football games, for the 2008-2009 school year, at a rate of $500.00 per game, not to exceed $3,500.00.

08-A282. Approved retaining the services of James Mauti as physician for athletic events, providing patients with individualized care aimed at prevention, care management and rehabilitation of sports injuries, during coverage at all John F. Kennedy High School home football games, for the 2008-2009 school year, at a rate of $500.00 per game.

Page 109 11/19/08 08-A283. Approved entering into a contract with Lifeshot Medical & Security to provide CPR training for Early Childhood healthcare providers, to ensure that the Abbott Health Services Team is current with their license and certifications, on November 10, 2008, at an amount not to exceed $750.00.

It was moved by Comm. Taylor, seconded by Comm. Muhammad that Resolution No. F-1 be adopted.

Comm. Taylor: The motion acknowledges that the advisory Board of the Paterson Public Schools had reviewed the recommendations of the State District Superintendent and made comments on the personnel recommendations by the Chief School Administrator, including any appointments, transfers, removals, or renewal of certified or non-certified officers and employees. Further, the advisory Board communicates its expectations that such recommendations are made on a timely basis and include the proposed appointments, transfers, removals, or renewals of tenured and non-tenured, certified and non-certified personnel in compliance with the contractual and/or statutory requirements. In addition, the State District Superintendent recommends the submission of the county superintendent applications for emergent hire and the applicants attestation that he/she has not been convicted of any disqualifying crime, pursuant to the provisions of our laws and statutes of the State of New Jersey. You have listed in front of you all the transfers, all the appointments, any new personnel, and anyone who resigned. All of it is listed in front of you. Thank you.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Almario: Yes.

Comm. Best: Yes.

Comm. Guzman: Yes.

Comm. Inoa: Yes.

Comm. Kerr: Yes.

Comm. Muhammad: Yes.

Comm. Taylor: Yes.

Comm. Hodges: I guess I’m going to vote yes, but I think I’m going to be approaching the Superintendent because I do have some questions about this. As I was sitting here, I was wondering whether or not we should be getting some sort of explanations as to why some of these things were done. As we pretend to transition back to local control, I know that in other districts when personnel changes are made there is at least a thumbnail sketch as to why these things took place. I guess I will sit down and formulate what my real question is. I’m just thinking out loud here. Yes.

The motion carried.

Comm. Taylor: Dr. Hodges, I believe we’re going to have to sit down, even though this is just for information. I think we’re going to have to sit down with our Superintendent. In the near future, we are going to have to sit down because I know we’re going to have to do some rearrangement, but also when we do staff we have to watch and be careful that

Page 110 11/19/08 we don’t have to do re-posting. We have to look at what are the job requirements and when we post it, we should put what it should be, that’s the posting, and not go back and rearrange the posting. I think we’ll have to talk about this. We have to talk about this as a Board and with Dr. Clancy and anyone else whoever comes here.

OTHER BUSINESS

It was moved by Comm. Muhammad, seconded by Comm. Kerr that the Board has an Executive Session on December 3, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. at John F. Kennedy High School to discuss personnel. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

BOARD COMMENTS

Comm. Muhammad: I just wanted to thank the Board and staff for our attendance at the School Boards conference in Atlantic City. It was very, very helpful. I really got a lot out of it and I just wanted to bring two things to your attention. I did do a written report, but I’ll do this quickly. I attended a workshop entitled “The Role of School Community Parent Partnership and Bullying Prevention” and this workshop really was so helpful. They had a lady there who talked about how a child was so bullied that she took her own life and I just wanted to ask whether or not we do have something already in place as far as bullying goes and if we can really make sure that we’re up on this and that we’re not taking anything lightly. The other workshop that I attended had to do with understanding the role of your Board President.

Comm. Hodges: Thank you, Comm. Muhammad. Ms. Almario?

Comm. Muhammad: I was just so excited to attend this workshop because the presenter asked how many of us are Board Presidents and of course, my hand didn’t go up. She asked how many of us were there to make sure our Board President is doing what they are supposed to be doing and I did this.

Comm. Hodges: Thank you very much, Ms. Muhammad.

Comm. Muhammad: To my fellow Commissioners, we even have an evaluation of our President, so I will be getting you all this information. Thank you and God bless.

Comm. Almario: I, likewise, would like to thank the Board for allowing me to get such an information overload during my training in Atlantic City. I didn’t realize that it was to start at 8:30 and not end until 5:00 and there was no escaping because all the meals were also eaten in the very same room. That was my first day and the second and third days were a little more restful. But I would like to thank you because I did get some information overload. Next, this has to do with our Board President. I know that Ms. Muhammad said that now we can really do a good evaluation of Dr. Hodges, but before we do that, I would like to inform everybody that the Hillcrest Neighborhood Association usually chooses one Board member per year to honor and this year we are honoring our Board President. Am I allowed to invite them? So the Hillcrest Neighborhood Association will hold its 3rd Annual Christmas Party at LaNeve’s on December 5 from 7:00 to 11:00. It is really not costly because it only costs $35.00 per ticket. So we are honoring our Board President. He will be one of the honorees. It promises to be an evening of fun with DJ music and cash bar. Also, we will have three dance instructors who will teach us ballroom dancing. I do not see anybody rushing to get tickets, but maybe later. Thank you, Mr. President.

Page 111 11/19/08 Comm. Best: As we all know, on November 4 the country as a whole came together to elect our first Black president. In saying that, throughout these past couple of months the School Board members, as well as the administration, has been pushing the importance of this election cycle and civic engagement in general and how important it was for people to be educated about the voting process. Again, I would like to commend the curriculum department, as well as the district, for sponsoring the specialized curriculum for the election. It was very beneficial. Students learned a lot and as a result I think they informed many of their parents because we had record turnouts here in the City of Paterson. It was unprecedented the amount of people who went out and voted. I think that has a lot to do with what we did here in the district in terms of informing and educating our students about the importance of that. Also, regarding the youth involvement and engagement around this particular election cycle, on November 1 a group of about 200 students got together to sponsor a non-partisan “Get Out To Vote” campaign in the City of Paterson. It was one of the more prouder days of my life to see that many young people come together just encouraging people to vote for them because they could not vote because they were under the age of 18. They wanted people in the City of Paterson to know that despite their lack of being able to vote the issues were important enough for them to come out at 8:00 in the morning and stay until 5:00 at night to pass out flyers to thousands of residents and visitors to the City of Paterson, encouraging them to come out to vote. Again, for people who say that the youth in this city are not engaged and for people who say that the youth don’t care about what goes on in this city, this is a perfect example of how powerful the children in the city are when it comes to an issue that involves their future. Again, they could not vote in this election. Yet, they still came out and they did a tremendous job. Again, kudos go out to the district for sponsoring the special curriculum to engage students to know more about this election process and thanks to all the parents who listened to your students and went out and voted on November 4. Thank you.

Comm. Guzman: I feel a little saddened and a little bit out of the loop because I hear everyone talking about the Atlantic City conference and going to this and that. Unfortunately, I had to come back home that very same day, but I’m asking my fellow Board members if they have any information, like Ms. Muhammad said, to please pass down copies. I know it’s not going to be the same as if we were there, but any copy of any information that you can provide to me I would really appreciate. I guess I’m looking forward to next year. I have a feeling someone might have hit the jackpot. If you did, make sure you share the wealth.

Comm. Hodges: Ms. Muhammad is going to give me that information, Ms. Guzman, and I’ll make sure it’s appropriately addressed.

Comm. Guzman: Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Inoa: I would like to thank the Board for allowing us to go to the conference. In fact, I learned a lot and I brought some information that I want to share with you, Comm. Guzman. I wanted to make the comment that Dr. Hodges and I took the last class together. We finished by 5:15. Right Jonathan? It was legal?

Comm. Hodges: It was legal training.

Comm. Inoa: Yes. It was interesting and we learned a lot about the process. Also, they mentioned about something that happened here in Paterson. Actually, it was in a booklet the name of the person that was suspended. They mentioned something about how they got suspended and something like that. I got a lot of information I’m going to share with you guys. We were in different classes because the conference was so huge. As Comm.

Page 112 11/19/08 Almario was mentioning before, we got there at 8:00 in the morning and we had to stay there, eat there, and I finished by 5:30. It was the whole day over there, which is the best way to keep us all together. Secondly, I want to just mention something that has been brought to my attention. I was talking to Comm. Kerr about a situation going on lately with some parents that have complained about a situation that we need to get those issues before it gets out of hand. It’s about conditions where some of our kids actually don’t get the proper breakfast or lunch. This is something that I would like to meet with the Superintendent and the Board President about, to talk about this situation. Those are my comments.

Comm. Taylor: I would like to thank the district for providing a way for me to go to the conference. They are always enjoyable. I will say that I went down to see how I can look for classes or groups that have to do with the dropout situation, so I went to some of those sessions. I went to something for student achievement and how best to get the lessons to the students. Also, another was “Having and Creating Safe Schools” and I am going to recommend to this district a group to come in to help us in large high schools and how to have children stay focused on point and be here just for leaning, as well as to get along with each other and their teachers and what their parents have sent them here for. Some of them are here just for themselves and they don’t recognize that they are in a family structure. I also looked at some notes on fiscal accountability and NJQSAC. I attended a 2½ hour workshop that had to do with NJSAC and I have attended six of them already. Two of them have been in district and also trying to learn all that I can learn so that we can do the best we can in this district and any time something comes up I can help TJ with his knowledge and the rest of the Board. I think we were in workshop and we offered our condolences to Ms. Guzman because she lost her grandmother. That’s why she keeps saying she wasn’t there. Her grandmother passed on the same day that we got down there and she had to come back. One of our persons from the district drove her back home and we thank her for doing that. We’re sorry about that. We know what she meant to you and to your baby. We’re sorry about the accident Ms. Finkelstein’s husband got involved in and we hope he’s alright. I’d like to talk about the hybrid Boards. It’s a 3-3-3 thing that they’re talking about and I think that this whole district has to mobilize because I think it would disenfranchise this whole community and the State of New Jersey. They always say they are going to do a trial basis or try something in our district, but once they try it in our district and they see that people don’t complain about it or don’t try to understand it in a good way, then they just push it down the throats of everyone in the state. So even though you may not be involved in it now, you may be involved in it in the future. So Jersey City, Newark, Paterson and Elizabeth have large groups of people who are at risk in the community, as well as the children. They believe that no one will say anything about this arrangement on how we have a Board elected. You would only have access to elect three people from your community, three would come from the Governor, and three from your Mayor, in Jersey City, Newark, Elizabeth and Paterson. I believe someone mentioned already that it’s highly political because six people on the Board would have a majority and they are all elected officials that owe their allegiance to either the Governor or to the Mayor of the town. So that’s six and that’s a majority. So you need to look at that. I’m against it, so all organizations in this city please see me because I’m going to try to organize everyone in this state against this form of getting our Boards elected. They are going to put it to you to vote on, so just be careful. In April they will probably put it on the ballot. The legislature 3394 and that’s in the Assembly. Dr. Hodges, is it in the Senate yet?

Dr. Hodges: Just prior to the election, it did not have a sponsor in the Senate. However, I do understand that there is some interest, which is why Elizabeth was named. One of the Senators seems to be very concerned about the fact that the Board in Elizabeth thinks for itself.

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Comm. Taylor: That’s another thing. It’s not the Board thinking for itself. It’s the representatives who were elected by the city doing some thinking in reference to educating their own children in their own town. The more people you have on a Board of Education from your town… The Governor can send you someone from anywhere in the state that he believes will do education in his way for this city. The Mayor can select anyone from the town, whether they are education bound or children bound. Anyone! He can send them and he can have them on this Board. So understand that this is a political activation to disenfranchise people in the community. I know that suburban people do a different kind of election system and they vote on their budgets and we don’t, but I need everyone in the education committee to understand that this is not a good thing for citizens in the State of New Jersey. I’d like to make sure that parents really truly go out to the schools and find out the status of their children. Director McDowell has said that he wants everyone to please have patience when you go. If there are a lot of people, which we are hoping, have patience so that you get your turn with the teacher or with the team that will be talking about the students in the schools. So I appreciate that. I thank the staff who worked hard on the early childhood program. You told us that it’s not really written in stone, but you will be working on it even more, and also the special needs children and all the different departments. I know we are influx now in the district because we lost a lot of staff people, especially in the administrative piece, so please bear with us as we get it really organized, trimmed down or enhanced so that we can do the best for our kids. Thank you.

Comm. Kerr: Mr. President, let me just reflect quickly on the State Monitor’s Monthly Report. I went through the report thoroughly and I must say that this report captured a lot of the stuff we did in the district. I believe this report is very comprehensive and worthy of reading. I just need to ask the State Monitor one question concerning #6. It says according to the new regulation by July 1, 2009, and it lists 6A:23a.6.6, the district shall establish standard operating procedures for each task or function of the business operations of the district, including one for each of the following, and it lists a lot of stuff here. If you look at #k, it says food services. What kind of standard operating procedures do we have for food services?

Mr. Kramer: I followed you up until the last couple words. I lost the question.

Comm. Kerr: It says according to the regulations, we have established standard operating procedures for…and you list quite a few things here. Included in that list you have food services. I’m just asking what standard operating procedures we have for food services.

Mr. Kramer: I’m not aware that the food services department has any standard operating procedures in existence today, but the requirement of the regulation is that the district, if they do not have one, must create one.

Comm. Kerr: So if you don’t, then you create one?

Mr. Kramer: Correct.

Comm. Kerr: Okay. I thought, more or less, that we were creating it and sending it down from the… Not we. Why do I say we? I’m not part of the State Department of Education. I thought they were mandating it from the Department of Education.

Mr. Kramer: It’s a mandate that we have standard operating procedures for food services, amongst the others that are listed there.

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Comm. Kerr: Did the local district write the regulation? Is that what you are saying? We have policies which are mandated from the state. What are we looking for in this?

Mr. Kramer: The regulation calls for the district to develop standard operating procedures for the 13 listed areas in this report. I’m not sure if I’m following the question totally.

Comm. Hodges: What constitutes an operating procedure? That’s his question.

Comm. Kerr: Is it the financial component of the operation? Is it the food component of the operation? Is it the management component of the operation? Is it anything common to those kinds of issues?

Mr. Kramer: Let me see if I have something here. If I recall correctly, the idea that was in the regulation itself, and I don’t have it written here, it kind of explains it. It’s looking for the internal controls, the financial aspects, the general operating procedures of the overall operations, not necessarily how you prepare food and how you develop the menu. That was not what I recall being intended by the regulation.

Comm. Kerr: I just saw food services here and I know there are certain aspects of that in particular that I’m not quite comfortable with. I’m just trying to get from you some sense of what kind of new measures we’ll put in place to control some of those things that we are having issues with. I can get that information from you another time.

Mr. Kramer: Or if you want I can email this section to you so that you can see how it specifically reads.

Comm. Kerr: Yes.

Mr. Kramer: And then you’ll see how it’s really identifying the control processes for each of these categories or different areas.

Comm. Kerr: Okay. Thank you. Mr. President, I just quickly want to say something about what we are seeing happen to our district. There is a kind of crawling peg approach to regulate the district in such a way that the Board is being rendered somewhat useless. A lot of these regulations, when you look at them and you put them together, paint a broader picture of where the state is going. We have mandates upon mandates from the state that reduce our effectiveness as a Board and in this report the State Commissioner mentions our legal expenses being reduced drastically. That’s good, we love that, and I’m very happy that you put it here, but let me say this. It was this very Board that fought and fought and fought in order to get an in house counsel and reduce the costs of our legal bills. So there are certain things that we do and we do right, but we get absolutely no credit. All we get from the state is more mandates and more mandates and more mandates, and it’s always about money. The state is inside this district since 1991 and we are in 2000 now. The effort and the energy that they put in saving money, if they had only used 10% of that energy in helping us to educate our kids properly, we would have a tremendous district. But they didn’t care what was happening and we did get a Superintendent who started moving the district along in terms of the educational component. And do you know what? He got slapped down and then do you know what moved up in ascendancy? Fiscal! We have to control this and we have to control that. It’s very important that we be accountable, but accountability cannot be only on the fiscal side. We need accountability on the educational side and we need to put the same rigor and enforce them the same way we are doing with fiscal. The state needs to understand that. They do need to understand that. We have some buildings inside this district that

Page 115 11/19/08 are terrible. They are fighting down Abbott? I tell you what. If you look at our buildings in comparison to some other buildings that are in suburban New Jersey, the differences between the facilities are like night and day. So if you are talking about bringing a district up to par with the other districts, you have to look at the facilities and we got two schools and I’m not even sure if we are going to get another one. We may get another one, but I am more sure we are not going to get two schools and we are way, way behind. We have schools that do not have lab facilities. How do you educate our kids? How can you say they are getting fair and efficient education like everybody else? It’s not there. So the state needs to use the same energy and I’m talking like this because I hope that some of this gets back to where it needs to go. I’m not really talking to the State Monitor. I’m really talking in general to the Governor and also to the Commissioner of Education. We have been doing a very good job with the limited resources that we do get and I believe it’s time that the Governor and the Commissioner of Education look at the real needs and not to go by what they might hear on the street. Try to help us along. I mentioned it already that it is a shame that they are putting regulations that parents cannot even go to conferences. That’s bad. And we are talking about parental involvement. We need parental involvement in this district because that is one of the key elements of helping our children to be educated and if we get parents who are disengaged because they are turned back by the school district, then we are going to be producing kids who are not worthy to be part of a social society. So I hope we can get the word through were it needs to go that they need to look at their entire program. Thank you, Mr. President.

Comm. Hodges: To further underscore some of your comments, this Board wanted to build two, possibly three, schools for the price of one and the state said no. We wanted to send parents to conferences so that they could increase their understanding of their roles and responsibilities in the educational process of their children and the state cut the funding for the number of parents that would be allowed to go. Unfortunately, in doing so they created some additional hardships for those parents and in essence discouraged their participation. We tried to live up to our responsibilities as a Board in terms of picking our own leadership for this community and for this school district, but the state said no. They removed the Board as an entity from the superintendent search process and substituted people of their choosing, with the understanding that they knew best. The reason these things were allowed to happen is because we, the community, have not fully lived up to our responsibilities and we have put ourselves in the hands of somebody else. As long as you have some external entity making decisions about your school district and in essence the future educational lives of your children, you can’t predict or control what those decisions are going to be. Now, I am accused of beating up on teachers and administrators and parents, but I’m going to say, as I’ve said before, we are all involved and we all have culpability here. You can’t have 1,000 kids entering high school and 300+ graduating and not have shared responsibility, which means the students, the parents, the teachers, the rest of the staff, the administrators, and yes the Board. We’re all part of this educational community and, quite frankly, the bill is getting high. Some of the things that people say in these comments have some weight. You can’t keep on asking for more money if you don’t have increased accountability and increased improvements. We shouldn’t be standing there on graduation day and handing a child a diploma who has no idea what he/she is going to do the next day because they’re not planning to go to school, they don’t have a job lined up, and they have no idea what tomorrow is going to bring. You certainly can’t have 200-300 of those kids in that condition. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s always easy to point our fingers at somebody else, but those are our children. This is our school district. Parents, your kids are walking home without books from school and they are leaving classrooms without notebooks. They are coming to class without notebooks, pens, paper and pencils, which is an indication that they have no intention of doing anything while they are here. They are walking the halls with the earphones and the IPODS and whatever, and wearing hats in

Page 116 11/19/08 contravention to the established rules and practices of the school district. They are sometimes ignored and sometimes not, which creates confusion in their minds that those rules don’t mean anything because they don’t mean the same thing to all of the adults in those buildings. And they certainly don’t mean the same things to those children. We are responsible for that, not the State of New Jersey. When you have students who are coming down here, and this is not the first time, and telling you that their teachers aren’t teaching, you have to wonder and you have to worry about that. But I’ve been in the halls of some of our buildings and I see a lot of students aren’t there trying to learn either. You can’t just point your finger in one direction. A lot of their classmates aren’t doing the things that they are supposed to do. Parents, those are your children. So we are all in this together and we can demonize the state. I’m shocked to learn that people think that I do that. We have some things to answer for. I’m hoping that this Board really takes a look at some of those numbers. We’ve been asked to look at vandalism and violence as a practice as a matter of course and we have to do that. We’ve been asked to look at the curriculum in different ways because we have the SRA, which may be cut out. We have the high school initiative that’s going statewide. We have some tremendous problems that we are going to have to wrestle with. We have a lack of math and science teachers that we’re going to have to compete for. I think we lost 12 teachers to vo-tech last year or over the last two years. A good portion of them were math and science teachers and those are hard to replace. I didn’t realize that they opened up 600 seats at vo-tech and guess who is filling those classrooms? Our students! And they are not from across the board. They are cleaning the top of those students. So we are going to have to create a competitive educational environment that will keep our children here. But I’m not going to ask children to stay here if the educational product is so inferior that the students know they’ll get better training someplace else. Why would anybody ask them to stay here? So we’re going to have to really take a look at these things. Lastly, I was in a building and I was approached by some teachers. Again, they were very excited about teaching and it was a pleasure because I often get accused of not listening to teachers. But they stopped me and I want to say we have people here who really care. They really, really care. We’ve had custodians. I’m reminded when they were building International High School of someone who was working in the building in construction stopped me and said, “I’m from Paterson and I am so proud of how this building looks. I’m hoping that we keep it that way”. That’s a Patersonian. He was building a school for our children – a school in Paterson where he lives. He didn’t want to be heartsick to have it destroyed. He said he was putting extra effort because he lives here and this is his building. They truly care. That isn’t everybody, but there are people who care and who value our children and who value the educational opportunities that are possible. But we have to get everybody pitching in and everybody doing what needs to be done. So I am going to try my best to reach out to parents to send that message and make it clear that they are going to have to step closer to that table and roll up their sleeves and work with their children. We’re going to have to find ways… The teachers came to me and we got into a discussion about word problems and the difficulty of students, particularly at the high school level, with word problems. I’m going to charge the curriculum committee with raising this issue with the administration down the line and talk about the impact of our students’ inability to address that issue. When you take physics, you use word problems. When you teach chemistry, you use word problems. Many aspects of math use word problems. The skill involves analysis and if you can’t analyze a problem and if you can’t look at a problem and glean out the elements that have to be addressed, then it’s going to be hard for you to make decisions in life. So we have to make sure that we’re teaching those skills and we have educators here who are anxious to put these issues and concerns on the table. I am very proud to work with them and I’m very proud to work with Board people who have rolled up their sleeves and decided to get busy. I have a whole bunch of initiatives I’m going to put on their plates in the coming days before this current term is over. I thank you for your kind attention.

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Comm. Muhammad: I just want to quickly say that I beat up on people when they don’t do something, but I want to give a big shout-out to our director of parent resource, Mr. Kemper McDowell, for helping me with my material that I presented at a parent workshop on November 8 at Rutgers. Thank you so much. Let me also thank Cheryl for helping me get him where we needed to be. Thank you again.

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

The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

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