MINUTES OF THE PATERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING

July 17, 2002 - 7:00 p.m. Rosa Parks High School

Presiding: Comm. Juan Santiago, President

Present: Commissioner William L. Librera Dr. Edwin Duroy, State District Superintendent Jack Gillman, Esq., General Counsel

Comm. Leslie Agard-Jones Comm. Jonathan Hodges Comm. Joseph Atallo Comm. William McDowell, Vice President Comm. Chauncey Brown Comm. Alonzo Moody Comm. Anthony Davis

Absent: Comm. Anna Maria Vancheri

The Salute to the Flag was led by School No. 15 Quiz Bowl Champions.

Comm. Brown read the Open Public Meetings Act:

The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act was enacted to insure the right of the public to have advance notice of, and to attend the meetings of the Paterson Public School District, as well as other public bodies at which any business affecting the interest of the public is discussed or acted upon.

In accordance with the provisions of this law, the Paterson Public School District has caused notice of this meeting:

Regular Meeting July 17, 2002 at 7:00 p.m. Rosa Parks High School 413 12th Avenue Paterson, New Jersey

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

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PRESENTATION OF MINUTES

Comm. Santiago presented the minutes of the June 12, 2002 Regular Meeting, and asked if there were any questions or comments on the minutes.

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

Comm. Hodges: Is it appropriate here to point out… There was mention in the minutes about the home school council bylaws and it was stated that it was okay for staff members to be a part of the home school council which is, in fact, quite correct. However, it further says that staff members may not serve on the executive board.

Dr. Duroy: Are you commenting on what appears in the minutes, or the minutes themselves? We would like to first vote on the minutes and then I would ask that you bring that up subsequently at the appropriate time.

Comm. Hodges: Okay.

Dr. Duroy: Technically, we would like to formally swear in Commissioner Jones. I don’t believe that you were formally sworn in, or were you?

Comm. Jones: Some time ago when I started serving as ex-officio I was sworn in. I don’t know if I need to be sworn in again.

Dr. Duroy: That’s acceptable. Very good, you can stay.

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

INTRODUCTION OF COMMISSIONER WILLIAM L. LIBRERA

Dr. Duroy: I will basically forego my monthly review of activities as this evening we have a very special meeting for us here in the Paterson School District. We are honored to have with us the Commissioner of Education, Commissioner Librera. I have been here for five years and have worked with four Commissioners but I don’t think that I have had the opportunity to have a Commissioner attend a meeting as we have this evening. It is very special to the extent that the discussion that is going to take place this evening is relative to the district’s progress toward local control. There has been publicity certainly within the last 30 to 60 days discussing this particular issue as it relates to not just Paterson, but Jersey City and Newark. This evening what will take place is a discussion. The Commissioner forwarded through my office an outline of proposed plans and implementations that will be going into effect shortly and has asked that we have input and perhaps a dialogue between the Board and the Commissioner. I am going to turn it over to the Commissioner and he will be able to go into details as far as the discussion that will take place. I can assure you that even this evening’s discussion is not the end of the process. We are not at local control as of yet. We still have a way to go but it is really encouraging, in my opinion, to be able to get to the

Page 2 7/17/02 stage where we can, in fact, have these very pertinent discussions. At this point, I want to turn it over to Commissioner Librera.

Comm. Moody: Dr. Duroy and Mr. President, on our agenda tonight we have a presentation to Quiz Bowl winners and I don’t think that some of the students are going to be here that long. We certainly would like to showcase some of our students to the Commissioner and I don’t know how long the presentation is going to be but I think they will probably be leaving soon.

Dr. Duroy: There are two presentations that will take place after this particular item. We have a very interesting presentation and certainly the students’ presentation is the most interesting but the dropout rate discussion will follow after that. However, I have asked the Commissioner to please take front stage on this agenda unless there are other thoughts on the part of the Commissioner. I think we should proceed.

Commissioner Librera: May I suggest that one way to do this is for me to make my presentation for us to discuss this and for me to sit in the audience and observe the presentation with the students because I would very much like to see that.

Comm. Moody: Thank you.

Commissioner Librera: Thank you Dr. Duroy, President Santiago, and members of the Board. I appreciate this opportunity to come this evening, and to present to you our plan, and to explain to you why our plan exists in the form that it does, and to respond to your questions with the hopes of all of us having a common understanding as to how we are going to proceed. One of the things that I requested of each of the state-operated superintendents was that I meet with the three respective Boards of Education as soon as possible. Of course, as soon as possible, since this was presented to the State Board on June 19, was the first opportunity that we could arrange for this in July. It is important for the members of the community to understand why we are proceeding this way. One of the conditions is that I also, in my meeting with President Santiago as well as in my conversations with Dr. Duroy, want to come back to a community meeting where we would do the same thing with the community that I am going to do this evening. I believe that there is more time that is necessary for the community to be aware and to have their opportunity so that this is really an opportunity where all members of the community do have a chance to come. In each case, I am coming back in September to each of the three state-operated districts to respond to the community’s questions and for them to hear the same thing. Because we do have members of the community here this evening and the ground rules that I requested do not give them an opportunity to ask questions, what we have are people from the State Department of Education who are here today with sheets of paper that we can give to members of the community who have questions. If they write the questions and put their address on that sheet of paper, we will answer the question and send it to them within a week as a way of having the community not have to wait until September, those people who are here tonight. Those people are going to be in the audience so if you have an interest in doing that, please raise your hand and they will give you a sheet of paper. We just ask you to make sure that your address is clear so that we do have a place where we can send this. The purpose this evening is for me to talk to the Board to explain what has

Page 3 7/17/02 happened and why we are proceeding the way that we are. There is some background that is important and I will start with that. Many of you are familiar with that so I will not spend as much time in the background as somebody might need to have if they weren’t aware of the circumstances of state-operated districts and why. Before I go into that, I am pleased to announce that with me tonight are members of the staff of the Department of Education, beginning with the gentleman who is seated immediately to the left of President Santiago. That is Assistant Commissioner Gordon MacInnes and his responsibility is Abbott schools. He joined the Department about the same time that I did, which means about six months ago. Mr. MacInnes, for those of you who don’t know, had an illustrious career in public service, most recently working for Citizens for Better Schools in Newark. I think he is probably the most prepared and the most knowledgeable about Abbott decisions of anyone I know who has been actively involved in New Jersey governance and New Jersey service. We are pleased to be able to have somebody with a background and with the understanding that he has. As you know, we have consolidated all Abbott functions into one division because it is a very complicated matter, the decision is complicated, and we feel it ought to be headed by someone with the kind of expertise that he has. We have already seen big changes in terms of the work that we are doing and we continue to feel very optimistic about the work that we are going to be doing. At the table immediately behind Mr. MacInnes is Dwight Fennick who is Deputy Commissioner of the Department and to his immediate left is Tom Rosenthal, the Director of Public Information. Sitting behind both gentlemen is Ben Rarick who is the Director in charge of state-operated school districts. He is not a stranger to you – you have seen him. In the rear we have James Ballentine who works with Assistant Commissioner MacInnes, and Rachel Parrerra who is my Executive Assistant. Those are the people who will provide that opportunity for the public to ask their questions. In terms of background, you probably know that the State of New Jersey is the first state in the country to have a state takeover law and that was in 1987. And the State of New Jersey is the first state in the country to have a district that was taken over, that was Jersey City is 1989. Subsequently, we have Paterson in 1992 and Newark in 1995.

Comm. Moody: 1991.

Comm. Librera: Excuse me. The significance of all this is that the State of New Jersey has been involved in state takeover districts for a long time. This was never the intent. The intent was always that it was going to be temporary. If you take a look at the state takeover law, it clearly establishes that the purpose of this was to intervene and then for a period of time to work with a community with the express purpose of correcting problems and returning it to local control. That was the intent. Some 14 going on 15 years later, we are still in Jersey City, we are still in Paterson, and we are still in Newark. The reason for that is that whatever good intentions, and I think the intentions in the beginning clearly were for the best, this has not produced the temporary arrangement that anybody had in mind. In fact, we have a state takeover law that in my estimation, and in the estimation of many, is such that it makes it difficult, if not impossible, for any of the three state-operated districts to return to local control. The purpose for this was to intervene, work with, and then have it return to local control. We know that we have to make some changes with that. Beyond the introduction, I would like to also introduce Maria Nuccetelli, Passaic County Superintendent of Schools, who

Page 4 7/17/02 is in the audience. She has worked with the Paterson School District for many years and is also here on behalf of the Department. Our situation is that we have had a condition that was supposed to be temporary but we know it has not been. We know that it has had some problems. You probably know that since 1997 there were five different suggestions made to change the takeover law and to try to put changes into the law that were reasonable standards that made it clear that this was attainable. None of those five have worked. All of them have been abandoned. We still have the same state takeover law that many of us believe is in serious need of revision. In 2001, then Commissioner of Education David Hespe asked four people from Rutgers – Newark, Paul Tractenberg, Allison Dovenick, and two other gentlemen, to conduct a study of state takeover law not only in New Jersey, but in the country. We wanted to have the full benefit of information about what works in this country, what hasn’t worked, and why so that we would have a compendium of best practices. The report is outstanding. It is thorough and it is scholarly. It not only provides a history in terms of the State of New Jersey and not only provides an analysis of what has been, but it also reviews the best practices and the places where it has been successful in state takeovers in the country. Also, what the lessons are from those best practices. It also looks at municipal takeovers and the messages there. We have had this experience since 1989, and you and the community as well have had the experience of living with state takeover and some of the problems connected with that. We also have this outstanding report which now is available through the State Department’s website to anyone who wants to read it. It is 250 pages and it is an outstanding report. There is also a 32-page executive summary which captures the essence of the report. That is available again to everyone in the state, including community members, and not just state operated districts and Boards of Education. And then there is my five-page report which I reported to the State Board of Education on June 19. That report, though we had interim versions of it, was given to us the third week in May. It is now the middle of July and what I think is very clear is that we feel the time to study more is over. Instead the time now has come for us to take action and to do it inside a plan that is well reasoned and that responds to the things that are important. Here we are some seven weeks later explaining what that plan is. The plan is divided into two areas. One are those areas where I have the authority as the Commissioner of Education to institute changes without the approval of any official body, whether that is the State Board of Education or the legislature, because approvals through that process would take longer. I think that there are some things that we can begin to do and that are important to do and that is part of phase one. I am going to explain first what it is that I have the authority to do, what I have chosen to do, and why I have chosen to do it. The second part is something that is longer term and it has to do with those changes in the state takeover law which require legislative involvement and which require the State Board’s involvement, and that will take us longer. I am going to explain it in those two phases and I would ask that I get through both parts of that and then stop to answer questions. After I explain those two pieces of it, then I would hope we would spend the rest of our time just hearing what you have to say, giving you an opportunity to ask me questions, and giving me an opportunity to explain some more. That is how I will proceed next. I can’t say enough how influenced we are by the work that has been done because I think it is so valuable to us. By pointing to places like Compton, California, which is a school district approximately the size of Newark, about 48,000 students, and is adjacent to Los Angeles, that was a school district taken over by the State of California. In the

Page 5 7/17/02 first years, what was attempted in that takeover looks very much like what has happened in the State of New Jersey. There was some progress but not enough progress, slow, some difficulties, and clearly not proceeding as anyone had hoped. They made a change in terms of how they were going to proceed with this and it is well documented in the report. They moved towards not complete compliance in every category, but substantial improvement in all of the areas. That is one of the things that has influenced the people who did the research and us as well. The issue is that problems couldn’t be solved without the state before intervention and so the issue has to be that the state comes in and works with the school district and helps the school district solve their problems and then begins to recede or withdraw its involvement. The issue of substantial improvement against standards is very important because nobody should interpret that what we are doing is immediately declaring that state takeover is over because it hasn’t worked the way that we wanted and then simply have the state disappear in terms of active presence. It is not like that at all and I will explain that in terms of phase two. In terms of phase one and the issue of local capacity, everything that I am going to talk about doing is geared towards accelerating the time when the local Board is in a position, if standards have all been met with the new takeover, to proceed with local control. I, after serving as a superintendent for twenty years in rural, urban, and suburban areas, have seen the same thing everywhere I have been. Being a Board member is very hard work. It looks a whole lot easier than it is. Getting people to work together, getting them to work together in a coordinated way, getting them to disagree in agreeable ways, and getting them to challenge one another takes a lot of time. I don’t think that being a Board, like a lot of other things, ever happens until you get as close as possible to the work that Board members need to do. I think, and I am not the only one that thinks, that this is just a very artificial quality of the state takeover law with respect to Boards of Education and their authority. What we are trying to do is move as closely as we can and as quickly as we can within the authority that I have to accelerate this process. To that end, in each of the three state-operated districts, since there is no difference in terms of Paterson, Newark or Jersey City and we are proposing the same thing in each of the three places, I am going to add non-voting liaisons from the Commissioner’s Office to the Board of Education. You have called that person an ex-officio member. Part of the reason for that is again accelerating the process and bringing people who have particular expertise to each of the Boards to help us move quicker towards the work that we need to do. The report identifies this as part of a best practice when this has been successful. It also identifies where these are links that can be put between higher education and school boards, between non-profits and school boards, and between people who have been board members and have gone through this and can now support. The example of how this works well is most clearly evident in Paterson than it is in the other two districts because the gentleman who was given the opportunity to be sworn in twice tonight is an example of that, Dr. Jones. When I have been in the other two districts, I have mentioned that this has worked well. And this is not designed to be a surveillance crew. This is instead designed to be a group of people who are here to work as Board members to keep an open mind about the work that needs to be done and to add their expertise to help us go forward. The accent is there on the pronoun “us” – help “us” go forward. What we are looking for here are people who have higher education experience, who have experience in leadership positions, and people who are independent. I have gotten recommendations and I have spoken to some people about this. I haven’t spoken to everyone. I have offered the

Page 6 7/17/02 Newark Board of Education and the Jersey City Board of Education, and I will offer the Paterson Board of Education, the same opportunity – to recommend to me individually people who you think I ought to consider for this. But it is important for people to understand that were I to consult with every community organization that is active in any of these communities, it would take me about seven or eight years to finish this and we don’t have that kind of time. But keep in mind the criterion and keep in mind the purpose of this. Again, we are talking about accelerating. What is also in the plan is that we move beyond circumstances where the state-operated superintendent and the board may talk about personnel matters but there is an automatic veto on the part of the state-operated superintendent. Instead, what we are saying is that in all areas other than teaching and administration, beginning in August, there needs to be a process, as there is in every other school district, where the superintendent would recommend to the Board his proposal and there would be a discussion. If there is a dispute, the dispute will be resolved by either me or my designee, in this case, Mr. MacInnes. It moves away from the automatic veto and extends the involvement because, again, we are working on acceleration. That same opportunity in terms of professional staff members would commence April 1, 2003 because most of the staff decisions have already been made for next year. About the time of April of 2003 is when professional staff member decisions are made for the following year. The other part is that we didn’t want to do all of this at one time. There is another part of this that is consistent in my estimation with this overall approach of doing everything I can to extend the authority and involvement of the Board, and to closely simulate the kinds of decisions and involvement that need to be a part of the Board as soon as we can. There is a decision that has to be made about the continued contract of the state-operated superintendents in both Newark and Paterson. As is specified, the normal process in this is that the Commissioner of Education makes that decision. But that is a four year decision because it is a one year notification decision and a three year contract. I don’t see any way that I could say we are working towards accelerating the involvement of a Board and working towards preparing for all that is involved in being a Board and leave the Board out of the most critical decision that any community would have. So we have a somewhat different approach to that. I am not going to make that decision. I would have had to make that decision already but I am not going to make that decision. Instead, I am structuring something that is somewhat unusual but it is important for everybody to understand why that is being done. We are going to conduct a search. We are only going to present to the state-operated Boards of Education people who are capable of doing a very good job. Those are the only people that would be presented to the Board. In my judgment, and I have already made this judgment, both Dr. Duroy in Paterson and Ms. Bolden in Newark have done at least a good job, maybe better, under very difficult circumstances and I am saying at this point that they are going to be a part of the slate presented to you. But I am also going to say that I have every intention to support the recommendation that comes out of the Board because I think it is that important. That is quite different and it is something that I don’t think any state-operated Board thought was going to be a decision to be made. I think it would be incredibly irregular and unfair and wrong to ask people to make a decision like this based on two weeks notice or three weeks notice. We are going to do this by December of 2002 because I think it is consistent with how we are going to proceed. That is the activity in terms of part two. We have state takeover law that clearly has to be changed and we know that. We have research provided in this report that is outstanding. You have lived

Page 7 7/17/02 this experience and people in this community have lived this experience. Mr. MacInnes is going to convene and the group is going to begin in August. A group of people representative of the three communities, people who have expertise in urban education who know takeover and know the circumstances in which we find ourselves, are going to take the present law and make recommendations to me as to how the takeover law should be changed. What I am going to do is then take that report, which is due to me October 1, 2002, and we are going to work on it and present it as quickly as we can to the legislature for change. We hope to be able to do that within a month or 45 days because we know that must be done. We know the changes that have to be done and guided by good practice, we are going to have to have the legislature involved. Our process now, in two parts, has us hopefully by November 1, 2002 in terms of the state takeover legislative changes and then later in December of 2002 a presentation of slate of candidates to the Board. That is a tremendous amount of work to do in five months. As I said, the time to study is over and the time for action is now. We think that it moves us in a direction that is long overdue. We think that these things are consistent with the way we want to proceed. We cannot guarantee how fast the legislature will move but what we can guarantee is this – as soon as this new state takeover legislation is established, it will have clear standards, it will be more specific, and it will be more attainable. For anybody that has a concern that what we may be doing is returning districts to local control before we have had an evaluation of capability against the standards, that will not happen. But as soon as that legislation is complete, we will do an evaluation of each of the districts and say here is where you stand against this new state takeover law. We can predict from that and you can predict from that what things you need to do and how long it will take. Everybody will understand that because we will have a more attainable return to local control and the standards will be clear. One of the things that the report says is that even after you return to local control, in the places where this has worked the state has still had a presence but the presence will have been different. The presence will be that the state will continue to be there but in a much reduced role so that everybody understands that. The accent on this is that we build capacity, we do this collaboratively, we share this information with everyone, and everybody is clear about how we are going to do this. That is our plan of action. We think it is not ambitious. We think it is necessary and we think it is a response to a long period of time when many of us think that things should have been done that weren’t. Now we have the opportunity and we want to work with you and with the communities in the three districts to make sure that we move forward with clear standards and attainable goals. Your questions, comments, thoughts.

Comm. Hodges: Certainly I appreciate this opportunity and I want to be the first to welcome you again to Paterson.

Comm. Librera: Thank you.

Comm. Hodges: I did invite you before and I am glad you did come. I did look at the Tractenberg report and in the beginning it mentions negotiated rule making, bringing together all local stakeholders to work towards the development, I am reading that statement, in advance of a formal public issuance of a mutual agreeable plan for re- establishing local control. That is a concern to me. I received a number of phone calls from people asking me whether or not we had any input into this plan. When I told them

Page 8 7/17/02 no, they said that Paterson, in their minds, had become something of a colony of the state. We don’t have final say here and what goes on in this district because there was a veto present. And now the state government has produced plans that purport to impact further on the future of our children’s educational system and nobody consulted us. The question they wanted me to ask is are we, in fact, a colony of the State of New Jersey? Or, are we a school district, flawed though we are, with actual people who might have an opinion about the character and future disposition of their children’s educational system? If you suggest that we are not a colony, then when do you anticipate this comprehensive conversation would begin?

Comm. Librera: Clearly, I don’t think that Paterson, Jersey City, or Newark are a colony of the State Department of Education. But I do think that one of the limitations of the state takeover law, however well designed it was, not only had the effect of taking over the school district but imply a kind of takeover of the community as well. It is very hard, in my mind, to see how you can do one without almost automatically falling into that same pattern in the other. If it were not fourteen years that we have been working on this, or ten going on eleven, or seven going on eight, I might have presided over a greater discussion about what we are going to do in phase one. But instead what I think is important here is that we begin moving in the direction that makes sense. People can disagree in agreeable ways about how to do things. Though I certainly, like anybody else, would love to go from place to place and have people all agree with everything I have said, for the last thirty years that has not been the case so I understand that.

Comm. Hodges: They do with me.

Comm. Librera: What I have tried to do in phase one is just to establish places where we are moving and how we are moving. I think by extending the involvement of the Board of Education beyond anything that they thought they were going to have, that is more than a gesture of good faith about what we want in phase one. I understand that if people had their way they might pick different versions of that but everything in phase one has about a year in duration. All the people in the liaison category, I am asking them to give a year because I don’t know what happens after a year. In phase two or part two, it is just this. We are looking for representatives and we are going to have representatives on that working group. We are going to have that discussion. We are going to have that conversation. We are trying to find ways that we can open this up because when someone asked me what should be done with the report, I said by all means you ought to make the report available to anybody and everybody. We would like people to participate. Yes, we will come to the community and explain why we are doing what we are doing. That is something that I don’t think has happened before and I don’t think is reminiscent or even characteristic of a colonial kind of approach. You know as well as I do that once we begin dealing with the legislature that the representatives of this community and others will also be engaged in public involvement. We talked with representatives before we gave this report to the State Board. I talked with the respective presidents in each of these Boards of Education and told them that I wanted to meet with the Board. I am here this evening to explain all of that. I would say and respectfully disagree that this is an example of more of the state takeover kind of approach. I see this as a pretty significant change with a very aggressive timetable that I think is required by fourteen years of involvement in ways

Page 9 7/17/02 that none of us ever intended. It is time to act and sometimes the fully collaborative process takes longer than what I think we have at least for phase one.

Comm. Atallo: Thank you, Commissioner. Again, welcome to Paterson. We appreciate you taking the time.

Comm. Librera: It is good to be in Paterson. As some of you know, I spent many years in this community. I love this community and it is good to be here again.

Comm. Atallo: It is a good community and the Board that is comprised at this time is a pretty well educated Board. I believe seven of the nine hold college degrees, several Board members hold postgraduate degrees, and a number of people here are involved in the educational field. In reading the report, do we have input as to whether or not there will be four additional members or is that something that is cast in stone? Is it something we will be discussing?

Comm. Librera: The way I have described what I am doing tonight is explaining the plan. I don’t want anybody to misinterpret what I have decided to do. I will listen and always consider whatever anybody has to say. But this is not an evening where I am asking you what you think of that idea. I am asking instead that you tell me what you think but I have to take that under consideration because I think the first part of this is something that needs to happen and it needs to happen quickly. The answer to your question is that it is not cast in stone but quickly drying cement.

Comm. Atallo: With all due respect, I think it would be a positive step from the State Board of Education’s standpoint to reconsider that. We have nine Board members who were duly elected by their community and to add people on, even though I realize they don’t have a voting capacity, I think dilutes the whole process of the Board. I think one thing that could be considered, and we were discussing this with our colleagues from the Newark Board of Education over the weekend at the New Jersey School Boards Leadership Institute at which two of my colleagues, Comm. Hodges and Comm. Brown, were present, is having School Board training and working with the nine Board members. I don’t want to debate and belabor the point tonight but one aspect that is of concern is having people arbitrarily put on the Board as opposed to having input. Eight of the nine of us who do sit here were duly elected by the City of Paterson voters. They chose us to represent them and in a democratic process I think that is the way to go. My second concern with the plan was the selection of attorneys. Attorneys would only be allowed to be picked from a pre-approved list and my concern was how that list would be established.

Comm. Librera: Let me speak to both of those.

Comm. Atallo: I have just one quick point, sir. We want to move towards local control but at the same time, the state is restricting us from picking our counsel. There seems to be a mixed message there. You are moving towards local control but at the same time, we want to tell you who is going to represent you. One of the basic premises in our society is having the right to choose your counsel. Perhaps you can…

Page 10 7/17/02 Comm. Librera: I will be glad to respond to both and I will. I understand the reservation that state operated Boards have with what I have proposed because I heard the same thing in Newark and Jersey City. I knew that I would. The way I have responded to that is by saying that I have great respect for those people who have been elected by the community for the positions that you have. In fact, I am saying that we ought to move as quickly as possible to expanding that role commensurate with what being elected as a Board member means. Some people have suggested that I wouldn’t do this if it weren’t an urban Board of Education and that somehow this is really a statement by me that I don’t have any confidence in your ability. It is exactly the opposite. In every place where I have been, in rural places and wealthy places, in small and big places, Boards in every one of those places took time to develop, needed to develop, and could profit by having people who have experience. That is really what this is about. Though I have great respect for the work that the School Boards do, I think that there is a real difference between somebody working side-by-side with you on something that has to be done very quickly, the way Dr. Jones has done this and has done this pretty well on this Board, and somebody who comes periodically and works with you on a Saturday morning. One is the work in context and the other one is the work over time. I think that we have in front of us much to do in a fairly short period of time. I am interested, again, in the accelerating part of this. This is not in any way a suggestion that I have some questions about your abilities to do this. On the contrary, I have great faith and this is after twenty years as a superintendent and thirty as a public school educator. Boards can do important work. You just have to structure things in ways in which they can do it and raise that probability and that is really what I am trying to do here. That is the spirit in which this is done. In the area of the attorney, the Attorney General has a large list of attorneys who have expertise in the areas that they want to be considered and it is not difficult for people who want to be considered by the Board of Education to contact the Attorney General’s office, offer their credentials, and get put on that list. What is important here is that there is a clear assurance that there is in every one of these areas standards that have been established. The easiest way to do that, I believe, is the Attorney General’s list. This is not a list of four people that the Governor thinks you ought to consider. The list is very long and if there are people who you believe are people you want to consider, it is a very simple matter. If they want to be a labor attorney for you, they submit to the Attorney General their credentials and what they have done. I have known people who have heard this and asked if they could approach the Attorney General and I said by all means. We are not interested in shrinking this list. We are just seeing that this list does, in fact, have standards and the last thing I want to do is reduce your choices. This is all about expanding your choices and that is really our purpose. That’s the second thing. Did you ask a third thing? Was there a third point that you had, or did I get them?

Comm. Atallo: You pretty much covered them. Regarding the attorneys, just have the attorneys send a letter to the Attorney General?

Comm. Librera: Excuse me. Yes, it is very simple. This is the process that we are going to use. They may already be on the list for all I know. When I have spoken with the Attorney General, I have said that there are people who may not be on this list who may want to be. They said to contact their office, submit the resume, and they will evaluate it and proceed from there. By doing this, there are absolutely no questions

Page 11 7/17/02 asked by anybody about who the people are and what they are doing there. It is a very simple process.

Comm. McDowell: I have just one comment. Can you give us a vote of confidence? I have been speaking with some of the citizens in the city and I often use an analogy in explaining my concern with the pullout. When a contractor comes in to paint your house, you definitely look at all the rooms before he or she leaves to make sure that all the rooms are painted because once they leave, it will be very difficult to get them back. In many cases, as you all know, it is very difficult to get some extra services. Being that it is not clear yet as to our level of involvement in making recommendations to the new legislation, can you give some kind of confidence that all of the corrective actions being undertaken now, the items being paid for with our $400+ million budget, that once the state pulls out, we won’t be stuck with items that have not yet been corrected? Hopefully, when the re-evaluation takes place, those items will not be considered.

Comm. Librera: I would offer you these things. First, we are going to have representatives of the three communities on the state takeover changes. That is number one. Number two, we are going to be guided by the work that is in that report and we are going to build what I think is a more specific set of requirements that makes clear what everybody needs to do in order to return to local control. Third, the legislature, I am sure, is going to have a lot of public involvement in terms of what that new law looks like. Fourth, once that new law is there, one of the things that will immediately happen is that we will do an evaluation and come to you and say here is the law, here is what we have evaluated, here is what we see, and here is why we see this. In some instances, there may be a difference that we have as to how we have evaluated it and how you have evaluated it. I think your analogy of leaving before there is an agreed upon understanding of what has been accomplished is very accurate and very clear. We are not going to do that because of those first four things that I have said. The fifth thing is that if you read that report, and I know you will, you will see that they recommend and show that when this has worked, even when it returned to local control, the state continued their presence in an appropriate way. I don’t think that the state’s involvement in state takeover to the extent that it now is has been as appropriate as it needs to be because if I did, I wouldn’t be making these recommendations for changes. As for your concern, and everybody in this community’s concern, those standards will be clear and it won’t be four or five. There will probably be in excess of forty, like there are in Compton, and they will identify very clearly. You will have essentially what is known as, to use your construction example, a punch-list kind of thing. Here is where we are, here is what you know you still need to do, here is what we project as a timetable, and we will discuss this. This is not the last time that we will be in Paterson talking about this because we know no other way to talk about this in a collaborative way other than to be here, to explain, to answer your questions, and to deal with the disagreements that I know we are going to have. They are not going to be all disagreements but we are here to build an understanding and the way you do that is by answering those questions. I finally give you a reassurance that that is not our intention. Our intention is not to declare victory and leave. Our intentions are to have a standards based evaluation system that everybody understands, that is clearly public, and that we can predict what needs to be done, why it needs to be done, and

Page 12 7/17/02 approximately how long it will need to be. We promise you that we will be real clear to you as to where you stand against that criteria.

Comm. Moody: I would also like to welcome you and your staff to Paterson. In listening to you, a couple of issues came to the forefront for me. One is that I am very happy and very pleased to see in your four-page correspondence to us the acknowledgement of the lack of emphasis and effort in the area of Board development. I have been sitting on this Board since the very first year, eleven years or so, and I think that is probably one of the most crucial areas of weakness in the whole takeover process. You took over the district and brought in a superintendent who full plate, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, is concerned with operations and the Board’s issues are separate. It is like policy making and governance. They are two different types of issues and I don’t think enough time has ever been spent on Board development. Eleven years later, this Board before you now is nine different directions and I am quite concerned. Your efforts are to get back to local control in a hurry but I am quite concerned right now – today. There is a lot of work that we need to do. I was happy to see that you put that in your piece and acknowledged that but I would like to see us working together and addressing the issues, such as policy or our responsibilities as Board members. Boards of Education are too often like community agencies and they become confused about their responsibilities. We like to micromanage. There are people who think they are supposed to run the district and not develop and set policy. It has to be made clear that there is a lot of work to be done and I am concerned that we will jump back to local control before we put some effort into the development of this body here. Number two, regarding the superintendent issue you mentioned going out to do a nationwide search. If I were a superintendent in Paterson or Jersey City, when I hear that my resume would be going someplace and I would be out looking for a job. I would be out of here because it doesn’t make sense. There is an awful lot of work to be done. Let’s say we go through the process and decide on a new superintendent. I don’t care who he is or where he is from, if you bring in a new superintendent he is going to be a year, two years, or three years just getting acquainted and looking at stuff that is in operation now. I am a little slow and I know that I am not the fastest guy in the world but that is an awful task because this is a great job and I don’t think it is fair. I think that in the area you mentioned, the superintendent should be removed and replaced now if you feel that they are not doing their job. But to put them in a situation with a Board that is not performing cohesively, like I said earlier, if I were a superintendent I would be out of here. I would have to find myself something else. I have reservations about that. I can’t help but wonder and think that if we want to go back to local control…(end of tape) (Beginning of new tape)…and go back to deal with some other issues. As I said, we have some great issues in New Jersey but I feel like we are trying to back out. I hope that I am wrong and will have an opportunity to see the attention given to Board development and some of the other issues. I have others and I will maybe bring them up later. Again, I have been here for eleven years and I think it was a great mistake. Representatives from your office, even though I know you have only been here for a few months, from day one should have been with us constantly bouncing things off the wall, back and forth with us. When we were taken over in 1991, Senator Ewing used to come in and meet with each Board member individually for several years before he left. He would at least get feedback in terms of what we though and what was going on and how they could, in our opinion, make things better at the legislative level. But you are

Page 13 7/17/02 the first Commissioner, in my knowledge, that has come here to sit down and exchange with this Board and I appreciate that. But there are a lot of things that should have happened that have not happened. I am cautious in your effort here right now.

Comm. Librera: I think those observations are more than fair. I would like to respond to each one and if I miss one, would you please tell me which one I’ve missed and I will try to answer that as well. You are absolutely right that to develop the Board is a critical issue because it clearly is. I don’t want to act as if eleven years ago I would have done something very different than the people who did it eleven years ago because I have hind sight and they didn’t. You have that experience and they didn’t. So, I don’t even want to deal with that. I can’t really deal with what should have happened seven, six, or five years ago. But I do know that it has been a long time when things haven’t occurred as I think they should have occurred in terms of Board development. What I don’t think we have is another six years to do this. We don’t want to wash our hands and leave but we don’t want to come and say that we realize we have made some mistakes and build a process that is a six year process, or four year process. I don’t know how long this is going to take. I don’t want to wash my hands but I don’t want it to take a minute more than it has to. One of the longest years of my life as a superintendent was in one of the wealthiest communities in this state, one of the highest achieving districts in this state. I think this is important because my point about Board development cuts across every community in this state. It is not just an urban issue. In that longest year of my life, I had four newly elected Board members, I had three Board members who were on there for one year, and the other two had been on for two. I would have paid a lot of money for somebody to have brought me some people who had some experience so that we could accelerate this in terms of Board development. That is the spirit in which this needs to be done. As you know, I have been a superintendent and I understand the peculiar position that this puts a superintendent in. I understand that but this whole thing of a state-operated school district is very different than any other kind of circumstance. Back to the Board development, what are my alternatives here? One is to say that we are going to do this but on this really important decision, I am going to make this decision without any of your involvement. I don’t think that is the right thing to do. I also don’t think it is the right thing to say that I presented this report in June and for those of you who never even thought about having to do something, you will be asked on August 1st what you want to do. I don’t think that is fair either. So, what is left? What is left is to try to abbreviate this as best as possible. This is not a year and a half. We are talking about five months now. We are talking about five months under the most controlled of situations. I have done superintendent searches in my other lives and we are going to work with people who have done this, too. I have already said what I think of the work that has been done here by the state-operated superintendent and anybody thinks that being a state-operated superintendent isn’t a very challenging position doesn’t understand things. They don’t understand it at all. But if I am going to say that I am going to expand and enhance and involve you in ways that I think have to be in order for you to do the work, I know no other way to do this. I wouldn’t go into any kind of artificial thing and say that because you have to make this I am going to remove a choice from you. We all know, and let’s be candid about this, that if somebody has worked with you, there are some very obvious advantages that the person has for some of the reasons that you gave. But don’t you think that if I am talking about Board development and involving you as opposed to telling you that I would involve you in the

Page 14 7/17/02 most important decision? I am not doing this in Jersey City. Why? Because the contract isn’t up. If the contract wasn’t up here, I wouldn’t do that either. But this gentleman to my right and the superintendent in Newark deserve to know and I will submit something else. It is more important in the next four years for the superintendent to have been picked by the Board of Education this way than to be picked by me. It is more important for you to start getting involved in thinking about that kind of decision. It is difficult for Dr. Duroy. It would be difficult for me, too. I understand that but I don’t understand what alternatives there are really here if we are going to do what I say we need to do. As I have said to people who have challenged and criticized what I am doing, would I give you this opportunity if I didn’t think you could do this well? This is a statement about how we can do this. We can accelerate this and we can develop as a Board. I don’t know how long it is going to take once we get the new state-operated regulations in. I don’t know because I don’t have it in front of me, and nobody knows that. But I don’t think it is a secret that of the three state-operated districts, the place that is closer right now is Jersey City. I don’t know what that means in terms of Paterson and Newark but I think it is a safe bet to say that when that new law comes out, Paterson won’t be ready the next day to be declared ready for local control. I think most people understand that. How long it will take we will know when we have that. But I promise you, as I have said to this gentleman, that the standards will be clear and that the public and everybody will understand. I think that the thing for us to do is to move as fast as we can because for eleven years we haven’t moved fast at all. I think more time will disillusion many of us and we can’t afford that. I think it can be done. By the way, in the longest year of my life, by the end of that year we really started to make some progress but it took us a year to do that because this is hard work. Everybody thinks that all you really need to do to be a good Board member is to believe in schools and like kids and to want to do the right thing. You know as well as I do that it is so much harder than that. You have yet to do all the things that are necessary and I want to accelerate that. I want to do that in a structured way that is clear. That is what this is about. This is not the last time that we will be here. You are going to see the kind of involvement in terms of part two that I think we all want – all of us.

Comm. Brown: Commissioner, welcome. There are a couple of concerns that I think we all have. When the state eventually leaves, we have one of the largest School Board budgets in the state and right now the City of Paterson only contributes $36 million to this budget. Is the state still going to have that commitment to help support and fund this district?

Comm. Librera: The answer to that question is yes. The degree of that support is something that I can’t tell you right now is going to be exactly as it is. I don’t know but I do know the degree of funding required by the Abbott decision and that is not going to change. The funding that you get in this state is driven primarily by Abbott more than it is by state takeover. That is not going to change. What will happen as a result of this funding a couple of years down the road I can only speculate and you can too. The Abbott decision is the reason why the aid is not going to be much different.

Comm. Santiago: Commissioner, I want to welcome you and your staff to Paterson. I am one of the Board members that don’t have a college degree. But I learned in life that even if you have a college degree, you do peanuts. When you start evaluating the

Page 15 7/17/02 members that you would like to put on, in life not everybody has to have a college degree. You have people with good intentions. If they are looking for the best interest of the children and would like to do what is right, that is good too. Not everybody who sits on this Board has to have a college degree because a lot of us were elected by the people. In all fairness to Dr. Jones, he is an asset to this Board and I wish you weren’t just appointed. I wish you were elected because you are an asset to this Board. He brings a lot of different things to this table. He is a very smart man. Not everybody you appoint is going to be as smart as he is. A lot of us have different things that we bring to the table. It’s like when you give somebody a boat and you hand them the keys to the boat to go drive it – you have to have experience. I am asking the state to give this Board training. I don’t want the state to say here is local control, take it and run it. I don’t think in my heart and your heart that that is going to happen. We all need to be on the right page. Maybe on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and I don’t care how many times it has to take, we need to work together so that we can run the Board. I am asking that very much because if I tell you that we are prepared to face local control, and I am speaking for myself, we are not ready. Also, I am asking for some kind of code of conduct that certain Board members should conduct themselves by. When I went for training, they stated that we should work in public and fight in private. We need to work together to function. We may not like each other but we need to work together to do what is right. Maybe you can look into that. Not everybody has to have a college degree. You have a lot of people in this community who mean well. A lot of people are concerned. Charles Ferrer, for instance, is very concerned. He is a teacher and it would be a conflict of interest. You have Ms. Anna Taliaferro that is always involved. There are people like that in the community. I wouldn’t want to pick anybody because it is good to neutral. I like to be neutral. We have a lot of good people in Paterson who mean well. There are even people who ran for the School Board and lost. Maybe they are people we can look into. I appreciate that very much. Thank you.

Comm. Librera: Thank you, President Santiago. I have a couple of responses. When I talked about people who we would consider, I did talk about higher education. But then I talked about people in non-profits and people with leadership ability. I don’t think you need to go to college to have leadership ability. But I do think that in the circumstances in which we find ourselves, what we need and what I am looking for are people who have experience, people who are going to add something, and people who are going to help us. I asked you that if you have some people, and you don’t have to do this as a Board, you could just send this to me and let me know. You know where I am. As for the development part of this, we stand ready to assist you to do that. We have spoken to one of the three state-operated districts and said that they should have the retreat that they were talking about having. We pledged to be there for part of it but not all of it because we want to help. We know what is involved in this and you know what is involved in this. You know how much work you need to do. I don’t want to give anybody the impression that there is a likelihood that the new legislation will occur and that all three districts are declared to be ready to return to local control. I think that is about as close to impossible as any circumstance I can think of. But I don’t want to say that it is going to take six months or nine months. It is not going to be immediate. You are going to know. The issue about the help and the work is part of what we are going to do and we stand ready to do that because we want to do that. We are not interested in coming and telling you what to do. We are interested in coming in and talking about

Page 16 7/17/02 options, possibilities, and ways of doing it, and then letting you make the choices that you need to make. That is how you develop a Board and a group of people – regardless of whether it is a School Board or a Board in a parish. It is the same principles. We stand ready and are very interested in doing that. The accent on this is leadership more than it is where you went, where you live, or what you did although, as you know from the report, I am really working to get at least three out of the four people to be residents of Paterson. I think that is important. The other person will work in Paterson if they don’t live in Paterson and it has to be like that.

Comm. Davis: Thank you for coming, you and your staff. I had a few questions that were already asked so I don’t want to sound redundant. However, I am glad to hear you talk about training and a retreat because since I have been on the Board I have been asking for a retreat and the minutes reflect that. The district has been working towards that over the last year and we have had one retreat. Comm. Moody mentioned the roles of Board members and I definitely agree with him that we need to know our roles. We need to set policies. The unfortunate thing with this district, as far as I am concerned, and we have laughed and joked about it before, is that we need to work on policies and to make sure that policies are implemented. But we have so many other problems with this district that it pulls us. Several of us grew up in this district, attended school here, graduated from here, went off, stayed out of trouble, and came back and want to give back. Our main concern is our children and the city that we really deeply care about. I do and I believe everyone on this Board feels the same way. I, for one, am glad to see that we are going back to local control. I am also glad to see that we will be getting the training that is needed. I just can’t say enough about this city that I truly love. I want to see a better working relationship with Dr. Duroy and the central office. I personally feel, being a social worker in this county, that I am not pleased with the staff members that we have in this district and I know that goes all around. I can’t talk about Jersey City and Newark but I can talk about Paterson. We have a great deal of people in this district that even shouldn’t be here. I would like to see something done about it personally. That is why I am glad that we are going back to local control because I think the interest is not here and that is unfortunate. This shouldn’t be just a job. We have on our cards that All Children Can Learn and all children should be learning here and they can learn. On the flip side, we have some great teachers here and some great administrators here. Unfortunately, we do have a number of them that outshines the greatness and the goodness.

Comm. Librera: You are going to hear from us that we will be glad to help you in areas but until such time that we see problems that require intervention, if you see things that you think we can help you with, you just ask because the invitation part of this is important. We want to respond. We have some ideas but we are avoiding, almost at all costs, coming in and beginning to tell people how to do things. We have some very definite ideas about teacher performance and that in fairness to teachers, I think you owe them a clear performance system to make sure that is the basis for why you are doing what you are doing. It is the kind of thing that we would say. In the retreat we can’t promise you that you are going to like everything that we have to say or whomever we would recommend but we promise you that we will give you ideas and options. All you have to do is ask us in that area and we will do that. You don’t have to ask us to come in when we see problems that need to be addressed. That is not an “ask us”. We

Page 17 7/17/02 will just show up then and say this needs to be addressed. But in terms of the areas that you are talking about and working together, we would be glad to help you. One of the first roles that everybody here has as a Board member is policymaking and creating policy is one of the hardest things that anybody can do because we all want to drift immediately into specific things that are not policies. So when we tell people that they are policy people and think that is all we have to tell you without giving you examples in context, it doesn’t work. That is why there is confusion everywhere on Boards in terms of what is policy and what is administration. If you want to know about that, you ask superintendents who have had any experience. They will tell you that the single biggest problem that they have is confusion that Boards have about what is policy and what is administration. How do you learn that? You learn that in context. Somebody would say to you, as I would say to you, that your role on a policy level is to see that we have a quality evaluation system. What is that? It is his job and others to do that. That is hard work and you can’t learn that until you do that. That is what we are talking about.

Comm. Brown: Next month we are going to be, for lack of a better term, in control of the budget and personnel and I am still not sure what that means. As a result of that initial question, and we are supposed to be a policymaking Board, in understanding that we are going to be responsible for personnel and fiscal matters, does that erase the veto power of the superintendent? Also, if we are a policymaking Board, when will we be able to engage in setting policy that will not be vetoed? What phase would that fit in – policy development and instituting policy?

Comm. Librera: When I talked about your role in personnel, you don’t have the personnel responsibility. I can’t give that to you. What I did give you was that personnel functions in support staff positions, all other than teaching and principals, it doesn’t stop with the veto of the state-operated superintendent. That is what I am talking about. The truth of the matter is that you have had very few vetoes here because you have worked that out, as you should. That is how we would expect that to continue. But it is not the stop there when the state-operated superintendent says that. I will go back to my artificial thing again. I think that you have to have that kind of involvement. On the policy part of that, you don’t need to have the authority to do that and to begin to work on that. I think you are working on that and I think you can. The answer to this is to work on the things that are important and when you find yourself in conflict, we will get involved in that to see if we can’t resolve that. You shouldn’t stop thinking about this until somebody says that you can do it. That is the decision. I hope people don’t misunderstand and think this is a return to local control. No, it is not. It is a different approach and it is going to take us some time. It is clear and that is where we are headed. In the personnel, that is what we are doing. When you have an opportunity to engage a third person in there, I think it means people work harder to resolve their differences and that is what we want. If you never brought a dispute to us we would be happy. This is not a big issue. It couldn’t be if you don’t have many vetoes because this gentleman, like effective superintendents, seeks to work that through with the Board. Better you solve your problems than bringing us in to do this.

Comm. Hodges: That may also be an indication that our Board has not been as trained as it should be in perhaps prompting some more of those vetoes. That is just on the side.

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Comm. Librera: Let’s not assume that, okay.

Comm. Hodges: Maybe it’s a little bit more than an assumption.

Comm. Librera: Well, let’s test that in time.

Comm. Hodges: As part of the Tractenberg report, there was also a mention of the local voters being given the option of determining whether they wanted an election versus an appointed Board. I certainly want you to address that because that is one of my concerns in reading through this documentation. Additionally, I can’t underscore our concerns about two areas. One is at least the appearance, if not of a colony, perhaps of a commonwealth. You are handing down information and a procedure to us without really, as this report suggests, and this was also the concern of Newark, giving us a chance to have input in determining how it would look. Also, with reference to bringing those four people onto the Board, who I am sure will be wisely chosen, we have had a fifteen member state-appointed Advisory Board. It was subsequently decreased and we are now down to nine. The concern is that we still have nepotism and we still have concerns about dropout rates. We still have questions about personnel. We still have less than 30% of our high school graduates going on to college. We still have a lot of concerns, even though the state appointed these people wisely to shepherd us through these early years. We are really looking for a strong commitment to another portion of this report, the technical assistance task force, which will help us to address aggressively some of these areas that heretofore haven’t been correctly addressed. We also want this city to understand that you are committing us to the fact that we are not walking away from those 31 standards that brought the state here in the first place. We, at some point, expect to be fully certified. If this process does not end in us being fully certified, as opposed to changing what constitutes certification, I think we have a lot of concerns.

Comm. Librera: Sure. I will try to be quick. On the matter of the community’s choice as to how the Board will be constituted, I would expect that to be revisited by the working group. I would be surprised if they didn’t have a recommendation that might change that. I think one of those issues is that a year might not be enough time for the community to make that decision. Second, I think were we to talk for another couple of days, you and I might still have some differences on those two things that you carefully reminded me of what you said when you started. Let me leave you with a rhetorical question. Consider the options that I had. One of them was to do nothing. Compare what it is that I am talking about, especially since I think the real big piece of this is part two and you are going to have a lot of involvement in that. For eleven years you haven’t and here we are. We will stand behind that. Third, I am of the opinion that you can get just so far in progress in a school community without having local control. The only way really to get to all of those areas I think is local control under clear standards, substantial progress, and assistance by those people who can provide the form of assistance you want. We stand behind our offer to provide technical assistance as you see it necessary. All that we finally have here after six months is to say to judge us by the relationship between what we say and what we do. I have said a lot of things here tonight and I am going to come back. It is at that time that you can question me about

Page 19 7/17/02 what I said six months ago, or that I wrote a five-page report that I have circulated to the world. We expect to be held accountable to the things that we have said. I want to thank you for the kind attention, for the serious dialogue, and for the collective work to understand one another because I think without that we have no chance to do the work we need to do. With that we have the highest probability that we are going to succeed and that is what we want. Thank you.

Comm. Santiago: Commissioner, I want to say thank you to you and your staff, and enjoy the rest of the evening.

Comm. Davis: Before we go on, is it possible for us to change these tables back?

Dr. Duroy: We looked at that but the problem is that some of the lines are taped. I am going to ask that we at least get through this meeting.

Comm. Davis: Just know that I am not happy about this.

Comm. Santiago: Board members, I truly want to apologize about the condition that we are in tonight. This is kind of funny. I want to move the agenda forward. Commissioner, with all due respect, is there a possibility that you can stay to see the presentation of the Quiz Bowl children? They are on now.

Dr. Duroy: We are going to take a couple of minutes to set up.

Intermission at 8:40 p.m.

Reconvened at 8:45 p.m.

PRESENTATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Presentation to School No. 15 Quiz Bowl Champions

Dr. Duroy: We are all aware of the athletic programs and the attention that draws. We certainly know that sports are a big business and we are going to be creating an academy. But that is another story for another time. In any event, we believe that we need to draw attention to the academics. We need to draw attention to the academics with the same fervor, the same attention, and the same enthusiasm. Several years ago, Mr. Sevano, assistant superintendent, came forward through my office to create the concept of a Quiz Bowl. We have seen it on television and now we have had it in Paterson for several years. I am going to ask Mr. Sevano to introduce the small component we have.

Mr. Dennis Sevano: I would like to thank School No. 15 for waiting and now we are getting to kids’ power. For the Commissioner, Dr. Librera, here is our own Academic Quiz Bowl Champion cap for you, 2002. Let me just give you a quick background. About nine weeks ago, we had 23 teams compete. About five weeks ago, we came down to Norman S. Weir, Dr. Fulmore’s cluster, and School No. 15, our cluster, and it

Page 20 7/17/02 came down to the very last question. School No. 15 was the winner - the 2002 Academic Quiz Bowl Champions. Let’s hear it for School No. 15. Stand up. Quickly, what we are going to do is have our Chief School Administrator, Dr. Duroy, and our Board President, Comm. Santiago, present the trophy to School No. 15. We are going to have a quick competition between you guys and the School Board, about six or seven questions. I heard that if the School Board wins, we go back to local control. No, that’s not true.

Comm. Santiago: I want to congratulate you guys. I don’t know if I can compete. 2002 Quiz Bowl First Place Tournament of Champs, School No. 15, congratulations to you.

Mr. Sevano: You guys are going to sit and stretch a little and our moderators, Mr. Vroegindewey and Ed, will do it quick. We will have eight to ten questions and it will be the Board members and the Superintendent against School No. 15. No helping out Ms. Graziano.

Mr. Dennis Vroegindewey: Thank you. Jeopardy just released me after we did the 7:00 p.m. Jeopardy so I am here to do this now – just kidding!

(Mr. Vroegindewey proceeded to host a Quiz Bowl session between the Paterson Board of Education and the School No. 15 Quiz Bowl Champions.)

District’s Report on Student Dropout

Dr. Duroy: Let’s hear it one more time for School No. 15 academics. Thank you. Are we ready? Mr. Chairman, it sounds as if I am at a convention here. I would like to move the agenda and Board members can stay down there if they choose. The next item is very important to us and is certainly one of the areas that the state is looking at when they talk about going back to local control. It is also an area that is of concern to us and it has to do with the dropout rate. Up until a year and a half ago, it was one that continued to remain rather high. This evening we are going to make a presentation and we are very pleased to say that there is some real good progress that was accomplished this year. We certainly believe that this progress will continue. I am going to turn it over to Dr. Judith Albornoz to make this presentation on the dropout rate this past academic year.

Dr. Judith Albornoz: Thank you for the introduction. I am Dr. Judith Albornoz, Director of Student Support Services and my presentation is on the work of the Dropout Prevention Task Force. The Dropout Prevention Task Force was convened in January of 2002 by Dr. Duroy.

It had three primary goals: - to lower the dropout rate - to examine factors influencing students to drop out of school - to devise strategies and programs that target the most at risk students.

The state defines a dropout as someone who is 16 years or older and who leaves school before graduation.

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The five-year district dropout rate: - 18.2% in 1997-1998 - 15.2% in 1998-1999 - 13.5% in 1999-2000 - 14.2% in 2000-2001 - 10.7% in 2001-2002

That represents a decrease of 7.5% over five years. The state-mandated standard is 10% or less and I foresee us meeting that standard or going below it in the coming year.

The dropout demographics for the district: - 14.4% Hispanic males - 13.8% African American males - 8.7% African American females - 7.5% Hispanic females

Let me explain that when we disaggregated the data, we took the four groups that showed the highest dropout rate of all sixteen year olds within the district. For the ninth grade profile, the reason I am putting this before you is that in the ninth grade we are experiencing the highest dropout rate of any other grade.

The dropout demographics for the ninth grade (This is a national trend as well): - 27.4% Hispanic males - 21.9% African American males - 20.8% Hispanic females - 19.6% African American females

The first meeting of the task force was spent in brainstorming. We put about 65 to 80 ideas of ways that we could lower the dropout rate on some flip charts. In reviewing those I was able to distill them down to five categories of things that the district could do: - Programs - Scheduling - Interventions - Tracking and Record Keeping - Policies and Procedures

Rebound Program

It is a twilight model which means that it will start more or less at the time that regular school lets out and go into the twilight hours. Four core content subjects will be offered. It will be implemented at both Eastside and Kennedy High Schools for repeating ninth graders. We want these kids to bounce right back into the regular program. The intent is not to keep them there and graduate them from this program but to put them back on track.

Eastside Ninth Grade Prep

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At Eastside, we are going to follow the school within the school model by placing all incoming ninth graders in one wing of Eastside High School with their own administration, dedicated faculty, and services and supports targeting their needs. The School Based Youth Services Program will be moved into that wing.

Summer Programs

2002 Freshmen At-Risk is the leading edge program. We identified approximately 200 freshmen for next year and they are currently in a program either at Eastside or Kennedy, their high school of assignment. They will get five high school credits on their transcripts if they complete the whole program. This will give them a solid foundation for success at the high schools. The extended year programs are offered as a means of giving the juniors a boost going into the HSPA year. Eighth grade GEPA programs are offered and included in that are alternative middle school program students.

New Alternative Programs

We have the Youth Corps Academy and the Daylight Program. Currently the way New Jersey Youth Corps is structured is that students must be dropouts in order to enroll in that program so we cannot count those students as enrolled students. They work against us even though they are continuing their education. The program will be restructured so students can be transferred to the Youth Corps Academy or the Daylight Program. There will be credit-bearing courses. They will receive a high school diploma. This will not be GED preparation. They will get career and technology skills there and work-based learning as they do in the other Youth Corps as it exists right now.

Juvenile Justice Collaboration

We are strengthening our partnership with the Juvenile Justice System to work with them on alternatives to detention, on transition from detention to school, and parole aftercare. Many times kids come back from detention and they don’t come back and enroll in school. We need to have open and clear lines of communication so we know who those students are and so that we can prepare for them and prepare them to be placed in an appropriate program here in the district.

Career Programs

Our Career Learning Academies are continuing to expand and while they are not really a part of the task force’s work, we have, in disaggregating the data, recognized that the Career Learning Academies are experiencing almost a zero percent dropout rate – no dropouts. This means that they are doing what they were intended to do. Cooperative Education Programs will be attached to the Rebound Program so that in the earlier parts of the day students can be linked up with either jobs or work-based learning experiences. They also will have community service to give them a good introduction to the world of work and the requirements of careers.

Scheduling

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Some of the things that were suggested was to separate the ninth graders, which we saw with the ninth grade house or the 9th Grade Prep Program at Eastside, Trimesters, Block Scheduling, Developmental Summer School, and Semester Classes. Many of these suggestions are designed to help students to recover credit.

Planning for the Future

After evaluating a year of Eastside 9th Grade Prep, we will look at how this can be implemented at Kennedy successfully. Block Scheduling, Trimesters, and Semester Classes require a lot of work for adoption. However, all of these options would allow students who have lost credit to recover credit and stay on track.

Interventions

The Intervention Team approach to providing services will provide a very strong collaborative partnership among guidance, substance awareness coordinators, dropout prevention specialists, health and social services coordinators, the nurse, the attendance officers, the police officers, and parole who are on site at the high schools and working with our students. Seventh and eighth grade interventions will be defined and reinforced by the assistant superintendents for the clusters. If you recall how I defined a dropout, 16 years old or older, think about it a little bit. A typical ninth grader should not be 16. If that student were on track all the way along, the student should not be 16 yet. We are getting students into the ninth grade who have already repeated probably two years so they need some extra help in the lower grades. Certainly, once they are in the high school they need special attention. We need to coordinate the re- entry from detention with parole and the Juvenile Justice Commission and I had mentioned this previously. We need to strengthen the Intervention & Referral Services system, formerly known as the Pupil Assistance Committees, to put regular education interventions in place for students who are having difficulties, either academic or behavioral.

Record Keeping – Tracking

Disaggregating the data has illuminated for us those groups that are experiencing the most difficulty staying in school. We have done that and we are beginning to do cohort tracking, which means very simply that we will look at that group of students who enrolled in September of 2001 and follow only that group without making any additions to it. What happened to that discreet cohort of students in the four years until they graduate? That will give us a better idea of really what is happening with a class of students. We are programming the database, our Keystone system, to create reports and we are training school-based personnel to use that database. A guidance counselor who is assigned to the ninth grade students can create a report based on his or her students to tell them who is cutting classes, and who is exhibiting behaviors that are suggestive that they may be at risk of dropping out. The dropout prevention specialists can also create a report right on their desk and have that right at their fingertips to make their jobs easier in creating interventions and getting at those students who are struggling and may need assistance.

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Transitions Grant

We have put together a Transitions Grant that has been submitted to the United States Department of Education to fund a Transition Center which would, in essence, be a drop-off center for a truancy pickup program. It would have an in-school suspension program built there so that we are cutting down on out of school suspensions. Certified staff will be assigned there in order to make certain that the students keep up with their work. We will also have a bilingual community outreach worker to work with specifically Spanish-speaking families to help them keep their youngsters in school. The grant, if we receive the award, will also lend some funding to the Rebound Program, the Daylight Program, and the Youth Corps Academy. Those three programs will be implemented by the district regardless of whether or not we receive the grant. The grant certainly will enhance these programs. Last of all, the grant is a three year grant and it calls for an expansion of alternative programs in the second and third years of the grant. We are still awaiting word from Washington.

Next Steps

We need to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of summer programs for: - Leading Edge Program - Alternative Middle School - 8th Grade GEPA - Lightspan Reading & Math (Being used for the first time this year with students)

We need to identify and schedule students and staff for: - Eastside 9th Grade Prep - Eastside Rebound - Kennedy Rebound - Alternative Middle School (Graduated 14 students this spring)

We need to restructure and retrain attendance officers, mobilize the intervention teams, and begin the seventh and eighth grade intervention.

The Dropout Prevention Task Force members are listed in the credits. Many of the people are on vacation but there are a good number here in the audience. Please stand Dr. Perna, Mrs. Lyde, Mr. Roberto, Tamara Kelley, Brenda Patterson, Dr. Duroy, and Comm. McDowell. Thank you very much.

Dr. Duroy: We are going to ask that the Board come up to the dais and we will ask questions from there and move the agenda. We will open it up to questions and answers from the Board at this time.

Page 25 7/17/02 Comm. Hodges: I noticed that under scheduling you had block scheduling. Where is that going to take place?

Dr. Duroy: Right now what was indicated in the report was that it doesn’t appear as if we are going to start off with block scheduling this year. We are going to have a planning year and we believe that by September of 2003, we will be implementing block scheduling. It doesn’t have to be the entire day. It can be partial days and that is why this year, 2002-2003, will allow us to plan most effectively.

Comm. Hodges: I have a pet peeve. You mentioned here something about technology. What did you mean by that?

Dr. Albornoz: Are you talking about the slide on the Youth Corps Academy and the Daylight Program?

Comm. Hodges: Yes, I am.

Dr. Albornoz: I believe that this will follow the model that Sister Teresa is currently using in her programs with the New Jersey Youth Corps. For any of you who have visited her programs, she uses technology in more ways than I really had time to enumerate right here. She uses graphic design in addition to just teaching students how to use the computer. She is using the computer to actually accomplish tasks.

Comm. Hodges: When you say technology, do you mean computer techniques or do you mean a wide spectrum of technological…

Dr. Albornoz: She does A+ certification over there, she has mouse certification, and she has a really wide array of things which is why I used a broad term.

Comm. Hodges: Those are still computers, as opposed to technology. The reason why I say that is because when people hear technology they think of the wide breadth of technology, as opposed to different aspects of computer training. There is a difference. It bothers me a lot because if we were doing other things besides computers, I would be applauding the notion of technology. But we are not. We are doing various aspects of computer use. If we want to use technology, let’s expand it to different types of technology, as opposed to just different aspects of computer training.

Dr. Duroy: With all due respect, Commissioner, I think we are getting into some semantics as far as your interpretation is concerned. I think that the point to be made is that certainly at Silk City they go even beyond the traditional use of technology at the schools. I certainly think that we need to do more. We need to get into a more sophisticated level, which is what you are referring to. But in this particular case, working with alternative students, students that are potential dropouts, the particular strategy used at Silk City has been very effective.

Comm. Hodges: I do respect that. The point I am making is that sometimes technology means one thing to someone and quite something else, as opposed to various aspects of computer where it is clear. I don’t want to misrepresent what we are doing here for

Page 26 7/17/02 these children. That is the only point I am making. If we are going to use technology, let’s use technology as opposed to just different aspects of computers. I am sure it is a wonderful program and I am not denigrating it in any way at all. I am just saying that if we say technology, let’s open it up to different types of technology.

Comm. Davis: I have two comments. Two years ago when I first came on the Board, I thought I was on this committee but I haven’t received a phone call since. On a serious note, I have just an observation from my standpoint. When you talk about intervention for seventh and eighth graders, I think the district needs to send a message to our eighth graders. It was especially more evident this past graduation when eighth graders were calling their dinner dance a prom. I have no problem with the dinner dance itself for eighth graders. But if eighth graders are calling it a prom, and I saw parents renting tuxedos, as a district we need to send a message saying that it is a dinner dance and not a prom. People were wearing tuxedos and riding in limousines. If they are doing this in eighth grade, I can’t imagine what they will be doing in the twelfth grade. My observation is that they are doing this because their height is the eighth grade and high school doesn’t matter to them. When I graduated, maybe five years ago, we had a dinner dance. We didn’t have an eighth grade prom.

Dr. Duroy: That is a point that we need to discuss.

Comm. Davis: If I were on that committee, I would have brought that out.

Dr. Albornoz: I would like to say, Comm. Davis, that I will here publicly invite you to join us because the task force will in fact continue to meet in the coming year. I will make sure that your name is on the list.

Comm. Davis: Thank you. I like that.

Dr. Albornoz: If there was an oversight, I take the blame for it. It was certainly not done with intent to exclude anyone.

Comm. McDowell: I have an interesting story to piggyback on Comm. Davis’ observation. There was one school, and I think Comm. Atallo told me this one, where they had a lot of challenges in getting parents out to back to school night and various parent events. Then the administration talked about canceling the prom at the grammar school level because of inappropriate behavior activity. The next day at the meeting, the place was packed. I think we jointly need to, as Comm. Davis said, make sure that we send the right message as far as what the priorities are at those tender grade levels so that the students know what the real reward is and why they should celebrate.

Dr. Duroy: I think that the issue of dropouts is very complicated and although the statistics show that most of the dropouts occur at the ninth and tenth grades, it really begins in the elementary school. It has even been suggested that students who are at risk can almost be identified at ages five and six. A student can very well fall into that category and large percentages of students do fall into that category as we have seen here. We talked about the fact that better than 25% of the ninth grade male Hispanics are dropping out and it is a major concern. If you look at that and if you are in that

Page 27 7/17/02 category at the elementary level, chances are you are at risk. By disaggregating the data, it helps us to focus in on some of the target areas that we have to look at. But it doesn’t happen solely at the ninth grade or tenth grade. It really happens at the elementary schools.

Comm. Santiago: Before we move the agenda forward, I just have one question. I am concerned about the dropouts. How can we work together to try to bring them back and to get them interested? In all fairness, some students are young, having babies, and taking responsibility at an early age. I was one of them. Can there be ways to open up certain schools at night? Some of these students are working to try to provide. I would like to see them come back. What kind of examination would we give them to give them an opportunity? Not everybody is school smart. When certain students are doing better than the others and they feel left out and feel they can’t do the work, we have to make them feel comfortable that they can do this. I don’t know what we can do to bring a lot of these students back but I would like that very much. If we can’t get them to attend school in the daytime here in the City of Paterson, can we get them to attend nights?

Dr. Albornoz: This is the intention, Comm. Santiago, of opening up additional alternatives to these students. I firmly believe that one of the reasons we were able to lower our dropout rate this year was because we were able to redirect students to some evening programs where they could legitimately be counted as transfers rather than a dropout. If a student leaves and then goes into a GED preparation program, we are not allowed by the state to call that student a transfer. We have to drop them and in order for Sister Teresa to admit that student, she has to have evidence that the student has been signed out of school. So, the intent of the Rebound Program is in fact to give those students who have children and may not have the wherewithal to take care of an infant and come to school during the day an opportunity to attend school in the evening. I have heard a number of times during the year about a student who was missing the first couple of periods in the morning every day because he was working until late at night. It eventually accumulates to the point where it really jeopardizes his education and finally he gives up and says he can’t do it. I also would remind you, since I know you are a young guy who graduated, like Comm. Davis, about four years ago, of when you were sixteen and were doing all of the things that you were doing. It is a longer time when I was sixteen but I remember doing things and nobody could tell me anything. They still can’t but when I was sixteen, it was terrible. I had a really stubborn mind and it is only when a young adult or youth makes up his or her own mind to do something that it will happen. I remember being at Silk City Academy and hearing a young lady say that it was the best program in the world. She had dropped out three times – Kennedy, Eastside and Tech. Then she went to Silk City and it was working. She was older than she should have been but she was going to graduate because she had made up her mind that she was going to do it. I would suggest that one of the hardest things in the world is to help a young adult or teenager to make up his or her mind to commit to something that requires a lot of hard work, particularly when they have met with failure along the line.

Dr. Duroy: I would like to make the final comment on the issue, Mr. Chairman. On the statistics, and I don’t think it was shown here, the actual number of students that have dropped out has declined. That is important because if you know your math, perhaps in

Page 28 7/17/02 one of those Quiz Bowls, one of the ways of reducing dropout is by increasing the number of high school students. But that was not the case this year. We did have an increase and that helped, but it was also the pure number of dropouts that went down by approximately 50 less students this year. We are still hovering at around 500 students and that is the down side here. We have to get well below 500 students and that is our goal this year. I think we will be able to do it. Dr. Albornoz, thank you for your presentation.

Comm. Davis: Dr. Duroy, just for clarification, if a student leaves Kennedy or Eastside and ends up in Sister Teresa’s program, is that considered a dropout?

Dr. Duroy: It depends on the program. If it is Silk City, it is not a dropout. That is a transfer. If it’s under the category of high school diploma and not GED, that is not a dropout. If they drop out and go into the adult school for the GED, that is a dropout.

Comm. Davis: At one time we were debating where these kids were and they were actually in Silk City.

Dr. Duroy: Silk City is a good program and it is a regular high school program.

Dr. Albornoz: Dr. Duroy, just for those in the audience, there are copies of the presentation on the table in the back if anyone is interested.

REPORT OF PRESIDENT

Comm. Santiago: I would like to say that School No. 11 and School No. 16 were the only two schools that had representation at the parent volleyball game at Eastside High School. School No. 16 won first place again this year. School No. 11 came out second place. It was a great game and the parents are getting involved. I would like to say get well soon to Comm. Vancheri. She is home recovering from surgery and I wish her a quick and fast recovery so that she can come back to the Board. I wish her and her family well. Dr. Duroy, I spoke to Lt. Smith and it was a great choice that the district made. He has a lot of plans regarding the security in our schools that I spoke to him about. He brings a lot of good things to the table and he has been in law enforcement for many years. By him and the Paterson Police and our security working together, I think that this year will bring a lot of different things come September. I also would like to say, Dr. Duroy, that I was speaking to a CPR instructor and I would like to see what the possibilities are that the district would cover some costs in order to give CPR courses to our security guards. We have a lot of security guards that mean well and who are working hard and we should certify them in case there is an emergency in one of our schools where one of our kids are choking or something is happening. As a matter of fact, we should make that a part of our students’ curriculum in school so that they can save their little brothers and sisters, or even teach their mom or pop CPR. You never know. I think it is a good thing.

Dr. Duroy: Maybe we can get the Commissioner to teach us.

Comm. Santiago: Maybe so.

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Comm. Hodges: My expense rates are rather reasonable.

Comm. Santiago: I also attended the graduations of Eastside, Rosa Parks, and Kennedy and I want to give congratulations to the families. It was a great day and it was beautiful. It was hot. Thank you for the water. There were a lot of smiles and I had three of my own graduating the same week. It was a great experience. I also want Board members to know that a memo will be going out soon on the naming of schools. We are putting together a committee of maybe five Board members for naming or renaming some of the schools that we are planning to build. Dr. Duroy, maybe you would like to add into the curriculum for the future for near the summer bike safety and swimming classes. We are having so many tragedies happen in the summertime and I wish that everybody would have a wonderful summer vacation in July and August. When you start reading the newspaper about children from Paterson drowning or getting hit by a car, it bothers me. When I went to high school in the Bronx, one of our majors in order to graduate was swimming class and you had to pass. I think that maybe we should have this. You never know. Some of our students might get a job saving people. We need bike safety because we have so many kids riding bikes in the City of Paterson and trying to drive through them is ridiculous. We should do that. That is the end of my presentation.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Dr. Duroy: I would appreciate it if you would use the center microphone.

Ms. Irene Sterling: You have a good man down here doing traffic control.

Comm. Davis: Before you go on, Mr. President, the Commissioner has something to say.

Comm. Brown: I don’t think that we accepted a presentation of the minutes yet.

Comm. Santiago: We did the presentation of the minutes.

Dr. Duroy: We can go back right after this. Oh, we did accept the minutes. Comm. Hodges’ comment was related to the issues within the minutes and not the minutes themselves.

Comm. Hodges: Once again, I was overruled.

Comm. Santiago: For the public comments, it is going to be three minutes per person and five minutes per organization. Board members, if you have any comments, please save them for Other Business. For the public, if you want any Board member to comment, please save it to the end. Every Board member wants to comment but we will comment in Other Business.

Ms. Irene Sterling: My name is Irene Sterling and I am Executive Director of the Paterson Education Fund. The question that I would like to ask tonight is about the

Page 30 7/17/02 presentation of the new Roberto Clemente School. I got notification both from Mark Lobauer from the EDA as well as from Dr. Duroy that the meeting would be this coming Tuesday night, July 23 at 6:30 p.m. at Eastside High School. I was somewhat concerned about that because that also happens to be, as you know, the night that the City Council meets. Mr. Lobauer’s invitation talked about that the City Council would be present but there is no way they can be. Not only is it their regular night and normally would have been a workshop session, but you may remember that last night, being unable to set the tax levy for the city, they scheduled a special meeting for that Tuesday night to set the tax levy before the end of the month. I am wondering if you are going to continue with this Tuesday night meeting or whether you are considering rescheduling to encourage people to come. I was one of the people and Comm. Hodges was another member of the community that was at the Projects Control Board Hearing, and you may remember that way back in the old days before the Abbott decision changed our facilities plan. We were there the night that the Projects Control Board gave Dr. Duroy the power to implement new Robert Clemente School and passed the issuing of bonds, etc. We were about to start to build that school when the Abbott decision and the facilities surprise came through. It is wonderful that we are at this moment. I am hoping that we leave Eastside High School that night and walk up to the site and put the shovel in the ground. We need to be about that. Dr. Duroy, could you tell us about the meeting date?

Dr. Duroy: This is the second time that the particular meeting date was changed. Obviously, we can’t keep up with all events but it is not the end as far as having an opportunity to comment, whether it be City Council or other citizens. We have begun to reach out to parents of the students at the present Roberto Clemente School and School No. 11. Those are the two schools with the largest population of students that will be affected and who will basically be housed at the new Roberto Clemente School. We have already started the process of reaching out to those parents. We certainly, as I indicated, believe that this is not the last of comments. If there are other members from the community, whether it be City Council members or others, that would like to submit or contact my office, we may be able to put together at least one more, if not two more, meetings that will give them opportunities.

Ms. Sterling: So Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. is going forward at Eastside High School?

Dr. Duroy: Absolutely.

Ms. Sterling: Be there and be happy. Thank you very much.

Comm. Santiago: Excuse me, Ms. Sterling. I think the City Council meeting was last night. Don’t they have a meeting every two weeks and next week is the workshop?

Ms. Sterling: Yes, but last night they were not able to settle on the tax levy so they are going to have a regular meeting that night instead of a workshop meeting, the 23rd.

Mr. Bilal Hakeem: Good evening, I am requesting five minutes.

Comm. Santiago: Five minutes are for organizations.

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Mr. Hakeem: I am representing Local 1019 Union. What I want to talk about again is security. You were commenting about some conversation you had with Captain James Smith, the new director of security in the district. I was looking through the dictionary today and I have written down just a few things about security. There are four levels of definitions and I wrote them down. They are (1)freedom from danger; (2)safety against aggression; (3)freedom from doubt; (4)something given to assure the fulfillment of a pledge or an obligation. Homeland Security is one of the top priorities in the country. Tom Ridge, former Governor of the State of Philadelphia, a man who I have sharp differences with, is in the position and is over Homeland Security. As the Commissioner of Education was here tonight in this forum discussing things with the public, at some point we need to set up a public forum where the director of safety would come and lay out his plan. Those ideas may be good and well for you one on one but the public needs to know. The parents need to know what role the police play and they need to have it spelled out in detail. I mentioned this to a few Commissioners and I do believe that Comm. Brown sits on public safety. I will be in contact with him. I hope that we can do that at some point before September. I initiated with a few other grassroots organizations and we intend to do a project on security in this city. We have reached out to Homeland Security personnel, as well as to people like Nightline to perhaps air this. We are hoping to get some response in a timely fashion before school starts. Again, there are no strikes against him but we do know that this same officer is the officer whose gun discharged several months ago and hit another officer. Thank God he had a bulletproof vest on. It is very important that parents know what is going on in the schools. You mentioned about CPR and it is important that this type of training is given to security personnel. I had to help a lady who actually had an attack and we had to rush to get her some orange juice. She just fell out right in the high school. We are going to be having a memorial service for security guards this summer and we encourage all of you to join us. We extend the invitation to other activities but we didn’t see many of you. But we do hope that you can come. Throughout this country since 911, there have been many memorial services for many people with the exception of security guards. Even the dogs have received memorial services. Local 1019 is going to be traveling throughout this empire that we live in and gathering security guards to have memorial services. We will be letting you know in a timely fashion about that date. At the last meeting in June, I mentioned that we had an election. However, on June 7 when we did win, there was a five working day waiting period for certification, which would have been the 14th of June at 5:00. However, the company that has been contracted here in the district, Absolute Security, at five minutes to five had one of their representatives walk into the National Labor Board of Relations office and challenged the election. We were at the federal building on Monday because we had to answer various questions and we are waiting for that certification. Last, but not least, I worked very diligently to see that Comm. Brown was elected, Comm. Hodges and yourself. It was Danny Vergara and Comm. Brown. I worked very hard to get all of you here and I hope you work hard. To you, President Santiago, take the word neutral out of your vocabulary. Don’t’ be neutral on issues. Study these issues clearly and say yes or no. I thank you for your time. I do hope to hear from you about a public forum of that nature because this is a very important aspect of education.

Page 32 7/17/02 Comm. Santiago: Before you leave, I want to say thank you. I really want to tell you that I support security 110%. I am with the sheriff’s department now and I support security 110%.

Mr. Hakeem: I have a 20-year background.

Comm. Santiago: I will speak with Captain Smith and Dr. Duroy. You are absolutely right. We will look forward to Dr. Duroy reaching out to him.

Dr. Duroy: I think that perhaps it would be more appropriate to make a presentation in September. There is a series of training that is going to take place in August and some restructuring that is still going to have to take place. I would rather allow us to put that in place and come back at the September Board meeting. We will have Captain Smith, who will be a director at that point, make the presentation.

Comm. Brown: I had a meeting last week with Captain Smith about several issues and some of the concerns that you raised. Right now I think the Board is working on evacuation plans for most of the schools. We talked about evacuation plans because I have been in public safety for twelve years. I am a firefighter. Some of my concerns with reference to evacuation plans are bio-terrorism and things of that nature. There are incidences that we are not prepared for not only as a Board, but also as a city. I raised those issues and we are looking at how we are going to make the adjustment to work those into our evacuation plans. With security, I propose to make suggestions that all of our security officers be first responders so that we won’t have to wait for an ambulance or a fire apparatus. You guys would be trained right there on site to assist in a heart attack, with CPR, with a broken leg, or whatever. We are going to be working together and moving towards implementing some of these changes. It is going to be slow because Captain Smith just came on board a few months ago. I think Dr. Duroy made an excellent choice in bringing him in as our chief security officer and I think we are going to see some positive changes this fall.

Mr. Hakeem: We definitely need to have that formal introduction to the community.

Mr. Andre Hill: Andre Sade Hill, 162 Dixon Avenue. I am a member of the ACORN organization and also a member of the BROTHERS. Tonight I am here as a member of ACORN and as a member of the community. I am sure most of you have the legislative law, the project labor agreement. Some of you might not have it but what is in there is that the law has been passed where any public work done, $5 million or more, will be handled by union organizations. There is also some stipulations in there that would open the door for a public official, which would be you guys, to represent the community. The EDA is going to represent the state and we need all of you guys to represent us. There is some writing in there that it looks good for the community but if we don’t have anyone in there to assure our interests, then it is going to be a lost cause. There is a gentleman that you all can contact, Jerry Murphy, and he is the one who does the write up of the final project labor agreement for the local branch on the local level. Most of the stuff in there is etched in stone but there is room for amendments. We have a skeleton on a separate page of some of the things that we would like as a community. It is a skeleton that you guys can look at and contact us at our ACORN

Page 33 7/17/02 office at 684-8880. We would like to sit down with you guys before you sit down with them to make sure that we have an understanding. We also want to monitor the results. We are looking to have some of our community members on the site with cameras, if need be, to make sure that we have our interests taken care of. I want to say good evening to everybody because I didn’t say it before. I also heard the Commissioner say that he was untying your hands not specifically on this level but now is the time when you guys are going to start having a little more leverage to make choices that can benefit the community. I know that when everybody came on this Board they had a genuine concern for the community. Now everyone has a chance to make a strong effort and to see that this Abbott construction benefits the community as well as the schools. Thank you.

Dr. Duroy: Let me just comment that I believe we have a meeting scheduled in my office. I don’t know the date it has been scheduled for but I believe it is coming up.

Mr. Hill: Right now we don’t have a date set. We have been speaking to your secretary but we would love to schedule a date as soon as possible.

Dr. Duroy: This coming week would be good. Please contact the office tomorrow.

Mr. Hill: I was just informed that Maria is out of the office and we weren’t able to schedule. Who else can we speak to?

Dr. Duroy: Mrs. Jones or Cheryl will be available tomorrow to make that appointment.

Comm. Santiago: I want to commend you for your efforts, you and your organization of ACORN. Your heart is definitely in the right place and there aren’t too many people like you. We need more people like you in the City of Paterson. I just wanted to thank you.

Mr. Hill: Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it.

Dr. Hani Awadallah: Good evening Dr. Duroy and Commissioners. My name is Hani Awadallah and I am President of the Arab American Civic Organization, 964 Main Street, Paterson. I just want to say that it was a very good night for Paterson tonight. What we have seen tonight was very, very good. The future is ahead of us and there is hope for Paterson and its’ children. What we heard from the Commissioner tonight was reassuring and I want to commend him for what he really started. As he said, he could really have done nothing. As an independent person, I am not a Democrat or a Republican, if we were to have Christy Whitman here, we would be sitting in there for about twenty more years without any changes or return to local control. I am not a fan of McGreevy either so please don’t think that. I am just saying this as an honest and independent observer. The Commissioner started something and we really have to commend him for that. I have some reservations about the Commissioner because there was no community input and I really think there are lots of things that the community can contribute. These are the people who really know what their kids are getting in education. Community leaders should be involved with the process as well. The second thing I want to talk about is Dr. Albornoz’s report which is really reassuring. When we have a drop from 30% to 10%, I want to congratulate you Dr. Duroy and Dr.

Page 34 7/17/02 Albornoz and the task force who really did the work which was necessary to make this drop off. It is really also good news for Paterson. However, I also have reservations because there was no input from the community, the parents, and the leadership in the community. Looking at the names in there, it was mostly actually leadership from the Board of Education and employees of the Board of Education. I really think the community should be involved in that. The community leadership should also be involved. The parents should be involved. The third thing I want to say is about Captain Smith. I really think he is one of the finest people, and I am saying this from personal experience. He is a man who really is concerned with the community regardless of color, ethnic origin, or whatever. That was an excellent choice and we really hope that we can confirm him. Thank you very much.

Mr. Charles Ferrer: Charles Ferrer, Paterson. I have just a few concerns and a statement. I think that under Abbott and Whole School Reform it talks about bringing all the stakeholders to the table. It always seems that the community part gets to hear it after the fact. If it says to bring all the stakeholders to the table, it means at the same time. Not after the best part of the meal has been had and then leave the crumbs or the leftovers for the community to hear about. Bring everyone to the table at the same time. Therefore, everyone will know what each other is thinking. It is a simple request and it is a request that the community people have been making for a long time. Whether you like the person because of how they are vocal in a negative or positive way has nothing to do with it. If they are a community person who is concerned, they need to be there. Leaving them out tells us that you really don’t have their interests at heart. That is what is said when you bring it to the table after the meeting is over. Let us be there from the beginning and everyone will be clear. I am glad the Commissioner was here and I will respond to a lot of what he said through the information he left outside to send things to him directly since he is not here to hear my concerns anyway. I was concerned about an article that was in the Herald & News on Saturday, July 13. It made a statement that the school district’s taxes will increase this year and I am wondering if that is true or not. If it is not, then you need to reach the Herald & News because it was stated right here by Margaret Cherone. If the city, who is having trouble with this levy on the taxes, didn’t do anything, then anyone whose house is assessed at $20,000 will owe $35 more than the same period last year because the county and school district taxes have increased. I am questioning it because when people see this in the paper, they get upset. It needs to be cleared up.

Comm. Atallo: The amount of dollars requested under the local tax levy has been the same exact amount for five years. Is that correct, Dr. Duroy?

Dr. Duroy: Yes.

Comm. Atallo: We ask for the same dollar amount, approximately $36 million. We don’t set the tax levy, the city does. If the city loses ratables, for example, to offset that, the proportion may change and it may change from that aspect. But the Board of Education has asked for the same exact dollar amount for the last five fiscal years and that has not changed. The Board of Education has no role in setting a tax levy. We ask for the amount of dollars to be raised through local taxation. If the city loses ratables, and I believe every year for the last five or six years they have, then that could change the

Page 35 7/17/02 equation. But the actual dollar amount has not changed at all. The Board of Education has not caused an increase in the local tax levy.

Mr. Ferrer: Well, I hope that is the case but in the paper they don’t put in that their rate has gone up or down or that the ratables have changed. In the paper, they are saying that the county and the school district have increased their taxes and just a lay person reading that would look at the Board and ask why they are increasing school taxes. Why is the county increasing? It is very simple. I am just trying to understand because of the way the paper reads.

Comm. Atallo: I am familiar with the article because there was an article right under that article featuring Comm. Hodges on Saturday. You couldn’t miss the picture. It was a 12x12. I want to know his press agent. With reference to the article, I am familiar with the quote from the finance director from the city. Again, the Board of Education has consistently asked for the same dollar amount for the last five fiscal years. That has gone unchanged. But when we go back to the city and say that they have to raise the money through a tax levy, if they have lost ratables over the year, then the percentage may change. But we have not asked for additional tax dollars. We have not caused taxes to go up. We have asked for the same dollar amount. The city has lost ratables to make up that $36 million.

Comm. Santiago: Mr. Ferrer, would you please proceed?

Mr. Ferrer: I was trying but he was still talking. Is the report that was left here from the transition team from the former administration available for reading by the public?

Dr. Duroy: We can make that available if you would contact the office.

Mr. Ferrer: I will look into that but I am saying the way that it was written. It didn’t mention anything about rates changing. It is just the way the statement came through. That is one of my concerns because people need to understand. I am well aware that we have held steady for the last five years.

Comm. Atallo: It is an issue that Mayor Torres and the new Council has inherited because it has been happening since the takeover for the last eleven years. There has been a decline in ratables in the city so they have been losing $10-$12 million a year.

Mr. Ferrer: Understandable, but the City has also been building houses. Like I was saying, I just wanted an understanding. Since the Board is saying that you haven’t, now I need to go back to them to find out what they mean by that statement. If that is the case, fine because the last five years I believe we held at $36 million and I am well aware of that. As long as we hold at that, at least the people will know that it is not on their end. It is on the city’s end and those are the people we still have to deal with. We made it clear to them that we want no increase from them. We don’t want an increase period.

Page 36 7/17/02 Comm. Atallo: We need to hold the county freeholders accountable as well for not increasing taxes and to work cooperatively with our Board of Education in terms of funding regarding the county vocational school and other county agencies as well.

Comm. Santiago: Charles, you mentioned a good point about the community being involved. Dr. Duroy, maybe we could have copies of the report that the state sent available at the next meeting for the whole public.

Mr. Ferrer: I was talking about the community just in different things, such as the prevention. As long as it is available, we know that we can write a letter or make a request and get that report from the superintendent’s office. There is no need to have it out here. If he wants to do that, that would be fine for those who don’t want to make the phone call. I just want to make sure that it is available so that we can get it because we would like to read it in full to see what it says. The Commissioner made some statements and as I said, I will address them to him in the form that he has given us. There are certain things that I am not in total agreement with but I won’t address it here now because I want to say that I came to this meeting and was respectful and not rude. Thank you.

Comm. Hodges: I was just going to ask that the Superintendent might want to reach out to the newspapers. If the implication is that the district is raising an additional tax levy, it might be prudent to get that clarified.

Dr. Duroy: That is a very good point and, again, we are working on it as we speak.

Comm. Hodges: Will there be an opportunity to respond to some of the things that were said in the public portion?

Comm. Santiago: I really want to leave it for Other Business because we need to move on.

Ms. Waheeda Muhammed: I just want to quickly ask a question. I was just told that the School Board purchased I believe Gorty & Gorty Funeral Home for $30 million. What is the purpose and what will it be used for? I don’t understand.

Dr. Duroy: Technically, we still have not purchased it. It has been recommended to be purchased through EDA for the district. We are presently leasing it right now which is one of the methods we have been using to secure land and property here in Paterson until EDA can move forward and acquire it. It is a designated site for an elementary school but it will probably be another two or three years before we would start it. We are considering it right now possibly for September to use it to expand our three and four year old program in that area of town. Ultimately, it will be an elementary school.

Ms. Muhammed: Thank you very much. I just wanted to know why we would be purchasing a funeral home. Thank you. Have a good evening.

Comm. Atallo: It is very difficult to find that size land in a city like Paterson to build a school. We want the site more than the funeral home. We want the acreage.

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Dr. Duroy: Absolutely. It is very difficult to find a clean site like that. It is 2.5 acres and also the geography fits. There is basically one school in South Paterson, School No. 9, and it is overcrowded. That site is located in South Paterson and it just works well for us.

Mr. Hilliard Garnes: My name is Hilliard Garnes and I was told that the site is contaminated. It has been a funeral home for about 30-50 years and it has been contaminated. What do they do with all the body fluids and everything else that they have in that site?

Dr. Duroy: You are right. If the site has any type of contamination, it would have to be removed. We don’t believe that it is of the extent that you are saying. We are going to test it for sure.

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

GENERAL BUSINESS

Items Requiring a Vote

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE

Comm. McDowell reported that the Curriculum and Instruction Committee met, reviewed and recommend approval for Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-12:

Resolution No. A-1

WHEREAS, the “covered programs” in the No Child Left Behind” Application are Title I, Title I SIA, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, and Title VI; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve the submission of the No Child Left Behind Consolidated Application for Title I, Title I SIA, Title II, Title III, Title IV, Title V, and Title VI, for the fiscal year 2002-2003 in the amount of $17,947,524.00.

Resolution No. A-2

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools incur Capital Expense as a result of providing services to non-public schools; and

WHEREAS, the amount of capital expenses incurred in the amount of $244,110.00; and

WHEREAS, Title I application must be submitted to provide funding for those Capital Expenses; and now therefore

Page 38 7/17/02 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools approve the submission of the Title I Capital Expense for FY 2003 in the amount of $244,110.00.

Resolution No. A-3

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Human Services issued a request for proposal in collaboration with the Department of Education; and

WHEREAS, the grant targets communities in which the number of students who participate in free and reduced lunch programs is greater than 20%; and

WHEREAS, the grant is intended to assist the public schools to collaborate with community based agencies to expand and enrich the delivery of early childhood and family support services in the core areas of quality child care, prenatal and health service, parental education and literacy; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Education accepts collaboration with community organizations as a viable means to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of services to young children and their families; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has participated with eight community based organizations in this collaborative project for the past three years with success; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education authorizes submission of this application to the New Jersey State Department of Human Services in partnership with the Paterson Family and Children Early Education Services (FACES) Coalition, in the amount of $500,000.00; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools agrees to provide $250,000.00 in matching funds allocated towards this project for the grant period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

Resolution No. A-4

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has planned collaboratively to work with Montclair State University, Polar Heart Monitors and Flaghouse, Inc. providing staff training; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has proposed a comprehensive physical fitness, cardio-vascular endurance, aerobic and circuit training program for the District in the Physical Education; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of the PEP – Physical Education for Progress – Partnership with Montclair State University for funding in the amount of $344,944.00.

Resolution No. A-5

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WHEREAS, the purpose of the school-based mentoring program is to foster strong, trusting, long-standing relationships between at-risk youth and a caring adult mentor that will impact positively upon the student’s academic achievement, school attendance, interpersonal relationships, and high-risk behaviors; and

WHEREAS, the program’s important features include one-to-one mentoring, a highly selective mentor recruitment process, a sophisticated system for screening mentors and matching them with students, an emphasis on establishing long-standing relationships, and an intensive follow-up and support program for mentors; and

WHEREAS, to ensure the success of this project, the district has enlisted the support of numerous community organizations and institutions, including but not limited to Passaic County Community College (PCCC), Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council, Pilgrimage Outreach Ministries, First Union, and JP Morgan Trust Company; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of the Paterson School-based Mentoring Initiative application to the US Department of Education for funding in the amount of approximately $150,000 per year for three years.

Resolution No. A-6

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District’s Adult and Continuing Education Program has responded to the County of Passaic’s request for proposals for employment and training workforce services for youth under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and

WHEREAS, the Workforce Investment Board of Passaic County has reviewed and evaluated the 2002 Request For Proposal submitted by the District’s Adult and Continuing Education Program and approved funding for the 2002-2003 fiscal year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approves acceptance of the freeholder resolution to operate the proposed New Jersey Youth Corps services in the amount not to exceed $243,200.00 for the project period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003.

Resolution No. A-7

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Education has approved the Paterson Public School District’s Application for Integrated English Literacy & Civics Education Grant; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education accepts a contract for funding from the Department of Education to operate an Integrated English Literacy & Civics Education Grant, for the project period July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003, in the amount of $189,516.00.

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District submitted the proposal to implement and operate four career/workplace readiness components as follows: -Computer Maintenance Repair Technician programs at Eastside and John F. Kennedy High Schools at a cost of $10,881 -Information Technology Technician/Workplace Readiness Programs at Eastside and John F. Kennedy High Schools at a cost of $33,145 -Westside Café culinary arts program at John F. Kennedy High School at a cost of $10,545 -Introduction to Dental Assisting Program at H.A.R.P. Academy at a cost of $4,007; and

WHEREAS, the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders selected the Paterson Public School District to operate all of the proposed program; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education accepts the funding in the amount of $58,578 to serve 134 youths as proposed.

Resolution No. A-9

To allow Paterson Public School No. 2 to continue the partnership with William Paterson University (WPU) through summer staff development courses.

The Professional Development Grant will provide teachers the opportunity to improve in two areas. First, mathematical content knowledge and pedagogy by bringing experts in the field of math to the school. Second, to develop a research strategy and curriculum for grades 5-8 in writing/research papers, and integrated curriculum.

William Paterson University has agreed to reimburse the teachers/instructional aides stipends (current Board rate). Costs for the two professional development courses/workshops will not exceed $30,000.00. Reimbursement will include all required deductions and will occur at the end of this professional development course (Aug. 30). The District will submit a bill to WPU for the above costs. Timesheets will serve as proof of services rendered.

Request a separate account be set up by the District to handle these payments.

Personnel actions will be completed for these courses providing staff names and social security numbers.

Attached is a copy of the Letter of Intent from WPU to reimburse the District for costs.

Resolution No. A-10

WHEREAS, R.O.O.M. Academy, located at Eastside High School, has received a grant of $1,995.00 from the Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council; and

Page 41 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the grant covers a period from January, 2002 through December, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the project is to be completed by December, 2002 with a concluding performance accompanied by fliers, other supporting material, workshops and conferences; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the grant be accepted as a foundation for the project as planned.

Resolution No. A-11

WHEREAS, the Passaic County Cultural & Heritage Council has awarded a grant of $1,000.00 to Eastside High School’s drama club, Eastside, Onstage!; and

WHEREAS, the grant covers a period from January, 2002 through December, 2002; and

WHEREAS, the project covered by the grant is B.R.I.D.G.E., and involves participation by elementary school students, culminating in a performance; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the grant be accepted as a foundation for the project as planned.

Resolution No. A-12

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Character Education Partnership (NJCEP) initiative was developed to implement a substantive character education program in every school district in New Jersey; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has been invited to serve as a collaborative partner in the New Jersey Department of Education’s application for federal funds under the partnership in Character Education Grant Program, which is part of the No Child Left Behind Act; and

WHEREAS, the department and district have worked successfully for over six years to develop its Character Education Program of Merit entitled Responsive Classroom at several sites; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District serve as a collaborative partner with the Department of Education in the application for federal funds to enhance our capacity in Character Education.

It was moved by Comm. McDowell, seconded by Comm. Agard-Jones that Resolution Nos. A-1 through A-12 be adopted.

Page 42 7/17/02 Comm. McDowell: Before I proceed, I would like to just extend thanks to those members of the administration that work hard to make our curriculum committee meetings and extended meetings a success.

Comm. Hodges: Regarding A-3, I am being put in a very difficult position here. Let me just state first of all that I spent a lot of time with the curriculum committee and various people on the curriculum committee sometime last week – about seven hours in two meetings. For one who has been known to be very critical of this district and district personnel, I want to make a point of saying that those meetings were extraordinary. They were informative, there was an outstanding collegial atmosphere, and there was great give and take. I think we did, quite simply, very good work and the district personnel has to be commended on their efforts. We certainly didn’t agree on everything but that wasn’t the point. However, I must say that there was one area of concern and I will simply say it this way because I was a little disturbed by this. I can’t vote on A-3 because the individual who is responsible for making the information of A-3 available to the Board was not in attendance on Monday. They are certainly allowed days off but what disturbs me was that there was no one else to present the information. I think that is an oversight. It is one thing to have other obligations or other places that you have to be but if you have an item coming before the Board, you have a responsibility to be there in the workshop to discuss it, or somebody does. I would have gone to the Superintendent but apparently he had left also and I couldn’t speak to him. The point I am making is that our first obligation is to be as informed as we can about these issues so that we can make the best judgments for the children of this district. I intend to be a stickler about that. I don’t want to stand in the way of this item being passed but I can’t, in good conscience, vote for it at this time.

Comm. Moody: Are you saying that the committee is recommending to pull this item?

Comm. Hodges: No, the committee has recommended that it be voted on but I…

Dr. Duroy: We have a representative here this evening that can answer any questions the Board may have on the issue itself. In the past we have certainly had that dialogue occur when there have been items with questions. I don’t know whether you have any questions or if a comment can be clarified this evening.

Comm. Hodges: The initial question is…

Dr. Duroy: Dr. DeMolli, would you please come forward? This particular grant, I think, has been part of the district for the last four years and you can correct me if I am wrong, Dr. DeMolli, about whether it has been more or less than four years.

Dr. Anna DeMolli: Yes, the grant is a four year old grant and this is the fifth and last year of the grant.

Comm. Hodges: The grant period is from July 1, 2002 through June 20, 2003. Does that mean the grant was already submitted?

Page 43 7/17/02 Dr. DeMolli: No, the grant has not been submitted. It is submitted by Straight & Narrow and what they usually do is wait for us to get our approval and then they submit it. It is a continuation grant so this is not the first time it is presented as a grant.

Comm. Hodges: So, it won’t be considered to be late at this point?

Dr. DeMolli: No. As a matter of fact, as a review for the future, I am meeting with some of the representatives from the state tomorrow on this particular grant. This is the last year and the Department of Human Services is considering changing the way it funds the Family and Children Education Services grants. So, we are in dialogue with that.

Comm. Hodges: What, in particular, goes on in this program?

Dr. DeMolli: Well, there are seven or eight agencies involved in the program – St. Joe’s Pediatric Suite, Barnert Hospital, Rutgers Extension, etc. It is a complete collaborative in the district and they serve zero to five year old children in a variety of ways. I can enumerate those if you want me to. But in the little descriptor, which we try to make sure so that you can just get an idea, it went down how North Jersey 4C’s and then the pediatric clinic services children and what each of the partners does in the grant area. For instance, St. Joe’s Pediatric Clinic has a doctor and two nurses aides and anybody from the Paterson Public Schools can send their children there for free immunizations and medical attention. Once we got into the preschool arena, we have a van and the doctor drives to all the preschool centers and actually does physical examinations, visual screenings, hearings, and immunizations for our preschool children. Those services are not available in a particular preschool center so we set that up this past year and that has worked out very well. Our immunization rate has gone up really high and we are hoping to expand that a little because it is only one doctor right now and a nurse’s aide. He has very limited hours with our center because he is over at his clinic as well to serve the whole community. But he has been serving our preschool center and so on Tuesdays and Thursdays we actually have a van and he goes around to the centers. It is much easier because the parents many times don’t have transportation to the clinics and it is completely free. Barnert Hospital does mental health services for families and counseling because many times we find the issues that affect our children in ages zero through five really are family issues. The parents get mental health support that way. Each one of the partners has a particular role to play with the families of children zero to five and that is what this grant is all about. It has been a very good service and it was really the first time that Paterson Public Schools began to work with children, even before the Abbott, that were below five years old directly.

Comm. Hodges: What will replace this grant and these services since this is the last year of the grant?

Dr. DeMolli: Right now we made a five-year commitment. When this grant came about the Paterson Board of Education made a five-year commitment and we are going into the fifth year of our commitment. After that I think they are re-writing a little bit what the grant may be and it may be expanded and made bigger. We would certainly love to partner with the agencies again if we get that opportunity. That would be a decision that Dr. Duroy and the Board would make after reviewing the results.

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Comm. Moody: Dr. DeMolli, did I understand you correctly when you said this proposal was not submitted yet?

Dr. DeMolli: Yes, that is my understanding.

Comm. Moody: So, are you saying that there are no financial obligations as of July 1 through now?

Dr. DeMolli: No, because we have to do a purchase order after you approve this. Don’t forget that we are the grantees. We are the ones that have to do the purchase order.

Dr. Duroy: Let me also make a point of clarification. I don’t know whether that answer is necessarily correct. We are in the fifth year of the grant and…

Dr. DeMolli: The grant was for five years.

Dr. Duroy: This is just a continuation and in this case the last year of the grant. I am concerned about some suggestion that we are going to pull this. This being the last year after receiving over a million dollars, we are now available to receive the last $250,000. If we are off a month or so, a part of that sometimes occurs with the state or their funding source and there is a period of time in making adjustments to the grant that overlaps. The initial commitment the district made for that particular grant will continue. We have made the commitment for the last four years and there doesn’t appear to be any compelling reason to withhold a commitment of this nature. As Dr. DeMolli indicated, tomorrow they are meeting with the state and still dealing with some of the adjustments for the last year.

Comm. Moody: I think that explanation is important because, as you know, many Board members are concerned about asking for approval after the fact. I think it is important that the information is presented.

Dr. Duroy: I would like to comment on that as well. As a district and certainly as administration and staff members, this is something that we need to do better on. We talked this evening about the transfer to local control and one of the points that was raised several times by various Commissioners was relative to training. I am saying that the training should not stop at the Board. The training to adjust to local control needs to include the training for administrative staff members as well. I think I shared this with some Commissioners earlier today that there are staff members that find themselves presently in the rank of administrators that have not had experience under local control and there is going to be a period in time as a district. The Board recognizes it and I am also suggesting that the administration recognize it. We have to do better on getting these applications ready in a more timely manner. I think we are very conscious of this and we are going to try to do better. As I said, I also think the training for local control will definitely include training for the administration as well.

Page 45 7/17/02 Comm. Davis: My concern is that I just want clarification for the time that is stated here. It says July 1, 2002 through June 20, 2003. It was explained that this is a five-year thing but this submission is just for a year.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Agard-Jones: I have to abstain on A-1 because William Paterson University is mentioned in that. Yes on all the others. Comm. Atallo: I wanted to make a comment but some of the comments that were made really hit upon my points. I would like to see resolutions brought to us in a more timely manner. I was at an institute for leadership this weekend, the New Jersey School Boards, with Comm. Brown and Comm. Hodges and we were talking about teamwork, trust, communication, etc. One of the things was no surprises. I would like to see things ahead of time so that we can have time to debate and discuss. We get it July 17 for something that was implemented on July 1 and this is not just one resolution. There are a number of them throughout the agenda so I am just going to abstain. Comm. Brown: Yes. Comm. Davis: Yes. Comm. Hodges: My concern continues to be… There are a number of these that are dated July 1 and the explanation was made at the time that on some of these grants the information arrives late and you are caught in a bind. We certainly understand that but the concern I had was no information and I find that difficult to accept. We were there late on Monday and we are not being paid. The people who are in charge of making sure that we are informed could do so and that is really my only point. I am not trying to hold up any needed materials or programs in this district. But I do want this district to perform at a level that we heretofore haven’t reached all of the time. I will vote yes on A-1 and A-2, I will abstain on A-3, and I will vote yes on the rest of them. Comm. McDowell: I just want to piggyback on what Comm. Hodges stated. I know this is a learning curve for all of us and hopefully the administration can jump on the bandwagon. In one case, we have some administrators that will extend the time to present an item in depth, ten or fifteen minutes or so. Then, on some items we have a no show. It is difficult to operate with limited information but I understand that we are in the middle of these dollars and they are for our children. I am going to vote yes. Comm. Moody: Yes. Comm. Santiago: I must say that I agree with Comm. Davis that we should have administrators here at our Board meetings. I also agree with Comm. Hodges that when we have our workshop meetings, Dr. Duroy, the ones who are presenting these items should be there. From now on, I don’t care who it is. If they are not there, I am not approving anything. I am going to pull it. My vote is yes. Comm. Agard-Jones: May I make one correction, please? I am also going to have to abstain on A-9 because it is William Paterson University to the district.

The motion carried.

Comm. McDowell: I will give a brief explanation for the four pulled items, A-13 through A-16. They are curricula approvals and the committee felt that it needed to take another quick look at them. We have had the full cooperation of the curriculum staff and we are

Page 46 7/17/02 going to schedule a working session where we can take a look at the curricula and get a deeper understanding.

Resolution No. A-13 was pulled.

Resolution No. A-14 was pulled.

Resolution No. A-15 was pulled.

Resolution No. A-16 was pulled.

Resolution No. A-17

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools have been involved in the fifth grade Outdoor Ed/Deseg. Program at Camp Vacamas in West Milford, New Jersey (three day/two night trip) for the past 15 years and wish to continue participation. Cost: $130,000.00; and

WHEREAS, the project is designed to provide the opportunity for approximately 2,000 fifth grade students to become involved in an interdisciplinary environmental program; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson School District wishes to continue this program; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education institutes the project.

Resolution No. A-18

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District during the 2002-2003 school year will provide instructional services, reading, writing, mathematics, and English as a Second Language, to students eligible for Title I services through EIR – Education In Roads; and

WHEREAS, that the Paterson Public School District utilize Title I funds to provide services to non-public schools; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public Schools will contract with EIR – Education In Roads to provide instructional services to eligible Title I students in selected non- public schools for the school year 2002-2003 in the amount of $581,527.00.

Resolution No. A-19

WHEREAS, the Independent Child Study Teams, A Division of Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. will provide the following services:

- One full time Technology Coordinator - One part time Technology Assistant

Page 47 7/17/02 - Salary, benefits, taxes, etc. - Supervision - Technology Coordinator to observe schedule - Technology Coordinator to provide input on computer technology including professional development to assist teacher, principals and school officials to use effectively such equipment and software - Technology Coordinator will assist schools in updating old to new technology hardware - Technology Assistant to assist Coordinator in daily responsibilities as required - Materials and supplies; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District authorizes ICST, A Division of Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. to provide these services in the amount of $142,416.00, and $8,000.00 for materials and supplies totaling $150,416.00.

Resolution No. A-20

WHEREAS, a mobile van, presently in use for the non-public Title I program, will be equipped and utilized as a traveling Parent Outreach Center for the Public School Program; and

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that Paterson Public Schools approve the contract with the Independent Child Study Teams, A Division of Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. for $21,000.00 for the use of the vehicle, insurance, fuel and maintenance, and $17,000.00 for the purchase of materials to be shared with parents, totaling $38,000.00.

Resolution No. A-21

WHEREAS, Education In Roads will administer the federal funds for Title II, Title IV, and Title VI for the non-public schools in Paterson; and

WHEREAS, EIR Sylvan will carry our responsibilities of the Public School District with regard to the New Jersey Non-Public School Federal Grants, Title II, IV, and VI for the 2002-2003 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District agrees to award the amount of $8,000.00 to EIR/Sylvan for assuming the responsibility of Grant Administrator from September 2002 to June 2003.

Resolution No. A-22

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District incurs Title I expenses as a result of providing services to non-public schools; and now therefore

Page 48 7/17/02 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District authorizes Essex County Educational Services Commission to service those Paterson students who reside in eligible/funded attendance areas and attend the following non-public schools that are attached for the 2002-2003 school year, not to exceed $67,200.00 (out of district):

Sacred Heart – Clifton St. Philip the Apostle – Clifton Mary Help of Christians – North Haledon St. Anthony – Passaic St. Nicholas – Passaic Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Passaic Catholic Regional – Passaic Calvary Christian, Our Lady of the Valley, OLC

Resolution No. A-23

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District utilizes Title I funds to provide services to non-public schools; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District authorizes Essex County Educational Services Commission to service those Paterson residents at Children’s Haven and Kilbarchan, not to exceed $7,112.00 for the 2002-2003 school year.

Resolution No. A-24

The Paterson Public Schools hereby authorizes the operation of the GED Testing Center and will comply with the terms, conditions and general requirements established by the American Council of Education and the Department of Education for the FY 2002/2003.

Approximately 2,300 tests

Reimbursement Payments to the Paterson Public Schools

$10.00 for each candidate taking the initial battery of GED tests and incompletes $10.00 for each candidate taking a retest of GED test

It was moved by Comm. McDowell, seconded by Comm. Agard-Jones that Resolution Nos. A-17 through A-24 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: I have some questions, Mr. President. First of all, my concern again is the format in which the committees meet and I have brought this up continually. I think we need to meet as a whole body similarly to the Council so that we can discuss things with everybody in one place at one time. I keep hearing what dynamic and terrific curriculum meetings you folks are having and at the same time Comm. Brown and I are having dynamic and terrific finance meetings. But you are not getting the benefit from

Page 49 7/17/02 other administrators. We are intensely involved with the fiscal end and we can’t get a breakdown of what is going on. Comm. McDowell and Comm. Hodges were kind enough to meet me for lunch the following day to give me somewhat of a briefing but I have some quick questions on four of these resolutions. This company Education In Roads, who are they and who owns this company? I know about Sylvan but Education In Roads I don’t know. How did they come into the district and get a contract for almost $600,000? That’s on A-18. On A-19, A-20, and A-21, my concerns are the cost effective nature of providing these services. For example, on A-19 they want to provide a technology coordinator and technology assistant. That is two people for $150,000 and that amount seems excessive. I don’t know what the profit margin here is or what they are costing in benefits but I think we need to look at providing in house staff. We privatized security guards and custodians and now we are privatizing the teaching staff. I notice that Sylvan has been here a long time and this is the third year that I have raised this since I have been on the Board. Have we looked into other options of providing this educational service? Are we looking at other cost effective factors? The commission has to be outrageous. They make millions of dollars off Paterson. Somebody is making some very big commissions and broker’s fees on this. On A-21, what is the rationale in having EIR and Sylvan assume the responsibility of grant administrators for Title II, Title IV, and Title VI programs for the school year? Shouldn’t we be maintaining local control of that through our own administrative staff in house? These are questions I am raising. Again, not having had the benefit of being at the illustrious curriculum committee, which I heard was so dynamic, I am in the dark. You are asking me to approve millions of dollars but I need to get a clarification before voting on that kind of taxpayer’s money.

Comm. Hodges: Mr. President, despite our extraordinary meeting, I did come away with some concerns, particularly about the extent of the involvement of the Sylvan Learning Center. I certainly think that we need to take a closer look at some of those contracts and what is going on with them. When this came before us, I immediately asked the question about those salaries on item A-19 and I was told that it did include materials and things. But it still seems to be somewhat out of line. I just think that we as a district could perhaps do a little bit more and consult a little bit less. We need to be more cost effective and maintain better control. I can’t say for certain but this just raises a lot of concerns for me. It did then at the meeting and I wasn’t the only one.

Dr. Duroy: Were there still some outstanding questions that were not answered at the committee meeting that you would like to ask Ms. Patterson?

Comm. Hodges: No. We discussed what they were being used for but I am looking conceptually at the usage of them. That is what I had the most concerns about.

Dr. Duroy: I think the point to be made is that you are asking whether the district can, in the future, examine areas like this to see how, as the Commissioner indicated, we can utilize in district people or hire people and have the district provide this type of service. That is a point. It was not designed for this September to do that. As you can see, the focus on a number of these items is non-public schools. I don’t know if Ms. Patterson can add anything to that particular item that may help with some of your concerns.

Page 50 7/17/02 Comm. Atallo: Dr. Duroy, with all due respect, last year I raised this issue and the year before that I raised this issue. If you check the minutes, you will see it there. The point is that we look for the most cost effective way of providing educational programs for the children of Paterson. We ask for innovative ways of providing this service each year and every year we get nothing back but the same thing. There is not even a sit down to look at different options. Sylvan pops up every year and the profit margin has to be outrageous. It is a profit making company and they are making millions of dollars off Paterson taxpayers. I don’t even know who the other company is and they are getting a substantial amount as well. We have asked last year and the year before to look at innovative programs and other options but we don’t get anything back.

Dr. Duroy: Certainly, when you look at A-21 and we are talking about $8,000 to administer three different programs, we can’t hire an administrator for that kind of money.

Comm. Atallo: It is not the dollar amount on A-21, it is the concept. Why would we give the responsibility of grant administrator for those programs to someone outside of this district? Why aren’t our administrators doing it? It gives the appearance that administrators are working almost in a brokerage capacity. The money comes in, they hire an outside person, they do the work, and then they sign off on it. The reason we pay administrators is to administrate and not to pass it off.

Dr. Duroy: With all due respect, that is not the case. I would ask you to allow Ms. Patterson to respond to some of the concerns raised.

Ms. Brenda Patterson: Comm. Atallo was not in that committee meeting but even when we have met on private occasions, we have explained two concerns. When the law first was initiated, we were not allowed to provide services in buildings. As a result of that, we were asked to provide it outside of the school which meant that we would have trailers at those locations. We have approximately 16 schools in the Paterson Public School District, in addition to nine outside, which basically suggests that we have 23 non-public schools that we provide services for. This is in reading, writing, math, and ESL, as well as special education services which come under Ms. Kelley’s division. To do that, we would be operating a separate school system out of district. We have an out of district special education service but we do not have an out of district Title I service, special education, and comp ed. In cost effectiveness, if we were to look at a $45,000-$50,000 teacher and were to hire ten to fifteen of those and added benefits, it would certainly not even be the cost of what you are seeing here. I did provide documentation so that you could see that there are over 1,000 children in those schools. If you look at that plus the administration of those teachers, because we would be talking about coordinating a division with the non-public schools and the diocese… You were talking cost effectiveness and right now the diocese and the nuns are suggesting that they are very satisfied with the services. The parents are satisfied also and I gave you documentation on parent surveys and teacher surveys because the Board did ask for documentation and back up. Additionally, I provided you with pre and post data for Terra Nova for last year and it is coming for this year so that you can see that we are not giving substandard educational services to our students. This also extends to schools like Al Huda. This is not just Catholic Diocese schools. In addition,

Page 51 7/17/02 they are entitled, under the other Titles, to a certain amount of dollars and I can give you a printout so that you can see that each non-public school gets Title II entitlements, Title III, Title IV, Title V, and Title VI. We have found that when we had the collaboration between the non-public schools and ourselves, it assisted in improving the audit process in the business department. The business department had some audit issues when it came to administering some of the different rules between the purchase orders and the non-public so we are only asking them to assist us in the purchase orders of those particular grants and not in the actual educational service. They also provide the professional development. For each of the grants that we participate in, they ask that we produce equitable services on both sides and I have tried to produce the documentation that suggests we are doing that. Even though we would like our children to return to the public school system, if a parent is sending their child and paying tuition to go to a non-public school, they are getting the kind of services that the public taxpayers are getting regardless of the choice of school. Does that help?

Comm. Atallo: If you talk about cost effectiveness, when you look at A-19, I just don’t see how that is cost effective. Those numbers, as Comm. Hodges said, seem to be on the high side. That is number one. Number two, my concern is what type of instructional quality are we getting from Sylvan if there is a shortage of teachers? Where are they getting their teachers from if the public schools can’t get them? Number three, have we looked at other companies who provide services comparable to Sylvan Learning Systems in terms of getting other price quotes or competitive bidding? Have we looked at that? Sylvan seems to automatically pop up. Are there other…

Dr. Duroy: I think that to a certain extent, Commissioner, the comment was addressed when we looked at the fact that they are state contracted and the parents of the children who are receiving the services are satisfied with the service itself. I think that says a lot for why we came forward with this particular item.

Comm. Atallo: State contracts, as you know, are not always the lowest responsible price and that consistently can be the case. I don’t know if it is in this case but it would not be detrimental to look at other companies who provide this type of service to get cost competitive quotes.

Ms. Patterson: Would you like to attend with me one of the meetings with the nuns so you can hear firsthand some of the comments so that we can come to this collaboration together and have us all at the table since we are going to model new behavior?

Comm. Atallo: With all due respect to the nuns, they are not paying the freight. We have to be responsible to the taxpayers and make sure that we are providing a service within a reasonable cost. If somebody is getting something for free and you can give them a Mercedes, they will take a Mercedes over a Geo Prism. I am sure they love having the service but our responsibility is to make sure we are providing the service in a cost effective manner. It is really irrelevant. I am glad they are happy with it but we have to be responsible public officials in how we spend public tax dollars.

Comm. Santiago: First of all, I want to say thank you Ms. Patterson. Second of all, did you attend the committee meeting?

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Ms. Patterson: Yes.

Comm. Santiago: That is what I wanted to know. We need to move on. Thank you.

On roll call all members voted as follows:

Comm. Agard-Jones: Yes. Comm. Atallo: No. Comm. Brown: Yes. Comm. Davis: Before I give my answer, I was unable to attend the committee meeting but I was at one of those extraordinary meetings and we had a good dialogue. We talked about the issues that were just mentioned and my vote is yes. Comm. Hodges: This very discussion points out the need to perhaps look at the format of our meetings. We need to have a real workshop where all nine members are in attendance after our committees have met. That would enable us to have those committees report out to the nine member Board who can then work and in a collaborative manner reach better and more informed decisions as to what is going on. I concur that that is perhaps the way we really need to go. It is a model being used throughout the state and I think it might serve us well here. I will vote yes. Comm. McDowell: Yes. This particular department spent a great deal of time in explaining this particular issue and the resolution. I thank Ms. Patterson and her staff and my vote is yes. Comm. Moody: Yes. Comm. Santiago: My vote is yes. On A-24, Dr. Duroy, to authorize the operation of a GED testing center, it is $10 for each candidate taking the GED test. I am looking at the parents who are on welfare or some people who are not working. Sometimes $10 can mean a lot for certain people. Do we do waivers for certain individuals who don’t have the financial stability of working? Dr. Duroy: I don’t know that I can answer that at this time. I know that there are programs if you are on welfare that might be able to pick up the costs for this particular item. But I would suggest that we could look into that. I can’t answer that completely. Comm. Santiago: Thank you. My vote is yes.

The motion carried.

Comm. Santiago: As a point of clarification to all Board members, on special education A-27 through A-36 has been pulled.

Dr. Duroy: I’m sorry. What was that?

Comm. Santiago: That is A-27 through A-36.

Comm. Moody: They have been pulled?

Dr. Duroy: I would like to attempt to explain the clarification. There were some questions raised in committee that I understand we were not able at that time to answer. Part of the reason is that the person that was in charge at one point has moved on to

Page 53 7/17/02 another district. The director has asked if we can have these particular items considered at the August meeting. I think that would be fine as far as the payment. Am I correct, Ms. Kelley?

Ms. Tamara Kelley: Yes, you are correct.

Dr. Duroy: Again, we are asking that we just pull these items and they will appear again in August. We will have all of the answers then. Because of that transition, there was just a little information that was not available.

Comm. Santiago: We need to have this on time for the next meeting because it is going to be a big package.

Resolution No. A-25

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District wishes to continue providing treatment to students; and

WHEREAS, the district wishes to continue the partnership with St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center to provide a dentist at the clinic; and

WHEREAS, the district is in the process of completing the contract with St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center for 2002-2003; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the Agreement to extend the contract with St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center through July 31, 2002 for nine (9) days not to exceed $1,828.00 or $203.00 per day.

Resolution No. A-26

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 172 of the Laws of 1979 approved by the Governor of the State of New Jersey on August 26, 1979 (N.J.S.A. 18A:11-3, et seq), it is necessary for our member schools to adopt by resolution membership in the NJSIAA. It must be emphasized that in adopting such a resolution, a member school agrees to be governed by the Constitution, Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the NJSIAA, including all rules governing student-athlete eligibility.

Kindly forward the NJSIAA resolution no later than September 1, 2002 along with Kennedy’s 2002-2003 membership dues. An invoice for dues is also enclosed with the purchase order.

Enclosed is a Membership Resolution Card for John F. Kennedy High School, an envelope to send a copy of the resolution adopted, and the resolution card.

In addition to the above, please adopt the rules and regulations of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League which we are a member of and approve schedule contests for the year 2002-2003. Please include overnight trips for championship

Page 54 7/17/02 individuals, teams and coaches, such as wrestling, basketball and track for NJSIAA Championships and Penn Relays.

Resolution Nos. A-27 through A-36 were pulled.

Resolution No. A-37

WHEREAS, the approval for student(s) as per IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to George Washington School while providing educational instruction during the 2001-2002 school year (payment to Youth Consultation Services):

Student Initials Tuition J.P. $2,537.36

Resolution No. A-38

WHEREAS, the approval for student(s) as per IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to Hopatcong Township School District while providing educational instruction during the 2001-2002 school year:

Student Initials Tuition J.D. $4,700.00

Resolution No. A-39

WHEREAS, the approval for student(s) as per IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to Passaic County Educational Services Commission while providing educational instruction during the 2001-2002 school year:

Student Initials Tuition A.T. $3,642.43

Resolution No. A-40

WHEREAS, the approval for student(s) as per IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to Phoenix Center while providing educational instruction during the 2001-2002 school year:

Student Initials Tuition S.S. $4,180.00

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Resolution No. A-41

WHEREAS, the approval for student(s) as per IEP is required; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to The Pines RTC while providing educational instruction during the 2001-2002 school year:

Student Initials Tuition Q.R. $3,136.00

Resolution No. A-42

WHEREAS, the approval for student(s) placed in hospitals/treatment centers as per IEP/health is recommended; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves placement and payment to Somerset Medical Center while providing educational instruction during the 2001-2002 school year:

Student Initials Tuition I.W. $1,225.00

It was moved by Comm. McDowell, seconded by Comm. Agard-Jones that Resolution Nos. A-25, A-26, and A-37 through A-42 be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Comm. McDowell: Ms. Kelley, I would like to recommend that since we plan to have a working session for curriculum sometime early August, maybe you can prepare to come to that meeting so that we can shorten our Monday workshop. This will probably add on to the other agenda items. We don’t want to have too many seven hour meetings like Comm. Hodges likes.

Comm. Hodges: Let me clarify that. They weren’t in seven hours of meeting, I was. I think it was deliberate to wear me down.

Resolution No. A-43

WHEREAS, the opportunity for our Anytown students to attend a week long camp has many beneficial qualities. It allows for the participants to experience a change in environment and develop leadership training in multicultural and diversity issues; and

WHEREAS, through the Anytown Action Plan they develop at the camp, the students will implement these ideas in the school environment in the upcoming school year; and now therefore

Page 56 7/17/02 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the activity which is part of the total life skills that are necessary to improve the overall school environment.

Resolution No. A-44

WHEREAS, the Paterson Board of Education grants permission for the incoming 9th grade HARP Academy students to attend Frost Valley YMCA Environmental Education Center, 200 Frost Valley Road, Claryville, NY 12725-9600 for three days and two nights. Students will receive team building/leadership skills, science related activities, historical/cultural information, language arts activities, and some recreation.

Cost per individual is $130.00, also to include evening speaker @ $210.00/evening. Damage deposit - $200.00. Nursing services - $70.00. Staff overnight stipend - $200.00 each (5 staff. Transportation - $1,050.00; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the HARP Academy students’ field trip be approved by the Board of Education.

Resolution No. A-45

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District services approximately 4,000 LEP students from Grades K-12; and

WHEREAS, LEP students require Bilingual/ESL services in Spanish, Arabic, Bengali, Turkish, Albanian, and other languages by certified teachers and instructional assistants; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the submission of the Bilingual/ESL Three-Year Program Plan on July 12, 2002 in compliance with New Jersey Administrative Code (N.J.A.C. 6A:15).

It was moved by Comm. McDowell, seconded by Comm. Davis that Resolution Nos. A-43 through A-45 be adopted. On roll call all members voted in the affirmative. The motion carried.

Comm. McDowell: I would like to thank the ESL director for the additional work.

LEGAL COMMITTEE

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

Resolution No. B-1

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools has authority to insure and self insure under N.J.S.A. 18A:18 et seq; and

Page 57 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Paterson School District entered into negotiations with the Nathan Lane Agency, Schechner Lifson Corporation and Inservco Insurance Services for the insurance and self insurance programs for 2002-2003 fiscal year, and obtained the insurance set forth below, with continuing negotiations for excess and other insurance programs for the 2002-2003 school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:

• General Liability, Automobile Liability and Physical Damage and School Legal Liability Insurance with the Coregis Insurance Company for the premium of $292,067. • Specific excess Workers Compensation Insurance with the Employers Reinsurance Corporation for the premium of $97,394. • One month continuation of the 2001-2002 Property Insurance from the Coregis Company (First Specialty Insurance Corporation) for the premium of $50,000, to allow for continued negotiations for the annual property package coverage of $360,000,000. • Continuation of the third party administration by Inservco Insurance Services at the prior year rate of $99,750.

Resolution No. B-2

WHEREAS, the MPACT Academy is provided the use of the swimming pool, fitness room, and athletic sports facilities by the Paterson YMCA, including lifeguard supervision, trainers, sports instructors, and the use of the locker rooms; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public Schools is obligated to pay the YMCA $18,700 for these services and facilities; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District approves the contract agreement for the YMCA facilities in the form of contract agreement annexed hereto.

It was moved by Comm. Moody, seconded by Comm. Davis that Resolution Nos. B-1 and B-2 be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: I have a couple of questions. I will be abstaining on B-2 because I sit on the board of directors of the YMCA. On the B-1 award to Coregis Insurance Company, was this insurance policy put out to bid? What was the procedure on that?

Comm. Moody: This is a one-month extension, right?

Comm. Atallo: Did we go out to bid for this insurance policy?

Mr. Jack Gillman: No, that policy is provided through Nathan Lane Agency, our broker. Pursuant to the code, it is exempt from bidding.

Page 58 7/17/02 Comm. Atallo: Where is there a resolution appointing Mr. Lane the broker? Why don’t we just reach out to a number of brokers and ask them to shop for us? We are the third largest school district in the state. By not going out for competitive quotes, we don’t know if we are getting a good price or not.

Mr. Gillman: This was submitted by Nathan Lane for quotes and these were the quotes that we were able to get.

Comm. Atallo: Did he reach out to any other brokers to try to be more aggressive on our behalf?

Dr. Duroy: We have used this particular broker for years in the district. One of the biggest concerns that has transpired with the insurance industry was obviously 9/11 and that has caused not only rates to go up but it has also caused insurance companies to walk away from territories. That has also resulted in delays in getting quotes and numbers. It is a real concern. Insurance companies are not looking to lose but I think there are also some concerns that the situation has made them very conservative and it is costing individuals some additional dollars. I would say that the district, through Nathan Lane, which has been our agent, has done the homework and has reached out to get quotes. They have submitted these particular recommendations to us and we need to make sure that the district is insured.

Comm. Atallo: I have two questions. What is the increase in our premium cost this year over the last fiscal year for this coverage?

Dr. Duroy: I don’t have that in front of me but I can assure you that there is an increase as a result of 9/11. All insurance has gone up.

Comm. Atallo: I would like to get that information provided to us. Also, as a matter of public record, I would like to know the actual broker’s fee, what is paid to the Nathan Lane Insurance Company for his brokerage services.

Dr. Duroy: That is fine.

Comm. Atallo: Can we get that information?

Dr. Duroy: You are not going to get it this evening.

Comm. Atallo: Oh, no - not tonight.

Dr. Duroy: Yes, most certainly.

On roll call all members voted in the affirmative, except Comm. Atallo and Comm. Hodges who abstained on B-2. The motion carried.

Comm. McDowell: On B-2, hopefully with the upcoming construction we can incorporate a few pools in our schools. That’s a good phrase – pools in our schools.

Page 59 7/17/02 FISCAL COMMITTEE

Comm. Atallo reported that the Finance Committee met, reviewed and recommend approval for Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-25:

Resolution No. C-1

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves payment of June 2002 bills and claims, checks 91842 through 92141, and 92171 through 92797, and 92833 through 93413, and 93414 in the amount of $9,069,569.66 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it further

RESOLVED, that manual checks 91811 through 91815, and 92142 through 92144, and 92798 through 92800 in the amount of $50,255.76 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it further

RESOLVED, that voided checks 88146, 90179, 90324, 89281, 39374, 87793, 89343, 90217, 91053, 91406, 91643, and 92723 in the amount of $94,545.36 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it finally

RESOLVED, that cafeteria checks 91816 through 91841, and 92145 through 92170, and 92802 through 92832 in the amount of $605,544.80 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-2

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves payment of July 2002 bills and claims, checks 93417 through 93461, and 93467 through 93512 in the amount of $3,507,827.44 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes; and be it further

RESOLVED, that manual checks 93415 through 93416, and 93462 through 93466 in the amount of $459,849.99 as attached hereto and made a part of the minutes.

Resolution No. C-3

WHEREAS, there is a need to request district taxes, exclusive of debt service requirements to meet the needs of the School District for the month of July 2002; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approves the request of district taxes, exclusive of debt service requirement needed to meet the obligations of

Page 60 7/17/02 the School District, for the month of July 2002, in the amount of $3,001,414.25, and that the City of Paterson is hereby requested to place in the hands of the Custodian of School Moneys that amount within the next thirty days, in accordance with the statutes relating thereto.

Resolution No. C-4

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education does hereby accept the Board Secretary A148 and the Report of the Treasurer A149, including the cash reconciliation between the reports for the month of May 2002, attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and be it

RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education does accept the monthly certification of the Board Secretary/Business Administrator for the month of May 2002, attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and be it further

RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education approve the monthly certification of the State District Superintendent/Board of Education for the month of May 2002, attached hereto and made a part of the minutes, and be it

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

Resolution No. C-5

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A.18A:23-1 requires an annual audit by an outside, independent, licensed, and certified public accountant; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Board of Education reappoints the firm of Lerch, Vinci and Higgins as the Auditor of Record for the 2002-2003 fiscal year, and to conduct an audit of the 2002-2003 fiscal year activities; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the fee for such engagement shall be $95,000; and be it further

RESOLVED, that this appointment shall take effect immediately; and be it finally

RESOLVED, that Lerch, Vinci and Higgins may complete additional work for the district in accordance with the terms set forth in the engagement letter attached hereto.

Resolution No. C-6

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District desires to enhance its fiscal operations through reduction in costs, improvement in the efficiency of operations, and compliant procurement practices; and

Page 61 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District did receive competitive bids and award a contract to Educational Data Services, Inc. as the purchasing and procurement agent for the district; and

WHEREAS, Educational Data Services, Inc. has incorporated the Paterson Public School District in a purchasing cooperative approved by the Department of Community Affairs, Division of Local Government Services; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District on January 11, 2002 amended said contract expanding their public bidding options available to the district, setting forth the goals, duration, and fee involved in said amendment; and

WHEREAS, the New Jersey Administrative Code, N.J.A.C. 6A:23-7.1, Division of Management Services, Management of Public School Contracts, Change Orders, implementing the provisions of the New Jersey Statutes, N.J.S.A. 18A-1 et seq., The Public School Contracts Law, stipulates the method of amending the previously bid contract to incorporate the additional services within the scope of activities of the original contract; and

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District desires to continue said additional services, for the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 under the same terms and conditions as previously approved for the period January 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District does hereby amend the previously bid, awarded and renewed contract with Educational Data Services, Inc. for purchasing and procurement services; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the term of this contract be for the period July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002 for an estimated 55 days of service; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the contract extension be fixed at zero (0%) cost increase or a continuation at the rate of $7,562.50 per month; and be it finally

RESOLVED, that the State District Superintendent is authorized to execute and implement the provisions of this amendment effective immediately.

Resolution No. C-7

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Repairs- Refrigeration, PPS-018-01; and

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

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

Page 62 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is allowed to renew contracts according to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-42; and

WHEREAS, the vendor proposes no increase over the 2002-2003 fiscal year bid price(s); and

WHEREAS, the Department of Food Services recommends the renewal of the bid for Repairs-Refrigeration, PPS-018-01, to North Jersey Refrigeration, Inc. of Rockaway, NJ, for the 2002-2003 school year, due to outstanding service; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District renews the contract for Repairs-Refrigeration, PPS-018-01, at an hourly rate of $40.00 for fiscal year 2002- 2003 to the following vendor:

North Jersey Refrigeration, Inc. 350 Route 46 Rockaway, NJ 07866

Resolution No. C-8

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Repairs- Equipment, PPS-019-01; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is allowed to renew contracts according to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-42; and

WHEREAS, the vendor proposes no increase over the 2002-2003 fiscal year bid price(s); and

WHEREAS, the Department of Food Services recommends the renewal of the bid for Repairs-Equipment, PPS-019-01, to Malachy Mechanical of Bayonne, NJ, for the 2002- 2003 school year, due to outstanding service; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District renews the contract for Repairs-Equipment, PPS-019-01, at an hourly rate of $58.00 for fiscal year 2002-2003 to the following vendor:

Malachy Mechanical 586 Avenue A Bayonne, NJ 07002

Resolution No. C-9

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WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Piano & Instrument Repairs, PPS-026-02; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is allowed to renew contracts according to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-42; and

WHEREAS, the vendor proposes no increase over the 2002-2003 fiscal year bid price(s); and

WHEREAS, the Department of Fine & Performing Arts recommends the renewal of the bid for Piano & Instrument Repairs, PPS-026-02, to Elefante Music of New Providence, NJ, for the 2002-2003 school year, due to satisfactory service; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District renews the contract for Piano & Instrument Repairs, PPS-026-02, at a 0% increase for fiscal year 2002-2003 to the following vendor:

Elefante Music 1790 Springfield Ave., 2nd Floor New Providence, NJ 07974

Resolution No. C-10 was pulled.

Resolution No. C-11

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Food Service Paper Supplies, PPS-036-02; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is allowed to renew contracts according to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-42; and

WHEREAS, the vendor proposes a 2.25% increase over the 2002-2003 fiscal year for the attached bid items; and

Page 64 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Department of Food Services recommends the renewal of the bid for Food Service Paper Supplies, PPS-036-02, to Mt. Ellis Paper Co., Inc. of New Windsor, NY, for the 2002-2003 school year, due to outstanding service; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District renews the contract for Food Service Paper Supplies, PPS-036-02, at a 2.25% increase for fiscal year 2002- 2003 to the following vendor:

Mt. Ellis Paper Co., Inc. P.O. Box 4083/Wembly Rd. New Windsor, NY 12553

Resolution No. C-12

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Music Instruments & Supplies, PPS-040-02; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District is allowed to renew contracts according to N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-42; and

WHEREAS, the vendor proposes no increase over the 2002-2003 fiscal year bid price(s); and

WHEREAS, the Department of Fine & Performing Arts recommends the renewal of the bid for Music Instruments & Supplies, PPS-040-02, to Victor’s House of Music of Paramus, NJ and Altenburg’s Piano House of Elizabeth, NJ, for the 2002-2003 school year, due to satisfactory service; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District renews the contract for Music Instruments & Supplies, PPS-040-02, at a 0% increase for fiscal year 2002-2003 to the following vendors:

Victor’s House of Music Altenburg’s Piano House 762 Route 17 N. 1150 E. Jersey Street Paramus, NJ 07652 Elizabeth, NJ 07201

Resolution No. C-13

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited proposals for Walk-in Freezer (Re-bid), PPS-061-02; and

Page 65 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District encourages open public bidding for goods and services; and

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

WHEREAS, the Department of Food Services, as per attached letter, recommends that the bid for Walk-in Freezer (Re-bid), PPS-061-02, be awarded to Singer Equipment Company LP; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Walk-in Freezer (Re-bid), PPS-061-02, for the 2002-2003 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Singer Equipment Company LP 7300 Lindbergh Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19153

Resolution No. C-14

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Groceries & Canned Goods, PPS-001-03; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the bid was awarded on an item-by-item basis, using monthly estimated quantities; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Groceries & Canned Goods, PPS-001-03, for a one (1) year period from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003 to the following vendor(s):

H. Schrier & Company, Inc. Madison Food Sales 4901 Allenwood Road 15 Madison Street Brooklyn, NY 11234 Paterson, NJ 07501

Mivila Foods Shiff & Goldman Foods, Inc. 226 Getty Avenue 6 Veronica Avenue Paterson, NJ 07503 Somerset, NJ 08873

Metropolitan Foods, Inc. US Food Service Dba Driscoll Foods 360 S. Van Brunt Street 150 N. Park Street Englewood, NJ 07631 East Orange, NJ 07017

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Resolution No. C-15

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited proposals for Meat and Frozen Products, PPS-002-03; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the Department of Food Services, as per attached letter, recommends that the bid for Meat and Frozen Products be awarded on an item-by-item basis to H. Schrier & Company, Inc., US Food Service, Van Peenen’s Dairy Farm, Mennella’s Poultry, Mivila Foods, Jamac Frozen Food Corp., Metropolitan Foods, Inc., and Shiff and Goldman, Inc.; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Meat and Frozen Products, PPS-002-03, for the 2002- 2003 school year, to the following vendor(s):

H. Schrier & Company, Inc. US Food Service 4901 Glenwood Road 360 S. Brunt Street Brooklyn, NY 11234 Englewood, NJ 07631

Van Peenen’s Dairy Farm Mennella’s Poultry Co., Inc. 978 Valley Road 100 George Street Wayne, NJ 07470 Richfield Park, NJ 07660

Mivila Foods Jamac Frozen Food Corp. 226 Getty Avenue 570 Grand Street Paterson, NJ 07503 Jersey City, NJ 07302

Metropolitan Foods, Inc. Shiff and Goldman, Inc. 150 North Park Street 69 Veronica Avenue East Orange, NJ 07017 Somerset, NJ 08873

Resolution No. C-16

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Ice Cream Novelties, PPS-004-03; and

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

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

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WHEREAS, the bid is awarded based upon a total cost of estimated quantities to be used in one month from sixteen (16) selections; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Ice Cream Novelties, PPS-004-03, for a period of one (1) year from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003 to the following vendor(s):

Festival Ice Cream 91 18th Avenue Paterson, NJ 07513

Resolution No. C-17

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited proposals for Breads, Rolls and Pastries, PPS-006-03; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the Department of Food Service, as per attached letter, recommends that Pechter’s Baking Group, LLC, Palermo Bakery, Inc., and Minardi Baking Co., Inc. be awarded contracts for Breads, Rolls and Pastries, PPS-006-03; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Breads, Rolls and Pastries, PPS-006-03, for the 2002- 2003 school year to the following vendor(s):

Pechter’s Baking Group, LLC Palermo Bakery, Inc. 840 Jersey Street 187 Main Street Harrison, NJ 07029 Richfield Park, NJ 07660

Minardi Baking Co., Inc. 125 Grand Street Paterson, NJ 07501

Resolution No. C-18

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Milk & Dairy Products, PPS-007-03; and

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

Page 68 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District recognizes the need for obtaining the lowest responsible bid for goods and services; and

WHEREAS, the bid is awarded based upon a total cost of estimated quantities to be used in one month from nine (9) selections; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Milk & Dairy Products, PPS-007-03, for the 2002-2003 school year to the following vendor(s):

Cream-O-Land Dairies Van Peenan’s Dairy Farm 529 Cedar Lane 978 Valley Road Florence, NJ 08518 Wayne, NJ 07470

Resolution No. C-19

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited open public bids for Pre-Plate Meal Components, PPS-008-03; and

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

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

WHEREAS, the bid is awarded based upon the total cost of estimated quantities to be used; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Pre-Plate Meal Components, PPS-008-03, for a period of one (1) year from July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003 to the following vendor(s):

Preferred Meal Systems, Inc. 5240 St. Charles Road Berkeley, IL 60163

Resolution No. C-20

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District solicited proposals for Summer Feeding Program, PPS-009-03; and

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

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

Page 69 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Department of Food Services, as per attached letter, recommends that the bid for Summer Feeding Program, PPS-009-03, be awarded to Whitson’s Food Service Corp.; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District awards a contract, as per the attached bid summary, for Summer Feeding Program, PPS-009-03, for the 2002- 2003 school year, to the following vendor(s):

Whitson’s Food Service Corp. 379 Oakwood Road Huntington Station, NY 11746

Resolution No. C-21

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

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

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Transportation Specifications are approved for the school year 2002-2003 for the purpose of competitive bidding; and be it further

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

Resolution No. C-22

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for Paterson special education pupils for the 2002-2003 extended school year; and

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

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

Route# Destination Contractor Total Per Diem TS1 STARS Academy Rudco $149.50 TS2 STARS Academy Rudco $149.50 TS3 STARS Academy Rudco $149.50 TS4 STARS Academy Rudco $149.50 TS8 Dale Avenue Laidlaw $204.00 TS9 Dale Avenue Laidlaw $204.00 TS10 Dale Avenue Laidlaw $204.00 TS11 Dale Avenue Laidlaw $204.00

Page 70 7/17/02 TS12 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS28 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS29 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS30 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS31 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS32 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS33 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS34 School No. 2 Laidlaw $204.00 TS35 Norman S. Weir Station Wagon $186.00 TS36 Norman S. Weir Station Wagon $186.00 TS37 Norman S. Weir Station Wagon $186.00 TS38 Norman S. Weir Station Wagon $186.00 TS39 Norman S. Weir Station Wagon $186.00 TS40 Dale Avenue Laidlaw $204.00 TS41 Dale Avenue Laidlaw $212.00

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

Resolution No. C-23

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide emergency transportation for Paterson special education and regular pupils for the 2002-2003 extended school year; and

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

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

Route# Destination Contractor Total Per Diem EMU3 Montclair State Univ. D&M Tours $160.00 (10 days) EMU4 Montclair State Univ. D&M Tours $160.00 (10 days) ES19 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy Cent. University $234.00 (21 days) ES20 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy Cent. Bus Trans Ed. $202.00 (21 days) ES21 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy Cent. Laidlaw $244.00 (21 days) ES25 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy HS University $224.00 (21 days) ES26 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy HS Bus Trans Ed. $228.00 (21 days) ES27 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy HS Bus Trans Ed. $214.00 (21 days) ES42 Elk’s Cerebral Palsy Cent. Laidlaw $244.00 (21 days)

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

Resolution No. C-24

Page 71 7/17/02 WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide transportation for Paterson special education pupils for the out of district 2002-2003 extended school year; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator in renewing the following contracts with University Bus Company, 93 Prospect Place, with a 2.88% increase for the 2002-2003 extended school year as follows:

Route# Destination Per Diem Cost SEK1 C.P. Center H.S. $220.57 SEK3 C.P. Center H.S. $228.91 SEK6 C.P. Center H.S. $220.57 SEK7 C.P. Center $225.72 SEK9 C.P. Center $225.72 SK11 C.P. Center $227.78 SK12 C.P. Center $237.04

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

Resolution No. C-25

WHEREAS, the Paterson Public School District has identified a need to provide 2002- 2003 extended school year transportation for special education pupils; and

WHEREAS, at a bid opening held on June 24, 2002, the Paterson Public School District did receive sealed proposals for transportation routes; and now therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Paterson Public School District ratifies the action of the State Business Administrator in awarding the following contracts:

Route# Destination Contractor Total Per Diem S5 Phoenix Center Laidlaw Transit $229.00 S5A Phoenix Center Station Wagon $192.00 S6 Forum School Station Wagon $181.00 S7 Learning Center for Laidlaw Transit $225.00 Exceptional Children

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

It was moved by Comm. Atallo, seconded by Comm. McDowell that Resolution Nos. C-1 through C-25, with the exception of C-10 which was pulled and the bill for Olympic Windows which was pulled, be adopted.

Comm. Atallo: The fiscal committee approved the authorization of the bills in C-1 and C-2, with the exception of C-2. We asked that C-2 be pulled for review because we had

Page 72 7/17/02 a question on the dollar amount payment and the correct procedure in bidding. Also, there may be some misrepresentation on the second one in personnel as to what their exact titles are and the hourly rate being paid. We are recommending that C-1 and C-2 be approved with the exception of Epic Construction and Olympic Windows. We ask that they be pulled for review. We approve C-3 and C-4. On the award of contracts, we approve C-5 through C-9. On C-10, the business administrator is asking the Board to pull that one. Is that correct?

Mr. Dennis Mulvihill: (Comments were made from the audience and were not heard on tape.)

Comm. Agard-Jones: Is there anything else that is pulled?

Dr. Duroy: Mr. Chairman, I just want to raise an objection to pulling this item. Again, for the second time over the last three months we are pulling Olympic Windows. We have met with that company and they have presented. They have provided the services. Why are we pulling this again? Why are we tabling this item?

Comm. Atallo: As I explained to you at the meeting, and I will say it publicly here, it is a time and material bid. Time and material bids are put out for when there is an emergency and we have someone on line when something comes up on a short term basis. We don’t consistently give out work on time and material bids. When you have a large project like Old School No. 5, Don Bosco, and any other projects, we put together specifications and we go out for bids. We just don’t keep giving it to the same company under a time and material bid. Number two is that their rates are very high. They charge us $45 per hour for laborers and $65 for supervisors. If we used our own in house people it would be much less expensive. Also, if we went out for competitive bids, there are people in the city who do that type of work and do it for less. I don’t understand the reluctance of the administration. We continue giving this one company millions of dollars of work when we should be going out for competitive bids on each particular job. That is my concern. On Epic Construction, as I raised the issue at the committee meeting, and I won’t get into names at this point, there are people that they are charging to this district at hourly rates as project engineers and we know for a fact that they are not engineers. They are not licensed engineers, they are not civil engineers, they are not mechanical engineers, and they are not electrical engineers. They have no engineering background and I don’t know if they even have college degrees. They are charging off to the taxpayers of Paterson vis-a-vis their hourly rates as project engineers not one month, not two months, but consistently. This was pointed out to me by a federal law enforcement agency. I don’t want to mention the name but I will give you the initials, FBI. If you read the paper two days ago and a couple of weeks ago, you may notice that they are doing investigations in Paterson. I am not accusing this company of anything. But when you have people in positions and they don’t conform to those titles, I think it merits an investigation.

Dr. Duroy: I would like to clarify going back to Olympic Windows. Again, we pulled it two months ago and we held a special meeting with Olympic. They provided the information and they are providing the services. This is not like we are awarding them another contract. They are providing the services for the district. If they do the work for

Page 73 7/17/02 the district I believe we have a responsibility here. Again, they met in a special meeting just within the last 45 days to attempt to answer all the questions. The district is utilizing them. We are doing a lot of work and time is of the essence. As to whether it is legal for us to use the time and material bid, we did go and follow appropriate steps to establish quotes and to get the appropriate legal responsibility relative to a contract. I am asking the Board not to pull Olympic. On the other question, it was pointed out to me that there was a listing and I would say that it is fine to table that and we will come back. There is a question as to how they were listed. The hourly rate was much less than an engineer but we will come back on that item. If you want to table it, we will keep that particular item out and we will come back with it next month. However, for us to pull Olympic Windows is not correct.

Comm. Atallo: Don’t you agree that we should be going out for competitive bids to get the best price? Don’t you agree that the hourly rate that they are charging is excessive?

Dr. Duroy: I understand but the point is that until the decision is made and until we proceed to change the way we operate and hire people instead of this time and material, we are utilizing the company. There is a responsibility that comes with utilizing the company. I was with them the other day and we are finishing up the construction at Eastside High School where we are dividing the 9th Grade Prep which was presented this evening relative to dropouts and changes in the district. They were there and I visited them. I think that by this week they will have completed that particular task. We give them authorization to proceed.

Comm. Atallo: We know what projects we are going to do and I think we need to plan them out and go out for competitive bidding for each project. Each year we have a minority contractor’s conference and it is a dog and pony show. It sounds good and it looks good but I don’t see any minority vendors working on these projects and that is wrong. I see Paterson people sitting on corners unemployed and I see Paterson contractors asking me consistently how to get into the door. There seems to be a glass ceiling or a wall.

Comm. Agard-Jones: I just want to say that as some have made references to the fact that if one is in a house and one looks at the contractor and those things in the end, if we are using a service from anyone and we do not carry out our responsibility to pay those persons, we as a Board can then be sued by those persons for lack of payment. The question is what are we going to do in terms of the future as opposed to the question of holding up individuals who are currently doing particular work that is needed in a quick turn around. The Don Bosco situation was something that arose very quickly and as I understand it, we are attempting to get that school in position for use in September. If we go out to bid, there is a process that that has which is going to take much longer than two or three months. I would suggest that we move in terms of our responsibility to get these things done and then in that way we are serving the children of Paterson.

Comm. Atallo: Is somebody monitoring the hourly rate and the hours that they put in? Is somebody in there watching them because the bill this month is for a quarter of a million dollars? That is $250,000 for one month.

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Comm. Hodges: When is this contract up? These are points that have to be looked at. It is not just an annoyance. These are significant points and to be fiscally responsible – we really have to pay attention to some of these things. These contracts are high. Some physicians don’t make $65.00 an hour and that is the truth. I am not joking. That’s true. If you are charging that to a construction worker, then we really need to take a look at that. When are those contracts coming up for re-bid? Let’s expedite that as soon as possible.

Mr. Gillman: Comm. Hodges, most of those are in fact in the process of being re-bid. I can’t answer specifically as to the time and materials contracts that Olympic has but I know that a series of them are in the process of being re-bid now by the purchasing department. They went out for advertisement and they are out for bid.

Comm. Santiago: Right now, Dr. Duroy, C-10 is pulled. Let me just add this so that we can move on because it is getting late. Any time we go out for re-bid, do we send out a mailing? How does that work?

Mr. Gillman: The way that it works is there is a list of contractors that have an interest and they can get a solicitation. In addition, under the law, we are required to publicly advertise and that is what we do.

Comm. Santiago: So, how do we inform them?

Mr. Gillman: Like I said, there is a public advertisement.

Dr. Duroy: Companies usually go to a certain newspaper or trade journal and they know where to look when there are bids.

Comm. Santiago: How does this Board get proof who was the lowest bidder and that everybody answered?

Mr. Gillman: In the business department there is a purchasing department and you have a series of purchasing agents. What they do is if you look at some of the items in your packet you will see that they open the bids, they have a checklist, they analyze the bids, and then they make a recommendation. That recommendation then gets attached to an action item that is then presented to the business administrator, the state district superintendent, and, in many cases, legal to also look at that. That is how the process works.

Dr. Duroy: Mr. Mulvihill, can you shed some light on that? Do you want to share some information with us?

Mr. Mulvihill: The district, the facilities department, and the district representative, Educational Data, all maintain an extensive bid list of anyone that has ever participated in a bid or has asked to be placed on the bid list. They are automatically sent bids in addition to the public advertising. All of these time and material bids are coming in on the 19th and the 24th of this month. They will be analyzed and they will be presented to

Page 75 7/17/02 you to award at the next Board meeting with the bid analysis. All of the items on the list tonight that have been recommended for payment were items and contracts that had been awarded per bid and the work had been started in the last fiscal year. Even though we might be paying them in this fiscal year, it is for work that they did or started in the previous fiscal year when the bids were in effect. The facilities department is monitoring all of these time and material bids and they are certifying to the accounts payable department that these should be placed upon the bid list and checks should be issued. There is a process of checks and balances that takes place. It is not placed upon the claims list unless someone in the facilities department has certified that they have performed properly and in compliance with the bid specifications.

Comm. Santiago: When they respond to us, does this district mail them any letters?

Mr. Mulvihill: Excuse me?

Comm. Santiago: When the bidders respond to us that they are interested, do you write them any letters?

Mr. Mulvihill: We have a bid list that we maintain and any time a bid is prepared and we are requesting vendors to participate, those people on our bid list automatically are sent a bid package and they have the option to participate. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they send a letter to us. As a matter of fact, at our next finance committee meeting I will show you a couple of letters that I have received from bidders thanking us for sending them a bid package but they are unable to participate at this time.

Comm. Santiago: I know why I am saying it. Another thing is do we send it certified mail?

Mr. Mulvihill: Do the bid packages go out certified mail?

Comm. Santiago: So that we can have proof that they received it.

Mr. Mulvihill: No, I don’t believe that we send them out certified mail. I believe that if there is a correction or an addendum or some additional information that needs to get out to people who have responded, we certainly send that out by certified mail and by fax. But I don’t believe it is initially sent out by certified mail. Usually if someone has requested a bid package and if they don’t receive it, they would notify us.

Comm. Santiago: That is so that we can have enough proof on this Board of who was the lowest bidder, whether they received it, and if everybody else had an equal opportunity. That is more or less what I am asking.

Mr. Mulvihill: I am sorry, Commissioner, but I didn’t totally understand your question.

Comm. Santiago: I am asking for the Board to have proof of who received it, who responded, who didn’t, and who was the lowest bidder. We want full knowledge to be able to say he was the lowest bidder and he got it.

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Dr. Duroy: I think that is represented to the Board by the business division. The business division, when we represent to you and put an item on the agenda, is saying that it has been certified and completed. If we are going out to bid not only the business office but also counsel reviews the bids to make sure that it meets all legal requirements before it is submitted to the Board. I would suggest that what you are saying is in fact being done.

Mr. Mulvihill: You will see the bid analysis when we present recommendations to you. Each action will have a bid analysis for you to review and you will see how we determined the lowest responsible bidder, or if someone happened to have been the lowest bid but didn’t comply with the bid statutes. Anything that would throw out a bid would also be included in there for your information.

Comm. McDowell: May I suggest that since this item is coming up at our next meeting and we will have an opportunity to approve the new time and material bids, although this is a tight time frame, maybe at the facilities committee it can be explained to the Board the advantages and methodology of using time and material versus bidding per project.

Dr. Duroy: Commissioner, are you suggesting that this be done through the facilities committee?

Comm. McDowell: Yes, as you alluded, for several meetings there seems to be a gap in information so maybe we can visit this in committee, roll our sleeves up, and come out with a clear understanding in order to make a good determination.

Dr. Duroy: Perhaps before the August meeting we can call for a facilities committee meeting to give a presentation on the issues raised relative to time and materials. Perhaps we can also have counsel and yourself present to discuss the process of bidding as well. Without creating a quorum, perhaps the Chair can also be present.

Mr. Mulvihill: We would be happy to meet with any other committee also if that would be helpful.

Comm. Hodges: Are we pulling some portion of this?

Comm. Santiago: Just C-10 is being pulled.

Dr. Duroy: Besides C-10, I am recommending that we hold Epic until that one point gets clarified. But Olympic Windows, which has completed the work, will be included.

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

Items Not Requiring a Vote

PERSONNEL

Page 77 7/17/02 02-C264. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Luz Benitez Sch. Comm. Liaison/ $10.00/hr. 5/20/02 Office of Stud. Attend. $25 travel stipend

02-C265. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Jesus Alvarez HSCL/No. 27 $10/hr. 5/28/02

02-C266. Approved compensation for preschool master teachers and support teachers to implement staff development programs during the summer for 45 centers complete preschool activities, at an amount not to exceed $59,400.00:

Rosarie Alfieri Fran Atieh Karen Bernard Carlotta Blakely Marlene Hernandez Anna Iandoli Samira Kat Barbara Kiel Susana Peron Aida Rosado Patricia Sivori Judy Van Hook Craig Wachsman

02-C267. Approved compensation for Alain Campbell to teach the after school Trig in-service course, at an amount not to exceed $495.00.

02-C268. Approved compensation for Glenn Korenda to update the 11th and 12th grade physics curriculum, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C269. Approved compensation for Cathy Newton to conduct three workshops for parents and staff on May 15, 29 and June 5, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $198.00.

02-C270. Approved funding change for Anna Adams from local funds to Title VI funds, effective September 2001 through June 2002.

02-C271. Approved hiring Horizon Software International, Inc. as a consultant to install management software programs developed for school food service operations, at an amount not to exceed $107,504.00.

02-C272. Approved hiring Inter Global Communications, Ltd. as a consultant to input data into the customized District Intranet System, at an amount not to exceed $17,500.00.

02-C273. Approved hiring NJSTAT, LLC as a consultant to implement a customized District Intranet System, to include the development of a school-based and

Page 78 7/17/02 central office needs assessment, testing and reporting for Title I, at an amount not to exceed $17,500.00.

02-C274. Approved hiring Craig Redmond as a consultant to present an educational program for staff, students and parents on how to incorporate the study of music in various cultures into the multi-cultural programs, in an amount not to exceed $500.00.

02-C275. Approved internal transfers for School No. 1 for the 2002-2003 school year:

Name From To Ilene Cloughley Grade 4 Reading Teacher Jennifer Wallace Grade 5 Grade 4

02-C276. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Betty Speights 10

02-C277. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Justin Gross Heidi Barthel Kerri Rabassa Amanda Soares Mustafa Tekdemir

02-C278. Approved hiring Passaic County ETTC as a consultant to conduct an in- service workshop at John F. Kennedy High School for social studies teachers, at an amount not to exceed $1,100.00.

02-C279. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 6 participating in the ESPA after school program, from December 2001 through May 2002, at an amount not to exceed $14,500.00:

Dorothy Henderson Dorian Butcher Margaret Culmone Barbara Rosser Vernon Hawes Nicolette Jackson Cynthia McKnight Kim Johnson Elaine Bisciotti Lauretta Cole

02-C280. Approved hiring George Street Playhouse as a consultant to present “Peacemaker” on May 21, 2002 and “In Between” on May 21, 2002 at School No. 20, at an amount not to exceed $1,500.00.

02-C281. Approved hiring International Educational Foundation as a consultant to make presentations on character education at School No. 20 on March 20, 21, and 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $800.00.

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02-C282. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Joseph Benevenuti Inst. Asst./NSW $25,427 6/3/02

02-C283. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Antoinette Taylor Tchr./JFKHS $36,219 4/1/02

02-C284. Approved creating a Teacher of the Handicapped position for the S.T.A.R.S. Academy for the 2002-2003 school year.

02-C285. Approved creating an Instructional Assistant position for the S.T.A.R.S. Academy for the 2002-2003 school year.

02-C286. Approved compensation for Noel Gordon, guidance counselor, for participating in the ESPA after school program at School No. 6, at an amount not to exceed $1,650.00.

02-C287. Approved payment of stipends for John F. Kennedy High School staff for coaching in the Fall Sports Program, beginning August 15, 2002 through December 15, 2002, and fill vacancy for Spring 2003:

Name Position Shelton Prescott Head Football Ronald Thomas Asst. Football Ronald Jackson Asst. Football Claude Wilson Asst. Football Wayne Schiele Asst. Football Kenneth Ford Asst. Football Donovan Jonah Equipment Manager Ken Samra Head Cross Country Gary Moore Asst. Cross Country Ivan Madjar Head Soccer Jason Reider Asst. Soccer David Guy Asst. Soccer Sarah Williams Cheerleaders (Fall) Steve Frith Head Girls Tennis Charles Bell Head Volleyball Cara Kling Asst. Volleyball Joseph Pardine Treasurer Athletics Nick Bucci Treasurer Faculty Vanessa McClure Asst. Cross Country Girls Ed Gordon Head Band Director Nelson Mendez Asst. Band Phyllis Maragh Athletic Academic Advisor

Page 80 7/17/02 Nancy Wymer Drama Eleanor Lyght Music Director Colleen Breen-Lopez Asst. Softball 2002

02-C288. Approved hiring Edward Myers as a consultant for a presentation at School No. 24 on May 17, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $400.00.

02-C289. Approved compensation for Peter Frankowski, at John F. Kennedy High School print shop, to print the New Jersey State Report Card for distribution, at an amount not to exceed $1,864.50.

02-C290. Approved compensation for Willie Harris, at John F. Kennedy High School print school, to print the New Jersey State Report Card for distribution, at an amount not to exceed $1,366.20.

02-C291. Approved hiring Gil “Bop” Benson as a consultant to perform at School No. 6, at an amount not to exceed $600.00.

02-C292. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $5,280.00:

Catiana Garcia Edwin Hernandez Michael Reilly Kenneth Roman Edward Korzinek Jennifer Doherty JoAnne Jemas Jane Lenosky James Polizzotto James Ring Linda Verduin Dale Theresa DeMaria Joseph Donohue Irma Ruiz Veva Tronci

02-C293. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $5,280.00:

Carolyn Andia Faith Ann Hodges Sarah Rodriguez Helena Steidl Michele Iuele Jane Bradley Helen Guarente Irene Alonso Zottarelli Madeline Roman Veva Tronci Linda Verduin Dale Theresa DeMaria Joseph Donohue Irma Ruiz

02-C294. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-24, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $21,120.00:

Catiana Garcia Edwin Hernandez

Page 81 7/17/02 Michael Reilly Kenneth Roman Edward Korzinek Jennifer Doherty JoAnne Jemas Jane Lenosky James Polizzotto James Ring Linda Verduin Dale Theresa DeMaria Joseph Donohue Irma Ruiz Veva Tronci

02-C295. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-24, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $21,120.00:

Carolyn Andia Faith Ann Hodges Sarah Rodriguez Helena Steidl Michele Iuele Jane Bradley Helen Guarente Irene Alonso Zottarelli Madeline Roman Veva Tronci Linda Verduin Dale Theresa DeMaria Joseph Donohue Irma Ruiz

02-C296. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 participating in the 6th grade summer enrichment program, from July 1-19, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $10,560.00:

Sigal Kaplan Heather Pearson Ilmadeliz Vega Errol Stewart Jan Wohld Veva Tronci Linda Verduin Dale Theresa DeMaria Joseph Donohue Irma Ruiz

02-C297. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 participating in the 6th grade summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,640.00:

Sigal Kaplan Heather Pearson Ilmadeliz Vega Errol Stewart Jan Wohld Veva Tronci Linda Verduin Dale Theresa DeMaria Joseph Donohue Irma Ruiz

02-C298. Approved hiring Peter Yoost as a consultant to make a presentation on science at Martin Luther King, Jr. School on May 31, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $185.00.

02-C299. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 18 participating in the summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $5,940.00:

Page 82 7/17/02 Kristine Alfano Robert Allen Jennifer Ciocco Julie Conway Rachel Deutsch Phyllis Dorino Jessica Muzzio Anthony Barbara Ronald Barone Janice Basilicato Carol Borthwick Amanda Konecny Deyanaira Pagan Marguerite Sullivan Anne Marie Urgovitch

02-C300. Approved compensation for Craig McPhee as lead teacher in the extended year program at School No. 18, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C301. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 18 participating in the summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $276.00:

Grace Alcalde-Garcia Monique Cleveland Tania Rodriguez

02-C302. Approved compensation for Craig McPhee as lead teacher in the extended year program at School No. 18, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,848.00.

02-C303. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 18 participating in the summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $20,790.00:

Kristine Alfano Robert Allen Jennifer Ciocco Julie Conway Rachel Deutsch Phyllis Dorino Jessica Muzzio Anthony Barbara Ronald Barone Janice Basilicato Carol Borthwick Amanda Konecny Deyanaira Pagan Marguerite Sullivan Anne Marie Urgovitch

02-C304. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 18 participating in the summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $966.00:

Grace Alcalde-Garcia Monique Cleveland Tania Rodriguez

02-C305. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Bree DeMolli Tchr./RCS $37,019 9/1/02

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02-C306. Approved reinstating Ann Bianchetti to full time teaching position at the Academy of Performing Arts, effective September 1, 2002.

02-C307. Approved hiring Jeffrey Thaxton as a consultant to make a presentation on “Drug Prevention” at School No. 19, at an amount not to exceed $450.00.

02-C308. Approved hiring Partnering Artists Children Teachers as a consultant to make a presentation on art at School No. 19, at an amount not to exceed $690.00.

02-C309. Approved hiring Life O’ The Party as a consultant to provide activities for students for Whole School Reform model event “Comer Circus” at School No. 19 on June 13 and 14, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $8,370.00.

02-C310. Approved hiring Outragehiss...Pets as a consultant to present a live animal show at the culminating event “Comer Circus” at School No. 19 on June 14, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $400.00.

02-C311. Approved compensation for staff of Academy of Performing Arts for summer planning work, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $3,564:

K. Chabiabarti L. Benicaso N. Felice M. Bertino C. Jones A. Biancetti

02-C312. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 15 participating in the Modern Red Schoolhouse Summer Institute, from June 24-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $30,525.00:

Elaine Canellos Celia Pino Deborah Neubauer Carmen Marchetti Lucy Conte Debra Howard Marisa Desalvo Cathleen Baron Laurie Koistra Laura Pakovics Ellen Rose Gisela Adomo Carmen Coldiron Petra Liz Morell Loida Valdes Joanne Nasto Karen Pomerantz Judy Finchler Donna Ziccardi Frank Devivo Gayle Hopps Nicole Musarra Vilma Ferrari Ann Shaw Blanca Godinez Elsa Skinner Anthony Giusto Ruthye Armwood Diana Brandt Ivette Klees Maryann Somesla Brenda Armstrong

Page 84 7/17/02 Kathleen Mustica Elley Meilker Jeanette Loran Jodie Weber Jacqueline Barth

02-C313. Approved compensation for Doris Arnett-Gary as summer school librarian at School No. 26, from June 25 through August 7, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,782.00.

02-C314. Approved hiring Linda Gillentine of Tome Bebe Associates as a consultant to conduct staff training on the Little Planet Literacy Series at School No. 14, on May 21 and June 9, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,000.00.

02-C315. Approved hiring Young Audiences of New Jersey, Inc. as a consultant to present an assembly program at School No. 18, 2002, on March 19, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $745.00.

02-C316. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Thurston Johnson Inst. Asst./Alt. Mid. Sch. 6/30/02

02-C317. Approved abolishment of secretary position under Early Childhood Program Aid, position control number 4029.

02-C318. Approved changing Orlando Berrios, ESL teacher, from BA Step 2 to BA Step 3, to provide him with a differential from his instructional assistant salary.

02-C319. Approved hiring Tim Green as a consultant to assist the Acting Business Administrator in the Business Office for a period of not more than 35 days, beginning May 10, 2002, at $375.00. per day.

02-C320. Approved appointment of Kathy Toro as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour, effective May 20, 2002.

02-C321. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 14 for time spent in after school Literacy Clubs, from May 7 through June 13, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $3,366.00:

Linda Ersnt Jane Mulder Patricia Watson Christine Johnson Nicole Bilodeau Marvin Fields Rosemary DeLorenzo Sharon Kirkman Laurie Tumin Melissa Wesdyk Hally Tomacheski

Page 85 7/17/02 02-C322. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 14 for attending a CES workshop, on May 8, May 29, June 5 and June 19, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00:

Eileen Schram Cassie Jewell Hally Tomacheski Virginia Bonora Linda Ersnt Mollyann Rubin Sharon Kirkman Melissa Wesdyk Laurie Tumin Mirtha Koch Edward Sheratsky Jane Mulder Andrea Jewell Rochelle Berger

02-C323. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 14 for time spent in after school Literacy Clubs, from May 7 through June 13, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $782.00:

Lydia Rivera Olivo Dorian Hodge Nicholas Consoli

02-C324. Approved compensation for staff from the International High School working in the Summer L.E.A.P. program, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $11,888.00:

Melissa DePaola Kimberly Kost Nicole Hampson Melissa Petraccoro Corissa Romano Tania Wagner

02-C325. Approved payment of stipends to staff of School No. 25 participating in Comer/WPU development training at Camp Vacamas, from May 17-18, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $7,400.00:

Diane Aidabole Daryl Black Patricia Boatner JoAnn Cascamo Virginia Chandless Patricia Cunningham Norcliffe Davidson Lisa DeAngelo Kathleen Donohue June Eckardt Sharon Falzo Beverly Ferris Paul Fontanella Jill Graham Michelle Grevesen Reggie Hall Ineam Hammam Daryl Laws Lillian Leathers Katherine Marks Donna Meisberger Lois Perez Ivan Rosa Christine Shadiack Jacqueline Vonegosh Lethola Walton

02-C326. Approved compensation for Alternative Middle School staff attending a development workshop, from June 25-26, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,772.00:

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Andrea Del Prete Richard Evans Dawn Koetting Ken McDaniel Harold Persaud Joseph Tierney

02-C327. Approved hiring New Jersey Community Development Corporation as a consultant to assist in all aspects of the Garrett Morgan Academy and high school after school tutoring and enrichment program, from September 2001 through August 31, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

02-C328. Approved hiring Woolridge’s Karate & Fitness as a consultant to provide martial arts instruction for students attending PEP-21 at Eastside High School, John F. Kennedy High School, School No. 4 and School No. 6, beginning May 1 through June 14, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $6,000.00.

02-C329. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Yomara Sanchez Sec./ECP Sec./Asst. Supt. 5/13/02

02-C330. Approved payment to Sgt. Lance Jones, JROTC, for August 2001 in settlement of PEA grievance, in the amount of $3,888.00.

02-C331. Approved compensation Edward Perretti who served as a mentor to a teacher in the Provisional Route Program.

02-C332. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 24 for after school work to collect information and prepare materials needed for CES Advanced Trek in July, at an amount not to exceed $1,320.00:

Janice Notte Barbara Scarfo Linda Verduin-Dale Lillian Grassano Angela Crockett

02-C333. Approved compensation for staff of the B.U.I.L.D. Academy attending a development workshop, from June 25-26, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $6,620.00:

Ysabel Casilla Joanne Della Volpe Joseph Finley Mohamed Khairullah Omar Khalil Tammy Lane Ray Martinez Florencio Moran Michelle Van Hoven Madelyn Walker

02-C334. Approved hiring Venkata Satish Koduri as a consultant to assist in the implementation of a Technology/Engineering Lab at MPACT Academy, from May 6 through June 25, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $4,950.00.

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02-C335. Approved retaining the services of Joel Weisblatt for arbitrations and mediations, at an amount not to exceed $5,000.00, with expenses divided equally between the Paterson Public School District and the Paterson Education Association.

02-C336. Approved hiring Samuel Jones as a consultant to assist in the math and technology/engineering instruction at MPACT Academy, from May 6 through May 26, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,800.00.

02-C337. Approved appointment of Marleny Rosado as Food Service Substitute, at a salary of $6.75 per hour, effective May 28, 2002.

02-C338. Approved change in funding source for the New Jersey Youth Corps WIB participants:

Diandre Bradley Kadieshia Donnell Cynthia LaRosa Latoya Lesane Julio Lesane Erin Danielle Price David Royster Kemar Smith Latora Wright

02-C339. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Khadija Abdullah Kristin Clark Delano Lopez

02-C340. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Jennifer Foster 10

02-C341. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Anthony Infante 7

02-C342. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Toni Scholing 10

02-C343. Approved termination:

Name Location

Page 88 7/17/02 Vivian Wright Cafe. Monitor/No. 4

02-C344. Approved posting for the position of Director of Personnel.

02-C345. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Susan Nabas Tchr./Stud. Sppt. Serv. $36,619 9/1/02

02-C346. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Lenore Maine Inst. Asst./No. 10 $24,157 9/1/02

02-C347. Approved employing students to work as clerical assistants in Central Office for the 2002-2003 school year, at a rate of $7.50 per hour:

Yazan Abaza Charles Huff, Jr. Joselyn Jones Lauren McNeill Jacqueline Santa Maria

02-C348. Approved compensation for staff in accordance with State requirement governing mentorship payments:

Julia Atkinson Karen Biordi Miguel Castro Melissa DePaola Sandra Dominguez Nabil Guketlov Vanessa Guzman Mohamed Khairullah LaKisha Kincherlow Leigh Ann Kwiecinski Betsy Leon Judith Manzo Alicia Maury Shiela Mendez Jacqueline Micari Nicole Musarra Ana Ortiz Deyanira Pagan Joseph Piela Lisa Ramos Joseph Rose Cynthia Santoli Yvonte Tranquille

02-C349. Approved hiring two consultants for workshops “Exploring Social Studies using the Internet” at John F. Kennedy High School on May 6, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,100.00.

02-C350. Approved compensation for Donald Davis as teacher for the 21st Century After School Program at Eastside High School, beginning May 6, 2002 through June 15, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,871.00.

02-C351. Approved compensation for Susan Little as teacher for the 21st Century After School Program at Eastside High School, beginning May 6, 2002 through June 14, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,871.00.

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02-C352. Approved compensation for substitute teachers for the 21st Century After School Program, beginning May 6, 2002 through June 15, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $990.00:

Lorraine Madsen Millie Brooks

02-C353. Approved compensation for program/teacher coordinators to organize and coordinate after school programs at Schools 7, 29, 21, 4 and 20, at an amount not to exceed $4,752.00:

Jeannette Quentzel Sylvia Rivera Curtis Robinson

02-C354. Approved compensation for staff working in the after school programs at Schools 7, 29, 21, 4 and 20, at an amount not to exceed $9,504.00:

Chris Ann Forchette Patricia Castorelli Martine LaSassa Gary Brizzi Jalyn Lyde Melba Hardison Thaddeus Chestnut Patricia Zucovich Rondell Taylor

02-C355. Approved compensation for Patricia Fusaro for working on the CES Task Force at School No. 16, at an amount not to exceed $792.00.

02-C356. Approved restoring 4 days to the vacation bank of Zaida Padilla, Affirmative Action Officer.

02-C357. Accepted resignation:

Name Location Eff. Date Karen Jones SCL/No. 25 5/6/02

02-C358. Approved withholding of increment for tenured staff for the 2002-2003 school year for “less than satisfactory performance” or excessive absenteeism”:

Denise Brown Lloyd Guller Denise Korman Michael Leonessa Kim McEachern Clem Stolarik Barbara Thomas Iris Weitzman Renee Wright

02-C359. Approved terminations:

Name Location Eff. Date Philip Cea Tchr./No. 20 6/30/02

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Michael Covello Tchr./No. 15 6/30/02

Kelly Dec Tchr./No. 24 6/30/02

Patricia Firth Tchr./No. 11 6/30/02

Jessica Fox Tchr./NSW 6/30/02

Debra Grossman Tchr./No. 15 6/30/02

Lloyd Guller Dept. Chair/EHS 6/30/02

Andrea Jewell Tchr./No. 14 6/30/02

Raymond LeClair Tchr./No. 13 6/30/02

Paul Moreau Tchr./EHS 6/30/02

Hengtol Ong Tchr./MSUPTA 6/30/02

Yamila Paradoa Inst. Asst./No. 4 6/30/02

Sammantha Petrullo Tchr./EHS 6/30/02

Francine Quarg Tchr./JFKHS 6/30/02

Kurt Rittermann Tchr./IHS 6/30/02

Joseph Rose Tchr./No. 10 6/30/02

Deanna Russo Tchr./No. 13 6/30/02

Douglas Wight Tchr./No. 29 6/30/02

02-C360. Approved creating a personal aide position at School No. 10 as per the student’s IEP.

02-C361. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Zenaida Molina Cafe Monitor/No. 17 $6.75/hr.

02-C362. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Dania Ponsi Cafe Monitor/No. 3 $6.75/hr.

Page 91 7/17/02 02-C363. Approved appointment from permanent substitute:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Helen Bernicaso Tchr./Perf. Arts Acad. $38,818 4/1/01

02-C364. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 14 working in the after school program, at an amount not to exceed $1,122.00: Linda Ernst Patricia Watson

02-C365. Approved hiring George Iannacone as a consultant to be Keynote Speaker at the District’s Annual Retirement Dinner on May, 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $500.00.

02-C366. Approved separation of employment for cafeteria monitors due to resignation, termination or abandonment of position:

Milagros Melendez Claudia Murguia Jenny Panay Jeanette Olivero Patricia Smith Christopher Moss Elvis Durham Maggie Hearne Tyrone Richardson Iesha Kinchen Melynda Holmes Munifea Abdelaziz Kathy Lydecker Maria Garcia Beverly Burke Margie Wilson Joann Forbes Cindy Tavarez Kandice Easton Jenny Villanueva Sherry Stephens Kachana Furman Yesenie Troncoso Renee Smith Beatrice Rosado Celeste Mendez Teodolinda Cuellar Sonia Cardona Luz Rivera Armando Ospino Nedia Rojas Hilda Narvaez Alberta McGuire Maria Parsons Tawanna Dickson Maria Garcia Marilyn Torres Angela Jones Eva Collazo

02-C367. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Doris Butler Principal/No. 4 $95,280 4/18/02

02-C368. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Scott Rixford Principal/AHA $83,440 4/18/02

02-C369. Approved appointment:

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Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Richard Sanducci Principal/EWK $76,250 4/18/02

02-C370. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Hillburn Sparrow Principal/No. 13 $88,780 4/18/02

02-C371. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Panfilo Ludena Chief Cust./No. 15 $24,596 5/15/02

02-C372. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Amles Lozano Chief Cust./No. 26 $24,362 5/29/02

02-C373. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Daniel Aker Maint./Old No. 5 5/6/02-5/17/02 Personal

Angelina Barrise Fd. Serv./No. 29 4/30/02-5/31/02 Family

Michelle Coleman Inst. Asst./No. 4 5/16/02-6/30/02 Family

Lewis Demopoulos Sec. Guard/No. 9 5/1/02-5/31/02 Ext. Family

Beatriz Gamarra Fd. Serv./No. 27 5/1/02-5/13/02 Personal

Wanda Ocasio Inst. Asst./No. 21 3/1/02-6/30/02 Ext. Medical

Sheila Prescod Inst. Asst./No. 28 4/19/02-6/30/02 Family

Carmen Roman Inst. Asst./MLK 4/18/02-5/3/02 Family

Michael Somers Maint./Facilities 4/29/02-6/1/02 Ext. Medical

Nicole Carilli Tchr./No. 14 4/22/02-5/10/02 Family

Nancy Garrity Tchr./No. 28 5/16/02-6/30/02 Ext. Medical

Bentley Gubar Tchr./No. 9 3/12/02-5/31/02 Medical

Diane Matano Tchr./No. 25 4/15/02-4/26/02 Family

Page 93 7/17/02 Gail Milstein Tchr./No. 19 4/9/02-4/30/02 Rev. Family

Beverly Piekema Tchr./No. 1 4/16/02-4/26/02 Family

Martha Sheridan Nurse/No. 29 4/26/02-6/30/02 Family

Delia Soriano Tchr./No. 14 4/22/02-4/29/02 Medical

Angela Williams Tchr./No. 6 4/1/02-4/30/02 Ext. Family

02-C374. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Marcy Jatovsky Tchr./No. 28 5/8/02

Colleen Kelly Tchr./No. 5 5/1/02

Diane Matano Tchr./No. 25 4/29/02

Jennifer Rodas Tchr./No. 25 5/1/02

Christina Zimmerman Tchr./No. 21 5/1/02

Marci Gilmore Inst. Asst./NSW 5/6/02

Carmen Roman Inst. Asst./MLK 5/6/02

02-C375. Accepted resignations/retirements:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Belinda Diaz Tchr./No. 29 6/30/02 Resignation

Lara Forziati Tchr./No. 6 7/1/02 Resignation

Monira Haque Tchr./No. 28 9/1/01 Resignation

Neil Kozlowski Tchr./MPACT 4/25/02 Resignation

Jane Leive Tchr./EHS 7/1/02 Resignation

Gail Milstein Tchr./No. 19 5/1/02 Resignation

Claudine Mininni Tchr./No. 12 6/30/02 Resignation

Deanna Mullica Tchr./NSW 6/30/02 Resignation

Shaunda Penny Tchr./No. 11 6/30/02 Resignation

Page 94 7/17/02 Mark Quiles V.P./EHS 6/24/02 Resignation

Clare Schlich Tchr./SCA 7/1/02 Retirement

Kathryn Thor Tchr./Stud. Suppt. 7/1/02 Resignation

Steven Zager Tchr./EHS 7/1/02 Retirement

02-C376. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Martha Anci Tchr./Nos. 19,29 Tchr./No. 29 5/13/02

Isabelle Burchell Tchr./No. 29 Tchr./Nos. 19,29 5/13/02

02-C377. Approved change in title for Alexander Osorio from Instructional Assistant/Community Liaison to School/Community Program Coordinator, effective April 8, 2002.

02-C378. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 21 working in the summer GEPA program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

Xavier Fitzgerald Sylvia Daye Kim Nutter Rhonda Tomling

02-C379. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 21 working in the summer ESPA program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

Zane Zeigler Patricia Hillas Cathy Newton Anne Vitale

02-C380. Approved compensation for Maria Ross as lead teacher in the summer programs at School No. 21, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C381. Approved suspension of employee, without pay.

02-C382. Approved appointment from permanent substitute:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Shamika Hilbert Tchr./GMA,MPACT $39,349 4/1/02

02-C383. Approved appointment:

Page 95 7/17/02 Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Ana Maria Palacios HSCL/No. 11 $10/hr. 6/3/02

02-C384. Approve compensation for staff development participants in the summer Literacy Enrichment Academic Program (L.E.A.P.), at an amount not to exceed $8,712.00:

Lisa Bauch Vermadeine Garner Ives Guzman Domenica Gallipoli Sandy Joseph Jeanette Pernis Sylvia Williams Cynthia Sanchez Terea Lorenzo Susana DeNude Diane Rubiski Claudia Delgado Rosanna Mongelli Julia Atkinson Teresa Granata Alejandro Lopez Roam Sterling Suzanne Higgins Janet Lentz Colleen Kelly Ann Marie Ehler Kate Miggins Joann Smith Gayle Musnikow Elaine Bisciotti Helen Hickman Kim Johnson Corliss Thomas Fatimah Ali Dorian Butcher Richard Tolerico Ramona Guzman Diane Morano N. Nolan Lynn Blackowski Tanya Wagner Bernadine Battle Elizabeth Reifman Catalina Bernal Julia Campo Mariann Glassberg Claudette Tencza Barbara Chiodo Farah Mastrandrea Maria Giegerich Kenneth Eatman Holly Sparano Antionette Young Sandra Beasley Graciella Ayala Laurie Tumin Maryann Marren Frances Gagliardo Ingrid Hall Timothy Graham Marjory Nenadich Denise Sheehan Wilma Watson Luretta Jones Alfreda Lawrence Ron Tuitt Nicole Carilli Marvin Fields Eileen Schram Elaine Canellos Marisa DeSalvo Carmen Coldiron Gayle Hopps Yvette Cless Laurie Kelly Carla Propersi Jessica Mooring Arlene Locicero Melissa DePaola Kimberly Kost Nicole Hampson Melissa Petraccoro Corissa Romano Karen Glade Gayle Merritt Rosemary Clive Aileen Pellettiere

Page 96 7/17/02 Joyce Haas John McEntee Susan Gerding Georgette Smith Simone Welcome Taya Snell-Yancey Irina Sanchez Denise Hartung Donna Gilmore Catherine Cavallo Dawn Osowsky Lizzie Walton Donna Meisberger Virginia Chandless Stacey Wilkins Peter Melchiano Katherine Marks Renee Delaney Monifa Mears-Greer Wendy Costello Deborah Robinson Theresa Wright Carolyn Mayewski Patricia Blayer Stephen Gambuti Denise Gueci Wanda Medina Clara Clarke Linda Lewis Sybil Roland Denise Hemingway Jacqueline Emma Jennifer O’Hare Maureen Errity Alyssa Osborne Michelle Holmes Tracey Lombardo Anna Petrullo Andrea Johnson Venita Tomlison Sherri Thompson Nellie Jenkins Cara Aprile Erin Taylor Jacqueline Barth Ruth Bray Kathy Kulbe Marjorie Sapperstein Mary Anderson Maria Santa Vivian Dudley

02-C385. Approved compensation for Literacy Enrichment Academic Program (L.E.A.P.) Summer Institute Resource Teachers to service all elementary schools, at an amount not to exceed $4,158.00:

Vivian Dudley Maria Santa

02-C386. Approved compensation for staff working in the summer Literacy Enrichment Academic Program (L.E.A.P.), at an amount not to exceed $235,224.00:

Lisa Bauch Vermadeine Garner Ives Guzman Domenica Gallipoli Sandy Joseph Jeanette Pernis Sylvia Williams Cynthia Sanchez Terea Lorenzo Susana DeNude Diane Rubiski Claudia Delgado Rosanna Mongelli Julia Atkinson Teresa Granata Alejandro Lopez Roam Sterling Suzanne Higgins Janet Lentz Colleen Kelly Ann Marie Ehler Kate Miggins

Page 97 7/17/02 Joann Smith Gayle Musnikow Elaine Bisciotti Helen Hickman Kim Johnson Corliss Thomas Fatimah Ali Dorian Butcher Richard Tolerico Ramona Guzman Diane Morano N. Nolan Lynn Blackowski Tanya Wagner Bernadine Battle Elizabeth Reifman Catalina Bernal Julia Campo Mariann Glassberg Claudette Tencza Barbara Chiodo Farah Mastrandrea Maria Giegerich Kenneth Eatman Holly Sparano Antionette Young Sandra Beasley Graciella Ayala Laurie Tumin Maryann Marren Frances Gagliardo Ingrid Hall Timothy Graham Marjory Nenadich Denise Sheehan Wilma Watson Luretta Jones Alfreda Lawrence Ron Tuitt Nicole Carilli Marvin Fields Eileen Schram Elaine Canellos Marisa DeSalvo Carmen Coldiron Gayle Hopps Yvette Cless Laurie Kelly Carla Propersi Jessica Mooring Arlene Locicero Melissa DePaola Kimberly Kost Nicole Hampson Melissa Petraccoro Corissa Romano Karen Glade Gayle Merritt Rosemary Clive Aileen Pellettiere Joyce Haas John McEntee Susan Gerding Georgette Smith Simone Welcome Taya Snell-Yancey Irina Sanchez Denise Hartung Donna Gilmore Catherine Cavallo Dawn Osowsky Lizzie Walton Donna Meisberger Virginia Chandless Stacey Wilkins Peter Melchiano Katherine Marks Renee Delaney Monifa Mears-Greer Wendy Costello Deborah Robinson Theresa Wright Carolyn Mayewski Patricia Blayer Stephen Gambuti Denise Gueci Wanda Medina Clara Clarke Linda Lewis Sybil Roland Denise Hemingway Jacqueline Emma Jennifer O’Hare Maureen Errity Alyssa Osborne Michelle Holmes

Page 98 7/17/02 Tracey Lombardo Anna Petrullo Andrea Johnson Venita Tomlison Sherri Thompson Nellie Jenkins Cara Aprile Erin Taylor Jacqueline Barth Ruth Bray Kathy Kulbe Marjorie Sapperstein Mary Anderson Maria Santa Vivian Dudley

02-C387. Approved compensation for Cedenia McCollum as lead teacher in the summer ESPA program at School No. 1, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $594.00.

02-C388. Approved compensation for Cedenia McCollum as lead teacher in the summer ESPA program at School No. 1, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,079.00.

02-C389. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 1 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,188.00:

Laura Lopez Jennifer Romano Jennifer Wallace

02-C390. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 1 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $4,158.00:

Laura Lopez Jennifer Romano Jennifer Wallace

02-C391. Approved compensation for Aida Mella as instructional assistant for the summer ESPA program at School No. 1, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $92.00.

02-C392. Approved compensation for Aida Mella as instructional assistant for the summer ESPA program at School No. 1, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $322.00.

02-C393. Approved compensation for Monica Florez as lead teacher in the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 3, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $660.00.

02-C394. Approved compensation for Monica Florez as lead teacher in the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 3, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00.

Page 99 7/17/02 02-C395. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 3 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00:

Regina Callegari Ann Beth Guider Christopher Graber Lidia Zerquera Jennifer Brady

02-C396. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 3 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $6,930.00:

Regina Callegari Ann Beth Guider Christopher Graber Lidia Zerquera Jennifer Brady

02-C397. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 3 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00:

Patricia Mongelli Maria Parham Talley Ismari Perez Herbert Penaherrera Yolanda Algea Ruth Windish

02-C398. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 3 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $6,930.00:

Patricia Mongelli Maria Parham Talley Ismari Perez Herbert Penaherrera Yolanda Algea Ruth Windish

02-C399. Approved compensation for Maria Rivera-Carvalho as media specialist in the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 3, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C400. Approved compensation for Maria Rivera-Carvalho as media specialist in the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 3, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C401. Approved compensation for Gail Marrone as instructional assistant for the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 3, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C402. Approved compensation for Gail Marrone as instructional assistant for the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 3, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $966.00.

Page 100 7/17/02 02-C403. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 7 participating in the grade 8 summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $4,158.00:

Linda Monnett Rosa Kopic Theresa Gordon

02-C404. Approved processing payment of non-accumulated sick days for Kristy Rau, less $100 substitute per diem pay, from May 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002.

02-C405. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Marines Camacho Data Entry Clerk/Facilities 5/13/02

02-C406. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Miguel Valentin Spch. Spec./Nos 12,24 $39,349 3/21/02

02-C407. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Tracy Kassteen Tchr./RCS $37,019 9/1/02

02-C408. Approved adjustment to salaries of staff based on equivalency credits, retroactive to February 1, 2002:

Name From To Evadne Brown $45,272 $46,634 (MA, 8) (MA+30, 8)

02-C409. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 14 working in the summer school program, at an amount not to exceed $3,564.00:

Nicole Carilli Marvin Fields Eileen Schram Nicole Bilodeau Hally Tomasheski Anna Carino Rosemary DeLorenzo Melissa Wesdyk Christine Johnson Linda Ernst Zakiyyah Barnes Gene Thurston

02-C410. Approve compensation for lead teachers working in the summer program at School No. 25, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,320.00:

June Eckardt Christine Shadiack

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02-C411. Approve compensation for lead teachers working in the summer program at School No. 25, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $4,620.00:

June Eckardt Christine Shadiack

02-C412. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 25 participating in the summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $3,168.00:

Annette Elton Lisa DeAngelo Lillian Leathers Patricia Boatner Jacqueline Melchiano Diane Matano

02-C413. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 25 participating in the summer enrichment program, from July 1-19, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $10,296.00:

Annette Elton Lisa DeAngelo Lillian Leathers Patricia Boatner Jacqueline Melchiano Diane Matano

02-C414. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 25 participating in the summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $736.00:

Ineam Ilammam Patricia Cunningham

02-C415. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 25 participating in the summer enrichment program, from July 1-19, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,392.00:

Ineam Ilammam Patricia Cunningham

02-C416. Approved compensation for Celeste Ferrera as lead teacher in the summer school program at School No. 29, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,848.00.

02-C417. Approved compensation for Celeste Ferrera as lead teacher in the summer school program at School No. 29, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C418. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 29 participating in the summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $9,702.00:

Jennifer Schmid Carol Anne Leonard Kunzig

Page 102 7/17/02 Deidre Karcher Michelle Pappolla Kathleen Popadics Jaqueline Emma Jennifer O’Hare Martha Anci JoAnn Taliercio

02-C419. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 29 participating in the summer enrichment program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,772.00:

Jennifer Schmid Carol Anne Leonard Kunzig Deidre Karcher Michelle Pappolla Kathleen Popadics Jaqueline Emma Jennifer O’Hare Martha Anci JoAnn Taliercio

02-C420. Approved hiring Woop-De-Do Party Productions, Inc. as a consultant to hold a Family Day carnival at School No. 17 providing food and all amenities on June 7, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $9,295.00.

02-C421. Approved hiring Playwright’s Theatre of New Jersey as a consultant to work with staff in the area of Language Arts (writing, poetry, prose, etc.), on June 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, and 20, at an amount not to exceed $4,850.00.

02-C422. Approved termination:

Name Eff. Date Carlos Toribio 5/23/02

02-C423. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Mounir Almaita Elissa Barry James Bonadies Allan Gamarra Michael Hofsaes Aaron Jasper Zohar Lavy Jacqueline Lopez Ricardo Moran Wael Sharaydeh Vilma Sprau Heather Wallace Sonya Williams

02-C424. Approved change in funding source for the New Jersey Youth Corps WIB participants:

Satoya Everett Shanika Jones Dennis Lewis Marilyn Rodriguez Trachelle Stepney

02-C425. Approved compensation for Anna Adams to work during the summer in the Physical Education and Health Department for 24 days, not to exceed $4,752.00.

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02-C426. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 13 participating in the GEPA summer school program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $792.00:

Wanda Cleaves Gerald Glisson

02-C427. Approved creating position control numbers for Computer Teacher and Social Worker at School No. 8.

02-C428. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Gina Cevallos Secretary/No. 25 $26,059 6/3/02

02-C429. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 21 attending the Diversity and Equity Workshop on May 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $7,802.00:

Tina Bajrami Susan Barbera Frances Baxter Cathy Bennett Mayling Blanco Beverly Bowman Jean Carracio Charmain Carter John Chapman Jorge Chavez Ruth Ciarmella Joseph Contini Sylvia Daye Kay DeAngelo Betsey Diaz Emily Feldman Xavier Fitzgerald Atondra Friday Susan Gerding Yamira Gonzalez Tammy Gustafson Annie Hardiman Patricia Hillas Viola Holden Priscilla Insfran Naomi Jaume Sylvia Jones Nancy Kavanagh Donna Kerwien Ive Kurian Russell Layne Karen Liguori Annette Lisa Janet Ludwig Jalyn Lyde Sandra Macolino Elly Marco Isabelle Mayer-Kolke Carol Moore Aida Munoz Stephanie Nauta Cathy Newton Aqila Noble Kim Nutter JoAnn Pinheiro Diane Pride Carolyn Pugh Harriet Rakowitz Maria Ross Carolyn Ruffin Aristade Salvati Irina Sanchez Georgette Smith Brenda Spraggins Geri Taylor Rhonda Tombiling Tanisha Tuck Alicia Van Divers

Page 104 7/17/02 Simone Welcome Linda Wexler Guillermo Wong Taya Yancey Zane Zeigler Christina Zimmerman AJ Albino Esther Best Keith Burgess Shiela Finley Gail Fletcher Shelly Forde Anita Fulmore Walter Holmes Ernest Iannacone Arlethia Kelley Donald Lynch Jeanna Mack Lorena Medina Shelly Moore Lizbeth Moran Virgenmina Rivera Jose Rivera Danny Rodriguez Hanna Secka Doris Torres Marge White

02-C430. Approved compensation for Patrick Pitcher to work in the summer school extended day program for 18 days, not to exceed $2,970.00.

02-C431. Approved compensation for staff of Norman S. Weir School for Comer, Parent Team and Budget Implementation Plan work, at an amount not to exceed $858.00:

Michele Gates Carolan Donato

02-C432. Approved compensation for staff of Norman S. Weir School for Comer, Parent Team and Budget Implementation Plan work, at an amount not to exceed $4,542.50:

Theressa Langston Marci Gilmore Eunice England Karen Mack Virginia Alvarez Van Johnson Kathleen Moon Robin Pelham Matthew Pellettere Maria Rivera Tonetta Townsend Ruth Saicew Ruth Willoughby

02-C433. Approved compensation for Betty Jean Pellettere at Norman S. Weir School for Comer, Parent Team and Budget Implementation Plan work, at an amount not to exceed $2,838.00.

02-C434. Approved compensation for staff of Norman S. Weir School for Comer, Parent Team and Budget Implementation Plan work, at an amount not to exceed $2,739.00:

Elizabeth Gaughan Lawrence Hart Dorothea Hepsen Phyllis Pedersen Greta Thomas

Page 105 7/17/02 02-C435. Approved compensation for Lourde Stanton as lead teacher in the ESPA/GEPA summer school program at School No. 9, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C436. Approved compensation for Lourde Stanton as lead teacher in the ESPA/GEPA summer school program at School No. 9, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C437. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 participating in the ESPA summer school program, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $11,088.00:

Colleen Breitweiser Leslie Fodi Rosemary Moreno Jacqueline Maio Phyllis Terrana JoAnn Minichino Debbie Reiher Margaret Browne Karen Conroy

02-C438. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 participating in the GEPA summer school program, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $11,088.00:

Layla Abayhan James Woodcock Barbara Jarosz Bassima Mustafa Lynn Tarant Cicely Warren Lauren Cavallo Donna Piroino

02-C439. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 participating in the ESPA summer school program, at an amount not to exceed $3,168.00:

Colleen Breitweiser Leslie Fodi Rosemary Moreno Jacqueline Maio Phyllis Terrana JoAnn Minichino Debbie Reiher Margaret Browne Karen Conroy

02-C440. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 9 participating in the GEPA summer school program, at an amount not to exceed $3,168.00:

Layla Abayhan James Woodcock Barbara Jarosz Bassima Mustafa Lynn Tarant Cicely Warren Lauren Cavallo Donna Piroino

02-C441. Approved compensation for Ruth Velasquez as instructional assistant for the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 9, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $966.00.

Page 106 7/17/02 02-C442. Approved compensation for Ruth Velasquez as instructional assistant for the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 9, at an amount not to exceed $276.00.

02-C443. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 20 participating in the GEPA summer school program, for a total of 42 hours:

Elaine Williams Stephanie Bradshaw Susan Tellefsen

02-C444. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 20 participating in the GEPA summer school program, for a total of 12 hours:

Elaine Williams Stephanie Bradshaw Susan Tellefsen

02-C445. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 20 participating in the ESPA summer school program, for a total of 12 hours:

Joyce McKnight Tom Schaefer Ruth McNelis

02-C446. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 20 participating in the ESPA summer school program, for a total of 42 hours:

Joyce McKnight Tom Schaefer Ruth McNelis

02-C447. Approved adjustment to salaries of staff based on equivalency credits:

Name From To Elizabeth LaRosa $50,214 $51,576 (BA+30, 12) (MA, 12)

02-C448. Approved hiring Try Us Agency as a consultant to provide nursing services to students as per IEP’s, at an amount not to exceed $20,00.00.

02-C449. Approved hiring Reverend Dr. De Forest Soaries as a consultant to speak on diversity issues for the District Equity & Diversity “Community Spring Forum”, on May 23, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $750.00.

02-C450. Approved internal transfer of Patricia Haliskoe from reduced class size teacher at School No. 15 to grade seven teacher, effective May 30, 2002.

02-C451. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Ramon Pagan Cust./ 5/13/02

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02-C452. Approved compensation for Barbara Oslizly to work during the summer at School No. 2, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,640.00.

02-C453. Approved compensation for Lauren Chavis-Ferrer to work during the summer at School No. 2, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,840.00.

02-C454. Approved change in funding source for the New Jersey Youth Corps WIB participants:

Tashonda Belfield Willie Calderon Trayvon Glover Yesenia Rosario Rosalina Santos Chino Wilson

02-C455. Approved change in funding source for the New Jersey Youth Corps participants:

Anita Algarin Wilfredo Balaguer Tyquawon Davis Lynnette Garcia Roberto Morales

02-C456. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days John Bodoky 10

02-C457. Approved payment of unused accumulated vacation days, as per policy, to the following employee:

Name Days Yvonne Hellwig 10

02-C458. Approved changing position control number 4605 at Eastside High School from Life Management Teacher to World Languages Teacher.

02-C459. Approved appointment:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Luz Agudelo Inst. Asst./JFKHS $29,076 9/1/02

02-C460. Approved appointments:

Name Assignment/Location Salary Eff. Date Narda Ciprian Cafe. Monitor/No. 9 $6.75/hr. 5/15/02

Page 108 7/17/02 Linda Yasin Cafe. Monitor/DAS $6.75/hr. 5/15/02

Maha Baseim Cafe. Monitor/No. 9 $6.75/hr. 5/13/02

Deloris McFadden Cafe. Monitor/No. 17 $6.75/hr. 5/13/02

Vivian Ortiz Cafe. Monitor/DAS $6.75/hr. 5/7/02

Lorena Herrera Cafe. Monitor/No. 9 $6.75/hr. 5/16/02

Celsa Mejia Cafe. Monitor/No. 8 $6.75/hr. 5/16/02

Hala Alkhalidi Cafe. Monitor/No. 9 $6.75/hr. 5/16/02

Nilda Maldonado Cafe. Monitor/No. 8 $6.75/hr. 5/16/02

02-C461. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

Nancy Castro Sergia Felix Vera Schemly Juanita Williams Audrey Wilson

02-C462. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

William Conlee Krista Talerico Kathy Veal Lauren Rodriguez Gina DellaTorre

02-C463. Approved compensation for Elizabeth Lydon as librarian to work during the summer at School No. 13, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00.

02-C464. Approved compensation for John Kuzviwanza as lead teacher in the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 13, at an amount not to exceed $1,848.00.

02-C465. Approved compensation for John Kuzviwanza as lead teacher in the summer ESPA/GEPA program at School No. 13, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C466. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 13 working in the summer ESPA program, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $792.00:

Page 109 7/17/02 Leiah Harris Anne Marie Mule

02-C467. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 13 working in the summer ESPA program, at an amount not to exceed $2,772.00:

Leiah Harris Anne Marie Mule

02-C468. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 13 working in the summer GEPA program, at an amount not to exceed $2,772.00:

Wanda Cleaves Gerald Glisson

02-C469. Approved compensation for Brenda Leslie as lead teacher in the summer programs at School No. 27, from June 25 through July 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,178.00.

02-C470. Approved compensation for Brenda Leslie as lead teacher in the summer programs at School No. 27, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C471. Approved compensation for Diana Lockner as media specialist in the summer programs at School No. 27, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C472. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 27 participating in the summer GEPA program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $5,544.00:

Petula Harden Sharon Stapinski Janette Cordero Joanna Tsimpedes Amanda Bauer Jennifer Freid

02-C473. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 27 participating in the summer ESPA program, at an amount not to exceed $1,188.00:

Jill Rankin Elenh Tsimpedes Cayetana Santos Amanda Bauer Jennifer Freid

02-C474. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 27 participating in the summer ESPA program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $4,158.00:

Jill Rankin Elenh Tsimpedes Cayetana Santos Amanda Bauer Jennifer Freid

02-C475. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 27 participating in the summer GEPA program, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

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Petula Harden Sharon Stapinski Janette Cordero Joanna Tsimpedes Amanda Bauer Jennifer Freid

02-C476. Approved hiring Kinitra Perautt as a consultant to do videography for grade 8 yearbook and graduation at Norman S. Weir School, on June 15 and 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $300.00.

02-C477. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent district employment:

Joseph Bashranji Milagros Bautista Preston Brown Narda Ciprian Juana Davalos Maha Hameid Teresa Isbill Lola Issa Josephina Almonte Deloris McFadden Zenaida Molina Vivian Ortiz Odalys Perez Dania Ponsi Hilda Rosario Linda Taylor Linda Cenicola Nestor Collazo James Dickinson Sybilree Fitzgerald Richard Flores Jackie Han Andrea Johnson Steven Katz Scott Lambert Alma Muniz Monica Alejo Kelly Torres

02-C478. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Quasheema Bolds Altamease Drummond Diane Ezrol Anyeris Grullon Anel Hernandez Naala Salem Alesandra Sgroi Sharon Upshaw Victoria Wozniak

02-C479. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $5,544.00:

William Conlee Krista Talerico Kathy Veal Lauren Rodriguez Gina DellaTorre

02-C480. Approved compensation for lead teachers in the summer enrichment program at School No. 10, at an amount not to exceed $1,782.00:

Tom Weir Antoinette Young

Page 111 7/17/02 02-C481. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 10 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $5,544.00:

Nancy Castro Sergia Felix Vera Schemly Juanita Williams Audrey Wilson

02-C482. Approved compensation for lead teachers in the summer enrichment program at School No. 10, at an amount not to exceed $528.00:

Tom Weir Antoinette Young

02-C483. Approved appointments as Clubhouse Managers at the Paterson Public Library, at a per diem rate beginning June 1, 2002 through June 30, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,600.00:

Rafael Garcia Calvin Harvell

02-C484. Accepted resignation:

Name Location Eff. Date Libby Ove HSCL/No. 25 5/15/02

02-C485. Approved hiring Freddie Scott as a consultant to perform and provide music at the Norman S. Weir graduation on June 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $300.00.

02-C486. Approved deleting position control number 3541 (.5) Guidance Counselor at Alexander Hamilton Academy and increase position control number 4570 from (.5) Guidance Counselor to 1.0 FTE Guidance Counselor.

02-C487. Approved compensation for Lauretta Cole as lead teacher in the ESPA/GEPA summer school program at School No. 6, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C488. Approved compensation for Lauretta Cole as lead teacher in the ESPA/GEPA summer school program at School No. 6, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00.

02-C489. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 6 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $3,168.00:

Margaret Culmone Gwen Harris Dorothy Henderson Karon Newman Joyce Belton Connie Coleman Eldridge Pettway Donna Schmidling Vernon Hawes Nicole Hearon

Page 112 7/17/02 Mark Oropollo Roger Sangster Jennifer Dickson Etta Jones Paulette Newby Clifton Thompson

02-C490. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 6 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $11,088.00:

Margaret Culmone Gwen Harris Dorothy Henderson Karon Newman Joyce Belton Connie Coleman Eldridge Pettway Donna Schmidling Vernon Hawes Nicole Hearon Mark Oropollo Roger Sangster Jennifer Dickson Etta Jones Paulette Newby Clifton Thompson

02-C491. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 6 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $3,168.00:

Margaret Culmone Gwen Harris Dorothy Henderson Karon Newman Joyce Belton Connie Coleman Eldridge Pettway Donna Schmidling Vernon Hawes Nicole Hearon Mark Oropollo Roger Sangster Jennifer Dickson Etta Jones Paulette Newby Clifton Thompson

02-C492. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 6 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $11,088.00:

Margaret Culmone Gwen Harris Dorothy Henderson Karon Newman Joyce Belton Connie Coleman Eldridge Pettway Donna Schmidling Vernon Hawes Nicole Hearon Mark Oropollo Roger Sangster Jennifer Dickson Etta Jones Paulette Newby Clifton Thompson

02-C493. Approved hiring student tutors for the Literacy Enrichment Academic Program (L.E.A.P.) Summer Institute, at an amount not to exceed $34,560.00:

Desiree Adams Nadin Ahmed Lisa Badillo Alexia Bailey Christol Bartley Felicia Bennett Kimberly Bolanos Jekeval Bryant

Page 113 7/17/02 Peter Campisi Jenny Campos Nakeisha Coglin Chanise Corbin Carrin David Tiffany Davis Erica Dawson Jose DeLeon James Favors April Gadsden Viannette Galarza Marie Gonzalez Bryan Greene Engy Habasky Tameika Hamilton Shalesmiel Hill Umme Honey Saima Hussein Lynette Jackson Terry James Kayla Jeter-Justiniano Christopher Jordan Natasha Kimbrough Jimmy Latorre Kimberly Lydecker Amelia Martinez Cory McLeod Ferdous Miah Jayson Mitchel Marileidy Morel Jessica Moss Viridiana Navarro Ragdah Obeidallah Cintia Olave Jennifer Oriol Jason Perkins Latoya Pinckney Sindy Ponte Jessica Portelli Lauren Puryear Marlene Ramirez Linda Rivera Davawn Robinson Tiffany Robinson Eliza Rodriguez Manuel Ruiz Alexandra Sams Laura Serrano Angelica Suarez Jasmine Thomas Shana Tulloch Jasmine Veal Asja Ward Shakeya Warren Amber Williams Brandon Williams

02-C494. Approved hiring Samuel Joffe as a consultant to perform at the District Annual Retirement Dinner on May 21, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $575.00.

02-C495. Approved hiring Angelique Mojica as a consultant to the CLASS project for data entry related to the evaluation component of the grant, at an amount not to exceed $1,200.00.

02-C496. Suspension of employee, without pay.

02-C497. Accepted resignation:

Name Location Eff. Date Carolyn Goldbronn-Gallagher Director/DSS 7/12/02

02-C498. Accepted resignations/retirements:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Reba Ivey Tchr./No. 4 7/1/02 Retirement

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Jeannette Kropiewnicki Tchr./No. 8 5/15/02 Resignation

Deanna Mullica Tchr./NSW 6/30/02 Rescind Resignation

Samantha Petrullo Tchr./EHS 6/30/02 Resignation

02-C499. Approved separation of employment for cafeteria monitors due to resignations:

Milagros Melendez Claudia Murguia Jenny Panay Jeanette Olivero Christopher Moss Maggie Hearne Iesha Kinchen Melynda Holmes Munifea Abdelaziz Kathy Lydecker Maria Garcia Beverly Burke Margie Wilson Joann Forbes Cindy Tavarez Kandice Easton Jenny Villanueva Sherry Stephens Kachana Furman Yesenie Troncoso Renee Smith Beatrice Rosado Teodolinda Cuellar Sonia Cardona Luz Rivera Armando Ospino Nedia Rojas Hilda Narvaez Alberta Mcguire Maria Parsons Tawanna Dickson Maria Garcia Angela Jones Eva Collazo

02-C500. Approved separation of employment for cafeteria monitors due to terminations:

Patricia Smith Elvis Durham Tyrone Richardson Celeste Mendez Marilyn Torres

02-C501. Approved appointment of James Dickinson as an intern in the Department of Human Resources/Personnel, from June 3 through August 9, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $5,000.00.

02-C502. Approved compensation for Brenda Thomas as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C503. Approved compensation for Barbara Cockfield as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

Page 115 7/17/02 02-C504. Approved compensation for Freida Hilbert as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C505. Approved compensation for Jennifer Tredy as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C506. Approved compensation for Helen McKay as lead teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C507. Approved compensation for Helen McKay as lead teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,178.00.

02-C508. Approved compensation for Freida Hilbert as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C509. Approved compensation for Jennifer Tredy as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C510. Approved compensation for Barbara Cockfield as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C511. Approved compensation for Brenda Thomas as teacher working in the ESPA summer school program at School No. 28, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C512. Approved compensation for Linda Rando as lead teacher working in the ESPA/GEPA summer school program at Martin Luther King, Jr. School, at an amount not to exceed $2,178.00.

02-C513. Approved compensation for Patsy Lynch as lead teacher working in the ESPA/GEPA summer school program at Martin Luther King, Jr. School, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C514. Approved compensation for Carolyn Piccolo for participation in grade 5 summer school and professional development at Martin Luther King, Jr. School, at an amount not to exceed $2,112.00.

02-C515. Approved compensation for staff of Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $4,158.00:

Page 116 7/17/02 Jennifer Gill Salvatore Picinich Elaine Silverstein

02-C516. Approved compensation for staff of Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $4,158.00:

Udetta Chestnut Dwayne Maultsby James Squicciarini

02-C517. Approved compensation for staff of Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,188.00:

Jennifer Gill Salvatore Picinich Elaine Silverstein

02-C518. Approved compensation for staff of Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,188.00:

Udetta Chestnut Dwayne Maultsby James Squicciarini

02-C519. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $552.00:

Jennifer Batchelor Brenda Stewart

02-C520. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,932.00:

Valerie Kelley Roz Walton

02-C521. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $552.00:

Valerie Kelley Roz Walton

02-C522. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at Martin Luther King, Jr. School participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,932.00:

Jennifer Batchelor Brenda Stewart

Page 117 7/17/02 02-C523. Approved compensation for Doreen Durando as lead teacher in the ESPA summer school program at Edward W. Kilpatrick School, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

02-C524. Approved compensation for Doreen Durando as lead teacher in the ESPA summer school program at Edward W. Kilpatrick School, for a total of 42 hours.

02-C525. Approved compensation for staff of Edward W. Kilpatrick School participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,188.00:

Ivania Cioffi Florine Lathan Robert Fox

02-C526. Approved compensation for staff of Edward W. Kilpatrick School participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, for a total of 42 hours:

Ivania Cioffi Florine Lathan Robert Fox

02-C527. Approved payment of annual stipend to staff who volunteered for cafeteria coverage during the 2001-2002 school year as per PEA contract provision in Article 10:5-1:

Irene Cheski Dorothy Williams Christopher Graber Patricia Mongelli Jacqueline Eubanks Debra H. Barnes Joyce Huester Yolanda Ravelo Daniel Grullon Natasha Smith Eldridge Pettway Cynthia McKnight Vernon Nealy Kathy Benevento David Gurrieri Fernando Nuinez Alfred Ardis Donna Piroino Arthur Neufeld Thomas Weir John Piccoli Dennis Wyka Boris Simon Christine Damasceno Jesse Anderson Charles Ferrer John Kuzviawanza Essie Johnson Thomas Whiteley Joseph Pezzino Ruben Ramos Feliz Gil Jorge DeLatorre Willie Breauxsaus Claude Wilson Andrew Maira Ronald Thomas Luis delagado Sheldon Prescott Carlos Guzman Anita Bittoni Yvonne Nambe Catherine Lombardi Renee Ruth

Page 118 7/17/02 Zhatiti Moody Patricia Carr Robert Taylor Karen Bernard Mary Bertino Joseph Tierney Kenneth Daniels

02-C528. Approved compensation for Eileen Zimmer as teacher for the 21st Century After School Program at Eastside High School, beginning May 20, 2002 through June 14, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,782.00.

02-C529. Approved compensation for Craig Wachsman to work during the summer to cover mentor teacher training and mentor evaluator training, at an amount not to exceed $1,980.00.

02-C530. Approved rescinding termination:

Name Location Joseph Rose Tchr./No. 10

02-C531. Approved salary adjustment for Michael Baxter from Step 1 to Step 3 ($36,619) to reflect previous teaching experience, retroactive to April 1, 2002.

02-C532. Approved moving Arthur Everett from position control number 0329, Chief Custodian at School no. 15, to unpaid leave of absence position control number 4096.

02-C533. Approved substitute teacher applicants:

Jason Agar Marian Anderson Penny Bethea Maximino Cuzquen Marko Gazic Michelle Marino Tangela Moore Leticia Micho

02-C534. Approved separation of employment for cafeteria monitors due to resignations:

Eulalia Delgado Nimeh Amer

02-C535. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Tyeshia Stewart Cafe Monitor/No. 28 5/26/02

02-C536. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 14 attending Reading Strategies Workshops, from January through March 2002, at an not to exceed $448.00:

Virginia Bonora Lydia Rivera-Olivo

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02-C537. Approved compensation for Theresa Cleaves as lead teacher working in the summer school program at School No. 15, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C538. Approved compensation for Theresa Cleaves as lead teacher working in the ESPA/GEPA summer program at School No. 15, at an amount not to exceed $1,848.00.

02-C539. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 15 participating in the GEPA summer school enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $2,376.00:

Mildred Malcolm Susan Donnelly Ruben Ramos Jose Lachapel Jeffery Ware Alan Ruz

02-C540. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 15 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

Cathleen Baron Anthony Guisto Donna Ziccardi Nicole Musarra

02-C541. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 15 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $5,544.00:

Cathleen Baron Anthony Guisto Donna Ziccardi Nicole Musarra

02-C542. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 15 participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $8,316.00:

Mildred Malcolm Susan Donnelly Ruben Ramos Jose Lachapel Jeffery Ware Alan Ruz

02-C543. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 15 participating in the ESPA/GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $1,932.00:

Irma Jones Betsaida Tobler

02-C544. Approved compensation for instructional assistants at School No. 15 participating in the ESPA/GEPA summer enrichment program, at an amount not to exceed $552.00:

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Irma Jones Betsaida Tobler

02-C545. Approved compensation for James Kilgour as lead teacher in the ESPA summer program at School No. 19, from June 25-28, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C546. Approved compensation for James Kilgour as lead teacher in the ESPA summer program at School No. 19, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,848.00.

02-C547. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 19 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $5,544.00:

Lori Bornstein Sharleen Hamilton Sharon Miller Dorothy Natale Barbara Kimberlin Martha Mazzone Angela Sigismondi

02-C548. Approved compensation for staff of School No. 19 participating in the ESPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-29, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,584.00:

Lori Bornstein Sharleen Hamilton Sharon Miller Dorothy Natale Barbara Kimberlin Martha Mazzone Angela Sigismondi

02-C549. Approved compensation for Dorothea Hepsen as lead teacher in the ESPA/GEPA summer programs at Norman S. Weir School, from June 25- 29, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $528.00.

02-C550. Approved compensation for Dorothea Hepsen as lead teacher in the ESPA/GEPA summer programs at Norman S. Weir School, from July 1- 22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,178.00.

02-C551. Approved compensation for staff of Norman S. Weir School participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, from June 25-29, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $792.00:

Lawrence Hart Fred Makofka

02-C552. Approved compensation for Michelle Gates as teacher in the ESPA summer program at Norman S. Weir School, from June 25-29, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $396.00.

Page 121 7/17/02 02-C553. Approved compensation for staff of Norman S. Weir School participating in the GEPA summer enrichment program, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $2,772.00:

Lawrence Hart Fred Makofka

02-C554. Approved compensation for Michelle Gates as teacher in the ESPA summer program at Norman S. Weir School, from July 1-22, 2002, at an amount not to exceed $1,386.00.

02-C555. Approved funding the salary of Cathleen Zehnacker, Librarian/Media Specialist at the Alexander Hamilton Academy, through the DEPA funds, from February 1 through June 30, 2002, in the amount of $25,000.00.

02-C556. Approved increase in cap for Theodore Kyles, Special Legal Counsel, to $65,000.00.

02-C557. Approved increase in cap for Giblin & Giblin, Special Legal Counsel, from to $105,000.00.

02-C558. Approved increase in cap for labor counsel Murray and Murray, to $220,000.00.

02-C559. Approved leaves of absence:

Name Location Eff. Date Type Mariel Cedeno Sec./Cluster II 5/10/02-5/17/02 Personal

Sue Carrie Clark Fd. Serv./RCS 4/5/02-4/16/02 Family 4/22/02-6/30/02 Medical

Lucy DeJesus Sec./No. 8 5/9/02-5/17/02 Personal

Iris Ramos Soc. Wrkr./DSS 6/1/02-6/21/02 Family

Evelyn Ulloa Inst. Asst./No. 9 5/17/02-5/13/02 Medical/Family

Genea Veal Inst. Asst./No. 9 4/26/02-5/3/02 Personal

Nelida Alicea Tchr./EHS 4/30/02-6/30/02 Family/Medical

Leonardo Arias Tchr./EHS 5/7/02-6/30/02 Family

Isabel Burchell Tchr./No. 29 5/3/02-6/30/02 Family

Judith Foss Tchr./NSW 5/9/02-6/7/02 Family

Mariann Kenney Psych./No. 29 3/19/02-4/5/02 Family

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Grisel Panchery Tchr./No. 3 5/21/02-6/30/02 Fam./Maternity

Clara Rico Tchr./EWK 5/22/02-6/30/02 Family

02-C560. Approved returning staff to active employment:

Name Location Eff. Date Nicole Carilli Tchr./No. 14 5/13/02

Noralba Correa Tchr./DAS 5/14/02

Mariann Kenney Psych./No. 29 4/8/02

Joanne Paradise Tchr./No. 8 5/20/02

Daniel Aker Maint./Facilities 5/20/02

Mariel Cedeno Sec./Cluster II 5/20/02

Lucy DeJesus Sec./No. 8 5/20/02

Raul Quispe Inst. Asst./No. 15 5/20/02

Genea Veal Inst. Asst./No. 9 5/6/02

02-C561. Approved transfer:

Name From To Eff. Date Carolyn Davis SCL/No. 20 SCL/No. 13 5/23/02

02-C562. Approved hiring Ed’s Cove Consulting Group as a consultant to provide assistance in developing, monitoring implementation, writing educational plans and re-applications for Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Grants for Schools 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25 and MLK, at an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

02-C563. Approved hiring Elizabeth Willaum as a consultant to provide assistance in preparing quarterly reports and evaluations for Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Grants for Schools 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25 and MLK, at an amount not to exceed $15,000.00.

02-C564. Approved reimbursement for Courtney Glover for attending the Principal Certification Training Program, in the amount of $1,400.00.

02-C565. Approved submission of appropriate forms for emergent district employment:

Page 123 7/17/02 Gisela Adorno Deborah Allen Melissa Barbi Patricia Connors Donald Crow Raed Danden Nancy DeSalvo Nagwa Fayed Cassandra Kearny Tyrone Pugh Luz Vargas Mayra Araau Mauricio Branwell Willie Breauxsaus Mariel Cedeno Ivelka Fernandez Travis Nelson John Reaves Leroy Tindel Carlos Toribio Alma Stinson Libby Ove Sheila Finley Norma Aramburu Nancy Davila Rafael Diaz

02-C566. Approved termination:

Name Location Eff. Date Victoria Collick Fd. Serv./No. 18 5/15/02

02-C567. Approved changing position control number 1551 at School No. 11 from Grade 6 Teacher to Teacher/Social Studies.

02-C568. Approved appointment of Thea Peller Kalivas as Drama Coach for Spring 2002 at Eastside High School.

Comm. Atallo: Why are we approving the hiring of a software company as a consultant to install management software programs for our food service operation for $107,000? Why aren’t they tying into the current system that we have?

Dr. Duroy: It is a different computer system. We have created student identification cards and we are tying the student identification cards to the lunch program. When a student goes to lunch now, they will swipe their card and they will get in. It is special and it is not a part of our system. It is going to be part of the food service system. It is a specialized program and it is going to allow us at each of the high schools to know from the central operation on a daily basis how many students swiped their cards. It will let them know how many students on a daily basis swipe their cards. Again, this is a very different technology than what we have. This is specialized technology and that is why we have proceeded in that direction.

Comm. Davis: The colleges use this.

Dr. Duroy: And we are trying to catch up.

Other Business

Comm. Hodges: Sometimes you have to respond to the people in the public section and I really can’t make that point strongly enough, particularly this ACORN issue that they are bringing forth – the issue regarding the minority construction. We cannot act in

Page 124 7/17/02 a passive manner and I wanted to say this in the strongest terms. We can’t act alone. This new legislation gives both the Board and the City Council an opportunity to constructively weigh in to enhance employment opportunities and contract opportunities for people in this city. We have to be, in my opinion, aggressive and not just passive in our approach. We have to be very proactive in making sure that we have a strong voice at that table. Without a strong commitment, the people in this community are going to lose out on some very good opportunities and that would be a crime. That is number one. Number two is regarding this list of responses to some of the concerns. There has to be some way of reporting this off because it is not just the Board members that need to see it. The people sitting at home want to know what is going on because some of these things affect them. You may have one person come up here and voice the concern about an issue but it may affect ten other people or hundreds of people at home and that is not happening if we don’t get this information out. My last point is that the bylaws of Martin Luther King, which I didn’t get a chance to address, clearly states that staff members cannot be on the executive board and they can’t vote. There are two lines in each of the bylaws that describe home school councils and I will make sure that you get a copy.

Dr. Duroy: Counsel, you reviewed that.

Mr. Gillman: At this point, he is raising a different issue which I will have to review.

Comm. Hodges: The definition of home school councils. This is what the parent was referring to and this is what they are operating under. The policy manual is different. The policy manual is a lot more vague.

Dr. Duroy: Let me just say also that on August 19th the Board will be holding a retreat specifically on the issue of policy. We have the Strauss Esmay Company that is doing work for us and they do work for close to 400 districts in New Jersey strictly on policy. They took over the responsibility that School Boards used to have. They are going to be presenting to us on August 19th the policy review. They are going to be talking about their role in keeping us informed of all the legal changes on an ongoing basis and it will be very interesting. The issue, Comm. Hodges, on August 19th is that we will also have an opportunity to look specifically and to talk with the Strauss Esmay representative on what you are raising – the difference between the policy versus the school. I think it will be a good discussion and a good issue to clarify.

Comm. Hodges: I must say that I learned a little bit more about this company at the leadership training and I think they are a very well used company. They can also put their policies on a disk if we request that.

Dr. Duroy: They will definitely have that.

Comm. Hodges: I am still not sure why they can’t work in conjunction with the policy committee in addressing some of these policies but I guess we will get to that a little bit later.

Page 125 7/17/02 Dr. Duroy: What has occurred relative to the policy is that we need to upgrade our policy and we want to start off with a policy and then have the Board at that point, assuming we can do it under the present transition, start instituting policy changes.

Comm. Hodges: I do want to take a look at this issue and I will forward you a copy as soon as possible.

Comm. Atallo: Didn’t we have our policy manual updated last year? We had an outside counsel come in and review it.

Dr. Duroy: It was just not complete. We would need to do an upgrade and it was decided that we would go with Strauss Esmay.

Comm. Atallo: Are you saying that it was not complete?

Dr. Duroy: That is correct.

Comm. Atallo: I was under the assumption that it was completed and accepted.

Comm. Davis: No, we never accepted it.

Dr. Duroy: It was never printed.

Comm. Davis: Due to the hour, I am not going to go on. I just want to have all the Board Commissioners and the audience look at our two-year project where we have a Commissioner’s plaque going up in every school. I would like for you to look at it.

Comm. Santiago: I support you on the calendar but I have hair there.

Comm. Davis: I did say a two-year project.

Comm. Moody: Fellow Commissioners, you may recall that last year the National Association of African American School Board Members held its first conference to address the issue of academic achievement among African American students. This year they are having a second conference in Houston and I will send some registration forms to anyone who might be interested. Take a look at it and see if you are interested. It is to be held August 15-18, 2002. I have them tonight. If anyone is interested, please see me.

Comm. McDowell: I just want to again thank Dr. Duroy for allowing his staff to spend so much time with the curriculum committee. I would also like to put a vote in for modifying our structure where we will have a chance to come together to discuss items so that various committees can share information from their respective committees with the whole body. That ends my comments.

Comm. Brown: Last month I had the opportunity to go for Board orientation for three days at Princeton. It was a very informative three days. Comm. Hodges and I went and we learned a great deal. Hopefully, over the next couple of weeks, we will be

Page 126 7/17/02 forwarding that information to the Board. Also, over this past weekend, Comm. Hodges, Comm. Atallo, and myself went to a leadership conference down in Princeton again and it helped us to understand not only our roles and responsibilities but it showed us a lot of areas that we need to work on. Hopefully, over the next couple of weeks, we are going to get together to present all of that information to all of our fellow Board members.

Dr. Duroy: I would like to remind the Board that Monday we have a retreat relative to the strategic plan. Tuesday is the Roberto Clemente forum.

Comm. Santiago: Dr. Duroy, maybe the girls can refresh the Board members through the weekend or on Monday morning.

Dr. Duroy: We will send a reminder.

Comm. Santiago: Before we close, I want to say to the security guards in the back that I have been observing you for a long time and you are some hard working individuals. To the maintenance department in this school, you have this school up to par and clean all of the time. You have my support 110% any time. As for the girls behind the camera, you are doing a fine job. I want everybody to enjoy the rest of the summer. Parents, please read to the children during the summertime. I know that we are on vacation but try to read to them.

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

The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 p.m.

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