MADISON BOARD OF EDUCATION MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS MADISON, NEW JERSEY 07940

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1 MADISON BOARD OF EDUCATION MADISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS MADISON, NEW JERSEY PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES 04/08/2014 The Public Meeting of the Madison Board of Education, Morris County, New Jersey, was called to order by President Ellis at 6:34 p.m. on April 8, 2014 in the Alice Perlaw Library Media Center of Madison High School, Ridgedale Avenue, Madison, NJ. 1. ROLL CALL Board members present: Lisa Ellis, President Kevin Blair, Vice President Shade Grahling Johanna Habib Thomas Haralampoudis arrived 6:42 p.m. Leslie Lajewski Board members absent: Dave Arthur, James Novotny Also present: Dr. Michael A. Rossi, Superintendent Mr. Gary S. Lane, Business Administrator/Board Secretary Mr. Matthew Mingle, Director of Curriculum & Instruction 2. RECESS TO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION Moved by Kevin Blair, seconded by Shade Grahling, to approve as follows: Resolved: that the Board of Education move into closed executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel/legal issues. It is anticipated that the Board will be in closed session for 1 hour(s) and action may be taken in public session afterward. Discussion conducted in closed executive session shall be disclosed to the public to the extent that making such matters public shall not be inconsistent with the Open Public Meeting Act. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5-0 TIME: 6:34 p.m. 3. RECONVENE TO PUBLIC SESSION At 7:50 p.m. the Board reconvened from closed session with six members present: Mr. Haralampoudis arrived at 6:42 p.m. 4. FLAG SALUTE 5. NOTICE OF MEETING In compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, Laws of New Jersey, 1975, notice of this meeting has been sent to the Madison Eagle, the Daily Record and has been posted in the Board of Education Office, the Borough Hall, the Madison Railroad Station, the YMCA, the Madison Library, all school buildings and on the district s website. The public is invited to attend. This evening's meeting constitutes an official Public Meeting of the Board of Education. Action may be taken. If needed, the Board will convene into Executive Session to discuss matters permitted pursuant to NJSA 10:4-12. Upon conclusion of the Executive Session, the Board will return to Regular Session at which time public action may be taken. 6. CALL TO ORDER Board members present: Lisa Ellis, President Kevin Blair, Vice President Shade Grahling Johanna Habib

2 Page 2 Thomas Haralampoudis Leslie Lajewski Board members absent: Dave Arthur, James Novotny Also present: Dr. Michael A. Rossi, Superintendent Mr. Gary S. Lane, Business Administrator/Board Secretary Mr. Matthew Mingle, Director of Curriculum & Instruction 7. REPORT OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT a. Board President, Lisa Ellis, commented on the following: The amazing, outstanding High School musical, Bye Bye Birdie. Mrs. Ellis gave special recognition to the seniors involved in the show. The Arts Matter Concert/Exhibit. Mrs. Ellis thanked the MAA and all the staff who participated and made the night a success. Mrs. Ellis thanked everyone involved in the Every 15 Minutes Program. Mrs. Ellis noted that this program was a total community effort; it was very well done and it was a very moving and emotional experience. 8. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT a. Dr. Rossi expressed his sincere gratitude to everyone who shared their support and comfort while dealing with his son, who had a malignant tumor on his kidney removed. Dr. Rossi thanked Lisa Ellis, Gary Lane, and Matt Mingle for handling district concerns in his absence. b. Dr. Rossi noted that the budget is still in process and he has heard from staff and parents regarding what they would like to see included in the budget. c. Matthew Mingle, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, gave a presentation on the school performance reports. 9. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (Agenda Items Only) From 8:22 p.m. until 8:40 p.m. the meeting was open to the public. There were comments regarding the school district calendars, Common Core/PARCC and the Board Meeting Agenda. 10. EDUCATION AGENDA Moved by Kevin Blair, seconded by Shade Grahling, to approve as follows: a-n a. Appointments Approve Appointments as per the recommendation of the Superintendent for the school year: Name Position Loc Replace Step Effective Date Account # Salary 1 2 Katherine Rodgers Kristen Trebbe 3 Arben Mulaj 4 Ariel Morrison Leave Replacement/Art Teacher Leave Replacement/ 4 th Grade Teacher Psychology/Social Studies Teacher Change of Assignment from 100% KRS TA to 40% CAS Special Education Teacher CAS CAS MHS CAS Jordana Linder Valarie Delli Paoli Paul Mueller New Position 40% Special Education Teacher N/A N/A BA/ Step 2 BA/ Step 1 Revised to include 2 days of overlap (2/27 & 2/28) 3/3/2014 6/6/2014 On or about 5/29/2014 6/20/ /day days 1-40, $253/day starting at day 41 $110/day days /1/ $51,745 4/9/2014 b. District Calendar Approve District Calendars for the & school years $20,246 to be prorated c. District Substitutes Approve the District Substitutes, as per the recommendation of the Superintendent, for the school year: Name Appointment Salary 1 Theodore Misinsky Custodian $17/hour

3 Page 3 2 Qi Wang Teacher/Teacher Assistant $90/day/$80/day 3 Lynne Tiernny Teacher/Teacher Assistant $90/day/$80/day 4 Alan Leiner Teacher $90/day 5 Ariel Morrison Teacher $90/day 6 Paige Diamond Secretarial $16/hour 7 Kathryn Sena Teacher/Teacher Assistant $90/day/$80/day d. Donations Approve the following donation: Organization Donation 1 Richard LaPierre Two five gallon tanks with lids, 12 in 150 W Hagen Aquarium heater with thermostat control, Thermal compact 50 W Heater, 2 Tetratech AP80 Air pumps, Whisper Power Filter for gallon aquariums, Lustar Corner Filter, Quick Draw Aquarium Corner Filter, Penn Plax aquarium bottom filter, Ultra Air Control Valve, One bag of floss, One container of Ammo- Chips Ammonia Remover, for use in the HS Science Department 2 Kathleen Mikula 2 five gallon tanks with lights, and heat lamps, 1 ten gallon tank with lights, and heat lamp, for use in the HS Science Department 3 MEF (Madison An additional $368 for Finale Software Licenses to the Music Department (original donation $2,316, Education Assoc.) 4 Madison Softball Inc. increased to $2,684 from Spring Cycle 2013 approved 6/25/13) Upgrade and maintain two softball fields, provide portable fencing and new base inserts to the larger field at the junior school e. Extra Compensation Approve the Extra Compensation as per the recommendation of the Superintendent for the following staff for the school year: Name Service Date Time Amount 1 Leonardo Sabatino Regional Jazz Band Auditions 3/17/14 4 hours $40/hour = $160 2 Joanne Sims & Teachers Academy When is it time to 4/9 1 hr/person $46/hour = $92 Marlene Ryan accelerate? 3 Luis Largo Teachers Academy - Smartboard: quick and easy tricks to enhance your lessons 4/9 2 hours $46/hour = $92 4 Luis Largo Teachers Academy - Excel: Graphs, 4/16 2 hours $46/hour = $92 regressions, matrices!! 5 Colette Crescas Teacher Academy - An Educator s Guide 4/9 1 hour $46/hour = $46 to Concussions in the Classroom 6 Rachel Bonnema Teacher Academy - Screencast and Video Captures for Distance, Online, and Topic Reinforcement Learning 4/15 1 hour $46/hour = $46 7 John Ciferni & Teacher Academy - Danielson Meets 5/7 1 hour $46/hour = $46 Monica Brady Gardner 8 Adam Gerenstein Teacher Academy - Classroom Games TBD 4 hours $46/hour = $184 9 Suzanne Monkemeier 10 Suzanne Monkemeier Designing Effective Lesson Plans That Work For You Designing Effective Lesson Plans Part 2 Revised dates 4/23, 4/30 & 5/7/2014 Revised date 4/22 6 hours $46/hour = $276 4 hours $46/hour = $184 f. Extracurricular Appointments Approve the Extracurricular Appointments as per the recommendation of the Superintendent for the school year Name Position Step Stipend 1 Jeffrey Montani Appoint HS Volunteer Baseball Coach n/a n/a g. Family Leave of Absence Approve Family Leave of Absence, as per the recommendation of the Superintendent, for the following: Name Position Loc Disability Period Unpaid FMLA/ NJFLA Leave Unpaid Leave 1 Kathleen Scibelli Special Education Teacher MJS commencing on or about May 14, 2014 through June 11, 2014 commencing on or about June 11, 2014 through November 11, 2014 commencing on or about November 11, 2014 through June 30, 2015

4 Page 4 h. Field Trips Approve Field Trips for school year: (the following field trips are self-funded, including transportation) School Grade # of Field Trip Date Location/Town Students 1 HS Physics Day Trip to Great Adventure 5/1/14 Jackson NJ Date changed from 5/21/14 2 HS Metropolitan Museum of Art-Humanities 4/22/14 New York NY 3 HS Raritan Valley Community College- Dare to 5/9/14 Branchburg NJ Dream Student Leadership Conference 4 JS 8 32 David s Rumba Café & CAS for book sharing 6/2/14 Madison NJ with 5 th graders 5 JS 8 45 David s Rumba Café & CAS for book sharing 6/5/14 Madison NJ with 5 th graders 6 HS Metropolitan Museum of Art-Humanities 4/29/14 New York NY (different class from #2 above) 7 JS Plaza Lanes Bowling Alley 5/9/14 Madison NJ 8 KR 4 35 Montclair Museum 5/2/14 Montclair NJ 9 KR 5 58 National Constitution Center 4/10/14 Philadelphia PA i. Home Instruction Approve home instruction for the school year: Vendor Richard Newbery-Social Studies Maria Spangler-Science Lisa Toto-Language Arts Anna Hatziemanuel-Math Leslie Gentile-Math Peggy Cox-English MOESC New Jersey Virtual Schools Lisa Toto-Language Arts Richard Newbery-Social Studies Debbie Botto-Math Maria Spangler-Science Leslie Gentile-Algebra 2 Barbara Neto-French Kevin Braine-Physics Melissa Antolovich-English Robert Grundfest-History Service Maximum of 2 hours/week/instructor for S1584, effective 3/19/14 through 3/31/14, $46/hour (1.5 weeks x 8 hours/week=$552) Maximum of 2 hours/week/instructor for S1239, effective 3/19/14 through 5/5/15, $46/hour (6 weeks x 4 hours/week=$1,104) Home instruction for S1239, effective 3/24/14 through 6/30/14, US History $650; Chemistry $650, total $1,300 Maximum of 2 hours/week/instructor, for 1882, effective 3/25/14 through 4/11/14, $46/hour (2 weeks x 8 hours/week=$736) Continuation of home instruction, maximum of 2 hours/week/instructor for effective 3/31/14 through 5/2/14, $46/hour (4 weeks x 10 hours/week=$1,840) j. Policy/Regulation 1 - Approve first reading of the following revised regulation: Regulation Name 1 Policy Title 1 District-Wide Parental Involvement 2 - Approve second reading of the following revised policies & regulations: Regulation Name 1 Policy 2360 Use of Technology 2 Regulation 2412 Home Instruction Due to Health Condition 3 Policy 2430 Non Athletic Co-Curricular Activities 4 Policy 2431 Athletics 5 Policy 2436 Activity Participation Fee Program as amended 6 Regulation Special Education Location, Identification and Referral 7 Regulation Special Education Free and Appropriate Public Education 8 Regulation 2480 Alternative Education Programs 9 Policy 8220 School Day 10 Policy 8600 Transportation as amended 11 Policy 9180 School Volunteers as amended k. Professional Services Approve professional services as follows: Vendor 1 Rethink Autism 2013/2014 school year Service Site License- subscription for up to 250 children with IEPs, for 3 years: , , school $12,000/year, total = $36,000

5 Page 5 2 Dave Burgess Consulting Teach Like a PIRATE Professional Development Sessions, Sept. 3, /2015 school year Keynote presentation and breakout groups, $3,600 3 Short Hills Association in Psychiatric evaluation for S on 3/12/14, $550 Clinical Psychology 4 Steven Benvenisti, Esq. Speaker for Every 15 Minutes Program on 3/31/14 regarding drunk driving prevention, $350 Mr. Haralampoudis asked if the FDU video of the Every 15 Minutes Program will be available. Dr. Rossi stated that the district is looking at ways to share. l. Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreement & Revised Appointments Approve the fully executed CBA between the Madison Administrator s Association and the Madison Board of Education for the school years; and further approve, as per the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, the revised appointments for the school year therein m. Resignations/Retirements Approve the Resignations as per the recommendation of the Superintendent Name Position School Effective Date 1 Margaret O Rourke English Teacher MHS 5/20/ Leigh McKean - retirement - with regret, in appreciation of her many years of service to the students of Madison Health & PE Teacher MHS 7/1/2014 n. Summer Program Approve the posting of the following, not-to-exceed, Bridge to Algebra I Positions for Title I Summer Program as follows: Period Position Hours/Length of Time $/Hour July 29 August 14, 2013 T-Th 12:00-2:00 ROLL CALL: UNANIMOUS Algebra I Teacher 2 hrs/day for 9 days teaching 1 hr/day for 9 days preparation 11. BUSINESS AGENDA Moved by Kevin Blair, seconded by Shade Grahling, to approve as follows: a-h a. Minutes Approve the Minutes of: March 18, 2014 Regular and Closed Session Meetings b. Travel Approve the school district travel $46/hour, 27 hrs/teacher, totaling 27 hrs=$1,242 c. LRFP Update The Board of Education of Madison, in the County of Morris, New Jersey (the Board ), desires to proceed with possible school facilities projects consisting of various items outlined by the Madison Board of Education and wished to include those projects in the District s currently approved LRFP and, the list of said projects to be included in the LRFP amendment is outlined on the attached list dated 4/4/2014 and total $24,145,250 for all the projects, which shall be performed at the schools outlined therein as well as, the Board of Education s Offices. As such, the Board of Education now seeks to take the initial steps in order to proceed with the Projects in the future as follows and therefore resolves that, the Madison Board of Education, in the County of Morris, State of New Jersey, as follows: Section 1: In accordance with the requirements of Section 6A:26 3 of the New Jersey Administrative Code, the Board hereby authorizes the necessary amendments to its Long-Range Facilities Plan described herein and attached hereto, in order to reflect the proposed Projects and the Board authorizes the submission of same to the Morris County Superintendent of Schools and/or the New Jersey Department of Education for approval as appropriate. Section 2: The Board authorizes the School Business Administrator and such other officers and agents of the Board as are necessary, including the Board attorney, bond counsel and architect, to perform such acts necessary, to execute such other documents and to do such other things as are necessary to implement the determinations of the Board set forth in this resolution. Section 3: This resolution shall take effect immediately.

6 Page 6 d. Special Education Placement Approve placement and transportation costs for one resident special education pupil (102a) at Mercer Junior/Senior High School, Trenton NJ for the school year, effective 3/24/14 through 6/30/14 - tuition $15,104, $236/day for 64 days; and effective 7/1/14, ESY tuition $6,215, $245/day for 25 days. Transportation provided by Mercer County Jointure Commission rate to be determined. e. Settlement Agreements 1-Approve extension of settlement agreement for , effective 4/1/14 through the regular school year f. Transfers Authorize the transfer of funds g. Bill List Approve the April 8, 2014 bill list h. Waiver Request Approve the waiver requests for use of facilities: Organization Waive 1-Girls on the Run $750 facility use fee for TJ event ROLL CALL: UNANIMOUS BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS - None 13. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC From 8:52 p.m. until 9:14 p.m. the meeting was open to the public. There were comments regarding the music department presentation, the district technology plan, the budget, Literacy Night at the elementary schools and snow days in the school calendar. 14. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION Moved by Tom Haralampoudis, seconded by Kevin Blair, to approve as follows: Resolved: that the Board of Education move into closed executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel/legal issues. It is anticipated that the Board will be in closed session for 1 hour(s) and action may be taken in public session afterward. Discussion conducted in closed executive session shall be disclosed to the public to the extent that making such matters public shall not be inconsistent with the Open Public Meeting Act. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6-0 TIME: 9:14 p.m. 15. RECONVENE TO PUBLIC SESSION At 10:18 p.m. the Board reconvened from closed session with five members present: Mr. Blair left the meeting at 9:48 p.m. 16. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Tom Haralampoudis seconded by Shade Grahling, to adjourn the meeting: VOICE VOTE: APPROVED 5-0 Time: 10:18 p.m. Respectively submitted, Gary S. Lane, Board Secretary