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THE MINUTES OF THE BUSINESS SESSION OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION, BOROUGH OF RINGWOOD, NEW JERSEY

HELD AT M.J. RYERSON SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 26, 2015

I. The meeting was called to order by President Dwyer at 7:03 P.M.

A. President Dwyer led everyone in the flag salute.

B. Board Secretary Mitchell read the Sunshine Law Statement as required under the Open Public

Meetings Act.

C. Roll Call

Allison Beesley - present Mark Centurione - present

Cheryl Botsolas - present President Dwyer - present

Torrence E. Burrowes - present Ashley Holton - absent

Cynthia Carey - absent Zachary Kolstein - present

Mary Kunert - present

Also present:

Dr. Jeffrey Feifer, Interim Superintendent

Warren C. Mitchell, SBA/BS

II. EXECUTIVE SESSION I

Matters were deferred to Executive Session II.

III. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION I - maximum thirty (30) minutes

Brian Flynn suggested that the district should consider putting a section on the website that would allow

parents to be able to comment on facilities issues that they might see at the schools. This would provide

the parents with a way to be involved in what goes on in terms of facilities in the schools and Mr. Flynn

feels this might make parents and taxpayers more comfortable with what was being spent on fixing

facilities issues and in future bond initiatives.

IV. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

Dr. Feifer stated that the 3rd

week in October the state designates as violence awareness week and over the

last week the district has done many things to help everyone recognize and prevent violence. The district

does things all year long to promote character education and prevent and recognize violence, not just this

week. Some of the highlights of the things that the district has done since the beginning of the year are:

Officer Phil assemblies in several of our schools (which were co-sponsored by the Ringwood Police and

the school PTO’s), PTO sponsored assemblies, such as Magic with a Message that focused on anti-

bullying and respect, and teacher planned lessons that focused on character education, respect, harassment

prevention, intimidation and bullying and ways to keep our schools safe. Guidance counselors visited

classrooms to teach about tolerance, respect, and making good choices. The district also implemented

Project Kindness to help students learn about anger management, respect, and responsibility. Students

were taught about the chain of bullying and violence and how the chain can be broken. Students

participated in a Partnership for a Drug free New Jersey annual design-a-folder contest, staff and students

created a human peace sign, there was a power of peace poster contest, Peace Path was implemented for

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conflict resolution, autism awareness videos were shown, as well as many other things. Thanks to

everyone for a great job.

The superintendent stated that this is the time of year that the district provides an annual report of school

violence, vandalism, and substance abuse and for the year 2014-2015 the district had 11 cases of violence,

3 cases of vandalism, 0 weapons cases, 0 substance abuse cases and 9 confirmed cases of HIB. While on

the topic of HIB, there were 4 new cases since the last board meeting, all of them have been investigated

and found that they were not cases of harassment, intimidation, or bullying.

Merry Nicholls commented on literacy in the district and the professional development day that was

recently held. She joked that before taking on the position of curriculum coordinator and development

she thought it was boring and just words on a paper. However, since taking on the position her view has

changed dramatically because there is much more to it than just putting things in writing. This position is

all about developing curriculum, which like anything else that you develop it is a living organism that

grows, and it usually starts from a seed. Seeds are received from teachers, from workshops, some from

parents, or from a meeting. These seeds then have to be watered, cultivated, and then harvested. The last

three weeks have been very exciting because Ms. Nicholls has had the privilege of attending a workshop

in Princeton on the Next Generation Science Standards, which are being rolled out very nicely and very

slowly. Grades 6-8 will be implementing these beginning in September 2016 and then 4th and 5

th grades

will do so the following year and K-3 will be implemented the year after that. She learned a lot and came

back with some great ideas that have already been shared with the science teachers. Ms. Nicholls also

attended a workshop that someone in the district recommended. It was a great workshop that has since

been brought into the district. The teachers have been trained and have now created normed practices

from first grade to 7th grade within the district. A Guided reading specialist was recommended to the

district and she came in and did a workshop and then went into the classroom. New things have been

instituted since this visit. New math curriculum was implemented last year and we have heard great

results from kids, parents, teachers, etc. This year a new social studies program was adopted in grades 4-

8, which has some kinks to work out, but is a great curriculum. Ms. Nicholls mentioned that curriculum

committees were in place and they meet on a regular basis, although they are trying to meet less this year

so that so much time is not spent outside of the classroom. Thank you to the teachers because without

you the seed would have died. Lastly, Ms. Nicholls mentioned that the A/V team videoed the close

reading in the 7th grade and they did a great job and it will be put up on the portal so that it can be viewed

on the staff portal. The superintendent piggybacked this discussion by mentioning the tri-district meeting

that was held with administrators and board members from the Ringwood district, Wanaque, and

Lakeland, and how one of the agenda items was how the districts can work more closely together on

curriculum and providing professional development.

Dr. Feifer spoke about a transportation contract that is being sent home in the November superintendent

newsletter for families to be made aware of rules and regulations and sign off on it. This is mainly for the

safety and security of the children getting on and off the buses. Also being mentioned in the newsletter is

the pilot program of a wellness weekend that was brought to the superintendent’s attention by Paul Scutti.

This program will be piloted the weekend of Thanksgiving starting on the early dismissal on November

25th and it will be declared that there will be no homework assignments given over this weekend and no

assessments given the Monday following the weekend. The idea is to give families an opportunity to

decompress together from the everyday stress and have the opportunity to enjoy the time together. If

successful there may be other weekends throughout the year as well.

The tri-district meeting was attended by the Superintendent, Mary Kunert, and Warren Mitchell and at

this meeting the swift reach security system, which is a way to providing everyone that works in a

building with an app that can be used to notify the central office, or the police of anything going on in the

building. This particular app was not impressive to those that were there, but other ideas will continue to


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be investigated. A discussion was also had on developing a regional K-12 curriculum guide for drug and

alcohol prevention and professional development coordination and curriculum. The high school will be

implementing an 8th grade placement exam on a voluntary basis for 8

th grade students.

The superintendent mentioned that he attached for the boards review a copy of a preliminary PARCC

assessment report which basically gives us the state numbers for all of the PARCC assessments and tells

us what the different categories are. The district has not yet received the individual scores. They will be

shared with the board and the public as soon as they have been received.

Dr. Feifer had the following comments on agenda items: items with an asterisk on them were either not

part of the agenda for the last meeting or they were not discussed in the superintendent’s report. He stated

that the District will be requesting approval from the Executive County Superintendent for the

unrecognized job title of Dean of Students which the district has been doing for a few years. Because

there is no official title we have to submit a job description and get approval from the County

Superintendent. There are also recommendations for a shared access paraprofessional and personnel

training for new ABA therapist (which is mandated). These are basically the items that had an asterisk.

The district is also looking for approval of an unpaid leave of absence for a kindergarten teacher at Peter

Cooper, for a long term ESL substitute named Cara Altman, a settlement agreement, and a student teacher

who was not on the last agenda.

V. BOARD PRESIDENT'S REPORT

Mr. Dwyer stated that the school building tour meetings will have to wait until January, February or

March in order to allow for the boilers to be completed. If the board members would like to see the

boilers before then please just contact Dr. Feifer, Mr. Mitchell, or Steve Evans and they can set it up. The

board goals meeting and ethics meeting will be discussed in executive session and then the meeting date

will be published.

VI. SBA/BOARD SECRETARY'S REPORT

A meeting was held with Mr. Scott Heck and a representative of his water department last week to set up

a date for the Cooper water tie- in. We are partnering with the Borough of Ringwood to have this done.

It will be a wise decision to get the water tied in to the borough’s water supply to eliminate the issue with

water when there is no power. The monthly water testing at Cooper will also be eliminated. The work is

going to start on November 4th, 5th, 6

th, and 7

th and then pick up again on November 9

th and 10

th. A

preliminary budget calendar is being passed around because the budget committee needs to have a

preliminary meeting to get an idea of where the district is and what it will be up against in the 2016-2017

school year. It will be a challenge, but the best effort needs to be made to ensure that the children in this

district get a thorough and efficient education. At the NJSBO monthly meeting the state aid for 2016-

2017 was discussed. Mr. Bob Davis was not able to be there, but the state is contemplating changing the

state aid formula. For many years the state aid has been flat (each school district received the same aid

that they did the year before). There are many variables that go into the calculation and the state is

looking into the inequity of the aid and may remedy this. It was suggested that when doing the budget

districts should use two different scenarios, one with the flat state aid and one with an anticipated

reduction in state aid.

BD.PRES.

REPORT

BD.SECY

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VII. CORRESPONDENCE

The board received a thank you letter from Ms. Nicholls. President Dwyer did not read it aloud because

Ms. Nicholls had already thanked everyone verbally when she spoke earlier in the meeting. Mr. Dwyer

did thank her for the thank you letter.

VIII. DISCUSSION ITEMS/CONSENT AGENDA MOTIONS

The following items are deemed to be non-controversial and/or confirmation of negotiated

contractual obligations or other state-mandated deadline actions, and/or were discussed in depth

at the prior meeting. The Superintendent will highlight key information. Items of concern may

be pulled from this portion of the agenda and voted upon separately, or may be considered in the

Discussion/Action section if any Board member so wishes.

* Item(s) not previously listed on the work session meeting agenda or Superintendent’s Report.

A. Minutes

1. Motion was made by Trustee Beasley, seconded by Trustee Burrowes to

approve the following minutes:

Special Meeting September 17, 2015

Work Meeting September 21, 2015

Executive Session I September 21, 2015

Executive Session II September 21, 2015

Business Meeting September 28, 2015

Executive Session I September 28, 2015

Executive Session II September 28, 2015

Motion was unanimously approved by roll call vote by members present.

B. Finance

1. Approve the Certification Resolution as follows:

The School Business Administrator and the Board of Education having certified that, to

best of their knowledge, no major budget account nor other funds have been over

expended and that sufficient funds will be available to meet all financial obligations for

the 2015-2016 school year, pending receipt of approved anticipated budgeted monies,

accept said report in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6:20-2.12(c).

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DIST.BILLS

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2. Authorize the payment of the District Bills in the amounts listed, as attached.

District Bills for 09/29/15 – 09/30/15 in the amount of $ 16,985.98

for 10/01/15 - 10/26/15 in the amount of $634,405.60

Cafeteria Bills for 09/01/15 – 09/30/15 in the amount of $ 11,564.93

3. Approve the Ringwood School District Payroll in the amounts listed.

for September 15, 2015 in the amount of $654,484.03

4. Approve, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the submission of the grant

application for the 2015 Safety Grant Program through the New Jersey Educational

Insurance Fund, a subsidiary of the New Jersey School Insurance Group, for the purposes

described in the application in the amount of $1,000.00 for the period of July 1, 2015

through June 30, 2016.

A board member questioned who was writing this grant and how we could get more and Mr.

Mitchell stated that it was just a questionnaire that was completed and sent into the Board’s

insurance company that earned the district the $1,000.00.

*5. Approve the Preliminary Board Secretary’s report for the month of September, 2015,

as attached.

*6. Approve the Preliminary Treasurer’s report for the month of September, 2015, as attached.

*7. Approve the Transfer report for the month of September, 2015, as attached.

*8. Approve the Transfer from the Capital Reserve Account to the General Account for the boiler

replacement project as listed.

DiCara Rubino Invoice 0006135 $ 984.95 Erskine

DiCara Rubino Invoice 0006136 $ 987.58 Cooper

DiCara Rubino Invoice 0006137 $1,270.41 Ryerson

Motion to approve the Finance Consent Agenda Resolutions.

Motion was made by Trustee Beesley, seconded by Trustee Kunert to approve the

following items:

1. B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8


C. Personnel

1. Approve the appointment of Timothy Johnson, Peter Cooper School Principal, as the

District Civil Rights Compliance Officer, to be in compliance with the Healthy, Hunger

Free Kids Act of 2010, for the 2015-2016 school year.

JOHNSON

CVL.RTS.

COMPL.

SAFETY

GRANT

BD.SECY.

REP.

TREAS.REP

TRFR.REP

CAP.RES

TRFR


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2. Approve, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the appointment of Jennifer

Bariso as the Newspaper Advisor for a stipend of $925 for the 2015- 2016 school year,

per Article 23 C. e. of the Agreement between the Ringwood Board of Education and the

Ringwood Education Association. Salary may be adjusted pending negotiations.

3. Approve, upon the recommendation of the Interim Superintendent, the acknowledgement

of receipt of tenure for Ann Babbitt, as a Secretary at the Board of Education office,

effective October 2, 2015.

4. Approve the revised hours worked for the listed transportation personnel effective

November 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

DRIVERS FROM TO DUE TO

Myra Brown 5 hours/day 5 ¼ hours/day Actual Driving Time

Judith Henry 6 ½ hours/day 6 ¾ hours/day Actual Driving Time

Joanne Ottens 5 hours/day 5 ¼ hours/day Actual Driving Time

Mary Schall 5 hours/day 5 ¼ hours/day Actual Driving Time

PARAPROFESSIONALS FROM TO DUE TO

Lois Appel 3 ½ hours/day 3 ¾ hours/day Actual Travel Time

Joanne Leser 3 hours/day 3 ¼ hours/day Actual Travel Time

5. Approve, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the appointment of the

following as Substitute Personnel for the 2015-2016 school year, pending completion of

all State and Board employment requirements and approval of application to the County

Superintendent pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A: 6-7.2 et seq.

SUBSTITUTE CUSTODIAN SUBSTITUTE SECRETARY

Christopher Jennings Susan Ulendorf

SUBSTITUTE PARAPROFESSIONAL

Susan Ulendorf

6. Approve the resignation of Selisa Colwell as a Cafeteria/Playground Paraprofessional at

the Robert Erskine School effective September 28, 2015.

7. Approve the termination of probationary employee #2522 effective September 25, 2015

due to abandonment of the position.

8. Approve the termination of probationary employee #29114170 effective October 2, 2015.

*9. Approve the submission to the Interim-Executive Passaic County Superintendent of

Schools, the request to renew the Unrecognized Title of Dean of Student Discipline

and Activities for the 2015-2016 school year. This Unrecognized Title was originally

approved by the county superintendent on August 29, 2012.

*10. Approve, upon the recommendation of the Interim Superintendent, the appointment of

Nicholas Caporusso, as a Shared Access Paraprofessional at the Peter Cooper School at

Step 1 $11.35/hr., 3.0 hours/day, 5 days/week for a total of 15 hours/week, no medical

benefits, effective October 27, 2015 for a sixty (60) day working probationary period,

BARISO

NEWSPPR

ADVISOR

BABBITT

TENURE

TRANS

PERS

REV.HRS

COLWELL RESIGN

#2522

TERM

#29114170

TERM

RENEW

TITLE

CAPORUSSO

APPOINT

PARA

SUB

PERS


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(February 3, 2016), pending completion of all State and Board of Education requirements

and approvals. Upon completion of a successful sixty (60) day probationary period, Mr.

Caporusso will be board approved for the remainder of the 2015-2016 school year. Salary

may be adjusted pending negotiations. This is a new position.

*11. Approve Daniella Preston, ABA Therapist at the Peter Cooper School, to receive

training provided by Dr. Irene Cook, Director of the Autism Programs and Nancy

Mondello, the shared BCBA, for a total of up to fifteen (15) hours/therapist, at the

contractual hourly rate of pay, for the 2015-2016 school year. This training is

provided before school and after school hours because there is not enough time during

her day due to the fact that students participate in inclusion. Hourly rate of pay may be

adjusted pending negotiations. Hours trained will be documented by time sheets.

*12. Approve an unpaid leave of absence under NJFLA and FMLA for Stacy Welhorsky,

Kindergarten Teacher at Peter Cooper School, effective on or about March 8, 2016

utilizing her current/accumulated sick and personal days prior to her unpaid leave. Ms.

Welhorsky’s intention is to return September 1, 2016.

*13. Approve upon the recommendation of the Interim Superintendent, the appointment of

Cara Altman, as a Long Term Substitute Part-Time District ESL Teacher at the State

Certified Substitute Rate of $90/day beginning November 24, 2015 for the first 20 days

of continuous employment. On the 21st day, Ms. Altman will move to BA +15 Step 1

$52,782 pro-rated (.6 FTE = $31,669.20) no medical benefits through June 30, 2016,

pending completion of all State and Board employment requirements and approvals.

Salary may be adjusted pending negotiations. Ms. Altman is replacing Ms. Raitano who

will be on a leave of absence.

Motion to approve the Personnel Consent Agenda Resolutions.

Motion was made by Trustee Kolstein, seconded by Trustee Botsolas to approve the following

items:

1. C1, C2, C3, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13


2. C4

Motion was approved by the following roll call vote:

Allison Beesley - yes Mark Centurione - yes

Cheryl Botsolas - yes President Dwyer - yes

Torrence E. Burrowes - abstain Ashley Holton - absent

Cynthia Carey - absent Mary Kunert - yes

Zachary Kolstein - yes

D. Curriculum/Instruction

PRESTON

APPOINT

ABA

WELHORSKY LOA

ALTMAN

L/T SUB

ESL


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1. APPROVAL OF WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AND

REIMBURSEMENT OF RELATED TRAVEL EXPENSES

RESOLVED, that the Ringwood Board of Education approves the following employees to attend

the conferences/workshops which are being held on the dates and in the locations indicated

below; and

WHEREAS, the attendance at stated functions was previously approved by the Superintendent of

Schools as work related and within the scope of the work responsibilities of the attendees and the

school district’s professional developmental plan; and

WHEREAS, the attendance at the functions was approved as promoting delivery of instruction or

furthering efficient operation of the school district and is deemed fiscally prudent, and

WHEREAS, the travel and related expenses particular to attendance at these functions will be in

compliance with state travel payment guidelines established by the Department of Treasury and

the federal Office of Management and Budget,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ringwood Board of Education approves these

attendances; and

THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the reimbursement of the related travel

expenses shall be in accordance with the above-mentioned guidelines:

EMPLOYEE

NAME

WORKSHOP

DATE

WORKSHOP NAME

WORKSHOP

LOCATION

Reg. $

Lodging

$

Travel $

(mileage, tolls

and parking)

Meals $

Est. Total $

*Dixon, M. 12/2/15 Affordable Care Act Rockaway, NJ 50.00 -0- 17.98 -0- 67.98

*Dwyer, R. 10/27-29/15 NJSBA Convention Atlantic City, NJ 250.00 174.00 124.86 -0- 548.86

Fiedeldey, S. 11/10/15 Progress Monitoring &

Reporting on IED Goals

Edison, NJ -0- -0- 37.51 37.51

Ganin, B. 12/9&10/15 Northeast Conference for Speech-Language

Pathologists

West Orange, NJ 399.00 -0- 21.60 -0- 420.60

*Kunert, M. 10/27-29/15 NJSBA Convention Atlantic City, NJ 250.00 174.00 125.00 -0- 549.00

Lander, Bridget 12/8/15 Strengthen Your Writing

Instruction in Kindergarten

Piscataway, NJ 239.00 -0- 32.55 -0- 271.55 +

sub pay

McClachrie, T. 11/17/15 NJ Association of School Librarians

Long Branch, NJ 125.00 -0- 61.45 -0- 186.45

Nicholls, M. 9/25/15 –

10/2/15 –

10/16/15

Alignment of NGSS

Curriculum

Hasbrouck

Heights, NJ

-0- -0- 59.52 -0- 59.52

*Nicholls, M. 11/18/15 Differentiated Instruction Mahwah, NJ 149.00 -0- 11.16 -0- 160.16

*Odgers, C. 12/5&12/15 Google Educator Certification

Workshop

Wyckoff, NJ 199.00 -0- -0- -0- 199.00

* Wise, J. 12/16-19/15 The Midwest Clinic – An International Band &

Orchestra Clinic

Chicago, Ill. 85.00 -0- -0- -0- 85.00+ sub pay

*Kolstein, Z. 10/27-29/15 NJSBA Convention Atlantic City, NJ 250.00 174.00 124.86 -0- 548.86

2. Approve the following field trips for the 2015-2016 school year.

School Grade/Program Trip(s) Cost per

Student

Cost to District

M. J. Ryerson School Band High Note Festival – Dorney Park, Allentown, PA (utilizing third-party

commercial carrier for transportation)

$75 -0-

TRAVEL

FLD.TRIPS


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E. G. Hewitt 4th Grade (six classes

separated into three groups, separate dates for

each of the three groups)

Ringwood Manor and Longpond

Ironworks

$10 -0-

M. J. Ryerson 6th Grade Gifted and

Talented Program

Quizbowl at Woodland Park -0- $144.40

(includes cost to transport G&T from Pompton Lakes, Haskell and

Wanaque Schools)

M. J. Ryerson 8th Grade Gifted and Talented Program

Logic Problem Solving at Prospect Park

-0- $142.15 (includes cost to transport G&T

from Pompton Lakes, Haskell and

Wanaque Schools)

M. J. Ryerson 7th & 8th Grade Gifted and Talented Program

FIRST Lego League at Clifton High School

-0- $211.00


Talented Program

Technology Day at Wanaque -0- $54.03


Talented Program

Quiz Bowl at Pompton Lakes -0- $77.83

(includes cost to transport G&T

from Haskell and Wanaque

Schools)


Talented Program

Geography Bee at North Haledon -0- $142.15

(includes cost to transport G&T from Pompton Lakes, Haskell and

Wanaque Schools)


Talented Program

Quizbowl at Prospect Park -0- $142.15


from Pompton Lakes, Haskell and Wanaque Schools)


Talented Program

S.T.E.M. at Passaic G&T Academy -0- $148.90


from Pompton Lakes, Haskell and Wanaque Schools)

E. G. Hewitt 5th Grade Gifted and

Talented Program

Battle of the Books at Jefferson

School, Hawthorne

-0- $120.60

E. G. Hewitt 5th Grade Gifted and Talented Program

Colonizing the Moon at Wanaque -0- $77.88 (includes cost to transport G&T

from Haskell School)

M. J. Ryerson 6th Grade Gifted and Talented Program

Battle of the Books at Lincoln Middle School, Hawthorne



Wanaque Schools)

M. J. Ryerson 7th & 8th Grade Gifted and Talented Program

Battle of the Books at Lincoln Middle School, Hawthorne



Wanaque Schools)


Talented Program

Math Day at Pompton Lakes -0- $77.83


from Haskell and Wanaque Schools)

M. J. Ryerson 7th & 8th Grade Gifted and

Talented Program

Junior Solar Sprints at Florham Park

High School

-0- $151.15


Battle of the Books at Beatrice Gilmore School, Woodland Park

-0- $144.40


Talented Program

Haledon CSI at Haledon -0- $142.15


Quizbowl at North Haledon -0- $142.15 (includes cost to transport G&T

from Haskell and Wanaque

Schools)

* Peter Cooper

* E. G. Hewitt,

* M. J. Ryerson

R.E.A.L.M. Programs

California Pizza Kitchen,

Willowbrook Mall, Wayne

$0-$15

(depending

on parent choice)

$130.00

* M. J. Ryerson 7th Grade Meadowlands Environmental Center,

Lyndhurst

$8 -0-


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3. Approve the submission of the 2015-2016 New Jersey Quality Single Accountability

Continuum (NJQSAC) Statement of Assurance (SOA) to the N. J. Department of Education.

4. Approve the Nursing Services Plan for the 2015-2016 school year.

Motion to approve the District Operations Consent Agenda Resolutions.

Motion was made by Trustee Botsolas, seconded by Trustee Beesley to approve the

following items:

1. D2, D3, D4



Cheryl Botsolas - yes President Dwyer - yes

Torrence E. Burrowes - yes Ashley Holton - absent

Cynthia Carey - absent Mary Kunert - abstain


2. D1



Cheryl Botsolas - yes President Dwyer - abstain

Torrence E. Burrowes - yes Ashley Holton - absent

Cynthia Carey - absent Mary Kunert - abstain


E. District Operations

1. Approve the Contract between the Ringwood School District and Health & Life

Safety Solutions, LLC for nursing services to St. Catherine’s students at a rate of

$90.00/day, for 70 days, not to exceed $6,300.00, for the period of October 1, 2015

through June 24, 2016.

2. Approve the P.L.226 Nonpublic Nursing Services contract for the 2015-2016

school year as follows:

St. Catherine of Bologna School Denise O’Connor $90.00/day

3. Approve the Non-public Security Aid Entitlement for the 2015-2016 school year

as listed. Maximum dollar entitlement of $25 per pupil on roll as of October 15, 2015.

Ringwood Christian School 81 pupils $2,025.00

St. Catherine of Bologna School 180 pupils $4,500.00

HLTH&LIFE

SAFETY

NONPUB

NURSING

NONPUB

SEC.AID

TERM

STMT.ASSUR

QSAC

NUR.PLAN


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4. Approve the revised contract with the Passaic County Educational Services

Commission to provide transportation services for pupil #114330 and pupil #114511 to

Craig Lower School, Mountain Lakes, NJ through Rudco (Route #TCLS), effective

September 3, 2015 through October 30, 2015 (39 school days), at the per diem rate of

$146.93, for a total of $5,730.26 plus an 4% surcharge of $229.14 for a combined total

of $5,959.47. This is a temporary quoted route until a permanent route is assigned

through Passaic County Educational Services Commission.

5. Approve the 2015-2016 school year donation of three (3) Buddy Benches, from the

Ringwood Girl Scout Troop 6416 in conjunction with Cupsaw Lake Improvement

Association, Ringwood, to be used on the playground at Peter Cooper, Robert Erskine

and E. G. Hewitt Schools.

Mrs. Kunert and Mr. Kolstein both commented that buddy benches were a great thing and

Mr. Kolstein asked when they would be installed. Dr. Feifer responded that it was

unknown and that the district was waiting on the arrival of them. Mrs. Kunert then stated

that it would be nice if Ryerson could get a buddy bench as well and she was told that it

was being worked on.

6. Approve the District-Wide School Annex School Emergency Operations Plan for the

2015-2016 school year, as attached.

*7. Approve, upon the recommendation of the Business Administrator, the disposal of the

non-operating school buses listed. These buses have been stripped of all their usable

parts for the repair of other buses in the district’s fleet. The fair market value is estimated

to be $300.00 for each bus.

Bus #67 Bluebird 1999 - Vin#1BAAGCSA8XF083797

Bus #69 Bluebird 2001 - Vin#1BAAGCPA7YF090041

Bus #71 Bluebird 2001 - Vin#1BAAGCPA0YF090043

Bus #75 Bluebird 2001 - Vin#1BAAGCPA91F094534

*8. Approve the contract with the Passaic County Educational Services Commission to

provide temporary transportation services for homeless pupil #999429 to M.J. Ryerson

Middle School, through York Transportation (Route #MJRMS), effective October 8,

2015 through October 14, 2015 (3 1/2 school days), for a cost of $728.00 plus a 4%

surcharge of $29.12, for a combined total of $757.12.

*9. Approve the Settlement Agreement, Agency Reference Number: 2016-23484.

Motion was made by Trustee Botsolas, seconded by Trustee Kolstein to approve

the following items:

1. E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9


#114330

#114511

PCESC

TRANS

DONATE

BENCHES

EMER.OP

PLAN

NON OP

BUS DISP

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F. General

1. Approve the Ringwood Transportation Department to provide transportation for other

districts/schools field trips as listed.

School Grade/Program Trip(s) Cost to Other

District/School

Cost to District

Haskell

Elementary

School

Middle School

Chorus

Bergen Town

Center, Paramus,

NJ,

W Grill, Oakland,

NJ

Wanaque Reserve

2 busses at $200

per bus

Total $400

-0-

Wanaque

Elementary

School

Middle School

Chorus

Bergen Town

Center, Paramus,

NJ,

W Grill, Oakland,

NJ

Wanaque Golden

Age Club

2 busses at $200

per bus

Total $400

-0-

2. Approve the submission of the 2015-2016 Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement

Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials to the Passaic County Executive

County Superintendent of Schools.

3. Approve the 2015-2016 M. J. Ryerson School Basketball Schedule.

4. Affirm the Superintendent’s findings of the NON-HIB incidents listed.

H15-2

E15-1

5. Affirm the Superintendent’s findings of the HIB incident listed.

H15-3

*6. Approve the listed Student Teacher Candidate to observe and experience instructional

and managerial responsibilities as a classroom teacher, for the 2015-2016 school year.

STUDENT

TEACHER

SENDING

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE

SCHOOL

ASSIGNED

TEACHER

ASSIGNED

Erika Tucker WPU MJR-1st half

spring semester

RE-2nd

half

spring semester

Wendy Rothlauf

Laurie Moris

Motion was made by Trustee Burrowes, seconded by Trustee Beesley to approve

the following items:

OD

FLD TRIPS

UNI ST

MOA 15-16

MJR BBALL

SCHEDULE

NON HIB

INCIDENTS

HIB

INCIDENT

STD TEACH

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G. Policy

None.

IX. SPECIAL REPORTS

Board Committees’ Chairperson

Alternate Funding – Received another inquiry on a bus ad and the committee forwarded it on to the contact for the bus

ads and are awaiting information from the contact.

Budget – Mr. Mitchell gave the report during the board secretary’s report.

Facilities – Nothing new.

Negotiations – Ongoing.

Policy – Received NJSBA referencing a redaction, but committee thinks that it will not be an issue because the district

dealt with it last year.

Public Communications – No report.

Tri-District Shared Services – Report was already given during the superintendent’s report.

Liaisons for:

Affirmative Action - No report.

Curriculum – No report.

Custodial Unit- No report.

RAA – No report.

REA – No report.

Technology – Meeting is going to be held with the website developer towards the end of the week to see what can be

done to enhance some of the areas of the website that need improvement.

Wellness – There was a meeting scheduled but it will have to be rescheduled due to a new policy needed for the

wellness and the fact that this policy will be the basis for the wellness committee discussion. As soon as board has

had a first reading of the policy a meeting will be scheduled. A board member made a comment about the wellness

weekend idea and stated that if it was a success that it would be a benefit for families with children in our district as

well as Lakeland to have both districts participating.

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X. OLD BUSINESS

None.

XI. NEW BUSINESS

A. Ethics training

Mr. Dwyer stated that ethics would occur at the next meeting because all new board members

should partake in the ethics training and there were board members absent at the meeting.

XII. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION II – maximum thirty (30) minutes – 3 minutes per participant.

Carrie Odgers, REA President stated that the REA is very much in favor of the wellness weekend. She did want to

mention to the board and parents that while they would not have assessments on the Monday following the wellness

weekend there was a very real possibility of assessments the other days of the week due to the fact that the week after

Thanksgiving is the last week of the trimester. Ms. Odgers stated that she was unable to hear what was being discussed

about the budget and she requested that a quick recap be given of the discussion. Mr. Mitchell stated that it was the

preliminary budget calendar that had been handed out and discussed. Ms. Odgers also requested that the REA receive a

copy of the board’s packet. She then took a moment to thank Ms. Nicholl’s acknowledgement of the teachers’ role in

curriculum planning and implementing and said that the best way to thank the teacher’s for that would be to honor them

and their families by fairly settling their contract now.

Motion was made by Trustee Beesley, seconded by Trustee Kunert to adjourn to Executive

Session II at 7:48 P.M.

Motion was unanimously approved by voice vote.

XIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION II – maximum of sixty (60) minutes, if needed, no action will be taken.

A. Legal

B. Personnel

C. Student Matters

Motion was made by Trustee Botsolas, seconded by Trustee Kolstein to adjourn from

Executive Session II at 8:25 P.M.


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D. Reconvened in Public Session at 8:26 P.M.

XIV. Motion was made by Trustee Botsolas, seconded by Trustee Burrowes to adjourn from Public Session

at 8:26 P.M.


Respectfully submitted,

WARREN C. MITCHELL

Board Secretary

WCM/jr

ADJOURN

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