October 29, 2019 Board Meeting

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Submitted by ctaylor on Fri, 10/25/2019 - 3:20pm

Dates:

Friday, October 25, 2019 - 3:15pm

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

METUCHEN, NEW JERSEY

MEETING AGENDA

of the Metuchen Board of Education

Metuchen High School

400 Grove Avenue

Metuchen, NJ 08840

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

1.Call to Order

2.Flag Salute

3.Notice of Meeting

I hereby make this statement to indicate compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act known as Chapter 231 of the Public Laws of New Jersey, 1975, which became effective 90 days after enactment, January 19, 1976.

Notice of this meeting was given by providing the location, time and date of this meeting, and posting of the same on the front door of the Board of Education offices, by delivering copies to the Borough Hall and the Metuchen Public Library, The Home News and Tribune, The Criterion Sentinel, The Star Ledger, The Metuchen Mirror, and by filing a copy with the Borough Clerk as prescribed by this law.

4.Roll Call

Mr. Benderly		Mr. Lifton
Ms. Cook		Mr. Manley
Mr. Derflinger		Mr. Small
Mr. Glassberg		Mr. Suss
Ms. Killean

5.Showcase of Success

Janani Shivakumar, MHS Sophomore, was one of several high school and college students invited to share their respective peace projects during the United Nations Department of Global Communications’ annual Student Observance for the International Day of Peace at U.N. headquarters in New York City last month.

Students with Perfect SAT Scores; Top ACT and AP Scores

Arielle	Benderly	Top Score on Reading ACT
Jonathan	Benderly Kremen	Top Score on Reading ACT
Sophie	Breeze	Top Score on Reading ACT
Patrick	Cascia	Top Score on Science ACT
Jakob	Cherry	Perfect Score on Math SAT
Joshua	Chiusano	Top Score on AP US History
Jonathan	Davis	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition and US History
Richa	Desai	Top Score on AP Calculus BC; Computer Science; English Language & Composition and US History
Prajit	Dhuri	Perfect Score on Math SAT; Top Score on AP Biology
Ian	Emanuele	Top Score on Language ACT; Top Score on AP US History
Isabela	Elster	Top Score on AP US History
Max	Gerlach	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition
Charlotte	Haq	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition and US History
Yun	Hyon	Top Score on Math and Language ACT
Laura	Jordan	Top Score on Reading ACT; Top Score on AP US History
Sanando	Kanjilal	Perfect Score on Math SAT; Top Score on AP Calculus BC and Calculus BC:AB
Swagato	Kanjilal	Perfect Score on Math SAT; Top Score on AP Calculus BC, Calculus BC:AB, Chemistry and US History
Thomas	Kwok	Perfect Score on Math SAT
Erica	Kossman	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition and Environmental Science
Rafael	Lacson	Top Score on AP US History
Frances	Lee	Top Score on AP US History
Joy	Li	Perfect Score on Math SAT; Top Score on AP English Language & Composition and Statistics
Diego	Lijeron	Top Score on AP Macroeconomics and US History
Terence	Lim	Top Score on Language ACT
Sophie	Lipshutz	Perfect Score on Math SAT and Top Score on AP Statistics
Tasha	Pais	Top Score on AP US History
Anushka	Pande	Perfect Score on Math SAT; Top Score on AP English Language & Composition and US History
Smruti	Patel	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition
Rebecca	Perlmutter	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition and US History
Aaron	Puerzer	Top Score on Language and Science ACT; Top Score on AP English Language & Composition
Annabella	Russo	Top Score on Language and Reading ACT; Top Score on AP English Language & Composition
Yukthi	Sangoi	Perfect Score on Math SAT
Luke	Schleck	Top Score on AP Computer Science
Lionel	Sequeira	Top Score on AP Computer Science
Nelson	Shi	Perfect Score on Math SAT; Top Score on Reading and Science ACT; Top Score on AP English Language & Composition
Sarah	Terracina	Top Score on AP English Language & Composition
Rebecca	Trosman	Top Score on AP Macroeconomics and US History
Jordan	Valiquette	Top Score on Science ACT; Top Score on AP US History
Lara	Vaz	Top Score on AP Calculus BC; Calculus BC:AB; English Language & Composition and US History
Regina	Wilcox	Top Score on AP Environmental Science
Alex	Wu	Top Score on AP Calculus BC:AB
Jodie	Zeng	Top Score on AP US History

6.Meeting Open to the Public

(for any topic)

7.Presentations/Discussions

AP, SAT, ACT Data

8.Reports

President’s Report
Superintendent’s Report
Business Administrator/Board Secretary’s Report
Committee Reports

9.New Business

10.Old Business

11.Approval of Minutes of the Board of Education Meetings

Move to approve the minutes of the following meetings:

October 15, 2019	Special Meeting I
October 15, 2019	Special Executive Meeting II
October 15, 2019	Board Meeting

12.Meeting Open to the Public

(for any topic discussed up to this point in the meeting and for comments on the recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools)

13.Recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools

(at this time the Board will take formal action on the following items – see attachments)

Often times it may appear to members of our audience that the Board of Education takes action with very little comment and in many cases a unanimous vote. Before a matter is placed on the agenda at a public meeting, the administration has thoroughly reviewed the matter with the Superintendent of Schools. If the Superintendent is satisfied that the matter is ready to be presented to the Board of Education, it is then referred to the appropriate board committee. The members of the board committee work with administration and the Superintendent to assure that the members fully understand the matter. When the committee is satisfied with the matter, it is presented to the Board of Education for discussion before any final action is taken. Only then, is it placed on the agenda for action at a public meeting.

Personnel
Finance
Policy
Curriculum

14.Meeting Open to Public (for anything you wish to discuss)

15.Announcements

16.Motion to Go Into Executive Session (when applicable)

Resolution to Close Meeting

BE IT RESOLVED, pursuant to the Sunshine Act, N.J.S. 10:4-12 and 13, that the Board of Education will now meet in executive session to discuss _____________________________________ and that matters discussed will be disclosed to the public as soon as the reason for confidentiality no longer exist.