Board Meeting - November 12, 2019

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Submitted by ctaylor on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 3:53pm

Dates:

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 - 3:45pm

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

METUCHEN, NEW JERSEY

MEETING AGENDA

of the Metuchen Board of Education

Metuchen High School

400 Grove Avenue

Metuchen, NJ 08840

Tuesday, November 12, 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

The Metuchen High School Footlighters' fall/winter production is The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, to be performed Dec 5-7 at MHS. Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Spelling Bee follows a group of middle school students as they compete to win the high stakes competition at the Putnam County Spelling Bee.

The song “I Speak Six Languages” will be performed by Alex Wong with Maggie Kleiner, Rebecca Perlmutter and Emma Rogers.

Presentation from the Community-Based Robotics Competition Team, Metuchen Momentum. The students will update the Board on the team’s progress and also demonstrate the robot they built.

6.Meeting Open to the Public

(for any topic)

7.Presentations/Discussions

District Goals Report

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 29, 2019	Special Meeting I
October 29, 2019	Special Executive Meeting II
October 29, 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.