Maryann Bennetti

The meeting featured a presentation by student representatives highlighting various school activities, including National Junior Honor Society events, Black History Month projects, community service initiatives, robotics, arts, and student assemblies focused on mental health and safety. Additionally, a representative from the New Jersey School Boards Association conducted a training session on the roles and responsibilities of the Board of Education, emphasizing the board's function in governance, policy-making, planning, and oversight.

The meeting included discussions on the annual reorganization meeting date change, buildings and grounds report, and transportation updates. The board also touched on food service prepaid balances, approval of the monthly facility calendar, finance items, and consultant agreements. There was also discussion of fire and emergency drill reports, enrollment reports, student field trips, personnel actions, and academic intervention programs. The board discussed collaborating with neighboring districts regarding in-district special education programming and devised a plan for re-registration.

The meeting included reports from Lincoln School, FA Middle School and McKenzie School. Lincoln School is embedding learning opportunities highlighting Native American history and culture throughout the curriculum. FA school faculty and students GI go fun which helps veterans of our armed forces with employment, healthcare, and housing. McKenzie School had an exciting and engaging meaningful activities, family collaboration, and celebrations of student success. The meeting also addressed the buildings and grounds report, custodial operations, maintenance department, transportation, approval of the monthly facility calendar for December 2025, approval of district use of facilities application, the approval of payroll for October 2025, approval of financial reports for September, approval of transfer report for September 2025, approval of bills list, approval of the preliminary proposed budget calendar for the 2026 2027 school year, approval to return unexpended fund 30 monies to capital reserve, approval of a 60-month postage meter rental with quadant, approval to amend F12.21, contracts, agreements, and renewals for the 2526 school year, proposal for professional services, approval to discard obsolete technology equipment, and the Mashio's report.

The meeting included monthly school reports from FA Middle School, Lincoln School, and McKenzie school. Discussions covered facility calendars, district use of facilities, and a request from the National Junior Honor Society. A field trip request to the East Rutherford Public Library was approved. The approval of the bills list and a budget transfer exceeding 10% were addressed. The superintendent reported on the fall festival and presented test score data from the previous year, including NJSLA results. The board also discussed fire and emergency drill reports, enrollment reports, HIV and bullying monthly reports, and school safety data.

The meeting included reports from student representatives of the National Junior Honor Society from FA, Lincoln, and McKenzie Schools. The reports covered various activities and events, including professional development workshops, Patriot's Day observances, back-to-school nights, and Hispanic Heritage Month lessons. The board discussed and approved several items, including the use of microwaves and refrigerators to accommodate IEP students, the approval of bills, handle with care training, and the ESA consolidated entitlement. They also discussed the WEDA access for L's data presentation, fire and emergency drill report, curriculum approval for the week of respect and violence awareness week, and personnel items such as the Kelly education sublist and approval of travel expenditures.