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A regular business meeting of the Board of Education was held this day in the Board of Education Administration Building, Mt. Horeb Road. The following is a record of that meeting.

I. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Board President Mildred Spiller.

Open Public Meeting Statement – Mrs. Spiller read the following Statement:

Re: Chapter 231 P.L. 1975: “The adequate notice of this regular meeting as required by the open public meetings act was provided by the posting, mailing/delivery, and filing of this notice on November 4, 2014. This notice was on that date posted on the bulletin board in the Township Office, mailed to the Courier News and the Star Ledger, and filed with the Township Clerk of the Township of Warren, all in accordance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act.”

II. Pledge of allegiance – Mrs. Spiller led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.

III. Roll Call

Present: Tia Allocco, Celeste Campos, Len deMontagnac, Desiree DeNourie, Lisa DiMaggio, Kathy Helewa, Jim Sena and Mildred Spiller

Absent: Greg Steier

Also Present: Dr. Tami Crader, Superintendent, Patricia Leonhardt, Board Secretary and a member of the public

IV. Public Commentary (including opportunity to speak about items for Board Consideration/Action)

Note on public input at BOE meetings: Board Policy #9322, adopted on April 14, 2008, provides for and encourages public participation in Board of Education meetings. Such participation is governed by the following rules:

1. A participant must be recognized by the presiding officer and must preface comments by an announcement of his/her name and place of residence;

2. Each statement made by a participant shall be limited to three minutes’ duration (limit may be adjusted at the discretion of the presiding officer as circumstances dictate);

3. No participant may speak more than once on the same topic until all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard; and

4. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer—no participant may address or question Board members individually.

The portion of the meeting during which participation of the public is invited shall be limited to fifteen minutes (limit may be adjusted at the discretion of the presiding officer as circumstances dictate).

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V. Public Commentary

Mrs. Patricia Zohn, 157 Mountainview Road, read an email sent to the Board of Education regarding this evening’s meeting and the executive session exemption. She also read Dr. Crader’s response.

VI. Executive Session

At 7:03 p.m. Mrs. Allocco moved the following:

WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A.10:4-11, permits the Board of Education to meet in closed session to discuss certain matters, now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, the Board of Education adjourns to closed session to discuss:

specific prospective or current employees unless all who could be adversely affected

request an open an open session

Action will not be taken upon return to public session;

the length of the meeting is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED, the minutes of this closed session be made public when the need for confidentiality no longer exists.

The motion was seconded by Mr. deMontagnac and approved by unanimous voice vote.

On motion by Mrs. Allocco, seconded by Mrs. DiMaggio, the Board reconvened in open session at

10:15 p.m.

VII. Adjourn

On motion by Mrs. Allocco, seconded by Mrs. Helewa, the meeting adjourned at 10:16 p.m.

Minutes recorded by

Patricia Leonhardt

Board Secretary