RUTHERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION

MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING

OF THE

JULY 23, 2001

A special meeting of the Board of Education was held on Monday evening, July 23, 2001 in the Committee of the Whole Room at Borough Hall. Meeting was called to order by President Willis at 5:00 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. On roll call the following members were present: Mrs. Ahmed, Mr. Brancato, Mrs. Cevasco, Mr. Ferrara, and Mrs. Willis. Mrs. Monahan arrived at 5:04 P.M. Mr. Derner, Mrs. Miceli, and Mr. Novosielski were absent for the entire meeting. Also present was Mrs. Conlon.

N.J. OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS LAW

The New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law was enacted to insure the right of the public to have advance notice of and to attend the meeting of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Rutherford Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the date, time, and place thereof posted on the bulletin board outside the Borough Clerk's Office, mailed to the News Leader, Herald, South Bergenite, and the Record newspapers, and filed with the Borough Clerk.

TAPING AND BROADCASTING OF MEETINGS

As approved by the Rutherford Board of Education at the March meeting, we are in a trial period of taping and broadcasting our worksessions and regular meetings. This will continue through September 2001. These meetings will be broadcast without editing during a two-hour time segment on Tuesday evenings on the Comcast public access channel. At the conclusion of the two-hour segment, the broadcast will end regardless of what part of the meeting is currently being viewed due to the Comcast time constraint. Any member of the public who wishes to view the two-hour tape should make a written request to the Board Secretary who will have a copy of the tape made available within two weeks of the request. There will be a nominal fee charged for this tape reproduction. This meeting is a special meeting and will not be broadcast.

NEW BUSINESS: (Action to be Taken)

PERSONNEL:

Motion by Mrs. Ahmed, seconded by Mr. Ferrara to approve Personnel Items #1-4.

BETH PASCARELLO 1. Motion to accept the resignation of Mrs. Beth Pascarello, LDT-C for the Child Study Team, effective 7/18/01.

DANIEL RIGOGLIOSO 2. Motion to accept the resignation of Mr. Daniel Rigoglioso, social studies teacher at Union School, effective 7/18/01.

STEVEN KOPELMAN 3. Motion to accept the resignation of Mr. Steven Kopelman, mathematics teacher at the high school and coach of tennis and soccer, effective 7/6/01.

LAUREN SUDOL 4. Motion to accept the resignation of Ms. Lauren Sudol as special education teacher at the high school effective 9/17/01.

Approved.

Mrs. Monahan arrived at this time (5:04 P.M.)

Motion by Mrs. Ahmed, seconded by Mr. Brancato to approve Personnel Items #5-8.

EMERGENT HIRING 5. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE RUTHERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION to employ the following applicant(s) under the emergent hiring law as per the State Department of Education:

Lucille DiFabritis – Science Supervisor

Kristen Karlicek – English Teacher

Joseph Wells – Mathematics Teacher

Edward Young – Social Studies Teacher

LUCILLE DI FABRITIS 6. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE RUTHERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION to employ Ms. Lucille DiFabritis as the Science Supervisor at the high school effective 9/1/01 through 6/30/02 at the annual salary of $75,206 (step 8, level 5). This is a replacement for Mrs. Meicke.

KRISTEN KARLICEK 7. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE RUTHERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION to employ Ms. Kristen Karlicek as an English teacher at the high school effective 9/1/01 through 6/30/02 at the annual salary of $36,846 (step 4, level 1). This is a replacement for Mr. Volpone.

JOSEPH WELLS 8. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE RUTHERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION to employ Mr. Joseph Wells as a mathematics teacher at the high school effective 9/1/01 through 6/30/02 at the annual salary of $54,588 (step 11, level 5). This is a replacement for Mr. Kopelman.

Roll call vote Personnel Items #5-8:

Mrs. Ahmed – aye	Mr. Derner – absent	Mrs. Monahan – aye
Mr. Brancato – aye	Mr. Ferrara –aye	Mr. Novosielski – absent
Mrs. Cevasco – aye	Mrs. Miceli – absent	Mrs. Willis – aye

Motion by Mrs. Ahmed, seconded by Mrs. Cevasco to approve Personnel Item #9.

EDWARD YOUNG 9. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE RUTHERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION to employ Mr. Edward Young as a social studies teacher at Union School effective 9/1/01 through 6/30/02 at the annual salary of $40,918 (step 6, level 3). This is a replacement for Mr. Einreinhofer.

Roll call vote Personnel Item #9:

Mrs. Ahmed – aye	Mr. Derner – absent	Mrs. Monahan – aye
Mr. Brancato – aye	Mr. Ferrara –aye	Mr. Novosielski – absent
Mrs. Cevasco – aye	Mrs. Miceli – absent	Mrs. Willis – aye

ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Mr. Ferrara, seconded by Mrs. Ahmed, that the meeting be adjourned at 5:10 P.M.

Approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Leslie A. Conlon

Secretary Pro-Tem