Professional Documents
Culture Documents
11. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the Board grant
permission to Dr. Vincent Aniello and Mr. Al Mauro to provide professional
development workshops to staff, and parent workshops as part of the
district’s
parental involvement program at a cost of $1,000.00 per session (1.5 – 2
hrs.) not
to exceed $10,000.00 from the balance of the 2009-2010 grant period
ending
August 31, 2010. Funding from line item #20-234-200-800-18-0890-000-
8660
and #20-234-200-300-18-0892-000-8938 (The above represents the
Administration’s response to parents’ needs and requests for support).
10. SBA Submitting for review and approval the following requests for Out of
State Travel for conferences, which require State
approval after passage of Board resolution:
*2. Board Trustee a. 4/9-4/12/10 Frances Rhodes-Kerns NSBA Annual Conference Cost to
District - $2,292.00 est.
Chicago, IL 11-000-230-585-11-0251-000
VOTED YES president Marcal,
STATED SESSION
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
AUGUST 11, 2009
VERSION I
48. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the appointment of
Mr. Walter Rusak as Acting Interim Assistant Superintendent effective August
24, 2009, for the 2009-2010 school year at the rate of $700.00 per day. Mr.
Rusak will be paid at a rate of $75.00 per hour for evening (after 6 p.m.) work, as
needed.
49. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the appointment
of Mr. Michael Donow as Acting Fiscal Specialist, to perform supportive and
supplemental fiscal duties as needed, effective August 17, 2009, for a period not
to exceed the term of the Interim Superintendent, at a fee rate of $82.00 per hour,
not to exceed an average of 40 hours per month.
STATED SESSION
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
MINUTES
AUGUST 11, 2009
START: 7:08 PM END: 10:30 PM
The Board of Education of the City of Hoboken, New Jersey held a Stated Session
Meeting in the Board Meeting Room, 1115 Clinton Street, Hoboken, NJ on Tuesday
evening, August 11, 2009.
The meeting was called to order by the presiding officer, Board President Markle at 7:08
PM.
The Board of Education of the City of Hoboken, New Jersey held a Stated
Session Meeting in the Board Meeting Room, 1115 Clinton Street, Hoboken, NJ
on Tuesday evening, September 15, 2009. The meeting was called to order by
the presiding officer, Board President Markle at 7:03 PM.
Approved by the Board October 13, 2009 5 services of the New Jersey School
Boards Association to conduct the search for the successor Superintendent of
Schools at a cost of $6,500.00.
VERSION I
7. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the appointment of Walter J.
Cmielewski Jr., Ed.D. to the position of Acting Interim Supervisor of Instruction: Language Arts for
six month period commencing October 19, 2009, and ending April 30, 2010 at a per diem rate of
$500.00. Dr. Cmielewski will work an average of two days per week in the schools with teaching
staff for the purpose of strengthening their skills primarily in the teaching of writing. Funding from
line item #20-460-22-100-18-0000-000 or 11-000-221-102-13-0000-000
8. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the appointment of Bruce R. Normandia,
Ed.D. to the position of Acting Interim Supervisor of Instruction: Mathematics for a six month period
commencing October 19, 2009, and ending April 30, 2010 at a per diem rate of $500.00. Dr.
Normandia will work an average of one or two days per week in the schools with the teaching staff
for the purpose of strengthening their skills in the teaching of mathematics primarily at the
elementary and middle grades. Funding from line item # 20-460-200-100-18-0000-000 or 11-000-
221-102-13-0000-000
9. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the appointment of Pamela D. Straker,
PhD. to the position of Acting Interim Supervisor of Instruction: Special Education at the rate of
$500.00 per day Dr. Straker will work primarily with the “Teacher of the Handicapped” staff at the
schools for the purpose of strengthening their skills with respect to parental support and knowledge.
Dr. Straker will further assist the teachers with knowledge of the “special ed” child for a period not to
exceed 30 days in six months. Funding from line item #20-450-200-100-20-1012-000
STATED SESSION
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
MINUTES
OCTOBER 13, 2009
START: 7:05 PM END: 8:35 PM
The Board of Education of the City of Hoboken, New Jersey held a Stated Session Meeting
in the Board Meeting Room, 1115 Clinton Street, Hoboken, NJ on Tuesday evening, October
13, 2009.
The meeting was called to order by the presiding officer, Board President Markle at 7:05 PM.
Curriculum and Programs Committee Meeting Report by Chair, Ruth McAllister. The
Committee met, this was the first meeting open to the public. The main goals of this meeting
were to understand the $500,000 Hoboken Public Schools are to receive in Stimulus Funds
and how we can use it. We are also asking for public ideas on how we can use it. The money
cannot be spent on reoccurring costs. We are going to look at many options with the
superintendent which includes technology and professional development. More Committee
Meetings are planned and the public is invited.
.
Ms. Minutillo reported that Governance and Finance Committees met and reviewed all items
on this agenda and supports their approval.
PUBLIC NOTICE
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
STATED SESSION
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
DATE: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
TIME: 7:00 p.m. Stated Session
LOCATION: Board Meeting Room
1115 Clinton Street
Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
AGENDA
15. Submitting for review and approval, I hereby recommend the transfer of
Salvatore
Manente, teacher, from Connors School to Hoboken High/Demarest High
School
effective November 18, 2009.
STATED SESSION
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
DECEMBER 15, 2009
VERSION I
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT
1. WHEREAS it is necessary for a New Jersey Board of Education to approve
and/or adopt a Curriculum on an annual basis, and
WHEREAS it is the Curriculum which forms the roadmap by which instruction
is
delivered, and
WHEREAS the Hoboken Curriculum Project has been writing and designing a
curriculum product for the past several years, a curriculum aligned with the
New
Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, and
WHEREAS a curriculum document is a fluid and growing piece of educational
literature, and thus shall be frequently updated and fine-tuned, and
WHEREAS adoption of a curriculum by a Board of Education does not
necessarily imply the endorsement of every page of the document, but
rather
acknowledges the fact that its district, its teachers, and its students have
been
provided with educational guidelines,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, after a presentation of the Curriculum to
the Board and the Public two months ago, and a recent follow-up public and
board question and answer opportunity, the Curriculum as prepared, written,
and
presented, be accepted and adopted by the Hoboken Board of Education on
this
the fifteenth day of December, 2009 for the 2009-2010 School Year.
STATED SESSION
HOBOKEN BOARD OF EDUCATION
JANUARY 19, 2010
VERSION I