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 meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interests is discussed or acted upon. In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Brick Township Board of Education has caused notice of this meeting to be posted on the Administration Office Bulletin Board, the official District website and Channel BTV-20, and sent to the Asbury Park Press and Municipal Clerk's Office.

1. Report of Student Representatives from Brick Memorial High School and Brick Township High School
   
   
   
2. Recognition of Fall Athletes
   
   
   
3. District / Board of Education Goals

1. Approval of Special Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2010
   
   
2. Approval of First Executive Session of December 15, 2010
   
   
3. Approval of Second Executive Session of December 15, 2010
   
   
4. Approval of Regular Public Meeting Minutes of December 16, 2010

1. Curriculum & Instruction Committee
   
   
2. Operations Committee
   
   
3. Human Resources Committee

At this time Public Comment will be taken on agenda items being presented to the Board this evening. One opportunity of up to five minutes per individual to comment will be afforded in this Public Comment section . This Public Comment will be no more than thirty minutes in its entirety.

1. to approve workshop attendance ( as required by the School District Accountability Act )  as attached:
    WORKSHOPS (d) 1 27 11.pdf
   
   
   
   
2. to accept reports of Field Trips, as submitted, as attached:
    SECONDARY FIELD TRIPS 1 27 11(d).pdf
   
   
   
   
3. to approve placements for Student Teaching, Field Experiences, Classroom Observations, Internships or Externships, as attached:
    STUDENT TEACHING PLACEMENTS ETC .pdf
   
   
   
4. to approve the submission of a grant application for $10,000 for the Character Education Program at Lake Riviera Middle School
   
   
   
5. to approve the Revised Media Literacy (K-5) Curriculum (on file in the Office of the Assistant Superintendent), as submitted by the Curriculum Committee
   
   
   
6. to approve the District / Board of Education Goals for the 2010-2011 School Year. as attached:
    BRICK TOWNSHIP DISTRICT AND BOARD GOALS.pdf
   
   
   
7. to accept the District Action Plan for the implementation of the District / Board of Education Goals, as presented
   
   
   
8. to approve the School District Calendar for the 2011/2012 School Year, as attached:
    2011-2012 Brick District Calendar.pdf
   
   
   
9. to approve the submission of amendments to the Title I ARRA Consolidated Grant and the IDEA ARRA Grant
   
   
   
10. to approve the revised regulation dealing with Middle School Sports Participation fees, as attached:
     5135 a REGULATION MIDDLE SCHOOL SPRING PARTICIPATION FEE.pdf

1. to approve intra-budget transfers, as attached:
    01-27-11 TRANSFERS.pdf
   
   
   
2. to accept the Board Secretary's Monthly Certification on Budget Line Items Status as of December 31, 2010
   Pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:17-9 and 18A:17-36, James W. Edwards, Jr., CPA, testifies that as of December 31, 2010 no budgetary line item account has obligations and payments (contractual orders) which in total exceed the amount anticipated by the District Board of Education pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:22-9 and 18:22-8.1.
   
   
   
3. to accept the Board's Monthly Certification of Budgetary Major Account / Fund Status of December 31, 2010
   Pursuant to N.J.S.A.18A:17-9 and 18:17-36, we certify that as of December 31, 2010, after review of the Secretary's monthly report (statement of expenditures), and upon consultation with the appropriate District officials, to the best of our knowledge no major account or fund has been over-expended in violation of N.J.A.C.6A:23-12(c), and that sufficient funds are available to meet the District's financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year.
   
   
   
4. to accept the Board Secretary's and Treasurer of School Monies Reports of December 31, 2010, as attached:
    BOARD SECRETARY'S REPORT DEC2010 .pdf
    TREASURER OF SCHOOL MONIES FOR DECEMBER 31, 2010.pdf
   
   
   
   
5. to approve the payment of vouchers, as follows:
    50a BATCH REGULAR CHECKS 01 27 11.pdf
    51 BATCH MANUAL CHECKS 01 27 11.pdf
    51 NO 2 BATCH MANUAL CHECKS 01 27 11.pdf
    52 BATCH MANUAL CHECKS 01 27 11.pdf
    53 BATCH WIRE PAYMENTS 01 27 11.pdf
    54 BATCH MANUAL CHECK 01 27 11.pdf
    59 BATCH WIRE PAYMENTS 01 27 11.pdf
    60 BATCH WIRE PAYMENT 01 27 11.pdf
    PAYROLL 01 27 11.pdf
   
   
   
   
6. to approve the Void Check Register, as follows:
    VOID CHECK REGISTER 01 27 11.pdf
   
   
   
7. to approve funding for Home Instruction for Chapter 192/193 for the 2010-2011 School Year in the amount of $7,100                 ( Account Number 20-504-100-300-00-000)
   
   
   
8. to accept the donation of a used Howard piano from Deborah Stutler to the Music Department at Emma Havens Young Elementary School
   
   
   
9. to accept a $250 donation from Briarmill Pharmacy, Inc.  to the Veterans Memorial Middle School Cafe Club
   
   
   
   
10. to accept a donation of $380 from the Brick Memorial Wrestling Parents Booster Club for the use of the Brick Memorial High School gymnasium for a wrestling match
    
    
    
11. to accept a donation of $300 from the Brick Township and Brick Memorial Basketball Parents Club for the use of Brick Township High School Gymnasiums for practice time
    
    
    
12. to ratify an amendment to the Federal Grant for School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)(AUDIT), for the 2010-2011 school year to include $43,222.91 in carryover funds
    
    
    
13. to approve District employees being able to waive medical and dental benefits, in accordance with their respective contract and State law effective March 1, 2011
    
    
    
    
14. to approve an agreement with Spectron Group for the brokerage sale of Solar Renewable Energy Credits, as attached:
     BRICK TOWNSHIP BOARD OF ED BROKERAGE AGREEMENT.pdf
    
    
    
    
    
15. to approve a Resolution authorizing the Business Administrator/Board Secretary to sell and award Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC's) to the purchaser(s) as recommended by Spectron Group, as follows:
    
                                                                               RESOLUTION - 1/27/11    No. 15
                                                        SALE OF SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS (SREC's)
                                                  
    
         WHEREAS, the Board of Education of the Township of Brick (Board) wishes to enter into a long term contract to secure a locked-in rate for the sale of Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC's) for the next three years, and
    
         WHEREAS, the Board has entered into an agreement with Spectron Group to utilize its expertise in soliciting competitive bids from SREC purchases, and
    
         WHEREAS, Spectron Group will establish a date for the sale of SREC's based upon appropriate market conditions, and
    
         WHEREAS, acceptance of the successful bidders offered prices needs to occur the date of the sale,
    
         NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board hereby delegates the Business Administrator/Board Secretary the power to sell and award the SREC's to the purchaser(s) so recommended by Spectron Group and that the Business Administrator/Board Secretary is hereby directed to report to the Board at its first meeting after the sale of the SREC's the prices obtained and the name of the purchaser(s).
    
    
    
    
16. to ratify contracts with Preferred Children's Services for Public Donor/School Based Services, as attached:
      BMHS PUBLIC DONOR SCHOOL BASED SERVICES.pdf
      BTHS PUBLIC DONOR SCHOOL BASED SERVICES.pdf
      VMMS PUBLIC DONOR SCHOOL BASED SERVICES.pdf
    
    
    
    
    
17. to accept the donation of a new marquee (cost of marquee and installation $14,545) for the front of Brick Memorial High School from funds donated, as follows:
    
    

    FROM	AMOUNT
    Fundraising	$ 3,687.12
    Class of 2009	5,000.00
    Class of 2010	3,701.54
    Jersey Mikes of Brick	1,200.00
    Target's Take Charge of Education Funds	956.34

    
    
    
    
    
18. to approve a contract with Ocean Place for the Brick Memorial High School Junior Prom,  May 18, 2012, as attached:
     OCEAN PLACE BMHS FRIDAY MAY 18 2012.pdf
    
    
    
19. to ratify a contract with Tams Whitmark for the rental of  the production  "Bye Bye Birdie" at Brick Memorial High School, as attached:
     TAMS WITMARK BYE BYE BIRDIE.pdf
    
    
    
20. to approve a contract with MTI Production for the rental of the production "Rent" for Brick Township High School, as attached:
     MTI PRODUCTIONS CONTRACT FOR RENT.pdf
    
    
    
21. to ratify contracts for Out-of-District student placements for the 2010-2011 School Year, as attached:
     ALPHA SCHOOL.pdf
     OCEAN ACADEMY.pdf
     RUGBY SCHOOL.pdf
     WOODCLIFF ACADEMY.pdf
     EDUCATION ACADEMY.pdf
    
    
    
    
22. to ratify an incoming tuition student contract for the 2010-2011 School year, as attached:
      BERKELEY TWP.pdf
    
    
    
    
23. to ratify a change of contract for an incoming tuition student for the 2010-2011 School year, as attached:
      PEMBERTON TWP.pdf
    
    
    
    
24. to approve the Use of School District Facilities, as attached:
      SHARED SERVICES USE OF FACILITIES 01 27 11.pdf
      CHARGEABLE USE OF FACILITIES 01 27 11.pdf
      NON-CHARGEABLE USE OF FACILITIES 01 27 11.pdf
    
    
    
    
    
25. to declare the following items surplus equipment, no longer required for school purposes, and authorize the Business Administrator/Board Secretary to discard these items in accordance with N.J.S.A.18A:18A-45, as follows: 
    

1. to ratify the employment of substitutes, as attached:  
    SUBSTITUTE LIST 01 27 10.pdf
   
   
   
2. to accept, with regret, retirements of staff, as follows:
   

   nAME	SCHOOL/SUBJECT	EFFECTIVE	BRICK EXPERIENCE
   Guagliardo, Joseph	Supervisor of Maintenance	03/01/11	32 Years            3 Months
   Testa, Fred	Supervisor of Grounds	03/01/11	33 Years            7 Months
   Frese, Thomas	Supervisor of Custodians	03/01/11	29 Years            8 Months
   Davis-Rebelo, Gertrude	MIDS/Principal	07/01/11	17 Years           8 Months
   Walsh, Carol	Trans/School Bus Driver	07/01/11	12 Years            10 Months

   
   
   
3. to ratify a resignation of staff, as follows:
   

   nAME	SCHOOL/SUBJECT	EFFECTIVE
   LaDu, Karen	Kwrap/Supervisor & Substitute Teacher	12/23/2010

   
   
   
4. to approve a resignation of staff, as follows:

   NAME	SCHOOL/SUBJECT	EFFECTIVE	BRICK EXPERIENCE
   Gilsenan, Jill	EHY/Food Service Wrkr	01/31/2011	8 Years 5 Months

   
   
5. to ratify the termination of employment of MP, effective 09/03/10
   
   
   
6. to rescind employment, as follows:
   

   NAME	POSITION
   Lametta, Matthew	Technology Assistant
   Wallenstein, Brian	Technology Assistant

   
   
   
7. to ratify employment of leave replacements, as follows:
   

   ACCOUNT  #	NAME	SCHOOL/SUBJECT	EFFECTIVE	SALARY	PRO-RATA
   11-213-100-101-31-000	LoBuono, Jocelyn	EHY/In Class Support	01/28/11-     04/18/11	BA / 01 $49,735	$14,174
   11-130-100-101-25-000	Dugan, Kelly	VMMS/Grade 8	01/28/11-    05/06/11	BA /01$49,735	$17,407
   11-213-100-101-31-000	Zarilli, Christine	EHY/In Class Support	01/28/11-    04/29/11	BA /01$49,735	$16,164

   
   
   
8. to ratify employment for the 2010-2011 school year, as follows:
   

   ACCOUNT #	NAME	SCHOOL/TITLE	EFFECTIVE	SALARY
   65-990-330-110-69-000	Eisele, Samantha	PLC/Kwrap Supv	01/03/11-   06/30/11	$10.00 Per Hour

   
   
   
   
   
9. to ratify employment for the 2010-2011 school year, as follows:
   
   

   aCCOUNT #	NAME	SCHOOL/TITLE	EFFECTIVE	SALARY	PRO-RATA
   11-000-266-110-10-000	Beggs, Joy	BTHS/Cafeteria Monitor	01/31/11-     06/30/11	$10.00 Per Hour
   11-000-270-107-66-000	Gilsenan, Jill	Trans/School Bus Attendant/RA/ 6 Hours	01/31/11-     06/30/11	$13,493	$6,297
   11-000-270-107-66-000	Johnston, Joan	Trans/School Bus Attendant/RA/ 7 Hours	01/31/11-     06/30/11	$15,741	$7,346
   11-000-217-106-25-000	Porrata, Lana	VMMS/Teachers Aide	01/31/11-    06/30/11	$22,291	$10,811
   11-000-252-110-95-000	Ruhnke, Jeffrey	TECH/Technology Assistant	02/01/11-06/30/11	$30,000	$12,462

   
   
   
   
10. to ratify a change in employment, as follows:
    

    aCCOUNT #	NAME	FROM	TO	EFFECTIVE	pRO-RATA
    11-000-270-160-66-002	Pilere, Daniel	School Bus Driver/5 Hours  $13,401	School Bus Driver/6 Hours $16,081	01/31/11-     06/30/11	$7,504

    
    
    
11. to approve volunteers to Schedule "D", as follows:
    

    NAME	SCHOOL	TITLE	CLUB
    Schaible, Ben	BMHS	Volunteer Advisor	Environmental Club
    Roselli, Agnes	BTHS	Volunteer Advisor	ANIME Club

    
    
    
12. to ratify a change of a leave of absence, as follows:
    

    nAME	SCHOOL/TITLE	FROM	TO	PAY/BENEFITS
    Vargo, Joseph	TRANS/School Bus Driver	FMLA 11/29/10-              01/03/11	FMLA 11/29/10-          12/01/10  LOA 12/02/10-         02/15/11	W/O Pay, W/Benefits W/O Pay, W/Benefits

    
    
    
13. to ratify leaves of absence, as follows: 

    NAME	SCHOOL/TITLE	TYPE OF LEAVE	EFFECTIVE	PAY/BENEFITS
    Abbott, Michele	VMMS/Sr. Clk Typ	FMLA LOA	01/03/11-     01/19/11    01/20/11-    02/06/11	W/O Pay, W/Benefits W/O Pay, W/Benefits
    Dodich, Ilene	LM/Teachers Aide	FMLA	01/03/11-    01/31/11	W/O Pay, W/Benefits
    Hildner, Linda	VMES/Prin Clk Typ	LOA	01/03/11-    02/02/11	W/O Pay, W/Benefits
    Shaw, Sharon	PLC/Custodial Wrkr	FMLA LOA	01/03/11-    02/01/11    02/02/11-    06/01/11	W/O Pay, W/Benefits W/O Pay, W/O Benefits
    Cutts, Chad	VMMS/Grade 8	Sabbatical	01/18/11-    05/06/11	65% of Pay W/Benefits

    
    
    
14. to approve leaves of absence, as follows:
    

    NAME	SCHOOL/SUBJECT	TYPE OF LEAVE	EFFECTIVE	PAY/BENEFITS
    DePoto, Desiree	BTHS/In Class Support	FMLA	05/23/11-           06/30/11	W/O Pay, W/Benefits
    Lukacs, Carmen	VMMS/Grade 7	LOA	02/23/11-           02/25/11	W/O Pay, W/O Benefits

    
    
    
15. to approve Volunteers to Schedule "C" & "D", as attached:
    10-11 VOLUNTEERS-SPRING 1-27-11.pdf 
    
    
    
16. to approve employment to Schedule "C"&"D", as attached:
    10-11 SPRING ASSISTANT COACHES BOE 1-27-11.pdf
    
    
    
17. to ratify the removal of substitutes, as follows:
    

    NAME	TITLE	EFFECTIVE
    Mezzo, Thomas	School Bus Driver	12/21/10
    Merola, Robert	Teacher	12/15/10
    DeFluri, Jessica	Teachers Aide	01/04/11

    
    
    
    
18. to ratify employment for the ESL/ELL After School Instructor, funded through Title I, not to exceed thirty three (33) hours of instruction, as follows:
    

    aCCOUNT #	NAME	EFFECTIVE	SALARY
    20-231-100-101-03-000	Ryan, Theresa	02/01/2011-     04/14/2011	$45.00 Per Hour

    
    
    
19. to ratify a transfer of staff, in connection with the PERC ruling for interim relief, as follows:
    

    NAME	FROM	TO	EFFECTIVE
    Puglisi, Wayne	20-460-200-104-03-000 District Math Coach	11-000-223-104-01-000  Full Time Release - BTEA President	01/24/11-     06/30/11