May 25, 2021 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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A. CALL TO ORDER
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B. FLAG SALUTE
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C. WELCOME
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Welcome to a meeting of the Board of Education of the Township of Holland. Please be advised that this and all meetings of the Board are open to the public and media, consistent with the Open Public Meetings Act (Chapter 231 Laws of 1975); and that advance notice as required therein has been provided. This is a regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Township of Holland at which formal action may be taken. The public will have an opportunity to be heard as indicated on the Agenda, at points in the meeting provided for the public to address the Board.
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D. ROLL CALL
Davis___ Hackmann___ Hance___ McGuire___ Muller___ Schilder__ Walker___ |
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E. CORRESPONDENCE
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F. EXECUTIVE SESSION
WHEREAS the “Open Public Meetings Act” (Chapter 231 Laws of 1975) authorizes a public body to exclude the public from that portion of a meeting at which specified topics are to be discussed under circumstances where the public consideration of such topics will clearly endanger the public or where the personal privacy or guaranteed rights of individuals whose activities or affairs are to be discussed would clearly in danger of unwarranted invasion; be it RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Township of Holland now adjourns its public session to reconvene in Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the following: __Confidential Matters by Law or Court Order __Purchase Property __Personnel Matters __Invasion of Individual Privacy Employee or Student __Investigation into Violations of Law __Suspension, Civil Penalty or Loss of a License or Permit __Disclosure would Impair District’s Right to Receive Funding __School/Public Security __Collective Bargaining __Pending, Ongoing or Anticipated Litigation And be it further RESOLVED that the matters discussed in Executive Session will be made public when confidentiality is no longer required. |
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F.1. Motion to Enter Executive Session
Motion made by ______, seconded by ______, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools the Holland Board of Education enter Executive Session at ______ to discuss _________. |
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F.2. Motion to Enter Public Session
Motion made by ______, seconded by ______, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools the Holland Board return to Open Session at __________. |
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G. CONSENT AGENDA
Motion made by ______, seconded by ______, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools that the Holland Township Board of Education approve the consent agenda as follows:
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Roll Call Vote: Hackmann___Hance___McGuire___Muller___Schilder_____Walker___Davis___ |
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G.1. Approval of Minutes
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools that the Board approve the Regular minutes of April 27, 2021 meeting and the Executive session minutes of April 27, 2021. |
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G.2. Bill List
Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools that the Board approve the Bill List dated May 25, 2021 check numbers N0514 thru N0439 in the amount of $593,757.35. |
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G.3. Finance
1) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools that the Board approve the transfers for the month ending March 31, 2021 as submitted by the Superintendent, as authorized by N.J.S.A. 18A:22-8.1. 2) To accept the Holland Township Board of Education's certification that the Superintendent, Stephanie Snyder, recommends that the Board of Education accept the monthly financial reports of the Board Secretary and the Treasurer of School Moneys for the months ending March 31, 2021 she recommends in compliance with N.J.A.C. 6:20-2.13(3) that the Board of Education certify that no major account or fund has been overexpended and that as of this report sufficient funds are available to meet the District's financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year. 3) Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools that the Board accept the School Business Administrator/Board Secretary's, Brian McCarthy certification as required by N.J.A.C. 6:20- 2.13(d), that no line item account has been over expended as of March 31, 2021 and that as of this date sufficient funds are available to meet the District's financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year |
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H. BOARD PRESIDENT REPORT
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I. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
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J. PRINCIPAL REPORT
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K. COMMENTS: PUBLIC - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY
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L. EDUCATION
Motion made by , seconded by , to approve the following items: Roll Call Vote: Hackmann___Hance___McGuire___Muller___Schilder_____Walker___Davis___ |
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L.1. Accept Superintendent's Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying Report
RESOLVED that the Holland Township Board of Education accepts the Superintendent's Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying report for April 16, 2021 - May 10, 2021 and affirms the actions of the administration. (0 investigation, 0 found to be HIB). |
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L.2. Revise 8th Grade Graduation
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education moves the 8th Grade graduation date to June 10, 2021 @ 6:00 pm with a rain date of June 11, 2021 @ 6:00 pm. The graduation ceremony will be held at Delaware Valley High School outside stadium. |
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L.3. Approve Stem Donation
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education accepts the Stem Family Donation of face covering for the graduating 8th grade class. The Board recognizes and thanks the Stem Family for their continued and generous support of our school district. |
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M. PERSONNEL
Motion made by , seconded by , to approve the following items: Roll Call Vote: Hackman___Hance___McGuire___Muller___Schilder_____Walker___Davis___ |
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M.1. Approve Substitutes
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves the following substitutes for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years: •Anjili Kinney: Teacher Aide/Secretary/Cafeteria Aide •Sherri Karcher: Teacher Aide/Cafeteria Aide |
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M.2. Approve Long Term Substitute
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves Ms. Michelle Small as Long Term Substitute - Special Education Teacher for the 2021-2022 School Year. The per diem rate will be 1/200th of Step 1 of the 2020- 2021 HTEA salary guide ($263.90) Subject to be adjusted after settlement of contract. |
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M.3. Approve Extra and Co-Curricular Activities Directors
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves the following staff as extra and co-curricular activities directors, for the 2020/2021 school year as per negotiated contract: Position/Staff Members/Stipend
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M.4. Approve Maternity Leave/NJ Family Leave Insurance Program/FMLA/NJ Family Leave Act
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves Kelly Mullooly's maternity leave utilizing FMLA starting on or about October 1, 2021 for the maximum 12 weeks. Mrs. Mullooly will utilize 7 Sick and 3 Personal Days. FURTHER RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves Kelly Mullooly's NJFLA leave request utilizing New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Program to begin after FMLA Leave for the maximum 12 weeks. FURTHER RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves Kelly Mullooly's request for unpaid leave for the remainder of the 2021-2022 with a return to work date as the first day of the 2022-2023 school year. |
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M.5. Approve ESY Personnel
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves the following personnel to work the Special Education Extended School Year (ESY). The program will be in effect from July 1, 2021 - July 29, 2021; 4 days per week. Teachers and Nurses will work from 8:30 am - 1:00 pm and Aides will work from 8:45 am - 1:00 pm. If a child who has a 1:1 aide has a scheduled absence for 3 or more consecutive days, the aide's services will not be needed at that time. Services will resume when the child returns. Salary Rates are subject to adjustment after settlement of contract. Nurse (Schedule to be worked out between nurses. Only 1 nurse per day) T. J. Hirsch: $47.88 per hour Lori Matthews: $47.88 per hour Speech Therapist Rose Branosky: $57.79 per hour Special Education Teacher Preschool: : ESC Employee Primary: Allison Kays $47.88 per hour & Ryan Pfenning $47.55 per hour Middle School: Wade Chilmonik $50.12 per hour Aide Primary: Gina Viespoli: $26.75 per hour Occupation Therapist Alison Nickel: $62.28 per hour Commission of the Blind |
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M.6. Approve Special Education Transportation Aides for ESY
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves all 2021 ESY Special Education Aides as transportation aides for the summer 2021 Special Education Extended School Year Program with an hourly salary rate as per the negotiated HTEA contract. |
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M.7. Approve Summer Technology Assistance
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves the following summer technology assistance employees with an hourly rate of $12.00 per hour not to exceed a total of 400 hours:
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M.8. Approve Summer Custodian Personnel
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves the following summer custodial employees at an hourly rate of $12.00 per hour: •Chris Fleischman •Bryce Parenti •Travis Jones •Logan Maczko •Konner Lippincott •Lori Matthews |
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M.9. Accept Resignation
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education accepts with regret the resignation of Alfons Mayer (Part-Time Custodian) effective June 30, 2021 for purposes of retirement. |
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M.10. Approve Unpaid NJFLA/NJFLI Leave
RESOLVED that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent the Holland Township Board of Education approves Mr. John Horak's request for unpaid NJFLA leave (New Jersey Family Leave Act) utilizing NJFLI (New Jersey Federal Leave Insurance) beginning on or about September 14, 2021 until on or about September 21, 2021. |
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M.11. Approve Media Specialist Teacher Shared Services Contract with Bloomsbury Board of Education
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves Shared Services contract for Media Specialist Teacher with Bloomsbury Board of Education for the 2021-2022 School Year. FURTHER RESOLVED The Annual contract amount is $775.16, .01 FTE $77,516 (subject to change upon contract settlement) |
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N. POLICY
Motion made by , seconded by , to approve the following items: Roll Call Vote:Hackmann___Hance___McGuire___Muller___Schilder_____Walker___Davis___ |
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O. FINANCE AND FACILITIES
Motion made by , seconded by , to approve the following items: Roll Call Vote: Hackmann___Hance___McGuire___Muller___Schilder_____Walker___Davis___ |
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O.1. Approve Penn Medicine 2021-2022 Contract for OT/PT Services
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approved Penn Medicine FY 22 OT/PT services contract. Penn Medicine provides these services to SID # 7875264920 at the Marie Katzenbach School for Deaf students at a cost of $93.00 per visit. |
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O.2. Approve Special Education Receiving Tuition Contracts for Franklin Township School District
RESOLVED, that upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves receiving Special Education ES tuition contracts with Franklin Township School beginning May17, 2021 through the end of this school year. Student SID #4133619587 Tuition will be prorated based on $21,835.00. The 2021-2022 contract will be $21, 835.00 with special services and consulting per IEP |
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O.3. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Tuition Contracts with Marie H. Katzenbach New Jersey School for the Deaf
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the FY22 tuition contracts for SID # 7875264920 to attend the Marie H. Katzenbach New Jersey School for the Deaf. 2021-2022 School year tuition $55, 647 2021-2022 Personal Assistant $36,000 |
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O.4. Approve Commission for the Blind and Visuallly Impaired (CBVI) Contract for 2021-2022 School year.
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approve the Education Level 2 contract with CBVI for the FY 22 school year not to exceed $5,000 for SID # 4738866897 for required services. |
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O.5. Approve 2021-2022 Itinerant Services Contract with Mountain Lakes Board of Education.
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the FY 22 Itinerant Services for Students with Hearing Loss contract with Mountain Lakes Board of Education for SID #4902310234 for $6270.00. |
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O.6. Approve FY22 Tuition Contracts with Pohatcong Township School
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approve the FY22 receiving tuition contracts with Pohatcong Township School District. Holland Township School will provide student SID # 163708115 with LLD Special Education services: Tuition $18,108.00 Special Education Aide 2021-2022 $ 28,000 Related services: OT/PT and or speech if required from the IEP. ESY $1810.80. |
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O.7. Approve Behavior Consultation Services contract with Success Across the Spectrum LLC for 2021-2022 school year
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the 2021-2022 Behavior Consultation Services contract with Success Across the Spectrum LLC. The contract will be for the 2021-2022 school year. Contract rate is $125.00 per hour. |
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O.8. Approve Homebound Instruction contract with Silvergate Prep
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the homebound instruction contract with Silvergate Prep. The cost will be $47.88 per hour for a total of 10 hours per week. Possible 30 hour total. |
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O.9. APPROVED 2021-2022 RECEIVING TUITION CONTRACT WITH ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves an LLD receiving tuition contract with Alexandria School for the 2021-2022 school year. The contract tuition cost is $18,108.00, ESC aide $28,000 plus related services per IEP to be determined. SID#5093620276 |
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O.10. Approve Security Gates Proposal
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached proposal from Summit Door LLC for installation of security gates for the interior of Holland Township School.The total cost for the installation of 5 gates is $30,475.00 |
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O.11. Approve Proposal for UV Light System for HVAC Roof Top Unit (RTU)
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached proposal from McCloskey Mechanical Contractors Inc. for the installation of UV Light System Unit in RTU. The total cost of the installation is $3321.00 purchased through the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC) Cooperative Purchasing Bid: HCESC-SER-12A-HVAC Services. |
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O.12. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Tuition Contract with Morris Union Jointure Commission RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached tuition contract with Morris Union Jointure Commission to provide Special Education Services to SID #4501568792 for the 2021- 2022 school year. The total cost of the contract is $97,866.00
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O.13. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Full-Time Personal One-to-One Teacher Assistant contract with Morris Union Jointure Commission.
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached FY22 Personal One-to-One Teacher Assistant contract with Morris Union Jointure Commission. The Aide will be servicing SID# 4501568792. The total cost of the contract is $71, 300. |
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O.14. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC) Para-professional contract.
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached FY22 with HCESC to provide Paraprofessional services to Holland Township school per terms and conditions of attached contract. |
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O.15. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Medical Assistant contract with Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC).
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached FY22 Medical Assistant contract with HCESC to provide Medical Assistant to Holland Township school per terms and conditions in attached contract. |
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O.16. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Case Manager contract with Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC)
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached contract with HCESC to provide Case Manger services to Holland Township School per terms and conditions of the attached contract. |
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O.17. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Public School Services contract with Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC)
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached FY22 Public School Services contract with HCESC to provide Public School Services to Holland Township School per terms and conditions of the attached contract. |
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O.18. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Services and Rates from Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission (HCESC)
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves the attached FY22 Services and Rates from the HCESC. |
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O.19. Approve 2021-2022 (FY22) Food Services Contract with Maschios Inc.
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education, approves the attached FY22 Food Services contract with Maschios Inc. The Management Fee for the contract is $8,912.59, in which Maschios' guarantees that the district's operational loss can not to exceed $10,000. |
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O.20. Approve Special Education Receiving Tuition Contracts for Kingwood Township School District
RESOLVED, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Holland Township Board of Education approves receiving Special Education ES tuition contracts with Kingwood Township School beginning May 17, 2021 through the end of this school year. Student SID 5763171500 . Tuition will be prorated based on $21,835.00 The ESY program is $2500.00 with tuition of $2183.50 2021-2022 Contract will be $21,835.00. |
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P. SUPPLEMENTARY MATTERS
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Q. COMMENTS: PUBLIC - GENERAL
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The Holland Township Board of Education welcomes input from public entities and/or private persons as described in Policy #0167. At the discretion of the presiding officer, comments may be limited to three minutes in length.
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R. EXECUTIVE SESSION
WHEREAS the “Open Public Meetings Act” (Chapter 231 Laws of 1975) authorizes a public body to exclude the public from that portion of a meeting at which specified topics are to be discussed under circumstances where the public consideration of such topics will clearly endanger the public or where the personal privacy or guaranteed rights of individuals whose activities or affairs are to be discussed would clearly in danger of unwarranted invasion; be it RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Township of Holland now adjourns its public session to reconvene in Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the following: __Confidential Matters by Law or Court Order __Purchase Property _XPersonnel Matters __Invasion of Individual Privacy Employee or Student __Investigation into Violations of Law __Suspension, Civil Penalty or Loss of a License or Permit __Disclosure would Impair District’s Right to Receive Funding __School/Public Security __Collective Bargaining __Pending, Ongoing or Anticipated Litigation And be it further RESOLVED that the matters discussed in Executive Session will be made public when confidentiality is no longer required. |
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R.1. Motion to Enter Executive Session
Motion made by ______, seconded by ______, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools the Holland Board of Education enter Executive Session at ______ to discuss _________. |
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R.2. Motion to Enter Public Session
Motion made by ______, seconded by ______, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools the Holland Board return to Open Session at __________. |
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S. ADJOURNMENT
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S.1. Motion to Adjourn
Motion made by ______, seconded by ______, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools that the Holland Board of Education adjourn the meeting at ________. |