Call the meeting to order.
I'd like to call the December 3rd, 2018 reorganization meeting to order
and announce that this meeting is being audio recorded
per Ford guidelines.
All votes are recorded as roll call votes unless otherwise stated.
Mr. Friends, would you please call the roll?
Okay. Mr. Abel. Here.
Dr. Cronin.
Mr. Here.
Must have a stick. Here.
Miss Mimi, you're Dr.
Sharp here.
Miss Sucre.
Here. Mr. Singer.
Dear Miss Stoner here.
Eight present, one absent.
Thank you. At this time.
Please rise if you are able and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance
to the
United States of America Institute.
Republican stance.
One nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
I would ask
that if you speak tonight, please use your microphone so that Mr.
Singer can pick us up on the on the conference call.
At this point, may I have a motion to approve
the December 3rd, 2018, Derry Township School District
Board of Directors reorganized and meeting agenda So moved.
Thank you, Miss Many a second.
Thank you, Mr. Drew.
Is there any discussion?
This is a consent vote.
All those in favor say aye. Aye.
Any opposed? No, thank you.
Are there nominations at this point?
We'll move to the election of officers.
Are there any nominations for the position of temporary president?
Can we nominate you?
Sure,
sure. I nominate Kim.
All right, Any second. Second.
Thank you, Mr. Dykstra.
Is there motion to close the nominations?
So moved.
This is my highest moment.
You're going out with a bang.
All right.
Hearing none.
The nominations are closed, Mr. Friends.
Roll call.
Vote to have me serve as temporary president.
Mr. Abel?
Yes, Miss Drew. Yes.
Miss Harris.
Dick? Yes, Miss Mary? Yes.
Dr. Shah?
Yes, Mr. Speaker?
Yes. Oh, I'm sorry.
Mr.. Mr.
Singer.
Thank you for picking me up on that one.
Mr. Singer.
Yes, Miss Steiner? Yes.
Eight zero.
Thank you. Thank you.
I will accept the nomination at this point.
I will now accept nominations for the position of President
for the ensuing year.
I nominate Kathy Secker second.
Thank you, Miss Mimi.
Thank you, Mrs. Harris. Taken, Ms.. Drew.
Are there any additional nominations?
Is there any discussion?
I'd like to make a comment. Sure.
I nominated Kathy.
I think she has done a fantastic job.
I think this is the fourth time I've been through reorg.
It was a no brainer for me that Kathy would be our president.
It's been very stressful.
This is the first year that I think we just
it's been the best board to serve on.
And I think she has tried her best to make it healthy
and transport parent and engaging and making everybody feel important.
And from my perspective, this has been the best board.
And I think that you deserve a second term because you've done a great job
and there's no reason you shouldn't have it.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd also like to just make a comment, Mrs. Drew.
At last year's reorganization meeting, I was new to the board and sworn
in that evening and believe at the time I made a comment that
I was voting that evening because I felt that in
previous organizations that I've served on advisory
or governing boards of that it was appropriate to change leadership
on an annual basis
or at whatever time the bylaws called for.
And so that drove my vote at the time,
because I didn't have any board experience here on the school board
in the year that has now since passed.
It's been an honor and privilege to serve with everyone on here.
But I particularly admire Kathy and the leadership she's shown to
so many new individuals like myself who came on to the board.
And in looking back and reflecting and realizing that there are opportunities
for growth and change of opinion and the way that we do things,
I just wanted to address the fact that I am supporting
Kathy tonight for a second term, which is in
opposite of what I've previously said,
but it's because I believe that we as a board work well together.
And Kathy's leadership is a very large part of that.
And I think that there are a lot of really great
things happening for our district and our students and our administration.
And I think that Kathy is the best person suited to continue that at this moment.
Thank you, Ms.. Drew.
Yeah, I agree.
Also, I think, Kathy, you've done a wonderful job
as president and as a newbie, I've really appreciated all your support.
I mean, you get back to us like that.
You know, we've texted you.
I know I've texted you on weekends when I've had trouble with my email
and everything. And you always are so quick to respond.
And I love the updates you give us every week
of what's going on in the district that's been so helpful.
But you really have given us everything we need
to prepare for meetings and everything and you just it's been just wonderful.
So I want to thank you for that
and I look forward to serving again this next coming here.
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
Thank you, Mr. Bostic. Any other discussion?
Thank you very much for your strong work, and thank you especially for agreeing
to do it for another year.
Thank you.
Any other comments?
Yeah.
And I would add, I think Kathy certainly deserved another term.
And as a must have or you said, you've always been very responsive
and I think you're you're
respectful of other opinions, although we don't always disagree.
I think you've done a good job
making sure everyone gets a chance to express their views.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you so much.
Any others?
All right.
I agree.
Thank you.
This is a standard.
Okay. Oh, and so does Terry.
I'm sorry. I wanted to be on the record there, Terry.
This is a standard roll call vote, Mr.
Friends.
Miss Drew? Yes.
Miss. Have a stick.
Yes, Ms.. Maybe.
Yes, Dr. Sharp? Yes, Mr. Speaker.
Yes, Mr. Singer?
Yes, Miss Stoner?
Yes, Mr. Abel? Yes, sir.
Congratulations. Congratulations, Ms..
Thank you.
I happily relinquish my position
in handicapped. Dangerous.
Thank you for such a great job.
Thank you.
Okay.
I will accept nominations for the position of vice president for the ensuing year.
I'd like to nominate Lyndsey Drew second.
Okay.
Are there any other nominations?
Okay.
Is there any discussion?
I I'll say something.
Of course,
I it's been an honor to be the vice president
of the school board, and I've enjoyed it and I've taken it seriously.
And I hope I did a good job, even though I don't know what I did.
But you never you never absent.
So there's not too much to do.
But I feel that Lyndsey has
strong leadership qualities.
I've never, in our term on the board, seen anybody so prepared,
so passionate, like just so knowledgeable about everything.
And I think that this is a natural step for you
as you move into bigger leadership roles.
I think that this is a good this is a good place for you to go next,
and I'm happy to relinquish my position to you.
Thank you.
I feel the same way.
I think Lindsey is always comes very prepared and it.
You've been an awesome vice president and I do have some things to say
at the end as well.
But I think the one thing about a vice president is always want to be able
to jump in and go to agenda plan and be prepared and engaged.
And I know Lindsey will do that.
Yes, I agree.
I'm looking forward to having Lindsey
serve as vice president, because I think that
I, I would like to see the vice president roll serve as sort of a stepping stone
to more leadership and maybe one day be a president.
And I can see Lindsey also becoming president.
So I look forward to her embracing that role.
And I know she's going to continue
to do a good job being prepared and leading all of us in that way.
Any further discussion
at the standard roll call vote?
Mr. Friend.
Mr. Stick. Yes.
Miss Mary?
Yes. Dr. Sharp.
Yes, Miss Seger?
Yes, Mr. Singer?
Yes, Miss Steiner.
Yes, Mr. Abel.
Yes. Mr..
Yes. Eight zero.
Congratulations to.
I think that's the first time in four years that we've had
everybody since to our nomination.
Authorization of signature change.
We don't need this one.
Okay.
We will announce the appointment of delegates and committee members
at one of the January 2019 meetings.
Probably the first one.
So I'm just going to I'll be getting back to your requests for
if you have any changes.
Is there any other business at this time?
Okay.
And board president's remarks, I just wrote down a few things today.
First of all, I would like to thank Maria Mimi for your service as vice president.
As last year, you did an amazing job.
The one thing that always impressed me that you're always engaged,
prepared and very dedicated to this district and the school board.
So that's very much appreciated. Thank you.
And I'd also like to say that I wish us another great year together, building
on the rapport momentum that we've had that we've developed over the last year.
And I look forward to working with each of you.
And I also want to thank you once again for your time and energy
that you put toward the board and the school district.
This is recognition of citizens.
Are there any citizens or taxpayers who would like to come forth to speak?
I'll read you my paragraph if you want to.
You get 5 minutes, but I don't see anyone coming forward.
I'm not going to read it. Okay.
The next board of directors meeting will be held on December
17th, starting at 7:00 in a district office boardroom.
May I have a motion to a jury?
Adjourn this reorganization meeting.
So moved second. Lindsey and Maria.
This is a consent vote.
All those in favor say I and all those opposed say no.
Okay. The meeting is adjourned at 711.