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Board hears student strings, safety report and budget tutorial; discusses 2025–26 draft calendar
Summary
During the public work session the board heard a student strings performance, a Student Safety Data System report for Sept.–Dec. 2024, a budget tutorial from the business administrator and discussion of the 2025–26 draft calendar; public comment occurred before the consent vote.
The Franklin Lakes Board of Education’s public work session on Jan. 21 began with a student strings performance and brief board remarks, followed by three substantive presentations and a public comment period.
Mr. Maceri presented the Student Safety Data System report for September through December 2024, summarizing incident and disciplinary data for that period; later in the meeting he reported two suspensions during the suspension-report portion of the agenda. Dina Messery, Business Administrator and Board Secretary, delivered a budget tutorial intended to orient trustees to components and timelines of the 2025–26 budget process.
Board members then discussed the district’s 2025–26 draft calendar. Trustees — including Mr. Maceri, Mr. Ari Donio, Mr. Scott Loia, Mr. SeWhan Kim and Ms. Carolina Severino — raised scheduling considerations and timing for school closures. The board subsequently approved a calendar revision (Resolution 1484) as part of the consent agenda that reflects a change tied to the state Primary Election schedule: the district will be closed Tuesday, June 10, 2025, with schools open Tuesday, June 3, 2025 per the resolution text.
The meeting opened for public comment at 9:16 p.m. and closed at 9:22 p.m.; speakers identified in the minutes include a parent from High Mountain Road School and a Franklin Lakes resident. The minutes record short responses from Mr. Maceri and board president Mr. Ari Donio during the public-comment exchange.
The work-session portion emphasized routine operational information and preparatory budgeting context rather than new policy decisions. The calendar revision adopted via the consent agenda will be reflected in district communications.
