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Superintendent's recognition and students of the month
Superintendent Dr. Freeman opened the segment by calling forward students of the month from Lamont Annex, Lafayette, Smalley, Community Middle School and Bound Brook High School. Recipients included kindergarten through 12th-grade students recognized for classroom achievement, citizenship and extracurricular participation. School staff presented brief descriptions of each honoree’s interests and future plans.

Governor’s Educators and service awards
Bound Brook presented Governor’s Educator of the Year recognitions for individual buildings and named winners for teacher and educational specialist honors. Honorees included elementary- and district-level teachers and specialists praised for classroom leadership, bilingual support and student services. The high school highlighted Joelle Smith as teacher of the year and Deb Paulson as educational specialist of the year for Bound Brook High School; other building-level honorees were recognized at the meeting.

Master Board Certification and county leadership
The board announced that it received the Carol E. Larson Master Board Certification, an award the superintendent said places the board in the top 5% of New Jersey boards. The district also recognized board member Danny Minhas for completing boardmanship certification and congratulated board president Richard Jannuzzi on his selection as president of the Somerset County School Boards Association.

Ceremonial items
The recognition items were ceremonial; the board took no policy action during the awards portion of the meeting. Board members took photographs with honorees and trophies and thanked staff and parents for their contributions.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","5-21-2025 Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Bound Brook Board of Education honored students of the month and multiple Governor’s Educators of the Year in a ceremony at the May meeting; the district also highlighted receiving the Carol E. Larson Master Board Certification from the Somerset County School Boards Association.","taxTitle","Bound Brook School District, School Districts, New Jersey","taxId",38828,"location","New Jersey","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6537795,"Bound Brook board approves personnel and operational resolutions; minutes and HIB cases cleared",1774,4615000,6389000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3430521-dadd1f62e0e54aaa10223ac000fe9770&start=4615&end=6389","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3430521-dadd1f62e0e54aaa10223ac000fe9770/thumbnail_4615000.jpg","/articles/6537795/New-Jersey/Bound-Brook-board-approves-personnel-and-operational-resolutions-minutes-and-HIB-cases-cleared","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6537795-517b1c116eb31f31536be247e32402ea/orig.mp4?Expires=1771034957&Signature=VleZ34KrvSYIJB3z5ia9-MQWNAqzZ7c1w2aHZihf6pHjJxv3r1cHe8R7XHGlQbwD880QrZZNR1Z8OB1h0b2JXh41Fox8lwSAQX-bUCTY~~DYrIN4Q7pLfkEXyF-t12sAhvnwuUEIVB4-tp~gimwh2FNl~Z8LQP5V1~o15-6re80EgJgCiMliOmZw00nuq6QQuag179vQ0YrUb~ZhcoLBnDTfNg7Tcnmx-p0mn0iNmVF92Z6J~4CoSr6OLrqKZPxTDSoZqaANEvcGBv44367TCxy855fvQ~-OU2j4nudYQMEgtj7TfU0tmmthqzWY26KBViHjIYvsaOzzA0MwqnhJRw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Bound Brook Board of Education approved the meeting minutes and a slate of personnel, education and operations resolutions, and accepted recommended actions on harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) cases at its May meeting.

Minutes and routine resolutions
The board approved the minutes for the April 30, 2025 meeting (agenda item 6.1). The motion was moved and seconded; one board member — Mr. Joseph Incalcaterra — recorded an abstention on the minutes vote and the motion otherwise passed.

Personnel and education packages
The board approved the personnel resolutions listed as items 7.2 through 7.49 on the agenda (motion moved by Mr. Dawson and seconded by Mr. Incalcaterra). The board also approved the district education resolutions, items 8.2 through 8.19. Both packages passed on roll call with all voting members recorded as \"yes\" on those items.

Operations and contracts
The board approved the district operations resolutions (items 9.2 through 9.34) by roll call; those resolutions include operations matters the operations committee discussed earlier in the meeting. At the operations committee meeting staff reported that seven firms bid for custodial services and that SJ Services submitted the lowest bid at $999,936; the recommendation to award the custodial contract to SJ Services for $999,936 was placed on the agenda for approval that night as part of the operations package.

HIB cases and executive session
The board approved HIB case resolutions for the high school (item 14.2) and for middle and elementary schools (item 15.2) by roll call. Earlier the board also moved into executive session under NJSA 10:4-11 to discuss agenda items listed as 1, 7 and 8; the board adopted the motion to enter executive session by unanimous voice vote.

How the board voted (summary from the meeting record)
- Minutes (04/30/2025): Passed; recorded abstention by Joseph Incalcaterra; remaining voting members recorded yes.
- Personnel resolutions (7.2–7.49): Passed by roll call (unanimous yes among voting members present).
- Education resolutions (8.2–8.19): Passed by roll call (unanimous yes among voting members present).
- Operations resolutions (9.2–9.34), including custodial-contract recommendation to SJ Services ($999,936): Passed by roll call (unanimous yes among voting members present).
- HIB approvals, high school (14.2): Passed by roll call.
- HIB approvals, middle/elementary (15.2): Passed by roll call.

No individual roll-call tallies were read aloud in full for every vote beyond the oral confirmations recorded in the meeting transcript; all motions noted as \"passed\" in the meeting minutes were recorded by roll call in the transcript. The board chair and the meeting administrator conducted roll calls for each package.

The board did not take public votes to adopt any new local policies during the meeting; the actions were approvals of personnel items, routine education resolutions and operations items already discussed in committee.","At its May meeting the Bound Brook Board of Education approved minutes, a set of personnel, education and operations resolutions, and HIB case actions. One abstention was recorded on minutes approval; several packages passed by roll call.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6537799,"Trainer reviews School Ethics Act, disclosure rules and advisory opinions with Bound Brook board",2955,78000,3033000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3430521-dadd1f62e0e54aaa10223ac000fe9770&start=78&end=3033","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3430521-dadd1f62e0e54aaa10223ac000fe9770/thumbnail_78000.jpg","/articles/6537799/New-Jersey/Trainer-reviews-School-Ethics-Act-disclosure-rules-and-advisory-opinions-with-Bound-Brook-board","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6537799-5e4d38153e7fae57b4d45e2353234aaf/orig.mp4?Expires=1771034957&Signature=N4uWHQzXPOj-6oqP0pN1xCehIRxenuLgtSFpfIEutaHqqiiQBhvGzJxGrZEVbTgjwGzHz0ftdPX4Eq7JM5Z15~k3Jb7pu9Q5cpVQZriLqHLnydDtioPWisLrmPxBDL070rf8kFWTD784WmLlH~0f9u685NrIFE6jofwGvypmS85g4g6Vn3cDCC4z-5u3A09kpUAN6GNE8dFUzszJwLDliyxOyuaJ28byZK3CPM1m4eFPXj9G054-sQnD-oJyaBVt-WjaxqEUtwS0~aBfctwCd1D-ApIvrmkKdjatOrF~m7wONK80WFxl59Akn2dHH-pqBRjuobGcg-VkBMup~kWnGQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Patty Reese of the New Jersey School Boards Association reviewed the School Ethics Act and the School Ethics Commission’s procedures during the Bound Brook Board of Education’s May meeting, laying out when board members must file financial-disclosure forms, how advisory opinions work and the disciplinary steps the commission can take.

Reese told the board that new school officials must file disclosure statements within 30 days of being sworn in and that annual disclosures are due April 30. She said recent training requirements include completing Governance 1 within 90 days of swearing-in and noted that other governance modules are due within the first year or after re-election, depending on the module.

The training focused on practical standards set by the School Ethics Act, including the “reasonable person” standard the School Ethics Commission uses to judge whether conduct creates “a justifiable impression” that public trust has been violated. Reese said the act defines both mandatory training for board members and a set of prohibited acts that apply to all school officials, including certain administrators.

Reese explained advisory opinions and complaints: a board member can request an advisory opinion from the commission before taking action and the commission can make advisory opinions public if six commissioners vote to do so; such opinions are anonymized if published. She cautioned that failing to follow an advisory opinion can lead to harsher sanctions if a complaint is later filed. \"If you ask the advisory opinion, and you don't follow it ... your penalty will be harsher,\" Reese said.

The presentation ran through enforcement options available to the School Ethics Commission. Reese described the statutory penalty ladder that can include a reprimand, a censure (followed by a local-board resolution), suspension (during which the official loses access to board materials and may not sit on the dais) and, rarely, a recommendation for removal. She emphasized that commission recommendations are reviewed by the state commissioner of education and are subject to appeal.

Reese reviewed real advisory opinions and complaint findings from recent years to illustrate common issues: board members intervening in personnel matters outside of a noticed meeting, campaign materials that identify a candidate as a sitting board member and cases where familial or business ties required recusal. On campaign speech and social media, she said the commission looks at content, context and whether a reasonable person would view the post as an act taken in the capacity of a school official; a written disclaimer may help but is not a guaranteed defense.

Reese also covered conflicts that arise when a board member or immediate relative works for the district, guidance about participating in contract or hiring discussions, and limitations on volunteering when that role could place a board member in a supervisory position over staff or students. She advised board members to consult the board attorney when unsure whether a conflict requires recusal.

The training concluded with practical reminders about the filings, deadlines and how to find advisory opinions and prior commission rulings on the New Jersey Department of Education website. Board President Richard Jannuzzi introduced the presenter and Michael Gorski conducted the meeting’s roll call.

The board spent about an hour on the session; Reese offered to provide the linked advisory-opinion list and slides for further review.

The training items were informational and no board action was taken during the presentation.","Patty Reese of the New Jersey School Boards Association led a roughly hour-long training at the May Bound Brook Board of Education meeting explaining the School Ethics Act, required financial disclosures, recusal rules and potential penalties for violations.","actionData","errors"]

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