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Board approves personnel and special-education contracts; public urges bus GPS funding and board retains transportation consultant
Summary
The Cinnaminson Township Board of Education approved personnel actions and special-education contracts on Jan. 15 while a public commenter urged the district to budget for GPS units on school buses; the superintendent said GPS is planned for next year’s budget and the board retained a transportation consultant at $600 per day on an as-needed basis through the end of the year.
The Cinnaminson Township Board of Education approved a slate of personnel actions and several special-education contracts on Jan. 15 while members of the public pressed the district about bus safety and GPS tracking.
Under Section 12 the board approved appointments, reappointments, transfers, resignations and retirements, leaves of absence, salary-guide advancements, extra-duty appointments, mentor teachers, a student teacher placement and other personnel items listed in the agenda. The motion to approve Section 12, items a through k, passed; one board member announced an abstention from letter f during the vote.
During the discussion of personnel, a board member asked specifically about a transportation-department consultant listed in the agenda who will be paid at a per-diem rate of $600. The superintendent said the consultant’s services were retained to provide transitional expertise after the prior head of transportation retired and that the district anticipated a “very limited need” for the consultant. He said the approval would be in place “through the end of the year to be called on an as needed basis.”
In Section 14, special education, the board approved two home-instruction agreements with First Children’s Services: one to provide home instruction for a transition-program student from Jan. 8 through the end of the school year at $215 per day, and another home-instruction agreement from Jan. 10 to June 30 at $70 per hour plus $10 per day per teacher for travel. The board also approved a placement at Bancroft School for one student from Dec. 11 to June 30.
During the public comment portion of the meeting, resident Britney Rolavis raised safety concerns and asked where the district stood on budgeting for GPS units on its bus fleet. Rolavis said the GPS are important for safety and tracking and asked when the district would purchase them. The superintendent responded, “It is our intention to put it to the budget for next year,” and added that the district switched transportation software last year and now has the back-end platform to integrate GPS if funding is approved. He declined to promise what would ultimately be in the finalized budget and offered to follow up with the commenter after the meeting.
Votes at a glance: the board approved Section 12 (personnel) items a–k, with one member abstaining on a named subitem; the board approved Section 14 special-education items a and b (First Children’s Services agreements and the Bancroft placement). The actions were recorded as passed during the meeting’s consent agendas.
Board members recorded public condolences earlier in the meeting and thanked staff for facilities work and CPR training programs; no additional formal direction or binding policy changes on transportation procurement were recorded at the meeting.
