The Englewood Board of Education approved a consent agenda and several walk-in resolutions at its regular meeting, including the appointment of special legal counsel, a shared‑services resolution with the City of Englewood and a memorandum of understanding with the Bergen Performing Arts Center for arts programming.

The board approved minutes of the Aug. 4 and Aug. 21 meetings by roll call. Board members recorded their votes individually during the roll call; the minutes motion passed with the board recording Yes votes from Miss Banks Watson, Miss Wiggins, Dr. Banks, Mister Matthews, Miss Rivera, Mister Flores, Miss Hicks, Miss Haber and Mister Feinstein.

A motion to move to executive session to discuss legal, personnel and contractual matters was made and seconded and decided by voice vote; the meeting later reconvened by motion and second.

Three walk-in addendums were read into the record and included on the consent agenda: (1) appointment of the law firm Clery, Jacoby, Alferi & Jacobs LLC as special legal counsel in the matter referenced on the agenda, (2) a shared‑services resolution with the City of Englewood (the resolution as approved specifies five hours rather than “5 to 15 hours”), and (3) an agreement with the Bergen Performing Arts Center (BergenPAC) for a two‑semester arts program covering Sept. 2025–Dec. 2025 and Jan. 2026–June 2026 for a total of $25,000. The board president opened public comment on the consent agenda before the roll call vote.

During the roll call to approve the consent agenda the motion was moved by "David" and seconded by "Ronique." Several members recorded exceptions on individual consent items: Mister Matthews said he supported everything except item 26P17 and recorded a No on that item; Mister Flores recorded No on item 26‑10 (the shared services item); and other board members recorded No votes on specific personnel or vendor entries listed under item 26‑17 (the transcript lists multiple names as No votes for that subitem). The remainder of the consent agenda and the walk‑ins passed by roll call.

No formal motions to rescind or to table items were recorded. The board closed public comment on the consent agenda and moved to general public comment and new/old business after the vote.

The board president adjourned the meeting at the close of business.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to move to executive session to discuss legal, personnel and contractual matters: moved, seconded, voice vote; outcome: approved.
- Motion to reconvene from executive session: moved, seconded, voice vote; outcome: approved.
- Approval of minutes of Aug. 4 and Aug. 21: roll call; outcome: approved (Yes: Banks Watson; Wiggins; Dr. Banks; Matthews; Rivera; Flores; Hicks; Haber; Feinstein).
- Consent agenda (as amended) including walk‑in addendums (appointment of Clery, Jacoby, Alferi & Jacobs LLC as special legal counsel; shared services resolution with City of Englewood amended to five hours; BergenPAC MOU for $25,000 across two semesters): moved by David, seconded by Ronique; outcome: approved by roll call with recorded No votes on specific subitems (see transcript for item‑level exceptions).