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Board approves minutes, calendar, policies, program and budget items; HIB report approved with one abstention
Summary
The Moorestown Township Board of Education approved minutes, the 2025–26 school calendar, policy updates, education-program placements, finance items including a donation, personnel items and the superintendent’s HIB report at its February meeting.
The Moorestown Township Board of Education approved a slate of routine and operational items at its February meeting, including minutes, the 2025–26 school calendar, multiple policy items, educational program items, finance actions and personnel items. The board also approved its superintendent’s HIB (harassment, intimidation and bullying) report; a single abstention was recorded on one item.
Key votes at a glance - Minutes (01/21/2025, regular and executive session): approved by the board. - 2025–26 school calendar: approved. - Policies and procedures (second readings and one abolishment): approved. - Educational program items: nursing services plan, home instruction for 2024–25, special-education out-of-district placements and homeless placements: approved. - Finance and business items (agenda items 1–6): approved; the board acknowledged a donation of nearly $6,000 from the Moorestown Wrestling Association to the high school wrestling team. - Employee relations (11 personnel items, as amended in executive session): approved. - Superintendent’s HIB report (substantiated and unsubstantiated cases listed in Article 10): approved; one board member abstained on UES item number 9.
How the votes were taken Most motions were approved by the standard motion/second process followed by "All in favor? Any nos or abstentions?" prompting voice or roll-call affirmation. Where the transcript recorded an abstention it was stated aloud during the meeting and recorded.
What the approvals cover The calendar vote adopts the district’s 2025–26 academic-year schedule. Policy approvals were primarily routine state-mandated updates (background checks, suicide prevention/screening protocols, service animals, and related updates). Education program approvals included standard placement and service items required for students receiving specialized instruction and supports. Finance committee recommendations included approval of overnight field trips, bids for spring athletics transportation, HVAC upgrades at Baker Elementary (with work scheduled in summer 2025 and during breaks in 2026), and acceptance of a $6,000 donation for the high school wrestling team.
Provenance: The approvals are recorded in the board minutes and in the meeting’s agenda-action portions; supporting committee briefings were provided earlier in the meeting.
Ending: The board concluded the business portion of the meeting after approving the listed items and continued with public comment and closing business.
