Board approves Montclair State agreement, personnel items and student removal; multiple consent and finance resolutions pass by roll call

The Ridgefield Park Board of Education approved several agenda items during its June meeting, including an educational leadership agreement with Montclair State University, multiple finance and buildings-and-grounds resolutions, personnel actions (with three late revisions), and a new-business resolution authorizing removal of a student from the district roster.

Votes at a glance

- Faculty & Programs (FP 10-10): Educational leadership agreement with Montclair State University (approved by roll call). - Buildings & Grounds (11.01'11.03): Resolutions to proceed with items discussed in the committee report (approved by roll call). - Finance & Insurance (12.01'12.43): Financial resolutions including reserve allocations and year-end items (approved by roll call). - Consent Agenda (13.01'13.02): Consent items approved by roll call. - Personnel (14.01'14.38): Personnel approvals and three revisions approved by roll call. - New Business (15.01): Resolution authorizing removal of student ID 2900129292 from the district roster following notice procedures (approved by roll call).

Montclair agreement: The board moved and passed the educational leadership agreement (FP 10-10) with Montclair State University. The motion text on the agenda read: "Resolve the Ridgefield Park Board of Education upon the recommendation of the business administrator approves the attached education [agreement] with Montclair State University." The board approved the resolution by unanimous roll call.

Personnel revisions: The board approved personnel items with three revisions announced during the meeting:

- 14-06 (vacation carryover): The business administrator's vacation day carryover was revised from 12 days to 8 days. - 14-31 (extra compensation ' Title I summer program nurse): The board approved Jacqueline Rossello and Erin Aguilar to serve as school nurses for the 2025 Title I summer program. The program runs 17 days, Monday'Thursday, June 23 through July 17; nurses will work 8:30 a.m.'12:30 p.m. and be paid $50 per hour, funded through account number 223110101GSTSO6O. - 14-34 (extra compensation ' extended school-year summer program nurse): The board approved Keisha Ray to serve as school nurse for the 2025 extended school-year summer program, which runs 30 days, Monday'Thursday, June 23 through Aug. 4, with July 4 closed. The elementary program runs 9 a.m.'1 p.m.; Ray will work four hours per day at Lincoln School and be paid $50 per hour from general-fund account 11000219104SSSWO98.

New business: The board passed resolution 15-01 authorizing the district to remove student ID 2900129292 from the Ridgefield Park School District roster 21 days following the notice of final ineligibility, unless a timely appeal is filed with the Commissioner's office. The motion directed district counsel to prepare the necessary notice of final ineligibility and to inform the student's parent or guardian of the board's decision.

Roll-call votes: Several roll-call sequences recorded the same voting pattern: trustees answering in the affirmative included Mr. Cooney, Ms. Craft, Mr. Phytros, Ms. McNeil, Mr. Malue, Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Schmidt, Ms. Velez, Ms. Orth and President Martinez. Each of the listed resolution groups carried by roll call with the board recording "Yes" from the trustees present.

Administration and next steps: The superintendent and business administrator will carry out the approved personnel placements and contract activities and will provide any required follow-up reports to the board. The Title I and extended-school-year summer programs will proceed on the dates and funding sources approved by the board. The board also recorded that it will follow statutory notice and appeal processes for the student-removal resolution.

No dissenting votes were recorded in the roll call sequences included in the meeting transcript.