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Board approves personnel contracts and special-education aid; members clarify provider billing and program updates
Summary
The board approved personnel actions including contracts, a paid medical leave, a replacement teacher appointment and a contract for one-on-one staffing through Burlington County Special Services; the meeting included clarifying discussion about who bills for the aide and a $259.30-per-day charge noted in the packet.
The Collingswood Public School District Board of Education approved items 12.01–12.12, clearing a set of personnel and curriculum matters including staffing contracts, a paid medical leave, a replacement teacher contract, student-teacher observations and participation in the STEMI program for the 2025–26 year.
Under item 12.02 the board approved Burlington County Special Services to provide one-on-one staffing for a student beginning April 7 through June 16. Board members and staff clarified that the student attends a Burlington County Special Services program and Burlington County will bill the district for the aide; at the meeting a presenter said the daily billing rate was $259.30. A board member raised questions about prior billing by a private vendor (ESS) and whether the contract had changed; staff clarified the current arrangement is that Burlington County Special Services is providing the aid and billing the district.
The board approved a paid medical leave effective May 20 through June 20 and a replacement teacher contract for Christina Rosser covering the same dates. The board also approved issuing contracts to administrative staff effective July 1 through June 30 and contracts to tenured and non-tenured faculty for the 2025–26 school year, as listed in the packet. The board approved substitute and tutor listings and a travel expense report tied to professional development.
During the curriculum discussion a board member highlighted a teacher-led professional development series on Google Classroom designed to build teacher-to-teacher coaching capacity, and staff said the program would help the technology team focus on hardware issues while teachers support instructional technology needs in classrooms.
The motion to approve items 12.01–12.12 passed on roll call.
