The Hunterdon Central Regional High School Board of Education approved 15 operations and transportation agenda items that covered routine finance reports, procurement, transportation agreements and grants. One item—the request for proposals for professional legal services—generated a divided vote and discussion about timing.

Among the approved items the board authorized issuance of a request for proposals for a demographic survey to assess student population changes and development impacts, approved joint transportation agreements (one agreement listed at $33,714 and another at $8,316), and approved the purchase of four 54‑passenger school buses at a total price of $622,940 using district funds.

The board also voted to apply for and accept an educational grant from the Mark Schoenwetter Holocaust Education Foundation (up to $750) to reduce transportation costs for a Holocaust curriculum trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; accepted donations from the American Red Cross totaling $1,750 ($750 for the Red Cross Club and $1,000 for physical education); and accepted a $100 ShopRite gift card donation to offset staff event costs.

Trustees debated item 6, the RFP for professional legal services. Several trustees said now may not be the appropriate time to solicit new legal counsel because the district has recent leadership changes—new superintendent and other new administrators—and said it would be costly and time‑consuming to bring new counsel up to speed on ongoing litigation. Mrs. Kellogg explicitly urged postponing the RFP: “I just I have to disagree. In terms of fiscal responsibility, it sounds very expensive to interview and bring new attorneys up to speed on some very serious litigation the district is facing,” she said. Mrs. Kellogg, Mrs. O'Donnell and Mrs. Gong cast no votes on item 6 while other trustees voted yes; the motion nevertheless carried.

On the full slate of operations and transportation items a roll call recorded yes votes from a majority of trustees; the board approved all items on the agenda. The administration said the RFP process would be open to all vendors, including the district’s incumbent counsel, and that the intent was to begin the procurement cycle so a contract decision could be made in the normal annual cycle.

Board members asked administration to proceed with the demographic study and to return procurement documents and vendor responses to the board for review as the process proceeds.