The Barnegat Township Board of Education approved multiple committee motions and several personnel hires at its June meeting, while tabling two policy items for further review at the board's July meetings.
The board voted unanimously to adopt the finance committee package (motions 1'1), approve personnel motions (1'8) and pass education committee motions 2 through 6. The governance committee's proposed first reading of Policy 2430 (co-curricular activities) and the Frog Street curriculum presentation were both tabled to July. The board also approved new-business items including acceptance of a $250 donation for the Real Media winners and several personnel actions presented in executive session.
Board President Joseph Sarno called the meeting to order and led roll call before the board opened public session, which had no public speakers. Roll-call votes on the major motion packages showed unanimous "yes" votes from the nine members present. The board moved into executive session for personnel matters and reconvened to approve actions arising from that session, including the HIB incident report and multiple hires for the 2025-26 year.
Among the personnel and new-business approvals, the board approved Renee Rogers as the ACES teacher for the 2025-26 school year (step 8) and approved John Fiorentino for the director of special education position for the 2025-26 year; the transcript's stated annual salary figure for Fiorentino was unclear in the record and is therefore not specified here. The board accepted a $250 donation from the Barnegat Police Department to fund gift cards for the Real Media winners. A motion to approve a summer school substitute was also approved.
Votes at a glance
- Finance motions 1'1: approved (roll-call: Miss Journey, Ms. Continenza, Miss Jeannie, Mr. Hearn, Mr. Nowski, Miss Tarnowski, Miss Washburn, Miss Ternowski, Mr. Sarno; tally: unanimous yes).
- Education motion 1 (Frog Street curriculum): tabled to July regular meeting.
- Education motions 2'6: approved (roll-call: unanimous yes).
- Governance motion 2 (first reading Policy 2430 co-curricular activities): tabled to July regular meeting; Governance motion 1: approved.
- Personnel motions 1'8: approved (roll-call: unanimous yes).
- Executive session motion to discuss personnel: approved; subsequent actions from executive session (HIB incident report, hires) approved on reconvening.
- New-business approvals from reconvened session: HIB incident report approved; summer school substitute approved; Renee Rogers approved as ACES teacher (step 8); John Fiorentino approved as director of special education (salary not specified in transcript); Barnegat Police Department donation $250 accepted.
No motions failed and no recorded votes opposed or abstained in the roll-call records contained in the meeting transcript. Two items explicitly were tabled for further review at the board's July meetings: the Frog Street curriculum and Policy 2430 (co-curricular activities).
Details and context from committee reports: the finance committee reviewed the bills list, home instruction and a shared-service agreement for ice hockey; the Buildings, Grounds, Transportation and Food Services committee reported on summer equipment purchases, bus deliveries and continued work on an electric vehicle grant and new routing software; the education committee reported that the Frog Street curriculum review remains pending and that the district will convert a 54-passenger bus into a STEM bus.
The board recessed for an on-site data-harvest activity and later reconvened to conclude the agenda and adjourn. The board confirmed meeting dates for the 2025-26 school year and indicated committee meetings through July.