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Vernon board approves personnel appointments, contracts, grants and capital change orders
Summary
The board approved the superintendent and business‑administrator consent items, including personnel appointments, district curricula updates, summer program hires, acceptance of grants and donations, award of a food service management contract, Elizabethtown Gas service extensions and several kitchen equipment change orders for school cafeterias.
The Vernon Township Board of Education approved the superintendent's and business administrator's recommended consent items during the meeting, adopting personnel appointments, curricula updates, grant applications, donations and vendor agreements included on the agenda.
Under superintendent resolutions the board approved faculty and staff appointments, summer program staffing, the extended school year schedule (ESY, July 7–31, 2025), and a set of personnel rates for summer case management and evaluations (examples in the packet: $40 per meeting for CST summer members; $400 per summer evaluation; case‑management not to exceed 20 days). The board also approved an acting principal appointment at Vernon Township High School: Nicholas Demczak as acting principal, 06/19/2025–07/31/2025, at a $100 per day stipend, as shown on the agenda.
At the business‑administrator portion the board approved multiple district contracts and donations listed in the agenda. Notable approvals and items discussed included:
• Awarding food service management services following an RFP process to Masius Food Services Inc (agenda language). The agenda said five proposals were received and Aramark requested to withdraw its proposal; the board accepted the withdrawal and moved forward with the recommended award.
• Approving Elizabethtown Gas nonresidential gas extension contracts to bring natural gas service to five schools (Walnut Ridge, Cedar Mountain, Rolling Hills, Lounsbury/Lansbury Hollow and Glen Meadow) for the district's capital planning; the district noted Elizabethtown will run the external lines at no charge to the district and the district will pay for internal building connections.
• Approving several change orders for kitchen equipment at Lansbury (Ellansbury/Lansbury) and other buildings funded from the school lunch fund (Fund 60). For example, one change order for a commercial dishwasher totaled $164,349.51; the agenda stated $150,000 of that amount was covered by a dishwasher allowance and the remaining $14,349.51 would be added to the contract.
• Accepting grants and donations listed on the agenda, including an $86,000 Local Recreation Improvement Grant for a Rolling Hills playground project, an application to the Elevate Career and Technical Education Innovation Grant (one‑time $50,000 request), and in‑kind or monetary donations from school community associations and external donors (Albertsons gift cards, agricultural environmental donations for science programs, and SCA contributions for field days and assemblies).
A policy committee member explained a housekeeping item to abolish several policies that no longer apply because the duties are handled by approved job descriptions or administrative practice; the committee noted it will retain the superintendent policy required by statute. The board approved the consent and business items by roll call; the meeting transcript records that the motions carried.
