Board approves consent agenda (7.1–11.2); abstentions recorded; district architect addresses board

The Mount Olive Township School District Board of Education approved its consent agenda covering items 7.1 through 11.2 by roll call after a motion and second, with multiple abstentions and limited recorded 'no' votes on items noted in the meeting as "+1" (item label not specified in the public transcript).

Nut graf: The consent vote included appointments and routine business; the agenda also listed a formal appointment of an architect of record under agenda item 10.29, which was the subject of public comment from the district’s longtime architect.

Motion and vote: A board member moved to approve items 7.1–11.2 and the motion was seconded by Board Member Mrs. Aquino. The motion carried on a roll call vote. During the roll call several members gave qualified responses as recorded in the meeting transcript: - Mrs. Fenton — yes. - Mrs. Aquino — "yes to everything but +1" (the transcript did not specify which agenda entry '+1' refers to). - Dr. Giordano — recorded as "no to +1, no to +1, and yes to everything else" (the specific agenda reference '+1' was not identified in the public transcript). - Mrs. Melendez — "no to +1, and yes to the remaining." (specific item not identified in transcript). - Mrs. Narcisse — abstained on items 10.14 and 10.17; yes to everything else. - Mrs. O'Neil — abstained "from anything from Christian Humphrey" and yes to everything else (the transcript does not identify the precise agenda entries related to Christian Humphrey). - Mr. Orzillo — yes.

Because the roll-call statements in the public record referenced shorthand (+1 or person names) without matching explicit agenda item text in the transcript excerpt, the meeting record here notes those references exactly and marks the underlying item(s) as "not specified" when the transcript did not provide a clear agenda-link.

Public comment and architect discussion: During the public-comment portion, Anthony John Faccaro of "Gian Faccaro architects and engineers" — who identified himself as the district architect for 26 years — spoke to the board and requested that he be allowed to finish projects on which his firm is currently working (CMS HVAC and roofs at CMS and Mountain View, as he identified them). He said he was "proud" of his work and asked to complete the projects even though a new architect would be appointed for future work.

Superintendent's response: The superintendent, Doctor Bancha, responded to Faccaro's remarks and told him the existing contracts were in good standing and that the district intended for those current projects to be completed under the existing contract arrangements: "the projects that you are currently working on, you are contracted for, and we wish for you to complete those contracts absolutely," the superintendent said in response to the public comment.

Ending: The board moved from the consent vote to the public-comment period, received the comments from the longtime district architect, and recorded the roll call outcomes and abstentions as shown in the public record. The transcript did not include the full agenda text for every shorthand roll-call remark (items referred to as "+1" or by person name), so those specific item links are marked as not specified in the record below.