Votes at a glance: Middlesex Borough School Board (May 20, 2025)

The Middlesex Borough School District Board of Education recorded several formal actions at its May 20 meeting. Key outcomes and procedural notes are listed below.

- Minutes and agenda corrections (Items 6.01–6.02): Superintendent recommended approval; motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded with one abstention (Missus Bajacek abstained from item 6.16 o2) and otherwise approvals recorded. Outcome: approved.

- Personnel actions (Items 9.01–9.12): Superintendent recommended approval. Multiple members recused themselves from specific personnel lines (examples: Missus Parenti recused from 9.12 numbers 6 and 14; Missus Vayanchet recused from 9.12 number 15). One board member stated a no vote on a specific line (9.2 number 18). Outcome: approved with recorded recusals and at least one explicit no on an item; majority of personnel items passed.

- Education items (Items 11.01–11.20): Superintendent recommended approval; roll call recorded in favor with no contested outcomes noted in the transcript. Outcome: approved.

- Policy items (identified in the meeting as policy 0167 and policy 5111 / references made to policy 5 1 1 1 and 0 1 6 7): Motion to table the specified policy items for wording clarification was moved, seconded and passed by roll call (recorded vote: 7 yes, 1 no). Outcome: tabled for later revision.

- Facilities and finance (Items 14.01–14.12): Superintendent recommended approval; roll call recorded with approvals and noted recusals on isolated lines (for instance, Gary Brenner referenced in roll call for 14.1). Outcome: approved.

- New business: motion to start a safety and security committee was moved and seconded during new business. Board members discussed scope and bylaws; rather than immediately forming a separate board-run committee the board directed the superintendent to coordinate districtwide safety procedures with principals and to present a proposal next month. Outcome: no formal vote creating a new board-run committee recorded; administration directed to proceed.

Board members used roll-call voting on the major consent and action items. The meeting record includes multiple recorded abstentions and recusals tied to specific personnel lines; where the transcript recorded an explicit vote (for example on tabling policy items) the roll-call result is reported above. Where the transcript referenced approvals without showing the full roll-call in the public transcript extract, the items are reported as approved per the superintendent’s recommendation and the roll call announcements in the meeting.

For items with specific line recusals, the board recorded the members and lines at the time of vote; those detailed line-level roll-call records are part of the official minutes.