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Galloway board tables policy 5517 on student ID hotline after public debate
Summary
The Galloway Township Board of Education on July 14, 2025 voted to table Policy 5517 (agenda item 10.2), postponing final action so the policy committee and counsel can address public concerns about placing a suicide-prevention hotline on student ID cards.
The Galloway Township Board of Education on July 14, 2025 voted to table Policy 5517 (listed as agenda item 10.2), postponing final action so the policy committee and district counsel can review public concerns and statutory requirements.
Supporters of delaying the vote cited unresolved parental-notification and phrasing questions. Board member Richard Days moved to table the policy; Ethel Hermano seconded. The motion to table passed on a roll call vote of 8–1 (Mrs. Belinda Chester: yes; Dr. Parmenter: yes; Virginia Loria: yes; Mrs. Avery: no; Mr. Days: yes; Mr. Gentile: yes; Ethel Hermano: yes; Vice President Brasheara Blau: yes; President Suzette Carmen: yes). The board described the tabling as a temporary step…
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