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Roselle Park board approves tentative 2025–26 budget and routine policy, personnel and education items
Summary
At its public meeting the Roselle Park Board of Education voted to approve a preliminary 2025–26 budget submission to the county and approved multiple routine agenda sections including a first reading of district policies, personnel actions, education items and harassment/discipline incident reports.
The Roselle Park Board of Education approved a tentative budget submission for the 2025–26 school year and a package of routine agenda items at its April public meeting.
Business official Ms. Mauer presented preliminary budget figures and said the district would submit the budget to the county the following day and adopt it at the next board meeting in April. In the presentation Ms. Mauer said the tax levy accounts for 44.5% of the budget and described other revenue sources; she listed state aid at 39.2% and gave specific line items including a $917,000 reserve, special revenue of $4,596,373 and miscellaneous revenue of $3,358,948. Ms. Mauer described expenditure categories such as support services, administration, out-of-district tuition, transportation, benefits, regular programs and special services. She also summarized curriculum initiatives including a new math curriculum pilot, a social studies pilot from McGraw Hill for grades 2–8, and continuing implementation of UFLI phonics for K–2.
After the presentation the board approved the business section and the tentative 2025–26 budget by roll call. The board also approved: a first reading of district policies (policy section), a package of personnel actions (appointments, retirements, resignations, substitute approvals, coaching and other staff items), the education section (ESY program, multilingual learner program, field trips, intern agreements, summer staffing and related items) and a set of harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) incident reports. Votes were taken by roll call; motions and seconds were given on the floor and recording showed board members voting yes on the listed items (see actions below). One board member abstained on agenda item 27.
Nut graf: The board’s approvals move the district toward the formal budget adoption process while enacting routine personnel and policy measures that are typically approved as grouped agenda sections.
Votes at a glance - Policy section (first reading) — Motion approved by roll call. No discussion recorded. - Personnel section (appointments, retirements, resignations, substitutes, coaching, maternity leave revisions, proctors, paraprofessional hours, etc.) — Motion approved by roll call; trustees offered brief acknowledgements of departing staff during discussion. - Education section (ESY 2025 program, multilingual learner program, calendar revision, preschool parent workshop, field trips, university intern agreement, conference reimbursements, summer staffing, etc.) — Motion approved by roll call. - Business section including agenda item 26 (2025–26 tentative budget submission) — Motion approved by roll call; Ms. Mauer said the submission would be filed with the county the next day and adopted at the next meeting. - Harassment/Intimidation/Bullying incident reports — Motion approved by roll call for the listed HIB incident numbers.
Board members and officials on record during roll calls included Mark Fernandez, Lucy Figurito (spelled variously in the transcript), Z (Zia/Zee) Fante/Infante, Jennifer Makar, Chris Monroe, Constance Quintella, Vice President Reagan and President Doctor Kirkland. Several roll calls recorded unanimous or near-unanimous yes votes; one abstention was recorded on agenda item 27.
Ending: The board set its next regular meeting for Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (open session with executive session beginning at 5:30 p.m., Roselle Park High School Auditorium) and adjourned following a motion and second.
