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Chatham Board approves personnel hires, donations and curriculum items in unanimous votes
Summary
At its public meeting the School District of the Chathams Board of Education approved personnel items including two new supervisors of student support services, accepted several major donations and advanced curriculum items, with roll-call votes recorded as unanimous where indicated.
The School District of the Chathams Board of Education approved personnel, finance and curriculum items during its public meeting, including the appointment of two supervisors and acceptance of multiple large donations from local education foundations and parent organizations.
The board voted to approve personnel items A1 through A25 and an addendum item (A26), including the appointment of Bridget Vasto and Katherine Steghe as supervisors of student support services. The hires were announced after a search and panel interviews; both appointees addressed the board and said they looked forward to joining the district.
The finance agenda included acceptance of several donations cited by board members: a $150,000 contribution from the Chatham Education Foundation toward phase two of the Chatham Middle School media center redesign; $95,000 from a PTO toward playground equipment at Hilltop School; roughly $20,000 from the Chatham High School PTO for outdoor benches, library furniture and related items; contributions to musical-instrument purchases from performing-arts boosters; and other gifts supporting facilities and programs.
Curriculum items (C1 and C2) were also approved. Board roll-call votes recorded the standard nine-member panel voting in the affirmative on the listed agenda blocks where indicated in the meeting record.
Board president and members conducted the votes by roll-call. The board also discussed calendar options for the 2025-26 school year and directed administrators to distribute three calendar options to families for input, removing a fourth option to avoid diluting parent feedback.
The board recorded its votes by roll-call at multiple points in the meeting; where individual yes/no tallies were announced, the meeting minutes will reflect the official record.
