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Board approves education consent items; board signs off on Ready, Set, Grow mentoring contract update
Summary
The Hillside board approved education consent items 1–19, including a contract update to continue the Ready, Set, Grow high school mentoring program after a lapse in contract language. One board member abstained on items 13 and 19.
The Hillside Public School District Board of Education approved items 1–19 under the education agenda, including a contract update for the Ready, Set, Grow mentoring program at the high school.
Vice President Horton Givens moved items 1 through 19 and the motion was seconded. The superintendent described item 19, saying, “Ready, Set, Grow is a mentoring program that we have at the high school. The program that has been in existence for several years. The just in the continuation of the contract, there was a lapse over period of time that we just needed to update the contract. So the Ready, Set, Grow program has been continuing, and we need to just make sure our contract is in order with the previous language.”
During the roll call, a board member identified as Mister Shapiro recorded abstentions for items 13 and 19. The transcript does not provide the contract dollar amount, vendor name or program performance metrics; those details were not specified during the public motion and roll call.
The motion to approve the consent education items passed by roll call with the recorded abstentions on the two items. No amendments or further conditions were recorded in the public transcript.
