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Residents press board on retroactive hiring and website transparency
Summary
Multiple public commenters raised legal and transparency concerns about the district's hiring practice for an interim principal and the board contact form on the district website; the board said it consulted its attorney and will clarify the website.
At the Middlesex Borough School District meeting, public commenters pressed the board over two governance issues: whether an interim principal had been authorized before the board's vote and whether the district website's "email the board" form actually reaches all board members.
A resident questioned the legality of an interim principal working prior to board certification and said the hiring sequence could undermine the board's oversight role. The resident read the hiring statute aloud and argued a retroactive appointment "is not legal" and would "create a bad…
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