Board approves multiple committee recommendations, personnel and other agenda items
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Summary
At its Oct. 16 meeting the Woodbridge Township Board of Education approved a series of committee recommendations across communications, curriculum, finance, dining, transportation and personnel; roll-call votes passed the motions with one recorded abstention on a personnel/curriculum item noted by a board member.
The Woodbridge Township Board of Education approved multiple committee recommendations and routine items during its Oct. 16 meeting, voting on minutes, committee agendas and personnel actions across several committees.
Key approved motions included:
- Adoption of the minutes from the previous meeting (motion by Mister Sedona; second by Mister De LaPietro). The motion passed on roll call.
- Adoption of a set of 15 superintendent-recommended items (referred to on the agenda as “4000” series). The motion was made by Mister Treebawser and seconded by Mister De LaPietro and passed on roll call; Miss Perez recorded an abstention on item number 12 and voted yes on the remaining items.
- Communication, Policy and Planning Committee: Ten recommendations from the committee were moved by Mister Coughlin and seconded by Miss Perez and approved by roll call.
- Curriculum, Extracurricular Activities and Technology Committee: Twelve items were moved by Mister Sedona and seconded by Mister Coughlin and approved by roll call. Board members offered public praise for program effectiveness and data-driven “course corrections” in the committees’ work.
- Finance and Insurance Committee: Four items were moved by Mister Trevasser and seconded by Miss Perez and approved by roll call.
- Dining and Transportation Committee: Four items were moved by Miss Perez and seconded by Mister De LaPietro and approved by roll call.
- Personnel Committee: Seventy-two personnel items were moved by Mister De LaPietro and seconded by Mister Sedona and approved by roll call; one item (item 38) was noted for a specific extension for Valerie Strauss.
Each committee’s motion was presented on the superintendent’s recommendation and voted on by roll call. The meeting record shows unanimous or near-unanimous approval for the listed committee motions where votes were read; the single abstention recorded on the 4000 series was limited to item 12. The transcript does not list the full text of each motion or the underlying item descriptions; the agenda and supplemental materials identify the items for public inspection.