The Freehold Township School District Board of Education approved a package of consent items that included personnel actions, curriculum approvals, finance motions and formal HIB items.

What passed: Board members voted to approve personnel and policy items listed on the agenda (personnel items numbered 3–25 in the meeting packet), including retirements, resignations, new employments, leaves of absence, substitutes and other routine personnel actions. The curriculum committee’s recommendations (home instruction and course reimbursements as listed in the packet) were approved. The board also approved finance and facilities motions listed on the agenda, including the secretary and treasurer’s reports for September, bills and claims in the amount of $5,147,690.30, travel and related expenses, transfers, contracts (including an SHI contract ratification listed in the packet), disposal of surplus property and the comprehensive maintenance plan (Form M-1).

Harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB): District staff told the board there were 12 HIB cases reported since the committee’s last meeting; staff reported all 12 were determined to be founded. The board was asked to affirm bullying investigation findings and to approve the district and school HIB self-assessment grades for the 2024–25 school year; those motions were listed on the agenda and taken as part of the consent approvals.

Vote and procedure notes: Board members conducted roll-call votes on consent items; meeting minutes record that each item was moved, seconded and approved by roll call (where individual roll-call responses are listed in the record as “Yes” or “Aye”). The board recorded one abstention earlier in the meeting on an executive-session-minutes approval; subsequent consent motions were carried by roll call with no opposition reported in the public portion of the transcript.

What to expect next: Many of the approved personnel and curriculum items are routine and procedural; finance approvals will be processed by the business office. The HIB items are informational and confirm the district’s compliance with the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights reporting process as described by staff.