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Mount Olive board hears $1M NJ Cool Grant for Tintz project, flags bus-driver shortfall and questions about co-teaching coach position
Summary
Trustees heard that an NJ Cool Grant award could provide up to $1,000,000 for the Tintz project and that the district faces new transportation costs tied to the Mount Olive Grove community; a public commenter challenged the creation of a co-teaching coach position and the board said the role is budget-neutral and repurposed from an existing allocation.
At the Mount Olive Township School District board meeting, trustees received committee updates that included a finance report announcing NJ Cool Grant approval that will support up to $1,000,000 for a project at Tintz, a review of budget-planning timelines for 2026'—27, and discussion of growing transportation needs connected to the Mount Olive Grove community.
"We got the NJ Cool Grant approval. So, that will support up to $1,000,000 for our project at Tintz," Miss Fitzgerald, who presented the finance committee report, told the board. The committee also reviewed the district's budget schedule and said budget-training sessions will be scheduled this month and that demographic and capacity studies are under consideration with quotes expected in December.
Board members raised transportation as a…
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