Hazlet Township board approves minutes, financials and multiple staff hires

The Hazlet Township Public School District board approved its minutes and financial reports and passed the superintendent’s consent agenda at the meeting.

Board staff read several personnel resolutions recommended by the superintendent, including the rescission of a previously submitted resignation and appointments for classroom and support roles. The consent agenda named Jennifer Merrick as a part‑time occupational therapist at MA Step 1 with an annual salary of $46,000, effective Sept. 23, 2024 (or sooner); Alexandra Vorga as a kindergarten teacher at Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center at MA Step 3 with an annual salary of $59,500, effective Sept. 1, 2024; Nicole Ballard Moore as a kindergarten teacher of students with disabilities at Sycamore Drive at level B Step 12 with an annual salary of $72,000, effective Sept. 30, 2024 (or sooner); and Denise Paholic as a school secretary at Raritan High School on Step 1 with an annual salary of $42,585, effective Oct. 1, 2024. Those appointments were read aloud during the superintendent’s consent agenda and then approved by roll call vote.

The motion to approve the minutes and financial reports was made and seconded and carried by roll call. The consent agenda motion was likewise moved and seconded and carried by roll call; individual affirmative responses were recorded during the vote. A separate notation was made later in the meeting that Mister Thius would abstain from superintendent’s report item 1; that abstention was recorded during roll call.

The board heard no legislative update and invited public comment under the standard limits (two-to-three minutes per speaker) but no substantive public comments are recorded in the transcript. The meeting concluded after a motion to adjourn and brief informal remarks.