Board approves routine personnel, curriculum, finance and policy items and moves to closed session on legal matters

The Summit Board of Education on Sept. 11 voted to approve a series of routine agenda items and later voted to enter executive session to discuss attorney–client privileged matters and pending or anticipated litigation.

Early in the meeting, the board moved and passed approval of the superintendent's report, which included a listed new hire. The board later approved the superintendent's recommendations on HIB investigations, approved curriculum items and new courses recommended by the Education and Student Activities Services Committee, and passed multiple finance, operations and personnel agenda items. During the finance discussion the board recorded an addition to the agenda (page 5, item k) for a cost of $78,300.

The policy committee presented mandated updates and recommended first readings for several policies and second readings on others; the board approved the readings as part of the agenda. Near the end of the public meeting, the board read and adopted a resolution to move into executive session under NJSA 10:4‑12b to discuss matters "covered by attorney‑client privilege and pending or anticipated litigation," and indicated the executive session was anticipated to last 20 minutes with no public action expected afterward.

The board then moved to adjourn and did not return to public session. The meeting was recorded as adjourned at 7:13 p.m.