Voorhees board approves routine agenda: policy, curriculum, personnel, finance and facilities items

The Voorhees Township Public Schools Board of Education approved a block of committee-recommended items at the meeting, including policy updates, curriculum items, personnel recommendations and routine finance, transportation and buildings-and-grounds matters.

Policy committee chair Brant Stewart reported the policy committee recommended approval of several items, including first-read policy 92-80 (parent conferences) and second-read policy 0143 (board member election/appointment) and policy 24-22 (statutory curricular requirements). A motion to approve all policy items passed unanimously after online voting.

The board also unanimously approved curriculum items after a motion moved by Rudder and seconded by Seward. The personnel slate (moved by Rosen; seconded by Kedover) likewise passed unanimously following the personnel committee report, which had discussed an employee termination, an NJ CUSAC appeal, a residency-hearing update and an employee-leave matter.

Finance committee chair Mister Rosen summarized the committee's review of finance, transportation and facilities items. The committee discussed a solar feasibility proposal from a consultant (described as a New Jersey School Boards Association consultant) and decided to postpone formal consideration of a full feasibility study and RFP development to 2026 because the district lacks bandwidth to complete a comprehensive evaluation this year. Rosen also reported construction change orders for the Voorhees Early Childhood Development Center: the board approved a drainage-trench change order to address water pooling and scheduled the work for winter break to avoid disrupting student transportation; a second change-order request (a pipe relocation tied to an equipment swap) was not approved and was removed from the night’s vote.

Other items — including transportation approvals, the Marietta field agreement (awaiting township action), monitoring of the Du Bois East Town Center redevelopment and a planned food service RFP — were discussed and either recommended for approval by committee or noted for future review.

Key formal votes recorded in the meeting minutes included: - Approval of the Oct. 29, 2025 meeting minutes (mover: Stewart; seconder: Rudder). Online voting recorded 8 yes votes, 1 abstention (Rosner); motion carried. - Block approvals for policy, curriculum, personnel, finance, transportation and buildings & grounds items — all passed unanimously in online voting.

The board did not take action on the pipe-relocation change order for the early childhood center that lacked prior notification and cost documentation; that item was withheld from the vote. The finance committee said it will reconvene on relevant construction and solar items in January 2026.

No contracts, ordinance adoptions or resolutions requiring further public hearings were adopted at this meeting; the board closed the meeting with a routine adjournment vote.