Woodbridge board approves multiple committee recommendations, moves into closed session

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — The Woodbridge Township Board of Education on Nov. 20 approved a series of committee-recommended items across several committees and went into closed session to discuss personnel matters and a student matter.

The board first heard a closed-session statement that identified personnel and a student matter as the topics to be discussed privately. "The discussion to be held in closed session will be regarding personnel matters and privacy interests," the chair read before a motion to enter closed session was made and carried.

After returning to public session, the board moved to adopt the superintendent's agenda, which included 14 recommendations. The motion to adopt the superintendent's recommendations was made by Mister Trebwasser and seconded by Miss Perez; roll call votes recorded assent from members present. Committees then presented and won approval for their items: the communication policy and planning committee (2 items), the curriculum/extracurricular/technology committee (11 items), the finance and insurance committee (10 items), the safety and security committee (2 items), dining and transportation (7 items), and the personnel committee (40 items). Each committee motion was accompanied by a roll call vote that recorded 'Yes' from members present.

A board member announced an abstention on a named personnel entry during the dining and transportation roll call. The speaker stated they "will be abstaining on the name Linda Trebwasser on item 25" and otherwise voted yes on the remaining items in that group. The transcript does not provide additional detail about item 25 in public session.

The board also approved the minutes of the previous meeting and recorded that no bids were received for the record.

What happens next: Most items adopted were routine committee recommendations; the board did not discuss substantive policy changes on the public record at this meeting. The board adjourned after public comment and brief community remarks.

Vote and action provenance: The transcript records motions and roll-call votes for entering closed session (motion carried), adopting the superintendent's agenda (motion carried), and committee adoptions as listed above. The abstention on item 25 was announced during the dining and transportation item roll call.