Board honors students, staff and state-champion baseball team; moves to executive session

The Middlesex Borough Board of Education opened its meeting with a series of recognitions and ceremonial items before moving into executive session.

Chair remarks included an acknowledgement of the districtboard's Spanish interpreter, Suzette Marie Carter, and a reading of the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Law notice. The chair read a resolution honoring three board members for service and read a condolence resolution for John Kaiser, the district treasurer who the resolution said served 27 years and passed on 12/03/2025.

The board recognized Arianna as Student of the Month for "care, focus and perseverance" and invited her to the podium. The board also honored Erica Jungels as Employee of the Month for her work at Middlesex High School, citing her professionalism and support for students.

Athletics were highlighted when the board recognized the Middlesex High School baseball team for a 23–5 season and the school's Group 1 state championship. A district representative listed roster members and presented championship rings to students and family members.

After the recognitions, the chair read a statement invoking the Open Public Meetings Act's provisions on executive sessions and moved that the board meet in executive session on Dec. 17, 2025 to discuss attorneyclient privileged matters, confidential student matters and confidential personnel matters. The motion was moved and seconded on the record; the roll call recorded affirmative responses from members, and the board announced it was entering executive session.

The meeting record provided does not name the motion's mover or the member who seconded the motion. Roll-call responses recorded in the transcript include affirmative votes from several members (names recorded on the roll call in the meeting record). No public deliberation on the executive-session subjects occurred before the board left the public meeting.