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Pennsauken board ratifies dozens of hires, leaves, stipends and incentive bonuses
Summary
The board approved a slate of personnel actions including multiple new hires (teachers, custodians, bus drivers), leaves of absence, resignations and retirements, revised salary steps, co-curricular stipends, transportation sign-on and referral bonuses, and bi-annual exemplary attendance bonuses across employee groups.
The Jan. 21 meeting included a broad personnel package. The board recommended ratification and approval of multiple appointments across the district: examples in the packet include Tara Wood (LDTC), Taylur Warthen (school psychologist), Sherry Forbes (special education teacher), multiple custodial and transportation hires, and a revised Work Based Learning Coordinator appointment for Jeff Ford.
The board also reviewed leaves of absence (several FMLA and personal leave cases with specified date ranges and salary/benefit conditions), resignations and retirements (including a retirement notice for Anne Marie Dewitt effective June 30, 2025), and salary adjustments effective Feb. 1, 2025 for several staff members.
The board approved updated co-curricular stipends for performing arts and marching band positions and ratified sign-on and referral bonuses for transportation staff (examples: $1,000 sign-on for bus drivers, $300 referral). The packet also listed the first portion of bi-annual exemplary attendance bonuses for categories of employees (secretaries $185, food services part-time $150, food services full-time $175, transportation $300, AFSCME $175) with long itemized name lists.
Actions were carried by motion and recorded in the meeting minutes; detailed payroll account numbers and conditions (start dates contingent on fingerprint/PPD/certifications) are recorded in the district packet and the board’s approval motion.
