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Pennsauken Board approves personnel hires, payment applications and routine budget items
Summary
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education on Oct. 14 approved a slate of personnel appointments, multiple construction payment applications and the district’s October bill list totaling $12.76 million, and carried addendum items including large payment applications for the PHS Magnet project.
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education on Oct. 14 approved a wide-ranging consent agenda that included personnel appointments, construction payment applications and approval of the district’s October bill list and payroll.
At the meeting held at the Board of Education Administration Building, the board ratified hires and reassignments across the district — including a long-term language-arts substitute appointment for Elizabeth McDonald and multiple instructional assistant, custodial and security positions — with start dates contingent on standard fingerprint, medical and certification clearances. Several resignations and separations and payments for unused sick and vacation days were also approved.
The board approved several construction and vendor payments. Notable items include Payment Application #1 to Arthur J. Ogren, Inc. for the Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center Pre-K addition in the amount of $562,596.44 and a Payment Application #5 final to W.J. Gross, Inc. for the Longfellow Park Improvements project of $76,406.00. On the meeting addendum the board also approved Payment Applications #6 and #7 to Nacom Companies for the PHS Magnet School addition totaling $1,768,824.77.
District business actions included approval of the October bill lists and payroll with a combined total of $12,759,209.80 and board certification of the Treasurer’s and Secretary’s reports for September 2025. The board also approved budget/account transfers and recommended line-item adjustments for September.
Procurement and contract actions approved included the award of a professional development contract to Open-Up Resources for literacy professional development (twelve on-site days, not to exceed $60,000), renewal of a one-year sodium chloride supply contract with Morton Salt, Inc. (contingent on 2025–26 budget appropriation), and the purchase of 475 new desk telephones for the district from Bluum USA, Inc. for $54,891.25.
Board motions to approve the full consent agenda (items 1–59) and later to approve addendum items were moved by Mr. McDevitt and seconded by Mr. Alves and were recorded as carried; the agenda motion and addendum motion were entered into the record without itemized roll-call tallies in the meeting packet.
The board set the next business meeting for Nov. 18, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at Pennsauken High School.
