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Hackettstown Board approves $4.34M bill list, personnel moves and summer ESY plan
Summary
At its Oct. 8 meeting the Hackettstown Board of Education approved a $4,335,380.25 bill list, budget transfers, donations including STEM kit support, multiple personnel actions and an Extended School Year schedule for summer 2026; administrators will receive stipends for after‑hours safety-report responses.
Hackettstown Board of Education President Amy Cochran presided over the board’s Oct. 8 regular meeting, at which members approved routine financial and personnel measures that the district said support operations and student services.
The board approved a bill list covering Sept. 11 through Oct. 8, 2025, totaling $4,335,380.25 and a cafeteria bill list of $3,009.40. The board also accepted the Secretary and Treasurer reports for the month ended Sept. 30, 2025 and certified that, to the best of its knowledge, no major accounts were over‑expended as of that date.
Board members approved budget transfers and new appropriations for September 2025 totaling $308,614.04 in Fund 10 and $2,000.00 in Fund 20. The board accepted several donations, including multiple small scholarship gifts and a Mount Olive Robotics contribution of assorted LEGO® bricks and a year rental of ten LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kits valued at $7,590.00.
Administrators presented and the board approved a set of service contracts and out‑of‑district placements for the 2025‑26 school year, including behavioral analyst services, ODD placements, E‑rate consulting, and tuition agreements with neighboring districts.
On personnel matters the board voted to approve routine resignations and new hires, advancement on the salary guide, and a $28.00 hourly rate for Employee #H0001806 effective Sept. 1, 2025. The board also approved implementation of a Corrective Action Plan for Employee ID #H0001724 to address concerns reported Sept. 12, 2025, and appointed Angela Antoniello‑Mammana as Transition Coordinator for 2025‑26 with a revised stipend of $4,000.
The board approved an Extended School Year (ESY) program that will run Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., from June 29 through July 30, 2026. The board also authorized stipends for building administrators who respond to off‑duty Gaggle and StopIT safety reports. Those stipends are paid in 15‑minute increments at $21.50 per 15 minutes from 5:01 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and $42.50 per 15 minutes from 10:01 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on weekdays; the same increments and rates apply during the weekend period defined in the motion.
Motions on business and personnel items were accepted by board members Robert Moore and Dr. Bo Soobryan. The minutes note several abstentions on specific items: Mr. Burke abstained on two check numbers in the bill list; Mr. Gavin abstained from one service contract; and Ms. Strelec abstained from one listed fundraiser approval. Other listed motions carried by roll call as recorded in the minutes.
The meeting adjourned at 7:59 p.m.
