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Board approves routine minutes, personnel and student-services items and hears SSDS report and summer junior police academy
Summary
The Haddon Township School District board approved minutes, personnel and student-services items by roll call, received the required SSDS report on incidents and suspensions, and heard that the Manhattan Police will run a free junior police academy for students exiting grades 5–8.
The Haddon Township School District board approved routine minutes and a slate of personnel and student-services items and received required safety reporting at its meeting.
Chair called for approval of the regular meeting and special meeting minutes; motions were made, seconded and approved by voice vote. Later the board moved to approve agenda items in sections 7–10, including personnel items 9.1–9.19 and student-services items 10.1–10.9; the clerk conducted roll-call votes and the motions carried.
The roll-call sequence recorded affirmative votes from members identified in the minutes: Miss Billingsley, Mister Cook, Miss Nodie, Mister Kendall, Tricoci, Miss Statter, Miss Williams and Miss Stable; additional names were recorded later for personnel votes in the transcript (Mister Gentry, Ritchie, Miss Stauber, Miss Ingram). The motions were recorded as approved in the meeting record; specific appointment details for items 9.1–9.19 were presented in the consent agenda and not read into the public transcript.
Superintendent presented the required SSDS (Safety and Security Data System) report summarizing incidents of violence and vandalism from September through December. Slides shown to the board reported a total of 11 incidents at middle- and high-school levels and noted that middle-school suspensions have declined, which the superintendent and the middle-school principal attributed to recent practices.
During the superintendent's portion of the report he also announced a partnership with "the Manhattan Police" for a free, one-week junior police academy in the summer for students exiting grades five through eight; the program will use district space and require student applications. The superintendent described the program as free and designed for students interested in law enforcement or who might benefit from additional structure.
Chair closed the public-comment portion of the agenda after hearing none. The board set a special budget meeting for March 6 at 6:00 p.m. and adjourned.
