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Board moves to revise committee structure; proposal dissolves personnel committee and creates communications, climate and special‑ed oversight panels
Summary
The board read and moved to adopt a resolution revising committee structure: dissolve the personnel committee, merge athletics into a 'curriculum and co‑curricular' committee, create a standing communications committee and a standing climate and culture committee, and establish an ad hoc special education oversight committee. Policy committee directed to update policy 9130. Transcript does not contain an explicit, complete roll‑call tally for final adoption.
The Bordentown Regional School District board debated and moved a resolution to change its committee structure, aiming to align committee work with board priorities and governance best practices.
The chair read a proposed resolution that would: retain strategic planning as an ad hoc committee; dissolve the personnel committee; merge the athletics and curriculum committees into a single "curriculum and co‑curricular" committee; keep the negotiations committee as a standing committee but exempt it from a minimum meeting requirement; restructure the legislative committee into a legislative delegate and alternate; establish a standing communications committee to oversee a board newsletter and communications; establish the climate and culture committee as a standing committee; eliminate the base representative position; and create an ad hoc special education oversight committee. The policy committee was directed to review and revise policy 9130 and related bylaws to reflect these changes.
During discussion, board members argued for the climate and culture committee to remain active so it can review discipline data and examine potential disparities. "What we did in that committee was review discipline records to see if there were trends with certain minority groups being disciplined different than others," one member said, arguing that regular review helps identify disparities.
Board members and counsel emphasized that the ad hoc special education oversight committee would examine districtwide programmatic and budgetary issues while protecting student privacy. As one participant explained, "board members are not gonna have access to student records of special education students, unless the rare case where there's some reason why I would come before the board." The chair also noted these changes will be referred to the policy committee for formal drafting.
A motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded. Several members voiced assent during the proceeding, but the complete roll‑call tally and a formal recorded outcome for the motion are not fully captured in the provided transcript segments; therefore the transcript does not unambiguously show the final recorded outcome for this particular resolution.
If and when policy committee returns revised language for policy 9130, the board will consider it in accordance with board policy and applicable notice requirements.
