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Wayne Board adds approval of student settlement to the agenda, cites two OAL dockets
Summary
The Wayne Board of Education added an item to its Jan. 22 agenda to approve a settlement and general release in a student-related matter, citing two Office of Administrative Law dockets; the agenda motion passed with a discrete item (m2 item 22) recorded as opposed by several members.
The Wayne Board of Education on Jan. 22 added a resolution to its regular meeting agenda to approve a settlement agreement and general release in a student-related matter. The clerk read the item into the record, identifying the pupil by district case number 4557294286 and citing two Office of Administrative Law docket numbers: EDS-O4694-25 and EDS-11809-25.
The clerk read the full motion that the board, upon the superintendent's recommendation, would approve the settlement and authorize the board president and secretary to execute the agreement. The business administrator and the superintendent were authorized to take further steps required by the settlement's terms to implement it.
Chair opened the meeting to public comment on agenda items only and the session heard a single comment of thanks from Christy Stoffee, co-president of the Wayne Township Administrators Association. No speakers raised concerns about the settlement during the agenda-only comment period.
Board members then moved to approve the full meeting agenda. Missus Rigoloso moved the motion and Mister Paul seconded. During roll call votes on the agenda, several members cast votes specifically opposing an item identified in the packet as "m2 item 22," but the motion to adopt the agenda otherwise passed. The clerk announced the motion passed except for the listed exception.
The board did not discuss the settlement's substantive terms in public during the meeting; the motion as read authorized execution and implementation consistent with the documents attached to the agenda.
The board will execute the agreement as authorized and staff were directed to take steps to implement any provisions required by the settlement, as read into the record.
