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Resident tells board she has sued over superintendent's automatic-renewal clause as policy 1220 is adopted
Summary
A public commenter told the Middlesex Borough Board of Education she filed a Superior Court lawsuit seeking a declaration that a provision in Dr. Freeman's employment contract allowing automatic renewal conflicts with newly adopted Policy 1220, which the commenter said requires an affirmative roll-call approval for contract renewals.
A community member told the Middlesex Borough Board of Education on March 25 that she had filed a Middlesex County Superior Court lawsuit challenging section 8 of Superintendent Dr. Robera Freeman's employment contract. The commenter said Policy 1220, adopted by the board that evening, requires a superintendent contract to be approved by a recorded roll-call majority and that the contract's section 8, by contrast, provides an "automatic renewal for four years . . . unless a board acts to stop it by January 20, 2027," effectively renewing by silence rather than by vote.
The commenter said she is asking the court to declare section 8 void so any continuation of Dr. Freeman's employment beyond June…
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