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Board approves consent agenda, transportation, education and personnel items; Oakrest to house egg-laying hens for environmental club
Summary
The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District board approved consent business items (B1–B11), transportation items (T1–T22), education and personnel items (E1, P1–P8) by roll call; Hal recused from B1 and Edmonds recused from P4. Board clarified B8: Oakrest will keep live hens for egg production in a protected courtyard coop.
The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District board approved its consent agenda and multiple packet items after questions from board members about specific programs.
The board moved and approved the minutes and then approved business items B1 through B11 after roll call. Board members recorded votes verbally during roll call: Gunther, Carly, Storio, Wright and Edmonds voted yes; Hal recused himself from B1 but otherwise voted yes; the motion was approved.
A board member asked for clarification of B8, which would allow live chickens as part of Oakrest High School’s environmental club. District staff confirmed the animals are live, egg-laying hens intended for egg production, not meat. They will be housed in a chicken coop inside an enclosed courtyard with overhead protection to deter hawks; the exact breed was not specified, and the district said it would provide breed information on request. "They are live chickens ... the goal is egg production similar to what exists at Absigami," staff said.
Transportation items T1–T22 and education items (package including E1) were moved, seconded and approved by roll call; one board member abstained on E8 during the education-item vote. Personnel items P1–P8 were approved after a roll call; board member Edmonds recused from P4 citing NJAC 6A:23A-1.2 as a conflict of interest and congratulated the employee recognized under that item. Ashley Peron, the staff member tied to P4, introduced herself and said she has been a district counselor since 2016 and previously a student in the district.
The superintendent also provided operational updates: 10 students were accepted into the AC Spark internship program this year (an increase from four last year), with estimated summer earnings of $7,000–$8,000 for participants; the district reported gym-floor replacement work is underway but declined to provide details because of ongoing litigation. At the meeting’s end the board voted to enter an executive session under the Open Public Meetings Act for student, personnel and attorney–client matters.
Votes recorded during the meeting were taken by public roll call as read into the record; recusals and recorded abstentions were noted on the record.
