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Board adds employment-separation resolution to agenda; investigation finds harassment allegations unfounded
Summary
The board announced it would add a resolution regarding an employment separation agreement and irrevocable resignation letter to tonight's agenda and reported that an independent investigation found a harassment allegation against a board member to be unfounded.
At the Oct. 10 meeting the Wayne Township Board of Education announced administrative revisions to the agenda and reported the outcome of an internal ethics matter.
The board read revisions to the agenda that removed two previously listed items and added, under school-resource/legal, a resolution titled "approval of employment separation agreement and release and irrevocable letter of resignation" in the matter of employee ID number 7337 dated Oct. 10, 2024. The resolution text read at the meeting states that, upon the superintendent's recommendation, the board —hereby approves the employment settlement agreement and release and irrevocable letter of resignation— (employee ID 7337) and would authorize the board president and board secretary to execute the documents and authorize the business administrator and superintendent to take further steps required to implement the settlement. The reading occurred as part of changes to the agenda; the transcript does not include a later roll-call vote on that specific resolution in the public record excerpt.
Separately, under new business the board said it had commissioned an independent investigation after an allegation of harassment was raised against a board member; the board reported that the investigation concluded the allegations were unfounded. The announcement did not identify the board member named in the allegation in the public remarks and the transcript does not record additional details about the investigation's scope, the investigator, or any disciplinary or follow-up steps beyond the statement that the allegations were found to be unfounded.
Procedural action taken on the agenda: a motion to adopt the meeting agenda was put to a roll-call vote and carried; the recorded "yes" votes read aloud at the meeting were Mr. Faber, Mr. Gardano, Mrs. Lamandre, Mr. Paul, Mr. Regoso, Mrs. W, Mr. Pacos and Mr. Pavlac.
What happens next: the addition of the employment-separation resolution to the agenda indicates the board planned to consider implementing the settlement; the transcript excerpt does not show a final approval vote on that resolution during the recorded portion.
