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East Brunswick Board highlights student achievements, approves consent items and discusses $83,500 audit engagement
Summary
At its June meeting the East Brunswick Board of Education heard a superintendent report celebrating student projects and awards, approved consent items including grant-funded programs, and discussed an auditor contract with an $83,500 base fee and hourly rates for supplemental work.
The East Brunswick Board of Education on Thursday heard a superintendent’s report praising student projects and community partnerships, approved its consent agenda and discussed details of an auditor contract that carries an $83,500 base fee.
Superintendent Dr. Vleski told the board the Irwin School’s “Art in the Sky” capstone — a drone-photographed visual assembled from students and parents — was captured by EBTV and supported by an East Brunswick Education Foundation grant. He also described a community-policing lunch at Central School in which East Brunswick police officers ate with students and engaged in outdoor activities, saying the program aims to build “positive connections” between students and law enforcement.
Dr. Vleski also highlighted sustainability achievements: the high school’s SAVVE club won first place in the New Jersey Student Climate Challenge and has composted more than 1,200 pounds of food scraps while coordinating a shift to biodegradable utensils.
Board members thanked staff and volunteers for securing several grants. President Gloss and several trustees praised awards and noted upcoming end-of-year dates, including graduation scheduled for June 25 at Cure Arena in Trenton.
On business-and-support matters, a board member asked the auditor’s representative to explain a contract that lists a flat annual audit fee of $83,500 and separate hourly rates for supplemental work. The auditor’s representative said the base fee covers the annual audit and that hourly rates would apply only to additional tasks such as interim reviews of student activity funds or special-financing reviews.
Board members also raised the school physician contract on the agenda. One member noted the proposed physician, Dr. Mencha, is certified in emergency medicine and asked whether the district could seek candidates with pediatric experience for future terms to better match student health needs.
The board conducted a roll-call on consent items; several abstentions were noted on specific items (the minutes and the memorandum agreement and one business-and-support item), and the motions carried. The meeting proceeded to committee reports and recognitions, where trustees celebrated retirees, senior events and Central School’s 75th anniversary.
The board later returned from closed session and approved an item listed as “other actions” before adjourning.
The board’s next procedural steps include implementing grant-funded programs where approved and returning to routine committee work; no additional binding actions on the auditor or physician contracts were recorded in the public minutes at this meeting.
