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School committee approves contracts, grants and certified excess & deficiency; tables NJHS expansion
Summary
The Blackstone‑Millville Regional School Committee approved routine warrants and personnel motions, ratified the 2025–28 Unit A contract, accepted FY26 entitlement grants and the certified excess & deficiency, authorized $41,156.18 from END to clear deficits, and tabled a proposal to add a middle‑school NJHS chapter to Oct. 9.
The Blackstone‑Millville Regional School Committee on Sept. 11 approved a slate of routine and financial actions, including labor contracts, federal grant awards and the district's certified excess and deficiency (END).
The committee unanimously approved warrants and the minutes of Aug. 21, 2025 (the minutes vote recorded two abstentions). It also ratified the 2025–2028 Unit A contract after brief remarks from negotiators; "So move," motioned Jane Reio, seconded by Tara Scobby, and the motion passed unanimously.
Outgoing finance director Joseph Spagna summarized federal entitlement awards and sought committee acceptance of FY26 grants. "Our Title I award was $275,145, and the total adjustments were positive," Spagna said. The committee voted to accept the FY26 grant awards and then accepted the certified END of $1,435,069, a figure the committee noted is below the 5% threshold used for budgeting and town assessments.
The committee also approved using $41,156.18 from the certified END to clear a set of small deficit fund balances identified during year‑end close. The motion to allocate those funds was made by Jane Reio and seconded by Carrie Godette; the committee completed a roll‑call vote that recorded unanimous approval.
Other administrative motions included the annual appointment of Interim Superintendent Jill Pilgalerani to the BICO board of directors (motion by Tara Scobby, seconded by Chuck Dun), which passed by voice vote.
Several items were tabled for further information, most notably a proposal to create a second National Junior Honor Society chapter at the middle school; the committee voted to table that proposal to its Oct. 9 meeting to allow administration to collect comparative data and clarify NJHS bylaws.
The committee then moved into an executive session for bargaining or litigation strategy and did not return to open session.
