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Board approves $41.6 million tax levy, physician contract and new school lunch vendor; several personnel and program resolutions pass
Summary
The Denville Township board approved the annual school tax levy of $41,601,272, a $5,000 Atlantic Health physician services agreement for 2026–27, a new National School Lunch Program vendor for 2026–27, and a slate of personnel, instruction and operations items in unanimous roll-call votes.
The Denville Township Board of Education approved a set of finance and personnel measures at its regular meeting, including the tax levy for the 2026–27 school year, vendor contracts and professional services.
Under the finance slate, the board approved the amount of tax monies required for school purposes for 2026–27: $41,601,272. The board also approved a physician services agreement with Atlantic Health for $5,000 for the 2026–27 school year and accepted a vendor to participate in the National School Lunch Program for 2026–27 following a competitive RFP process and evaluation of menus and program compliance.
Board members also approved a multi-item finance package that included a two-year staffing services agreement with Home Care Therapies LLC (Horizon) to provide temporary registered nurses, LPNs, nursing assistants and paraprofessionals as needed; an ABA services contract with an estimated annual cap of $40,000; retroactive assistive-technology assessments not to exceed $1,300; and disposal of two pieces of obsolete equipment as listed in the agenda. Operations approvals included authorization for field-trip transportation at $85 per hour, acceptance of a winning bidder for an auctioned bus (bus #16) at $4,650 and a landscaping services contract for $42,340.
Most motions were presented as grouped slates by committee chairs (finance, operations, instruction) and were approved by roll call. Roll-call responses recorded in the transcript indicate the board approved the items unanimously during the meeting.
Votes at a glance: - Old business consent slate (treasury/secretary reports, education reports, April minutes): approved (roll call). - Personnel slate (hires, stipends, ESY staff, leaves, substitute approval for Karen Lobello): approved (roll call). - Policy R5600 (student code of conduct): adopted on second reading (motion by Mister Kim; roll call approval). - Finance slate including Atlantic Health physician services ($5,000), Horizon staffing agreement, ABA services (annual cap ~$40,000), and tax levy $41,601,272: approved (roll call). - Operations items (transportation, bus auction sale $4,650, landscaping $42,340): approved (roll call).
The Business Administrator told the board the RFP for the National School Lunch Program attracted several responses and that program compliance requires board approval and a minute extract for federal reviewers. Board members asked whether parents or students had taste-testing opportunities; the Business Administrator said parents were not offered tastings and that the National School Lunch Program will review vendor performance and audit for deficiencies.
The board indicated these approvals will move forward without further public votes at the meeting and noted required follow-up reporting to federal program administrators where applicable.
