Board approves bundled administration, curriculum, finance and personnel items; minutes approved with one abstention

The West Windsor–Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education approved bundled motions covering administration, curriculum, finance and personnel during its regular meeting.

The board voted to approve administration items 1–8 and the purple addendum, curriculum items 1–5, finance items 1–65 and personnel items 1–3 and the green addendum. The board conducted roll-call confirmations for each bundled vote; the clerk read member names and members responded "yes". The public record indicated a single abstention when the board approved the May 12 meeting minutes: one member said, "I abstain." The Chair declared the motions approved following the roll calls.

In committee reports preceding the votes, the finance committee certified that no line items were over‑expended and presented recommendations including renewals for the district's liability/property insurance and workers' compensation carriers, the second year of a multi‑year energy services agreement, custodial management and various multiyear software licenses. The board also authorized transportation renewals for the 2026–27 school year and the transfer of capital project interest income into the debt‑service fund.

The board publicly announced an administrative appointment: Melissa Bruner will join High School South as assistant principal. Dr. Aderhold introduced Bruner, saying she comes from Lawrence High School where she served as a language‑arts teacher and academy lead, has more than 20 years of teaching experience and has participated on school improvement, equity and behavior‑threat assessment teams. The Chair congratulated Bruner on the appointment. (The meeting record indicates the item had been approved earlier in closed executive session; no public motion or tally for that closed‑session approval was read into this public record.)

Several capital and summer projects were outlined during the finance report, including auditorium seating and flooring work at High School North, tennis‑court renovations at High School South, and electrical work for robotics rooms and the culinary arts lab; bids for some work were reported as received or due. The finance committee also said a recent state procurement change now requires time‑and‑materials renovation work to be publicly bid, a late change it warned could significantly affect summer scheduling for facilities improvements.

The board closed its meeting after a brief second public‑comment period with no speakers and a reminder about the district celebration at High School South the following meeting night.