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Toms River board appoints Beachwood member, approves goals, safety plan and multiple consent items
Summary
At its regular meeting the Toms River Regional School District Board appointed Katie Coin to fill a Beachwood vacancy through Dec. 2025, approved district goals, a revised professional development plan, an MOU with the YMCA, transportation routes (one abstention), safety and policy updates, personnel and program items, and authorized staff to proceed with a drafted complaint against the state.
The Toms River Regional School District Board of Education filled a Beachwood board vacancy, approved several districtwide plans and actions, and authorized legal steps during its meeting.
Appointment: Trustees opened nominations and approved Katie Coin to fill the Beachwood vacancy through the term ending December 2025. The board congratulated Coin and said she will complete normal onboarding and be sworn in next month.
Consent and policy items: The board approved the 2024–25 district goals, a revised professional development plan, a memorandum of understanding with the YMCA of Greater Mammoth County Counseling and Social Services, the district safety and security plan, multiple policy/regulation updates (one board member voted no on Policy P 9181), and agenda items 24–28. The transportation routes for 2024–25, including hazardous-route designations, were approved; Palazo abstained, saying they had not seen the routes. The board certified the board secretary's July 2024 report and approved personnel agenda items 1–24 and addendum items 25–28 as well as educational program items 1–6.
Legal direction: During public comment the transcript records that the board and executive session unanimously approved moving forward with a drafted complaint to the state; the complaint was being finalized with the Bush Law Firm, and filing was anticipated early to mid next week. The transcript does not identify which official read the procedural update; the action was recorded as an executive-session authorization.
Votes: Roll-call votes are recorded throughout the meeting. Where a specific vote or recusal was recorded (for example, a recusal on personnel item 11a or Palazo’s abstention on transportation), the board noted that in the roll call.
