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Denville board approves personnel slate, student‑support contracts and expanded outsourced bus routes
Summary
The board approved personnel items including contracts and staffing lists for 2026–27, awarded behavioral‑health and BCBA contracts, and approved expanded outsourced transportation agreements after noting driver‑recruitment challenges.
The Denville Township Board of Education approved routine personnel actions, awarded contracts for student behavioral supports and approved additional outsourced transportation routes during its June 8 meeting.
Under a single personnel motion, the board approved items 1–10, which included staff vacation cash‑out, master staff lists for the 2026–27 school year, updated summer ESY/CST staffing, multiple retroactive FMLA approvals, updated work rules for the director of maintenance and security, the employment contract for Grace Johnson as director of special services for 2026–27, and stipends/extracurricular positions for 2026–27. Mr. Capello moved the personnel block; the motion was seconded and carried by unanimous roll call (all seven board members recorded yes).
On finance, the board awarded the contract for school behavioral health services to St. Clair’s Behavioral Health and approved professional services contracts (BCBA) to The Uncommon Thread, and approved retroactive agreements for additional behavioral‑health technician support; Mr. Anderson presented the items and the board approved them by roll call.
Under operations, the board approved the Sussex County Regional Joint Transportation Agreement and later approved parent transportation contracts and eight outsourced routes—a change the board said was driven by an inability to hire sufficient in‑district drivers. Mr. Cass presented transportation items; roll call showed unanimous approval.
What the board recorded: multiple motions were moved and passed by roll call at various points in the meeting; the transcript records unanimous 'yes' votes for the personnel block, the instruction/program items that included the unsung‑hero recognition and internships, the finance contract awards, and the transportation items.
Next steps and clarifications: contract documents and service details were listed in the meeting agenda; the board’s motions authorized district administration to execute the awarded contracts and to proceed with outsourced transportation contracts for the 2026–27 school year.
