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Roxbury board approves finance, education and personnel slates; superintendent cites 27‑position reduction
Summary
On June 15 the Roxbury Township Board of Education approved finance (1—68), education (1—11), policy and personnel (1—38) resolutions. Superintendent Dr. Santoro said the district reduced 27 positions and has opened a search for a new high‑school assistant principal with 99 applicants; trustees approved the personnel slate by roll call.
ROXBURY, N.J. — The Roxbury Township Board of Education on June 15 approved a package of routine and substantive measures including finance resolutions 1—68, education resolutions 1—11, policy updates and a personnel slate that the superintendent said reflects a reduction in force of 27 positions.
During his superintendent's report, Dr. Santoro described the budget pressures that led to staffing changes and said the reductions included administrators, support personnel and teachers across elementary, middle and high schools. "The total number of staff members and the positions that were reduced was 27," he said, and added that building principals, instructional supervisors and central office administrators participated in decisions based on enrollment data and program viability.
Board members moved and approved the finance slate (resolutions 1—68) and subsequent committee items by roll call. The roll‑call sequence recorded affirmative votes from the members present; the clerk read the recorded responses during each tally.
The superintendent also announced the district had already begun the search for a new assistant principal at Roxbury High School and said the applicant pool includes 99 candidates. He reported two upcoming staff departures announced that evening: the assistant principal who had been introduced earlier in the meeting is resigning for a position in another district, and Kristin Mongelli, supervisor of science for grades 7—2, is resigning to accept a position in another district.
Committee reports and operating details included discussion of the LinkIt benchmark assessments after parents reported confusing end‑of‑year score packets; staff explained Form A (beginning), Form B (middle) and Form C (end) as the tool's structure and invited parents to contact teachers and principals for clarification. Facilities and finance committee members discussed an accounting system upgrade, a $1,000 T‑Mobile grant partnership and a small MU litter‑cleanup grant of $500, and flagged a possible bus purchase amid vendor changes.
Votes at a glance: - Finance resolutions 1—68: approved by roll call (recorded affirmative votes read aloud). - Education resolutions 1—11: approved by roll call. - Policy resolutions 1—2: approved by roll call. - Personnel resolutions 1—38: approved by roll call; included reassignments and reductions noted by the superintendent.
The board also approved a resolution to meet in executive session at its July 13, 2026 meeting. Public comment that followed the approvals focused heavily on a reassignment of a longtime middle‑school music teacher; community members asked the board to reconsider that individual reassignment. No reversal of the approved personnel slate was announced during the June 15 meeting.
The board is scheduled to meet again in July; administrative follow‑up on personnel and program impacts will be handled by Human Resources and building principals.
