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Votes at a glance: board approves personnel, curriculum, finance and operations items; authorizes bus auction and $14,225 equipment purchase
Summary
The board approved blocks of routine business: old-business consent items, personnel actions (including retirements and an MOA for ABA staff), instructional and program items (TCI adoption; UFLI trainings), finance items including manuals and bids, and operations actions to place two buses up for auction and buy a JLG lift for $14,225.
At the June meeting the board approved several grouped motions by roll call vote covering old business, personnel, instruction/program, finance and operations.
Old business: Trustees moved to approve the treasurer and board secretary reports, student enrollment and health-office items and minutes from May meetings. One member noted they were not present for the May 18 minutes and another abstained from that specific item; otherwise the block passed.
Personnel: The board approved personnel items 1–8 as a block including routine hires, resignations, retirements, sick/vacation payout for retiring Superintendent Steve Forte, a memorandum of agreement with the Denville Education Association concerning ABA teaching staff at Riverview, an FMLA leave beginning June 26, and mentor/mentee assignments for 2025–26.
Instruction and programs: Trustees approved staff professional-development attendance and related expenses, the Valley View library weeding project, adoption of the TCI social studies program for grades 6–8, and virtual UFLI Foundation training for listed staff in July and August.
Finance: The board approved bills, reserve transfers (capital and maintenance), the internal controls manual and purchasing manual for 2026–27, bid award letters for Educational Data Services Inc./Morris County Commission for school supplies, non-resident tuition contracts and district placements per student IEPs.
Operations: The board authorized parent transportation contracts for 2026–27, authorized advertising an auction to sell two older buses (Bus #185, 2010 International; Bus #186, 2011 International) and approved a purchase from Reliable Lift Truck Services of a JLG pusharound vertical lift (model 25AM) for $14,225.
Votes: Each block was approved by roll call. The transcript records 'yes' votes from the board members present, with one abstention noted on the May 18 minutes item.
