Mullica Township Board approves consent slate, honors students and band’s Hershey trip

The Mullica Township Board of Education resumed its public session and on a series of motions approved annual appointments, routine consent items and a small addendum, and recognized top eighth-grade students and the district band’s May trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The board opened by asking for and receiving a motion to resume the public portion of the agenda, then led the Pledge of Allegiance. The meeting recognized the district’s top three students in the Class of 2026—Caroline Kember (not present), Autumn Kurtz and Clayton Chod—and members praised their academic work and extracurricular commitments.

Mrs. Julia Terry, the district band director, described a May 29 trip that took 30 senior band members to Hershey, Pennsylvania. She said the band performed for judges at Hershey Free Church and “they gave us a rating of excellent,” noting students logged roughly 50 hours of in-class rehearsal for the trip.

On the superintendent’s recommendation the board approved annual appointments (items 6B and 6C) by roll call, with all seven named board members recorded as voting yes. The board also moved to approve the May 27, 2026 regular meeting minutes; the minutes motion passed on a voice vote with one abstention recorded in the minutes (the speaker who abstained was not identified in the audio record).

The meeting’s consent agenda (items 9B–9Q) passed by roll call. Roll-call remarks recorded two abstentions from item 9K (Mrs. Mayone and Mr. Winterbottom) and one no vote on item 9L by Mr. Stallworth; the remaining members voted yes. The board subsequently approved items 10B–10G and 11B–11C by unanimous roll calls. Business-administrator recommendations (items 12B–12O) were approved by roll call; each board member abstained from item 12I (the listed board training item) as indicated in the record.

On finance and operations matters the board noted discussion of a food service contract renewal and reported a federal grant closeout meeting that yielded three audit findings staff will address. The board announced that an incoming business administrator, Mark (last name not specified in the record), will start July 1 and thanked Karen for serving as interim business administrator.

In correspondence the board said Assemblyman Anthony Angelozzi sent certificates recognizing students Clayton Shaw and Ella Hanselman for their roles in the district centennial celebration. The PTA reported a year-end carnival, grade-level events and summer fundraising plans; PTA leaders listed for summer planning included Rachel Jordan, Louise Sansom, Kelly Heffley and Kayla Zoldos.

Public comments thanked staff for graduation and end-of-year activities and urged continuation of new step-up ceremonies for kindergarten and fourth grade. Before adjourning, the board set its next meeting and summer retreat for July 22, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.

Votes at a glance: annual appointments (items 6B and 6C) — approved (unanimous roll call yes); May 27, 2026 minutes — approved (voice vote; one abstention recorded); consent agenda (items 9B–9Q) — approved (two abstentions on 9K; one no vote on 9L); items 10B–10G — approved (unanimous); items 11B–11C — approved (unanimous); items 12B–12O — approved (abstentions recorded for 12I by each listed board member); addendum items 1B–1E — approved (roll call yes votes).

The meeting adjourned following a final motion to close the public session.