Toms River board clears slate of routine agenda items, notes one abstention on personnel item

The Toms River Regional School District board approved a slate of routine agenda items during its regular meeting, including resolutions, transportation routes, the district safety plan, policy readings, personnel recommendations and educational program approvals.

Key votes recorded by roll call included: - Week of Respect resolution — approved (roll call: Matarazzo, Jubert, Contessa, Kidney, Pascarella, Capone recorded Yes). - 2025–26 transportation routes, including hazardous‑route designations — approved (motion by Contessa; second Kidney; roll call affirmative). - New Jersey School Boards Association conference resolution — approved (motion by Contessa; second Kidney; roll call affirmative). - District safety and security plan — approved (motion by Contessa; second Mazzo; roll call affirmative). - First reading of listed policies, regulations and bylaws — approved. - Second reading and adoption of listed policies, regulations and bylaws — approved. - Approval of agenda items 17–22 — approved. - Board secretary's report for July 2025 — approved and certified. - Personnel agenda items 1–28 and addendum 29–42 — approved; during roll call the transcript records an abstention by Pascarella on item 27A. - Educational program agenda items 1–7 and addendum 8 — approved.

Most motions were made by Contessa and seconded by Kidney or Mazzo, with roll calls recorded in the transcript showing unified affirmative votes for routine items; the personnel agenda included a recorded abstention on 27A by Pascarella. Where the transcript lists roll call names, votes were recorded on the public record.