Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Audit Staffing Contracts topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board hears clean audit, and trustees press staffing questions tied to preschool grant; C11 contract with City of Bayonne shows ~1.8% increase
Summary
Trustees were informed the district received a clean audit; trustees also questioned preschool instructional-coach staffing (staff said the state-funded preschool grant requires certain positions). A trustee asked whether contract C11 with the City of Bayonne included changes; the speaker said it shows about a 1.8% increase tied to tipping fees.
The Bayonne School District board received a report of a clean audit and discussed staffing tied to a state preschool grant during the open workshop.
A board member said the full audit had been emailed to trustees and the district received a clean audit opinion; the speaker congratulated the board and invited questions. Trustees did not press additional questions about the audit in the open portion.
A trustee then raised a staffing question, noting that many coaches were returned to classrooms and asking whether the district had too many coaches. A district speaker responded that several preschool-grant positions are mandatory under the state-funded preschool grant, that the positions have not been removed and that current hires include replacements for those roles.
Separately, a trustee asked about C11, the contract with the City of Bayonne, and whether there were increases or decreases from the prior contract through 2028. The speaker said there is "an increase of I believe it's 1.8%," tied to the same increase in tipping fees.
No formal decisions or votes on these items were recorded in the open-workshop transcript; the board closed the open workshop and moved into the regular meeting at 5:38 p.m.
