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Willingboro resident accuses Willingboro business administrator candidate of fiscal mismanagement during Roselle board meeting
Summary
A Willingboro resident told the Roselle Public School District board that Dr. Steven Lewis’s tenure in Willingboro included off‑cycle payments, rushed bond work and a contract to his private firm; the board heard the allegations during public comment before voting on personnel items.
Nicole Nicholas, a resident of Willingboro Township, told the Roselle Public School District board during public comment that Dr. Steven Lewis, identified in her remarks as a Willingboro business administrator candidate on the board’s agenda, presided over “a documented systemic failure of financial stewardship.”
Nicholas said the district she described relied on frequent off‑cycle checks to pay payroll and vendors, citing figures she said ranged “from a low of $787,000 per month to an astonishing high of $7.8 million in a single month.” She alleged those payments were often late, that bond‑referendum projects were rushed and delayed, and that contractors and programs suffered because of the financial practices she described.
“Under his leadership in our district, we've had off‑cycle checks which were entirely bypassed by the public eye and standard board meeting agendas,” Nicholas said. She…
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