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Union Township Board approves leaves, hires, resignation and one termination effective Dec. 20
Summary
The board approved multiple personnel actions including unpaid maternity and medical leaves, appointment of substitutes and paraprofessionals, acceptance of a 1st grade teacher resignation effective Oct. 28, 2024, and the termination of Employee No. 478 effective Dec. 20, 2024.
The Union Township Board of Education on Oct. 28 approved a package of personnel items presented by the Personnel Committee and the Chief School Administrator.
Key approvals included:
- Unpaid maternity leave (NJFLA) for employee #407 for 12 weeks beginning Feb. 24, 2025 (P1). - An unpaid maternity leave request using 40 unpaid sick days for employee #446 beginning Jan. 3, 2025, followed by 12 weeks of unpaid child-bonding leave March 3–May 30, 2025 (P2). - New job descriptions for Lunch Monitor and Bus Aide (P3,P4). - Substitute teacher appointments and rates for the 2024–25 school year (P5). - Appointment of Dominick Colaluca as a Lunch Monitor at $16.00 per hour (P6). - Appointments of paraprofessionals (1:1) outside contractual hours at $30.00 per hour with specified hour caps and dates (P7, P11). - Acceptance, with regret, of the resignation of Nicole Jones, 1st grade teacher, effective Oct. 28, 2024 (P8). - Amendments to athletic-official pay rates for volleyball (P10). - Approval of a 12‑week unpaid medical leave (NJFLA) for employee #547 beginning Oct. 28, 2024 (P12). - Termination of Employee No. 478 for the 2024–25 school year, effective Dec. 20, 2024 (OB5).
Personnel Committee Chair John Malone and Interim Superintendent Dr. Barbara Popp presented the items. Several items carried roll-call votes recorded as 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain, 1 absent. The board noted date and rate amendments to selected items during discussion.
What comes next: approved hires and leaves will be managed administratively in accordance with existing district policies and applicable New Jersey Family Leave Act procedures.
