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Wallkill Valley board signs transportation and service contracts, approves personnel and legal items
Summary
At its July 16 meeting the Wallkill Valley board approved joint transportation contracts for ESY and summer programs, shared-school-nurse agreements, a bus-driver training contract, a garbage-removal contract, several special-education placements, and multiple personnel items including substitute lists and a paraprofessional hire.
The Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board of Education approved a package of contracts, service agreements and personnel actions at its July 16 regular meeting.
Finance committee items approved included joint transportation contracts for extended school-year (ESY) and summer programs with multiple route-specific costs (the presentation listed per-diem costs and totals by route; a Wallkill JTA ESY programs entry totaled $24,875). The board also approved two shared-service agreements to secure school nurses on an as-needed basis: a Franklin Borough arrangement at $350 per day and a Hardyston Township arrangement at $325 per day for the 2024–2025 school year.
Child Study Team recommendations were approved for out-of-district placements: student #2425007 to Bonnie Brae School at a cost of $75,850.00 (noted to run Sept. 4, 2024–June 2025 in the minutes) and student #2425004 to Shepard Preparatory High School with a placement cost of $71,695.80 (the minutes list dates as Sept. 1, 2023–June 2024, which appears to be a transcription error; the board approved the placement and the associated cost). The board voted to enter a contract with Israel Vargus Reyes, LLLC to train school bus drivers at $25 per hour and approved change order #8 to Wallkill Group, Inc. for auditorium renovations, which included modifications to aisle trenching and six new light fixtures and left a remaining allowance of $35,629.94.
The board also approved a one-year contract with Blue Diamond Disposal for garbage removal and recycling services (July 1, 2024–June 30, 2025) at $1,649.46 per month. Policy items passed included submittal of the FY2025 IDEA grant application for $150,014 and the FY2025 ESEA application with listed allocations (Title I $81,780; Title IIa $14,255; Title IV $10,000); the board declined to apply for the FY25 ESEA Title III Immigrant entitlement of $1,365.
On personnel matters the board added numerous individuals to the substitute-teacher list and approved Josiah Simmons for the substitute-custodian list. Addendum items approved included additional summer guidance hours for an employee (David Wolfelsperger) and authorization for the law firm Cornell, Merlino & Osborne, LLC to complete a pending special-education matter and custodial negotiations. The board hired Kyle Berry as a paraprofessional for 2024–2025 at $20.00 per hour (weekly hours not to exceed 28), pending required paperwork.
The meeting concluded with a notation of the upcoming NJSBA conference and adjournment at 8:26 p.m.
