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Weehawken board approves routine personnel moves, coaching stipends, minutes, purchases and cooperative agreements
Summary
During its Feb. 11 meeting the board approved claims for payment, multiple personnel appointments and resignations, coaching and extracurricular stipends, intern placements, a surplus vehicle sale, participation in purchasing cooperatives, and a cooperative girls varsity ice hockey agreement; all motions passed by roll call with no dissent among members present.
At its Feb. 11, 2025 regular meeting the Weehawken Public School District Board of Education handled a slate of routine but consequential administrative items and approved multiple motions by roll call vote.
Key approvals included: adoption of the Superintendent’s monthly report and the Jan. 21 minutes; authorization to pay disbursements per attached claim sheets; appointment of currently employed staff to additional hourly positions for home instruction and other duties (examples include $40/hour for home instruction); acceptance of resignations (Ana Oramas, Kevin Feijoo, Jessica Alello) and the retirement of teacher Kelly Beeres Gonzalez effective July 1, 2025; approval of coaching and extracurricular stipends for the 2024–25 school year (stipends list accepted; Mr. Ahmad recorded an abstention on the coaching vote); appointment of Amanda Navarro as a substitute teacher ($100 per diem); approval of multiple HIB investigative findings for January 2025 at Weehawken High School and Daniel Webster School; approval of interns (student teacher from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a nurse intern from Felician); and authorization to enter an inter-local vehicle sale agreement with the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission and accept the highest bid (Shore Vans) for a 2010 IC Bus. The board also approved participation in the Educational Data Services Purchasing Consortium and a cooperative agreement with Hoboken and Secaucus high schools to form a girls varsity ice hockey team (Hoboken to be the LEA).
Public comments during the meeting included Daniel Webster PTA President Jennifer Martin’s request for volunteers and donations for a book fair family night on Feb. 21 and an online comment from Mimi Marcus asking when minutes and archives will be accessible and why YouTube recordings are set to private immediately after meetings. The district’s response, read by Superintendent Eric Crespo, stated that video retention is constrained by privacy concerns and that minutes and presentations are available on the district website. Parent Harry Reiter asked about residency for his child and was advised by the board attorney that an in-person hearing and a written letter to the superintendent are required.
Most motions were moved by Ms. Carson or Mr. Pinal and seconded by Mr. Pinal or Ms. Carson as recorded in the minutes; roll-call tallies in each case recorded ayes from the eight members present and Mr. Acosta as absent. The meeting recessed into an executive caucus for personnel and HIB discussions and returned to public session at 8:50 p.m., when the meeting was adjourned.
The board’s minutes and the meeting transcript do not include some supporting documents (for example, the full Comprehensive Equity Plan text) or specific procurement timelines for the electric bus or vehicle sale; those details are not specified in the record and would be expected to appear in subsequent administrative materials or vendor contracts.
