SWEA leaders thank board, request tuition‑reimbursement totals and raise building‑security concern during public comment

Eileen Healey, president of the Swedesboro‑Woolwich Education Association, addressed the board during the Oct. 9 public comment period and both thanked board president Gina Azzari for remembering a recently deceased teacher and requested several items from the board and administration.

Healey’s remarks, as recorded in the minutes, included: “Thank you to Mrs. Azzari for remembering Diane Maholik” and requests that the SWEA be provided a running total for tuition reimbursement, be given online access to healthcare plan information, and that the board reconsider the Ad Hoc Committee. Healey also extended a formal invitation for board members to visit district schools and thanked the board solicitor for meeting with SWEA representatives.

Chris Zingo, SWEA vice president, raised a safety concern, expressing that she was “concerned with the outside doors being propped open during the board meeting,” per the minutes. The record does not show a verbal response from the board to that specific concern during the meeting; the minutes instruct that questions that cannot be immediately answered should be sent to the Board Secretary via email.

Public comment items are logged in the minutes and limited to five minutes per speaker; the board’s public comment procedures — including a request that speakers provide name, residence and affiliation — are summarized in the agenda. No formal board action on SWEA requests was recorded in the Oct. 9 minutes; follow‑up would be handled administratively or in future meetings as appropriate.