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Union Board approves curricula, budgets, contracts and personnel actions; affirms residency removals
Summary
At its Oct. 15 meeting, the Township of Union Board of Education unanimously approved curriculum adoptions, fiscal reports and several contracts and personnel actions, and voted to remove students found ineligible to attend district schools; administrators presented assessment results and district supports.
The Township of Union Board of Education on Oct. 15 unanimously approved a package of education, fiscal and personnel resolutions, including new curricula adoptions, financial reports, contracted services and several staffing actions.
The Board affirmed Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (HIB) determinations for the reporting periods presented by the superintendent and approved a range of curricular adoptions spanning early literacy (K–5 IntoReading), mathematics (Big Ideas Math for grades 6–8 and Algebra I/Statistics), science courses, world languages and arts programs. The Board also accepted donated American Association of School Librarians (AASL) books for Kawameeh Middle School and approved a Thomas Rich LLC parent presentation to be funded with Title IV dollars.
Fiscal items cleared by the Board included the treasurer’s and secretary’s reports, appropriation transfers and approval of lists of state-approved vendors and student-activity purchases. The district authorized a multi-year Master Collaborative Educational Services Agreement with the Educational Services Commission of New Jersey and approved contracted evaluations and services, including speech and occupational therapy evaluations and nursing services agreements for the 2024–25 school year.
On personnel matters the Board approved new hires, substitute lists, accepted resignations and a retirement (Pam Tower, special education teacher, effective Feb. 1, 2025), and granted paid and unpaid leaves and intermittent FMLA requests for multiple staff members. The Board also adopted new or revised job descriptions, including Personnel Specialist, Cafeteria Aide and Associate Director of Information Technology, and approved routine student-teacher and internship placements.
The Board voted to remove a set of students determined ineligible to attend district schools as residents; those removals were presented as formal motions and carried unanimously. Administrators reported ongoing residency investigations, prior judgments and one pending hearing that could result in additional fines.
Why it matters: The approvals set curriculum and staffing for the school year, authorize vendor and service contracts, and formalize residency enforcement that can affect individual students’ enrollment status. The Board recorded no negative votes on action items during the meeting.
Votes at a glance: All formal action items described above were adopted with aye votes from Ms. Dicxiana Carbonell, Mr. Michael Cohan, Mrs. Elsie Conteh-Mackey, Mr. Ronnie McDowell, Mrs. Nancy Minneci, Mr. Greg Nasta, Mrs. Kimberly Scott-Hayden and Ms. Chastity Santana; no nays or abstentions were recorded.
What’s next: Several agenda items were noted as adopted at an Oct. 8 worksession; administrators said they will post presentation appendices and supporting documents to the district website and follow up on items that require additional committee review or reporting.
