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Riverside board approves software, special‑education services, hires and other routine business
Summary
The board approved an $8,000 DebtBook service agreement, two NJCBVI student service contracts at $2,420 each, Empower AAC services, a $5,000 guest speaker, multiple hires, resignations, salary adjustments and out‑of‑district placements totaling $95,548 for one placement.
At its Sept. 12 meeting the Riverside Township Board of Education approved a series of routine business items and personnel actions, including an $8,000 DebtBook agreement for GASB‑96 compliance software; two agreements with the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NJCBVI) at $2,420 each for services to two students for 9/1/24–6/30/25; and a services agreement with Empower AAC for Augmentative and Alternative Communication consultation for the 2024–25 school year (contract cost not specified in the minutes).
The board also approved hiring guest speaker Brad Butler for a 12th‑grade assembly on Oct. 9 for $5,000 and approved multiple personnel actions: new employee appointments (including Richard Evans, full‑time high‑school physics teacher, and Gregory Goss, full‑time high‑school chemistry teacher), several leaves of absence and resignations, and salary adjustments for district IT staff (Cameron Jenkins to $58,879 and Jonathan Gazaway to $107,896) to cover additional AV services.
Student services and placements noted in the minutes include home/bedside instruction entries and out‑of‑district placements: a B.C. Alternative High School placement at $28,337 and a special services placement with tuition of $46,890 plus a 1:1 aide at $48,658 (total $95,548). The board approved revised Nursing Services Plans and the district mentoring plan for 2024–25, and mandated the use of HIB338 forms under Policy 5512 for staff and families.
Votes on these items were unanimous, with motions typically made by Mrs. M. Pinho or Mrs. Winering and seconded by board colleagues. The minutes do not provide detailed funding‑source breakdowns for each contract or a consolidated estimate of the total fiscal impact. The meeting concluded at 7:40 p.m.
