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Rumson‑Fair Haven board unanimously approves routine business, personnel and finance items; enters executive session
Summary
The board approved minutes, personnel actions, coaching appointments, bill lists totalling $557,020.44 and payroll of $762,715.05 (total expenditures $1,319,735.49), ratified PD and out‑of‑district placement, and moved to executive session to discuss personnel, student matters and attorney/client privilege.
The Rumson‑Fair Haven Regional High School Board of Education approved a slate of routine business and personnel actions during its March 4, 2025 regular meeting and moved into an executive session to discuss personnel, student matters and attorney/client privilege.
What the board approved: On motions that drew unanimous roll‑call votes, the board approved prior meeting minutes (Feb. 18 regular and executive-session minutes, Feb. 26 special meeting), amended a staff start date, extended a long‑term replacement appointment (Gabrielle Eglinton through June 17, 2025), and confirmed multiple coaching and advisor appointments with listed stipends (for example, Amanda Davenport, Rowing assistant coach, $3,906; Timothy McLoone, Girls Track head coach, $7,929). The board approved bill lists dated Feb. 28, 2025 showing General Fund $417,297.19; Special Revenue $8,597.19; Capital Projects $100,790.06; Food Services $30,336.00 (total $557,020.44). Payroll of $762,715.05 produced total expenditures of $1,319,735.49.
Other approvals included non‑chargeable facility use for Fair Haven Recreation (men’s basketball May 16, 2025), multiple staff conference and workshop attendances, a $100 travel honorarium for college‑essay presenter Randy Levin (March 25), ratification of PD services by Flip the Switch LLC ($1,125), an out‑of‑district placement with prorated transportation cost $6,554, numerous spring field trips, fundraising activities, home instruction arrangements (RFH faculty at $55/hour), and reimbursement for wrestling coaches to attend the NJSIAA State Tournament March 6–8, 2025.
Executive session and adjournment: The board moved to executive session at 7:44 p.m. to discuss personnel, student matters and attorney/client privileged matters and reconvened the public meeting at 8:16 p.m., at which point it adjourned. No substantive details from the executive session were disclosed in open session.
Votes at a glance: Each recorded motion in the public minutes passed by unanimous roll‑call votes of the nine members present (Mr. Dougherty, Mrs. Kiley, Mrs. Romano, Mr. Grant, Mrs. McGinty, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Hickey, Mr. Page, Mrs. Whitehouse).
