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Seaside Heights board approves personnel, finance items, curriculum re-adoption and IDEA allocations
Summary
The board approved personnel appointments (including a long-term substitute and mentor stipends), minutes and bills, transportation jointures, FY25 IDEA allocations, and re-adopted district curricula aligned to New Jersey standards; SSDS reporting and the Marzano evaluation framework were also approved.
At its Aug. 4, 2025 meeting, the Seaside Heights Board of Education approved a slate of routine but substantive items covering personnel, finance, student-safety reporting and curriculum alignment.
On a motion by Mr. Hershey and second by Mr. Wright, the board approved Superintendent-recommended personnel items 1–7. The approvals included a preschool orientation scheduled for Sept. 2, 2025 (9 a.m. to 10 a.m.); the appointment of Stacey Kachmar Crutchley as long-term substitute for Thomas Koenig effective Sept. 1, 2025 through Oct. 14, 2025; transfers and reassignment of staff; teacher mentor assignments and stipends ($550 and $1,000 over 30 weeks for listed pairings); and additional summer work days and hours for named employees.
The board also approved Business Administrator items including minutes of the June 23, 2025 meeting, payment-of-bills lists ($79,607.38 for June and $87,416.60 for July), multiple payroll periods, appropriation transfers for June 2025, and a Board Secretary certification under N.J.A.C. 6A:23-2.11 that the district has not overexpended major accounts as of June 30, 2025.
Transportation jointures for the 2025–26 school year were approved with per-diem rates listed for some routes (for example, Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary listed at $132.93 for one MOESC student), and several routes left TBD in the minutes. The board accepted FY25 IDEA allocations of $75,256 (IDEA Basic) and $2,239 (IDEA Preschool).
The Student Safety Data System (SSDS) report for Period 2 (Jan. 1–June 30, 2025) for Hugh J. Boyd Jr. Elementary showed 1 reportable incident, 2 incidents leading to removal, and zero alleged or confirmed HIB (harassment, intimidation or bullying) incidents. The board approved the HIB Grades self-assessment submission and several Statements of Assurance and plans for 2025–26, including a mentoring plan and professional-development plan.
Administratively, the board adopted the Marzano Framework for evaluation of administrators and staff and re-adopted district curricular documents aligned to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards across K–8 and content areas; the minutes list re-adoption dates for multiple subjects as 8/04/2025.
Votes at a glance: roll-call votes recorded in the minutes show unanimous approval for multiple Superintendent items and for most Business Administrator items; one recorded roll call shows Dr. Marko voting No on Business Administrator items while the motion carried.
Why it matters: These approvals set staffing, safety-reporting, curriculum and financial baselines for the 2025–26 school year and release funds and contracts necessary for day-to-day operations and compliance with state reporting requirements.
Next steps: Personnel hires and substitute paperwork will be processed before the start of school; business-office actions will proceed with payroll and vendor payments; transportation jointures with TBD per-diem rates require follow-up to finalize routes and costs.
