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Shrewsbury Borough School District approves routine budget items, personnel changes and several grants
Summary
At its Nov. 20 meeting the Shrewsbury Borough School District Board approved routine financial certifications, a $3.54 million bills list, personnel appointments and rescissions, and accepted several small grants and donations; votes were recorded 8–0 with one absence.
The Shrewsbury Borough School District Board of Education on Nov. 20 approved routine financial and personnel items, accepted several small grants and confirmed payroll and bills for October.
Board members certified the district’s monthly financial reports and payroll for Oct. 15 and Oct. 30, 2024, totaling $575,483.67. The board approved the November 2024 bills list totaling $3,541,008.59 and recorded compliance with applicable New Jersey administrative code provisions governing school finance.
The board accepted grant and donation items including an ESEA/Title I allocation (Title IA total listed as $11,050), Title IIA funds of $16,502, a $2,418.75 donation from the Foundation for Shrewsbury to pay for BrainPop access, and a $500 Vanguard Charitable STEM grant. The district also approved allocation of the High-Impact Tutoring Grant for $4,853 and routine student services contracts and evaluations (neurodevelopmental assessments, bilingual speech-language evaluation, and an assistive technology evaluation) with the vendor costs listed in the minutes.
On personnel, the board approved Enrique Perez-Lopez as the basketball coach for the 2024–2025 school year at a $2,527 stipend, rescinded prior approvals for two club advisors (Lego Club and Model UN) that had been listed from June 26, approved substitute Dore Rogers at a $125 daily rate and approved an intermittent short-term leave for Jennifer Havern. The minutes record an extension of a maternity leave related to Kristen Tardiff and a corresponding long-term substitute assignment for Meagan Hoffman; the minutes contain a date inconsistency for the leave end date (see clarifying details).
All listed agenda approvals were adopted by voice vote with eight members recorded as voting yes, zero no and one member absent.
The meeting convened in a closed executive session at 6:38 p.m. for confidential personnel and attorney-client matters and resumed public session at 7:01 p.m. The board adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
Next steps: the minutes note that executive-session minutes will be released when confidentiality no longer applies.
