Harrison Township Board approves administrator contracts, broad staff re-employment for 2025–26

The Harrison Township Board of Education on May 19 approved a negotiated agreement with the Harrison Township Administrators and Supervisors Association and ratified employment contracts for district administrators following a closed-session discussion.

Board members voted after returning from executive session to approve a one-year employment contract for Lisa Heenan as Chief Academic Officer with an annual salary of $148,341 and a one-year contract for Dr. Lori Hynes as Director of Student Services with an annual salary of $137,663. The Board also approved the 2025–2028 negotiated agreement between the Board and the Harrison Township Administrators and Supervisors Association.

The actions came amid a broad personnel motion that re-employed large numbers of tenured and non-tenured certified faculty, support staff, custodians, bus drivers and aides for the 2025–26 school year. Separately, the Board approved a medical leave of absence for Transportation Aide Shirley Bundy, effective May 12–June 30, 2025, to be covered using accumulated sick time.

Superintendent Missy Peretti presented the personnel slate; motions to approve were recorded by Interim Board Secretary Lisa Ridgway. Where vote tallies were recorded, the Board approved the personnel motions by roll call votes (typically 8–0 when recorded). Several named administrators and staff were listed for re-employment in the meeting packet; the minutes identify the full lists but do not attach individual salaries for most positions other than those approved in executive session.

The Board’s formal approvals of administrator contracts and the negotiated agreement were the principal personnel outcomes of the meeting; the minutes note the Board will make results of executive-session matters public, consistent with New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act procedures.