Hillsdale board awards $1.294M asbestos‑abatement contract at George G. White; adopts cyber incident plan and dual‑use classroom requests

The Hillsdale Board of Education voted unanimously July 17 to award the contract for asbestos abatement at George G. White Middle School to B&G Restoration, Inc. The minutes record a responsive bid of $1,084,000 plus Alternate #1 for $210,000, for a total contract amount of $1,294,000. The award is conditioned on the contractor furnishing required insurance, a labor and materials/performance bond, project staffing reports, and execution of standard construction agreements as prepared by the board attorney.

At the same meeting the board approved the district Cyber Incident Response Plan to coordinate administrative and technical responses in the event of a cybersecurity incident. The Business Administrator/Board Secretary was authorized to execute documents necessary to align district operations with the plan.

The board also approved requests to convert several existing general‑education rooms into dual classrooms (special‑education use) at Ann Blanche Smith Elementary and Meadowbrook Elementary and authorized submission of the required application(s) to the Bergen County Superintendent of Schools, noting compliance with N.J.A.C. 6A:26 (Educational Facilities) and related schematic plans.

All motions in the buildings and grounds package, including the asbestos contract award, the cyber plan and the dual‑use applications, passed by consensus (5-0). The minutes record that the asbestos award followed a public bid opening on June 12, 2025 and that the board attorney will draft the agreement consistent with bid documents.