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Board approves personnel moves, policy updates and 2024–25 Remote Learning Plan
Summary
The Lakewood Board approved dozens of personnel actions including appointments, transfers, ESY staffing and professional-development purchases, along with first readings of multiple policy revisions and the mandated 2024–25 Remote Learning Plan.
At the July 17 meeting the Lakewood Board of Education approved a large personnel slate and several policy and program items included on the superintendent’s agenda.
Key personnel actions adopted as part of the consent agenda included multiple certified and non‑certified resignations, leaves and transfers; new hires and appointments for the 2024–25 school year (examples: Jennifer Patella approved/recorded as Assistant Principal–OAK effective July 1, 2024; multiple classroom hires and program transfers listed for effective September 1, 2024); and ESY (Extended School Year) staffing and pay percentages for summer programs running July 2–August 13, 2024. The agenda also recorded specific hourly or stipend rates for summer training and curriculum work and approved vendor training contracts (for example, i‑Ready and Sonday training purchases and instructional materials purchases noted in the agenda).
Policy and program items included approval of the 2024–25 Remote Learning Plan required by the New Jersey Department of Education and first readings of multiple policy revisions (including policies 0141, 2200, 3160/4160, 5337, 5350, 8420, 8467 and 9181 and associated regulations). Several professional‑development contracts (Harvard online courses for selected administrators; Lexia Core 5 training) and curriculum purchases were approved or recorded for implementation.
Why it matters: these personnel and policy approvals finalize staffing and program plans ahead of the 2024–25 school year and authorize training, curriculum and instructional‑technology purchases that affect classroom operations and special‑education services.
What’s next: administrators will implement hires and transfers, process new‑hire documentation required by the district, and schedule the approved professional development and training. Several items are contingent on background-check clearance and, for out‑of‑district tuition placements and settlements, final approvals by the Office of Administrative Law and the State Monitor where noted in the agenda.
