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Riverside Township Board of Education approves maintenance plan submission, safety appointments and personnel slate
Summary
The Riverside Township Board of Education on Oct. 9 approved a package of routine financial, facilities and personnel items — including submission of a three-year Comprehensive Maintenance Plan, appointment of Robert O’Brien as COVID-19 Safety Coordinator, a $49,800 sitework change order, and multiple personnel hires and leaves.
The Riverside Township Board of Education met Oct. 9 in the elementary cafeteria and approved a series of routine but administratively significant items, including facility maintenance filings, safety appointments and a large personnel package.
The board authorized submission of the district’s three-year Comprehensive Maintenance Plan required by the New Jersey Department of Education, stating that the attached maintenance activities are reasonable to keep facilities safe and to preserve system warranties. It also approved a $49,800 change order for Bond Referendum Project #4 (Sitework CO#3) to add new curb and sidewalk work and to paint and number parking stalls.
On safety and compliance matters, the board appointed Robert O’Brien as the district’s COVID-19 Safety Coordinator for the 2025–2026 school year and designated Robert O’Brien and Michael Adams as liaisons to law enforcement authorities. In accordance with state regulation N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.1, the board also named a District Threat Assessment Team composed of counselors, social workers, teachers, school resource officers (including Officer Anthony Congemi and Officer Brendon Griffin), and other student-support staff.
The board approved contractual and tuition arrangements for student services: a tuition agreement naming Burlington Township School District as receiving district for one high‑school homeless student at a per‑pupil rate of $19,676 for 2025–2026; an agreement with Gloucester County Special Services to provide an educational sign language interpreter for student #400003 at an annual tuition rate of $31,242; and multiple NJCBVI educational services agreements for three students at $2,541 each for the 2025–2026 school year.
The personnel package included routine staff development approvals; leave requests (for example, intermittent New Jersey Family Leave for Jimmy Lindsay, HS business teacher); military and medical leaves; resignations; rescission of one offer of employment; reassignments and reappointments; multiple new hires with start dates and hourly rates; salary adjustments for two teachers; and approval of after‑school academy staff and high‑impact tutors at a contracted rate of $55.23 per hour. The board also approved summer and spring coaching positions and a list of volunteers and substitutes.
Student-focused items included recognition of Students of the Month across grade levels, notices about Homecoming (Student Council Representative Jason Russo reported class themes and the event schedule), approval of field trips and fundraisers, winter sports schedules and a guest speaker request for a Dec. 8 True Crime class presentation.
All motions recorded in the minutes were carried unanimously as noted in the official vote lines. The meeting opened at 7:01 p.m. and adjourned at 7:53 p.m.
