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Riverside Township Board approves transportation agreements, staffing changes and HIB forms; reports $10.28M in scholarships
Summary
At its Sept. 11 meeting the Riverside Township Board of Education unanimously approved transportation contracts, personnel hires and policy updates, heard that the Class of 2025 earned $10,278,591 in scholarships, and appointed a homeless coordinator. Residents raised parking and traffic concerns during public comment.
Riverside Township — The Riverside Township Board of Education on Sept. 11 unanimously approved a slate of agreements and personnel actions, adopted revised nursing and mentoring plans and required updated harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) forms for the 2025–2026 school year.
Mrs. Milch told the board that the Class of 2025 ‘‘earned $10,278,591 in scholarships and awards.’’ The board also approved transportation contracts with Cinnaminson and agreements tied to the Department of Children and Families and the Mercer County Special Services School District to provide student transportation for the coming school year.
Why it matters: the contracts secure student transportation for district programs and special education placements, and the personnel actions fill classroom and support roles the district said are needed for the start of the year.
Key approvals included a revised agreement with Brett DiNovi & Associates, LLC for behavioral and educational consultations; the appointment of Erika Ruff as Coordinator of Homeless Students for 2025–2026; revised Nursing Services Plans for Riverside Elementary School; and a District Mentoring Plan. The board also approved a partnership with Resources for Independent Living, Inc., in partnership with the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, to provide job exploration counseling and workplace-readiness training for middle and high school RISE Rams programs.
Personnel votes covered student teacher placements, acceptance of several ES aide resignations effective Aug. 30, 2025, and approval of multiple new staff and substitute hires. The board approved extra-curricular positions and salary adjustments, including a salary increase for Chereese Tulino, high school guidance counselor, from $81,447 to $82,547, and for Taylor Arket-York, special education teacher, from $71,893 to $72,893. Amanda Jackamonis was approved as girls wrestling assistant coach and as the Unified Bowling volunteer coach.
The board set a stipend program for Cinnaminson-contracted bus drivers tied to the number of Riverside sports trips driven; examples include a $250 stipend for a driver who obtains a CDL and drives at least one trip and graduated per-trip rates up to $160 per trip for 30 or more trips.
On policy the board mandated use of HIB338 forms for staff and for families/caregivers for the 2025–2026 school year under Policy 5512. Field trips, fundraisers and facility-use requests for 2025–2026 were also approved as listed in the meeting attachments.
Public comment: several residents raised neighborhood parking and traffic issues, saying cars have blocked driveways and expressing concern about speeding; Mr. Adams responded to those questions during the audience portion.
All listed motions were carried on unanimous votes recorded as Aye: D. Graf, M. Hopkins, S. Parker, S. Pinho, J. Sierra, N. Strough and R. Wrice. The meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
Next step: minutes and the full documentation of approved agreements and attachments were entered into the record and are available as part of the board’s meeting packet.
