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Woodland Park Board approves 2024–25 contracts, mass reappointments and $849,735 bill list
Summary
At its May 13 meeting the Woodland Park Board of Education approved the bill list, dozens of personnel contracts and reappointments for 2024–25, accepted multiple resignations and approved special-education summer programming and vendor contracts.
The Woodland Park Board of Education on May 13 approved a large slate of personnel contracts and reappointments for the 2024–25 school year and passed a bill list totaling $849,735.13.
The board unanimously approved minutes for prior meetings and then approved the bill list (Resolution 224-375). The motion to approve the consent agenda, which encompassed routine business, passed on an 8–0 roll-call vote.
A series of personnel resolutions followed. The board approved employment contracts for senior administrators, including an employment contract for Giovanna Irizarry as Director of Special Education and Student Services at $147,921 and for Sharon Tomback as Director of Curriculum & Instruction at $147,905. Other contracts approved included director and supervisor roles (salaries listed in the minutes).
The board also approved reappointments and tenure conferrals for non‑tenured and tenured principals, supervisors and teaching staff across the district in one set of motions that list individual salaries, steps and tenure dates.
Board action included reappointments for support staff and operations: secretaries, custodians (with head custodian stipend details), classroom aides and lunch aides were approved at the rates and hour caps specified in the supporting documents.
The board accepted several resignations effective June 30, 2024, including the planned departure of Business Administrator Paul Murphy (Resolution 224-398). New hires for the 2024–25 school year were approved as well, with effective dates of Sept. 1, 2024, for newly appointed teachers.
The meeting included approvals for stipends connected to afterschool programs, athletics and substitute supervisory roles; travel and workshop reimbursements for staff training were also authorized.
The meeting moved into executive session to discuss personnel, litigation and HIB matters and reconvened before adjourning. No public speaker addressed agenda items during the meeting’s public comment period.
Votes at a glance
- 224-374 — Approval of April minutes: passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-375 — Approval of bill list ($849,735.13): passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-376 — Affirmation of HIB investigation decisions (2024-69, -70, -71): passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-377–224-386 — Administrative employment contracts (multiple): passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-386–224-390 — Reappointments/tenure for principals, supervisors and teachers: passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-391–224-396 — Staff transfers and reappointments for secretaries, custodians, aides and lunch aides: passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-397–224-405 — Reappointment of nurse, acceptance of resignations, and new hires: passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-427–224-434 — Contracts with NRESC and out-of-district placements: passed (roll call 8–0) - 224-435 — Acceptance of NJSIG safety grant ($2,000): passed (roll call 8–0)
The meeting minutes list individual salary figures, stipend calculations and program dates; those details are recorded in the board packet and the approved resolutions.
