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Rochelle Park board ratifies three-year teachers’ contract and approves grants, contracts and hires
Summary
The Rochelle Park Board of Education on Aug. 26 ratified a three-year contract with the teachers’ union that guarantees six planning periods off weekly, and approved multiple grants, tuition and contract agreements, payroll and personnel appointments by unanimous votes. The board also accepted $417,942 in Extraordinary Aid and IDEA funding for 2025–26.
The Rochelle Park Board of Education on Aug. 26 ratified a three‑year collective bargaining agreement with the Rochelle Park Education Association and approved a broad package of finance and personnel measures, all by unanimous roll-call votes.
Superintendent Dr. Sue DeNobile said the contract was completed “in record time” with only minor changes and guarantees teachers six planning periods off per week, which required adjustments to the master schedule. The board approved grouped administrative resolutions (A1–A5), curriculum items (C1–C5), finance items (F1–F41), personnel appointments (P1–P6) and policy first readings (P&R1–P&R2) during the meeting.
On finance, the board accepted several state and federal funding awards and contract obligations. The district recorded the acceptance of IDEA-Basic ($128,314) and IDEA‑Preschool ($5,579), a Menstrual Product reimbursement ($3,845), and Extraordinary Aid totaling $417,942 for the 2024–25 year. The board also approved payment-of-bills listings (June payments totaling $1,972,500.84 and an Aug. 26 batch of $146,879.75) and certified monthly budgetary reports.
The board approved multiple joint transportation agreements for 2025–26 (Maywood as host district for several routes and the South Bergen Jointure Commission as host with a required deposit of $55,000). It also authorized multiple out‑of‑district tuition and related‑services contracts and accepted quotes for library subscriptions and antivirus software. The Board approved payment to Fullerton Landscape Architects for bocce‑court work (see separate coverage) and routine vendor and staffing contracts.
Personnel actions included hiring classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, custodial staff and substitutes; setting substitute pay scales; and appointing advisors and Care‑program staff. Several hires were approved pending completion of required background checks. All grouped motions were carried unanimously; recorded movers and seconders for major grouped votes appear in the minutes (examples: A1–A5: Motion Ms. Rainone; Second Ms. Holz; C1–C5: Motion Ms. Jacob; Second Ms. Holz; F1–F41: Motion Ms. Rainone; Second Ms. Holz; P1–P6: Motion Mr. DeFalco; Second Mr. Marolda).
The minutes note that multiple approvals were contingent on contract language and receipt of final documents where indicated (for example, some out‑of‑district tuition costs were listed as to be updated upon receipt of contracts). The board announced its next regular meeting for Sept. 30, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Votes at a glance: grouped administrative, curriculum, finance, personnel and policy measures were approved by recorded roll calls with unanimous 6–0 vote tallies as shown in the meeting minutes.
