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Rumson-Fair Haven board approves routine minutes, personnel and finance items in unanimous votes
Summary
At its Feb. 6 meeting, the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Board unanimously approved minutes, personnel appointments and finance items (including a bill list totaling $568,001.18) and authorized submission of a SEMI waiver; votes were recorded by roll call.
The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Board of Education unanimously approved a slate of consent agenda and action items during its Feb. 6 regular meeting.
On a motion by Mr. Page, seconded by Mrs. McCabe, the board approved the Jan. 23, 2024 regular and executive session meeting minutes by roll call. Later, on motions by Mrs. Kiley and Mrs. Whitehouse, the board approved personnel items #2–#6, including appointing Christina Gauss as the coordinator for home stays for students and chaperones visiting from Spain (Feb. 23–Mar. 2, 2024) at a stipend of $125 per day, rescinding an assistant girls lacrosse coach appointment for Cassandra Speno, approving substitute teachers and appointing Christian Gibbs as assistant rowing coach (Group III, Step 2, $4,091) and Christian Lanzalotto as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach for the winter and spring seasons.
Finance items were approved on a motion by Mrs. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Grant. The board approved the bill lists dated Feb. 2, 2024, with totals by fund of General Fund $522,618.55, Special Revenue Fund $14,304.88, Capital Projects Fund $968.75 and Food Services Fund $30,109.00, for a total of $568,001.18. Payroll for Jan. 31, 2024, was recorded as $693,990.65 and total expenditures were listed as $1,261,991.83. The board also voted to submit a SEMI waiver, noting the district has fewer than 40 Special Education–Medicaid eligible students and participation would not be cost effective.
Education items #10–#14 were approved by a motion from Mrs. Halcrow, seconded by Mrs. McCabe; those approvals included multiple field trips and extracurricular travel (examples listed by the board include Jazz Band events, Tri-District Music Festival entries and out-of-district competitions), fundraising requests (Fashion Club prom dress collection; Key Club lollipop sale to raise money for Autism NJ), a home-instruction arrangement for one student (student no. 26000221, Jan. 30–Feb. 13, nine hours at $55 per hour) and the first reading of several policies and regulations such as Policy 2460 (Special Education) and Reg 7425 (Lead Testing of Water in Schools).
The board affirmed the superintendent’s recommendation regarding a HIB investigation (FY2023-2024-5) as previously reported at the Jan. 23 meeting. After a brief executive session to discuss attorney/client privilege, personnel and a student matter, the board reconvened and approved an additional finance item (#9) by roll call. The meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
All roll-call votes recorded in the minutes were unanimous “Yes” from the following members: Mr. Grant; Mrs. Kiley; Mr. Page; Mrs. Halcrow; Mrs. McCabe; Mrs. Thompson; Mrs. Hickey; Mrs. McGinty; and Mrs. Whitehouse. The board’s Business Administrator and Board Secretary, Sean S. Cranston, signed the minutes for the Feb. 6, 2024 meeting.
