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Mountainside Board approves routine administration, budget, personnel, curriculum and policy items
Summary
The board approved administration items 1–5, budget and finance items 1–8, personnel items 1–7 (one abstention on item 6), curriculum item 1 and policy items 1–2 by roll call. The tentative budget timeline was reiterated: tentative adoption in March and final adoption at the end of April.
At its public meeting the Mountainside Board of Education approved a slate of routine agenda items by roll call vote.
Administration items 1–5 passed after a motion and second. Budget and finance items 1–8 were approved following brief questions about bus rates and activity fees. The first draft of the expenditure side of the budget was reported complete; the district is awaiting state aid figures expected next week and said it will present a tentative budget for adoption at the March meeting and a final budget at the end of April.
Personnel items 1–7 were approved; board members praised a departing teacher. One member abstained on personnel item 6 due to a volunteer conflict. Curriculum item 1 and policy items 1–2 were moved and approved by roll call.
Vote details: board roll calls taken at multiple points in the meeting recorded majority support for the items; an abstention on personnel item 6 was noted. No formal challenges or defeats were recorded during the public session.
What happens next: the finance committee will continue work on budget details and the board expects to request county filing of the tentative budget after the March meeting.
Who said it: approvals were formal votes led by the Chair and recorded by the Clerk.
