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Hainesport Board approves routine business, student placements and HIB training contract
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Hainesport Township Board of Education approved routine minutes and reports, ratified personnel appointments, authorized required HIB training with Strauss Esmay for Feb. 14, 2025, and approved three out-of-district student placements for the 2024–25 school year.
The Hainesport Township Board of Education on Jan. 21 approved routine business items, personnel actions and a contract for required harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) training.
The board voted to approve minutes from Dec. 10, 2024, and Jan. 7, 2025, and accepted routine district reports including the HIB report, Code of Conduct, enrollment and the nurse’s report. Superintendent Joseph R. Corn was authorized to hire to fill staff vacancies that arise between meetings, contingent on criminal-history review and certification requirements.
Bianca Cuniglio, chair of the Student Services/Community Services committee, presented and the board approved a contract with Strauss Esmay to provide state-required HIB training scheduled for Feb. 14, 2025. The contract was listed on the agenda as item SS-2 and was ratified by roll call.
The board also ratified three out-of-district placements: student OD-0433 to Moorestown Public Schools for the 2024–25 school year including ESY; student OD-0435 to Interactive Kids in Cherry Hill for 99 days beginning Jan. 16, 2025; and student OD-0437 to Y.A.L.E. School West (Camden County) from Nov. 11, 2024 through the remainder of the 2024–25 school year (138 days). These placements were presented as action items SS-3 through SS-5 and were approved by roll call.
Human resources motions presented by HR Chair Jason Cardonick were approved, including adoption of a PEA paraprofessional job description and ratification of hires. The minutes list Jennifer McCoy as a PEA paraprofessional hire effective Jan. 6, 2025 (budget line 20-218-100-106-050-00), and record lateral salary guide movements for Becky Collins, Kaite Dowd and Susan Pryor with effective dates of Jan. 1, 2025 where noted. Professional development items and a series of extra-curricular appointments and volunteers were also approved and ratified.
Finance and facilities motions carried as well. The board accepted financial reports for November and December 2024, certified that no major account was over‑expended as of Dec. 31, 2024, and approved field trip and facilities-use items. An 8th-grade field trip to Dorney Park was listed with a total cost of $7,485.98 and no cost to the district; multiple facility uses were approved contingent on receipt of proper documentation including proof of insurance.
All listed motions were recorded as carried on the meeting’s roll-call records. The board recessed into an executive session later in the meeting (see separate item).
