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Board approves instructional contracts, Winter4Kids ski program and multiple field trips
Summary
The board approved a $24,000 contract with William Patterson University for Master Teacher/preschool coaching, authorized the Winter4Kids ski program ($450 per participant for six sessions) and approved several field trips for spring 2026 including an 8th-grade trip to Broadway on May 27.
The Franklin Borough School District board on Oct. 13 approved a $24,000 contract with William Patterson University to provide Master Teacher/Preschool Instructional Coach support for the 2025–26 school year.
The board also approved the Winter4Kids Ski Program for 2026 at $450 per participant covering six sessions scheduled Jan. 7, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4 and Feb. 11, 2026. The Education Committee presented the contracts and program approvals.
Field trips approved for spring 2026 include a Grade 2 visit to Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary on May 14, 2026 ($702 plus transportation, rain date May 29); a Grade 8 trip to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre and related New York activities on May 27, 2026 with combined vendor costs listed as $4,439.50 plus transportation and associated vendor line items (Dallas BBQ, Madam Tussauds) and a Grade 3 trip to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on June 5, 2026 ($512 plus transportation). The board recorded the specific costs and dates in the agenda attachments.
Why it matters: the William Patterson contract funds instructional coaching for preschool and master teachers, supporting early childhood instruction; the Winter4Kids program and approved field trips are curricular and extracurricular opportunities with specified per-participant or total costs that district families and budget managers will note.
Board process: these items were approved by roll call as part of Education Committee business. The contracts are effective for the 2025–26 school year; program dates are listed in the minutes. Parents and staff will receive further logistics from district administration ahead of each program or trip.
